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Kevin Hart has added another credit to his ever-growing filmography. According to Deadline, the 42-year-old comedian has been tapped to star in Netflix’s Lift —a much-anticipated heist film written by Dan Kunka. Hart will play a master thief who, alongside his ex-girlfriend, attempts to steal $100 million worth of gold from a Boeing 777 flying from London to Zurich. There’s […]
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 […]
As Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues its impressive run at the box office, the blockbuster film is scheduled to be available for home streaming this fall. Disney announced Tuesday that Shang-Chi will hit Disney+ on November 12. The movie’s home streaming premiere will headline Disney+ Day, a celebration of the second anniversary of the streaming […]
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 […]
Variety reports Warner Bros. has tapped Matthew López to pen a reimagining of the 1992 film, The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. López is an acclaimed playwright who skyrocketed to fame following the premiere of his play, The Inheritance, based on the novel Howards End by E. M. Forster. The Inheritance earned 10 Tony Award nominations, and was called “the most […]
Thirty-three years after their hit comedy film Twins hit screens, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito will join forces with Tracy Morgan for a sequel to the 1988 original. Deadline reports Morgan will play the third and long lost sibling in the forthcoming film Triplets, which will begin shooting this January in Boston. “I’d been good friends with Tracy Morgan for a long […]
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 […]
SZA has shared the song “The Anonymous Ones” from the Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack. The song was made for the film and written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Amandla Stenberg. “The Anonymous Ones” serves as a reminder that everyone deals with insecurities and fears, but that we can help each other out by listening […]
