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The story of Giancarlo Parretti, the flamboyant Italian waiter-turned-financier who bought MGM in 1990 and was ousted and indicted when his takeover deal for the Hollywood studio collapsed, is in early stages of getting the big screen treatment.
Independent Los-Angeles-based film producer Niels Juul has tracked down Parretti, now 82, and living in the lap of luxury in a palazzo in his native Orvieto. Juul is at the Venice Film Festival shopping a screenplay for the Parretti biopic titled “The Lion of Orvieto.”
The “Lion of Orvieto” is penned by TV comedy writer Michael O’Rourke, who has worked with Sacha Baron Cohen on “Da Ali G Show” but has also written several unproduced dramas. “Lion” is based on extensive research and an unpublished book containing in-depth interviews with Parretti.
Raised in an orphanage before being adopted at the age of 6, Parretti’s ascent into high-stakes financial wheeling and dealing started when he...
Independent Los-Angeles-based film producer Niels Juul has tracked down Parretti, now 82, and living in the lap of luxury in a palazzo in his native Orvieto. Juul is at the Venice Film Festival shopping a screenplay for the Parretti biopic titled “The Lion of Orvieto.”
The “Lion of Orvieto” is penned by TV comedy writer Michael O’Rourke, who has worked with Sacha Baron Cohen on “Da Ali G Show” but has also written several unproduced dramas. “Lion” is based on extensive research and an unpublished book containing in-depth interviews with Parretti.
Raised in an orphanage before being adopted at the age of 6, Parretti’s ascent into high-stakes financial wheeling and dealing started when he...
- 9/1/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Director Ridley Scott's live-action Oscar-nominated "Napoleon" feature, starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix as 'Emperor' of the French as seen through the eyes of his wife 'Josephine' (Vanessa Kirby), has been repackaged as "Napoleon: The Director's Cut," featuring 48 minutes of new, never-before-seen footage, now streaming on AppleTV+:
"...the new film is described as a personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of the addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, 'Josephine'.
"The film will also capture Napoleon’s famous battles, his relentless ambition, and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader, war criminal and war visionary..."
Napoleon Bonaparte rose to prominence during the latter stages of the 'French Revolution' and its associated wars in Europe. As 'Napoleon I', he was 'Emperor' of the French from 1804 to 1815.
His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code',...
"...the new film is described as a personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of the addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, 'Josephine'.
"The film will also capture Napoleon’s famous battles, his relentless ambition, and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader, war criminal and war visionary..."
Napoleon Bonaparte rose to prominence during the latter stages of the 'French Revolution' and its associated wars in Europe. As 'Napoleon I', he was 'Emperor' of the French from 1804 to 1815.
His legal reform, the 'Napoleonic Code',...
- 8/30/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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Marlon Brando had to be lured from his trailer with food to play Superman’s dad and Alec Guinness asked for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off to spare him from the ‘awful lines’
It probably shouldn’t come as a huge shock that Hugo Weaving has admitted to not really feeling The Lord of the Rings movies. After all, if you were stuck in Rivendell playing Elrond the half-elven for years with lines that only ever seemed to be given to you for the purpose of haughty, eyebrow-arched exposition, while everyone else got to battle orcs and ride on giant eagles, you might be a little bit bitter too.
Discussing the new season of Tolkien prequel The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the British actor revealed this week that he’s not seen so much as a second of the Amazon Prime Video show – nor actor...
It probably shouldn’t come as a huge shock that Hugo Weaving has admitted to not really feeling The Lord of the Rings movies. After all, if you were stuck in Rivendell playing Elrond the half-elven for years with lines that only ever seemed to be given to you for the purpose of haughty, eyebrow-arched exposition, while everyone else got to battle orcs and ride on giant eagles, you might be a little bit bitter too.
Discussing the new season of Tolkien prequel The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the British actor revealed this week that he’s not seen so much as a second of the Amazon Prime Video show – nor actor...
