The total number of women on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors is now 22, one more than last year. That’s because producer Jennifer Todd not only beat her Oscar show co-producer Michael De Luca as a finalist to represent the producers branch, but in a run-off election to resolve […]
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Richard Alan Greenberg, an Oscar-nominated title designer and motion-graphics pioneer, died June 16 in New York City. He was 71. Greenberg scored his Oscar nom for Best Visual Effects on the 1987 Anrold Schwarzenegger thriller Predator. Among his many other notable opening-sequence credits are Superman, Alien, Dirty Dancing, Zelig, The Untouchables, The World According to […]
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The Crown season 3 continues to fill out its cast as it jumps forward in time. The Exorcist actor Ben Daniels is the latest addition, taking on the role of Lord Snowdon. Matthew Goode played the character as a younger man in The Crown season 2. Netflix’s lavish, regal show The Crown is going through […]
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We’re hearing that Blumhouse’s Halloween reboot and their M. Night Shyamalan Unbreakable and Split sequel Glass are both headed to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con next month. Both titles dropped trailers at CinemaCon in April with Jamie Lee Curtis showing up for Halloween and Shyamalan and Glass cast Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, James […]
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“Mudbound” star Mary J. Blige has come on board in a leading role in “Body Cam,” a horror-thriller set up at Paramount.Variety first reported on March 21 that Malik Vitthal had been tapped to direct “Body Cam” for Paramount Players. The project, produced by Matt Kaplan, was the first major purchase for Paramount Players chief […]
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Chris Hardwick will not return as moderator of this year’s Warner Bros/DC Comic-Con panel following ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra’s accusations of abusive behavior, an individual with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap.Warners is debuting the first “Aquaman” trailer along with the trailer for “Shazam” at this year’s Comic-Con inside Hall H. Hardwick moderated last year and […]
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Exclusive: Jack Gore (The Kids Are Alright), Miya Cech (The Darkest Minds), Benjamin Flores Jr. (Transformers: The Last Knight), King Bach (The Babysitter), Lynn Collins (Manhunt: Unabomber), Annabeth Gish (The X-Files), and Michael Beach (Aquaman) have been tapped to star in Rim of the World, director McG’s third feature for Netflix. Zack Stentz wrote the […]
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25 years ago, director Steven Speilberg invited us to take a tour of a theme park. But this wasn’t just any regular outing. It was “Jurassic Park,” the cinematic adaptation inspired by Michael Crichton‘s novel of the same name. Upon it’s 1993 release, the films was a huge success, critically and commercially. And with that […]
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Prep the deep dish goulash pizza, because Paramount is heading back to the sewers for another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. The news comes from THR, who reports that the studio is developing a new Tmnt movie and has hired screenwriter Andrew Dodge to pen the script. Dodge earned industry attention for his Blacklist script […]
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Paramount has launched development of a third “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie — two years after “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” was a serious disappointment.The studio has hired Andrew Dodge, whose credits include “Bad Words,” to write the script. Producers are Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller through their Platinum Dunes […]
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