Category: Movie News
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How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Perfected Tony Stark’s Emotional Journey (And Whether or Not We’ll See Another Iron Man)
As Avengers: Endgame continues to blow-up the box office, more and more details about the mega-sequel continue to trickle out. Part of this is due to the nature of the Endgame marketing: Marvel took extreme lengths to keep virtually all plot points a secret to avoid spoilers. But now that the film is out, and…
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Jamie Dornan and Holliday Grainger to Star in John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Jamie Dornan (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) and Holliday Grainger (“Animals”) have been tapped to star in John Patrick Shanley’s romance “Wild Mountain Thyme,” an adaptation of his Tony-nominated 2014 play “Outside Mulingar.”HanWay Films has acquired the international sales rights and will commence sales at Cannes, with CAA Media Finance handling the North American rights.“Wild Mountain…
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Box Office: ‘The Intruder’ Overtakes ‘Long Shot,’ ‘UglyDolls’ on Thursday Night
Sony’s thriller “The Intruder” invaded the box office with $865,000 at 2,073 North American locations on Thursday night.“The Intruder,” starring Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good and Michael Ealy, topped Lionsgate’s romantic comedy “Long Shot,” which opened with $660,000 at 2,500 locations during Thursday night preview showings. STX’s animated comedy “UglyDolls” took in $300,000 at 2,250 sites…
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Evan Rachel Wood to Star in Hiroshima-Inspired ‘One Thousand Paper Cranes’ (Exclusive)
Evan Rachel Wood will star alongside Jim Sturgess and Shinobu Terajima in “One Thousand Paper Cranes,” the story of Hiroshima survivor Sadako Sasaki and author Eleanor Coerr, who wrote the worldwide bestselling children’s book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.” Independent has boarded sales ahead of Cannes, where the project will be at the Marche.…
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The Pair From Set It Up Are Starring in a Brand-New Romantic Comedy on Netflix!
Good news, Set It Up fans (aka everyone who’s seen Set It Up). Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell are teaming up for a new movie along with the filmmakers behind the popular Netflix romantic comedy, which premiered last June. It’s not a sequel to the rom-com – which also stars Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs…
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UK box office preview: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ set to dominate again as ‘Tolkien’, ‘Long Shot’ open
Endgame is already up to £55m after just eight days on release in the UK.Last week’s remarkable opening for Disney’s Avengers: Endgame means that even if the film suffers a relatively standard drop this weekend (50-60%), it will still dominate the chart for a second week.Endgame kicked off with a three-day £31.4m, far ahead of…
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Sonic the Hedgehog to be redesigned after criticism of film trailer
Director thanks fans who objected to the appearance of the video game character and assures them it will be modifiedSonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler has announced that “changes” will be made to the forthcoming movie based on the video game after the trailer premiere was met with blistering criticism.Thank you for the support. And…
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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Director Says Design Changes ‘Going to Happen’ After Fan Backlash
“Sonic the Hedgehog” director Jeff Fowler has responded to fan criticism over the appearance and design of the titular blue hedgehog, writing on Twitter that design changes are “going to happen.”“The message is loud and clear,” Fowler wrote on Twitter Thursday. “You aren’t happy with the design & you want changes. It’s going tp happen.…
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The Curse of La Llorona review – supernatural sleepover fodder
This unscary, 70s-set horror about a child-killing ghost is a formulaic genre dirgeThere’s something scarily inconsequential about fright flick The Curse of La Llorona, a formulaic slab of supernatural dirge destined to be forgotten by year’s, or perhaps even month’s, end.Not technically part of the blockbusting Conjuring franchise yet linked via an awkward, silly anecdote…
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Film Review: ‘Savage’
An above-average action thriller set in the snow-covered environs of Baekdu Mountain on the China-North Korea border, “Savage” marks a confident directing debut for Chinese screenwriter Cui Siwei (“The Island”). This no-nonsense affair about a dogged detective squaring off with a trio of vicious crooks packs plenty of excitement and visual splendor into a familiar…