Tag: Girls Trip
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‘Space Jam’ Sequel Director Says New Lola Bunny Won’t Be Sexualized: ‘This Is a Kids’ Movie’
“Space Jam: A New Legacy” promises to bring a contemporary twist to the beloved Warner Bros. live-action/animated hybrid original — and it’s not just because it centers on basketball star LeBron James in place of Michael Jordan this time around. One element that’s getting what the filmmakers see as a necessary refresh is the design…
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‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’: Tiffany Haddish to Star in Sci-Fi Film with ‘Truman Show’ Similarities
Tiffany Haddish has been incredibly busy since her big breakout role in Girls Trip from 2017. Since becoming an instant star in that film, she’s been in more than a dozen movies and appeared in dozens of episodes of television, but now the bombastic comedian is poised to appear in a genre in which she…
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Film News in Brief: AFI Teams With Universal on Free ‘Black Stories Matter’ Series
Monday, Aug. 24‘Black Stories Matter’ Series LaunchesThe American Film Institute and Universal Pictures have launched a week-long “Black Stories Matter” series with “BlacKkKlansman,” “Get Out,” “Girls Trip,” “Loving” and “Straight Outta Compton” available for free through Aug. 30.AFI Movie Club content will feature new interviews with composer Terence Blanchard, director Malcolm D. Lee, cinematographer and…
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Desperados review – hit-and-miss Netflix comedy offers throwaway summer fun
A trio of friends head to Mexico to delete a drunken email in a mostly entertaining if a little scattershot comedyWhile Netflix has been trying to resurrect the romantic comedy, it has also been quietly attempting to reinvigorate a subgenre that studios have spent even less time and money on. When Bridesmaids became Judd Apatow’s…
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Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery Speak Out at Black Lives Matter Protest (Watch)
Actors Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery joined a Black Women Lead protest on Friday outside of the iconic L.A. comedy club Laugh Factory, both giving powerful speeches in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.Haddish, best known for her roles on TV show “The Last O.G.” and movies like “Girls Trip” and “Night School,”…
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Tiffany Haddish Says She and Her ‘Girls Trip’ Co-Stars Are Blazing Ahead on a Sequel
The raunchy gal-pal comedy “Girls Trip” was a box-office coup for Universal Pictures in 2017, collecting more than $140 million worldwide and spawning meme after meme — including that scene about the many unorthodox functions of a grapefruit. While an official sequel has yet to get the greenlight, with talks of a follow-up dating back…
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The Will Packer Interview: Why the Billion-Dollar Producer Is Still Hollywood’s Greatest Underdog
Will Packer’s movies have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, with 10 films that opened at number one. However, “a lot of people think I just popped up with Will Packer Productions,” Packer said. “They don’t know about the grind years and years and years before that.”Packer made his first film, “Chocolate City,” when he…
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‘Space Jam 2’: Malcolm D. Lee Replacing Terence Nance as Director
“Random Acts of Flyness” creator Terence Nance is officially out as director of Warner Bros.’ sequel to the 1996 live-action/animated sports comedy “Space Jam.” According to Deadline, Nance is being replaced by “Girls Trip” helmer Malcolm D. Lee.Nance’s exit is said to have been an “amicable” one, with creative differences cited as the reason for…
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can Tiffany Haddish break out of Hollywood’s humdrum comedy cycle?
She’s found success since Girls Trip but, based on her new film Nobody’s Fool, Haddish risks being pigeonholed as the same outlandish character in every filmTiffany Haddish has come a long way since her breakthrough in Girls Trip last year, but also not far at all. With Malcolm D Lee’s film, everyone was like: “Yay!…