Category: Movie News
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Box-Office Preview: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ to Out-Muscle Fellow Sequels ‘Equalizer,’ ‘Unfriended’
Get ready for a sequel showdown at the U.S. box office this weekend.A trio of second installments unfurl nationwide: Universal’s star-studded Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again — whose cast includes Cher; Sony’s The Equalizer 2, returning Denzel Washington in the title role; and Blumhouse’s micro-budgeted horror-thriller, Unfriended: The Dark Web.If prerelease tracking is correct,…
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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Almost Starred Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, Gus Van Sant Says
Although Ang Lee directed the 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain,” Gus Van Sant was among the directors initially approached for it — and Van Sant now recalls actors like Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio turning down the roles.“Nobody wanted to do it,” Van Sant told IndieWire. “I was working on it, and I felt like we…
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Exclusive: ‘Atlanta’ Star Brian Tyree Henry Joins Melissa McCarthy in ‘Superintelligence’
Fresh off an Emmy nomination for his work as Paper Boi on FX’s Atlanta, Brian Tyree Henry has signed on to join Melissa McCarthy in New Line’s action-comedy Superintelligence, Collider has exclusively learned. McCarthy’s husband and longtime collaborator Ben Falcone is directing from a script by Steve Mallory (The Boss). McCarthy and Falcone are also…
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‘Suspiria,’ ‘Beautiful Boy,’ ‘Roma’ & Much More Headline This Year’s Venice Film Festival
Most film fans were anticipating that this year’s Venice Film Festival was going to be a big event. Not that it hasn’t been a great showcase for amazing film in previous years, but with an international-heavy Cannes, that was missing it’s bigger stars, it was assumed that Venice would be the hot ticket this fall.…
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‘The Curse Of La Llorona’ Terrifies ScareDiego With First Look, ‘It: Chapter 2’ & ‘The Nun’ Debut Unnerving New Footage – Comic-Con
New Line Cinema didn’t come to Comic-Con to play. They came to terrify. On preview night of the fanboy/fangirl confab, New Line gave a hearty helping of scares at their second annual ScareDiego. A whole army of New Line horror directors and actors were on hand for the presentation with James Wan, the mastermind behind…
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Russell Brand & Paula Patton Join Michael Caine & Matthew Goode In Family Pic ‘Four Kids And It’
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have joined Oscar-winner Michael Caine and The Crown star Matthew Goode in family adventure film Four Kids And It. Shoot is under way in Ireland on the feature which is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West) and follows four children who are horrified to learn that their beach…
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Russell Brand, Paula Patton Join ‘Four Kids and It’ Cast
Russell Brand and Paula Patton have signed on for “Four Kids and It,” and will star alongside the previously cast Matthew Goode (“The Crown”) in the family adventure movie. Michael Caine is already on board to voice the It of the title.The movie is an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book, which in turn was…
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Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ To Open 2018 Venice Film Festival
It took a few days longer than usual, but we finally have an opening night film for the 2018 Venice Film Festival. Damien Chazelle’s “First Man” will kick off the fall festival season on Wednesday, Aug. 29. It’s the Oscar winner’s second time opening Venice following “La La Land” in 2016.The Universal Pictures release is…
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Netflix Gets Even More Serious About The Oscar Game
Netflix has made the Oscar acceptance and success a priority over the past few years. Slowly, but surely, they have earned acceptance from a number of key branches of the Academy. This lead to their most successful Academy Awards ever in February where the streaming service earned eight nominations including their first outside the Best…
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‘First Man’ to open Venice Film Festival
Damien Chazelle returns to Lido two years after La La Land opened event.Damien Chazelle’s moon landing drama First Man will open the 75th Venice Film Festival, Screen understands.Chazelle returns to the Lido after La La Land opened Venice in 2016 and kicked off a triumphant awards season that saw him become the youngest winner of…