Variety is reporting that Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the new recruits to the cast of HBO Films’ Bernie Madoff film Wizard of Lies, alongside Robert De Niro.

Barry Levinson (Rain Man) has been hired to direct the film, which is based on the New York Times bestseller from author Diana Henriques, Wizard of Lies, as well as Laurie Sandell’s Truth and Consequences, both of which tell the true story of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and how it impacted its victims and their families.

As well as adding Pfeiffer, who will play Ruth Madoff, Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year) has also joined the cast of the film as Mark Madoff.

Expect to see Wizard of Lies in 2016.

Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming drama Wizard of Lies, based on the story of money fraudster Bernie Madoff.

Directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man), the film stars Robert De Niro in the lead title role as Madoff, the disgraced financer behind a Ponzi scheme that saw him imprisoned for fraud in 2009 for 150 years. Michelle Pfeiffer (The Family) is also in the film as Madoff’s wife, Ruth, as is Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year) who plays Madoff’s son Mark, who committed suicide in 2010.

Azaria will play Madoff’s right-hand man in the scheme, Frank Dipascali, who called himself the “chief financial officer” for Madoff Investments Securities LLC. Dipascali was also convicted, but died of cancer before his sentencing was handed down.

The film is based on the book Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques, as well as Laurie Sandell’s Truth and Consequences. Expect to see it on HBO in 2016.

HBO has just unveiled the first official image from their upcoming film The Wizard of Lies, and it shows Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff, the operator of the largest private Ponzi scheme in history. Michelle Pfeiffer can also be seen in the picture as his wife Ruth Madoff…

In 2009, Madoff, who reportedly stole $65 billion from his clients, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud and received 150 years in jail. 

Barry Levinson (Rain Main) directs the 2016 film, which also stars Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) as Frank Dipascali and Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle) as Mark Madoff. The film is based on a 2012 book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques, and written by Sam Baum, John Burnham Schwartz and Sam Levinson. De Niro is also on board as an executive producer, along with Barry Levinson, Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh.

Via Variety

Die Hard 2, Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns – the best festive movies are often the ones that aren’t even about Christmas. Join Scott as he lists his five favourite facts from this obscure genre.

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Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled its upcoming premium format Catwoman collectible figure, which is based on Michelle Pfeiffer’s portrayal in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns; check it out below…

“You’re catnip to a girl like me. Handsome, dazed, and to die for.”

Dressed in black and ready to stalk through the night, Gotham’s most notorious prowler, Catwoman, joins Sideshow’s Premium Format™ collection. A stunning recreation of Michelle Pfeiffer’s iconic portrayal from Batman Returns, this piece celebrates all nine of her lives.

Clad in her signature skintight leathers and with her whip coiled around her, Ms. Kyle has a way of making most people feel as if they are nothing but a ball of yarn.

Standing at 22 inches tall, the figure is priced $449.99 and is expected to ship between January-March 2017;

Variety is reporting that Darren Aronofsky is filling out the cast of his next film, adding Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), Brian Gleeson (Snow White and the Huntsman), Michelle Pfeiffer (The Family) and Ed Harris (Run All Night) to the cast of the as-yet-untitled drama.

The film, which Aronofsky will direct from his own script, already has Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: Apocalypse) attached, and “centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home and disrupt their tranquil existence.”

The project is expected to arrive in 2017.

The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, like our thoughts on Captain America: Civil War, the Inhumans movie being pulled by Marvel from their Phase III line-up, Rock ‘The Dwayne’ Johnson being cast in Sony’s Jumanji remake and more…

The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

The Lidl car park fight scene is my favourite.

I don’t want to rub it in or anything…BUT I’VE SEEN CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR!

*does a little dance*

“Quit it, Oli, you’re raising our expectations too much,” you say out loud to this article, like a loon.

You should thank me. If you’re expectations aren’t lowered, you run the risk of being too impressed and your head exploding.