- 8/30/2024
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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Whatever pedigree ought to be established as the sole film directed by Marlon Brando, One-Eyed Jacks spent so much time in obscure status and degraded states that no less than Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg had to revive it. Ahead of our presenting a rare Ib Technicolor print at Nitehawk on Wednesday, September 4––Mr. Scorsese and Mr. Spielberg: a free ticket is yours––it’s worth highlighting the former’s introduction from the 2016 New York Film Festival.
Detailing its significance as the final American feature shot on VistaVision, strange histories with Peckinpah and Kubrick, and the circumstances by which he and Spielberg found themselves working to rescue One-Eyed Jacks––using Ib prints for reference––Scorsese’s admiration and awe resonate throughout. “This is visually stunning, what he did. […] It has a mythology to it, in a way, that cries back, very much, to the end of the westerns.” One...
Detailing its significance as the final American feature shot on VistaVision, strange histories with Peckinpah and Kubrick, and the circumstances by which he and Spielberg found themselves working to rescue One-Eyed Jacks––using Ib prints for reference––Scorsese’s admiration and awe resonate throughout. “This is visually stunning, what he did. […] It has a mythology to it, in a way, that cries back, very much, to the end of the westerns.” One...
- 8/29/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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The Claim to Fame season 3 finale was not without its share of drama and even more twists as the contestants got even closer to figuring out everyone’s identities. In the first hour, one relative was sent packing as the other three made it to the finale. Then the second hour brought not only the previous contestants back, but it also had an injury-threatening end for one of the final three. Did they make it to the end?
In the first hour, Shane, Adam, Mackenzie, and Hud had one more challenge to get through to figure out more clues regarding the people in the house. While everyone was prepared to learn more about Adam to get him out of the house, he was slowly figuring things out for some people.
Mackenzie did a much better job at the game than the other three, allowing her to get Shane’s winner’s clue.
In the first hour, Shane, Adam, Mackenzie, and Hud had one more challenge to get through to figure out more clues regarding the people in the house. While everyone was prepared to learn more about Adam to get him out of the house, he was slowly figuring things out for some people.
Mackenzie did a much better job at the game than the other three, allowing her to get Shane’s winner’s clue.
- 8/29/2024
- by Elizabeth Learned
- Hidden Remote
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Russell Crowe has entertained the audience with his distinct movies and roles for several decades now. While his role as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator captured everyone’s attention, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel saw him tackle a completely different territory. In this, Crowe played the role of Jor-El, Superman’s biological father.
Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator || Credits: DreamWorks Distribution
While the script of the Henry Cavill starrer was quite difficult for Crowe to comprehend, he only took on the role as his idol Marlon Brando had played the same character in Superman: The Movie.
Russell Crowe Said Yes to Man of Steel Because of Marlon Brando Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel (2013) || Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
The character of Jor-El was introduced for the first time in the comics released in 1939. Thus, becoming a major cornerstone in the Superman universe and mythology.
Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator || Credits: DreamWorks Distribution
While the script of the Henry Cavill starrer was quite difficult for Crowe to comprehend, he only took on the role as his idol Marlon Brando had played the same character in Superman: The Movie.
Russell Crowe Said Yes to Man of Steel Because of Marlon Brando Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel (2013) || Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
The character of Jor-El was introduced for the first time in the comics released in 1939. Thus, becoming a major cornerstone in the Superman universe and mythology.
- 8/28/2024
- by Sakshi Singh
- FandomWire
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When Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel begins on Krypton, fans got to see Russell Crowe flying around the planet on a bio-organic vehicle. He played the genius scientist Jor-El of Krypton and was so impressed with the character that he wanted to work on a prequel. While he was slain by General Zod in the film, Crowe felt that the build-up to the political tension in Krypton would have made for a great story.
Russell Crowe in a still form Man of Steel | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
Crowe also wanted Michael Shannon back as General Zod for this story. However, it eventually never took off and Crowe’s role was done after the 2013 film. Looking back, Snyder could’ve done more with Jor-El’s backstory and further explored the alien setup he had built for Krypton.
Russell Crowe’s Dream For A Jor-El Prequel Never Came True Russell Crowe...
