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Nick Cassavetes to Write, Direct Ronda Rousey’s ‘Road House’ (Exclusive)
18 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After nabbing UFC fighter Ronda Rousey to star in a reboot of Patrick Swayze’s “Road House,” MGM has now found its director.
Sources tell Variety that Nick Cassavetes has closed a deal to write and direct the re-envisioning of the ’80s action classic, with Rousey on board to star and produce.
Rousey is currently in training for her championship fight against Holly Holm on Nov. 14 at Ufc 193. Insiders say once the fight is over, the plan is to immediately begin prepping for a fast-tracked shoot in the first quarter of 2016.
Released in 1989, the original film starred Swayze as a bouncer hired to clean up one of the rowdiest, loudest bars in Missouri, The Double Deuce. Swayze’s character is put to the test when he needs to protect the town from a corrupt businessman.
This movie became a breakout hit and maintains a cult following. “Road House” follows MGM »
- Justin Kroll
M. Night Shyamalan Thriller Starring James McAvoy Adds Four (Exclusive)
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Anya Taylor Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson have joined James McAvoy in M. Night Shyamalan’s next thriller.
Joy and Buckley are signing on for lead roles opposite McAvoy, while Sula and Richardson will round out the cast in supporting roles.
Shyamalan will write, direct and produce along with Jason Blum.
As with any Shyamalan project, plot details are under lock and key, but the film will likely include elements of the supernatural. Given Blum’s involvement, the movie’s budget will be relatively small, which would be more on par with Shyamalan’s “The Visit,” which overperformed at the box office, bringing in $83.1 million worldwide.
Marc Bienstock will also produce, while Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider are on board as exec producers. Production is expected to start this November in Philadelphia. The film is not currently set up at a studio.
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- Justin Kroll
Quentin Tarantino Says He Cut Two Different Versions of ‘The Hateful Eight’ (Exclusive)
19 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
When audiences pay to see the limited roadshow engagement of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” this holiday season, it won’t just be the projection of Ultra Panavision 70mm photography that distinguishes it from multiplex versions released two weeks later. It will be a slightly different — and longer — film overall.
“The roadshow version has an overture and an intermission, and it will be three hours, two minutes,” Tarantino told Variety. “The multiplex version is about six minutes shorter, not counting the intermission time, which is about 12 minutes.”
The two-time Oscar winner was not ordered to truncate the film for wider release. Rather, he liked the idea of the roadshow experience having a little something extra. “Nor did I want to treat the multiplex release like this left-handed version, either,” he said. So he tweaked certain scenes to better suit the separate viewing experiences.
“The 70 is the 70,” he said. “You’ve paid the money. »
- Kristopher Tapley
John Ridley To Helm His ‘L.A. Riots’ Script For Broad Green And Imagine
21 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Breaking: John Ridley, the Oscar winning scribe of 12 Years a Slave, is now set to direct his Los Angeles Riots script. In its most ambitious move so far, upstart Broad Green Pictures is partnering with Imagine Entertainment to produce and distribute a movie that is untitled but has had numerous manifestations over the years as Imagine’s Brian Grazer developed it at Universal Pictures and almost got it made with Spike Lee directing. They are betting big here on Ridley… »
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»Law & Order: Svu Is Doing a Duggars Episode
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit opened its latest season with an episode inspired by Robert Durst, and now it'll rip another story from the headlines: E! reports that the show's November 4 episode will tackle the Duggars. Earlier this year, the reality-show family's eldest son, Josh Duggar, publicly admitted to sexually molesting underage girls when he was a teenager; his sisters Jill and Jessa were later revealed to be two of his victims. In the wake of the public fallout, TLC canceled his family's hit show, 19 Kids and Counting. Now their true-crime story will get the full Svu treatment in "Patrimonial Burden," an episode centered on a fictional reality-tv family (Geneva Carr and Christopher Sieber will star as the parents) who become the focus of a criminal investigation after their 13-year-old daughter suspiciously gets pregnant. In this version, the faux Duggars will only have ten kids, but it »
- Dee Lockett
Inside One of 'The X-Files' Most Important Episodes Ever on its 20th Anniversary
13 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
On Friday, Oct. 13, 1995, The X-Files introduced viewers to Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle), a reluctant -- and depressed -- psychic in the hour, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." The installment would go on to become one of the beloved drama's most important episodes to date and kick off a debate about Scully's (potential) immortality — and win the Chris Carter drama its first major Emmys. During the episode, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) attempt to help the cops figure out who attacked a woman who read tea leaves. The local cops have brought in their own psychic, Stupendous
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- Marisa Roffman
How Aaron Sorkin Designed Steve Jobs