Here’s a spoiler-free mini-review in this week’s Scooperhero News – read it, watch it, subscribe…it? – and if you prefer your summaries more film-ruiny, here’s a breakdown of the mid-credits scene.

Me and Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis – spreading love even amongst battling ideologies.

One of the best parts in the film (and there are many) is Tom Holland’s Spider-Man – particularly his interplay with Tony Stark. It’s absolutely web-tastic news, then, that Robert Downey Jr. is reprising his Iron Man role in Spider-Man: Homecoming…but not so great that Michael Keaton is no longer in talks to play the film’s villain.

He already had the suit and everything.

I said in my podcast insta-review of Civil War that it was the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron should have been. That film’s director, Joss Whedon, seems to agree, admitting the movie didn’t meet his expectations.

It really could have done with more tacked on Thor sub-plots.

The next Marvel movie following Civil War is October’s Doctor Strange. We got our first trailer for the film last week, but it didn’t give much away. To give a better idea of what you can expect, here’s everything they left out from concept art trailer screened at last year’s D23 Expo.

Like…HADOUKENS!

Another thing excluded from the Doctor Strange trailer was an Asian actor playing The Ancient One. Tilda Swinton has replied to accusations of the movie’s “whitewashing” casting. Poor Marvel – they create an extra female role and they still get it wrong.

It could always be worse.

The Inhumans movie won’t be tackling Marvel’s lack of racial diversity anytime soon either, because the film has been pulled from Phase Three. Turns out Disney are making too many movies already, but the project isn’t dead. Black Bolt and Buddies will just have to wait until Phase Four.

“DON’T TAKE GROOT AWAY FROM ME, TOO!”

DC’s Green Lantern Corps movie, however, could be racially diverse from the outset. Latino Review are reporting the film will feature Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner. Which means ginger Guy Gardner won’t feature. It’s a brunette-wash!

There goes the Red Lanterns.

But how can Warner Bros. make the Green Lantern franchise successful? Flickering Myth’s Anghus Houvouras thinks he has the answer: make it Harry Potter in space. They’re gonna need a hell of a lot of Floo Powder for that one.

“You’re a possessor of immense willpower, Harry!”

Head to the next page for the Flickering Myth exclusive on the latest piece of Justice League casting, The Rock starring in Sony’s Jumanji reboot, the first footage of Wonder Woman’s home country and more…

Variety is reporting that Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the new recruits to the cast of HBO Films’ Bernie Madoff film Wizard of Lies, alongside Robert De Niro.

Barry Levinson (Rain Man) has been hired to direct the film, which is based on the New York Times bestseller from author Diana Henriques, Wizard of Lies, as well as Laurie Sandell’s Truth and Consequences, both of which tell the true story of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and how it impacted its victims and their families.

As well as adding Pfeiffer, who will play Ruth Madoff, Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year) has also joined the cast of the film as Mark Madoff.

Expect to see Wizard of Lies in 2016.

Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming drama Wizard of Lies, based on the story of money fraudster Bernie Madoff.

Directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man), the film stars Robert De Niro in the lead title role as Madoff, the disgraced financer behind a Ponzi scheme that saw him imprisoned for fraud in 2009 for 150 years. Michelle Pfeiffer (The Family) is also in the film as Madoff’s wife, Ruth, as is Alessandro Nivola (A Most Violent Year) who plays Madoff’s son Mark, who committed suicide in 2010.

Azaria will play Madoff’s right-hand man in the scheme, Frank Dipascali, who called himself the “chief financial officer” for Madoff Investments Securities LLC. Dipascali was also convicted, but died of cancer before his sentencing was handed down.

The film is based on the book Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques, as well as Laurie Sandell’s Truth and Consequences. Expect to see it on HBO in 2016.

HBO has just unveiled the first official image from their upcoming film The Wizard of Lies, and it shows Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff, the operator of the largest private Ponzi scheme in history. Michelle Pfeiffer can also be seen in the picture as his wife Ruth Madoff…

In 2009, Madoff, who reportedly stole $65 billion from his clients, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud and received 150 years in jail. 

