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Deon Taylor attached to direct fact-based police thriller .38 with Paula Patton and Mike Epps
Hidden Empire Film Group recently revealed that Deon Taylor (Traffik, Motivated Seller, Meet the Blacks) has signed on to direct .38 – a police drama based on actual events. The film takes audiences into the gang-ridden streets of St. Louis’ Bloody Third district, following a multi-ethnic police force over the course of a single night, …
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Major U.S. movie theater chain launches Netflix-like subscription service
CNNMoney reports that one of the largest movie chains in the U.S. has a plan to fill more seats in its theaters, a move that comes as Hollywood is in the middle of a box office slump as more people stay home to watch Netflix, Amazon and cable. Today Cinemark launched “Movie Club,” a monthly …
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Vin Diesel’s production company reviving Miami Vice TV series
NBC is currently developing a Miami Vice reboot with Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan‘s production companies, The Wrap reports. Peter Macmanus (Spike’s The Mist) is writing the script, and executive producers have not been solidified, the report continues. Universal Television, Diesel’s One Race Television and Chris Morgan Productions are behind the project. Morgan has worked …
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Indie thriller Jasmine getting limited theatrical run
Indican Pictures has released details on their latest film titled Jasmine, described as a mind-bending psychological thriller. Jasmine centers on Leonard (Jason Tobin), who is struggling to come to terms with his grief, nearly a year after his wife’s murder. Hoping to move on with his life, Leonard reconnects with Grace (Eugenia Yuan), a woman …
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Bron Animation taps Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short and Jane Krakowski for The Willoughbys adaptation
Bron Animation has added Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski and Sean Cullen to the cast of its adaptation of The Willoughbys, based on the popular children’s book by Newbery Award winning author Lois Lowry. Rudolph will be the voice of Nanny, who looks after the Willoughby children. Crews is voicing the candy …
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Well Go to release Yuen Woo-Ping’s Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi and Fruit Chan’s Invincible Dragon
Distributor Well Go USA announced that they have nabbed U.S. rights to Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi and Invincible Dragon, two new films from Pegasus Motion Pictures starring Max Zhang (Zhang Jin). Zhang most recently appeared with Donnie Yen in Ip Man 3 and is currently shooting his first English-language title, Pacific Rim: Uprising. Ip …
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Filming starts on Steve McQueen crime thriller Widows with Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson & Colin Farrell
From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption: Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. …
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New horror set in the world of The Conjuring being developed by New Line and James Wan
Filmmaker James Wan, director of the horror films The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2, explores another dark corner of that universe with New Line Cinema’s The Nun. Helmed by award-winning director Corin Hardy (The Hallow), the new fright-fest has begun production on location in Romania. It will be produced by Wan through his Atomic Monster …
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Director James Wan starts production on Aquaman with Jason Momoa
Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure Aquaman, helmed by James Wan (The Conjuring films, Furious 7). Jason Momoa stars in the title role, returning to the character he plays in this fall’s Justice League. The film also stars Amber Heard (Justice League, Magic Mike XXL) as Mera; Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe …
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Weinstein Company and MPAA come to agreement on rating for their film 3 Generations
The Weinstein Company has announced they have come to an agreement with the Motion Picture Association of America regarding the ratings protest of their upcoming film 3 GENERATIONS starring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon. Initially slapped with an “R” rating, TWC and the MPAA have settled on an official rating of PG-13 for …
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Action comedy Game Night begins shooting with Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman
Shooting has started on New Line Cinema’s action comedy Game Night, starring Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, TV’s Arrested Development) and Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams (Spotlight, Dr. Strange). Filming began on location in Atlanta, Georgia, under the direction of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, their second film as co-directors following Vacation. Joining Bateman and McAdams …
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Artsploitation to distribute Dee Wallace horror Red Christmas in U.S.
Artsploitation Films has nabbed US rights for the Australian horror film Red Christmas directed by veteran television director/producer Craig Anderson. The dark,violent and sickly twisted tale had its World Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, its North American Premiere at Fantasia Fest and its European Premiere at London’s Frightfest. Red Christmas stars and was co-produced …
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Highlander creator Gregory Widen to pen script on first real-life black Samurai – Yasuke
Deadline reports that Lionsgate has contracted Highlander creator Gregory Widen to write Black Samurai, an action drama grounded in the historical tale of Yasuke, who’s said to be the first black samurai to serve a warlord in Japan. Mike De Luca and Stephen L’Heureux are producing the film as a co-production between Solipsist Films and …
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Ryan Gosling, Waypoint and Anonymous Content to produce film adaptation of graphic novel The Underwater Welder from cartoonist Jeff Lemire
The Underwater Welder is a mind–bending graphic novel written by critically acclaimed, award–winning cartoonist, Jeff Lemire, and published by Top Shelf/IDW. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao’s Waypoint Entertainment and Anonymous Content will produce a film adaptation based on the book. The New York Times bestselling graphic novel centers on a man in the dangerous profession of …
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René Carson
February 26, 2017
Just received notice that actor and Cult Cinema Icon Bill Paxton has passed away. We’re losing so many of the great ones recently, just tragic!
Warner Bros offers War For the Planet of the Apes director next Batman film to helm
Deadline reports that Warner Bros has offered the directing job for the Batman franchise to Matt Reeves, who directed Cloverfield and Let Me In, and who just completed War For The Planet Of The Apes over at Fox. The news comes weeks after current Bruce Wayne/Dark Knight Ben Affleck decided that directing and starring in …
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