Category: Movie News
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‘Friends’ Anniversary: Behind-the-Scenes of TV’s Most Caffeinated ‘Comfort Food’
In 2014, I published a book called “Sitcom” that served as a history of the American situation comedy, covering the gamut from “I Love Lucy” to the present day. For that work, I wrote a chapter on “Friends,” rewatching the entirety of the series and appreciating its warmth and its acidic vigor. I felt like…
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Vincenzo Natali to Open Sitges Festival with ‘In the Tall Grass,’ Host Sitges Pitchbox (Exclusive)
Like Ron Perlman in 2018 and Guillermo del Toro the year before, Canadian writer-director Vincenzo Natali, whose new Netflix film, an adaption of Steven King’s “In the Tall Grass” will open October’s Sitges Film Festival, is lined up to emcee this year’s Sitges Pitchbox, organized in partnership with Barcelona-based platform Filmarket Hub. The Sitges Pitchbox…
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Inconceivable! Rumour of The Princess Bride remake sends fans into pit of despair
Cary Elwes sums up reaction: ‘There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one’There’s no official news that a Princess Bride remake is in the works – don’t panic – but the mere mention of the idea has been descended on by fans of the original,…
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Amazon Studios to shoot ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ series in New Zealand
J A Bayona set to direct first two episodes.Amazon Studios has confirmed that its The Lord Of The Rings series will shoot in New Zealand, with production set to begin in Auckland “in the coming months,” according to the streaming platform.Local reports first suggested in July that Amazon was close to a deal to shoot…
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Alejandro Landes Was Carried On A Stretcher Out Of The Jungle Making ‘Monos’ [Podcast]
There have been many films with legendary tales of extreme conditions. Movies that lost their sets to dust storms in the desert or numerous other natural disasters. It’s rare, however, that you can feel that visceral danger the cast and crew were experiencing on screen. Director Alejandro Landes would likely insist no one was actually…
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TV Business Roundup: Peacock Unfurls and WarnerMedia Spends, Yep, Big for ‘Big Bang’
Today in streaming news: NBCUniversal announced the name and initial content slate for its upcoming streaming service, and WarnerMedia reportedly shelled out at least several hundred million dollars to secure the exclusive streaming rights to “The Big Bang Theory” on HBO Max. Bazinga!But first, the NBCUniversal streaming service. Its name is Peacock, and the ad-supported…
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TIFF Breakout ‘Bad Education’ Sells to HBO in Near-$20 Million Deal, but That Means No Oscars
One of this year’s buzziest Toronto International Film Festival breakouts might be about to land a home, and with a record deal to boot. Deadline reports that HBO is nearly at a deal to acquire Cory Finley’s fact-based embezzlement drama “Bad Education” for a price tag “nearing $20 million.” (Variety reports that the number is…
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Jamie Bell Joins Michael B. Jordan in ‘Without Remorse’ Adaptation (Exclusive)
Jamie Bell is in final negotiations to join Michael B. Jordan in Paramount’s adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel “Without Remorse.”Stefano Sollima, who most recently helmed “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” is directing from a script by “Sicaro” screenwriter Taylor Sheridan.As previously announced, Jordan is starring as operations officer John Clark, also known as John…
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‘Midnight Traveler’ Review: A Harrowing First-Person Look Inside One Family’s Search for Asylum
“Midnight Traveler” is a film about distance. The distance between countries, the distance between years, the distance between heaven and hell. But most of all — and increasingly as it goes along — , even if just between themselves. Over the course of 1,000 days and as many miles, Hassan used three iPhones to record…
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Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson Confirm They Will Appear in ‘Ghostbusters 2020’
If there’s a Ghostbusters project brewing, you better believe that Dan Aykroyd will be involved with it in some capacity. Out of everyone involved with the original film, Aykroyd is the biggest cheerleader, spending the last few decades preaching from the holy book of all-things-Ghostbusters. Which means it was only a matter of time before…