Tag: Charlie’s Angels
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Elizabeth Banks Felt ‘Pigeonholed’ by ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Marketing: ‘To Lose Control of the Narrative Was a Real Bummer’
Elizabeth Banks is three features into her career as a director, and she has already proven that she can deliver crowd pleasing work in a wide variety of genres. After the success of “Pitch Perfect 2,” she ventured into action filmmaking with her Kristen Stewart-led “Charlie’s Angels” reboot before pivoting to horror comedy with the…
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Kit Harington, Naomi Scott, Jeremy Irons Romance Epic ‘Eternal Return’ to Hit Cannes Market (Exclusive)
“Aladdin” and “Charlie’s Angels” breakout Naomi Scott will star alongside “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harrington and Oscar winner Jeremy Irons in the epic romance “Eternal Return,” Variety can report exclusively. Village Roadshow Pictures is producing the project and will introduce the film to buyers at next week’s Cannes Film Festival.“Eternal Return” follows Cass (Scott),…
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Elizabeth Banks Is Great in Comedies, but She Was Stellar in This Drama
Elizabeth Banks isn’t just a funny actress; she’s a bona fide force of nature in the world of comedy. Banks has starred in comedies like Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Role Models, earned awards acclaim for her role in 30 Rock, lent her voice to several animated projects, and begun directing satirical films…
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Noah Centineo Deserves Better Than ‘The Recruit’
When “To All the Boys” premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2018, Noah Centineo became an overnight star.And as it is with overnight stardom, the offers started rolling in. There were the film’s two sequels, released in 2020 and 2021, TV roles and rom-coms — but recreating the critical and audience success of “To…
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Lucy Liu Didn’t Even Realize ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Co-Star Cameron Diaz Had Retired for Eight Years
Cameron Diaz may be officially un-retired with a new Netflix film in the works, but her former “Charlie’s Angels” co-star Lucy Liu had no idea she had even left Hollywood. Diaz announced her retirement in 2018 with her last film role to date being 2014’s “Annie.” The “Holiday” alum formerly appeared alongside Liu in 2000’s…
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‘Asking for It’ Review: An Avenging Girl Gang Goes Not Wild Enough in a Slickly Styled, Shallow Rape-Revenge Thriller
On paper, the premise of writer-director Eamon O’Rourke’s feature debut seems irresistible: An all-girl gang of abuse survivors, seriously upskilled in the use of baseball bats, bombs and butterfly knives, roams heartland America exacting vengeance on Bad Men — which here means #AlmostAllMen. But in execution (and there are precious few of those), “Asking for…
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Elizabeth Banks to Direct ‘Cocaine Bear,’ a Thriller Produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Elizabeth Banks has found her next project. The Charlie’s Angels director has signed on to direct a Universal Pictures thriller produced by her The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The movie’s title? Cocaine Bear. And that’s how you get people’s attention, folks, in spite of Banks’ underwhelming directorial career so far. Deadline…
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Tanya Roberts obituary
Film and TV star who found fame as one of Charlie’s Angels and was a Bond girl opposite Roger Moore in A View to a KillTanya Roberts, who has died aged 65, was already a film and television star when she was cast as a “Bond girl”, Stacey Sutton, opposite Roger Moore in A View…