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Netflix swift to pull plug on Nancy Meyers’ $130m rom-com

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In what must be the pre-production equivalent of that Grandpa Simpson meme, no sooner had it been revealed that Nancy Meyers’ was set to make a $130 million rom-com starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson, it turns out Netflix have already decided to pull-the-plug on the movie citing…..wait for it….budgetary reasons.  […]

Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson set for Nancy Meyers Netflix rom-com

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With What Women Want and Something’s Gotta Give on her impressive resume, it comes as little surprise that rom-com legend Nancy Meyers has been given a reported $130 million budget for her return to the genre, and that Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, and Owen Wilson are forming an orderly queue for the Netflix […]

Scarlett Johansson teams with Amazon for Just Cause

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In what Deadline describes as “a very competitive situation,” Amazon Studios is coming together with Christy Hall and Scarlett Johansson for a Just Cause series. Hall and Johansson are working on a new take on John Katzenbach’s 1992 novel, and have received a straight-to-series order for Prime Video. Per Deadline, “the Just Cause book’s male […]

First look at Scarlett Johansson, Emily Beecham and Sienna Miller in Kristin Scott Thomas’ My Mother’s Wedding

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With principal photography having wrapped, we now have a first-look image from My Mother’s Wedding, the directorial debut of Kristin Scott Thomas, who also stars as the mother of Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham’s three romantically dysfunctional sisters as they try to navigate her third wedding. The official synopsis for My Mother’s Wedding […]

Channing Tatum replaces Chris Evans in Project Artemis alongside Scarlett Johansson

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If you thought that Project Artemis would prove second time lucky for a reunion between Captain America and Avengers co-stars Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson after scheduling issues prevented them from doing so on Ghosted, then we have some bad news for you… Following last month’s departure of director Jason Bateman, a delay to production […]

Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans finally set to reunite on Jason Bateman’s Project Artemis

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Apple Studios has already attempted to reunite Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans once, with scheduling conflicts forcing the former Black Widow to be replaced by Ana de Armas on Ghosted. Well, if at first you don’t succeed, spend $100M+ on another film called Project Artemis, and have the Avengers assemble again. Reported by Deadline, and […]

Movie Review – Sing 2 (2021)

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Sing 2, 2021. Written and Directed by Garth Jennings. Featuring the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Bobby Cannavale, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Halsey, Pharrell Williams, Nick Offerman, Letitia Wright, Eric André, Chelsea Peretti, Bono, Garth Jennings, Adam Buxton, Edgar Wright, Jennifer Saunders, Peter Serafinowicz, and Wes Anderson. SYNOPSIS: Buster […]

Ana de Armas replaces Scarlett Johansson in Ghosted alongside Chris Evans

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After joining her Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Chris Evans in Ghosted a couple months ago, Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson has exited the project due to a scheduling conflict, but it has not taken long to find a replacement as Deadline reports that the film has now cast Ana de Armas (No Time to Die) in Johansson’s […]

Scarlett Johansson reuniting with Marvel for “top secret” new project

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In the run up to the release of Black Widow, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige praised star Scarlett Johansson and suggested that, despite the character’s demise in Avengers: Endgame, he was “excited to continue working” with the actress in some capacity in the future. Although Johansson’s subsequent lawsuit with Disney over Black Widow’s hybrid release […]

Illumination Entertainment’s Sing 2 gets a new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its theatrical release this December, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment has revealed a new poster and trailer for the animated musical sequel Sing 2; check them out here… Buster (Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey) has turned the New Moon Theater into a local hit, but Buster has his eyes on a bigger prize: Debuting […]