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Hollywood is mourning the death of Melvin Van Peebles, an acclaimed filmmaker who is best known as the “godfather of Black cinema.” His son actor/director Mario Van Peebles confirmed the news in a statement to Variety on Wednesday, just a month after Melvin Van Peebles turned 89. “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario said in a statement from the […]
Ashton Sanders has been cast as Bobby Brown in the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Deadline reports. Kasi Lemmons will direct the biopic from a screenplay written by Anthony McCarten. It was previously reproted that British actress Naomi Ackie will play Houston. The film will be produced by McCarten’s Muse of Fire Productions, Pat Houston […]
The Oscar-winning editor of the original Star Wars franchise had a few choice words for J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, and the series’s latest sequel trilogy. “It seems to me that Kathy Kennedy and J.J. Abrams don’t have a clue about Star Wars,” Marcia Lucas said in an interview for J.W. Rinzler’s book Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s […]
Swan Song, which will star Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali, has received a release date. In addition to Ali, the film will also feature Glenn Close, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, and Adam Beach. Swan Song will debut both in theaters and globally on Apple TV+ later this year on Friday, December 17. Here’s a synopsis of the Benjamin Cleary-directed film, as provided by […]
In association with BBC, Netflix is planning on adapting the popular British crime series Luther starring Idris Elba into a movie. Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis are also set to join the cast. According to Hollywood Reporter, the creator and writer of the series, Neil Cross, will be writing the script while Jamie Payne, who directed the last full season of the […]
Three excruciatingly long years after the release of her Album of the Year winner Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves has returned with a vulnerability-centered new era, complete with an accompanying film from director Bardia Zeinali. Described as a “a modern tragedy told in three acts,” Star-Crossed—the singer’s fifth studio album—sees Musgraves embracing an approach of “rebirth” in her work, […]
Disney and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is on pace to be the biggest Labor Day box office opening weekend of all-time. Variety reports the first Asian-led superhero film in the MCU is set to bring in $75 million to $85 million in its four-day debut, nearly tripling the Labor Day weekend record previously held […]
Two months after it was reported that Jonah Hill had landed a starring role in an untitled Netflix comedy, Eddie Murphy has joined the upcoming Kenya Barris-directed film. Murphy and Barris previously worked together on Coming 2 America, which arrived on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year. Barris was a writer on the movie. Strong Baby’s Matt Dines and […]
Patty Jenkins appeared on a panel for CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday, and once again voiced her displeasure with the day & date model that befell her 2020 film Wonder Woman 1984, Deadline reports. Warner Bros. announced in November that Wonder Woman 1984 would be released simultaneously in theaters and the streaming service, HBO Max, setting […]
Emma Stone just locked in a deal to star in the sequel to Disney’s Cruella, according to Deadline. The Oscar winner reportedly signed off on the film’s follow-up after Disney saw some backlash over the theatrical-Disney+ Premier model, and it is still unclear if the sequel will be released just theatrically or in homes as well, […]
