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Asghar Farhadi Begins Filming ‘Everybody Knows’ With Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz in Spain
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Asghar Farhadi, the Oscar-winning Iranian director of “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” has kicked off principal photography on “Everybody Knows” (“Todos Lo Saben”), his psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin.
Budgeted at 10 million euros ($11.8 million), the Spanish-language film is being produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy at Paris-based Memento Films Production and Alvaro Longoria at Spanish outfit Morena Films.
Written by Farhadi, “Everybody Knows” follows the journey of Carolina as she travels with her family from Buenos Aires to her hometown in Spain for a celebration. Meant to be a brief visit, the trip is disturbed by unforeseen events that will completely change the lives of Carolina and her family. »
- Elsa Keslassy
The Hellboy Reboot Has Added A Deadpool Star
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It's hard to believe it, but a new Hellboy project is becoming more of a reality as time goes on. Even better is the fact that the Neil Marshall directed film is pulling in a fantastic cast, with genre favorites like Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, and David K. Harbour all playing important parts in Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. But hold on, because a new fan favorite character is joining the B.P.R.D., and he's being played by Deadpool's Ed Skrein. Prepare for the big screen debut of Major Ben Daimio. »
‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ Reboot Scrapped by NBC
13 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Xena’s sword is going back in the sheath.
NBC’s planned reboot of “Xena: Warrior Princess” is not moving forward following the recent departure of writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach. The network considers the project to be dead in its current iteration, although it remains possible that a new “Xena” revival could be developed down the road.
Rob Tapert (the original co-creator of “Xena”) and Sam Raimi had been heading up the project for Ghost House Pictures in association with NBC International Television Studios. »
- Ryan Gajewski
Amazon Studios Buys ‘Cold War’ From Oscar Winner Paweł Pawlikowski (Exclusive)
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Amazon Studios has acquired “Cold War,” a period romance from Oscar-winning director Paweł Pawlikowski.
The film takes place across Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia, and Paris, and is set in the 1950s — a time when the forces of democracy and communism were clashing throughout Europe. The terms of the deal are being kept under wraps, but it has been in the works for months. The movie was first presented to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival. »
- Brent Lang and Elsa Keslassy
‘Narcos’ Star Pedro Pascal to Play Villain in ‘Equalizer 2’ Opposite Denzel Washington (Exclusive)
20 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Pedro Pascal is in negotiations to play the antagonist in Sony and Escape Artists’ “The Equalizer 2” starring Denzel Washington.
Antoine Fuqua is returning to direct. Todd Black is producing.
Plot details are currently scarce, other than that Washington will reprise his role as Robert McCall, a former special ops agent who now helps those who can’t defend themselves. Details on Pascal’s character are unknown. »
- Justin Kroll
Bryan Singer's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Casts Queen Bandmates (Exclusive)
20 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer's biopic about the seminal rock band Queen, has cast Joe Mazzello, Ben Hardy and Gwilym Lee at the band members.
Mazzello will play bass guitarist John Deacon, Hardy will play drummer Roger Taylor and Lee will play lead guitarist Brian May.
Rami Malek already is attached to portray legendary frontman Freddie Mercury in the film, which is produced by Graham King's GK Films banner for 20th Century Fox and New Regency. Justin Haythe (Red Sparrow, Revolutionary Road) penned the script with Graham King, Jim Beach and Singer producing. Denis O'Sullivan, Arnon Milchan and Jane »
- Rebecca Ford
‘Glass’ Synopsis Teases the “Culmination” of M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ and ‘Unbreakable’
21 August 2017 7:57 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Universal Pictures has released the first official synopsis for Glass as pre-production on the highly anticipated sequel is firmly underway. The film is a follow-up to filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan’s terrific 2000 film Unbreakable and its secret sequel Split, which hit theaters this past January and quickly became a massive box office and critical success. While fans had been clamoring for an Unbreakable sequel for years, the final moments of Shyamalan’s seemingly original psychological thriller Split revealed that the entire film was taking place in the same universe as Unbreakable—the final shot found Bruce Willis’ … »
- Adam Chitwood
‘The Flash’ Adds Katee Sackhoff as a Recurring Villain
23 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Like any upcoming season of a DC superhero TV series, there’s a need for plenty of villains. EW reports that The Flash has landed Battlestar Galactica alum Katee Sackhoff to play “DC Comics villain Amunet Black, a.k.a Blacksmith, a steely and badass boss of an underground black market for supervillains. Amunet uses every means possible, including the long list of metahumans under her thumb, to ensure her illicit enterprise thrives.” The character was first introduced in the comics in 2001, and she gets the name “Blacksmith” from her ability to reshape metal and merge it with flesh. … »
- Matt Goldberg
After Criticism, Joss Whedon Fan Site Shuts Down After 15 Years
23 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
A day after Joss Whedon was criticized as a hypocrite "preaching feminist ideals" by his ex-wife, architect Kai Cole, a popular fan site dedicated to the director has decided to say farewell.
Whedonesque.com has operated for 15 years, acting as a message boards for fans of Whedon's work, which ranges from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to The Avengers movie.
"15 years is a long time and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge," reads the final post on the site. "But now it's time to say goodbye. No more threads after this one, we're closing down."
The »
- Mia Galuppo
Sci-Fi Movie 'Intelligent Life' Taps 'Stranger Things' Director Rebecca Thomas (Exclusive)
23 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Rebecca Thomas has been hired to direct Amblin Entertainment's sci-fi film Intelligent Life.
Thomas will also do some additional writing on Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s original script. The story centers on a United Nations employee who monitors outer space and makes contact with a beautiful woman who may be an alien.
