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‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’: Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern Join Cast
8 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro have joined the cast of “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” Disney confirmed on Monday.
The studio also announced that newcomer Kelly Marie Tran will have an unspecified role in the latest installment of the space opera.
Dern scored Oscar nominations for her work in “Rambling Rose” and “Wild,” and effectively ducked velociraptors and T-rexes in “Jurassic Park.” Upcoming projects include Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women.”
Del Toro scored an Oscar playing a morally conflicted cop in “Traffic,” earned another nomination for “21 Grams,” and headlined the likes of “Sicario” and “Savages.” He next reprises his role as the Collector in “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2.” An earlier Variety report said that Del Toro will play the villain role in the new “Star Wars.”
Principal photography on “Star Wars: Episode VIII” begins Monday at Pinewood Studios in London. The film hits »
- Brent Lang
'Deadpool' Smashes Box Office Records On Way to $260 Million Worldwide Opening
14 February 2016 9:38 AM, PST | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Blowing away even the most lofty of expectations, Deadpool decimated the Valentine's and President's Day weekend box office in record-breaking fashion with an estimated $135 million three-day weekend. As for its incoming competition, How to be Single performed mostly as expected while fifteen years proved too long to wait to release Zoolander 2. Rewriting the box office record books, Deadpool broke Fifty Shades of Grey's previous February opening weekend record by nearly $45 million based on estimates and that's just the start. The largest opening for an R-rated film was previously $91.7 million, set by The Matrix Reloaded in 2003. That's been destroyed. The largest opening weekend for an R-rated comic book adaptation was previously set by 300 with $70.8 million. Bye, bye. This is even the largest opening weekend ever for 20th Century Fox, beating a record of $108.4 million previously held by Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Though, to be fair, Revenge of the Sith »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
The Marvel Character Deadpool Legally Wasn't Able To Use, But Did Anyway
5 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Deadpool. If you haven't had a chance to see the film yet, and don't wish for any part of it to be ruined, please click away! During the big climactic battle scene in the third act of Deadpool, the titular anti-hero finds himself face-to-face with an old colleague named Bob. For most, this is probably seen as just another silly moment in a long line of silly moments in the film, but it's actually a special moment for fans who have followed The Merc With The Mouth in Marvel Comics, and a reference to DP's frequent companion/adversary, Bob, Agent From Hydra. It's a pretty cool little Easter Egg, but what makes it extra special is the fact that the blockbuster didn't actually have the rights to use that »
Hannibal Buress Joining Dwayne Johnson in ‘Baywatch’
5 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Comedian Hannibal Buress is really starting to build a promising feature film career. After appearing in Neighbors, as well as this summer’s sequel, and Daddy’s Home last year, the stand-up comedian has landed another role in a big studio comedy. Paramount Pictures is currently in talks to join the cast of the Baywatch movie, starring […]
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- Ethan Anderton
'Force Majeure' Director Ruben Ostlund Lines Up English Film & TV Show; Bruno Dumont To Shoot Joan of Arc Musical This Summer
6 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Every now and then, foreign filmmakers try to transition to a broader audience by tackling English language fare, and sometimes it pans out, and on other occasions they retreat back to their native tongue. And Ruben Ostlund, who earned plenty of acclaim for Force Majeur, is going to try and make the leap. Variety reports he's got two projects, one for the big screen, and another for the small. On the film front, Ostlund will helm "The Square" which will "most likely" be in English. The plot will revolve around a museum's attempt to drum up publicity for an altruistically themed exhibit that goes over the line. Casting is underway, and production will begin this summer, which likely means a return to Cannes next spring for Ostlund. Meanwhile, he's also working on a English TV comedy, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
How The Star Wars: Episode 8 Cast Celebrated The Start Of Filming
52 minutes ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
By now you.ve probably heard that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has surpassed the $2 billion dollar mark at the global box office and is basically a huge, monstrous hit of epic proportions. Well, we.re going to get more Star Wars in a relatively short span than ever before, and the follow up, Star Wars: Episode VIII just wrapped its first day of production, and may of the actors took to social media to celebrate. An adventure just beginning.... #StillNoDialogue #RianHasMoreLinesThanMe #Wait4VIII #StarWars #StarWarsEpVIII https://t.co/rdQ9cxFApe . Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) February 15, 2016 Mark Hamill reprised his role as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, though everyone who saw the movie knows he was only in the movie for a handful of shots. His presence loomed over the entire story, despite the fact that he was primarily absent, but given how The Force Awakens ended, his »