Russell Crowe in a still form Man of Steel | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
Crowe also wanted Michael Shannon back as General Zod for this story. However, it eventually never took off and Crowe’s role was done after the 2013 film. Looking back, Snyder could’ve done more with Jor-El’s backstory and further explored the alien setup he had built for Krypton.
Russell Crowe’s Dream For A Jor-El Prequel Never Came True Russell Crowe...
- 8/28/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
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It’s hard to believe, but the concept of the teenager is younger than film as a medium. According to historians, American culture first began thinking of the period between 13 to 19 as a specific bridge between childhood and adulthood in the 1940s, in part due to marketing executives looking to define people in that age range as a new demographic. And shortly afterwards, that demographic became ubiquitous on TV and films.
The first teen films began popping up in earnest during the 1950s, with landmark titles like “The Wild One,” “Blackboard Jungle,” and the enduringly iconic “Rebel Without a Cause.” Each film featured a bonafide screen legend — Marlon Brando in “The Wild One,” Sidney Poitier in “Blackboard Jungle,” and James Dean in his most iconic role in “Rebel Without a Cause” — and established films that took the emotional turmoil of teen life seriously as a vibrant subgenre. Since then, teens...
The first teen films began popping up in earnest during the 1950s, with landmark titles like “The Wild One,” “Blackboard Jungle,” and the enduringly iconic “Rebel Without a Cause.” Each film featured a bonafide screen legend — Marlon Brando in “The Wild One,” Sidney Poitier in “Blackboard Jungle,” and James Dean in his most iconic role in “Rebel Without a Cause” — and established films that took the emotional turmoil of teen life seriously as a vibrant subgenre. Since then, teens...
- 8/27/2024
- by Wilson Chapman and Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Michael Corleone in The Godfather, played by Al Pacino, is hailed as one of the finest performances in world cinema. His memorable character transition in the Francis Ford Coppola film is still discussed among worldwide fans. But interestingly, Al Pacino was never the original choice for the role. They had their eyes on another legendary performer, Robert Redford for the role.
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather | Credits: Paramount Pictures
The Godfather presented a beautiful amalgamation of popular and lesser-known stars who looked straight out of Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel. However, the 1972 masterpiece had a very problematic production schedule due to an intense conflict between Paramount and Francis Ford Coppola. Paramount wanted it to be a more star-studded affair with better-known stars.
Al Pacino almost lost his historical role in The Godfather because of Paramount
A still featuring Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone in The Godfather | Credits:...
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather | Credits: Paramount Pictures
The Godfather presented a beautiful amalgamation of popular and lesser-known stars who looked straight out of Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel. However, the 1972 masterpiece had a very problematic production schedule due to an intense conflict between Paramount and Francis Ford Coppola. Paramount wanted it to be a more star-studded affair with better-known stars.
Al Pacino almost lost his historical role in The Godfather because of Paramount
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- 8/22/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
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This article contains Alien: Romulus and The Flash spoilers.
The reviews are in, and some fans are already holding Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus up as the best xenomorph feature since Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and James Cameron’s Aliens from 1986. It feels like a new era of the Alienverse is ready to burst forward from Hollywood’s chest. But while there’s plenty of praise for Alvarez’s back-to-basics approach, which tries to capture the pulse-pounding horror of Scott’s Alien, it’s not quite a perfect outing.
As well as some criticizing the suitably batshit ending that echoes Alien Resurrection’s bewildering finale, it’s the return of Ian Holm’s likeness that’s causing a stir for Romulus—namely because the actor tragically passed away in 2020. Despite a CGI approximation of “Holm” appearing in the role of a new android called Rook instead of Alien‘s Ash,...
The reviews are in, and some fans are already holding Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus up as the best xenomorph feature since Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and James Cameron’s Aliens from 1986. It feels like a new era of the Alienverse is ready to burst forward from Hollywood’s chest. But while there’s plenty of praise for Alvarez’s back-to-basics approach, which tries to capture the pulse-pounding horror of Scott’s Alien, it’s not quite a perfect outing.