Barry Levinson (Rain Main) directs the 2016 film, which also stars Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) as Frank Dipascali and Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle) as Mark Madoff. The film is based on a 2012 book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques, and written by Sam Baum, John Burnham Schwartz and Sam Levinson. De Niro is also on board as an executive producer, along with Barry Levinson, Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh.

Via Variety

Die Hard 2, Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns – the best festive movies are often the ones that aren’t even about Christmas. Join Scott as he lists his five favourite facts from this obscure genre.

What’s YOUR favourite movie set at Christmas that isn’t actually a Christmas movie? Let us know in the comments.

Subscribe for more movie awesomeness, like the below multiple slices of fried gold…

THE FLICKERING MYTH MOVIE SHOW
-every other Sunday at 10am EST.

SUPER COOL FEATURES
-every OTHER Sunday at 10am EST.

GEEK NEWS
-new movie news and opinion podcast every Wednesday at 3pm EST.

Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled its upcoming premium format Catwoman collectible figure, which is based on Michelle Pfeiffer’s portrayal in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns; check it out below…

“You’re catnip to a girl like me. Handsome, dazed, and to die for.”

Dressed in black and ready to stalk through the night, Gotham’s most notorious prowler, Catwoman, joins Sideshow’s Premium Format™ collection. A stunning recreation of Michelle Pfeiffer’s iconic portrayal from Batman Returns, this piece celebrates all nine of her lives.

Clad in her signature skintight leathers and with her whip coiled around her, Ms. Kyle has a way of making most people feel as if they are nothing but a ball of yarn.

Standing at 22 inches tall, the figure is priced $449.99 and is expected to ship between January-March 2017;

Variety is reporting that Darren Aronofsky is filling out the cast of his next film, adding Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), Brian Gleeson (Snow White and the Huntsman), Michelle Pfeiffer (The Family) and Ed Harris (Run All Night) to the cast of the as-yet-untitled drama.

The film, which Aronofsky will direct from his own script, already has Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: Apocalypse) attached, and “centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home and disrupt their tranquil existence.”

The project is expected to arrive in 2017.

The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, like our thoughts on Captain America: Civil War, the Inhumans movie being pulled by Marvel from their Phase III line-up, Rock ‘The Dwayne’ Johnson being cast in Sony’s Jumanji remake and more…

The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

The Lidl car park fight scene is my favourite.

I don’t want to rub it in or anything…BUT I’VE SEEN CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR!

*does a little dance*

“Quit it, Oli, you’re raising our expectations too much,” you say out loud to this article, like a loon.

You should thank me. If you’re expectations aren’t lowered, you run the risk of being too impressed and your head exploding.

Here’s a spoiler-free mini-review in this week’s Scooperhero News – read it, watch it, subscribe…it? – and if you prefer your summaries more film-ruiny, here’s a breakdown of the mid-credits scene.

Me and Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis – spreading love even amongst battling ideologies.

One of the best parts in the film (and there are many) is Tom Holland’s Spider-Man – particularly his interplay with Tony Stark. It’s absolutely web-tastic news, then, that Robert Downey Jr. is reprising his Iron Man role in Spider-Man: Homecoming…but not so great that Michael Keaton is no longer in talks to play the film’s villain.

He already had the suit and everything.

I said in my podcast insta-review of Civil War that it was the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron should have been. That film’s director, Joss Whedon, seems to agree, admitting the movie didn’t meet his expectations.

It really could have done with more tacked on Thor sub-plots.

The next Marvel movie following Civil War is October’s Doctor Strange. We got our first trailer for the film last week, but it didn’t give much away. To give a better idea of what you can expect, here’s everything they left out from concept art trailer screened at last year’s D23 Expo.

Like…HADOUKENS!

Another thing excluded from the Doctor Strange trailer was an Asian actor playing The Ancient One. Tilda Swinton has replied to accusations of the movie’s “whitewashing” casting. Poor Marvel – they create an extra female role and they still get it wrong.