Michael Moore Wants You Kids to Sneak Into His Latest R-Rated Movie
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
It’s fair to say most of us snuck into R-rated movies before we reached the magical age of 17. It’s easy to do, and you’d almost have to go out of your way to get caught, unless you went to a really strict movie theater. While plenty of kids and teens snuck in to see Deadpool […]
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- Jack Giroux
Meet the Director of BAFTA-Winning Jordanian Oscar Entry 'Theeb'
1 hour ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The first thing you notice about Naji Abu Nowar is his plummy British accent. In fact, he was educated in London, and picked up the coveted BAFTA Sunday night for outstanding debut by a British director for "Theeb," which won the director's first prize at the 2014 Venice Horizons section, and eventually landed the Jordanian Oscar entry an Oscar nomination. Because "Theeb" is set among nomadic desert Arabs during the same troubled period as "Lawrence of Arabia," it's easy to cite the influence of David Lean, but while Nowar admires the director, "he was not an influence on this film," except as to how not to shoot day for night scenes. "Lean shot on sand, which reflects light with a blue twinge that I didn't like," Nowar told me on the phone. "We discovered that with black basalt volcanic rock in the desert, you don’t get the reflection in the day for night scenes. »
- Anne Thompson
Watch: Why Jonathan Demme's 'Stop Making Sense' Is a Concert Film for the Ages
1 hour ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Jonathan Demme’s 1984 film documenting Talking Heads' three-night stand at the Hollywood Pantages is one of the great concert films of all time. Thanks to Heads frontman David Byrne’s ingenious staging, the film works in a narrative vein as well, beginning with Byrne alone on the stage fidgeting through the schizo rhythms of "Psycho Killer" and ending with the introverted singer transformed into a total party animal, speed-jogging around the stage to "Life During Wartime." Demme’s direction is simple yet elegant and the camera always seems to be in exactly the right place. One of the most joyful movies ever made, be sure to see (and hear) it with a proper sound system. »
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Emma Thompson: UK would be 'mad not to' stay in EU
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Alone in Berlin actor says she ‘feels European’, and that she would definitely vote to remain in Europe in the referendum
Emma Thompson called for Britain to stay in the European Union, saying the UK would be “mad not to”. Describing Britain as “a tiny little cloud-bolted, rainy corner of sort-of Europe, a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island”, Thompson said she “just felt European” and would “of course” vote to remain in the EU in the upcoming referendum. “We should be taking down borders, not putting them up.”
Thompson was speaking at a press conference in Berlin for the world premiere of Alone in Berlin, the screen adaptation of Hans Fallada’s 1947 novel about a German act of resistance to the Nazis in wartime Berlin. She plays Anna Quangel who, with her husband Otto (played by Brendan Gleeson), distributes anonymous handwritten postcards containing anti-Nazi messages around the city. Based on »
- Guardian Staff
Pathe Scores Big Sales For ‘A United Kingdom’, ‘Cezanne’ And ‘Eternity’ – Berlin
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Pathe International has scored strong sales for a handful of its titles. Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, tells the true story of Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana, who caused an international stir when he married Ruth Williams, a white woman from London in the 1940's. The interracial union was opposed by both their families, as well as the British government, the Tribal elders of Botswana and the apartheid government of South… »
‘Deadpool’ Won’t Get a Director’s Cut
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
There’s only one Deadpool, and there’s only one Deadpool. Well, not in the sense that there’s only ever going to be one Deadpool movie — a sequel is already in the works — but in the sense that there’s only one version of Deadpool. If you saw it in the theaters, that was it. According to Deadpool director Tim […]
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- Angie Han
James Gunn Defends Marvel, Praises Deadpool, In Nsfw Rant
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Only three days after its release, Deadpool has taken the world by storm. The movie has already grossed approximately $150 million domestically, with a worldwide haul of about $282 million. Even better, it.s earned numerous positive reviews from both fans and critics, and a sequel has already been ordered. Despite it not being the first R-rated superhero movie, it.s certainly become the most high-profile one, but there are varying opinions on why Deadpool performed so well. For instance, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is taking issue with what one person attributed Deadpool.s success to over the weekend. Deadline recently published a comment from a "Hollywood suit" that complimented Deadpool for having a "self-deprecating tone" and said that Marvel Studios would never make fun of themselves like that. Strongly disagreeing with that opinion, Gunn took to his Facebook page to defend Marvel and explain why Deadpool was great. »
