Sentences with phrase «titular roles in»

Actor Jeremy Renner will play the titular role in boxer Rocky Marciano's biopic titled «Undefeated: The Rocky Marciano Story».

She also won an Emmy for playing the titular role in the 2010 TV movie «Temple...

Penelope (PG for mature themes, sexual innuendo and mild epithets) Christina Ricci takes the titular role in this modern - day fairy tale about a woman determined to put an end to a family curse and a lifelong streak of bad luck.

As she points out in the video below, the main reason she took on the titular role in «Miss Julie» is because she relished the opportunity to work with world cinema icon Liv Ullmann.

Woody Harrelson stars in Defendor just as Johnson tackles the titular role in Kick - Ass.

The couple had earlier walked the reed carpet at the Dolby Theatre with Maisie Sly, six, who plays the titular role in the film about a profoundly deaf youngster.

Margot at the Wedding (R for sexuality and profanity) Nicole Kidman handles the titular role in this family skeletons dramedy about a narcissistic writer who causes quite a stir after showing up unexpectedly with her adolescent (Zane Pais) for the impending wedding of her freewheeling sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to an unemployed artist (Jack Black).

Fast forward to the mid-seventies and Sissy Spacek took on the titular role in Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role CATE BLANCHETT, «CAROL» Two - time Oscar winner Blanchett plays the titular role in Todd Haynes» «50s - set «Carol.»

After first playing the titular role in 1998's Blade, Snipes has reaffirmed his wishes to take on the role of the vampire hunter once more.

«Delivering Milo» (2001) One of Yelchin's earliest credited roles was the titular role in «Delivering Milo.»

CBS» Bad Teacher adaptation has found its Cameron Diaz: Ari Graynor will play the titular role in th...

Ralph Fiennes played the titular role in his film.

David Harbour is excited about his titular role in the upcoming Hellboy reboot, but his friends weren't so sure he should accept it.

Gerwig plays the titular role in the film: a twenty - something woman living in New York whose ambition it is to become a dancer.

He played the titular role in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, as Hergé's legendary young adventurer in the motion - capture production filmed in 3 - D.

Mad Men star Kiernan Shipka is set to play the titular role in the project from Roberto Aguirre - Sacasa, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros..

That same year, he played the titular role in «Jerry Maguire,» which earned him a Golden Globe and his second Academy Award nomination.

And so, he'll all but confirm that outrageous theory of mine as he takes on the titular role in Paul Greengrass» new biopic Captain Phillips, a particularly tense rendering of the experiences of the real - life cargo captain and his written accounts.

News: Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to play the titular role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.

CBS» Bad Teacher adaptation has found its Cameron Diaz: Ari Graynor will play the titular role in the comedy pilot, TVGuide.com has learned.

Wallis will play the titular role in the re-imagining of the beloved broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip.

And later this year she will appear in an adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel (On Chesil Beach) and an adaptation of a Chekhov play (The Seagull), and she's playing the titular role in a movie about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, opposite fellow nominee Margot Robbie.

Not exact matches

The mythical epic starring Charlie Hunnam in the titular role was critically drubbed (it currently has a 27 % on Rotten Tomatoes), but has a relatively high B + CinemaScore.

Nevertheless, we think it holds up thanks to its amazing production design and memorable performances from the principal cast, especially Dustin Hoffman in the titular role.

«He is the titular head of the state party and has a critical role and component in that process.

Following his acclaimed role in American Beauty, Bentley appeared in The White River Kid, in which he played the film's titular murderer.In the wake of American Beauty, Bentley starred in Michael Winterbottom's The Claim, as well as yet another version of the classic adventure tale The Four Feathers.

More supporting roles in Big Fat Liar and Solaris were quick to follow, and after rounding out the «American» trilogy in American Wedding, it was burger time for Cho as he played one of the titular characters (opposite Van Wilder's Kal Penn) in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

Director Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl») has assembled an impressive cast, headlined by Margot Robbie in the titular role, but the A-list names struggle mightlily to achieve verisimilitude.

Following secondary to miniscule parts in films like Sleep With Me, Amateur, and Mixed Nuts (all 1994), Posey had her breakthrough role as the titular heroine of Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Party Girl in 1995.

Grainger first came to the attention of American audiences in the television series THE BORGIAS, and has appeared in such television productions as BONNIE & CLYDE, playing the titular role of Bonnie and earning nominations from the Critics» Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series and the Satellite Award for Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television; and in LADY CHATTERLEY»S LOVER among others.

Also starring in the titular role of Andrew Largeman, Braff is mirroring his own life story and the reaches of his own depression at the time he wrote the script.

Eddie Redmayne takes the titular role as Lili Elbe, formerly Einar Wegener, a pioneer of the transgender community who had the surgery in 1930, a process that took over two years.

We also get a peek at Aaron Johnson as the titular Kick - Ass and Hit Girl's bike, as well as Morris Chestnut who takes over the role of Sergeant Marcus Williams from Omari Hardwick, who played the character in the first film.

Two days ago, the incredible trailer for Luc Besson's Lucy was released, in which Johansson plays the titular role, a drug mule who turns into a metahuman with extended brain power after ingesting the substance she is carrying.

Chadwick Boseman is starring in the film as King T'Challa of Wakanda, reprising his Captain America: Civil War role as this film's titular hero.

The five - part series stars Benedict Cumberbatch in its titular role.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as titular heroine «Amélie» was her springboard to international stardom.

The site reports that casting continues — with one of the titular eight roles still to be filled — while «there is every possibility» that stars from the original Steven Soderbergh - directed trilogy of films could also appear in cameo roles.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as the titular heroine was her springboard to international stardom.

With Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley in supporting roles it is Chris Pine who will be playing the titular Jack Ryan.

This is the relatively slight premise of «The Ballad of Lefty Brown,» a solid Western with great work from Bill Pullman in the titular role as a man who finds himself untethered but with renewed focus when he loses his best friend.

With a winning, enigmatic turn by Jan Bijvoet in the titular role as a one - step - ahead - of - the - game tramp - cum - puppetmaster, Borgman never becomes predictable.

He also had recurring roles on the television series Mad About You and Friends and starred in the drama Huff (2004 - 2006), playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical Spamalot.

Confirmed cast members include Robert De Niro in the titular role — reuniting he and Scorsese for a ninth time but the first since Casino — Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, marking his first collaboration with the director, Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino, Harvey Keitel as Angelo Bruno and Bobby Cannavale as «Crazy» Joe Gallo.

Hellblade is a third - person action game placing players in the role of the titular Senua (expertly voiced by Melina Juergens) a Celtic warrior driven to madness following the death of her mentor and lover Dillion during a violent Viking raid on the Orkney Islands.

A noteworthy adaptation was Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones, which featured Dorothy Dandridge's Oscar - nominated performance in the titular role.

Starring Vin Diesel in the titular role, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Bokeem Woodbine, and Karl Urban, this thriller science fiction film had its United States release last September 6, 2013.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jack Nicholson are equally riveting as Wilson Joel and the titular Warren Schmidt, respectively, and Kathy Bates appears in similarly earthy roles in both films.

Director and co-writer Scott Derrickson (who previously wrote the unnecessary sequel Urban Legends: Final Cut) has been lucky enough to work with some gifted actors, especially Jennifer Carpenter (White Chicks) in the titular role.