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Sunday, 30 June 2024

Box Office Milestone: ‘Inside Out 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally in Record Time

 
Talk about feeling joyful. Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2 has crossed the $1 billion club at the global box office in record time for an animated film after playing a major role in reviving the summer box office. The movie achieved the feat on Sunday, it’s 19th day in release. That’s faster than any […]

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Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films

 
Viggo Mortensen seems tireless. On Friday night, he opened the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic with his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt after being honored with the fest’s President’s Award. On Saturday, he discussed the film at a press conference and introduced another screening in […]

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Orson Welles to Steven Soderbergh: Karlovy Vary Curators on Hollywood’s “Kafkaesque” Cinema

 
When it comes to celebrated Czech writer Franz Kafka, filmmakers the world over have long been inspired to either adapt his work outright or make movies that are decidedly “Kafkaesque,” filled with the kind of angst, alienation and absurdity the made the novelist one of the most prominent and distinctive figures in 20th century literature. […]

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Saturday, 29 June 2024

Amazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in July 2024

 
Amazon originals like Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black, My Spy The Eternal City and Space Cadet are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in July. Features like all the Rocky 1-5, several Star Trek titles, Dances With Wolves, Gladiator, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Saving Private Ryan, Taxi Driver, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The […]

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What ‘A Sacrifice’ Director Jordan Scott Learned from Father Sir Ridley

 
As she gets set to release her second movie, A Sacrifice, in theaters this weekend, Jordan Scott (IFC’s Cracks) recalls the best advice she received from her father, Sir Ridley Scott, from one director to another. “I’m very lucky that I can pick up the phone and ask his advice on anything and I’m going […]

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‘Trans Memoria’ Director Victoria Verseau on How the Film “Saved Me” and Everyone Is in “Transition”

 
Swedish artist Victoria Verseau, born in 1988 and based in Stockholm, explores themes such as body, memory, identity and social structures via a range a media, from sculptures and installations to performance art and short films. “The works are often based on her personal experiences of being trans and a new woman,” her website highlights. […]

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Kevin Costner’s Moment of Truth: With ‘Horizon,’ Has the Gambler’s Luck Finally Run Out?

 
Kevin Costner has been defying the odds for more than 40 years. After filming numerous flashback scenes for 1983’s The Big Chill, the movie that was poised to be his big break, he learned he had been cut out of the film entirely… but then that film’s director, Lawrence Kasdan, decided to give him another shot, […]

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Friday, 28 June 2024

Woody Harrelson Thriller ‘Last Breath’ Lands February 2025 Release in Theaters

 
Focus Features will release thriller Last Breath in theaters on Feb. 28, 2025. The film, from Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment, stars Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole. Universal Pictures International will distribute Last Breath in select international territories, while FilmNation Entertainment handles international sales on the rest of the world. Based on […]

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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel Makes Loud Entrance With Franchise-Best $6.8M in Previews

 
Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Part One made a loud entrance at the domestic box office with a franchise-best $6.8 million in Thursday previews. That’s an impressive start, considering this is the first entry not directed by franchise creator John Krasinski or starring Emily Blunt (Krasinski starred in the first one as well). Instead, Michael […]

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Ian McKellen Teams Up With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.’ Star for Animated LGBTQ+ Musical ‘Dragfox’

 
Ian McKellen is teaming up with RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. star Divina de Campo to share the titular role in the upcoming stop-motion animated film, Dragfox. McKellen, currently performing in a production of Henry IV, Parts One and Two on London’s West End, will voice Ginger Snap the Fox. De Campo, whose real name is Owen […]

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‘Aliens,’ ‘Avatar’ Star Sigourney Weaver to Receive Venice Golden Lion

 
Acting icon Sigourney Weaver will be honored with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. Inarguably one of the most acclaimed and versatile actors of her generation, Weaver, a triple-Oscar nominee, has moved easily across budgets and genres, from big-budget action franchises (Aliens, Avatar), comedy (Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest), biopics […]

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Thursday, 27 June 2024

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Review: Lupita Nyong’o Navigates a Waking Nightmare for a Pizza in Nail-Biting Horror Prequel

 
Writer-director Michael Sarnoski follows his head-turning debut, ‘Pig,’ with this third chapter of the hit sci-fi franchise, also starring Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff and Djimon Hounsou.

