Tag: Long Shot
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China’s Parallax boards Tokyo competition title ‘A Long Shot’ (exclusive)
Sales will begin at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm).Chinese sales agent Parallax Films is set to launch sales of Gao Peng’s A Long Shot at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm), ahead of its world premiere in competition at Tokyo International Film Festival.The Chinese crime drama is set in the 1990s, when…
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Jennifer Grey: ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Will Be ‘Tricky’ Without Patrick Swayze
Nobody puts Baby in the corner, but can anybody replace Patrick Swayze?“Dirty Dancing” icon Jennifer Grey revealed just how “tricky” it is to make a sequel film without her late co-star Swayze, who died at age 57 of pancreatic cancer in September 2009. Swayze portrayed summer retreat dance instructor Johnny Castle, who falls for camp…
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Charlize Theron Gives an ‘Atomic Blonde 2’ Update and Gets Candid About That ‘Furiosa’ Prequel
Charlize Theron rules, full stop. She’s one of our best actors working today, blessed with the range that gives us prickly, low-status characters like her leading role in Tully, high-status-but-still-struggling characters like her leading role in Long Shot, and utter slices of action iconography like her leading role in Mad Max: Fury Road. This means…
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Good Boys’ Scores with $21 Million; Other Newcomers Bomb
While Us scored Universal Pictures the only #1 box office debut for an original film in earlier this year, the studio can now boast they’ve accomplished this feat twice in 2019. The original R-rated comedy Good Boys opened in first place at the box office this weekend with an impressive $21 million opening weekend, giving…
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Andy Serkis Confirmed to Direct ‘Venom 2’
Andy Serkis will officially direct “Venom 2” for Sony, TheWrap has learned.According to The Pioneer, Serkis said he’s had meetings with Sony executives to direct the sequel after reports last month that he was in contention for the job alongside Travis Knight and Rupert Wyatt.2018’s “Venom” grossed $856 million worldwide and starred Tom Hardy as…
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‘Long Shot’ Director Jonathan Levine on the Soundtracks to His Movies and Life [Interview]
“Music inspires you to keep making images,” director Jonathan Levine says. The director of The Wackness, 50/50, and the new Seth Rogen–Charlize Theron rom-com, Long Shot, constantly finds himself inspired by music. Whether he’s writing or thinking of the mood for a movie, music is on his mind. His love for music was evident from…
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Mows Down ‘Long Shot’, ‘Intruder’ & ‘UglyDolls’ With $146M+ Second Weekend, Crosses $600M In Record Time
3rd update/writethru, Saturday AM following Friday 12:52 post: Why did three studios book new titles against Disney/Marvel’s
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‘Long Shot’ Star O’Shea Jackson Jr. on Sharing the Screen With Seth Rogen and Godzilla [Interview]
O’Shea Jackson Jr. may not be guaranteed a long and successful career as a film actor, but there is certainly no shortage of motivating and inspiring factors in his life to get him there. Although he’s been acting for less than five years, he’s had a succession of fascinating roles in a short time, beginning…
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Box Office: ‘The Intruder’ Overtakes ‘Long Shot,’ ‘UglyDolls’ on Thursday Night
Sony’s thriller “The Intruder” invaded the box office with $865,000 at 2,073 North American locations on Thursday night.“The Intruder,” starring Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good and Michael Ealy, topped Lionsgate’s romantic comedy “Long Shot,” which opened with $660,000 at 2,500 locations during Thursday night preview showings. STX’s animated comedy “UglyDolls” took in $300,000 at 2,250 sites…
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Film News Roundup: Jonathan Levine Inks First-Look Deal With Lionsgate
In today’s film news roundup, Sony Pictures Classics announces the release date for “Pain & Glory” and Jonathan Levine enters a first-look deal with Lionsgate.Release DateSony Pictures Classics announced it will release Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film “Pain & Glory” in the U.S. on Oct. 4, 2019. The feature will also be screened at…