On this episode of
Collider Movie Talk (July 14, 2016)
Kristian Harloff,
Jon Schnepp,
Jason Inman and
Natasha Martinez discuss the following:
-Ghostbusters banned in
China due to obscure censorship rule
-Neill
Blomkamp’s
Aliens movie will finally provide ending for
Ripley
-Chiwetel
Ejiofor in talks to join
Mary Magdalene
-First images released for
Guy Ritchie’s
King Arthur:
Legend of the Sword
-First trailer released for
Damien Chazelle’s
Whiplash follow up
La La Land
-The Founder movie relocates for
Oscar season release
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According to a report from
THR Ghostbusters has reportedly been banned in China by censors for a number of obscure reasons. Due to their official censorship guidelines, the
China Film Bureau can turn down films that, in their eyes, “promote cults or superstition.”
The country's regulators have been known to use this provision as rationale for turning down films that feature ghosts or supernatural beings in a semi-realistic way; as proven last year when they banned
Guillermo Del Toro’s
Crimson Peak, with
Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest also suffering the same fate in
2006, thanks to its depictions of ghouls and cannibalism. But as THR reports, there’s a truer, non-superstitious reason for it all.
Based on their own sources, the trade states that regulators simply don’t believe
Chinese audiences will take to the new movie.
In a recent interview with
Entertainment Weekly,
Sigourney Weaver spoke a bit about the story director
Neill Blomkamp cooked up for her Ripley character, in the as yet untiled Aliens sequel known simply as Aliens 5. Since Fox opted to delay the project, Weaver and Blomkamp’s busy schedules meant they had to move on with other projects while
Ridley Scott took on directing duties for
Alien: Covenant. A release date for Aliens 5 still hasn’t been set.
According to
Deadline,
Doctor Strange and
12 Years a Slave actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to join the production of Mary Magdalene, a film which sees
Rooney Mara in the title role alongside
Joaquin Phoenix as
Jesus Christ. Ejiofor will play the role of
Peter,
Jesus’s main disciple and one of his
12 apostles.
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The first official images from Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword have been unveiled thanks to an article in Entertainment Weekly. The reveal shows
Jude Law as the villainous
Vortigern, the tyrannical uncle of
Charlie Hunnam’s titular hero
Arthur. In this version of the story, Arthur is spurred into action when Vortigern murders Arthur’s brother and dad, played by
Eric Bana, therefore taking the throne.
The first trailer for La La Land has been released online for Whiplash filmmaker Damien Chazelle’s highly anticipated follow-up film. The Los Angeles-set love story is a full-fledged musical that revolves around the love between a musician played by
Ryan Gosling and a struggling actress played by
Emma Stone.
According to a report from Deadline,
The Weinstein Company has high hopes for its
Michael Keaton starrer,
The Founder, and is pushing the release date to the
Oscar friendly slot of
December 16th, where it will then open wide later in January. Michael Keaton stars as
Illinois salesman
Ray Kroc, who transformed McDonald’s into a thriving fast-food empire. The actor is in the midst of a major comeback following his
Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated performance in
Birdman, along with helping the director and cast of
Spotlight snag last year’s
Academy Award for Best Picture.
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- published: 14 Jul 2016
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