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The hit Paramount Network series Yellowstone will soon be coming to an end, and while Kelly Reilly is expected to reprise the role of Beth Dutton on the follow-up series that’s now going by the title The Madison, she’s also making some time to star in the Sky Original crime thriller series Under Salt Marsh, which is expected to start filming later this year. Today, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Reilly is being joined in the cast by Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Jonathan Pryce (Tomorrow Never Dies), Naomi Yang (Nightsleeper), Harry Lawtey (Joker: Folie à Deux), Dinita Gohil (Sandman), Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Dino Fetscher (Fool Me Once), Lizzie Annis (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Rhodri Meilir (Tree on a Hill), and Julian Lewis Jones (House of the Dragon).

Written, created, and executive produced by Claire Oakley...

Rafe Spall will star opposite Kelly Reilly in Sky’s upcoming crime thriller series Under Salt Marsh. Also joining the cast are Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Yang and Harry Lawtey.

In the six-part drama, Spall will play a detective who returns to the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen to lead an investigation into the death of a child, in a community he had failed previously.

The series is set in a tight-knit community precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. Per the synopsis: “As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective-turned-teacher Jackie Ellis [Reilly] discovers the body of her eight-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked...

Rafe Spall (The English, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone, Here) will lead Sky Original’s new crime thriller, Under Salt Marsh, now in production.

Jonathan Pryce (The Crown, Slow Horses), Naomi Yang (Nightsleeper, Wolfe) and Harry Lawtey (Industry, Joker: Folie à Deux) will also feature in the six-part limited event series, which earlier confirmed Reilly’s involvement, created and directed by Claire Oakley.

Set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen, a tight-knit community nestled between towering mountains and a sea that threatens its very existence, a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather. Former detective turned teacher Jackie (Reilly) discovers the body of her eight-year-old student, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The death sends shockwaves through the town, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the Morfa Halen three years prior — the disappearance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career.

Cefin’s death summons Jackie’s former partner,...

‘Fool Me Once’ Producer Quay Street Lands Next Project For BBC

Fool Me Once producer Quay Street Productions has landed a BBC thriller series starring Eve Myles and Gabrielle Creevy. The Guest comes from Matthew Barry, who was also behind Quay Street’s Russell Davies-produced Men Up drama for the Beeb. The Guest centers on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran, and her employee, Ria. Ria has never had the time or opportunity to think about what she might actually want from the world. So, when she starts cleaning for Fran, she’s intoxicated by this confident and self-assured woman who encourages her to take control of her life, but soon a manipulative cat-and-mouse game emerges. Myles leads BBC hit drama Keeping Faith, while Gabrielle Creevy will soon star in Sky’s high-profile Mozart series Amadeus as the musical genius’s wife. The Guest...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the historical adventure film The Rebels, which is set in 1st century Wales. You can watch the movie over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Written and directed by Emmet Cummins, The Rebels has the following synopsis:

Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.

The film stars Tom Leach, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Gwydion Rhys, Richard Mason, Julian Lewis Jones, James Groom, Harry Lynn, Ifan Huw Dafydd,...

Stars: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Siôn Alun Davies, Lisa Palfrey, Rhodri Meilir | Written by Roger Williams | Directed by Lee Haven Jones

A dinner party devolves into a bloodbath in this stylish, slow-burn Welsh language horror from debut director Lee Haven Jones. Fair warning: The Feast is not the kind of movie about a feast that will make you hungry afterwards. Indeed, eating beforehand might not be a good idea either.

Set in the present day, the film centres on a wealthy family preparing for a dinner party at their stylish, ultra-modern home in the Welsh countryside. As the film begins, mother Glenda (Nia Roberts) is relaxing in her purpose-built meditation chamber, her corrupt politician husband Gwyn (Julian Lewis Jones) is out trying to shoot rabbits, while her sons Guto (Steffan Cennydd) and Gweirydd (Siôn Alun Davies) are getting high and obsessively training for a triathalon,...

Cannibalism, torture, gory sex and meaty subtexts are all on the menu at a dinner party held by an arrogant local MP

Set and shot in Wales, with dialogue in Welsh (apart from a few loan words from English and the occasional Anglo-Saxon cuss), this is a striking, reasonably original wodge of folk horror. It also represents an auspicious first feature for director Lee Haven Jones (he’s shot a few Doctor Who episodes and the like), working from a script by writer-producer Roger Williams. Said screenplay adroitly incorporates meaty subtexts about class and generational tension, the evils of contemporary land management, and sexual abuse, while still ensuring there’s plenty of screen time devoted to cannibalism, torture and very gory forms of sex.

