Tag: The Accountant
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Ben Affleck’s ‘The Way Back’ Getting Early VOD Release Next Week
During these trying times, when we’re all just trying to find our way back to normalcy, may I offer you a film about Ben Affleck as an alcoholic basketball coach just trying his find to way back to normalcy? The Way Back, (briefly) released in theaters earlier this year, is just that film. And now,…
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‘The Way Back’: Ben Affleck’s Most Emotional Role Proves To Be His Comeback on Personal and Professional Front
Gavin O’Connor has given us a pair of stellar sports films in Miracle and Warrior along with an interesting character study of an autistic-accountant-assassin in 2016’s The Accountant led by a solid Ben Affleck. To no one’s surprise, the two coming together again for a sports drama, The Way Back, which centers on a high…
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Ben Affleck Says ‘The Accountant’ Sequel Could Be A TV Show… Or A Movie… Or Nothing
The last several years of Ben Affleck’s filmography have had some ups and downs, to say the least. Taking the whole Batman thing out of the equation, the actor has enjoyed some acclaim (“Gone Girl”), but he’s also had some pretty low lows (“Live By Night”). But there are a few projects, including the film…
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Ben Affleck’s Addiction Drama ‘The Way Back’ Moved to 2020
Warner Bros. has moved back Ben Affleck’s addiction drama “The Way Back” from Oct. 18 to March 6.The film, which has been known previously as “The Has-Been” and “Torrance,” is directed by Gavin O’Connor and stars Affleck as a former basketball player whose struggle with addiction has led to the loss of his wife and…
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Gavin O’Connor in Talks to Direct ‘Fast’ at Warner Bros. (Exclusive)
“The Accountant” director Gavin O’Connor is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros.’ action-thriller “Fast,” sources tell Variety.The script was penned by “Sicario” scribe Taylor Sheridan, who had also been looking to direct, but when a deal couldn’t be reached, the studio began looking for other options and eventually landed on O’Connor. Chris Pratt had been…
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From The Accountant to Idiocracy: the films that became hits without anyone noticing
Unmemorable Ben Affleck thriller The Accountant was 2017’s most rented movie in the Us. It’s far from the only forgotten film to achieve stealth successThese are hard times for Ben Affleck, what with everyone snarking about his tummy and his tattoo and the general manner in which he greets each day with a bone-deep, mournful…
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Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ Is 2017’s Most Rented Movie But We’re Going To Need To Check The Math
It’s true, someone has decided that it was a good idea to make a sequel to Gavin O’Connor‘s entertaining, but somewhat forgettable 2016 film “The Accountant.” A light, breezy, but exceptionally well-filmed action no-brainer, the film made a decent $86M domestically on a $45M budget. At the time of the announcement, film pundits scratched their…
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Daily Podcast: Rampage Reactions, Box Office, Jay and Silent Bob, MoviePass, Terminator, Talisman, and Lord of the Rings
On the April 5, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film news, including Rampage, Infinity War, Star Wars, MoviePass, The Accountant, Jay and Silent Bob, Terminator, The Talisman, and Lord of the Rings. You can subscribe to /Film…
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‘Moana,’ ‘The Accountant’ Top Home Entertainment Charts in 2017
Disney’s “Moana” is a home entertainment juggernaut.The animated adventure was among the most popular sales titles and rentals last year, according to a new report by the Motion Picture Association of America. It was the top selling DVD or Blu-ray in 2017, and people bought more digital copies of “Moana” than any other film. “Moana”…