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'Cinderella' Scoops Up 'The Borgias' Star Holliday Grainger for a Wicked Stepsister

Jacob Hall — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:45:32 +0000

Despite its fair share of early development problems, Disney's upcoming 'Cinderella' movie finally seems to be getting its act together. The most recent news from the production is that 'The Borgias' star Holliday Grainger is in final talks to join as one of the title character's cruel stepsisters.

'Cinderella' Reboot Hires Kenneth Branagh to Direct

Mike Sampson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:07:01 +0000

After the success of 'Alice in Wonderland' (over $1 billion - yes, with a B - worldwide), Disney has been hot to reboot their Disney princess movies. With a 'Sleepy Beauty' reboot on the way (in the form of Angelina Jolie's 'Maleficent'), the next live-action princess film on the way was scheduled to be 'Cinderella' but that was before director Mark Romanek abruptly left the project. What Prince Charming could step in and rescue the project before it turned into a pumpkin? Enter: Kenneth Branagh.

Jack Ryan Movie Dated for Christmas 2013

Damon Houx — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:40:35 +0000

This Jack Ryan movie keeps moving forward, and now that it's filled the major pieces of casting, it just got a release date of December 25, 2013. So families tired of the holiday can sneak out and watch Chris Pine kill some Russians.

'Jack Ryan' Picks Keira Knightley as Female Lead

Britt Hayes — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:46:24 +0000

Kenneth Branagh's upcoming 'Jack Ryan' film starring Chris Pine officially has a female lead in British actress Keira Knightley, who won the part over other prospective actresses like 'Lost''s Evangeline Lilly and 'Like Crazy''s Felicity Jones.

Jack Ryan Reboot Director Could Also Be the Movie's Villain

George Roush — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:35:09 +0000

Kenneth Branagh could be a busy man in the coming months. The highly regarded actor and director of ‘Thor’ might be working two shifts in his new gig — not just as a director, but also as a star. Variety is reporting that Branagh is in negotiations with Paramount over the Jack Ryan reboot that [...]

'Thor' Director Kenneth Branagh is Now Sir Kenneth Branagh

Jacob Hall — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:16:43 +0000

Since he burst onto the Shakespearean scene thirty-some-odd years ago, actor/director Kenneth Branagh has been called the second coming of Sir Laurence Olivier by those who know their Shakespeare. Now, they both have something else in common in addition to that whole "capable of performing tricky dialogue from the greatest writer of all time" thing: Branagh is now a Knight of the British Empire. So, next time you run into him, remember that it's Sir Kenneth, thank you very much.

Kenneth Branagh to Direct Chris Pine in Jack Ryan Reboot

Damon Houx — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:22:09 +0000

After director Jack Bender left the project to pursue more television, it looked like Paramount's Chris Pine-starring reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise (with the character previously played Harrison Ford in 'Clear and Present Danger', Alec Baldwin in 'The Hunt for Red October' and Ben Affleck in 'The Sum of All Fears) was on the ropes. Not so, as Kenneth Branagh is now in talks to helm the as yet untitled Ryan adventure, with a script being currently reworked by David Koepp ('Jurassic Park', 'Carlito's Way')