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Jamie Foxx reportedly offered the title role in Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reboot

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Back in 2013 when his plans for a Spawn reboot seemed little more than a pipe dream, creator Todd McFarlane suggested on a number of occasions that he was lining up an Oscar-winner to take on the lead role of Al Simmons, and that Jamie Foxx was aggressively pursuing the part. Well, now that McFarlane […]

Disney-Pixar’s Soul gets a first trailer and poster

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Disney has debuted the first poster and trailer for Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Soul which sees Jamie Foxx lending his voice talents to Joe, a middle-school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz, and also stars Tina Fey, Phylicia Rashad, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, and Daveed Diggs; check them out below… In the film, just […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Just Mercy

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Just Mercy, 2019. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Tim Blake Neslon, Rob Morgan, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Kirk Bovill SYNOPSIS: Charting the embryonic stages of civil defence attorney Brian Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) illustrious career, Just Mercy recalls the very first cases he […]

First trailer for Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson

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Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for director Destin Daniel Cretton’s upcoming crime drama Just Mercy. Based on Bryan Stevenson’s bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, the film stars Michael B. Jordan as gifted young lawyer who defends those wrongly convicted by a flawed justice system. Joining Jordan in the cast […]

Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey to lead Pixar’s Soul, plot details and character images revealed

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Back in June, Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios officially announced the original animated feature Soul, set for release in June 2020, and now we have some details about the film direct from the D23 Expo. During the Pixar panel, the studio’s Chief Creative Officer Pete Doctor announced that Soul “journeys from the streets […]

First look images from true-life crime drama Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, two first look images have been released for director Destin Daniel Cretton’s upcoming true-life crime drama Just Mercy featuring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan; take a look here courtesy of People and Empire… Based upon Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling memoir Just Mercy: […]

Todd McFarlane says creative differences are holding up Spawn reboot

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reboot, a project that has been in development for a very long time. The film, which is set to star Jamie Foxx as Al Simmons/Spawn and Jeremy Renner as Detective Twitch Williams, is supposed to begin production this summer with Blumhouse Productions financing, but there’s […]

Quentin Tarantino and Jerrod Carmichael teaming for Django/Zorro crossover film

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What started out as a comic book crossover may now become a feature film as Collider is reporting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino will work with comedian Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show) on a film adaptation of Dynamite Entertainment and Vertigo’s 2015 Django/Zorro comic crossover. Carmichael will write the script for Django/Zorro with […]

Mel Gibson wants Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx and Peter Dinklage for The Wild Bunch

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Last year it was announced that Mel Gibson set to get back behind the camera to direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 western The Wild Bunch, and now it seems we may have our first casting news. As reported by Deadline, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Jamie Foxx (Robin Hood) and Peter Dinklage […]