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Matthias Schoenaerts has been cast opposite Kate Winslet in HBO’s limited series The Palace, from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears. The Palace tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to…

The Danish Girl and Bullhead actor Matthias Schoenaerts has been cast in the title role of an ambitious Sky and Canal+ reimagining of classic Italian spaghetti western, Django. The high-concept English-language series is loosely based on Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 feature, and is being made by Cattleya, the ITV…

Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust And Bone) is set to star as bomb disposal specialist in Kim Mordaunt's (The Rocket) Wildlands, which HanWay will be selling world rights on at the upcoming Cannes virtual market. Inspired by Mordaunt's ten-year relationship with the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa, the film is based…

"I was a little bit attracted and very connected and passionate about this mix of poetry and violence," admits The Mustang's Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre of the film about a scared convict trying to train a wild horse. "I feel this journey really helped me to grow up," adds the director of the Focus Features film. The…

Margot Robbie and Matthias Schoenaerts are attached to star in World War II thriller Ruin.  Justin Kurzel (Assassin's Creed) will direct Ryan and Matthew Firpo's Black List topping-script. Marc Butan of MadRiver Pictures is producing alongside Kurzel. MadRiver's Ara Keshishian is executive producing alongside Nik…

The Spectre Bond girl and Inglourious Basterds French actress is set to star in Thomas Vinterberg’s English-language Russian submarine drama, which starts shooting in April. Pic is based on the 2000 explosion and the struggle that ensued aboard the Kursk submarine which sank in the Barents Sea. Saving Private…

Jack Kilmer has booked passage on the indie comedy Captain Dad, from writer-director Sebastian Silva. Will Ferrell stars Rich, who buys a catamaran cruise around the Caribbean for his wife (Catherine Keener) and invites their children and their spouses to come along. Rich captains the boat, and the tension and…

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Firth is in talks to board Thomas Vinterberg’s submarine pic Kursk opposite Matthias Schoenaerts. The fact-based survival drama, which starts production this fall, has Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat adapting the Robert Moore book A Time To Die. The film centers on the true story of the Kursk…

Seeing the sexy and gorgeously shot new film A Bigger Splash is like taking a vacation to Italy — that is if your idea of a vacation involves a little rock ‘n’ roll, steamy couplings and murder mixed in with the scenery. It also helps to have an A-list cast of superb actors along for the trip. And as I say in my video…

EXCLUSIVE: EuropaCorp has set Matthias Schoenaerts to star in Kursk, the fact-based survival drama that Thomas Vinterberg will direct this fall from Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat’s adaptation of the Robert Moore book A Time To Die. The film centers on a true story of the Kursk, a nuclear-powered Russian…

EXCLUSIVE: Deals are making for Fifty Shades Of Grey‘s Dakota Johnson to star with The Danish Girl‘s Matthias Schoenaerts in The Sound Of Metal, a drama that will mark the directorial debut of Darius Marder, who is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Derek Cianfrance including co-writing The Place Beyond T…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has stopped production on its high-profile six-hour miniseries Lewis And Clark starring Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts and executive produced by Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt. We hear there were internal as well as external, weather-related factors that have impacted the production, leading to what…