The project previously had Ava DuVernay attached to direct with Lupita Nyong'o to star (Nyong'o also is no longer attached). Jay Roach signed on to polish the script late last year.
The Amblin project is being produced by Frank Marshall, Big Beach's Peter Saraf and Trevorrow. Connolly »
- Rebecca Ford
Game of Thrones Season 8 to Start Filming in October
20 August 2017 8:07 AM, PDT | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
The eighth and final season of HBO's Game of Thrones will begin filming this October, actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has revealed.
He said as much while promoting his newest film Shot Caller in an interview with Collider, revealing, "I knew what was going to happen for the first three seasons. After
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- Amanda Bell
Jared Leto’s Villain Is Front and Center in New ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Trailer (Video)
35 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Jared Leto’s villain is front and center in the new “Blade Runner 2049” international trailer, as his villainous plot is revealed. “Humanity cannot survive. Replicants are the future of the species, but I can only make so many, “Jared Leto’s character, Neander Wallace, says. Wallace is the head of Wallace Corporations and their genetically modified food products are the main source of sustenance in 2049 Los Angeles. Ryan Gosling’s Officer K later realizes, “He’s constructing an army.” See Video: 'Blade Runner 2049': Deckard Returns From the Shadows in New Trailer The trailer also reveals more »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
Amy Schumer Negotiated for More Money for Her Netflix Special to Match Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock’s Deals
45 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Schumer was initially paid $11 million compared to Rock and Chappelle’s $20 million. »
- Jackson McHenry
First White NFL Player Kneels During National Anthem: ‘I Want to Do My Part’
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
At least 12 members of the Cleveland Browns knelt during the National Anthem prior to Monday’s pre-season game against the New York Giants. Among the dozen players was Seth DeValve, who is the first known white player to protest the anthem since Colin Kaepernick first did it last year. DeValve is married to an African-American woman and said the recent violence at a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, influenced his decision. “I myself will be raising children that don’t look like me, and I want to do my part as well to do everything I can to raise them in. »
- Brian Flood
Angelina Jolie, Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren Leading Talks at Toronto Film Festival
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Javier Bardem, Gael García Bernal, Angelina Jolie and Helen Mirren will headline a series of public conversations about their careers as part of this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
Many of these actors and filmmakers aren’t just trekking to Canada to take a jaunt down memory lane. They’re also on hand to launch new films. Bardem stars in “mother!,” Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming horror film, and “Loving Pablo,” both of which will debut at the festival. Jolie is bringing “First They Killed My Father,” a drama about the Cambodian genocide that she made for Netflix, to the gathering. Mirren is appearing opposite Donald Sutherland in “The Leisure Seeker,” another festival entry. And Bernal will be seen in “If You Saw His Heart,” which will screen at the event.
In addition, the festival also unveiled its 2017 Discovery program lineup. It boasts 45 first and second
feature films by up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. The »
- Brent Lang
Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival completed its lineup on Tuesday with about 40 new films, plus conversations with Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren, Javier Bardem and Gael Garcia Bernal. The new additions are the last for this year’s festival, which will screen 255 features and 84 shorts, a deliberate cut of about 20 percent over last year’s figures. The films were selected from among 7,299 submissions and come from 74 different countries. More than half the features, 147, will be world premieres. Most of the new additions were in the festival’s Tiff Discovery program, which consists of international films from first-time »
- Steve Pond
Toronto: Angelina Jolie, Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren Added to Speakers Lineup
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Angelina Jolie, who is bringing her Cambodian genocide pic First They Killed My Father and the animated Afghan drama The Breadwinner to the Toronto Film Festival, is joining the lineup of keynote speakers to appear at the Sept. 7-17 event.
Keynotes will also be delivered by Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren and Gael Garcia Bernal, organizers said Tuesday. As Toronto programmers rounded out their 2017 edition lineup, they added Discovery program titles that include the sidebar opener, the Argentine film Tigre, by directors Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola, and the closer Human Traces by New Zealand director Nic Gorman.
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- Etan Vlessing
Tiff First Look: Christian Bale Is a 19th-Century Army Captain in 'Hostiles'
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Christian Bale is a contemplative Army captain in the first-look image of Hostiles.
Directed by Scott Cooper, the Western is set in 1892 and stars Bale as Captain Joseph J. Blocker who, after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back home to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche and vicious outliers encountered along the way.
Wes Studi also stars »
- Ashley Lee
Clooney Joins Forces with Civil Rights Group: "No Two Sides to Bigotry and Hate"
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
The Southern Poverty Law Center (Splc) is partnering with the Clooney Foundation for Justice to combat hate in the wake of the deadly violence at a white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"Amal and I wanted to add our voice (and financial assistance) to the ongoing fight for equality," George Clooney said. "There are no two sides to bigotry and hate.”
George and Amal Clooney on Tuesday gave the Splc a $1 million grant from the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
One person was killed and many others injured while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12. Shortly thereafter, »
- Ryan Parker
Felo Ramirez, Hall of Fame Spanish-Language Broadcaster for Miami Marlins, Dies at 94
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Rafeal “Felo” Ramirez, the Hall of Fame Spanish-language radio broadcaster for Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins, has died. He was 94. “The entire Marlins organization is deeply saddened by the loss of a great friend, Hall of Fame broadcaster and community icon, Felo Ramirez,” the team said in a statement on Tuesday. “Since our inaugural season, he brought home practically every magical moment in franchise history to generations of fans. A true broadcast legend, Felo lent his voice to more than 30 World Series and All-Star Games, and his extensive contributions to our game will never be forgotten.” Ramirez had suffered a. »
- Tony Maglio
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