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Acting Icon Isabelle Huppert to Receive French Lumière Award

 
Iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert will be honored at this year’s Lumière Festival in Lyon with the prestigious Lumière Award for her contribution to cinema. “Her career encompasses an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema,” the Institut Lumière, which oversees the festival, said of the French star of Elle, 8 Women, and The […]

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Pig Slaughter, Devil Baby, a Doc on Death and Rocks: 8 Offbeat Films in the Karlovy Vary Lineup

 
The 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), which kicks off in the Czech spa town on Friday, promises a balanced diet of world premieres and other movies to discover, as well as hits and favorites from the recent festival circuit. Central Europe’s biggest cinema fest and party once again dishes up […]

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Wednesday, 26 June 2024

‘MaXXXine’ Review: Mia Goth and Ti West’s Slasher Trilogy Wraps With a Torrid Love Letter to ‘80s Genre Filmmaking

 
Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon also star in this Tinseltown-set follow-up to ‘X’ and ‘Pearl.’

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Karlovy Vary Fest’s Karel Och on Strike Impact, Female Representation, Record Year for Asian Titles

 
It’s that time of year again in Europe! With the start of the official summer holiday season looming, movie fans, film industry folks, party seekers, and global stars are ready to congregate at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic. The Czech spa town has earned the reputation as one of […]

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Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed Film ‘Fingernails’ to Close Karlovy Vary Festival

 
Christos Nikou’s sophomore feature Fingernails, starring Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley, will screen as the closing film for the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in early July. Organizers of the film fest in the picturesque Czech spa town unveiled the news on Wednesday. “The tender and idiosyncratic romance co-produced by […]

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Flames, a Bloodbath, Ice Skaters, a Horse on Stage: The Wildest Karlovy Vary Opening Ceremony Acts

 
When asked to picture a black-tie opening ceremony for a big film festival, you will likely think of immaculately dressed people clapping and enjoying glasses of wine or champagne before or after the show. You will also likely imagine a comedic monologue and laughter filling the event venue. What you might not picture is flames, […]

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Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Chinese Auteur Jia Zhang-ke’s ‘Caught By the Tides’ Sells to Sideshow, Janus Films for U.S. Distribution

 
Sideshow and Janus Films have snapped up U.S. distribution rights to Chinese master filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s latest feature Caught by the Tides, which premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The two distributors said they will “release the film exclusively in theaters in the coming months.” Caught by the Tides is composed almost […]

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Ben Burtt, the Man Behind the Voices of R2-D2, E.T., and Wall-E, to be Honored at Locarno

 
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, the man behind R2-D2’s beeps, the lightsaber swoosh and Wall-E’s electronic warble, will be honored at this year’s Locarno Film Festival with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, a prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of cinema. A 12-time Oscar winner, and four-time winner — he received special […]

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Halsey Channels Cher in Midriff-Baring Gold Gown as Singer Talks ‘MaXXXine’ and Acting Ambitions

 
Halsey may be best known for her chart topping success in the music industry but the Grammy nominated singer-songwriter has been dipping her toes in Hollywood for some time. She had a cameo in Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born, appeared in Cameron Crowe’s rocker series Roadies, voiced a lead role as Porsha Crystal in […]

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Monday, 24 June 2024

Indian Drama ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Wins Transylvania Film Festival

 
Indian cinema triumphs at the 23rd Transylvania International Film Festival, which took place June 14-24 in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. First-time director Shuchi Talati won the Transylvania Trophy, the top prize of the International competition, along with its $11,7000 (€10,000) bursary for her feature Girls Will Be Girls, a mother-daughter drama that premiered at […]

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Edinburgh Film Festival Sets European Premiere of Colman Domingo Film ‘Sing Sing’

 
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will screen the European premiere of Greg Kwedar’s prison drama Sing Sing, starring Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. In Sing Sing, a group inside an infamous maximum security correctional facility finds purpose by acting together in a theater troupe. When a wary outsider joins, the men decide to stage their […]

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Oleh Sentsov on Documenting “the Truth” From the Ukraine War Trenches in One-Shot Film ‘Real’

 
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing and Oscar-winning documentary about the siege of the Ukrainian port city in the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, brought home the devastation wrought by war on a civilian population. A new documentary, Real, premiering at the Karlovy Vary international Film Festival, shows the reality of the Ukraine […]

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Rising Taiwanese Editing Studio Cutting Edge Films Keeps the Festival Hits Coming

 
What did five of the most critically acclaimed Asian movies that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have in common? They all were edited by rising Taiwanese studio Cutting Edge Films.  Formally established only in 2022, the company comprises a small group of film professionals who have worked together for over a decade. They […]

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Sunday, 23 June 2024

Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Soars to Record $100M Second Weekend in U.S., Hits $724M Globally

