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(Left) ‘Nightbitch’ director Marielle Heller. (Right) 1992’s ‘FernGully: The Last Rainforest’. Photo: 20th Century Fox. Preview: Director Marielle Heller is developing a live-action ‘FernGully’. It’ll be a remake of the 1992 animated movie. Amazon MGM Studios is backing the project. 1992’s Environmental-themed ‘FernGully’ wasn’t exactly a big hit upon its original release –– it made
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(L to R) Luigi (Charlie Day), Mario (Chris Pratt), Yoshi (Donald Glover) and Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Nintendo and Illumination’s ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’, directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. Video game movies have come a long way over the years! Early adaptations like 1993’s ‘Super Mario Bros.‘ and 1994’s ‘Street Fighter‘
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(L to R) Ice Cube and Kevin Hart in ‘Ride Along’. Photo: Universal Pictures. Preview: A third ‘Ride Along’ movie is in development. Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and director Will Packer may all return. Writer Daniel Gold has come up with a new script. It has been 10 years since ‘Ride Along 2’ hit screens,
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(Left) Andrew McCarthy in ‘Less than Zero’. Photo: 20th Century Fox. (Center) Lena Headey stars in ‘Normal’. (Right) James Lance in ‘Ted Lasso’, now streaming on Apple TV. Preview: Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy & James Lance have been cast in ‘Wednesday’. The third season of the Netflix hit is shooting now. Eva Green is playing
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James Safechuck, one of two men whose allegations of childhood sexual abuse by Michael Jackson anchored HBO’s 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, has released a video message to other survivors of childhood sexual abuse, timed to the renewed publicity surrounding the upcoming Jackson biopic Michael. Distributed by Safechuck’s attorney John Carpenter of the Los Angeles plaintiffs’
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(Left) Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess in ‘The Sandman.’ Photo: Ed Miller/Netflix © 2022.(Right) Robert Pattinson as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “The Batman,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/™ & © DC Comics. Copyright: © 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Preview: Charles Dance is in talks
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“Dream it. See it. Believe it. Make it happen.” That is one of the late Michael Jackson’s favorite expressions. It’s certainly one that would resonate with the “King of Pop” were he around for the opening of Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited biopic of Jackson in theaters across the globe this weekend. In North America, Michael is
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Toby Jones as Philip Burton in ‘Mr. Burton’. Photo: Icon Film Distribution. Opening in UK theaters on April 4th is the new biopic ‘Mr. Burton’, which was directed by Marc Evans (‘Hunky Dory’) and focuses on the early life of legendary actor Richard Burton. The film stars Toby Jones (‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’), Lesley Manville
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A week after its newest batch of episodes put the show in second place on Nielsen’s streaming charts, Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black moved into the top overall spot. The Netflix drama recorded 1.36 billion minutes of viewing for the week of March 23-29. That’s down a little from 1.42 billion minutes the prior week,
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I distinctly remember the day in 1996 when KROQ DJ Carson Daly first introduced me to Failure. I recall just as clearly the moment the following year when Daly, as MTV’s newest VJ, reported their demise. It didn’t make sense that an emerging genre-bending rock band could call it quits after tapping into something otherworldly
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Illinois is rolling out a sustainability tax credit for films and TV shows, a first in the country. Productions that meet certain criteria designed to incentivize sustainable filmmaking practices are eligible for a five percent uplift, making the maximum tax incentive 45% of eligible costs. As Hollywood’s presence in Illinois grows, state lawmakers last year
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The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) will celebrate two key milestones during its 2026 edition, organizers said on Tuesday. It will mark the fest’s 60th edition, as well as 80 years since the first festival. Classic films from the likes of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, as well as Ken Loach, will be among the
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It’s 5:45 a.m. on a Tuesday, and the Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood is already bustling.  I am standing in Aisle 18 — deep in the lumber section of the cavernous space — evaluating formulations of plaster compound.  I’ve been sent here to get a 50-pound bag of “40 minute,” a box of “red dot,”
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