Ashley Judd is the Latest Actress to be Sucked Into the ‘Twin Peaks’ Revival
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
J.J. Abrams’ patented “Mystery Box” has nothing on whatever black magic David Lynch and Mark Frost are utilizing as they shoot the third season of Twin Peaks. The revival of the beloved supernatural drama series has been shooting for some time now and has been adding new and returning cast members with borderline alarming frequency, […]
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- Jacob Hall
How Ryan Reynolds Surprised A Sick Deadpool Superfan With The Perfect Gift
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Just in case you haven.t been paying attention, Deadpool took over the damn world this past weekend, raking in $150 million over the four-day holiday, smashing records in violent, profane fashion. The titular character may be prone to decapitating people, the crudest possible humor you can imagine, and generally walking a fine line between hero and murderer, but the actor who plays him, Ryan Reynolds, is a pretty solid dude, and hooked up a sick you Deadpool fan with one hell of a surprise. Connor McGrath is a young Canadian Deadpool fanatic who also happens to be battling High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Thanks to Ryan Reynolds, he was also the first person outside of the studios and those involved with production to see Deadpool. Writing on his Facebook page, Reynolds revealed that six weeks ago he visited Connor in Alberta, Edmonton and showed him the movie. Connor is, at least »
‘Goat’ Clip: Nick Jonas Gives Breakthrough Performance In Frat Hazing Drama- Berlin
2 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Nick Jonas defies his pop heartthrob persona to pull in a bravura performance in the Andrew Neel-directed Goat. Paramount Home Video acquired worldwide rights out of Sundance, where the film played well with the Park City crowd. Watch an exclusive clip above. Goat will get a day-and-date VOD release, and Viacom sibling MTV will get the first TV window. There will be a separate partner to handle the theatrical rollout. CAA made the deal. Neel, David Gordon Green… »
‘Deadpool,’ ‘Zoolander 2,’ ‘How To Be Single’ All Higher Than Sunday Estimates – Int’l Box Office Update
2 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
2nd Update, 1:15 Pm: Following Deadpool’s better than expected results this morning, the other two openers — Zoolander 2 and How To Be Single — also pulled in much better numbers. Why is everyone seeing big jumps from yesterday? One distributor noted that the Saturday to Sunday had better than expected holds and that some Eastern European markets came in stronger than previously predicted. In some cases, for instance, for Warner Bros.’ comedy How To Be Single was playing… »
Berlin Film Review: ‘Road to Istanbul’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After two meandering dramas (“Just Like a Woman” and “Two Men in Town”) featuring Muslim characters on New Mexico soil, the French-born Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb abruptly veers into topical territory with “Road to Istanbul,” a compellingly one-sided portrait of a Belgian woman desperately trying to find the daughter who ran away from home to join the Islamic State in Syria. Set at the juncture where Third World problems unexpectedly become First World concerns, the film follows the mother (strongly played by Astrid Whettnall) with a single-minded intensity that, for better and for worse, treats the child’s motivations as a largely offscreen mystery. While some of the final scenes are played with a bluntness that strains credulity, overall this swift-moving tale has a spareness and simplicity that feel welcome after Bouchareb’s more strained recent efforts; the sad timeliness of its premise should translate into solid festival play and modest arthouse potential. »
- Justin Chang
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan Will Have a Troubled Marriage in ‘An Ideal Home’
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Back in 2011, Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan appeared together in the Sundance selected comedy Our Idiot Brother. Now the two have lined up another project called An Ideal Home, but this one will seem them in much different roles as a troubled married couple who suddenly have quite a wrench thrown into their lives […]
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- Ethan Anderton
The Revenant nets top American Society of Cinematographers honor
2 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Emmanuel Lubezki celebrated his fifth win in the feature category at the awards show on Sunday and is favored to win this year’s best cinematography Oscar
The Revenant cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki won the top honor at the 30th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards on Sunday night for his acclaimed work on Alejandro G Iñárritu’s award-winning survival thriller. It marked his fifth triumph in the feature film category at the Asc awards, following wins for Children of Men, The Tree of Life, Gravity and Birdman.
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- Nigel M Smith in Los Angeles
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