As well as some criticizing the suitably batshit ending that echoes Alien Resurrection’s bewildering finale, it’s the return of Ian Holm’s likeness that’s causing a stir for Romulus—namely because the actor tragically passed away in 2020. Despite a CGI approximation of “Holm” appearing in the role of a new android called Rook instead of Alien‘s Ash,...
- 8/21/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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El actor y director recibió en 2021 un Premio Donostia. © A Contracorriente Films
A la Sección Oficial de la 72ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián se incorpora, fuera de concurso, Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, el segundo largometraje como director de Johnny Depp 25 años después de The Brave, que él mismo protagonizó junto a Marlon Brando.
Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness se presenta como un torbellino de 72 horas en la vida del artista bohemio Amedeo Modigliani, conocido como Modi por sus amigos, tras una caótica serie de acontecimientos en las calles de un París devastado por la guerra en 1916. Huyendo de la policía, sus compañeros Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine y la musa de Modi, Beatrice Hastings, le hacen replantearse su deseo de poner fin a su carrera y abandonar la ciudad. Modi pide consejo a su amigo y marchante de arte Leopold Zborowski.
A la Sección Oficial de la 72ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián se incorpora, fuera de concurso, Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, el segundo largometraje como director de Johnny Depp 25 años después de The Brave, que él mismo protagonizó junto a Marlon Brando.
Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness se presenta como un torbellino de 72 horas en la vida del artista bohemio Amedeo Modigliani, conocido como Modi por sus amigos, tras una caótica serie de acontecimientos en las calles de un París devastado por la guerra en 1916. Huyendo de la policía, sus compañeros Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine y la musa de Modi, Beatrice Hastings, le hacen replantearse su deseo de poner fin a su carrera y abandonar la ciudad. Modi pide consejo a su amigo y marchante de arte Leopold Zborowski.
- 8/21/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
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Who doesn’t adore Clint Eastwood? With a career spanning over six decades, the actor, 94, has galloped into our hearts and screens, even earning multiple Oscars. Oh, and let’s not forget he even took a spin as the Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in the late ‘80s—just another feather in his cap.
Still of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven | Credit: Warner Bros.
But let’s not sugarcoat it: His outspoken nature and unfiltered opinions have often made headlines. No surprise, then, that this Hollywood heavyweight has collected a fair share of high-profile enemies along the way. Want proof? Eddie Murphy once shared a story about Marlon Brando, who didn’t just tiptoe around his feelings but outright tossed Eastwood under the bus.
Why Did Marlon Brando Dislike Clint Eastwood? Eddie Murphy Explained
Eddie Murphy revealed on The New York Times’ The Interview podcast that Marlon Brando, in a rather candid moment,...
Still of Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven | Credit: Warner Bros.
But let’s not sugarcoat it: His outspoken nature and unfiltered opinions have often made headlines. No surprise, then, that this Hollywood heavyweight has collected a fair share of high-profile enemies along the way. Want proof? Eddie Murphy once shared a story about Marlon Brando, who didn’t just tiptoe around his feelings but outright tossed Eastwood under the bus.
Why Did Marlon Brando Dislike Clint Eastwood? Eddie Murphy Explained
Eddie Murphy revealed on The New York Times’ The Interview podcast that Marlon Brando, in a rather candid moment,...
- 8/21/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
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Image Source: Warner Bros There’s an exclusive list of Hollywood celebrities who have won both Oscars and Razzies for their acting: Laurence Olivier, Faye Dunaway, Liza Minnelli, Brad Pitt, Marlon Brando, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Kline, Roberto Benigni, Charlton Heston, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Al Pacino, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Basinger, Jared Leto, Tom Voight, and Halle Berry. But only two of them have actually accepted their Golden Raspberry Awards: Bullock (for 2009’s All About Steve) and Berry, who famously (and sarcastically) called 2004’s Catwoman “a god-awful movie” when she turned up at the Razzies ceremony. These days, even though Catwoman is saddled with an 8% Rotten Tomatoes score, Berry is more charitable when she talks about the movie in interviews. But she says there are several things she would have changed about the film, and she would welcome the opportunity to direct a new Catwoman movie, assuming she was given creative...
