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John Krasinski’s IF to reunite him with Steve Carell

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A Quiet Place writer-director John Krasinski has added to his already impressive ensemble of Ryan Reynolds, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fiona Shaw for his fantasy drama IF by announcing an Office reunion with the casting of Steve Carell. Deadline report that as well as casting his former Office cohort Carell, Alan Kim (Minari), Cailey Fleming (The […]

Netflix sets back-to-back Red Notice sequels with Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson returning

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Netflix took a huge gamble on Red Notice, the streamer stumping up some $200 million on the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed heist caper after Universal got cold feet on the spiralling costs for the film, which included nice $20 million paydays for its stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. Nevertheless, despite a mixed critical […]

Red Notice delivers Netflix’s biggest opening day for a movie

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We might have said Red Notice delivers “mediocre pleasures that feel wholly algorithm-driven” in our ★★★ review, but Netflix’s most expensive blockbuster delivered where it mattered for the streaming giants by registering the biggest opening day ever for a movie. The three headline stars took to their respective social media accounts to announce the news, […]

Movie Review – Red Notice (2021)

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Red Notice, 2021. Written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Ivan Mbakop. SYNOPSIS: An Interpol agent tracks the world’s most wanted art thief. Much as at-home viewing has surged over the last 20-something months, the one thing that streaming platforms are largely still […]

Movie Review – Red Notice (2021)

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Red Notice, 2021. Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Ivan Mbakop. SYNOPSIS: An Interpol agent tracks the world’s most wanted art thief. Red Notice begins with a history lesson explaining the doomed love between Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, sprinkling in some fabricated […]

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fiona Shaw join John Krasinski’s next film

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A Quiet Place writer-director John Krasinski has enlisted Killing Eve and Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge and actress Fiona Shaw for his upcoming fantasy comedy at Paramount Pictures. Plot details on the as-yet-untitled film are being kept under wraps, but THR reports that the story will follow a child’s journey to rediscover their imagination. It is […]

New poster and trailer for Red Notice starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds

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With just three weeks to go until Red Notice arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new poster and trailer for Rawson Marshall Thurber’s upcoming action comedy which follows an FBI Agent (Dwayne Johnson) as he he forced to partner with the world’s greatest art thief (Ryan Reynolds) in order to catch the […]

Exclusive Interview – Free Guy’s VFX supervisor on the most challenging scene, creating a jacked CG Ryan Reynolds and more

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Justin Cook chats with visual effects supervisor Swen Gillberg about his work on Free Guy, which is now available on Digital, 4k, Blu-ray, and DVD. The following conversation contains spoilers about the film… This summer, Free Guy became the little movie that could, as it debunked the prevailing narrative that nothing original was breaking out […]

Movie Review – Free Guy (2021)

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Free Guy, 2021. Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Camille Kostek, Kimberly Howe, Matty Cardarople, Ninja, Alex Trebek, Aaron W Reed, JackSepticeye, Pokimane, LazarBeam, David Morwick, and DanTDM. SYNOPSIS: A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open-world video […]

Gal Gadot takes on Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in Red Notice clip

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During Netflix’s virtual global fan event TUDUM, the streamer has released a new clip from the upcoming action comedy crime Red Notice which sees Gal Gadot’s art thief taking down FBI agent John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) and thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) when they attempt an arrest; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer […]