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Tom Cruise’s ‘Mummy’ Reboot Casts Annabelle Wallis
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Annabelle Wallis is in talks for the female lead in Universal’s “The Mummy,” starring Tom Cruise, sources tell Variety.
Wallis will play an archaeologist in the film. Sofia Boutella, meanwhile, is on board to play the iconic monster.
The film is set to bow on June 9, 2017.
The studio tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan last summer to help develop a monster universe for Universal with rebooted versions of classic monster movies. Kurtzman is also on board to direct, and will produce alongside Morgan and Sean Daniel.
Jon Spaihts is penning the script. Plot details are vague other than the fact that the pic will be set in the present day, unlike the previous three installments starring Brendan Fraser.
Universal’s executive VP of production, Jon Mone, and VP of development, Jay Polidoro, will oversee the project for the studio.
Wallis is best known for her work in Steven Knight’s “Peaky Blinders. »
- Justin Kroll
Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg Starring in ‘Nine Eleven’ Drama (Exclusive)
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Charlie Sheen and Whoopi Goldberg are starring in the independent action-drama “Nine Eleven” with shooting starting Monday, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Nine Eleven,” directed by Martin Guigui from script he co-wrote with Steven Golebiowski, depicts five individuals trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and their struggle to survive. Luis Guzman, Wood Harris and Olga Fonda have also been cast.
“Nine Eleven” will be shot entirely at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, Calif. Thunder Studios is co-producing with Sprockefeller Pictures, Vitamin A Films and Sunset Pictures. Producers are Martin Sprock, Dahlia Waingort and Warren Ostergard. Sheen’s manager and industry veteran Mark Burg will serve as executive producer, along with Thunder Studios CEO Rodric David and Ryan Johnson.
“We are immensely grateful to bring this inspirational story to life. ‘Nine Eleven’ is a highly emotional journey and it took a dynamic bunch to collectively come together »
- Dave McNary
Wait, Is Aaron Paul Going To Be In The Dark Tower After All?
1 hour ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The Dark Tower is fast becoming a pleasant reality, as a string of announcements have put the long suffering project back on the road to reality. An even better sign is the possible news that Aaron Paul's lobbying during an earlier iteration of the Stephen King adaptation may have paid off, as sources claim his beloved role of Eddie Dean is in the bag. Be careful before you get too excited about Aaron Paul's possible role in The Dark Tower, as even Blastr is taking the news with as much salt as they can spare. Still, without 100% confirmation in their hands, the site trusts their sources enough to put out the good word that the New York junkie from our side of the door will be yelling "Yeah, bitch!" when he crosses over into the world of Roland the Gunslinger. Here's a quick history lesson on how we »
Grasshopper picks up Bi Gan’s Kaili Blues
3 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
New York-based Grasshopper Film has acquired Us rights to Chinese director Bi Gan’s Kaili Blues, which won two awards at last year’s Locarno film festival.
The film, which also played at Toronto, will receive its Us premiere next week at the New Directors New Films event, co-hosted by the Museum of Modern Art (Moma) and the Lincoln Center. In Locarno, it picked up awards for best emerging director and a special mention for the First Feature award.
The debut feature from 26-year-old Bi Gan, Kaili Blues follows a doctor who sets off to search for his brother’s abandoned child and his colleague’s old lover. Bi Gan is now working on his second film, The Last Night On Earth.
The Us deal was negotiated by Grasshopper Films founder and president Ryan Krivoshey and Jack Lee of China Film International. Grasshopper is planning a theatrical release later this year.