The feast of the title is a dinner party that arrogant local MP Gwyn (Julian Lewis Jones) and his preening, social-climbing wife Glenda (Nia Roberts) are...

"Everything looks so delicious." Picturehouses in the UK has revealed another new official UK for a freaky horror film titled The Feast, filmed in Welsh and directed by Welsh filmmaker Lee Haven Jones. This first premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival last year, and it already opened in the US last fall - we already posted the IFC trailer back then. This horror feature follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. However, the assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper. Something is coming for them. Annes Elwy stars as the very creepy Cadi, she's joined by Lisa Palfrey, Caroline Berry, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, and Chris Gordon. This trailer and the new UK poster give away just a bit more than the US marketing, but there's still...

Directed by Sagar Ballary, the sports biopic Jungle Cry, which releases on May 20th, is an incredible and inspiring true story. It follows the journey of twelve very underprivileged boys from Kalinga Institute in Odisha, with no shoes, no equipment, and no clue about rugby went to play and won. These determined boys trained hard to master this difficult and hard-hitting sport, and not only that, within just four months, they became the roaring The Jungle Cats of India and went on to win the 2007 Under-14 Rugby World Cup in Wales.

To set the match, check out the trailer:

The triumphant true story stars Abhay Deol (Hero, Line of Descent), Emily Shah (Fortune Defies Death), Atul Kumar (Manto), Julian Lewis Jones (Invictus, Justice League), and Stewart Wright (Doc Martin, Doctor Who).

The wonderful actress, Emily Shah, plays Roshni Thakkar, the physiotherapist for the team. Emily reveals how much Jungle Cry...

Picturehouse Entertainment has debuted a new trailer and poster for the forthcoming haunting slow-burning horror ‘The Feast’, and we’ve got the exclusive just for you.

Filmed in the Welsh language, the story unfolds over the course of one evening as a wealthy family gathers for a sumptuous dinner in their ostentatious house in the Welsh mountains. The guests are a local businessman and a neighbouring farmer, and the intent is to secure a business deal to mine in the surrounding countryside. When a mysterious young woman arrives to be their waitress for the evening, the family’s beliefs and values are challenged as her quiet yet disturbing presence begins to unravel their lives – slowly, deliberately and with the most terrifying consequences.

Written and directed by Lee Haven Jones (Doctor Who) – who makes his directorial debut with the feature – the film stars Annes Elwy (Little Women), Nia Roberts (Under Milk Wood...

Releasing on May 20th in theaters and on June 3rd on Lionsgate play is the Rugby biopic Jungle Cry. Directed by Sagar Ballary (Bheja Fry), the triumphant true story features Abhay Deol, Emily Shah (Fortune Defies Death), Atul Kumar (Manto), Stewart Wright and Julian Lewis Jones.

Jungle Cry is the incredible true story of 12 orphaned boys from India, from Kalinga Institute with no clue about rugby. They trained hard to master this epic sport and within just 4 months, went on to become the roaring “Jungle Cats”, winning the under-14 Rugby World Cup Championship in Wales in 2007.

Here is the fabulous trailer

Also featuring cameos by some of the top names in the sport, including world famous rugby referee Nigel Owens, Wales and British Lions fly half Phil Bennett and Colin Charvis, former captain of the Wales National Rugby Union Team.

Abhay Deol said, “In the land of cricket, where there...

We have your first look at an exciting new film! Directed by Sagar Ballary (Bheja Fry), Jungle Cry follows the incredible journey of 12 underprivileged children who came from the most extreme tribal areas, playing sports barefoot and went on to win the prestigious U14 Rugby World Cup in England. The triumphant story stars Abhay Deol, Emily Shah (Fortune Defies Death), Atul Kumar (Manto), Stewart Wright and Julian Lewis Jones. The film also features cameos by some of the top names in the sport, including world-famous rugby referee Nigel Owens, Wales and British Lions fly-half Phil Bennett, and Colin Charvis, former captain of the Wales National Rugby Union Team.