It could always be worse.

The Inhumans movie won’t be tackling Marvel’s lack of racial diversity anytime soon either, because the film has been pulled from Phase Three. Turns out Disney are making too many movies already, but the project isn’t dead. Black Bolt and Buddies will just have to wait until Phase Four.

“DON’T TAKE GROOT AWAY FROM ME, TOO!”

DC’s Green Lantern Corps movie, however, could be racially diverse from the outset. Latino Review are reporting the film will feature Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner. Which means ginger Guy Gardner won’t feature. It’s a brunette-wash!

There goes the Red Lanterns.

But how can Warner Bros. make the Green Lantern franchise successful? Flickering Myth’s Anghus Houvouras thinks he has the answer: make it Harry Potter in space. They’re gonna need a hell of a lot of Floo Powder for that one.

“You’re a possessor of immense willpower, Harry!”

Head to the next page for the Flickering Myth exclusive on the latest piece of Justice League casting, The Rock starring in Sony’s Jumanji reboot, the first footage of Wonder Woman’s home country and more…

Back in November of last year, Kenneth Branagh boarded 20th Century Fox’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, with the studio setting a release date of November 10th 2017.

The project seemed to be coming together earlier this year when Angelina Jolie joined the project, only to drop out last month, and now THR is reporting that Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer are among a list of “names of interest”, although both are yet to officially attach themselves to the film.

With a little over a year to go before its planned release, Fox is starting to face a race against time in order to put together its all-star cast for the film alongside Branagh, who portraying master detective Hercule Poirot as well as directing.

Yesterday we brought word that Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer were circling director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery Murder on the Orient Express, and now 20th Century Fox has confirmed that both have officially boarded the project, along with Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi, Michael Pena and Leslie Odom Jr. Check out the full press release from Fox below…

An all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Daisy Ridley, is joining director Kenneth Branagh on 20th Century Fox’s new feature film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s acclaimed mystery Murder on the Orient Express, it was announced today by TCF president Emma Watts.

In addition to directing the film, Branagh, a five-time Academy Award®-nominee, will star as detective Hercule Poirot. Depp portrays Ratchett; Pfeiffer is Mrs. Hubbard and Ridley plays Mary Debenham.

Oscar winner Judi Dench portrays Princess Dragomiroff, while Lucy Boynton is Countess Andrenyi. Tom Bateman plays Bouc, acclaimed stage actor and Tony winner Derek Jacobi portrays Masterman, Michael Peņa is Marquez, and Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. plays Doctor Arbuthnot. The ensemble is nearly complete, but there are still a few key roles left to cast.

Murder on the Orient Express begins production in November, in London.

Commented Kenneth Branagh: “Christie’s ‘Murder’ is mysterious, compelling and unsettling. I’m honoured to have this fantastic group of actors bring these dark materials to life for a new audience”.

Ridley Scott (The Martian), Simon Kinberg (The Martian, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Mark Gordon (Steve Jobs) and Branagh will produce the film. Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood and Judy Hofflund will also produce. Michael Green (Blade Runner 2) wrote the screenplay, with Steve Asbell overseeing the production for Fox.

Agatha Christie’s novel, published in 1934, is considered one of the most ingenious stories ever devised. It revolves around a murder onboard the famous train, and Belgian detective Hercule Poirot must solve the case – but there are a number of passengers who could potentially be the murderer.

James Prichard and Hilary Strong, both of Agatha Christie Ltd., will executive produce.

Prichard commented: “It is always thrilling for us to see the stellar casting that Agatha Christie film adaptations attract. It is fantastic to have Kenneth Branagh at the helm of this new adaptation of Murder On The Orient Express and we are extremely excited about the cast he is bringing aboard.”

Murder on the Orient Express is set for release on November 10th 2017.