 
Joyful? Ecstatic? Elated? Take your pick. Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is on fire at the global box office, where it grossed a record-shattering $100 million domestically and $164.4 million overseas in its second weekend to finish Sunday with $724.4 million in ticket sales to become the top-grossing film of the year after racing past Dune: […]

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Saturday, 22 June 2024

Cameron Bailey Talks Toronto Film Fest’s Grand Market Plans, Rekindling China Connections

 
While the Toronto International Film Festival was making headlines this week for its most immediate plans, the event’s CEO Cameron Bailey was 7,000 miles away and looking a little bit further into the future. This year’s TIFF has announced the first batch of highlights for its September 5-15 edition, including world premieres for the documentary […]

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Critic’s Appreciation: Donald Sutherland, the Man of a Thousand Arched Eyebrows

 
The revered Canadian actor, who died Thursday at 88, was a versatile screen presence for more than half a century, embodying a wide range of character types while always remaining true to himself.

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Shanghai Film Festival: Kazakh Drama ‘The Divorce’ Takes Top Prize

 
The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival came to a glitzy conclusion Saturday as Kazakh film The Divorce, directed by Daniyar Salamat, took home the top Golden Goblet award for best feature at a star-studded closing ceremony in the Chinese commercial capital. A period drama set in the 1920s during the establishment of Soviet authority on the Kazakh steppe, […]

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‘It Was All a Dream’ Review: Compelling dream hampton Memoir Mines the Past to Make a Case for Documenting the Present

 
In her latest feature, the veteran music journalist and filmmaker delves into her personal archives to tell the story of hip hop as a nascent genre, surveying its biggest artists and fervent custodians.

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Friday, 21 June 2024

Judge Reinhold on Returning to ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and Annual Duck-Hunting Trips With Eddie Murphy

 
Thirty years after Beverly Hills Cop III and 40 years after the franchise made its debut, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and John Taggart are back for a fourth film. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F sees Murphy’s Detective Axel Foley return to Beverly Hills after his daughter’s (played by Taylour Paige) life is threatened, teaming up […]

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‘Thelma’ Director Got Blessing of Tom Cruise (and His Own Grandma) for June Squibb Action-Comedy

 
There are multiple ways a director might make an action comedy centered on a nonagenarian. The concept brings to mind gags about medication and pratfalls with walkers and canes. There could also be a saccharine, hit-you-over-the-head message about life being too short. Then there is Thelma, which avoids potential pitfalls and parody to offer a […]

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Transylvania Film Festival Launches TV Genre Lab

 
This year’s Transylvanian Film Festival includes a new industry focus on genre projects from Central and Eastern Europe. The Full Moon Creative Lab, initiated by the festival together with Romanian Film Promotion launches this year with a focus on thriller, horror and fantasy TV series projects. The Lab builds on the festival’s Full Moon Script […]

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‘Trigger Warning’ Review: Jessica Alba Has the Moves but Netflix Action Thriller Is Strictly Routine

 
A former Special Forces commando runs into trouble when she returns to her hometown in Mouly Surya's female-driven star vehicle.

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Thursday, 20 June 2024

‘Young Hearts’ Review: Belgian Teen Coming-Out Romance Is a Disarmingly Sweet Account of First Love

 
Writer-director Anthony Schatteman’s assured debut boasts a standout lead performance from Lou Goossens as a 14-year-old boy struggling with self-discovery.

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‘The Exorcism’ Review: Mixed-Bag Russell Crowe Vehicle Observes the Horror Classic From a Personal Perspective

 
Sam Worthington, David Hyde Pierce, Adam Goldberg and Ryan Simpkins co-star in the tale of demonic possession, directed by Joshua John Miller, whose late father Jason Miller played Damien Karras in 'The Exorcist.'

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Tom Hardy’s Father to Adapt British Soldier’s Ukrainian War Memoir as Film (Exclusive)

 
British production outfit United Heroes is set to adapt Live, Fight, Survive, British soldier Shaun Pinner’s autobiographical memoir of his harrowing experience in the Ukraine war, as a feature film with the working title The English Warrior. Pinner’s book is a raw, first-hand account of being an English soldier caught in the midst of Russia’s […]

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Wednesday, 19 June 2024

How ‘Inside Out 2’ Broke Hollywood’s Box Office Curse

 
Embarrassed? Hardly. Sad and fearful? No way. Joyous? Absolutely. That was the vibe on the morning of June 17 when Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman cracked open the champagne to toast those who had worked on the making and marketing of Inside Out 2, which is the year’s first box office blockbuster. “It’s been a […]