The ‘Jungle Crows’ rugby team came from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Orissa, India which has over 30,000 children from tribal, underprivileged, and orphaned backgrounds and strives to eradicate poverty through education and sports. The inspirational team, along with coaches Rudraksha Jena and Paul Walsh MBE,...

Lee Haven Jones’ slow-burn eco-horror The Feast may feature extended conversations around the dinner table about wealth inequality and the ecological damage of mining environmental resources. But behind a polished aesthetic and explicit metaphor about mother nature’s revenge lies an assured gross-out flick—featuring more than one scene in which vomit becomes a central ingredient of a farm-to-table dish—that announces the first-time feature director as one to watch. Subdued and formalistic for the first two-thirds of the film before, very literally, taking the camera off the tripod for a particularly gory finale, The Feast may test one’s patience but, for those willing to embrace these Welsh-film’s eccentricities, Jones has crafted one of the more horrifying dinner parties this side of The Invitation.

Over the course of a single day, wealthy Glenda (Nia Roberts) and Gwyn (Julian Lewis Jones) prepare for a dinner party with the help of a newly hired,...

Whether films are set or filmed in Wales, the country and its ability to naturally bring eeriness to the screen thanks to its downcast weather have helped bring to life horror staples like The Old Dark House, The Wolf Man, and An American Werewolf in London. More often than not, you can find these titles on lists of the best horror films, and director Lee Haven Jones and writer Roger Williams throw their hat in the ring with a Welsh horror film of their own. The Feast is a parable of greed that acts as a warning of what could come if we don’t end the exploitation of the land. Themes centering on the environment and the climate crisis are ever-increasing in film, and it hits differently through the lens of horror, as it can more freely convey terrifying truths and present the consequences of actions in a violent,...

Taking “eat the rich” to literal extremes that Luis Buñuel only dreamed of (and famously lamented omitting from “The Exterminating Angel”), Lee Haven Jones’ “The Feast” is a severe Welsh-language horror romp so unsubtle about its class allegory that it might as well pre-chew the human flesh it eventually mama-birds into your mouth. Anyone grossed out by that visual should probably steer clear of the film itself, as . Of course, the rest of you sickos have stomached enough slop over the years to know that a degree of obviousness can be a good thing when it comes to certain fare, just as it can when it comes to certain meals; after all, is the joy of eating a cheeseburger not that every bite reminds you that you’re eating a cheeseburger? That it frees your mind to relish the ketchup?

If “The Feast” is a bit fancier and less satisfying...

The Feast Trailer — Lee Haven Jones‘ The Feast (2021) movie trailer has been released by IFC Films. The Feast trailer stars Anna Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Annes Elwy, Rhodri Meilir, and Lisa Palfrey. Crew Roger Williams wrote the screenplay for The Feast. Samuel Sim created [...]

Continue reading: The Feast (2021) Movie Trailer: A Dinner Party turns Deadly in Lee Haven Jones’ Horror-tinged Thriller...

"There's a feast waiting for us." IFC Midnight has unveiled an official trailer for a twisted new horror film titled The Feast, filmed in Welsh and directed by Welsh filmmaker Lee Haven Jones. This one originally premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, and has been playing at numerous other genre festivals through the year, including at Beyond Fest and the Telluride Horror Show most recently. This horror feature follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper. Annes Elwy stars as the very creepy Cadi, she's joined by Lisa Palfrey, Caroline Berry, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, and Chris Gordon. Not sure what exactly is going on, but it looks unsettling in many ways. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Lee Haven Jones' The Feast,...

Following its world premiere at the virtual SXSW Film Festival, The Feast has been acquired for North American distribution by IFC Midnight, with a release planned for this Thanksgiving.

We have the official press release with additional details below, and in case you missed it, check out Heather Wixson's SXSW interview with director Lee Haven Jones and writer/producer Roger Williams.

Press Release: New York, NY - IFC Midnight announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the Welsh-language supernatural revenge horror The Feast, directed by BAFTA-winning television director Lee Haven Jones in his feature debut. IFC Midnight will release the film Thanksgiving 2021.

Directed by Jones and written and produced by Roger Williams, The Feast stars Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, and Julian Lewis Jones alongside Sion Alun Davies, Steffan Cennydd, Rhodri Meilir, and Lisa Palfrey. The Feast was produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Cinematic scheme and was funded by S4C,...

