Tag: Laurence Fishburne
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Kate Mara and Gabriel Luna Join Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Astronaut’
Kate Mara and Gabriel Luna are coming aboard The Astronaut. The pair will be joining Laurence Fishburne in the sci-fi thriller. Deadline reports that the feature will be the writing and directorial debut of Jess Varley. Mara will play the titular astronaut, Sam Walker, who miraculously survives a space disaster and is found alive in…
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The SAG-AFTRA Strike Is Already Hitting Hollywood’s Bottom Line At The Box Office
As recounted in this week’s Tales from the Box Office column, “Blade” screenwriter David S. Goyer was told by New Line studio head Mike Luca that the budget he got for the movie would depend on which lead actor he could attach to it: “I’ll make it for $40 million if you can get Denzel…
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Had a Much Different Final Scene, but Test Audiences ‘Preferred the Ambiguous Ending’
[Editor’s Note: The following story contains major spoilers for “John Wick: Chapter 4.”]John Wick is dead, right?“John Wick: Chapter 4” director Chad Stahelski spoke to Empire magazine about the ending originally shot for the film, which indicated to audiences that John Wick was very much still alive. In the final theatrical version, John Wick appears…
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‘John Wick 4’ Shot an Ending Where It’s ‘Very Clear He’s Still Alive,’ but Test Audiences Weren’t Happy: They ‘Preferred the Ambiguous Ending’
Is John Wick actually dead? It’s the question every Keanu Reeves fan was asking after “John Wick: Chapter 4” opened in March. The film ended with John’s presumable death after competing in a duel to free himself from the High Table. John gets shot in the third round of the duel and seemingly dies on…
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‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ at 30: Angela Bassett Remembers Becoming Tina Turner and How Laurence Fishburne Advocated for Her
In the opening of Tina and Ike Turner’s rendition of Creedance Clearwater’s “Proud Mary,” Tina gives a disclaimer to the audience: “Every now and then I think you might like to hear something from us nice and easy, but there’s just one thing, you see: we never ever do nothing nice and easy.” When Angela…
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This ‘The Matrix’ Character That Was Inspired by Neil Gaiman
The Matrix has certainly influenced a lot of other movies and series since its release and is considered a timeless classic by now, but it’s also no secret that the Wachowski sisters’ magnum opus is a boiling cauldron full of influences itself. There are a lot of obvious ones, but Neil Gaiman’s seminal graphic novel…