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  • Ender’s Game Cast Watch #8 – New Projects Edition

    Ender’s Game Cast Watch #8 – New Projects Edition

    Recently, the names of several cast members have been showing up in entertainment news articles around the Nets, and not just in connection to Ender’s Game. I figure that’s reason enought to take a closer look at the cast’s current and upcoming projects.

    Hailee Steinfeld seems to be by far the busiest of the younger cast. Her new movie Romeo & Juliet, starring Douglas Booth as Romeo, is coming out in October and Relativity Media has recently released not only a new trailer and the first movie poster but also several hi-res stills to promote the film. See the poster and the trailer below, and check out the stills HERE!

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    In addition to Romeo & Juliet and Ender’s Game, Hailee has nine movies coming up, six of which have already been shot. Hateship Loveship and Can A Song Save Your Life? are set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Release dates have yet to be set for The Homesman (a frontier drama starring Tommy Lee Jones) and The Keeping Room (with Sam Worthington, set during the American Civil War). The spy thriller Three Days to Kill is coming out in February 2014. Three more projects are currently in pre-production.

    Abigail Breslin has a few movies coming out within the next few months as well. Her horror flick Haunter is set to be released in theaters and on Video on Demand in October, and the poster and trailer have just been released online.

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    See 58 hi-res stills of the movie HERE at Filmofilia. In addition, Abigail is starring in the thrillers Final Girl and Wicked Blood, both set to be released this year, and playwright Tracy Letts’ family Drama August: Osage County (with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Benedict Cumberbatch; out in December). Two more projects are currently in pre-production.

    As we told you a couple of weeks ago, Asa Butterfield is currently filming BBC co-financed dramedy X Plus Y. He is also rumored to play the lead in The White Circus, a fantasy movie reuniting him with Chloe Moretz set to be released in 2015. And personally, I wouldn’t be too upset if the casting directors of the new Artemis Fowl movie would consider casting Asa. Tumblr users have done that for years.

    But let’s not forget the adult cast, since they have been keeping busy, too. Harrison Ford’s new movie Paranoia (with Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman) is coming out in a little over a month. Anchorman 2, in which he has a small role, is set to be released in January 2014. In addition, he is involved in three projects that are currently in pre-production: psychological thriller You Belong To Me (with Zach Efron), Sly Stallone’s The Expendables 3, and the long awaited Star Wars VII (directed by J.J. Abrams). He has also declared on several occasions that he would be open to Indiana Jones 5. While I’m excited for Star Wars, I’m not so sure about Indy 5 (Indy 4 was one of the worst movies I’ve ever not finished watching), and I’m positively dreading Expendables. I wonder if Harrison lost a bet or something.

    True to current form, Sir Ben Kingsley has signed onto every project he could fit into his schedule. WWII drama Walking With the Enemy and middle ages set The Physician (based on Noah Gordon’s best-selling novel) are set to be released later this year. SciFi movie Our Robot Overlords is to premiere in 2014. One more project, currently untitled, is in post-production. Two are filming at the moment (thriller Eliza Graves and animated movie The Boxtrolls). Three more are in pre-production.

    Viola Davis has a new movie coming out in September as well: crime thriller Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhall. Two more movies – Th Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and Cyber – are currently filming/in post-production.

    Finally, Nonso Anozie has been doing pretty well for himself. He has landed roles in the upcoming Jack Ryan movie, starring Chris Pine and Keira Knightley (out in December) and NBC’s Dracula TV series, starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the seductive vampire and Nonso as his loyal servant Renfield.

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    Sources: Gotham News, Access Hollywood, Filmofilia, Aint It Cool News, Indiewire, SpoilerTV, IMDB

  • Six New Ender’s Game Character Posters Revealed

    Six New Ender’s Game Character Posters Revealed

    Moviefone and Fandango have exclusively revealed three new Ender’s Game character posters each. They look awesome! Click for higher resolution! (Especially the Fandango ones, i.e. Anderson, Mazer and Ender, are super hi-res.)

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    Which one is your favorite? Any you don’t like? Do you miss anyone? Tell us in the comments or sound off in our Forums!
     

  • See Nonso Anozie as Samson in ‘The Bible’

    See Nonso Anozie as Samson in ‘The Bible’

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    Check out this cool still of Nonso Anozie (Sergeant Dap) in the History Channel’s upcoming mini series The Bible. 

