ALLIGATOR
CRAWL
Director Alexandre Aja knows his
violent-animal onions, having been
responsible for 2010’sPiranha 3D, so
expect this Kaya Scodelario-fronted
disaster film involving an alligator
attacking a flooded house to feature
plenty of teeth.LION
THE LION KING
Live-actioning the classic ‘what if
Hamlet, but Pride Lands’ Disney
film looks set to make effete panto
villain Scar into a violent and
terrifying antagonist. Also lions
are basically the sharks of
solid ground.THE ROCK
FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW
The man who famously punted a
torpedo with one of his size 14s inThe
Fate OfThe Furioushas evolved into one
of the most dangerous predators on our
planet thanks to a heady streak of
skull-bashing,terrorist-foiling and
bicep-curling. Beware![TREND REPORT]
THE
NEW APEX
PREDATORS
Sharks are so last year.
Here’s our look at the
animal antagonists vying
for the top spot this
winterWORDSCHRIS MANDLE
ILLUSTRATIONSBILL MCCONKEYSecrets from the
Chateau — revealed
PREVIEW
Clockwise
from main: The
legendary Chateau;
loo-dweller Billy
Wilder; Fire
hazard Bette
Davis;
Piano
fancier Alan
Cumming.A CHARACTER AS impressive as any
Hollywood actor could muster, Los Angeles’
legendary Chateau Marmont is the subject of
The Castle On Sunset, an outrageous new book
by Rat Pack Confidential author Shawn Levy.
John Belushi’s speedball death you probably
know about, but here are some tales from
Hollywood’s favourite hotel you might not.BILLY WILDER LIVED IN THE LOO
On returning from Europe in 1934, legendary
director Billy Wilder was dismayed to find
his regular room was unavailable. Unwilling
to stay at any hotel in LA that wasn’t the
Marmont, he took up in a tiny antechamber
next to the women’s loos in the lobby. Ever
the storyteller, for years after he would tell peopleThe iconic Hollywood hotel is laid bare in a new
book — here are the most surprising new tales
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