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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan want pay increase for Fifty Shades sequels

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After conquering the world this year with a whopping $550 million worldwide to date, it is no surprise that Universal Pictures and Focus Features are fast-tracking plans to bring the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels to the screen. But while fans can’t wait to see the return of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the films […]

Amy set to become the UK’s highest-grossing British documentary

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Asif Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary Amy is on course to become the highest-grossing British documentary of all time in the UK, as well as the third-highest grossing documentary of all time, Variety reports. The film, which has been a huge critical and commercial success, has grossed over £3.16 million ($4.89 million) since it opened, and is […]

Ben Affleck films The Accountant and Live By Night delayed by Warner Bros.

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After reports yesterday that Ben Affleck is set to sign-up for three solo Batman films, following a positive reception to a private screening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it has now been revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures has delayed two of the star’s upcoming films. Live By Night, a crime-drama that would have […]

Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola to reteam for a third time

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News from Town & Country suggests that actress Kirsten Dunst might be reteaming with director Sofia Coppola next year, marking the third time the two have collaborated. It has been a couple of years since Coppola directed 2013’s The Bling Ring, although she has been behind the camera since with the upcoming Bill Murray Christmas […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation becomes China’s highest grossing 2D Hollywood release

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Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has continued to break records upon its release in China this past weekend by becoming the highest-grossing 2D Hollywood film of all time. The Christopher McQuarrie-directed action spectacular from Paramount and Skydance has now earned over $124 million since its release on September 8th, surpassing Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, […]

Angelina Jolie to write and direct Khmer Rouge film for Netflix

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Angelina Jolie is coming to Netflix! The latest in a long-line of high-profile signings this year, Jolie Pitt has signed up make First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Variety reports. An adaptation of a memoir written by Cambodian human-rights activist Loung Ung about her survival through the Khmer Rouge regime, Jolie […]

Rebecca Ferguson to star in The Girl On the Train, out of the running for Gambit

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After her stellar break-out performance in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, actress Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to star in The Girl On the Train, reports Deadline. Tate Taylor (The Help) is directing the film based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, and Ferguson will take on one of three main female roles […]

Michael Chabon to write new screenplay for Bob The Musical, Tom Cruise circling

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The Hollywood Reporter has revaled that the long-gestating Bob The Musical may finally be coming to the screen thanks to Wonder Boys scribe Michael Chabon and Oscar winner Brett McKenzie (The Muppets), with Tom Cruise said to be circling the film. Chabon, who worked on Spider-Man 2 with Sam Raimi and Disney’s John Carter, is […]