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Erik Canuel, ‘Bon Cop, Bad Cop’ Director, Dies at 63

 
Veteran Quebec director Erik Canuel, best known for his box office hit Bon Cop, Bad Cop, has died. He was 63. Canuel died on June 15 in Montreal after complications from secondary plasma cell leukemia, according to Montreal-based communications firm Annexe. He was first diagnosed with multiple myeloma seven years ago. “Erik Canuel left an unforgettable […]

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Berlin Festival Names New Directors of Film Programming

 
New Berlin Festival director Tricia Tuttle continues to build up her team for the 2025 Berlinale, on Wednesday naming Michael Stütz and Jacqueline Lyanga the co-directors of film programming for the A-list German event. Stütz will stay on as head of Berlin’s Panorama sidebar, taking on the new duties in July. Lyanga also has close […]

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Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen to Receive Karlovy Vary Film Festival Honors

 
Viggo Mortenson, Daniel Brühl and Clive Owen will receive Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) honors at the Czech fest’s 58th edition this year. Organizers revealed on Wednesday that actor-director Mortensen will receive the KVIFF President’s Award on opening night, June 28, and also present his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt, which he wrote and directed, […]

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Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Irène Jacob, Star of ‘The Double Life of Véronique,’ ‘Three Colors: Red,’ to Receive Locarno Fest Honor

 
French-Swiss actress Irène Jacob, best-known for her star-making turns in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and Three Colors: Red (1994), will be honored at this year’s Locarno Film Festival with the Leopard Club Award for her contribution to contemporary cinema. The award ceremony will take place at Locarno’s Piazza Grande on the […]

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How Wanda Film’s First Female CEO Is Charting a Fresh Course for the Chinese Exhibition Giant

 
Chen Zhixi is now five months into her role as chairperson and president at Wanda Film. Taking the role was a move that made Chen one of the few women at the top of the traditionally male-dominated Chinese film business — and, at 42, one of its youngest and most powerful leaders. Based in the […]

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German Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off Under the Shadow of Oct. 7

 
Bernd Buder is tired of talking about politics. “Israel and Gaza, antisemitism, the far-right, that’s all anyone asks about,” says the program director for the Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB). “I’d prefer to talk about the movies.” But for Germany’s largest Jewish film festival, which kicks off Tuesday, June 18, running through June 23, […]

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Monday, 17 June 2024

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Lands at Lionsgate for Fall Release

 
After much speculation over its fate, Megalopolis is officially headed to North American movie theaters. Lionsgate has picked up the Francis Ford Coppola feature, and is planning a September 27, 2024 release, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Megalopolis bowed at Cannes last month after a dramatic backstory surrounding its making. After decades in development, Coppola […]

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China’s Zhang Yimou to Direct ‘Three-Body Problem’ Movie

 
Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi book The Three-Body Problem is heading home to China to get another screen adaptation. Zhang Yimou, arguably China’s most revered living filmmaker, is set to direct a Chinese-language feature film based on the novel, it was revealed Sunday during a forum at the Shanghai International Film festival. In Shanghai, Wang Changtian, […]

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China Box Office: Japanese Anime ‘Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle’ Tops Weekend, Guan Hu’s Cannes Winner ‘Black Dog’ Opens Quietly

 
Japanese anime was back on top at China’s box office over the weekend as volleyball movie Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle dominated ticket sales during a downbeat period for moviegoing in the country. Released on Saturday, the imported film won the Friday-to-Sunday frame with a $9.8 million debut, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Holdover local […]

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Sunday, 16 June 2024

Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Randolph Take on Weed and TikTok in ‘Fabulous Four’ Trailer

 
Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Randolph, Megan Mullally and Susan Sarandon are having a very good time in the first trailer for The Fabulous Four. The comedy follows lifelong friends who come together for what they think is a Key West vacation only to find out it is the surprise wedding for their recently widowed girlfriend […]

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Tony Spiridakis Reflects on Making ‘Ezra’ and Fatherhood: “What Strength Looks Like” (Guest Column)

 
A decade ago, I was asked to do a TedX Talk about being the father of an autistic son, and another who is neurodivergent. That talk helped me decide to write a film that would focus on a father and a son who is autistic. Ezra, in theaters now, was inspired by many of my […]

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Saturday, 15 June 2024

Shanghai: Director Rolf de Heer on Joining Competition Jury, Seeking “New Worlds to Explore” in Cinema

 
Multi-award-winning Dutch-Australian director Rolf de Heer’s films expand creative horizons in the ways he deals with character, narrative and dialogue. Heads were turned with the Venice Grand Jury Prize-winner Bad Boy Bubby (1993), the story of a 35-year-old man-child who, after being locked away his entire life by his mother, escapes into a “real” world […]

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‘Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution’ Review: Trailblazing Queer Comics Get Their Due in Entertaining Netflix Doc

 
Lily Tomlin, Margaret Cho, Eddie Izzard and Sandra Bernhard are among those sharing their experiences in Page Hurwitz’s archive-rich study.

