Lily James and Alicia Vikander have signed on to the cast of the upcomingFour Weddings and a Funeral short film set to premiere on NBC’s Red Nose Day.
James and Vikander will join original Four Weddings cast members Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell and Kristin Scott Thomas in One Red Nose Day And A Wedding short, which…
“Until a month ago, you were a complete failure. And then somehow you became the biggest star in the world. As if by magic. So what happened?” Therein hangs a tale. Here’s the first trailer for Yesterday, director Danny Boyle’s film about what might happen if suddenly nobody remembered the Beatles — except one…
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again star Lily James and Armie Hammer, who stars in the upcoming On the Basis of Sex film, have signed on as leads in Rebecca, a feature adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic, romantic, gothic thriller. British director Ben Wheatley is helming the pic which is set up at Netflix and Working Ti…
Neon has acquired North American rights to Little Woods, the feminist Western pic written and directed by Nia DaCosta that had its world premiere at this spring’s Tribeca Film Festival. Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale and Lance Reddick star.
The plot centers on two sisters, Ollie (Thompson)…
Female empowerment is a strong theme at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and one of the platinum titles playing is Nia DaCosta’s western drama Little Woods which follows two estranged sisters, one a shrewd illegal pharmaceutical seller who is trying to go legit (Tessa Thompson), and the other helpless single parent (L…
After cameo roles in Game Of Thrones and Bridget Jones’ Baby, Brit singer Ed Sheeran is in talks to make an appearance in Danny Boyle’s upcoming music-themed comedy movie, we understand. No word yet on whether he will contribute to the movie’s score though the singer has previously expressed interest in doing more of…
EXCLUSIVE: Tribeca-bound ‘modern Western’ Little Woods, starring Tessa Thompson and Lily James, has been picked up for international sales by UK outfit Independent. In the debut from writer-director Nia DaCosta, Thor: Ragnarok and Creed star Thompson and Cinderella and Baby Driver star James play two estranged…
Netflix has taken rights in key markets to upcoming Lily James romance-drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I have learned. The online titan will release in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Italy, Eastern Europe and SouthEast Asia.  Release date hasn’t been set yet but it should be this year, I’m…
It’s time to get your ABBA geek on. Universal has dropped the first trailer for summer sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in all its singing, dancing and sun-kissed summer love glory. The sequel shifts back and forth in time to show how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present.
Ten years after Mamma Mia…
EXCLUSIVE: As it tunes up for a July release, Universal’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again has added Andy Garcia to the cast. The sequel to 2008’s toe-tapping $610M worldwide grosser will return audiences to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an original musical based on the songs of Swedish pop sensations…
Baby Driver star Lily James is shifting gears and is set to test her singing talent in Universal’s upcoming movie musical sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! She will join returning  Mamma Mia! cast members Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, and Christine Baranski.
James will play the role of “Young Donna” to Streep’s…
EXCLUSIVE:Mike Newell just added a number of new actors to his film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which is underway in the UK. Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Michiel Huisman (The Age of Adeline, Game of Thrones), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey…
