Tag: Braveheart
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‘The Woman King’ Trailer: Viola Davis Rules an All-Female African Army in Sweeping Historical Epic
Viola Davis’ commanding presence has been put to good use: The Oscar and Emmy winner has transformed into a real-life African Agoji general for the historical epic “The Woman King.”Dubbed a female version of “Braveheart,” the film is directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood (“Love & Basketball”) and written by Dana Stevens. Davis plays General Nanisca, who…
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Mel Gibson Hospitalized for Coronavirus in April
Mel Gibson battled coronavirus in April, coming down with a case severe enough to require the 64-year old actor and director to be hospitalized. The “Braveheart” star is the latest celebrity to go public with a positive Covid-19 diagnosis, joining a list that includes Idris Elba, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Pink, and Daniel Dae Kim.“He…
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Winona Ryder Stands By Claims Mel Gibson Made Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Comments
Winona Ryder offered new details about an encounter with Mel Gibson in which she alleges that the “Braveheart” star made homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks, claiming that he made the comments at a party in the 1990s.The actress has accused Gibson of making bigoted comments in her presence for years, but those allegations resurfaced in a…
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Charlton Heston Makes a Comeback in This Week’s Catalog VOD Rentals
Until someone decides to follow in the footsteps of Universal’s “
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A Starbucks Cup in ‘Game of Thrones’ and Other Anachronisms in Movies and TV
Medieval party drinks consist of wine, mead, and pumpkin spice latte?Astute viewers of last night’s “Game of Thrones” episode may have noticed that a stray Starbucks coffee cup wandered on set and wound up right in front of Daenerys Targaryen.We’ve suspended our disbelief for giant’s milk, but Starbucks coffee might be a bridge too far.…
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Don’t stop at The Departed’s rat: six other movie scenes that should be cut
The car visible in the background in Braveheart? Kevin Spacey in Baby Driver? The money must be raised via Kickstarter to excise these and other crimes against film-makingThe Departed is Martin Scorsese’s financially most successful film, and the only one to earn him a best director Oscar. And yet, thanks to its final shot, it…
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Toronto Film Review: Chris Pine in ‘Outlaw King’
Someone at Netflix must love movies, because they keep on making them: massive, large-canvas sagas that beg to be witnessed on the big screen — like Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” (shot on 65mm) and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming “The Irishman” (whose budgeted has reportedly swollen past $140 million) — even if virtually everyone who does see them…
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Dwayne Johnson To Play Kamehameha In WB Epic ‘King;’ Robert Zemeckis Directs Script By ‘Braveheart’s Randall Wallace
Exclusive: In the last sizzling film package of the summer, Warner Bros and New Line have won an auction for King, an epic-sized film that will star Dwayne Johnson as Hawaiian king Kamehameha. Robert Zemeckis is set to direct a film that could be compared to Braveheart, and only partly because King is based on…
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Voltage Pictures to sell Roland Emmerich’s ‘Maya Lord’
Centropolis, Voltage to present to Efm buyers on Thursday.Centropolis Entertainment and Voltage Pictures will produce the historical epic Maya Lord from Roland Emmerich as Voltage kicks off international sales at the Efm in Berlin.Emmerich will direct from a screenplay by Angela Workman (The Zookeeper’s Wife) that is in the vein of Dances With Wolves, The…
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Disaster Movie Guru Roland Emmerich to Helm Historical Epic ‘Maya Lord’
Roland Emmerich, the master of blowing shit up, is tackling a historical epic. Emmerich will helm Maya Lord, a project being compared to Dances With Wolves, Braveheart and The Patriot. So long, exploding buildings. Hello, period costumes! While primarily known for directing big disaster movies like Independence Day, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow, Roland…