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Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs opened Friday, not the first or the last or the most verisimilitudinous of posthumous movies about the Apple founder, but probably the most structurally audacious. It’s not a full-life biopic but a portrait in three acts, each a real-time behind-the-scenes sequence, set just before an iconic product launch, in which about a dozen narratives (and arguments) crash in on Jobs. Just before it opened, we sat down with Aaron Sorkin, the movie’s screenwriter (and architect), to talk about how he’d actually built the thing. (In case you haven’t seen the movie, watch out—the conversation gets pretty detailed and spoiler-y at times.)Were you always interested in Steve Jobs? No. No. I knew what the general public knew, but not as much as a lot of people, I found out. The fandom is incredible, including the sort of virtual fistfights that »
- David Wallace-Wells
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»X-Men Apocalypse's Sophie Turner Nailed her 'angry Storm' impression
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Sophie Turner might be back to filming Sansa Stark for the next season of “Game of Thrones,” but over the summer she took on a new challenge: playing Jean Grey in “X-Men Apocalypse.” But why be one mutant when you can be more? Messing around on Instagram, Turner seems to have taken on Rogue’s powers in order to absorb Storm’s abilities. The result? A pretty cool look at what fans of the X-Men can look forward to. @alexandrashipppp playing you ?????? #storm #xmenapocalypse A video posted by Sophie Turner (@sophiet) on Oct 12, 2015 at 9:12am Pdt Turn those eyes red and replace the lightning with fire and we could be looking at the origins of the Phoenix. “X-Men Apocalypse” will be released on May 27, 2016. »
- Donna Dickens
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke Named Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive (Photo)
26 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Emilia Clarke has been named Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive for 2015. The actress who played Sarah Connor this past summer’s “Terminator Genisys” stripped down for the cover of the November issue, and of course, talked about her biggest role yet: Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” “My agent told the casting director, ‘I know that the breakdown for this character is tall and willowy and blonde. I know she’s short and round and brown, but I’d like you to see her,'” Clarke said in her interview for the magazine. See video: James Franco Spoofs »
- Joe Otterson
Nathan Fielder Doesn’t Want You to Tell NBC About His Very Accurate Parody of The Blacklist’s Ad Campaign
28 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Comedian Nathan Fielder is promoting the third season of his show, Nathan for You, and you may have noticed that his recent ad campaign bears a remarkable resemblance to The Blacklist's ad campaign from last year, which put James Spader on the cover of a number of magazines. But, you know, a show can have a similar idea to another show a year later, and it doesn't have to be plagiarism. Also, is a ripoff of a ripoff really a ripoff? (Please don't tell NBC.) »
- E. Alex Jung
Book Excerpt: The Welcome to Night Vale Creators’ First Novel
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Based on the wildly popular podcast, Welcome to Night Vale is filled with mundane and surreal stories of the titular desert town and its inhabitants. In our excerpt, chapter five, we follow 19-year-old pawnshop owner Jackie as she witnesses some eerie activity at the Moonlite All-Nite diner. (For the first four chapters in their entirety, head here. Jackie ordered coffee. Eventually coffee was given to her. These moments were related. The Moonlite All-Nite was packed, as it always was in the morning. There were few places in town where one could quietly have breakfast in the company of so many other people also quietly having breakfast. There is nothing more lonely than an action taken quietly on your own, and nothing more comforting than doing that same quiet action in parallel with fellow humans doing the same action, everyone alone next to each other. In her right hand was the coffee, »
- Joseph Fink,Jeffrey Cranor
Jennifer Lawrence Talks Hollywood Wage Gap, Sexism in Essay: I'm Over Being Likable, "F— That"
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"When it comes to the subject of feminism, I’ve remained ever-so-slightly quiet," writes Jennifer Lawrence in a new essay. "But with a lot of talk comes change, so I want to be honest and open and, fingers crossed, not piss anyone off." The actress' essay -- titled "Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co‑Stars?" -- appears in the Oct. 13 edition of Lenny, the feminist newsletter from Lena Dunham and her Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner. Lawrence opens up about the difference in her pay from that of her American Hustle male co-stars, which was leaked to
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- Ashley Lee
Washington Post Pens Scathing Op-Ed on ‘Ludicrous’ Jason Rezaian Conviction
39 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
In the aftermath of Iran bureau chief Jason Rezaian’s conviction, the Washington Post editorial board wrote a scathing op-ed that railed against the “ludicrous” trial and conviction of its journalist, who has been imprisoned for over 14 months. “From its beginning, the case of Jason Rezaian has been a showcase for the opacity, the brazen disregard for the rule of law and, ultimately, the sheer cruelty of Iran’s Islamic regime,” the editorial board wrote Monday. The op-ed questioned the Rezaian’s conviction, which is shrouded in secrecy: “Convicted of what? Punished with what sentence? We don’t know: The court’s spokesman told state. »
- Jordan Chariton
Fotosintesis’ ‘Angel’ Launches Cause-Driven Entertainment in Mexico
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Madrid – Mexico City-based Fotosintesis Media, a joint initiative of Mexico’s Mantarraya Group and writer-director Miguel Uriegas, is producing “The Angel in the Clock,” a 2D animation film which is launching cause-driven entertainment in Mexico.
