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Earlier this week in Scotland, dozens of families were disappointed by the Willy Wonka Experience Glasgow. While the bare-bones event left a lot to be desired, the actors put on the best show possible to try to show attendees a good time, and one has become a video game star. Despite the Willy Wonka Experience Glasgow being a complete disaster for everyone involved, those watching the chaos unfold online have latched onto one of its key characters. The Unknown is a creation of whatever AI writing program was used to…

Los Angeles, Feb 15 (PTI) Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are set to headline the cast of "The Fantastic Four" from Marvel Studios. HT Image The film also marks the entry of the superhero quartet — Pascal's Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman) to be played by Kirby, Johnny Storm/ the Human Torch to be essayed by Quinn, and Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing — in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after 20th Century Fox's merger with…

Marvel has announced the cast for its much-anticipated reboot of Fantastic Four: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.The film, about a quartet of superheroes with different powers, has been dated for 25 July 2025.Pascal, who recently received an Emmy nomination for his lead role in HBO’s The Last of Us, will play Reed Richards AKA Mr Fantastic. Kirby, most recently seen opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon, will play his girlfriend, Sue Storm AKA Invisible Woman. Moss-Bachrach, who picked up…

Marvel‘s Fantastic Four has been assembled. In a sweet treat to fans, the entertainment studio announced the official casting for the long-awaited film set for release on July 25, 2025. “Happy Valentine’s Day from Marvel’s First Family,” the social media post teased. “Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn are The Fantastic Four.” Pascal was reported to have been close to closing the deal to play Mr. Fantastic in November 2023, but nearly every detail about the film was up in the air and…

Cool Dry Place, Katy Kirby’s 2021 debut, introduced the Texas-born singer-songwriter as a cool-headed operator whose feather-light melodic voice and indie leanings offered original turns of phrase. Raised in an evangelical household, she came late to secular music. Her second album, written in Nashville, continues to make up for lost time, moving on in both craft and playfulness. The subtly funky Drop Dead recalls Feist in how Kirby smuggles depth into breeziness. Party of the Century is no fist-pumper, but a delicate…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeVanessa Kirby has spoken about how “scared” she was filming Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.The 35-year-old English actor plays Joséphine de Beauharnais, the mistress-turned-empress of Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix) in the film, which is out now in cinemas.In a new interview with The Times, Kirby spoke about her history of nerves, which left her knees shaking every night for months as a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeVanessa Kirby has spoken about how “scared” she was filming Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.The 35-year-old English actor plays Joséphine de Beauharnais, the mistress-turned-empress of Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix) in the film, which is out now in cinemas.In a new interview with The Times, Kirby spoke about her history of nerves, which left her knees shaking every night for months as a…

It’s still not quite confirmed, but we’re finally getting somewhere. As per Deadline, Pedro Pascal is reportedly in discussions to play Reed Richards in Marvel’s Fantastic Four reboot — which was first promised to us way back in summer 2019. So, assuming he’s able to work out his ridiculously busy schedule, it looks like we might’ve found our Mr. Fantastic at last. What’s more, Vanessa Kirby just lifted spirits that she could be our Invisible Woman with a very telling response on the red carpet of the Parisian premiere…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNapoleon Bonaparte was there, at the dawn of cinema – the subject of an 1897 short by Louis Lumière. In 1927, he occupied the mind of French filmmaker Abel Gance, whose 330-minute epic, one of the medium’s great technical achievements, was intended to be the first of six films on Napoleon’s life. And he’s continued, ever since, to frustrate cinema’s greats: Charlie Chaplin, Stanley…

Doot me up inside It cannot be understated how much music has influenced the public consciousness. Certain songs have become the theme of generations, and the constant evolution of music, and music creation is still one of the most prevalent forms of expression today. Take someone like Moshibass for example, and his Kirby Otamatone. Screenshot by Moshibass Kirby Otamatone leads Troupe in Bring Me to Life Cover For those who are unfamiliar, the Otamatone is a portable music synthesizer created in the shape of an…