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- lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
Why Emma Stone And Ryan Gosling's Musical Just Got Delayed
3 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
After making his dent in the Hollywood landscape with the impressive Whiplash, as well as serving as a writer on this weekend's 10 Cloverfield Lane, Damian Chazelle has gotten his career off to a running start. That momentum has carried over to his latest film, La La Land, which has now been moved from its original summer release date straight into the heart of awards season. The news came from The Hollywood Reporter, who reported that La La Land's July 15th debut has been pushed back to a limited run on December 2nd, with a wide release slated to follow on December 16th. The move comes not too long after Lionsgate slated their other awards contender, Patriot's Day, for a limited, awards qualifying release on December 21st. With two films already slated for a late season prestige blitz, Lionsgate seems to be going all in on their chances for scoring »
Meg Ryan, Robert Mark Kamen to Be Honored at Sonoma Film Festival
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Meg Ryan will be honored with the Sonoma Salute Award at the 19th Sonoma Film Festival, a five-day program dedicated to the best in film, food, wine and spirits.
During a tribute event in Sonoma, Calif. on March 31, the actress-director will be celebrated with a special screening of “Ithaca,” her 2015 directorial feature film debut. Starring in over 40 films, Ryan’s most memorable acting performances include “When Harry Met Sally” (1989), “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993) and “You’ve Got Mail” (1998). More recently, she starred in “In the Land of Women” (2007), “Serious Moonlight” (2009) and episodes of Lisa Kudrow’s Hulu comedy “Web Therapy” in 2013.
Also being honored is screenwriter and Siff supporter Robert Mark Kamen, whose writing credits include the “Transporter,” “Taken” and “Karate Kid” franchises.
This year’s festival — which will present over 100 films — will open with Joachim Trier’s Jesse Eisenberg-starring drama “Louder Than Bombs” and conclude with the French romantic comedy “The Sense of Wonder. »
- Alyssa Sage
Japan Box Office: ‘Doraemon: Birth’ Opens on Top Ahead of Golden Week
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Tokyo – The 36th entry in the “Doraemon” animation series about the adventures of a blue robot cat and its boy companion topped the Japanese box office for the March 5-6 weekend.
Debuting on 374 screens with Toho distributing, “Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016” earned $5.6 million on 544,816 admissions. This was nearly the same take as the series’ previous installment which finished with $35 million in 2015. Aimed squarely at the family market and released to hit the box office crest of the upcoming Golden Week holiday, “Doraemon: Birth: is expected to do as well or better.
The highest ranking newcomer was “The Big Short.” Distributed by Towa Pictures, the film bowed on 214 screens and recorded $1.02 million from 84,000 admissions. Boosted by its best screenplay Oscar, the film is predicted to clear the JPY1 billion ($8.8 million) mark.
Sliding from second to third place on the chart was Fox’s “The Martian,” now in its fifth week on release. »
- Mark Schilling
Vin Diesel's XXX 3 Just Added An NFL All-Star
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These days, retiring sports professionals have more post-career options, besides the usual car dealerships, chain restaurants, or commentator jobs. We are, of course, talking about the ever increasing option of becoming a star of TV and Film, which is the tactic former Atlanta Falcons player Tony Gonzalez is taking. And what a debut he's going to make for himself, as he's signed on for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Variety dropped the news today that Gonzalez would be joining the second sequel to the xXx franchise, which is the first to see the return of series originator Vin Diesel. Gonzalez's part in xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage is unspecified at the moment, but he rounds out a cast that includes returning cast-members Samuel L. Jackson and Ice Cube, as well as newcomers Toni Collette, Ruby Rose, and Donnie Yen. So with all of these big guns on screen, »
Latest On Relativity: Kevin Spacey Looking Shaky, Dana Brunetti Solidifying
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Nobody will comment, not until Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity emerges from Chapter 11 and things are made official, so take this as a strong rumor. Where are things with the plan by Trigger Street partners Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti to sell their company to Kavanaugh and spearhead a Relativity resurgence in feature film and TV production? The latest word I’m hearing is that it’s now looking shaky for Spacey — several sources say he has reconsidered — but I’m hearing that… »
Superhero Bits: Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn Costume, Sly Stallone in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ & More
6 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Will Iron Fist first appear in Netflix’s Luke Cage series? What are the odds that we’re going to get a third season of Agent Carter? Would you be sad if you knew Harley Quinn‘s jester outfit was tested for Suicide Squad but not used? Does Sylvester Stallone have a role in Guardians of the Galaxy […]
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- Ethan Anderton
SXSW to Host Preview Screening of Key & Peele’s ‘Keanu’
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SXSW Film will host a special work-in-progress preview screening of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele’s catnapping comedy “Keanu” on March 13.