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Luc Besson’s ‘Dogman’ Kicks Off 2024 Transylvanian Film Festival

 
The 23rd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, kicked off Friday night with a sold-out screening of Dogman, the canine-focused revenge thriller by the French veteran Luc Besson, with Dogman co-star Jojo T. Gibbs in attendance. Some 3,500 viewers backed Unirii Square in central Bucharest for the start of the 11-day festival, which runs […]

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Shanghai Film Festival: 5 Chinese Movies Not to Miss

 
Less than a decade ago, the Shanghai International Film Festival was the preeminent annual hotspot for Hollywood and European dealmakers determined to forge alliances and carve out a foothold in China’s then-booming commercial film sector. In the post-pandemic era, however, as the Chinese industry continues to mature and the Hollywood hype over the country’s market […]

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Friday, 14 June 2024

Kevin Spacey’s First Lead Role Since U.K. Trial: Director Defends “Controversial” Casting

 
Filmmaker Michael Zaiko Hall knew he was courting controversy when he cast Kevin Spacey as the lead in his thriller Peter Five Eight. Now, as the film is becoming available via various streaming services, the director is vehemently defending the decision to cast the two-time Oscar winner, citing the actor’s “rare talent.” The film is […]

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‘Touch’ Review: Baltasar Kormákur Shifts Gears With a Delicate Study of Passion Suspended by Time and Distance

 
The Icelandic director’s latest is a novelistic saga of an elderly widower who sets out to solve the mystery of his first love’s sudden disappearance 50 years earlier.

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Neil Jordan Claims Ex-Irish PM Expected Payment for ‘Michael Collins’ Praise (Report)

 
Michael Collins director Neil Jordan has claimed that ex-Irish leader Garret FitzGerald expected payment from Warner Bros. for penning an op-ed at the time that pushed back against of wave of criticism the political biopic faced. In a story published on Friday, the Guardian reported that Jordan made the extraordinary claim in his new memoir, […]

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Thursday, 13 June 2024

Russell Crowe: “I’ve Got a Sh** Ton of Regrets”

 
Russell Crowe is acknowledging some of his missteps, and defending the superhero movie process in the wake of Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web comments. The 60-year-old actor, who next appears in Sony’s latest Spider-Man Universe film Kraven the Hunter, gave a candid interview to GQ where he was asked about Johnson saying that the recent box […]

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Matt Damon, Casey Affleck Go on the Run in ‘The Instigators’ Trailer

 
Matt Damon is a desperate father and Casey Affleck, an ex-con pursued by the police and vengeful crime bosses, in the trailer for Doug Liman’s heist movie The Instigators, which dropped on Thursday. “I got a once-in-a-lifetime score,” Rory, played by Damon, says early on in the trailer (below) as he teams with Cobby (Affleck) […]

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‘The Imaginary’ Trailer Brings Hand-Drawn Animation to Netflix

 
The new trailer for The Imaginary imagines what would happen if the world’s imaginary friends end up without their best pals. The hand-drawn animated film arrives July 5 on Netflix after first bowing theatrically in Japan, where it grossed $919,000 last year. The film centers on Amanda and a boy named Rudger, who is her […]

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‘The Shining’: THR’s 1980 Review

 
On June 13, 1980, Warner Bros. bowed Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film The Shining in theaters nationwide. The film, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, went on to gross $47 million and endure perpetually as one of the titles routinely mentioned as among the scariest movies of all time. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is […]

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Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Netflix Previews ‘Wallace & Gromit,’ Zack Snyder’s Blood-Drenched ‘Twilight of the Gods’ at Annecy

 
Attendees at Netflix’s presentation for the Annecy Animation Festival got exclusive glimpses at footage from Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods, among other forthcoming animated projects heading to the streamer. Snyder and producing partner Deborah Snyder took the stage to share sequences from their animated series that is […]

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How ‘Bad Boys 4’ Became the Fun “Jumpstart” the Summer Box Office Needed

 
Whenever a Sony movie comes in at No. 1, Tom Rothman drives his 1967 Ford Mustang to the Culver City lot and leaves it parked in front of the Thalberg building. But on Monday, there was a hitch after Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened to a victorious $56.5 million at the domestic box office: […]

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Chinese Animation Looks to Expand Its Global Reach at Annecy

 
The Chinese film industry has made no secret of the fact that it hopes the success of last year’s Chang’an will herald a new era for the country’s animation studios. It’s certainly a theory that is playing out front and center inside the China Film Pavilion at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival.  Run […]

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Johnny Depp Beat Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Michael Jackson for ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Role

 
Johnny Depp has revealed which A-listers he beat out for his big screen breakout role in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. During an interview in Tara Wood’s still-untitled Burton docuseries, which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Monday, the actor looked back at the 1990 film that ignited a years-long screen collaboration […]

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Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal’s ‘Wild Robot’ Unveils Emotional Footage at Annecy

 
DreamWorks Animation’s presentation for The Wild Robot had the crowd experiencing a range of emotions at the Annecy Animation Festival on Tuesday. Starring a voice cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and Kit Connor, the animated movie from Chris Sanders hits theaters on Sept. 20. The three-time Oscar-nominated Sanders spoke to the audience, as […]

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‘Lord of the Rings’ Composer Howard Shore to Receive Career Honor at Zurich Film Festival

 
The Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will honor legendary film composer Howard Shore with its career achievement award. The triple-Oscar winner, best known for his iconic scores for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies, will receive the award at the 20th ZFF in October. In addition, Shore will head up the […]

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Locarno Film Festival to Honor ‘Erin Brockovich,’ ‘Django Unchained’ Producer Stacey Sher

 
The 2024 Locarno Film Festival will honor veteran indie producer Stacey Sher, whose credits include Erin Brockovich, Gattaca and Django Unchained, with this year’s Premio Raimondo Rezzonico, or best independent producer, Award. The prize celebrates “outstanding personalities who have made major contributions to international film production.” Together with Danny DeVito and Michael Shamberg at Jersey […]

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Monday, 10 June 2024

China Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Civil War’ Both Fizzle

 
Warner Bros.’ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and A24’s Civil War both got off to a slow start at China’s box office over the country’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday weekend as a batch of local releases dominated ticket sales. George Miller’s Furiosa, the first movie of the Mad Max saga to be released theatrically in […]

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‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Wins Inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award as Best European Film

 
İlker Çatak’s German schoolhouse thriller The Teachers’ Lounge has won the inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award for European Films. The award was announced on Sunday, June 9th at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico. Leonie Benesch stars as a young idealistic teacher who gets caught up in a web of internal intrigue in Çatak’s […]

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Sunday, 9 June 2024

‘Darkest Miriam’ Review: Britt Lower in a Marvel of a Drama About a Young Librarian’s Loves and Fears

 
The 'Severance' star headlines the Tribeca-premiering film directed by Naomi Jaye and executive produced by Charlie Kaufman.

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Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham Talk Their ‘Fargo’ Reunion in ‘Lake George’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 8’

 
Lake George co-stars Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham are actors’ actors. They’re highly regarded by their peers, and they elevate every project they’re a part of, whether it’s an indie, a blockbuster or a prestigious cable series. And as soon as the audience sees them on the big or small screen, they immediately know they’re […]

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Why You Should Be Watching ‘The Watchers’

 
[This story contains spoilers for The Watchers.] As an artist, it’s no easy task to define oneself, to showcase a perspective and style that differentiates you from others. And it’s always that “other” that looms large, impacting your and everyone else’s perceptions of you. This is certainly the case for Mina (Dakota Fanning), a young, […]

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Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ Delivers Huge Victory for Actor With $56M U.S. Debut, $104.6M Globally

 
Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die jolted the battered summer office back to life with a better-than-expected domestic opening of $56 million opening and $104.6 million globally. Moreover, it puts Will Smith on the road to a career comeback two years after the infamous Oscars slap. Ride or Die, reuniting Smith with Martin Lawrence, is […]

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Saturday, 8 June 2024

Will Smith Surprises Moviegoers at ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Los Angeles Screening

 
Will Smith snuck into a Los Angeles movie theater on Friday night to watch his new movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, alongside a paying audience. The actor documented his night out on social media. “We’re in Baldwin Hills. We’re about to go in the theater,” Smith says in the video of his theatrical visit. […]

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‘Adult Best Friends’ Review: Endearing Debut Tackles the Awkwardness of Aging Friendships

 
Delaney Buffett's feature, co-written with real-life pal Katie Corwin, considers what happens when close friends grow in different directions.

