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Joon-Ho will be accompanied on the jury by actress Natalie Dormer (Captain America: The First Avenger) and leading film critic Siobhan Synnot.

The trio will determine which film wins Best Film in the International Competition from a selection that highlights the quality filmmaking going on outside of the UK.

EIFF Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara said of the news: It’s a huge honour for our festival to have Bong Joon-Ho, one of the greatest filmmakers, as Chair of the jury for our International Feature Film Competition.

It was also revealed today that the festival will feature two country focuses in the form of Sweden and Korea, allowing UK audiences the chance to see new films from both Swedish and Korean filmmakers.
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News has broken today that Natalie is set to appear in three episodes of CBS drama Elementary as Irene Adler.

EOnline – Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer is set to take on the iconic role of Irene Adler Elementary, CBS confirms to E! News. Dormer, who plays current queen-to-be Margaery Tyrell on HBO’s fantasy hit, will make her debut as Sherlock Holmes’ (Jonny Lee Miller) former love in the May 9 episode and will also appear in the two-hour season finale on May 19.

“We’re moving to the next chapter in our show—and in some ways, to a previous chapter in Holmes’ story,” executive producer Rob Doherty said in a statement. “Irene Adler is perhaps the most pivotal relationship in Sherlock’s life, and I can’t think of an actress better suited to the challenge than Natalie.”
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Natalie, James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch have all signed on to star in a new radio version of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy Neverwhere. Read more below from the Radio Times.

James McAvoy, star of the X-Men movies, heads up the cast, along with Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and Natalie Dormer, formerly of BBC3’s supernatural drama The Fades and currently filming Game of Thrones.

Homeland’s David Harewood and his fellow Doctor Who alumni Sophie Okonedo and Brenard Cribbins are joined by Anthony Head, star of Merlin and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Saruman (and Dracula) himself, Sir Christopher Lee.
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Great news for us this morning! Heat Vision is reporting that Natalie is in talks to join Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt in The Counselor.

Dormer is in talks to join the stellar cast of The Counselor,  which is backed by the phenomenal one-two punch of McCarthy and Scott. The original drug drama is set along the Mexican border and features a well-meaning attorney (Fassbender) who makes a deal with a rich businessman (Bardem) and a shady dealer (Pitt) to transport cocaine for some easy money.  Obviously, things don’t go as planned in the “dialogue-heavy, violent and racy script.” Dormer’s is an unspecified supporting role.

The Hollywood Reporter has released some information on a new project that Natalie seems to be involved in! The movie is titled A Long Way From Home and co-stars James Fox and Paul Nicholls.

The British-French co-production is a dramatic love story starring Natalie Dormer, as well as James Fox, Brenda Fricker and Paul Nicholls.

PARIS – A British cast including James Fox, Natalie Dormer and Paul Nicholls plus Irish actress Brenda Fricker stars in A Long Way From Home for writer-director Virginia Gilbert. The film, her first feature, has kicked off production in Nimes.
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It also appears that Natalie has been cast in a film called Rubicon! Thanks to Stephanie for pointing that out. You can see the official website here.

Rubicon is a dark and atmospheric supernatural thriller.

To their friends, Sarah and Sam seem like the perfect couple desperately in love. But when Sarah gets her big stage break as an aspiring actress, Sam begins to question whether he’s good enough for her, particularly as he’s stuck in a dead-end job.

As their relationship unravels, Sarah and Sam become unwitting pawns in a deadly game where their very souls hang in the balance. Everything they thought they knew about their lives, and each other, is thrown into doubt. They are forced to confront the anger and hurt that they have built between themselves, and once again believe in each other and their love in order to find their way “home”.

Because if they don’t, something wicked their way comes…