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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens big in China

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With the recent news that Terminator Genisys has enjoyed massive success in China over the past few weeks, it looks like Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is set for a similar run. Opening in China on Tuesday, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation earned a huge $18.5 million, enjoying the fifth biggest debut in history for a US production, […]

Jamie Foxx in negotiations to join Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver

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Deadline is exclusively reporting that Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) is in talks to join the cast of Edgar Wright’s new film Baby Driver. Foxx is set to play a crime boss, who “coerces a young, talented getaway driver to work for him”. Ansel Elgort (The Fault In Our Stars) and Lily James (Cinderella) have already […]

Jesse Eisenberg on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: “It’s really phenomenal”

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Jesse Eisenberg (American Ultra) has been on the publicity trail in the US this week promoting his new book Bream Gives Me Hiccups, and appearing on US morning show The Today Show, it wasn’t long until the focus turned to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. On the film and his role as the villainous […]

Rumour: Warner Bros. wants more Batman and less Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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New rumours have surfaced regarding Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ upcoming blockbuster Batman Superman: Dawn of Justice, with Heroic Hollywood claiming that the studio wants more Batman and less Superman in the film. The following should be taken with a pinch of salt the size of Affleck in the new Bat-suit… SEE ALSO: New official […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger to receive Golden Icon Award at Zurich Film Festival

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The organisers of the Zurich Film Festival have announced that Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger is to be honoured at this year’s festival with the Golden Icon Award. Schwarzenegger, who returned to action on the silver screen in 2013’s The Last Stand after his stint as Governor of California, is to be honoured with the award […]

Terminator Genisys a victim of box office fraud, China film execs claim

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With the welcome news for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions that its sci-fi blockbuster sequel/reboot Terminator Genisys had become a big hit at the Chinese box office over the past couple of weeks, news today claims the film may be a victim of box office fraud. When Genisys was released in China on August 28th, […]

Trainspotting 2 could be Danny Boyle’s next movie, says “all the four main actors want to come back and do it”

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With his new film Steve Jobs screening over the weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, director Danny Boyle has revealed to Deadline that the long-gestating sequel to Trainspotting is closer than ever. Speaking to the site, Boyle said: “All the four main actors want to come back and do it…. Now it is only a […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation soars past $500 million worldwide, Terminator Genisys continues international success

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has passed $500 million at the worldwide box office this weekend, becoming the fourth highest grossing film of Tom Cruise’s career and the third biggest of the franchise to date. Paramount and Skydance are behind Rogue Nation, and have seen it climb to a total of $511.2 million. It stands […]

War Room takes top spot on weak weekend at US box office

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After three weeks atop the US box office chart, Universal’s massive success Straight Outta Compton has been replaced on its fourth week of release by Sony’s War Room. War Room, the faith-based film, dropped just 18% on its second week of release, grossing around $9.3 million over the three-day weekend to take top spot. Compton had […]