Tag: 48 Hours
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This ‘Coming to America’ Performance Overshadows Eddie Murphy
It’s nearly impossible to examine Eddie Murphy’s overall brilliant career without bringing up the movie that arguably propelled him to new levels among the Hollywood comedy elite. Sure, it’s easy to single out early classics such as Trading Places, 48 Hours, and Beverly Hills Cop, but when it comes to full-on comedy, Coming to America…
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Walter Hill on Returning to the Genre He Loves Most
If you were an action fan in the 1970s, ’80s, or ’90s, one of the great pleasures of filmgoing was the experience, every year or two, of a new Walter Hill movie. No one else was really making movies like him, and no one had before; although his morally and philosophically oriented genre pictures owed…
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Jerrod Carmichael Says Safdie Brothers ’48 Hours’ Remake and Quentin Tarantino Projects Not Happening
With his Netflix special “Rothaniel” continuing to attract audiences Jerrod Carmichael is on fire currently. But with Carmichael the name on everyone’s lips there’s several projects he’s admitted he’s had to put aside. In a recent interview with GQ, he discussed that “I love getting rid of irons [in the fire]” and at least two…
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Paramount Players Acquires Comedy Pitch From ‘Uncle Drew’ Scribe Jay Longino (Exclusive)
Paramount Players has preemptively acquired an original comedy pitch from “Uncle Drew” scribe Jay Longino.While both the logline and title are being kept under wraps, the project is said to be set in the world of West Coast hip-hop and was brought into the studio by executive vice president Matt Dines, who will also oversee…