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Christoph Waltz, Bill Skarsgard and Lily Collins set for Gilded Rage

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As revealed by Deadline, Christoph Waltz (Spectre), Bill Skarskard (It) and Lily Collins (Tolkien) are set to star in the thriller Gilded Rage, which is being directed by Charlie McDowell (The Discovery).Based on an article in Vanity Fair in 2015, the film is inspired by the brutal murder of Manhattan hedge fund magnate Thomas Gilbert […]

Exclusive clip from crime drama Such a Funny Life

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Following on from a successful run on the festival circuit, writer-director Oliver Mann’s crime drama Such a Funny Life is set for an official theatrical release this week in L.A. theaters, and we’ve got an exclusive clip from the film for you below courtesy of Artists Rights Distribution. Check it out after the poster and […]

Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Tahar Rahim join Benedict Cumberbatch in Prisoner 760

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Jodie Foster (Hotel Artemis), Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) have joined Benedict Cumberbatch in director Kevin Macdonald’s (Black Sea) new film Prisoner 760.Based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary, the film sees Rahim taking on the role of Slahi, a Mauritanian who was detained by […]

Danny McBride producing “genre-bending western” The Sun Always Sets in the West

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THR is reporting that Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Jody Hill’s Rough House Pictures teaming with Mainstay Entertainment to produce the indie western drama The Sun Always Sets in the West, which has been scripted by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner (Edge of Fear).Described as “a genre-bending western”, The Sun Always Sets in the […]

John McTiernan returning with action sci-fi Tau Ceti 4 starring Uma Thurman and Travis Fimmel

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Predator and Die Hard director John McTiernan is set to get back behind the camera for the first time since his career was derailed by legal issues, with the filmmaker enlisting Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) and Travis Fimmel (Vikings) to lead the cast of his upcoming sci-fi action film Tau Ceti 4, Screen Daily has […]

Joker continues march towards $1 billion after another strong box office weekend

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Five weekends into its run and Joker continues to impress at the box office, with the Joaquin Phoenix-led comic book adaptation adding a further $50 million this frame to push its global total to $934 million.Joker already became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time last month when it surpassed Deadpool, and given its strong […]

Terminator: Dark Fate tanks at the U.S. box office

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Although the upcoming reunion between the Terminator and T2: Judgment Day trio of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and James Cameron had been tracking a possible franchise high with its North American release, Terminator: Dark Fate managed just $29 million domestically in its opening weekend, narrowly beating out the $28.7 million that Terminator Genisys bowed to […]

Julie Andrews “loved” Mary Poppins Returns

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Disney brought the iconic Mary Poppins back to the big screen last year with Mary Poppins Returns, as Emily Blunt took on the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Julie Andrews as the magical nanny some 54 years after Andrews’ Oscar-winning turn in the 1964 classic.Unlike her original co-star Dick Van Dyke, Andrews turned […]

Channing Tatum reuniting with Dear John writer for Soundtrack of Silence

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Variety is reporting that Channing Tatum is set to produce and star in Paramount Pictures’ Soundtrack of Silence, which will reunite him with the writing and producing team behind the 2010 romantic drama Dear John.Scripted by Jamie Linden, who worked with Tatum on Dear John and 10 Years, Soundtrack of Silence is based on a […]