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The actor, an avid pilot, was flying a vintage two-seater which had engine trouble. Ford crashed on the Penmar golf course in Venice, California. Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor, who was then transported to a nearby hospital. According to his son, he’s battered, but okay.
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Event series is based on the recently released book
The Reaper: Autobiography Of One Of The Deadliest Special Ops Snipers by Nicholas Irving, the U.S. Army 3rd Ranger Battalion’s deadliest sniper. The Weinstein Co. acquired the rights to Irving’s memoir less than a week after it was published by St. Martin’s Press with the intention to adapt it as a miniseries to begin production in the summer.
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The Emmy winner is set to star as a billionaire real estate developer, divorced father, philanthropist, society fixture and celebrated libertine who unexpectedly becomes mayor of New York City. After a heated bidding war, the hourlong entry has landed in development with a production commitment at HBO.
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Pixar President Jim Morris says the first three films were a complete trilogy, and the new film is more of a romantic comedy. Director John Lasseter, who oversees all of Disney’s animation, is co-writing the new movie with Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, for a July 16th, 2017 release.
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Aside from being cast in the new season of
Hannibal, in which she will play Reba McClane, a blind woman who enters into a relationship with the psychotic Francis Dolarhyde (Richard Armitage), and helps soothe his murderous urges, she is also one of the leads in the ABC pilot, which, inspired by real-life stories, follows the first four women to graduate from Boston's Police Academy in 1978.
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Napoleon Dynamite helmer will direct the family comedy, which is based on a script by by Oren Uziel, and has Neal Moritz and Ori Marmur producing. The film is about “a father and son who are given the opportunity to spend the night in a lavish toy store.”
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The
Wild Tales director lost the Academy Award to
Ida. His English language debut has written and will direct a still-untitled thriller, to be overseen by Nicole Brown for the studio. Longline is still under wraps, but Tom Rothman, recently promoted from head of TriStar to chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, will continue to look over films he green lit.
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Film from director Hiromasa Yonebayashi is based on the British children’s novel by Joan G. Robinson about a young girl, Anna, who befriends a mysterious girl, Marnie, when she relocates from the city to a small town. Hailee Steinfeld will be Anna, Kiernan Shipka is Marnie. and John C. Reilly, Vanessa Williams, Geena Davis, Kathy Bates, Ellen Burstyn and Catherine O’Hara rounding out the voice cast. Film hits theaters on May 22nd.
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When it comes to making career trajectory predictions, one or two films isn't enough. One critic points out that Akira Kurosawa’s
Rashomon was his 11th film, which is hard to fathom against today’s industry. When did it become de riguer to demand that filmmakers find their voice straight out of the gate? Some excellent points herein.
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The 119-page Gray Revised Draft script by Ted Tally (based on the book by Thomas Harris), and dated April 25th, 2002.
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