- 8/21/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
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1972’s The Godfather remains, to this day, one of the most immersive and incredibly entertaining pieces created in the history of cinema. An epic gangster story tamed in live-action by Francis Ford Coppola, it starred some of the most legendary actors of all time in iconically dark roles in the mob that fit like they were tailored specifically for them.
A still from The Godfather. | Credits: Paramount Pictures.
One of these very actors included the late Alex Rocco, who quite literally loved playing bad guys to the point where he wasn’t even bothered by getting typecast into the same mafia-esque roles. To say the least, he even found his calling as the iconic Batman villain Carmine Falcone decades after the 1972 cinematic phenomena that he calls his “biggest ticket anywhere.”
The Godfather‘s Alex Rocco Found Playing Gangsters to be “Great”
Usually, after playing a particular role or specific kinds of characters for too long,...
A still from The Godfather. | Credits: Paramount Pictures.
One of these very actors included the late Alex Rocco, who quite literally loved playing bad guys to the point where he wasn’t even bothered by getting typecast into the same mafia-esque roles. To say the least, he even found his calling as the iconic Batman villain Carmine Falcone decades after the 1972 cinematic phenomena that he calls his “biggest ticket anywhere.”
The Godfather‘s Alex Rocco Found Playing Gangsters to be “Great”
Usually, after playing a particular role or specific kinds of characters for too long,...
- 8/19/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
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Here’s something to tide us over until Karlie Kloss and husband Josh Kushner launch their planned reboot of Life magazine. On Aug. 27, Taschen’s Life. Hollywood will be available for purchase — a stunning compendium of more than 600 Tinseltown images, carefully selected from the seminal photography magazine’s archives and spanning the industry’s Golden Age (1936-72).
A must-have for Hollywood history buffs, it’s a two-volume blockbuster that traces the rise of the film business, intertwined with Life’s own cultural ascendancy. (Before the introduction of television, Life served as a window to the world for Americans, one in three of whom were readers.) Life’s first movie star cover was Jean Harlow in 1937. It then ran more than 200 Hollywood-related covers until 1972, most of which are featured in the book, which includes introductory texts by photography critic Lucy Sante, captions by film historian Justin Humphreys and the work of more than 70 legendary Life photographers,...
A must-have for Hollywood history buffs, it’s a two-volume blockbuster that traces the rise of the film business, intertwined with Life’s own cultural ascendancy. (Before the introduction of television, Life served as a window to the world for Americans, one in three of whom were readers.) Life’s first movie star cover was Jean Harlow in 1937. It then ran more than 200 Hollywood-related covers until 1972, most of which are featured in the book, which includes introductory texts by photography critic Lucy Sante, captions by film historian Justin Humphreys and the work of more than 70 legendary Life photographers,...
- 8/17/2024
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine released in July to an amazing opening that seemed to have put Marvel back on track. After some of its worst openings, the franchise seems to have finally hit it out of the park with the Ryan Reynolds starrer. With Hugh Jackman’s return and many surprise cameos, the film turned out to be a visceral experience.
Since the release, Reynolds has posted multiple tidbits about the film and many behind-the-scenes moments. A few deleted scenes have also surfaced, with one in particular showing Jackman’s Wolverine, flipping the bird at the Deadpool Corps, which many felt should have been in the movie.
Shawn Levy Should Have Kept Hugh Jackman’s Finger To The Deadpool Corps A still from Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Marvel Studios
After a series of duds from the MCU, Hugh Jackman’s return to the Wolverine mantle brought back many fans...
Since the release, Reynolds has posted multiple tidbits about the film and many behind-the-scenes moments. A few deleted scenes have also surfaced, with one in particular showing Jackman’s Wolverine, flipping the bird at the Deadpool Corps, which many felt should have been in the movie.
