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Based on an idea by the Team Downey duo and
The Judge co-writer Bill Dubuque, it’s apparently a comedic drama that focuses on the intense world of three presidential debates, where millions of dollars and months of campaigning are whittled down to 270 minutes of extremely public political theatre. The assumption is that Downey is developing one of the roles for himself.
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The Oscar-winning actor is not the only one in the running, as the studio had also met with Joaquin Phoenix. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac are all expected to return and reprise their roles from
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which hits theaters December 18th. No word yet on when production begins on the new film, but the film arrives on May 26, 2017.
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Studio is developing the dramedy, based on the upcoming Julie Murphy young adult novel. HarperCollins is scheduled to publish the Texas-set novel on September 15th. The novel centers on a confident, plus-sized teen — named Dumplin’ by her former beauty queen mom — who, when she begins to doubt herself, sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering a beauty pageant.
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The legendary composer read the script for the Antoine Fuqua film, currently shooting in Louisiana, and wanted to surprise the director by scoring the movie based solely on the screenplay. Fuqua revealed the news during an interview with NPR. Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt star in the film, which will hit theaters in 2016.
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The No. 2 theater chain’s board named CFO Craig Ramsey as interim CEO, and formed a Search Committee to find a permanent replacement for Lopez when he steps down on August 6th for “another opportunity.” Lopez led AMC through its 2012 acquisition by China’s Wanda Group and 2013 IPO, and drove its industry-changing initiative to rip out conventional seats in many venues and replace them with fewer plush recliners that come with higher ticket prices.
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After spending two years developing
The Dinner, which was to be her cinematic directorial debut, she is now attached to helm
Stateless and has received funding from Screen Australia for it. Elise McCredie is writing the script, which tells the story of Cornelia Rau, a German-Australian who was held in a South Australian detention center because it was believed that she was an illegal immigrant after she fled the notorious Sydney sect called the Kenja in 2005.
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Javier Gullon, the scribe who wrote
Enemy, the Denis Villeneuve-directed Jake Gyllenhaal drama, has been tapped to adapt
The Dark Side for Fox and producers Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch.
Side is set in a future where the moon is used as a penal colony. When an android goes on a murderous rampage, a down on his luck detective is sent in to investigate. Fox picked up the book by Anthony O’Neill late last year.
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Sure, everyone knows blunt, impolite, and even rude people who are somehow extremely successful. But we're all more likely to do business and build professional and personal relationships with people we like. We're naturally drawn to people who are polite, modest, agreeable, kind — in short, people who are genuinely likable. Here's how they do it
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Radius-TWC has released the first trailer from Chris Evans’ directorial debut. Evans also stars in the film, alongside Alice Eve. The movie is currently available on iTunes and On Demand and hits theaters September 4th.
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The legendary filmmaker gives some advice, despite the fact that American filmmaking no longer supports the type of idiosyncratic crossover films that Waters longs to make. As Waters’s recurring joke goes, “I’d love to sell out completely. It’s just that nobody has been willing to buy.” That doesn’t mean his opinion isn’t worth hearing. Or, in this case, reading.
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