Key and Peele are both producing and starring in the New Line Cinema film, which follows a group of friends who pose as drug dealers in order to infiltrate a street gang and rescue a stolen pet cat. Method Man, Will Forte, Tiffany Hadish and Jason Mitchell also star in the action comedy, which is directed by “Key and Peele” helmer Peter Atencio.
The announcement arrives only weeks after SXSW released its 2016 lineup, which includes world premieres of films starring James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Adam Scott and Bella Thorne and will open with the Richard Linklater comedy-drama “Everybody Wants Some.” The festival will also premiere the Mike Birbiglia comedy “Don’t Think Twice,” which also stars Key.
The comedy duo of Key and Peele also starred in »
- Alyssa Sage
‘The Mummy’ Casts Annabelle Wallis Opposite Tom Cruise
7 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Every cinematic shared universe begins with a single film, and for the prospective Universal Monsters franchise, that’s The Mummy. (Well, at one point it was Dracula Untold, but Universal seems perfectly happy to forget that one ever existed, and to let everyone else forget it too.) Which is why it’s so important for the studio to get it right. […]
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- Angie Han
‘The Brothers Grimsby’ Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Trumps Political Correctness In Spy Spoof
7 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
With Sacha Baron Cohen, audiences know what to expect, and they get that and more in the often hilarious if not Borat-level The Brothers Grimsby, which loses the reality gags of the British comic star’s earlier films and follows a more convention plot line — if that is possible. Still, for fans of this guy’s high jinks, rest assured: The Brothers Grimsby is every bit as politically incorrect and raunchy as anything he’s done. Let me say up front: It is probably not to… »
57 SAG-aftra L.A. Members Seek to Fire Exec Director David White
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Fifty-seven Los Angeles SAG-aftra members are seeking to dismiss David White, the union’s national executive director since 2009.
The action, approved Sunday in a 57-40 vote at the SAG-aftra Local annual meeting, means that the question will go to the union’s national board — where it is highly unlikely to receive any traction. The board gave White a four-year extension to his contract in late 2014.
SAG-aftra president Ken Howard, a longtime ally of White, brushed off the vote and said the supporters were “out of sync” with the membership.
The vote, which took place during the members-only portion of the meeting, reflects the longstanding divisions between the moderate Unite for Strength faction, which supports White, and the self-styled progressives in the Membership First faction, which has only a dozen of the 80 seats on the board.
The Sunday vote was not presented as being sponsored or tied to Membership First, however. »
- Dave McNary
Film Review: ‘Tomcat’
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
An Austrian movie about two gay men and a cat naturally opens itself up to Freudian interpretation, but does it have to be so long? Haendl Klaus’ sophomore feature, “Tomcat,” boasts an intriguing premise: When one partner inexplicably, impulsively kills their much-loved kitty, this perfect couple are left questioning everything they knew about each other. The problems lie in the execution, with a tiresome insistence on pre- and post-lapsarian states of grace in which the lovebirds’ oh-so-perfect paradise shifts to banishment into hell. The acting and visuals are strong, the cat is great, but really, how much time do we want to spend with these people’s neuroses? Still, “Tomcat” will prowl around the gay festival circuit with its prize Teddy Award at its feet.
Life is just dandy for French-horn player Stefan (Lukas Turtur) and orchestra manager Andreas (Philipp Hochmair). They have a beautiful home with a great garden, »
- Jay Weissberg
A ‘Thief’ Movie Will Slip Unnoticed Into a Theater Near You
7 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Eventually, someone is going to make a good video game movie, even if it’s entirely on accident. You something is wrong with this particular corner of filmdom when the high water mark is Paul W.S. Anderson’s Mortal Kombat, which is perfectly fine if you choose to grade it on the video game adaptation curve. So yes, […]
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- Jacob Hall
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