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Disney wasn’t happy with the performance of 20th Century Fox’s film arm in their first quarter as part of the movie-making giant. CEO Bob Iger made that clear on an earnings call last week, noting that the film division performed well below expectations. However, a new report from Variety seems to suggest that some of […]
The highly anticipated Sopranos prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark, started production earlier this year with a tentative release of Sept. 25, 2020. James Gandolfini’s son Michael Gandolfini is set to star as a young Tony Soprano, while the rest of impressive cast’s characters have been kept mostly under wraps. Gandolfini, whose father died in in 2013, […]
A relic of the peak Pussy Posse era is back in mainstream discussions this week. That relic, a largely improvised independent project put together in the mid-90s and starring Leonardo DiCarpio and Tobey Maguire, is the subject of a New York Post piece published Monday that’s now giving other publications plenty to pull from in the […]
Success paired with a smile, at least according to Dwayne Johnson, is the key to silencing those considered clowns in a metaphorical sense. That’s the takeaway from a pair of tweets he shared in which a “clown,” notably not outright identified, is vaguely noted for his perceived clown activities. First, over the weekend, The Rock […]
During a recent interview on Bill Simmons’ podcast, Sarah Silverman said that she was dropped from an upcoming film because of a 2007 episode of her Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program in which she wore blackface. “I recently was going to do two days on a movie, a sweet part in a cool […]
According to an exclusive from Deadline, both Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro have committed to star in the crime redemption drama After Exile. For those who can’t tell much about a movie from a two-word title (i.e. everybody) the movie will be about Mike Delany (played by LaBeouf), a recently released prisoner who had […]
The Eddie Murphy revival continues with Monday’s reveal of the trailer for Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer’s Dolemite Is My Name. Brewer’s biographical Netflix film stars Murphy as the late multi-hyphenate Rudy Ray Moore, whose 1975 blaxploitation classic Dolemite inspired a run of sequels and related continuations that spanned four decades. The original Dolemite takes the […]
Hobbs & Shaw once again finished atop the box office, collecting $25.4 million during its second weekend. Variety reports that the Fast & Furious spinoff has now earned $108 million in North America and $224 million overseas. The film pulled in $60 million during its opening weekend—and while predictions had the movie grossing between $60 to […]
John Amos has reportedly signed on for the Coming to America sequel, a gig that will reunite him with original cast members Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Paul Bates, and James Earl Jones. Deadline reports the 79-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as Cleo McDowell, the manager of the McDowell’s fast-food joint where Prince Akeem (Murphy) was employed. Amos […]
Universal Studios has decided to shelve The Hunt, following increased criticism of the movie brought their way by President Donald Trump. The Hunt brought together an all-star team of writers, actors and producers. The story was written by Damon Lindelof, and starred Betty Gilpin of GLOW and Hilary Swank. The movie was produced by Blumhouse, […]
