Category: Movie News
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The Old Man Trailer: Jeff Bridges Is A Man With A Past, On The Run From The Law
Today we have a new trailer for the upcoming FX series “The Old Man.” The series stars some pretty heavy hitters including John Lithgow, Jeff Bridges, and Amy Brenneman, and is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry about a man with a past — you know the sort of…
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‘Conversations with Friends’: Director Lenny Abrahamson Wants Audiences to See Joe Alwyn in a Different Way
In 2020, as a pandemic raged around the world, audiences found comfort in the fractious love life of Marianne and Connell. The adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel, “Normal People,” captured audiences in the U.S., where the series debuted on Hulu, at a time where a story of two people weaving in and out of each…
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David Leitch Says Lady Gaga’s Replacement In ‘Bullet Train’ “Will Be Left A Mystery” For Now
Director David Leitch recently confirmed that Lady Gaga was intended to star in his upcoming movie, “Bullet Train.” Leitch, known for movies such as “Deadpool 2” (2018) and “John Wick” (2014), told Entertainment Weekly that the talks fell apart after Gaga was given the role of Patrizia Reggiani in the Oscar-nominated movie “House of Gucci”…
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David Cronenberg Says Netflix Passed on ‘Crimes,’ Other Projects: Streamer Is ‘Very Conservative’
David Cronenberg makes his long-awaited return to filmmaking with “Crimes of the Future,” one of the most anticipated films premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. But if the “Videodrome” director got his way, his return would have come a lot sooner.In a new interview with Variety, Cronenberg opined about the long process of financing the…
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ Rules Again In Its Sophomore Weekend With 61 Million, ‘Firestarter’ Fizzles
A week after storming multiplexes with a superheroic 185 million domestic bow, Disney’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness picked up right where it left off, grossing an additional 61 million over its second weekend in North America. Not surprisingly, rival studios for the most part chose to steer clear of Marvel’s latest box-office…
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What to Expect From ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 After That Bombshell Finale
Well, another Bridgerton sibling has found their happily ever after. But where does that leave the rest of the Regency-era family?Following the jaw-dropping Season 2 “Bridgerton” finale, we can’t help but wonder which sibling will feel the sting (See what we did there?) of love come Season 3.[Editor’s Note: A spoiler alert, of sorts. The…
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Distribution Workshop to sell horror ‘Antikalpa’, Chow Yun-fat drama at Cannes (exclusive)
Chow Yun Fat’s ‘One More Chance’ to be relaunched at the market.Taiwan’s Distribution Workshop is set to introduce Cannes buyers to Philip Shih’s horror Antikalpa and relaunch Chow Yun-fat drama One More Chance.Antikalpa is a Taiwanese supernatural horror that centres on a group of high school students who are lured into practicing mysterious rituals with…
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The west misses the point of Everything Everywhere All at Once – it gets the Asian psyche
Failure to understand the film’s message is just another example of the way Hollywood continues to dismiss Asian achievement and storiesIt isn’t every day the Chinese community – or Asians for that matter – see their stories writ large in Hollywood. You have The Joy Luck Club in 1993 and, more than 20 years later,…
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Protagonist Pictures, ‘1917’ Executive Producer Mogambo Forge Production Partnership (Exclusive)
In a further expansive move into production, London-based Protagonist Pictures is teaming with Madrid’s Mogambo, executive producers on “1917,” for a multi-year, multi-title strategic production partnership.Announced on the cusp of the Cannes Festival, the deal sees the two companies allying to finance, co-produce and sell up to five films a year, Protagonist CEO Dave Bishop…