Margot Robbie and Samara Weaving were practically twins on the red carpet and the internet is seeing double.
Hulu has released a new trailer for Bad Hair, the killer-weave horror flick from director Justin Simien (Dear White People). The 80-set slasher stars Elle Lorraine (Insecure) as an ambitious aspiring VJ whose quest to fit into an image-obsessed industry turns deadly when a new weave develops a mind of its own. Honestly, if you haven't been sold since that logline was first released with Simien's name attached to it, I truly don't know what to tell you, but this is another great trailer for what's sure to be Hulu's Halloween standout. …
From director Paul Ireland, the indie drama Measure for Measure is a contemporary retelling of the work of William Shakespeare, as an unlikely romance between Jaiwara (Megan Hajjar), a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio (Harrison Gilbertson), a local musician, finds itself at the center of a world of crime, drugs and racial tension. At the same time, local crime boss Duke (Hugo Weaving) is grooming his lieutenant Angelo (Mark Leonard Winter) to take over the business, but it finding it challenging to keep him in line. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Hugo Weaving talked about why …
There will be a notable absence from The Matrix 4 in the form of Hugo Weaving, who portrayed the villainous Agent Smith across the original Matrix trilogy. In light of franchise alums Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Lambert Wilson set to return, why wouldn't an equally integral piece of The Matrix puzzle like Weaving also come back? Lucky for us, Collider's own Christina Radish managed to get an answer on Weaving's absence from The Matrix 4 while speaking with the actor about his new movie, Measure for Measure. Turns out, Weaving was so …
Hugo Weaving is on record stating that he has no desire to play the Elven ruler Elrond again, a character who will appear in Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings series.
Bill S. Preston (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) are back in Bill & Ted Face the Music as the San Dimas, California duo still trying to fulfill their destiny to save the universe with their music. It's been nearly 20 years since we last saw these best friends, and now, they're middle-aged dads living with their historical babe wives (Erinn Hayes and Jayma Mays) and equally music-obsessed kids, Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Thea (Samara Weaving). Bill and Ted still haven’t written the song that’s meant to ensure the survival of …
Casting for Scream 5 is heating up on the heels of the news that the directing team of Radio Silence, responsible for last year’s tremendously fun horror-thriller Ready or Not, is taking the helm of the new movie. But one name nearly made the cut for Scream 5 new additions, and it’s a name you’ll surely recognize. Samara Weaving broke out in a big way with her leading turn in Ready or Not as a bride being hunted by her new husband’s family, and plays a key role in the upcoming sequel Bill & Ted …
From Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the Netflix seven-episode limited series Hollywood follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers as they try to make their dreams come true in the post-World War II era. While exposing the power dynamics and unfair biases that were prevalent, it also explores what things might have looked like if those Hollywood norms had been torn down. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Aussie actress Samara Weaving, who plays aspiring and ambitious actress Claire Wood, talked about the experience of working on a Ryan Murphy set, what she found …
What would have happened if inclusion and representation were taken more seriously in the Golden Age of Hollywood? While we will never actually know, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan attempt to answer the question in their Netflix limited series, Hollywood, which is like a What If…? comic book about Hollywood in the 1940s. The series takes real people like Rock Hudson, Anna May Wong, and Vivien Leigh and combines them with fictionalized aspiring actors and filmmakers who are willing to do whatever it takes to make Hollywood look at every person as equal, no matter their race or sexual orientation. …
Samara Weaving is one of those up-and-coming performers you just know is going to breakout big time one day. The actress has been stealing scenes in genre films for the last few years, from The Babysitter to Mayhem, and last year's breakout Ready or Not. She's poised for her highest profile gig yet as Bill's daughter in the upcoming Bill and Ted Face the Music, but first, she's getting tangled up in a Hitchockian thriller in Lionsgate's Last Moment of Clarity. Zach Avery stars as Sam, a man who thinks he found his …
Are you Ready or Not to learn more about Australian rising star Samara Weaving?
Guns Akimbo, an early front-runner for the Greatest Motion Picture Ever Created Oscar, is due in select theaters next Friday, and Saban Films is getting an early start on celebrating their inevitable awards season sweep with a new clip. The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as Miles, a simpering video game developer thoroughly allergic to conflict, who suddenly finds himself thrown into the middle of an illegal livestream death-match with pistols bolted to each of his hands. He’s getting hunted down by the match’s top killer, Nix (Samara Weaving), a tatted-up sociopath armed with a cartoonish …
Scheduling conflicts prevented Hugo Weaving from returning to The Matrix franchise.
Overall, Marvel has had a pretty poor run of villains, but Hugo Weaving was perfectly cast as Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger. He had the perfect balance of menace while staying in the realm of old-fashioned villainy to make his mark as Cap's longtime nemesis. Since the character didn't die so much as getting beamed up at the end of First Avenger, fans assumed they'd be seeing him again some day, and they were right. The character returned as the guide to the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but …
Hugo Weaving reveals why he didn't return as the MCU's Red Skull in Infinity War, saying it was impossible to negotiate with Marvel Studios.