Exclusive: IFC Midnight is acquiring North American rights to The Feast, the first feature from BAFTA-winning TV director Lee Haven Jones.

The company plans to release the supernatural revenge horror pic this fall.

Rooted in the potent mythical fables of Wales, and filmed in the Welsh language, Jones’s debut feature unfolds over the course of a single night, as an affluent family gathers at their lavish home in the Welsh mountains for a dinner party, hosting a local businessman and neighboring farmer to broker a business deal to mine the surrounding countryside.

When a mysterious young woman arrives to be the family’s waitress for the evening, they find their beliefs and values challenged, as her quiet yet disturbing presence begins to unravel their lives – slowly, deliberately, and with the most terrifying of consequences. A slow burn meditation on history and tradition, greed and responsibility, identity and difference, The...

The Feast Review — The Feast (2021) Film Review from the 28th Annual South By Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Lee Haven Jones, and starring Caroline Berry, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Annes Elwy, Julian Lewis Jones, Rhodri Meilir, Lisa Palfrey, and Nia Roberts. Mother Nature and humanity exist in [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: The Feast: Palatable Environmentalist Folk Horror With a Delectable Dessert of a Finale [SXSW 2021]...

Written by Roger Williams and directed by Lee Haven Jones, The Feast takes place over the course of one evening when a wealthy family hires a young woman to help assist them during a dinner party. Things go awry in some truly disturbing ways once certain truths are revealed, resulting in a hauntingly memorable night where no one is safe.

Starring Anne Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Lisa Palfrey, and Rhodri Meilir, The Feast is set to premiere later today at 8 pm Cst as part of the 2021 SXSW Film Festival’s Midnighters slate of programming (you can find out more about the virtual screening Here).

Recently, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with both Jones and Williams about The Feast ahead of the SXSW premiere, and the duo discussed collaborating on the project together, their economical approach to the film, working with Elwy on her character,...

It’s hard to believe that it’s already time for the SXSW Film Festival once again, but here we are. For the 2021 iteration of the fest, SXSW is going virtual, which gives more people the opportunity to get to experience their brilliant lineup of films this year. As someone who is already well into my SXSW viewings for this year, I can confidently say that this might be SXSW’s best slate of Midnighters from top to bottom, and a few other genre and genre-adjacent films that are premiering in other sections are very much worth your time as well.

So, if you’re looking to check out some excellent horror and sci-fi cinema during this year’s SXSW from the comfort of your own home, here are 15 different projects you’ll definitely want to make time for. Oh, and because I included both How it Ends and Violation during my Sundance 2021 preview,...

The BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) is launching a film, TV and immersive content works-in-progress strand as part of its industry program. Scroll down for lineup.

The seven film and immersive projects featured in this year’s lineup are currently in production, post-production or near completion, and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers. They all come from emerging filmmakers.

The showcase is taking place on 9 October and will be fully online as part of 2020’s virtual and physical hybrid festival. Clips will be screened from each of the selected projects followed by a short Q&a with the director and or the producer. Access will be by invitation only via a secure platform with two repeat screenings to accommodate international time zones.

BFI London Film Festival Director, Tricia Tuttle said: “The Lff has always been a platform for supporting new and emerging...

The BFI London Film Festival has added a new, annual works-in-progress showcase as part of its industry program, and has invited seven projects to participate, including two featuring “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” and “The End of the F***ing World” actor Naomie Ackie and “ZeroZeroZero” actor Andrea Riseborough.

The showcase features works made for cinema, television and immersive platforms by U.K. emerging talent and will be presented to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers.

The projects include psychological thriller “Here Before” by Stacey Gregg (“Little Birds”), produced by Sophie Vickers (“Surge”) and Julia Godzinskaya (“The Other Lamb”), starring Riseborough, Martin McCann (“Wildfire”) and Jonjo O’Neill (“Pennyworth”); and heist film “The Score,” directed by Malachi Smyth (“Nocturne”), produced by Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”), Ben Pullen (“Light of the World), alongside co-producer Isabelle Georgeaux (“Calibre”), starring Johnny Flynn (“Stardust”), Ackie and Will Poulter (“Midsommar”).

Experimental filmmaker Baff Akoto,...

Bankside Films has boarded sales on Welsh-language contemporary horror “The Feast” (Gwledd), the directorial debut of Lee Haven Jones. Bankside will be talking to buyers about the project and showing a promo during the Virtual Cannes week, which starts on June 22.

