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The company has acquired all North American rights to Allen’s upcoming film,
Irrational Man, from Gravier Productions. Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson, film stars an ensemble including Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey and Emma Stone, who starred in Allen's last film,
Magic in the Moonlight.
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In a Disney shareholders report, Iger said that that he has seen “most” of the footage from
The Force Awakens and the movie is “worth the wait,” made clear that
Episode VIII will be out in 2017,
Episode IX in 2019, and hinted that there are more trilogies to come. He also teased the subject of the standalone film, to be directed by Gareth Edwards and scheduled for a December 16th, 2016 release.
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Turkish immigrant drama
Across the Sea picking up the audience award for narrative feature, Britni West's
Tired Moonlight picking up the narrative film jury prize and
Sweet Micky for President picking the audience and jury prize for documentary.
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Word comes that the studio has entered early talks with David Leitch and Chad Stahelski to be the directors responsible for bringing the comic book adaptation to the big screen. While they may not be household names as filmmakers just yet, their directorial debut,
John Wick, was one of the best action movies of 2014.
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Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Dan Stevens and Leslie Man star in the Christian Ditter-directed comedy. Spanning a multi-year period, film suggests it is not our relationships, but our single times in between, that truly define us. The film will give an honest portrayal of both the female and male views of singlehood.
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Anna Gunn has found her follow-up to Fox's
Gracepoint and
Breaking Bad. The two-time Emmy winner has booked the female lead for CBS. The spinoff is currently set as a pilot that will shoot in mid-February and air as a planted episode in the flagship series at a later date. It focuses on the division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad.
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New co-CEO’s and co-chairmen of Endemol Shine North America, Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin, confirmed that “there is a plan” for a U.S. adaptation of the buzzed about, mind-bending U.K. series.
Black Mirror is an anthology style sci-fi series, with each episode a standalone story, most of which revolve around a new technology and the perverse way that human beings put that technology to use.
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Murphy became a star while a member of the cast in the early ‘80s, and last appeared in 1984. He later cut ties with the show after being insulted during by David Spade during a
Hollywood Minute sketch. In an interview, Murphy confirmed that he will be returning for the show’s 40th anniversary special, scheduled for February 15th.
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Eight weeks after Paramount premiered the first look at the highly anticipated reboot of the series that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star comes a look at the longer trailer that will premiere during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Film hits theaters on July 1st.
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The 126-page screenplay by Guy Ritchie, dated August 9th, 1999.
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