Ewan McGregor

According to Kevin Costner, there were putative plans for a sequel to The Bodyguard that saw his character get a new detail, looking after Princess Diana, as played by Princess Diana. Sounds like a tall tale, but stranger things happen in Hollywood every day. And it seems like there’s some lasting appeal to the idea of a Diana bodyguard story, as producer Stephen Evans has started talking about his plans to turn Ken Wharfe‘s book Diana: Closely Guarded Secret , an account of his time looking...Read Full Story

Lionsgate has just sent me over this new UK poster for Lasse Hallström’s (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules) charming and witty adap­tation of Paul Torday’s bestselling novel, ’Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.’ Starring the likes of Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked and Kristin Scott Thomas, ’Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ is released in cinemas March 9th in the US, and April 20th in the UK. ’Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ stars Ewan McGregor as Fred Jones, a fisheries expert and academic who...Read Full Story

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor film a scene in the rain for their upcoming HBO drama The Corrections on Thursday (February 9) in New York City. The 34-year-old actress held onto a gorgeous bouquet of sunflowers for the scene. The show is based on a Jonathan Franzen novel. Here’s a short synopsis: Three generations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family meet at the family home for what will be their last Christmas gathering there. 10+ pictures inside of Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan...Read Full Story

A Bomber Command documentary filmed in Lincolnshire with Hollywood star Ewan McGregor will be aired on BBC One. Bomber Boys sees the actor fly in a Lancaster Bomber with his pilot brother, Colin McGregor, talk with veterans about their experiences in the Second World War and visit Lincolnshire RAF stations. The film focuses on men who fought and died in the skies above occupied Europe, while highlighting the heroes of the time. The 90-minute show covers six years of wartime...Read Full Story

He became one of the world’s biggest movie stars after the success of Trainspotting , eclipsing all his other co-stars. But Ewan McGregor ’s blockbusters of Moulin Rouge and three Star Wars movies have been followed by a few flops at the box office. Now it looks like the Scot could be copying his old pals from the 1996 movie of the Irvine Welsh book and heading to the American small screen. Ewan has landed his first role in a US television show made by HBO, an adaptation of hit novel The...Read Full Story