Best known for his directorial work in television, Haven Jones has helmed episodes of “Doctor Who,” “The Bay” and “Vera.”

“The Feast” was written by Roger Williams, who also produces through production outfit Joio. It stars Annes Elwy (“Little Women”), Nia Roberts (“Under Milk Wood”) and Julian Lewis Jones (“Justice League”), alongside Steffan Cennydd (“Last Summer”) and Sion Alun Davies (“The Left Behind”).

The film unfolds over the course of one evening as a wealthy family gathers for a sumptuous dinner in their ostentatious house in the Welsh mountains. The guests are a local businessman and a neighboring farmer, and the intent is to secure a business deal to mine in the surrounding countryside.

Bollywood Hollywood Production will give rugby film “Jungle Cry” a theatrical release in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa next month. The film screens for buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin this month.

Directed by Sagar Ballary (“Bheja Fry”), the story features Abhay Deol, Emily Shah (“Fortune Defies Death”), Atul Kumar (“Manto”), Stewart Wright and Julian Lewis Jones. The pic also features cameos by some of the top names in the sport, including referee Nigel Owens, Wales and British Lions fly half Phil Bennett, and Colin Charvis, former captain of Wales.

“Jungle Cry” follows the journey of 12 underprivileged children, playing sports bare foot, who went on to win the prestigious U14 Rugby World Cup in England. The team came from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Orissa, India, which has more than 30,000 children from tribal, underprivileged and orphaned backgrounds,...

Great Point Media has boarded sales on “Gwledd,” Lee Haven Jones’ Welsh horror movie.

The film stars Annes Elwy (“Little Women”), Nia Roberts (“Under Milk Wood”) and Julian Lewis Jones (“Justice League”), alongside Steffan Cennydd (“Last Summer”) and Sion Alun Davies (“The Left Behind”). Filmed in Welsh, the picture follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper.

Jones has helmed episodes of numerous TV shows, including “Doctor Who,” “The Bay,” and “Vera.” “Gwledd,” which means “feast” in Welsh, is his feature directorial debut. It was written and produced by Roger Williams (“Bang”) and produced through Ffilm Cymru, Wales’ cinema initiative.

U.K.-based film and TV producer, financier, and sales outfit Great Point will be selling world rights to “Gwledd,” starting at Afm. Its market slate...

Under The Wire Abramorama Reviewed for Shockya.com by: Harvey Karten Director: Chris Martin Screenwriter: Chris Martin based on Paul Conroy’s book “Under the Wire:Marie Colvin’s Final Assignment. Cast: Paul Conroy, Marie Colvin, Wa’el, Ziad Abaza, Janine Birkett, Julian Lewis Jones, Karine Myriam Lapouble, Nathan Dean Williams, Anne Wittman Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/12/18 Opens: […]

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By the time Zack Snyder and those around him are done releasing deleted content from Justice League, there’ll be no need for the director’s cut. Actually, who am I kidding, there will always be a need for a Snyder cut. Even if it’s as “unwatchable” as the executives say, fans are willing to dive into anything that’ll rinse that 2017 family-friendly debacle from their eyes, right?

I’m not going to bore you with the details as to why we need to be petitioning DC and Warner Bros. to release the Snyder cut of Justice League. After all, odds are, if you’re reading this, you already know the convoluted story, so let’s jump right in, shall we?

If you’ve been following Snyder on any of his social media accounts lately – especially Vero – you’ll know that he’s been relentless in his pursuit to...

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Last time we had our beady little eyes on Henry Cavill’s Superman he was being buried six feet under after, presumed dead. But thanks to a post-credit scene a sign of life was witnessed from the hulking Man of Steel, and with newly released promo art for Justice League featuring Superman it’s pretty much a done deal, he will be back.

Related: Justice League News

Ever since we have had the odd nugget fed to us that the man in the blue lycra suit isn’t dead and could be heading back to our screens in the upcoming Justice League. Henry Cavill posted the first image to Instagram of what appears to be the black Superman suit he might be wearing in “Justice League.” The image is close up, so you can’t see much.

Also back in March, Zack Synder also teased during an...

