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Bradley James Joins Liberators in Lead Role
Bradley James is going from king to cowboy. Deadline exclusively reports that the Merlin star has signed on for the lead role in Netflix’s upcoming animated series Liberators, based on Alex Kershaw‘s book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey From the Beaches of Sicily to t...
Read MoreLive-Action Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie in Works at Disney
This week Disney, via Deadline, announced plans for a live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, written by David Henry Hwang and featuring music by the original film’s composers, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Josh Gad is also attached as a producer, with some unconfirmed speculation t...
Read MoreBen Affleck to Co-Produce and Star in I Am Still Alive Adaptation for Universal
Ben Affleck is about to shepherd a new project to the screen. Deadline exclusively reports that the beleaguered Batman actor has signed on to star in and produce an adaption of the Kate Alice Marshall novel I Am Still Alive, about a daughter lost in the woods with only her father’s dog for com...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: All the Scrooges/A Christmas Carols
Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, normally the home of underappreciated gems and forgotten classics. This week, however, we’ll be doing something a little bit different. In thinking about our theme of Christmas movies, it occurred to me that you can’t really even discuss Christmas movies w...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mortal Engines (2018)
As I’ve written previously, I was very excited about Mortal Engines. With a brand new world from a brand new director shepherded by one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation, this had all the makings of a success. I kept thinking about what one of the pundits said how the casting seemed to...
Read MoreAwesome Cheese: The Three Musketeers (2011)
When I heard Paul W. S. Anderson was making a Three Musketeers movie, I felt a mixture of intrigue and trepidation. The Three Musketeers, who originated in the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, have a storied history on screen, whether it’s the myriad Disney versions (particularly one starring Chr...
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