HBO has released a teaser for its upcoming drama The Wizard of Lies. Directed by Barry Levinson and based on The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by journalist Diana B. Henriques, the film stars Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff, the American stockbroker and financier who committed one of the largest cases of financial fraud in US history; take a look below after the official synopsis…

In 2008, stockbroker, investment advisor and financier Bernie Madoff made headlines around the world when he was arrested for perpetrating perhaps the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.

Debuting in May, HBO Films’ THE WIZARD OF LIES examines Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme – his deception, lies and cover-up, all as the financier’s wife and sons are catapulted into a harsh and unrelenting spotlight.

Robert De Niro (Oscar® winner for “Raging Bull” and “The Godfather II”) comes to HBO for the first time in the role of family patriarch Bernie Madoff. Also on HBO for the first time, Michelle Pfeiffer (Golden Globe winner for “The Fabulous Baker Boys”) stars as Ruth Madoff, Bernie’s longtime spouse and unwitting partner during the events that would lead to financial ruin for countless people and institutions, as well as his and his family’s destruction.

The Wizard of Lies is set to premiere on HBO in May and features a cast that also includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow, Sydney Gayle, Lily Rabe, Kristen Connolly, Kathrine Narducci, Steve Coulter and Diana B. Henriques.

Darren Aronofsky’s new film Mother! has been scheduled for an October release date. The film, which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Michelle Pfeiffer, will be released on October 27^th via Paramount Pictures as reported by Deadline Hollywood.

That release slot was originally taken by the Friday the 13^th reboot but Mother!, which is a mystery thriller, has now moved into its place.

Mother!’s synopsis simply reads:

A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

The film will also star Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, and Domhnall Gleeson.

An Aronofsky film is always an event for film lovers, and with the cast and premise for Mother! fans of his work should be in for quite the treat. With his visual flair and off the beaten path sensibilities, this flick will likely be high on many a person’s radar come awards season.

Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got our first look at the star-studded cast of director Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie whodunnit Murder on the Orient Express.

Here’s a look at Branagh as Hercule Poirot, Johnny Depp as Edward Ratchett, Michelle Pfeiffer as Caroline Hubbard, Judi Dench as Princess Dragomiroff, Leslie Odom Jr. as Doctor Arbuthnot, Daisy Ridley as Mary Debenham, Josh Gad as Hector MacQueen, Penelope Cruz as Pilar Estravados, Olivia Colman as Hildegarde Schmidt, Derek Jacobi as Masterman, Willem Dafoe as Gerhard Hardman, Sergei Polunin as Count Andrenyi, Lucy Boynton as Countess Andrenyi, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Biniamino Marquez, Marwan Kenzari as Pierre Michel and Tom Bateman as Bouc.

And here’s a selection of stills…

Murder on the Orient Express is set for release on November 10th in North America and November 24th in the UK.

With a trailer set to arrive tomorrow, the first teaser poster for Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express has been released, featuring the names of the star-studded cast alongside an ominous look at the train.

The film is based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel with the script written by Blade Runner 2049‘s screenwriter Michael Green. It revolves around a murder on board the famous train and Belgian detective Hercule Poirot must solve the case – but a number of passengers who could potentially be the murderer make the case very difficult to solve. Check out a first look at the cast here.

Branagh directs and also stars in Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot, Johnny Depp as Edward Ratchett, Michelle Pfeiffer as Caroline Hubbard, Judi Dench as Princess Dragomiroff, Leslie Odom Jr. as Doctor Arbuthnot, Daisy Ridley as Mary Debenham, Josh Gad as Hector MacQueen, Penelope Cruz as Pilar Estravados, Olivia Colman as Hildegarde Schmidt, Derek Jacobi as Masterman, Willem Dafoe as Gerhard Hardman, Sergei Polunin as Count Andrenyi, Lucy Boynton as Countess Andrenyi, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Biniamino Marquez, Marwan Kenzari as Pierre Michel and Tom Bateman as Bouc. The film is slated for a theatrical release on November 3rd in the UK and November 10th in North America.