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Betty Anne Rees, Actress in ‘The Unholy Rollers’ and ‘Sugar Hill,’ Dies at 81

 
Betty Anne Rees, who portrayed tough women who weren’t very nice in The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill, two 1970s offerings from the B-movie factory American International Pictures, has died. She was 81. Rees died Monday at her home in Hemet, California, after a series of falls and a possible stroke, her niece, Kathleen Loucks, […]

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Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 4’ Jolting the Summer Back to Life With $53M Opening

 
If early weekend estimates are correct, Sony’s buddy action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die could help jolt the battered summer office back to life with a domestic box opening of $53 million. Moreover, it could help put Smith on the road to a career comeback after the infamous Oscars slap, which was seemingly addressed […]

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Friday, 7 June 2024

Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson to Star in Sheep Detective Comedy ‘Three Bags Full’

 
Amazon MGM is planning a sheep detective comedy with a baaaaaA-list ensemble cast, including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, and Hong Chau. Tosin Cole, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Conleth Hill and Mandeep Dhillon are also set for the feature, titled Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie. Three Bags Full is a […]

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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Lands $5.9M in Box Office Previews

 
After several weekends of disappointments at the box office, Miami’s finest may be here to turn things around. Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened to a positive $5.9 million during Thursday night previews at 3,339 locations. The film is expected to open between $45 million and $50 million this weekend, with Sony setting expectations lower […]

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Elijah Wood’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open Fantasia Fest

 
The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson. The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life […]

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The 9/11 Documentary You’ll Never See

 
The person sitting on a bed and being interviewed for a documentary is clearly in distress, tears welling. “Can we take a break for a second?” Delaney Colaio, 18, asks the co-directors of We Go Higher, a documentary about the life experiences of “9/11 Kids,” people with parents murdered in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Someone […]

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Thursday, 6 June 2024

‘The Watchers’ Review: Dakota Fanning Gets Stranded in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s Suspense-Free Horror Debut

 
Fanning plays a haunted woman who gets trapped in an Irish forest with three strangers and a parrot.

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Banff: ‘Indian Horse’ Director Partners on Richard Wagamese Documentary ‘The Storyteller’ (Exclusive)

 
The creative team behind Indian Horse, the 2017 feature adaptation of the late Richard Wagamese’s novel of the same name, are partnering for a documentary, The Storyteller, on the legendary Canadian indigenous writer. Stephen Campanelli, Clint Eastwood’s go-to cameraman, directed Indian Horse after it was adapted by Dennis Foon. In a deal to be unveiled […]

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Glen Powell Says ‘Twisters’ Features “One of the Most Incredible Action Sequences of All Time”

 
With great action comes great effort. Glen Powell teased “one of the most incredible action sequences of all time” in this summer’s Twisters, coming July 19. The actor recounted his experience shooting the storm sequence in a Fandango’s Big Ticket interview, which he says “all happens in a oner.” The appearance was pegged to the […]

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Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning Join Star-Studded Cast for ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Film Adaptation

 
Baby Reindeer breakout star Jessica Gunning and Bridgerton frontwoman Nicola Coughlan are the latest additions to the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree. Neal Street Productions, Elysian Film Group, and Ashland Hill Media Finance announced the news on Thursday following the casting of Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. Based on The […]

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Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Geena Davis Is an “Incorruptible Optimist” About Representation in Hollywood

 
Twenty years after launching her Institute on Gender in Media — which created a blueprint for gathering data about inclusion and diversity on- and offscreen — Geena Davis is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Arkansas’ Bentonville Film Festival, which she runs alongside fest director Wendy Guerrero. Here, the Oscar-winning actor shares her proudest moments from […]

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Jake Gyllenhaal Just Wants to Freak Himself Out

 
Jake Gyllenhaal pulls his glasses out of his jean jacket pocket, the Coke bottle lenses in them strong enough to correct his 20/1250 vision. Yes, you read that right. These are not Internet Boyfriend glasses, to be styled with a fuzzy cardigan and a rakish smile. These are I Literally Can’t See glasses. Looking through […]

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Cate Blanchett Named EnergaCamerimage Festival Jury President

 
Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett will serve as the jury president for the main competition at the 32nd edition of the EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, the Polish fest honoring excellence in cinematography. The 2024 EnergaCamerimage festival runs Nov. 16-23 in Torun, Poland. The star of Tár, Blue Jasmine, Carol and Elizabeth is also a prolific […]

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Martin Lawrence Addresses Viral Clip From ‘Bad Boys 4’ Premiere, Shoots Down Health Concerns: “I’m Healthy as Hell. Stop the Rumors”

