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Jon Favreau to join Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming
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In addition to directing both Iron Man and Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau also made an appearance as Happy Hogan in each of the Iron Man flicks, so I guess you could say that where wherever Tony Stark goes, Happy Hogan follows...unless it's an Avengers or Captain America film, so I suppose it would be more accurate to say that wherever Tony Stark Goes, Happy Hogan occasionally follows. Variety... Read More »
- Kevin Fraser
‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Finds New Director in Trish Sie
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
With Elizabeth Banks no longer on board to direct “Pitch Perfect 3,” Universal has acted quickly to find a new helmer for its next installment in one of its most popular franchises: Trish Sie.
Variety first reported earlier this year that Banks would not return to direct the third installment. Banks explained at the Produced By conference that her parental duties drove her decision to leave the director’s chair.
Banks tweeted her support for the new director on Thursday afternoon. “#PitchPerfect has a new leader – so excited @bigbadtrish is directing #PP3!”
#PitchPerfect has a new leader – so excited @bigbadtrish is directing #PP3! pic.twitter.com/KRbTv5oBsi
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) September 1, 2016
The studio recently moved back the release to Dec. 22, 2017, in order to have time to find Banks’ replacement, but it looks as though production should stay on schedule as it’s closed a deal with Sie.
- Justin Kroll
‘Devious Maids’ Canceled: No Season 5 For Lifetime Series
4 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Lifetime has opted not to renew Devious Maids for a fifth season. The decision comes a couple of weeks after the series ended its Season 4 run on the network. Devious Maids, developed by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry based on a telenovela format, migrated to Lifetime after being developed and piloted at ABC. It got off to a strong start, with its freshman season peaking at 3 million Live+same day viewers for the season finale. The ratings have… »
Jackie Chan, Frederick Wiseman to Receive Honorary Oscars
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Actor Jackie Chan, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, film editor Anne V. Coates and casting director Lynn Stalmaster have been chosen as recipients of the 2016 Governors Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All four will receive Honorary Oscars, with the AMPAS board opting not to award the Irving Thalberg or Jean Hersholt Humanitarian awards this year. The awards were chosen by members of the Board of Governors on Tuesday night, but the announcement was delayed until all the recipients could be notified. Also Read: ABC to Keep Oscars Through 2028 Under AMPAS Extension The AMPAS press release announcing the. »
- Steve Pond
Greg Berlanti to Develop ‘Black Lightning’ DC Superhero Series
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Greg Berlanti is looking beyond the universe for his next DC comic book adaptation TV show. The prolific producer is developing “Black Lightning,” based on the comic superhero of the same name. The husband and wife team of Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil are writing the project, centered around one of DC comics’ first African-American superheroes, who was first introduced in 1977. The character was created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden. Also Read: Animated DC Series 'Freedom Fighters: The Ray' to Launch on CW Seed With Gay Lead Character Black Lightning’s everyday alter ego is Jefferson Pierce, »
- Linda Ge
Gene Wilder’s ‘Willy Wonka,’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ Returning to Theaters
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
AMC theaters and Warner Bros. are bringing back a pair of Gene Wilder films — “Blazing Saddles” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” — in honor of the late actor this weekend.
The two films will screen Saturday and Sunday at 55 AMC locations nationwide, with tickets for each costing $5.
“Willy Wonka,” released in 1971, stars Wilder as a candy mogul. “Blazing Saddles,” released in 1974, is a collaboration between Wilder and director Mel Brooks.
Wilder died on Monday at the age of 83.
“Willy Wonka” will screen at 5 p.m. and “Blazing Saddles” will follow at 7:30 p.m. on both days.
The full list of locations is below:
Atlanta: AMC Barrett Commons 24, AMC Southlake Pavilion 24
Baltimore: AMC Owings Mills 17
Baton Rouge: AMC Baton Rouge 16
Boston: AMC Loews Boston Common 19
Charlotte: AMC Concord Mills 24
Chicago: AMC River East 21, AMC Streets of Woodfield 20
Cincinnati: AMC Newport on the Levee 20
Columbus: AMC Lennox 24
Dallas: AMC »
- Dave McNary
Hillary Clinton Smashes Fundraising Record With $143 Million in August
25 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Hillary Clinton smashed her own fundraising record by raising a whopping $143 million for the month of August, the campaign said Wednesday. “Thanks to the 2.3 million people who have contributed to our campaign, we are heading into the final two months of the race with the resources we need to organize and mobilize millions of voters across the country,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. The numbers include donations made to Clinton’s own campaign and to national and state parties via funds associated with her campaign. Also Read: Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Get Rave Reviews. »
- Itay Hod
World Renowned Chef Tackles Hunger in ‘Theater of Life’ Trailer (Exclusive)
37 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
What if food waste could feed the hungry?
That’s the question posed in the new trailer for “Theater of Life,” exclusive to Variety.
