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Domhnall Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer Join Jennifer Lawrence in Darren Aronofsky Drama
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Domhnall Gleeson, his brother Brian Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris are in talks to join Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem in Paramount’s untitled domestic drama.
Darren Aronofsky is on board to direct from his own script, which centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home and disrupt their tranquil existence.
Aronofsky and his partners at Protozoa Pictures, Scott Franklin and Ari Handel are producing. The studio is planning to star production in June.
Domnhall Gleeson is best known for appearing as Bill Weasley in the final two “Harry Potter” films and as the villainous General Hux in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The Irish actor also appeared in three other notable 2015 releases — “Ex Machina,” “The Revenant” and “Brooklyn” — and has joined Netflix’s “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” about the founding of National Lampoon.
Pfeiffer starred with Robert De Niro in »
- Dave McNary
‘Jungle Book’ Swings High With $4.2 Million at Thursday Box Office
12 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Disney’s “The Jungle Book” had a stellar start at the box office, grossing $4.2 million in its Thursday previews. The studio’s “Maleficent” grossed the same amount of money when it debuted in 2014. It eventually hit $69.4 million on its opening weekend. And 2015’s “Cinderella” opened to $2.3 million and grossed a first-weekend total of $67.9 million. With a budget of $175 million, analysts are projecting a $70 million to $80 million opening weekend for the live-action remake, although the studio is being more conservative and is estimating a debut in the mid-to-high-$60 million range. Also Read: Disney's 'The Jungle Book' Rules Fandango's »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
'Jungle Book' and 'Barbershop 3' Seek Strong Opening Weekends
14 April 2016 12:01 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Last weekend the top twelve at the domestic box office was down 24.3% when compared to last year. In fact, it was the first time since 2008 that the top twelve films at the box office failed to top $100 million in the 15th weekend of the year. This weekend won't have any such issues with Disney's The Jungle Book looking to become one of the top five April openings of all-time. Additionally, Warners' Barbershop: The Next Cut should deliver the largest opening that franchise has seen while Lionsgate's Criminal will likely finish just outside the top five. Disney has tapped into something special when it comes to adapting some of their most iconic animated movies into live action features in recent years. Last year's Cinderella opened with $67.8 million in mid-March, the year before Maleficent opened with $69.4 million and, in 2010, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland opened with an astonishing $116.1 million before grossing over $1 billion worldwide. »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Kevin Hart, Dwanye Johnson Circling ‘Jumanji’ Reboot (Exclusive)
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sony is getting closer to rebooting a Robin Williams classic with two of the busiest actors in town, looking to build on what is already an impressive slate at the studio.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart are in early talks to star in Sony’s “Jumanji,” sources tell Variety. Schedules are still being worked out, as both actors have heavy production loads ahead, but insiders say things are moving toward a deal.
Johnson has an opening this fall with his New Line pic “Rampage” possibly shifting to 2017. The plan would be to shoot “Jumanji” before the third season of his HBO series “Ballers.” Johnson will also shoot “Fast 8” this summer, reprising his role of Agent Hobbs.
Hart is expected to shoot “The Intouchables” remake for Weinstein this summer opposite Bryan Cranston, and according to sources, working out this part of the schedule could prove difficult.
The pair showed great »
- Justin Kroll
Dan Ireland, ‘Whole Wide World’ Director Who Co-Founded Seattle Film Festival, Dies at 57
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Dan Ireland, who co-founded the Seattle Film Festival, served as an acquisitions exec at Vestron Pictures and directed films including “The Whole Wide World” (1996) and “Jolene” (2008), starring Jessica Chastain, has died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 57.
Chastain tweeted in memory of him.
“The sweetest angel left us. Called his voicemail just to hear his voice once more. I’ll miss you baby,” she wrote.
The sweetest angel left us. Called his voicemail just to hear his voice once more. I'll miss you baby. #DanIreland #Jolene
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) April 15, 2016
“The Whole Wide World,” starring a young Vincent D’Onofrio and Renée Zellweger, was a biopic of Texas-born pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard, who created Conan the Barbarian in the early years of the 20th century, and the woman in his life, played by Zellweger (the film was her movie debut).