Justice League is making a last-minute addition to its cast. Julian Lewis Jones has climbed aboard the Zack Snyder-directed adventure, which brings together Ben Affleck‘s Batman, Gal Gadot‘s Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill‘s Superman, Ezra Miller‘s The Flash, Jason Momoa‘s Aquaman, and Ray Fisher‘s Cyborg for a superhero showdown. And while you might assume that an actor cast this late in the game […]

The post ‘Justice League’ Casts Julian Lewis Jones, But Who Is He Playing? appeared first on /Film.

Zack Snyder's Justice League has been filming for a while already, and set visit reports from a couple of weeks ago gave us a ton of new information about the film. Since then, we've learned about a few more casting additions, including Game of Thrones Kristofer Hivju playing an Atlantean king, and now Cbm points us to a Wales Online interview with actor Julian Lewis Jones, who's the latest actor to saddle up for Snyder's hopeful blockbuster.

“I’m not allowed to say yet what part I play, but let’s just say I’ve a role in what will likely be the most expensive film ever made. I filmed at Warner Brother’s studio at Leavesden as well as at various locations around the UK and Iceland. Directed by Zack Snyder it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons and host of A-list actors. I’m just happy to have...

Justice League has added another name to its growing cast, and that would be Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones (Invictus). The 48 year old thespian will be playing an unknown role in the Zack Snyder-directed epic, and the film will undoubtedly be the biggest project he's been a part of. Just how big? Well, the actor was asked about who he'd be playing and his answer revealed exactly what he thinks of the size and scale of this Warner Bros. production.

"I’m not allowed to say yet what part I play but let’s just say I’ve a role in what will likely be the most expensive film ever made," he told Wales Online. "It was filmed at Warner Brother’s studio at Leavesden as well as at various locations around the UK and Iceland," Jones added. "Directed by Zack Snyder it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons and a host of A-list actors.

Julian Lewis Jones ("Stella," "Invictus") has scored an unknown but key role in Zack Snyder's "Justice League" film which is currently shooting int he United Kingdom.

Speaking with Wales Online, he said: "I'm not allowed to say yet what part I play but let's just say I've a role in what will likely be the most expensive film ever made. It was filmed at Warner Brothers studio at Leavesden as well as at various locations around the UK and Iceland. Directed by Zack Snyder it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons and host of A-list actors. I'm just happy to have been involved and I'm looking forward to the movie's release which will be next year."

What role could he be is anyone's guess at this point, but the role is at least confirmed. In news of the more rumor variety, Colin Farrell and just departed "Game of Thrones" regular...

An interesting bit of casting news to go with your fireworks tonight, as Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones has joined the ensemble cast of Zack Snyder’s currently shooting Justice League movie.

Jones – who stars in Welsh TV drama Stella, but will be better known to U.S. audiences for his role in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus – revealed that he’d landed a part in the superhero flick to Wales Online, though he wouldn’t divulge which character he’ll be playing.

I’m not allowed to say yet what part I play but let’s just say I’ve a role in what will likely be the most expensive film ever made. It was filmed at Warner Brother’s studio at Leavesden as well as at various locations around the UK and Iceland.

Directed by Zack Snyder it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons and host of A-list actors. I...

Perhaps best known for starring in Sky 1 drama Stella (if you live outside of the UK, you've probably never heard of it and aren't missing anything), Julian Lewis Jones has revealed in an interview with Wales Online that he's landed a role in Justice League. "I’m not allowed to say yet what part I play but let’s just say I’ve a role in what will likely be the most expensive film ever made," he tells the site. "It was filmed at Warner Brother’s studio at Leavesden as well as at various locations around the UK and Iceland," he continued. "Directed by Zack Snyder it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons and host of A-list actors. I’m just happy to have been involved and I’m looking forward to the movie’s release which will be next year." The fact that the actor has shot both on...

ITV has debuted new footage from The Big Fish Off.

The ITV4 show stars celebrities including Dappy, Ollie Locke and Kirk Norcross competing in fishing-based challenges.

Mick Norcross, Tamer Hassan, Scott Maslen, Julian Lewis Jones and David Seaman are also competing in the series.

Fishing experts Ali Hamidi and Dean Macey will guide the celebrities through the competition as they face off against each other in pairs.

The first episode will see Mick Norcross go up against Hassan in a series of challenges.

Hassan said: "I've never fished before in my life - I couldn't think of anything worse, golf or fishing."