    The epic cast for this epic series is long; but look for Nonso Anozie as Samson (as in the story of Samson and Delilah) – the Israelite who was granted supernatural strength by God (his strength is in his hair) in order to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats like wrestling a lion, and slaying an entire army (photo above); and also Keith David provides voice-overs throughout.

    The Bible will premiere on March 3, 2013. View the trailer below:

    Source: IndieWire

  • Nonso Anozie Talks Getting the Part of Sergeant Dap

    Nonso Anozie Talks Getting the Part of Sergeant Dap

    Nonso Anozie spoke recently with Ebony Magazine about his role as Sergeant Dap in Ender’s Game.

    Anozie joked about how he thought the on-set location in New Orleans, Louisiana was hot, but was apparently a breeze compared to Morocco, where he is currently filming Genesis to Revelations for the History Channel (he plays Samson).

    When asked about what it was like to film with Viola Davis, he revealed that he has no scenes with Davis (Major Gwen Anderson) in the movie. “But I’d come to set on my off days to watch because I enjoy all facets of movie making.” said Anozie. “We’d talk offset.”

    As for Harrison Ford, the actor says he was invited to fly to Los Angeles with Ford on his private plane. “He’s really down to earth and we got to know each other quite well.” He also mentions that he and Sir Ben Kingsley have been friends from working on another movie together in the past.

    As for his role as Dap and how he got the part, Anozie says it was one of the most surprising parts about the film for him, “Originally, it wasn’t written for a Black man, Sergeant Dap is a white guy in the book. But the casting staff liked me so much that I got the part.”

    “Ender’s Game was a great movie and I’m looking forward to the world seeing it.” We’re certainly looking forward to it as well!

    Ender’s Game will be released in theaters November 1, 2013.

    Source: Ebony Magazine

  • Nonso Anozie: ‘Ender’s Game’ Will Be Cutting Edge

    Nonso Anozie: ‘Ender’s Game’ Will Be Cutting Edge

    Nonso Anozie was in attendance this past Sunday at the London Film and Comic Con and spoke with RedCarpetNewsTV about ‘Ender’s Game’. He explains his role as drill sergeant Dap, “He’s a real hardass at first to Ender. Really bad guy, but at the end you really start to see there’s a reason why he’s been so hard on them.”

    Anozie mentions that he still has to head back to the States to finish up some more work on the film, but mentions how much fun it was. “It’s going to have a lot of things that no one’s seen before. A lot of computer graphics, a lot of visual effects, kind of cutting edge. Stuff that nobody’s seen before.”

    Makes the wait that much longer, doesn’t it? Only 478 days to go!

  • Nonso Anozie to Appear at London Film and Comic Con

    Nonso Anozie to Appear at London Film and Comic Con

    Nonso Anozie, who plays Dap in Ender’s Game, will be making an appearance at the 2012 London Film and Comic Con.

    The convention will be taking place at the Olympia Grand Hall in London from July 6-8. Anozie, who plays Xaro Xhoan Daxos on the HBO show Game of Thrones, will be attending the convention on Sunday, July 8 to take part in a photo shoot and discussion.

    Discussion will likely be focused on Game of Thrones since a they have quite a few cast members from the show appearing at the con including James Cosmo (Jeor Mormont), Amrita Acharia (Irri), Rose Leslie (Ygritte), Eugene Simon (Lancel Lannister), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly).

    For information on venue and tickets, head over to the LFCC website.

  • Dap, Mr. & Mrs. Wiggin Cast in ‘Ender’s Game’

    Dap, Mr. & Mrs. Wiggin Cast in ‘Ender’s Game’

    Deadline has the exclusive news on additional casting for Ender’s Game, this time regarding Sergeant Dap and John and Theresa Wiggin (Ender’s parents).

    For Sergeant Dap, the Battle School man who jokingly calls himself “Mom”, casting chose Nonso Anozie, who was most recently seen in the movie The Grey starring Liam Neeson. Anozie will be playing the character Xaro Xhoan Daxos in season 2 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which premieres April 1.

    John Wiggin will be played by Stevie Ray Dallimore (Joyful Noise) and Theresa Wiggin will be played by Andrea Powell.

    Cast members are reportedly already on set in New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Source: Deadline