Ireland was nominated for »
- Carmel Dagan
James Franco’s ‘King Cobra’ Director on Explicit Gay Sex Scenes: ‘Actors Took Things Further Than the Script’
10 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“King Cobra,” a fact-inspired movie about the underbelly of gay porn starring James Franco and Christian Slater, pushes boundaries far beyond its gritty subject matter. Director Justin Kelly‘s film, which premieres Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival, includes eye-poppingly explicit scenes of gay male sex — and a lot of it. “We wanted to make it as unapologetic as possible,” Kelly told TheWrap ahead of his festival debut. “I didn’t have a desire to shock — it’s a part of the story. Myself and the actors discussed from day one that you can’t shy away.” Also Read: Watch Christian Slater, »
- Matt Donnelly
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Casts Laura Harrier From ‘One Life to Live’ (Exclusive)
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“One Life to Live” star Laura Harrier has landed a significant role in Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” TheWrap has exclusively learned. Jon Watts (“Cop Car”) is directing the new “Spider-Man,” which will star Tom Holland as the webslinger and Marisa Tomei as his Aunt May. Zendaya will co-star as a mysterious character named Michelle, while Michael Keaton is in talks to play a villain. Tony Revolori (“Dope”) has also joined the cast as Peter Parker’s friend Manuel, according to insiders. Representatives for Sony and Marvel declined to comment. Also Read: Michael Keaton in Talks to Play Villain »
- Jeff Sneider
‘People v. O.J.’ Star Courtney B. Vance Joins Tom Cruise in ‘The Mummy’ Reboot
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed performance as Johnnie Cochran in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of “The Mummy” for Universal Pictures — the first film in the studio’s new production endeavor that will expand and unify a network of classic monster movies.
Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis and Sofia Boutella also star, in the film, which is set to bow on June 9, 2017. Vance will play a colonel in the pic.
The studio tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan last summer to help develop a monster universe with rebooted versions of the studio’s classic films. 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. »
- Justin Kroll
'The Predator' Will be Set in Modern Day
13 April 2016 4:48 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Shane Black, former co-star of the original Predator, has been a huge name in hollywood for a long time. Since he first wrote Lethal Weapon back in 1987, he has been one of the highest paid screenwriters of all time. Black made his directorial debut with 2005’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and then broke records with Iron Man 3. Generally his name is synonymous with success, which is great because he has decided to write and direct the newest installment in the Predator series. He recently gave out some information about the film, here’s a few snippets from that interview:
“---I’m working on the script, and barring an act of God, a safe from the sky, there’s nothing that suggests it won’t be the next thing, and I’m getting more and more excited day by day. I mean, there’s great Predator movies, but to actually »
- Jonathan Ricco
Joel David Moore to Direct Adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Timon of Athens’
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Actor and director Joel David Moore will helm an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” for Sundial Pictures.
Set in a semi-dystopian society polarized by drastic economic disparity, “Timon of Athens” follows the story of a modern day Gatsby, a self-made-man-turned-social-icon, whose misguided generosity leaves him hunted by the government and a symbol of the revolt against society’s elite so quick to abandon him.
Stefan Nowicki, Joey Carey and Morgan White of Sundial will produce the film.
“This is a project that’s been ticking in my head for almost a decade,” said Moore. “I studied the play in college, saw it at the Globe in London and fell in love with its stark social commentary. It’s a perfect tale for modern adaptation, and I’m excited to be the first to bring Timon to the big screen.”
This marks the second time Sundial and Moore have »
- Justin Kroll
New Photos From 'Captain America: Civil War,' Hulk Nearly Had A Post-Credits Cameo
9 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
"Captain America: Civil War" (our review) is coming, and it's bringing an insanely stacked roster of Marvel characters with it. Pretty much everyone you've seen in the McU so far appears, along with newcomers Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), but there are two people who are notably absent: Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Both will take center stage in next year's "Thor: Ragnarok," but according to screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the latter was considered for an appearance in 'Civil War.' Read More: Review: 'Captain America: Civil War' Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, More “Mark Ruffalo shot no scenes. We talked about having Bruce Banner at the very end of the film, and it just, again, seemed like we’re sticking people in just to stick them in. He has clearly gone somewhere at the end of ‘Ultron, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
A Bidding War Has Erupted Over Live-Action ‘Pokémon’ Movie Rights
9 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
I don’t think younger Pokémon fans who have grown up with this series all of their lives can comprehend what it was like when the first games hit shelves in the late ’90s. It was a like a freight train had collided with popular culture. Everyone knew about Pokémon and everyone who played video games owned copy of Pokémon Red or Pokémon […]
The post A Bidding War Has Erupted Over Live-Action ‘Pokémon’ Movie Rights appeared first on /Film. »
- Jacob Hall
Joe Carnahan Slips Out Of Driver’s Seat On ‘Motorcade’ At DreamWorks
10 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: DreamWorks and filmmaker Joe Carnahan have parted ways on the long-in-development project Motorcade about a disgraced Secret Service agent who gets embroiled in a kidnapping attempt of the President of the United States as the Commander-in-Chief’s motorcade makes its way through Los Angeles. The project has had some high-profile talent circling it in the past, including Tom Cruise and Ryan Reynolds (who is co-starring in this weekend’s opener… »
Ethan Hawke’s Intense Tough Guy Turn In Sports Drama ‘The Phenom’ At Tribeca Film Festival – Watch
26 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Ethan Hawke is one of those few actors who can segue comfortably between playing the sensitive guy (Before Sunrise, Reality Bites) and man at his most primal (the upcoming The Magnificent Seven, Training Day). In The Phenom, the four-time Oscar-nominated actor portrays an ex-con father, whose tough love has turned into a head game for his major league pitcher son Hopper Gibson (Johnny Simmons). When the rookie is demoted to the minor leagues, he looks to an… »
Tribeca Film Review: ‘Fear, Inc.’