Written by Rosanna Curiel from an original idea by Uriegas, who provided concept art on Mantarraya’s first toon pic production, pre-school “The Incredible Story of the Stone Boy,” taking a co-director credit, “Angel” turns on an eight-year-old girl, Emilia, whop has leukemia, and wants to stop time. She meets Malachi, an angel who lives inside her cuckoo clock, who takes her to a magical realm, the fields of time, where hundreds of clock-castles soar to the sky, protecting human time on earth. There she learns the importance of living in the here and now, what the present can give us allowing us to fight for what we want the most.
The real world is kept pretty realistic, »
- John Hopewell
Asian World Film Festival Announces Competition Slate
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Oscar-submitted Cambodian film “The Last Reel,” Iraq’s award-winning “Memories on Stone” and Turkey’s Jury Prize winner from the 2014 Venice Film Festival “Sivas” lead the competition entries in the first Asian World Film Festival (Awff), the festival announced Tuesday. The festival, which takes place October 26 – November 2, 2015, features select foreign language films from the 50 eligible countries in the Asian World region, including films that have been officially submitted as their country’s Oscar and Golden Globe considerations. Films will screen at ArcLight Cinemas in downtown Culver City and the luxury iPic Theaters in Westwood. As previously announced, South »
- Wrap Staff
22 years ago today: 'Nightmare Before Christmas' opened in theaters
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What's this? What's this? It's a "Nightmare Before Christmas" anniversary. 22 years ago today, the Tim Burton-produced film opened in theaters. The stop motion musical has become a lucrative property for Disney, but upon its 1993 release, the House of Mouse put "Nightmare" under its Touchstone Pictures banner because the studio worried it was "too dark, too scary" for kids, director Henry Selick recalled. "Their biggest fear, and why it was kind of a stepchild project, was they were afraid of their core audience hating the film and not coming, when in fact once kids found out about it, it connected with them as well as Tim's regular fan base." "Nightmare" fans looking for new ways to show their love of the film can check out Hot Topic's new "Nightmare" items, unveiled today. Other notable October 13 happenings in pop culture history: 1950: "All About Eve" premiered in New York. It went »
- Emily Rome
Mantarraya Preps Reygadas’ ‘Life,’ Shoots Escalante’s ‘Untamed’ (Exclusive)
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Madrid – Backing two of Latin America’s most admired auteurs, Mexico’s Mantarraya, France’s Le Pacte and Germany’s The Match Factory are teaming to produce “Donde nace la vida” (“Where Life is Born”) the highly anticipated next film by Carlos Reygadas (“Japan,” “Battle in Heaven”), as they shoot “Untamed,” from Amat Escalante (“Heli”).
Released in 2002, Reygadas’ anti-conventional “Japan” brought down the flag on a new generation of Mexican filmmakers. Reygadas’ “Silent Light” shared a Cannes jury prize in 2007, his “Post Tenebras Lux” Cannes best director in 2012, Escalante’s Heli” taking the same award a year later.
Also co-producing a new animation film, “The Angel in the Clock,” “Maquinaria Panamericana,” and producing “Pacifico” Mantarraya currently has one of its fullest slates in its 17 years of existence.
“Where Life Begins” is “a simple but powerful story of love and loss of love, in open couple relationships, emotional phases on the »
- John Hopewell
Afm: Horse Documentary ‘Harry and Snowman’ Going on Sale
56 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The horse-jumping documentary “Harry and Snowman” will go up for sale for the first time at the American Film Market from Concourse Film Trade, Variety has learned exclusively.
The movie, directed by Ron Davis from his own script, centers on Harry de Leyer and his former plow-horse, Snowman, winning the triple crown of show jumping in 1958 at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. De Leyer had purchased Snowman just two years earlier for $80 off a truck bound for the glue factory.
Davis also produced via Docutainment Films with Graceful Light Entertainment and Imaginaut Entertainment. The film was executive produced by Paul Winston Blavin and Karin Reid Offield.
The story was the subject of Robert Montgomery’s 1962 book “Snowman,” which is being republished by Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, and of Elizabeth Letts’ “The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation.” Letts’ book was optioned last year by MGM. »
- Dave McNary
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