Nicholas Hoult Gossip

With Disney taking over Fox, and the X-Men returning to Marvel Studios’ control, the X-Men franchise is now a lame duck. Dark Phoenix, which should have been the next stop in the two-decade-long franchise, is now the culmination of the franchise that began with 2000’s X-Men. (New Mutants, which was supposed to be the start of a new branch of X-movies, is now a truncated offshoot. Full Story

We had a lot of fun here a couple of weeks ago and then again last week over the casting drama for The Batman. In the end, as we know, Robert Pattinson was confirmed to be the next Bruce Wayne. But there was a curious back and forth between him and Nicholas Hoult that played out in real time that made the situation a lot more interesting. Full Story

A couple weeks ago we learned that Robert Pattinson is up to be the new Batman, taking over the role from Ben Affleck. Lainey dubbed him the “Millennial Batman Full Story

This is a thing in Hollywood, something you can count on reliably to generate gossip. In Hollywood, where everyone knows everyone and social circles are small, and friends dates each other’s exes, and there’s a premiere or a party or an award show every weekend, the logistical management of lovers and former lovers and arrivals on red carpets and seating arrangements etc is a tricky task. Full Story

Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn are supporting actors in The Favourite, starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz, world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Here they are at the photo call today, looking very tall and very handsome. As you know Joe is dating Taylor Swift. Nick used to date Jennifer Lawrence (he is now with model Bryana Holly and they just had a child). Full Story

Jennifer Lawrence has always been good for a one-liner. She’s quick-witted and unfiltered. Those two things have always been a part of a Jennifer Lawrence press tour. So, when J.Law started promoting Red Sparrow, I knew we’d be in for a few headline-grabbing cracks. Let’s start with Jennifer inserting herself into the Taylor Swift/Bad Blood vortex. Full Story

The Current War is about Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon Full Story

So let’s just get this out of the way: That happened. I don’t know what to say. Except—I’m sorry. For all of us, but mostly for those who now legitimately fear for their rights, and even their lives. We’ll get through this, but it’s going to suck. But the world keeps turning, and today that means news out of Fox that the X-Men franchise might be in a little bit of trouble. Full Story

The Current War, the Nikola Tesla movie that is somehow not about Nikola Tesla, has finally cast Nikola Tesla. At least we know he’s in this movie for sure. In a rather brilliant piece of casting, Nicholas Hoult Full Story

When I watched the movie trailer for Collide last night, for the first 30 seconds, I was in. Nicholas Hoult and Felicity Jones Full Story