MAY 2016 | VOLUME 17 | NUMBER 4 ' -MEN S X , FASSBENDERPREPARE FOR McAVOY APOCALYPSE Inside JULIA ROBERTS RYAN GOSLING PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 41619533 COLOUR OF THE SEASON? SEE OUR SPRING/SUMMER FASHION PREVIEW, PAGE 40 CONTENTS MAY 2016 | VOL 17 | Nº04 COVER STORY 36 THE COMING APOCALYPSE Have room for one more superhero movie? Good. Because we’re on the Montreal set of X-Men: Apocalypse to talk with Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Sophie Turner and director Bryan Singer about taking on the most powerful mutant yet, a very old Egyptian with a flair for the dramatic BY JULIDE TANRIVERDI REGULARS 4 EDITOR’S NOTE 6 SNAPS 10 IN BRIEF 14 SPOTLIGHT CANADA 16 ALL DRESSED UP 18 IN THEATRES 42 CASTING CALL 44 RETURN ENGAGEMENT 46 CINEPLEX STORE 50 FINALLY… FEATURES 14 FAMILIAR ROLE 28 GOSLING 32 MAKING MONEY 40 BRIGHT FUTURE Russian-Canadian actor SEES THE LIGHT Julia Roberts talks about This season’s catwalks are Alex Ozerov draws on his Ryan Gosling has been acting working with Jodie Foster awash in white — billowy, own complex background strange lately, like, happy... and George Clooney for the tailored, long and short. Check (and language skills) to play and...funny. 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Cineplex Magazine is not responsible for the return of unsolicited Elsewhere in this issue, Julia Roberts talks about making Money Monster with co-star George Clooney manuscripts, artwork or other materials. No material in this Ryan Gosling magazine may be reprinted without the express written consent and director Jodie Foster (page 32), we chat with about his stylish, 1970s-set crime pic of the publisher. © Cineplex Entertainment 2016. The Nice Guys (page 28), and we take a look at some of the fresh new fashions that strolled down this year’s Spring-Summer runways (page 40). n MARNI WEISZ, EDITOR Our text pages are 4 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | MAY 2016 SNAPS WHERE’S WONDER WOMAN? Can you spot Gal Gadot shooting a scene for Wonder Woman in Trafalgar Square? There she is, in the blue coat. PHOTO BY KEYSTONE PRESS WHO’S MERRY CUTER? MIRREN It’s the baby. Clearly the Someone likes their baby. Brad Pitt takes his wee wardrobe. Helen Mirren co-star for a ride while in prances down the street London shooting a scene for on the Manhattan set of the World War II drama Collateral Beauty. Five Seconds of Silence. PHOTO BY JOSE PEREZ/SPLASH NEWS PHOTO BY SPLASH NEWS 6 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | MAY 2016 BAYWATCH WATCH Zac Efron does something that will clearly assist in the saving of lives on the Miami Beach set of the Baywatch movie. TO DYE FOR PHOTO BY SPLASH NEWS Emma Thompson rocks her tie-dye on the New York set of Noah Baumbach’s next movie, Yeh Din Ka Kissa. PHOTO BY SPLASH NEWS MILEY MEETS WOODY Proof that Miley Cyrus really is appearing in Woody Allen’s next film. The pop star pops up on the New York set of the director’s as-yet-untitled movie. PHOTO BY SPLASH NEWS MAY 2016 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | 7 THEY LOVE WILL Will Smith is swarmed by fans on the Manhattan set of Collateral Beauty. PHOTO BY JOSE PEREZ/SPLASH NEWS GOOD BOYS! Dustin Hoffman shoots a scene with a standard poodle named Einstein on the New York set of Yeh Din Ka Kissa. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER PETERSON/SPLASH NEWS SHE’S THE BOSS Hi Melissa! You look gorgeous. Melissa McCarthy arrives at the L.A. premiere of The Boss. PHOTO BY TODD WILLIAMSON/GETTY 8 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | MAY 2016 Matt IN BRIEF Damon On Home Turf: DOWNSIZING There’s nothing small about the caliber of talent in Toronto this month to shoot Downsizing, writer/ director Alexander Payne’s comedy about an Omaha man (Matt Damon) who THE decides his life would be better if he shrank himself down and joined a community of tiny people. Aside from Damon, VOICE DIVIZNA/GETTY MATEJ BY RICKMAN PHOTO Reese Witherspoon, Alec Baldwin, Jason Sudeikis lice Through the the magical realm of Underland. created by University of and Neil Patrick Harris are Looking Glass Why was Rickman’s voice Sheffield linguist Andrew Line expected to be in Hogtown gives audiences — which could be mournful that took into account tone, through May and June and the chance to hear or menacing, creepy or speed, frequency, words maybe even into July to Alan Rickman’s magnificent comforting — so pleasing? per minute and intonation, shoot the film. voice one last time. A 2008 study that was Rickman and fellow English While Payne’s known for In his final film role, Rickman, commissioned by Britain’s actor Jeremy Irons came out quirky films likeNebraska , who died of pancreatic cancer Post Office Telecoms revealed on top, possessing “deep The Descendants and in January at the age of 69, that Rickman possessed an gravelly tones” that inspired Sideways, Downsizing voices the Blue Caterpillar, who almost ideal male voice.