FIRST IMAGES OF EMILY BLUNT IN 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN' AND MOWGLI AND LUPITA NYONGO'S WOLF RAKSHA IN DISNEY'S 'THE JUNGLE BOOK'

EMILY  BLUNT

IN THE FIRST PHOTOS FROM 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN'

New movie images for you today! Beginning with first photos from EW of Emily Blunt as THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN! She leads the cast in the adaptation of the popular bestseller as an unemployed alcoholic who becomes obsessed with a couple (Luke Evans and Hayley Bennett) that she sees every day from her train, during a commute that takes her past the home her ex-husband (Justin Theroux) shares with his new wife (Rebecca Ferguson). One day she accidentally witnesses an act of betrayal, followed shortly thereafter by the young woman’s disappearance.

DISNEY'S 'THE JUNGLE BOOK'

REVEALS NEW PHOTO OF RAKSHA

Empire has, meanwhile, published a new photo from this April's THE JUNGLE BOOK featuring little Mowgli and his adoptive wolf mother Raksha who gets her voice from Lupita Nyong'o! Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson also feature in Disney's movie.

LUKE EVANS JOINS EMILY BLUNT IN 'GIRL ON THE TRAIN'! 'ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS' TRAILER WITH JOHNNY DEPP, ANNE HATHAWAY! 'TEMPEST', 'DARKOVER', '244 DEGREES OF FREEDOM' SF TV SERIES

'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN'

 LUKE EVANS JOINS EMILY BLUNT

Now we know why our favourite Welshman in the world Luke Evans has opted out of US Army propaganda SAND CASTLE movie with Henry Cavill: he will take a role in THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN instead! He replaces Jared Leto joining Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez and Rebecca Ferguson in the film in which he will play the husband of Haley Bennett's character. In the adaptation of Paula Hawkins novel Emily Blunt plays a divorced woman fascinated by a couple she watches on her commute to work. But events take a sinister turn when the wife (Bennett) disappears and the Girl on the Train starts to suspect she may be witness to a murder.

NEW SF TV SERIES

'TEMPEST' AT CW  
In TV news today, CW will produce utopian series TEMPEST about a young woman living in a utopian spaceship who finds out the ship is secretly powered by slaves and becomes enmeshed romantically and politically in the dangerous rebellion brewing below the decks.
AMAZON'S 'DARKOOVER'
Amazon is also going sf by turning DARKOVER sf novels into series! Marion Zimmer Bradley's saga has 25 books and it has been translated into almost 20 languages as a mix of fantasy and science fiction set on the exotic planet of Darkover.
244 DEGREES OF FREEDOM
Fox has bought sf series 244 DEGREES OF FREEDOM set in a world where robots have evolved in intelligence, influence, and social status, and humans have been relegated to a permanent underclass until one man is driven to lead a rebellion against the machines, risking everything to uncover a conspiracy that could spell the end of the human race.

DISNEY'S FIRST TRAILER FOR

ALICE THROUGH LOOKING GLASS

Disney has revealed the first trailer for their fairy tale movie ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS which is out next May! Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit, Absolem, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (Anne Hathaway) sends Alice on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends - and enemies - at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out.  Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman and Michael Sheen also star.

LEA SEYDOUX IS BELLADONNA IN CHANNING TATUM'S 'GAMBIT'! GABRIEL CHAVARRIA TO LEAD 'WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES'! HALEY BENNETT JOINS EMILY BLUNT, REBECCA FERGUSON IN 'GIRL ON THE TRAIN'

 GABRIEL CHAVARRIA TO LEAD

 WAR OF PLANET OF THE APES

Now, if you like them movie apes, you will like this piece of fresh info too: according to 'Deadline' WAR OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, the third movie in 20th Century Fox' sf franchise is going to cast young Gabriel Chavarria for the role of one of the two main human characters in the movie. The film has been scheduled for July 2017 cinematic release unleashing an all out war between humans and apes as it was announced at the end of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Matt Reeves is returning to the helm after the second movie in the franchise that he directed last year earned more than $700 million around the world. Andy Serkis will again play Caesar the ape leader.

 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN' 

HALEY BENNETT JOINS EMILY BLUNT, REBECCA FERGUSON
 Meanwhile, for all of you who liked the book, the big screen adaptation of Paula Hawkins' bestseller THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN has just cast Haley Bennett in the third lead female role next to Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson who will play Anna, while Blunt plays Rachel, a recent divorcee who spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day. One morning, she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds, involving the other two women. Bennett also stars in the remake of MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

 LEA SEYDOUX TO JOIN

 CHANNING TATUM'S 'GAMBIT'

Speaking of Rebecca Ferguson, when she gave up on the possible gig in Channing Tatum's superhero spin-off GAMBIT after accepting the role in THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, she left an empty place which now might be filled by French star Lea Seydoux. Apparently director Rupert Wyatt has offered her the lead female role of Belladonna Boudreaux aka Bella, Gambit’s love since childhood, who eventually gained powers of her own and became head of the Assassins Guild while GAMBIT, aka Remy LeBeau, was head of the Thieves Guild! You will watch Seydoux in new SPECTRE James Bond movie too.