Shawn Levy Should Have Kept Hugh Jackman’s Finger To The Deadpool Corps A still from Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Marvel Studios
After a series of duds from the MCU, Hugh Jackman’s return to the Wolverine mantle brought back many fans...
- 8/17/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
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In a major legal victory for the Elvis Presley estate, a court successfully thwarted a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. Valued at an impressive $500 million, the estate was on the brink of a disastrous scam, but quick and decisive action prevented the deception just in time.
Elvis Presley in 1958
The woman behind this elaborate scheme is now facing serious federal charges. Further, this troubling incident highlights the scary reality that some individuals will go to great lengths to exploit the legacies of the wealthy and famous.
Elvis Presley Estate Saved From Multi-Million Dollar Scam
In a shocking turn of events, authorities have arrested a Missouri woman for allegedly orchestrating a complex scheme to defraud the Elvis Presley estate of millions of dollars. Lisa Jeanine Findley, known for using multiple aliases, is accused of crafting a fraudulent plot that could have potentially resulted in her seizing ownership of Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion.
Elvis Presley in 1958
The woman behind this elaborate scheme is now facing serious federal charges. Further, this troubling incident highlights the scary reality that some individuals will go to great lengths to exploit the legacies of the wealthy and famous.
Elvis Presley Estate Saved From Multi-Million Dollar Scam
In a shocking turn of events, authorities have arrested a Missouri woman for allegedly orchestrating a complex scheme to defraud the Elvis Presley estate of millions of dollars. Lisa Jeanine Findley, known for using multiple aliases, is accused of crafting a fraudulent plot that could have potentially resulted in her seizing ownership of Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion.
- 8/16/2024
- by Sakshi Singh
- FandomWire
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Every great screen performance expands the medium in its own way, giving audiences something to respond to, while offering fresh ideas to future actors. A select few can be said to have redefined the craft entirely: Orson Welles in “Citizen Kane,” Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront,” Toshiro Mifune in “Rashomon” and Gena Rowlands in “A Woman Under the Influence.”
Rowlands died Wednesday at age 94, half a century after “A Woman Under the Influence” premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1974. Rowlands was the last to go from among a tight clique of titans — actors who transformed modern cinema: Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Ben Gazzara and, of course, Rowlands’ late husband, actor-director John Cassavetes.
Younger audiences who know Rowlands only as the memory-challenged older woman in “The Notebook” (directed by her son Nick Cassavetes) or for her Emmy-winning turn in “Hysterical Blindness” owe it to themselves to investigate her most important work,...
Rowlands died Wednesday at age 94, half a century after “A Woman Under the Influence” premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1974. Rowlands was the last to go from among a tight clique of titans — actors who transformed modern cinema: Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Ben Gazzara and, of course, Rowlands’ late husband, actor-director John Cassavetes.
Younger audiences who know Rowlands only as the memory-challenged older woman in “The Notebook” (directed by her son Nick Cassavetes) or for her Emmy-winning turn in “Hysterical Blindness” owe it to themselves to investigate her most important work,...
- 8/15/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
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If you want to fill a blindspot, show it. So was the philosophy in programming Marlon Brando’s sole directorial effort, One-Eyed Jacks, which we’re proud to present at Nitehawk Cinema’s Prospect Park theater Wednesday, September 4 on an Ib Technicolor print. Although the film’s assumed a new life since a massive restoration and Criterion’s subsequent release, 35mm screenings prove rare––doubly so on such a format, all the more significant for the final American film shot in VistaVision.
One-Eyed Jacks‘ legend typically overclouds the film itself. The one directorial effort for a man who almost single-handedly redefined acting, it began as a writing project for Sam Peckinpah that Stanley Kubrick would direct. Finding himself at odds––detailed to pretty amusing effect in Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams’ recent biography––with Brando during nearly every phase, Kubrick, weeks before cameras rolled, offered a creative prompt that facilitated his exit.
One-Eyed Jacks‘ legend typically overclouds the film itself. The one directorial effort for a man who almost single-handedly redefined acting, it began as a writing project for Sam Peckinpah that Stanley Kubrick would direct. Finding himself at odds––detailed to pretty amusing effect in Robert P. Kolker and Nathan Abrams’ recent biography––with Brando during nearly every phase, Kubrick, weeks before cameras rolled, offered a creative prompt that facilitated his exit.
