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Jack Reynor, Sam Riley & Noah Taylor Join Ben Wheatley’s ‘Free Fire’ 0 1394

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Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Sam Riley (Control) and Noah Taylor (Submarine) have all joined the cast of Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, Deadline has reported.

The Martin Scorsese exec produced action thriller already boasts an impressive cast including Brie Larson, Michael Smiley and Cillian Murphy. Written by Wheatley and creative partner Amy Jump, the film is set in 1970’s Boston and follows a woman who has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen and a gang who are selling guns. Shots are fired and a fight for survival ensues.

StudioCanal has acquired the UK rights for the film while Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquistions have rights for numerous other countries including Australia.

Wheatley recently wrapped his film High Rise starring Tom Hiddleston and Sienna Miller and he is certainly showing himself to be one of the most exciting directors coming out of the UK.  His dark-comedy Sightseers won a slew of awards including the Palm Dog at Cannes and the psychedelic horror A Field in England was the first film to be released in the UK in cinemas, shops, TV and VoD simultaneously.

The writer/director continually creates original provocative films and having Scorsese attached to this film should hopefully present his genius to a wider audience.

Reynor most recently starred in period romantic drama A Royal Night Out, Riley had period war romance Suite Francaise and Taylor had sci-fi blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow.

Filming for Free Fire began on June 8th.

Source: Deadline

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Watch: Incredible New Trailer for ‘The Revenant’ 0 1242

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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