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Watch: New trailer for Joe Wright's Darkest Hour

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Focus Features released Thursday the second trailer to director Joe Wright 's new historical period drama  Darkest Hour  (scripted by Anthony McCarten of The Theory of Everything) starring Gary Oldman , Kristin Scott Thomas , and Lily James . Also, two new poster s and still s (via Focus Features...see them below!) for this film has been released as well. Darkest Hour opens in select US Theaters  November 22nd ! Watch trailer #2 for Darkest Hour below...

Movie Casting News: Tom Hollander joins cast of Freddie Mercury Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

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According to the rock band Queen's official twitter account , Tom Hollander has joined the cast of the upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody , which is being directed by Bryan Singer. Tom will play Jim Beach who took over as manager from John Reid in 1978 and stayed on for years. Production has already started with a slated Christmas Day 2018 release. Read more info. via Deadline and Queen's Twitter post below...

TV Casting News: Tamzin Merchant joins cast of Amazon's Carnival Row

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Tamzin Merchant has joined the cast (she joins previously cast Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne) of Amazon 's fantasy drama Carnival Row , which is an 8-episode straight-to-series . Carnival Row starts production this fall in Prague for a 2019 premiere . Read more Carnival Row info. via Deadline below...

Happy Birthday Talulah Riley!

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Today  ( Sept. 26 ) is Talulah Riley 's (aka Mary Bennet of Pride & Prejudice 2005 film ) 32nd  birthday . Miss Riley was born in Hertfordshire , England (UK)  32 years ago today. Read her interesting BIO here . If you're fan and have a  twitter  account, follow  Talulah’s official Twitter  here or @TalulahRiley or @talulahrm on Instagram .  Tweet/message her  and wish her a  happy birthday  today. Happy Birthday Talulah Riley!

P&P NewsBits: Watch Judi Dench in trailer 2 for Murder on the Orient Express, Keira Knightley joins Berlin, I Love You, Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan at TIFF 2017 and more!

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Some new movies, casting, release dates, and filming news info. featuring some  P&P actors  here that I thought I'd post them all in the same post... Here's today's quick  news round up  of  TV  and  film news  (including  casting calls ,  a  film synopsis ,  trailers ,  release dates ,  festival news ,  etc. ) of the following  P&P (2005) actors: Keira Knightley , Matthew Macfadyen , Rosamund Pike , Carey Mulligan , Judi Dench , and Tom Hollander all in one post!   First up...

Watch: A glimpse of Matthew Macfadyen in trailer for The Current War

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The Weinstein Company just released the first trailer to The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch ( The Imitation Game ), Matthew Macfadyen , Katherine Waterson ( Fant astic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Tom Holland ( Spider-Man: Homecoming ), and Tuppence Middleton ( The Imitation Game ). Alfonso Gomez Rejon ( Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ) directs The Current War , which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this Saturday, September 9 , and enters select theaters on November 24th , before a wider release follows in the UK on January 4 and in the US on January 19 . Watch the trailer for The Current War below...

Watch: Carey Mulligan in Mudbound Trailer!

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The first trailer for Carey Mulligan 's upcoming Netflix film Mudbound , premiered to great acclaim and early Oscar buzz at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival last January. The drama is directed by Dee Rees ( Pariah , Bessie ) and stars Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks and Garrett Hedlund. Mudbound screens this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first of many stops on the awards season trail. Netflix will release the movie on its streaming service on Nov. 17, the same day it opens in select theaters. Watch the Mudbound trailer , see the poster , and read the synopsis below...

Donald Sutherland to receive honorary Oscar!

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Congratulations are in order to our dear Papa Bennet , Donald Sutherland who is receiving an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November 11th ! The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are set to present Honorary Awards to Donald Sutherland , writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman, and director Agnès Varda. Read more info. via THR below...

Watch: Rosamund Pike & Christian Bale in Hostiles teaser trailer!

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A teaser trailer has just been released (via Deadline) for Rosamund Pike 's upcoming film Hostiles starring Christian Bale and Pike (as Rosalie Quaid , who lost her entire family to a vicious Indian attack). The film is currently playing at Telluride Film Festival and is a much buzzed about film (even without a film distributor). It is written, produced, and directed by Scott Cooper ( Out of Furnace , Crazy Heart ). Read more info. and watch the teaser trailer for Hostiles (with screen captures featuring RP) below...

Movie News: Joe Wright to direct Casey Affleck in film adaptation of John Williams' Stoner

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According to Deadline , Pride & Prejudice (2005) director Joe Wright is set to direct recent Oscar Winner Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea) in Stoner , a film adaptation based on the critically acclaimed 1965 novel by John Williams. Andrew Bovell will be adapting the screenplay for the film. Read more info. about Stoner film below via Deadline...