Tag: Annihilation
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China’s Vision Film acquires ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ from MGM
The animated feature has James McAvoy and Emily Blunt on its voice cast.China’s Vision Film Entertainment has acquired animated feature Sherlock Gnomes from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) and has scheduled a July 6 theatrical release for the film.Directed by John Stevenson and written by Ben Zazove, the film is a sequel to Gnomeo And…
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China Box Office: ‘Rampage’ Leads Hollywood Charge With $55 Million
Dwayne Johnson’s “Rampage” ran away with the weekend box office in China. The other significant opener “Annihilation” took third spot as Hollywood titles claimed the top three Chart places.“Rampage” earned $55.1 million according to local data tracker Ent Group. It played on some 21,500 screens, which translated as approximately 125,000 screenings per day. The total…
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Alex Garland Script ‘Toymaker’s Secret’ Lands at TriStar Pictures With Paloma Baeza to Direct (Exclusive)
TriStar Pictures has landed the rights to “The Toymaker’s Secret,” the highly coveted spec from “Annihilation” and “Ex Machina” scribe Alex Garland.Unlike “Annihilation” and “Ex Machina,” Garland is only writing this pic, while Paloma Baeza will direct. Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Cara Speller will produce.“The Toymaker’s Secret” tells the story of an American…
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Alex Garland’s New Project ‘The Toymaker’s Secret’ Finds Home at Tri-Star
Tri-Star Pictures has landed The Toymaker’s Secret, the latest project from Alex Garland, the sought-after filmmaker behind Annihilation and Ex Machina.Garland wrote the script but is not attached to direct the project. Instead, helming duties go to Paloma Baeza, a BAFTA and Annie award-winner who directed the animated short Poles Apart. Baeza is also Garland’s…
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Film News Roundup: Natalie Portman’s ‘Annihilation’ Gets Theatrical Release in China
In today’s film news roundup, “Annihilation” gets a China release, “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” is set for October and Holliday Granger teams with Alia Shawkat in “Animals.”Distribution AgreementsSkydance Media has reached an agreement with Vision Film Entertainment to distribute Natalie Portman’s science-fiction thriller “Annihilation” in China in April.Skydance Media controls the China distribution rights for…
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‘2001,’ 50 Years Later: Kubrick’s Classic Showed How ‘Annihilation’ Could Have Been Profitable
Alex Garland’s smart sci-fi film “Annihilation” inspired a great deal of consternation, but not a lot of box office. More than anything, however, the film’s release may speak more to the impatient state of studio moviemaking.For some, it showed Hollywood still is unwilling to back genre films with female protagonists, especially the smart, diverse scientist…
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‘Devs’: Here’s What Alex Garland’s FX TV Series is About
Writer/director Alex Garland left a huge mark with his 2015 directorial debut Ex Machina and sliced his way through our psyches in a much different way with this year’s Annihilation. Last month, we heard he would be following that up with a new science fiction TV series for FX. Now the cable channel has officially…
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Alex Garland’s FX Series ‘Devs’ Gets a Pilot Order and Synopsis
Filmmaker Alex Garland is currently blowing minds with his second (official) directorial feature Annihilation, but the writer/director is already hard at work on his next project. The Ex Machina director recently revealed to us that he’s working on an FX series called Devs, set in the world of tech, and today FX officially announced a…
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Karl Urban Claims Alex Garland Actually Directed ‘Dredd,’ Not Pete Travis
Rumors have persisted for years that the making of “Dredd,” the 2012 science-fiction film starring Karl Ubran, was plagued by confrontations between Lionsgate and director Pete Travis in the editing room. The studio apparently disliked the direction Travis was taking the movie so much that he was forced out of post-production. The rumor has never…
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The Collider Podcast: Episode 130 – 2018 Oscar Predictions
This week on a bonus episode of The Collider Podcast, we’re going all in on our predictions for the 90th Annual Academy Awards. We run through every single category starting with the shorts, moving through the special categories, then technical categories, then performances, and finally Best Director and Best Picture. We discuss why this year…