The documentary follows chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana was named world’s best restaurant in 2016 and featured on Netflix’s “Chef’s Table,” as he embarks on an ambitious project. But instead of elites and gourmands, he’s serving refugees, recovering drug addicts, former sex workers, the homeless and the hungry.
Bottura created the soup kitchen featured in the doc, dubbed the Refettorio Ambrosiano, during Expo Milano 2015. Hundreds of pounds of uneaten food from the expo were saved from the waste bins, and a rotating lineup of 60 top international chefs, including Mario Batali, Ferran Adria and Alain Ducasse, crafted gourmet meals nightly from the scraps.
The title, “Theater of Life,” comes from the name of the venue — an abandoned theater in the working class neighborhood of Greco in Milan. »
- Lawrence Yee
Mark Ruffalo Responds to Matt Bomer Transgender Casting Backlash: ‘I Hear You’
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Mark Ruffalo has defended Matt Bomer’s casting as a transgender sex worker in the feature film “Anything,” following criticism by the transgender community.
Ruffalo is an executive producer on the recently wrapped project, in which Bomer portrays a transgender woman. Bomer and Ruffalo played lovers in HBO’s 2014 drama “The Normal Heart.”
“To the Trans community. I hear you,” he wrote on Wednesday. “It’s wrenching to you see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation. It’s time.”
“In all honestly I suggested Matt for the role after the profound experience I had with him while making ‘The Normal Heart,'” he added.
To the Trans community. I hear you. It's wrenching to you see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation. It's time.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 31, 2016
In all honesty I suggested Matt for the role after »
- Dave McNary
Mel Gibson Reveals Details of a Possible ‘Passion of the Christ’ Sequel
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Mel Gibson has revealed new details about the possible “Passion of the Christ” sequel.
Gibson said during an interview with pastor Greg Laurie at the SoCal Harvest in Anaheim, Calif., last weekend that he’s interested in a second installment to “The Passion of the Christ,” which would focus solely on Christ’s resurrection.
“We’re talking about that,” he said. “Of course that’s a huge undertaking. It’s not ‘The Passion 2’ — its called ‘The Resurrection.'”
Gibson went on to say, “That’s a very big subject, and it needs to be looked at, because we don’t want to just do a simple rendering of it. I mean, we can all read what happened, but in order to really experience and explore probably deeper meanings of what it’s about, it’s gonna take some doing.”
Though the film and Gibson himself received backlash from numerous social justice groups, »
- Arya Roshanian
‘Narcos’ Star Pedro Pascal Teases Season 2: ‘We Get Much Closer to Catching Him’ (Exclusive Video)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The hunt for iconic drug kingpin Pablo Escobar continues in Season 2 of Netflix’s “Narcos,” and series star Pedro Pascal has a few things to say about what’s to come following the prison escape that came in the Season 1 finale. “We get much closer to catching him,” Pascal said in a recent interview with TheWrap. “We’re very dedicated to telling the story as authentically as possible,” he added. “We start the second season where we left off, so there’s a much shorter timeline in terms of when we actually get him.” Also Read: 'Narcos' Season 2 Trailer Shows War in Colombian. »
- Linda Ge
'Stranger Things' Season 2: A Guide to 1984 in Pop Culture
1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Just in case you've been living in the Upside Down, let me get you up to speed: Stranger Things Season 2 is officially happening. And as revealed by the show's unreasonably-attractive creators the Duffer Brothers, the new episodes will be set a year after the events of the first season, which would place the characters squarely in the latter days of 1984 (Season 1 took place between November and December of 1983). While that's not a whole lot later, it's still enough time for a massive number of pop-culture and consumer products to have been introduced in the interim, from film to TV to music to technology. So what, pray tell, will Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Nancy, Jonathan and Steve (but not Barb, obvs) be using, watching, wearing, reading and listening to in the new season that wouldn't have been available to them in the prior timeline because they didn't exist yet? For those curious »
- Chris Eggertsen
DC Films Universe: Top 11 Characters From the Comics We Hope to See (Photos)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
11. Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) Warners is apparently developing a feature film centering on the popular DC Comics duo of Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle and the report indicates that the movie will feature the Jaime Reyes version of the character. Reyes became the bearer of the Blue Beetle legacy during DC’s “Infinite Crisis” and later starred in his own series. Reyes possesses a suit of armor and extraordinary powers that both stem from an artifact known as The Scarab. 10. Metallo Having been one of Superman’s main adversaries in the comics for some time, Metallo would be a great addition to. »
- Umberto Gonzalez
‘Mascots’: Watch the First Trailer for Christopher Guest’s New Mockumentary [Video]
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Christopher Guest’s sense of the comically absurd returns in full force in the first trailer for Netflix’s “Mascots.”