 
Martin Lawrence has shot down concerns about his health after a viral clip of the actor from the Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiere in Los Angeles sparked speculation on social media. In the clip that went viral, Lawrence and Bad Boys 4 co-star Will Smith are atop a bus addressing the crowd during the […]

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Tuesday, 4 June 2024

Angel Studios Entices ‘Sound of Freedom’ Director with a 10-Year Deal… And a House

 
Director Alejandro Monteverde delivered Angel Studios its top hit to date with Sound of Freedom, one of 2023’s biggest theatrical success stories with over $250 million at the global box office. Now, the faith-based outfit has signed the director to a rich overall deal with some curious terms, including the purchasing of a multi-million-dollar home.   According […]

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Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ Takes Flight With Global Distribution Deals

 
Andrea Arnold’s Bird is soaring to new heights, securing distribution deals worldwide following its successful premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Cornerstone Films, which is handling international sales, confirmed the coming-of-age drama has been picked up across several major territories including Germany (MFA), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Avalon), Japan (New Select), and South Korea (Challan). […]

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Locarno Film Festival Unveils Annie Leibovitz-Designed Poster

 
After a half-century of photographing the rich and tremendously famous, Annie Leibovitz has focused her lens on a majestic beast of a different sort, snapping photos of the Locarno Film Festival’s iconic leopard. Leibovitz designed the official poster for the 2024 Locarno Film Festival, which Locarno unveiled on Tuesday. The poster shows the feline mascot […]

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Monday, 3 June 2024

Tom Hardy Unleashes Inner Monster in Trailer for His Final ‘Venom’ Movie

 
Tom Hardy is ready to tango one last time with Venom, the Marvel anti-hero he has played for the past six years. The actor stars in the first trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, which is billed as the final film of Hardy’s trilogy in which he plays journalist Eddie Brock — a man who […]

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Kornél Mundruczó to Direct Joseph Stalin Origin Story ‘The Revolution According to Kamo’

 
Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó (Pieces of a Woman, White God) has signed on to direct The Revolution According to Kamo, an ambitious biopic on the early life of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The feature is based on a script by Cold War director Pawel Pawlikowski and Ben Hopkins, co-writer of Kirill Serebrennikov’s Cannes competition entry […]

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Franz Kafka Romance ‘The Glory of Life’ Sells Wide

 
International buyers are swooning over The Glory of Life, a very un-kafkaesque love story about Franz Kafka and his last romance. The German-language drama, from directors Judith Kaufmann and Georg Maas, follows the romance between Franz Kafka (Sabin Tambrea) and Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius) in the final year of the famed writer’s life, before his […]

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U.K. Virtual Production Studio Dimension Gets U.S. Investment to “Fuel International Growth”

 
Real-time virtual production firm Dimension Studio, known for its work on the likes of Sony Pictures’ Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air, and the upcoming Peacock gladiator series Those About to Die (Peacock), has received a major investment from U.S. private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP). The companies didn’t disclose financial […]

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Saturday, 1 June 2024

Mitchell Block, Oscar-Nominated Documentarian, Dies at 73

 
Mitchell Block, the executive and Oscar-nominated documentarian who was behind such powerful films as Poster Girl, Big Mama and The Testimony, has died. He was 73. Block died Thursday night of natural causes at his home in Eugene, Oregon, his daughter, Anja Block, told The Hollywood Reporter. Block was a consultant for Sheila Nevins at […]

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Martin Starger, ‘Nashville’ and ‘Mask’ Producer, Dies at 92

 
Martin Starger, who shepherded Roots, Happy Days and Rich Man, Poor Man as the first president of ABC Entertainment before producing such films as Robert Altman’s Nashville and Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask, has died. He was 92. Starger died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his niece, New York-based casting director Ilene Starger, announced. “He […]

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Box Office: ‘Garfield’ Beating ‘Furiosa’ With $13M-$14M in Clawless Weekend

 
It’s another bummer of a weekend at the summer of box office, where overall domestic revenue looks to be down 67 percent — no, not a typo — from a year ago as Hollywood and theater owners continue to grapple with a lack of big event pics. For some, there is reason to smile. Alcon […]

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Paul Walter Hauser Admits Past ‘Fantastic Four’ Missteps Weighed on Him Before Joining New Movie

 
It was not lost on Paul Walter Hauser that previous film representations of the Fantastic Four did not exactly set the world on fire. During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the in-demand actor reveals that those poorly received movie adaptations of Marvel’s superhero team made him give some extra thought before joining director Matt […]

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