Movies

Val Kilmer has accepted a starring role in 'Top Gun 2'.
The 55-year-old actor, who starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 original, has taken to his Facebook account to revealed he's been offered and has accepted the chance to appear in a sequel.
He posted: "I just got offered ?#‎topgun2? - not often you get to say 'yes' without reading the script... (sic)"
Val also revealed Gene Hackman will star in the movie, with Francis Coppola assuming the role of the director.
He wrote: "It's starring Gene Hackman...
"'Yes' 'The director is Francis Coppola...' 'Yes!' Jerry Bruckheimer and Tom Cruise!!!"
Although Val admitted he misses the director of the original action drama film, Tony Scott - who committed suicide in 2012 - he's eagerly looking forward to the sequel.
He said: "We will all miss Tony Scott one of the kindest gentlemen I've ever met in the film biz, but let's fire up some fighter jets again!!! (sic)"
David Ellison, chief executive officer of film company Skydance Productions, confirmed earlier this year that 'Top Gun 2' was in development and would be set in the present day.
He said: "It is very much set in today where we have drone technology and fifth-generation fighters. It's exploring the end of an era of dogfighting and fighter pilots."

Ryan Gosling is to star in 'Blade Runner 2'.
The 35-year-old actor has confirmed speculation he is to play a central role in the much-discussed sequel to the 1982 sci-fi hit, which starred Harrison Ford and was directed by Ridley Scott.
Asked if the rumours were true, Ryan said: "Yes, that's true!"
The Hollywood hunk admitted he's looking forward to working with filmmaker Shane Black and his Oscar-winning co-star Russell Crowe.
He told Collider: "I don't know what to say. It's Shane Black.
"He's a world unto himself and his world is so fun and crazy. I had such a great time."
Although Ryan remained tight-lipped about the film's plot, he was happy to reveal his co-star plays an unusually humorous character.
He shared: "Russell Crowe is so funny in the movie, and I can't wait for people to see that. It's a side of himself that he doesn't show very often, and it's hysterical."
Meanwhile, Ridley Scott previously revealed the plot of the new movie had convinced Harrison Ford to return to the franchise.
He said: "I got Harrison back. Because Harrison said, 'Meh,' and I said, 'No, read this.' And I think he said, 'This is the best script I've ever had'. We've been working on it for a couple of years."

Ewan McGregor thinks it would be "quite cool" to be the next James Bond.
The 44-year-old actor rejected the chance to star as 007 earlier in his career, because he feared being typecast, but has admitted he'd now relish the opportunity to replace Daniel Craig.
He said: "I think it would be quite cool to play James Bond.
"At this stage in my career (being typecast) is not really an issue anymore. Early on, when you start off you don't want your horizons to be narrow, but I think people know I have some kind of width in my work, so I'm really not worried about that anymore."
Meanwhile, Ewan is currently preparing to reprise one of his most iconic on-screen roles, as Mark Renton in the much-anticipated 'Trainspotting' sequel.
The project will see Ewan reunite with director Danny Boyle and former cast members Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle, and he's looking forward to the experience.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I'd like more than anything to be working with Danny again and to be making a sequel to such an important film."
The new film is loosely based on author Irvine Welsh's 'Trainspotting' follow-up 'Porno' and could be released next year.

Matthew McConaughey is in talks to star in 'The Dark Tower'. The 'Dallas Buyers Club' actor is reportedly being eyed to take on a lead role in the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King's series of novels of the same name. Although the deal is in i...

Woody Harrelson played a "dark" prank on the cast of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2'.
The 54-year-old actor - who starred alongside the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth in the new movie - has recalled one particularly mischievous trick he played on his co-stars.
The American actor said: "I am one of those guys who does sometimes like to make people laugh. I did one prank on April Fools' Day where I got our make-up artist to come over to my house and make my face look like I'd been in a bad bike wreck and skidded, blood everywhere.
"I rang [director] Francis Lawrence as I was supposed to film the next day and asked him what I should do. He said, 'First, you need to get to the hospital!'. Then I called Liam and told him to come to the hospital to pick me up, but I made the name up and of course there was no such place.
"That was a dark one, it played on people's sympathies. Nothing good about it, but..."
Meanwhile, Woody also revealed he relished the on-set "shenanigans and playfulness" with his co-stars.
He told the Independent newspaper: "That could be a separate movie on its own, all the shenanigans and playfulness. It's a mad group."

