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Dakota Fanning, Saoirse Ronan & More Sought for ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Roles 0 1817

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A couple of weeks ago we reported on the news that The Theory of Everything Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne was in talks for the lead role in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, an adaptation of Harry Potter companion “textbook” by J.K. Rowling.

At the time there were several key female roles but without actresses to fill them. Well now it appears that just about every young, up-and-coming female star in Hollywood is circling the project.

The Wrap has the scoop that Warner Bros. and HP director David Yates are honing in on their choices for the crucial female roles. They include: Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Fanning, Lili Simmons (TV’s Banshee) and Alison Sudol (TV’s Transparent), who are all up for the role of Tina. Kate Upton, Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) and Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) are possibilities for the role of Tina’s older sister, Queenie.

Nothing is for definite yet as schedules are still being worked out but with Redmayne set as the lead, he will be reading with many of them over the next week. Last time we reported there were also two American boy roles mentioned, so expect casting shortlists for those roles to appears soon, too.

Fantastic Beasts, which will be J.K. Rowling’s foray into feature film screenwriting, is purportedly going to be set some 70 years prior to Philosopher’s Stone, set in New York  and follow Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, a “magiczoologist” and author of the eponymous book that chronicles the various weird and wonderful creatures found in the Potterverse. It’s not meant to be taken as a sequel/prequel etc. to Potter but merely an expansion of the much-loved wizarding world.

We’ll make sure to keep you up-to-date on which actresses end up landing the coveted roles.

Planned to be the first of a franchise trilogy, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set for a November 18th, 2016 release.

Source: The Wrap

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Watch: Incredible New Trailer for ‘The Revenant’ 0 1243

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We don’t usually post trailers individually – saving them for the Trailer Watch – but this one was just too good to pass up.

The Revenant is the new film from acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who most recently won an Oscar for Birdman. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter in a tale of a forntierman in 1820 who sets out on a path of vengeance who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

We already had one amazing teaser trailer, now check out the equally great new trailer below:

Could this be the film that finally wins Leo his Best Actor Oscar? Quite possibly!

The Revenant is set for release in the UK on January 15th, 2016.

Vincent Cassel To Play Villain in Next ‘Bourne’ Film 0 1465

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After a fourth Bourne film in which Jason himself was conspicuous by his absence, things are returning to the old but brilliant formula of Matt Damon starring and Paul Greengrass directing.

We already know that in addition to Damon returning (rejoice!), Tommy Lee Jones and woman-of-the-moment Alicia Vikander are part of the cast, playing a tough CIA operative and (presumed) love interest, respectively, as well as Julia Stiles reprising her small but crucial role as Bourne helper Nicky Parsons. But now we’re getting word that one of the best French actors in the business is also joining the cast.

Variety has the news that the wonderful Vincent Cassel has signed on to the spy action sequel as its main villain, which will see him match wits and possibly even go toe-to-toe go with the former amnesiac hero. Although exact plot details are being kept secret for the time being, sources are saying that Cassel will play an assassin tracking Bourne. No doubt he will tie in with the Treadstone/Blackbriar history of the Bourne mythology – maybe he’ll be a scorned fellow assassin who feels Bourne somehow wronged him/was chosen ahead of him.

The series has a pedigree of casting great actors as assassins, whether it be Clive Owen in The Bourne Identity, Karl Urban in Supremacy, Edgar Ramirez in Ultimatum and Oscar Isaac in Legacy.

I was already looking forward to the return of the Damon-Greengrass team but the addition of Cassel – genuinely one of my favourite actors of modern times – only makes me wish next summer would get here sooner.

The as-yet-untitled Bourne sequel is set to start shooting this year for a July 29th, 2016 release date.

Source: Variety