The trailer begins with Ollie the Octopus and Tammy the Turtle performing and includes such off-the-wall assertions as “Benny the Banana Slug has a failed drug test” and Ed Begley Jr.’s character declaring, “Danny the Donkey, my mascot, was the first to have an anatomically correct costume. I was over-compensating.”
Guest, whose directing credits include “A Mighty Wind,” “Waiting for Guffman,” “Best in Show” and “For Your Consideration,” set his most recent project during the ultra-competitive 8th World Mascot Association Championships. Mascots compete for prestigious Gold Fluffy.
The cast includes regulars in Guest’s previous mockumentaries such as Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban and Jennifer Coolidge along with Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Brad Williams, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Griesser, Susan Yeagley, Sarah Baker, Tom Bennett, »
- Dave McNary
Melania Trump Sues Daily Mail Over Escort Story
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump has sued the Daily Mail over insinuations that she may have been an escort. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Trump says that an August article in the Daily Mail saying that models at an agency she worked for also worked as escorts inaccurately painted her as a sex worker. “Plaintiff did legitimate and legal modeling work for legitimate business entities and did not work for any ”gentleman’s club’ or ‘escort’ agencies,'” the lawsuit reads. “Plaintiff was not a sex worker, escort or prostitute in any way, shape or form.” Also Read: Melania Trump Threatens to Sue Anyone. »
- Tim Kenneally
Critics La-la-Love ‘La La Land': Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling Are ‘Close to Perfection’
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Early reviews for “La La Land” are in, and critics are raving about Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling‘s performances in the musical, claiming, “as a duo they’re close to perfection.” “Very soon I was utterly absorbed by this movie’s simple storytelling verve and the terrific lead performances from Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone who are both excellent — particularly Stone, who has never been better, her huge doe eyes radiating wit and intelligence when they’re not filling with tears,” wrote the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw. TheWrap’s film critic Alonso Duralde agreed: “Even when the orchestra isn’t swelling, »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
Emilie de Ravin Demands Firing of ‘Disgusting’ American Airlines Employee
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Emilie de Ravin doesn’t seem to have much luck with plane flights. The “Lost” alum went on a Twitter tirade Thursday, asking American Airlines to fire an employee who she says grabbed her forcefully. “Dear @AmericanAir I was grabbed forcefully, my carry on bag ripped out of my hand @ lax this morning by AA employee,” the actress wrote. Identifying the employee as “Antoinette,” the actress continued, “Please kindly dismiss this woman from @americanair employment.” Also Read: Celebs Off a Plane: 10 Famous Problem Flyers De Ravin, who gave birth to her first child, Vera, in March, added that her pilot was “very kind and. »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Recruits Jon Favreau to Reprise ‘Iron Man’ Role
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Jon Favreau is set to return to the Marvel Universe in the upcoming “Spider-Man: Homecoming” as Happy Hogan, TheWrap has learned. It should come as no surprise to fanboys as Tony Stark (“Robert Downey Jr”) is appearing as Iron Man in the upcoming “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Tony Stark now has his driver tagging along, last seen in the “Iron Man” films. Also Read: Zendaya's 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Role Revealed (Exclusive) Meanwhile, Disney is so bullish on “The Jungle Book,” which hits theaters back in April, that it is already in talks to bring back Jon Favreau as director and »
- Umberto Gonzalez
Naomi Watts is a terrible mother in 'Shut In'
2 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes, and clips and puts it all in perspective. In the Shut In trailer, Naomi Watts must take care of her brain damaged teenage son - played by Stranger Things' own Charlie Heaton! - after an accident. She's not happy about it, complaining she's not her son anymore, just a body. A body that plays Jonathan on a extremely successful zeitgeist show on Netflix! Luckily, Naomi Watt is a children's clinical psychologist so when an orphaned boy comes to visit, she decides to take him so she can feel like she has a real son again. Unfortunately, that child runs away during a storm and dies of "the cold temperature." She had one job. Her friend Oliver Platt tells her not to be a hard on herself. It's true that you have to let things go, but overall, »
- Jon Davis
Jon Favreau to Reprise ‘Iron Man’ Role in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (Exclusive)
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
With Robert Downey Jr. already set to reprise his role of Tony Stark, Sony and Marvel are looking to add a familiar face from his “Iron Man” universe into their new “Spider-Man” realm.
Jon Favreau will reprise his role of Happy, Stark’s personal driver in the “Iron Man” movies, in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” sources tell Variety.
Marvel and Sony had no comment on the news.
The pic is currently shooting in Atlanta with Tom Holland starring as Peter Parker and Jon Watts directing. Other actors who have joined the cast over the last several weeks include Logan Marshall-Green, Donald Glover, Zendaya and Tony Revolori.
Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige are producing. Plot details are still being heavily guarded. “Vacation” directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein penned the script.
Favreau played a large part in the Marvel cinematic universe, directing the first two “Iron Man” movies. He most recently helmed »
- Justin Kroll
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