34 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Loving horror movies and making a good one — even an in-joke-laden homage to the genre — are two different things, as proven by “Fear, Inc.” This first feature for director Vincent Masciale and scenarist Luke Barnett starts out amiably enough, if sans inspiration on both the humor and scare fronts, only to get yea more implausibly silly just when we’re meant to start taking it seriously. This Tribeca midnight-section programmer is polished enough to fetch a decent sum amongst home-format distributors, but no one will be clamoring for theatrical release.
Joe (Lucas Neff) is a young L.A. transplant who’s “between jobs” and so unmotivated he spends a typical day playing beer pong by himself then floating in the backyard pool, to the annoyance of duly-employed girlfriend Lindsay (Caitlin Stasey). On “date night” he persuades her to visit a haunted house attraction. His unimpressed grumbling afterward attracts a creepy »
- Dennis Harvey
How Jessica Biel & Jason Sudeikis Dove Into ‘The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea’ – Tribeca Video
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Jessica Biel explains how her husband, Justin Timberlake, was persuaded to create the score for her latest film, which she stars and produces, The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea. It’s not often that a major pop star becomes enlisted to handle the cue sheet for an independent feature. Together with her producing partner Michelle Purple, Biel phoned Timberlake and insisted, “'You're going to do this. And you're going to do this — for free. And we made him sign a paper he'd do… »
J.J. Abrams Talks TV Show Ideas With Chris Rock at Tribeca Film Festival
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A half-hour drama created by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Rock? That was just one of the topics of conversation to come up in a far-ranging public discussion between Abrams and Rock at the Tribeca Film Festival, during which Abrams also apologized for overdoing it on the lens flares, revealed his personal conception of God and refused to answer a pre-teen in the audience who asked him who Rey’s parents are.
Speaking with an easy rapport at an event that was part of the Tribeca Talks series of public conversations, the two spitballed an idea for a TV show when Rock asked Abrams what he should be doing in television.
Abrams shot back, “If I nail it, will you do it with me?”
“Sure,” Rock agreed. “I’m probably a single-camera show,” he added. “My skill set is multi-camera, but what’s gonna keep me interested, keep me intrigued, »
- Gordon Cox
Tony Revolori and Laura Harrier Join ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
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Tony Revolori and Laura Harrier are in talks to join the cast of Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” sources confirm to Variety.
Tom Holland stars as the webslinging hero in the reboot, which opens July 7, 2017. He leads the cast opposite Michael Keaton, who Variety exclusively reported was is in talks to play the villain, and Marisa Tomei, who portrays Aunt May.
Revolori (“Grand Budapest Hotel”) will play a high school nemesis of Peter Parker’s in the film while Harrier’s part is another classmate.
Sony and Marvel had no comment.
Jon Watts is directing “Homecoming” from a script by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Kevin Feige and former Sony exec Amy Pascal are producing the movie, which focuses on a teenage Peter Parker’s high school days.
Plot details are still being heavily guarded.
Holland’s Spider-Man will first make an appearance in the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War »
- Justin Kroll
J.J Abrams Just Revealed This Detail About Rey's Parents
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It’s a question that has dogged Star Wars fans since they saw The Force Awakens: who is Rey? Obviously one detail that would give us a clearer indication of the character is if we knew who her parents were. Star Wars’ past and present proves that George Lucas, J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan like to make huge revelations and surprises regarding the heritage of their characters, which is why fans are so adamant to know more about Daisy Ridley’s Rey. And now J.J. Abrams has revealed a further tid-bit regarding her potential parents. A young fan at J.J. Abrams’ Tribeca Talks: Directors Series discussion with Chris Rock at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival built up the confidence to say to The Force Awakens director, "I was just going to ask whose Rey’s parents are?" This was »
‘Mena’ Producers Sued Over Fatal Plane Crash During Production Of Tom Cruise Pic
3 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
The family of a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot who was killed in a plane crash near the set of the Tom Cruise movie Mena is suing its producers for wrongful death. Alan Purwin was a passenger in the twin-engine Aerostar on September 11 when it went down in foggy conditions in the rugged Andes near Medellin, Colombia. Another man, Carlos Berl, also died in the crash, and a third survived. In the suit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Purwin’s widow… »
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