The five-part series begins next Wednesday (February 11) at 8pm on ITV4.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Last night saw Sky One’s new comedy drama Stella debut on the telebox. The brainchild of Gavin and Stacey star and co-writer Ruth Jones sees her play the lead role of Stella, a divorced mother of three in her early forties struggling to make sense of her life in the Welsh Valleys. With her youth a distant memory and her life heading no where Stella looks to make a few changes and get some fun out of her life before its all over.

Along for the ride are her youngest son, Ben (Justin Davies), daughter Emma (Catrin Stewart), her eldest and imprisoned son Luke (Craig Gallivan) as well as her best friend Paula (Elizabeth Berrington) and brother Dai (Owen Teale). The usual parent-child struggles occur as Emma wants to quit school and her father, Karl (Julian Lewis Jones) and his tart of a girlfriend Nadine (Karen Paullada) encourage her.

Channing Tatum puts on his best Maximus face for his role as Roman soldier Marcus Aquila in a quest to restore his family's honor in The Eagle . an adventure set in the mountains of Scotland following the disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion. Based on Rosemary Sutcliff.s classic novel The Eagle of the Ninth (which I haven.t read), the film features a screenplay from Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland and Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown) and was directed by Kevin Macdonald (State of Play). Along with Tatum, the film stars Jamie Bell, Julian Lewis Jones, Denis O'Hare, Mark Strong and the great Donald Sutherland. The film opens with a quick history of Rome and how...

This is the Pure Movies review of Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern and Julian Lewis Jones. “I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.” The last two lines of Henley’s famous “Invictus”, the poem that Nelson Mandela kept on a scrap of paper during his incarceration at Robben Island, do well to sum up Clint Eastwood’s latest film of the same name. Morgan Freeman stars as Mandela, and addresses the challenges he faced in a post-Apartheid South Africa still largely divided by race and class. Matt Damon plays Springboks captain Francois Pienaar who is desperate to build the moral and confidence of his team in the run-up to the 1995 Rugby World Cup, knowing their chances are slim.

Chicago – It’s difficult to imagine an awards season without Clint Eastwood. Ever since 2003’s “Mystic River,” he’s released all of his directorial efforts during the last months of the year. Sometimes his films deserve to be contenders (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Letters From Iwo Jima”), and sometimes they don’t. “Invictus” is Eastwood’s most unimaginative Oscar bait yet.

Morgan Freeman is the perfect actor to play Nelson Mandela…too perfect, in fact. There must be countless great actors, unknown to mainstream moviegoers, who could’ve knocked this role out of the park. Freeman is certainly one of our great actors, but he’s played this type of wise, contemplative, larger-than-life role so often that it’s become a cliché. When he played God in “Bruce Almighty,” the casting seemed inevitable. That may be why Mandela himself couldn’t think of any actor to play himself onscreen, other than Freeman.

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Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten

Grade: B

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Written By: Anthony Peckham, based on John Carlin.s book .Playing the Enemy.

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Leleti Khumalo

Screened at: Tribeca, NYC, 12/2/09

If you look at John Carlin.s book .Playing the Enemy,. surprisingly marked down from $24.95 to $7.77 at Amazon, you will realize that the title has a double meaning. One deals with the competition of South Africa.s rugby team in its thrust toward the World Cup in 1995. The other relates to the unusual fact that when South Africa.s rugby team played that of England, the majority of South Africans in the audience cheered for England! This would like seeing New York flying the flags at half staff when the New York Yankees won the World Series instead of our...

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer(s): Anthony Peckham (screenplay), John Carlin (book) "Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Changed a Nation" Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon Taken from the title of a poem by William Ernest Henley, Invictus (Latin for “unconquered”) follows the early days of Nelson Mandela's presidency of South Africa and his struggle to bring a racially segregated nation together. Upon entering office, Mandela (Morgan Freeman) is drawn to the athletic plight of the Springboks, the South African national union rugby team. At the same time, the Springboks team captain, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) is searching for his own motivation for a struggling team. Brought together by a rather unlikely connection, the two men forge a friendship, and strive to bring about change amid the lingering racial unease of a new South Africa. Invictus is a must-see history lesson for all those that were...

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“Invictus” also stars Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Bonnie Henna, Shakes Myeko, Louis Minnaar and Danny Keogh. The film opens on Dec. 11, 2009.

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“Invictus” from director Clint Eastwood stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.

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Here is the “Invictus” plot description:

From director Clint Eastwood,...