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Ronda Rousey to star in film version of her autobiography

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Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures has bought the rights to UFC fighter Ronda Rousey’s autobiography, with Rousey set to star as herself in the big screen adaptation. The fighter-turned-actress will star in the adaptation of her book My Fight/Your Fight, with writer Mark Bomback (The Wolverine) hired to pen the script. Written by Rousey […]

Jurassic World set for $400 million worldwide box office opening

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It looks like those dinosaurs will be having quite the meal this weekend, with Jurassic World set to have a bumper opening. Early industry box office estimates have the fourth film gearing up for a massive opening weekend both in the US and overseas, with US projections suggesting that it could open anywhere in the […]

Movie Review – Man Up (2015)

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Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Readers beware: in a change to our regularly schedule programming, […]

Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This acquires distributions deals at Cannes

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In more news coming out of Cannes, the Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This has been picked up by both Sony Pictures Classics and Open Road Films for distribution deals for worldwide releases. Open Road has paid $4 million for the North American rights, while Sony is set to distribute the film across various […]

Jack Black and Jared Hess to re-team for Micronations

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Buffalo Film Company has announced that Jack Black (The D Train) and his Nacho Libre director Jared Hess are to re-team for the upcoming comedy Micronations. The new film will see Black play a “loveable oddball” who ends up living in the strange world of “do-it-yourself countries” whose inhabitants have claimed their backyards as sovereign […]

Nicolas Cage and Paul Schrader re-teaming for Dog Eat Dog

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Deadline is reporting that director Paul Schrader and his Dying of the Light star Nicolas Cage are re-teaming for gritty crime thriller Dog Eat Dog. Based on the acclaimed book by Eddie Bunker, Schrader will co-write and direct the film with Cage starring. The synopsis for the novel reads: “Dog Eat Dog follows Troy Cameron, […]

Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals bought by Focus Features for huge $20 million

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More news on the distribution wheeling and dealing over at the Cannes Film Festival, with Focus Features paying a staggering $20 million for the worldwide rights for Nocturnal Animals, the sophomore film from director Tom Ford, reports Deadline. The deal is the biggest of the festival so far, and is reportedly the biggest the festival […]

Robert Davi to play Leonid Brezhnev in Ronald Reagan biopic

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Robert Davi (The Expendables 3) has been cast in the new Ronald Reagan biopic as former Soviet Union leader Leonid Brezhnev, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new film, simply titled Reagan, tells the story of Reagan as a youngster, through his acting years and into his presidency, according to the outlet. Young Disney Channel […]

Matt Bomer joins The Magnificent Seven

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Magic Mike XXL star Matt Bomer has joined the ensemble cast of Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven. Fuqua directs Denzel Washington (Training Day), Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Wagner Moura (Elite Squad), Haley Bennett (The Equalizer), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Luke Grimes (Fifty Shades […]