Cate Blanchett loves collaborating with on-set costume designers.
The Oscar-winning actress realised during her first major role, as the virgin queen in 'Elizabeth', that historical inaccuracies are unimportant to films, and that there are subtle ways to construct a character.
She said: "I realised then that I wasn't making documentaries.
"Films are a very different thing. For instance, I love working with the costume designers on movies.
"You can visually represent the character through a dress or a bag or shoes."
The 46-year-old actress revealed how she used this approach during her starring role in the Woody Allen-directed hit 'Blue Jasmine'.
She told W magazine: "In 'Blue Jasmine', clothes illustrated my character's demise. If I can pair a Birkin bag with a knockoff sweater from Wal-Mart that looks like Chanel, I can subtly reveal the character, and I don't have to play that emotion."
Meanwhile, Cate recently disputed the suggestion that there's a lack of lack of attractive roles for Hollywood actresses.
She said: "Every time there are interesting complex roles played by actresses on screen someone asks, 'Does this mean there's going to be more of the same?'
"We seem to every year find ourselves in the same conversation, that somehow it's remarkable.
"I think there's a swathe of great roles for women and swathe of wonderful female performers. I think it's just time to get on with it."

Natalie Dormer thinks "the tide is turning" in terms of gender equality in Hollywood.
The 'Hunger Games' actress has become the latest big-name star to enter into the debate about the movie industry's pay gap, saying she's optimistic things are slowly starting to improve for actresses.
She said: "I'm an optimist. I genuinely believe the tide is turning and it all starts with the writing. We need more scripts that do these things, that give the equality in the writing to the characters, because what we're looking for ultimately is gender irrelevance."
Natalie, 33, said the 'Hunger Games' franchise may transpire to be something of a turning point for the movie business.
Asked to explain what she meant, Natalie told Radio Times: "That Coin (Julianne Moore) could have been played by a man easily, that Cressida could have been played by a man, that Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) could have been a young boy, a reluctant hero, as opposed to the reluctant heroine.
"When we get to gender irrelevance, when a character is not defined by their gender, that's when we'll know we're there.
"We're heading slowly in that direction and I think how wonderful that the tide is turning."

Veteran film star Saeed Jaffrey has died at the age of 86.
The Indian actor - who starred in dozens of Bollywood and international films - suffered a brain haemorrhage in London and his passing has been confirmed by his niece Shaheen Aggarwal on Facebook.
Writing yesterday (15.11.15), she said: "Today, a generation of Jaffreys has passed away. Saeed Jaffrey has joined his brothers and sister and is rejoicing in the lap of his Heavenly Father, eternally."
A statement confirmed the actor - who appeared in 'A Passage To India', 'Gandhi' and 'The Man Who Would Be King' - collapsed at his London home from a brain haemorrhage and never regained consciousness.
As well as enjoying a successful career on the big screen, Saeed became a household name in the UK thanks to his appearances in numerous TV dramas, including 'Tandoori Nights', 'The Far Pavilions' and 'Gangsters'.
Meanwhile, he appeared alongside Sir Michael Caine and Sir Sean Connery in 'The Man Who Would Be King', while he also played Patel in Sir Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning 'Gandhi' in 1982.
Saeed received his BAFTA nomination for his starring role in 'My Beautiful Laundrette' and more recently, was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1995 for his contributions to drama.
He is survived by his wife Jennifer.

Liam Neeson thinks his acting career has been helped by his early boxing training.
The 63-year-old actor - who started sparring when he was nine years old - thinks he gets his strong work ethic from his fighting days.
Asked if there is a parallel between the blood sport and acting, he said: "I think there is. There was a period, about a year or two ago, when I was doing one film after the other.
"Some people were saying: 'Look buddy, you should slow down', and I said: 'Why? I keep fit, I feel great, I've been blessed and given the chance to do these films.'"
The 'Taken' star also thinks his Northern Irish roots and his parents influence had something to do with it.
He told Metro newspaper: "I think I got that work ethic from being from Northern Ireland and the ethic instilled in me by my mum and dad and certainly my boxing training.
"The harder I trained the more victorious I became in the ring. It was a simple equation."
Meanwhile, Liam also said his role in the Oscar-winning movie 'Schindler's List' transformed his career.
He explained: "I guess 'Schindler's List' gave my standing in Hollywood a boost.
"I started getting offered more leading roles after that.
But doing that film also reminded me of the power of cinema.
"I think it surprised us all - Steven Spielberg and the cast. Spielberg made an extraordinary film that touched people, not just the Jewish community or survivors.
"It was fascinating to see the impact these images had on audiences."