Tag: Ride Along
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Will Smith Almost Turned Down Men In Black, Then Steven Spielberg Sent A Helicopter To Get Him
Will Smith’s journey towards global domination is well-established at this point. The man who parlayed novelty rap hits such as “Parents Just Don’t Understand” into one of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood history is, barring some unfortunate recent developments, a gargantuan of the entertainment industry. At least, that’s how Kevin Hart feels. The…
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The Blackening review – Get Out meets Scary Movie in whipsmart horror satire
The stereotype of Black characters dying first in horror movies is put to the test in a funny and incisive Juneteenth-set slasherThere is an august tradition in the African American community of talking back to the film screen loud enough to jolt the characters on screen. The Blackening doesn’t just hear those cries; it needles…
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Oscars Producer Defends Divisive Changes: ‘You Have to Think About This as an Entertainment Property’
Will Packer is still a month away from making his Oscar-producing debut, but his tenure has already attracted plenty of controversy. The show will omit eight categories from the live broadcast, opting instead to tape them awards earlier and edit them into the live show.The decision immediately prompted outrage from cinephiles and Hollywood insiders who…
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Tom & Jerry The Movie review – sanitised relaunch of the cat and mouse combatants
Uninspiring fights and sketchy rules of engagement mean this lazy reprise won’t excite real aficionados of the eternally warring pairWhoever wins, parents lose. While there’s little to truly loathe in Fantastic Four and Ride Along director Tim Story’s frantic new take on Tom & Jerry, there’s also an equal lack of anything to truly love;…
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Ice Cube To Star In Untitled Patrick Aiello/Timur Bekmambetov Sci-fi Pic For Universal
Exclusive: Following the successful Ride Along films and upcoming Flint Strong biopic, Ice Cube and Universal appear to have found their next high-profile project as Cube is set to star in the untitled grounded sci-fi movie for the studio with Patrick Aiello and Timur Bekmambetov producing. Rich Lee will direct from a script by Kenneth…
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‘Die Hart’ Trailer: John Travolta Teaches Kevin Hart How to be an Action Star
Contrary to popular belief, Quibi has not deleted itself from existence out of sheer embarrassment…yet. The young streaming platform is still around, but with apologies to The Most Dangerous Game and every other thing Quibi has produced so far, the service desperately needs a big crossover hit – and Ride Along and Central Intelligence star…
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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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‘Bad Boys for Life’ Brings the Heat, Delivering $68 Million Mlk Debut
The Martin Luther King holiday is bringing more box office heat than originally expected as Sony’s Bad Boys for Life delivered the second largest Mlk four-day performance ever as well as the studio’s largest R-rated opening ever. Added to that, even Universal’s Dolittle outperformed expectations, though the $175 million production still has a long way…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Set HP Lovecraft Thriller Film At Warner Bros
Exclusive: Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss have set at Warner Bros an untitled thriller inspired by the graphic novel Lovecraft. Set to write the script are Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi, the scribe team behind such films as Aeon Flux, Ride Along and the Karyn Kusama-directed The Invitation and Destroyer. Kusama…
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Box Office: ‘Men in Black: International’ and ‘Shaft’ Belly Flop
Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” can’t come soon enough to buoy the floundering summer box office. This weekend’s openings are pathetic. Franchise reboot “Men in Black: International” (Sony) and the second remake of “Shaft” (Warner Bros.) together grossed under $37 million. Two summers ago, when “War for the Planet of the Apes” opened to “only” $56…