Tag: Jackie Brown
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‘Jackie Brown’ Icon Pam Grier Joins Cast of ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel (Exclusive)
The prequel to Paramount’s 2019 horror film “Pet Sematary” has added “Jackie Brown” star Pam Grier to its call sheet.Grier joins a cast that includes Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”), Forrest Goodluck (” The Revenant”), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), Natalie Alyn Lind (” The Goldbergs”) and Isabella Star LeBlanc. The upcoming “Pet Sematary” will serve…
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8 Quentin Tarantino Movies to Stream or Buy on Blu-Ray: ‘Kill Bill,’ ‘Pulp Fiction,’ and More
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Quentin Tarantino has had the kind of career stardom that a indie filmmaker can only dream of. The Oscar-winning…
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Jonah Hill Is the Most Foul-Mouthed Actor of All Time, Study Finds
A new study has found that Jonah Hill has spewed the most swear words in the movies he’s starred in, based on a Buzz Bingo survey of more than 3,500 film scripts. According to the survey, the actor has uttered 376 swear words throughout his films, with many of them belonging to Hill’s character Seth…
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Harvey Keitel Was Originally Set To Star In ‘King Of New York’ Says Tarantino
Turns out Quentin Tarantino wasn’t done telling “what if?” Hollywood stories. After telling the tale of how he nearly cast Laurence Fishburne in the role of Jules in “Pulp Fiction” and how him not getting it may have lead to Fishburne missing out on “Die Hard: With A Vengeance,” and how he originally considered Paul…
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Jackie Brown star Robert Forster dies aged 78
Forster was a versatile character actor whose career was unexpectedly rescued by his Oscar-nominated role in Quentin Tarantino’s cult thrillerRobert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, died on Friday. He was 78.Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died…
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Robert Forster, Oscar-Nommed Star of ‘Jackie Brown,’ Dies at 78
Robert Forster, a prolific character actor who was nominated for an Oscar for Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” and appeared in more than 100 films, died Friday in Los Angeles of brain cancer. He was 78.Tarantino created the bail bondsman character Max Cherry with Forster in mind, and the role netted him his first Academy Award…
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ArcLight Hollywood Celebrates Quentin Tarantino Weekend With Advance ‘Once Upon a Time’ Screenings
ArcLight Hollywood is celebrating the release of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” with a three-day tribute from July 19-21 showing all the director’s previous films.Ahead of the nationwide release on July 26, Tarantino fans can also catch 70mm advance screenings of “Once Upon a Time” on Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.,…
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Film News Roundup: Pam Grier, Alisha Boe Join Cheerleading Comedy ‘Poms’
Sierra/Affinity has added Pam Grier, Alisha Boe, Phyllis Somerville, Charlie Tahan, Bruce McGill, Rhea Perlman and Celia Weston to its cheerleading comedy “Poms.”Diane Keaton and Jackie Weaver are already set to star in “Poms,” which has begun principal photography in Atlanta, Ga. Zara Hayes is directing from a script by Shane Atkinson based on a…
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Film Review: David Oyelowo in ‘Gringo’
It’s a good thing Joel Edgerton and Charlize Theron are such likable actors to watch on screen, because the characters they play in “Gringo” are downright despicable. That’s the point in this nasty piece of work, which interrupts its darkly comic, south-of-the-border satire — rendered in the outrageous, ultra-colorful style of such Elmore Leonard adaptations…