- 8/15/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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Gena Rowlands, whose illustrious career saw her star in A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria, and The Notebook, died Wednesday at the age of 94.
The actress died at her home in Indian Wells and her death was confirmed by the office of her son’s agent, Variety confirmed. In June, her son, The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes, shared the news that his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In the film, Rowlands famously played the older version of Allie, Rachel McAdams’ character, who was also suffering from dementia.
The actress died at her home in Indian Wells and her death was confirmed by the office of her son’s agent, Variety confirmed. In June, her son, The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes, shared the news that his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In the film, Rowlands famously played the older version of Allie, Rachel McAdams’ character, who was also suffering from dementia.
- 8/15/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
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Despite his assigned role as the resident fat guy on Saturday Night Live, Chris Farley was a lot more than just a walking, talking, cartwheeling visual gag.
In the decades since Farley died of a drug overdose on December 18, 1997, the comedy legend’s contemporaries have had plenty of time to examine Farley’s oeuvre and come to their own conclusions about what his immaculate work on SNL meant for him as an artist and as a person. During Farley’s heyday in the 1990s, the greater comedy community still had a callous sense of humor when it came to performers of Farley’s size, and SNL cast members and writers from Farley’s era have since fiercely criticized the show for placing Farley in a compulsory position as the literal butt of the joke in sketches such as the enduringly popular but currently controversial “Chippendales Audition.”
Specifically, Bob Odenkirk has...
In the decades since Farley died of a drug overdose on December 18, 1997, the comedy legend’s contemporaries have had plenty of time to examine Farley’s oeuvre and come to their own conclusions about what his immaculate work on SNL meant for him as an artist and as a person. During Farley’s heyday in the 1990s, the greater comedy community still had a callous sense of humor when it came to performers of Farley’s size, and SNL cast members and writers from Farley’s era have since fiercely criticized the show for placing Farley in a compulsory position as the literal butt of the joke in sketches such as the enduringly popular but currently controversial “Chippendales Audition.”
Specifically, Bob Odenkirk has...
- 8/14/2024
- Cracked
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The year that brought us the classic Alien also gave us dozens of other horror movies – some great, others less so. We head back to 1979:
“The horror… the horror,” a shadowy Marlon Brando intoned in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, finally released in 1979 after an infamously protracted shoot. Brando’s Colonel Kurtz was referring to the haunting fallout from the Vietnam war in those final, whispered words, but he could just as well have been reading off a newspaper listing of the numerous genre movies released that year.
Among 1979’s biggest hits was, of course, Alien, Ridley Scott’s prowling space horror that elevated its monster-on-a-ship premise into something unforgettably visceral and disturbing. So disturbing that it launched a franchise that is still going 45 years later; as these words are being typed, Fede Alvarez’s sidequel Alien: Romulus is about to hatch in cinemas.
Alien was a huge hit for 20th Century Fox,...
“The horror… the horror,” a shadowy Marlon Brando intoned in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, finally released in 1979 after an infamously protracted shoot. Brando’s Colonel Kurtz was referring to the haunting fallout from the Vietnam war in those final, whispered words, but he could just as well have been reading off a newspaper listing of the numerous genre movies released that year.
Among 1979’s biggest hits was, of course, Alien, Ridley Scott’s prowling space horror that elevated its monster-on-a-ship premise into something unforgettably visceral and disturbing. So disturbing that it launched a franchise that is still going 45 years later; as these words are being typed, Fede Alvarez’s sidequel Alien: Romulus is about to hatch in cinemas.
Alien was a huge hit for 20th Century Fox,...
- 8/14/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
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Kim Kahana, the stunt performer, teacher, coordinator and war hero who played Chongo on the kids show Danger Island and doubled for Charles Bronson in several action films, has died. He was 94.
Kahana died Monday of natural causes at his home in Groveland, Florida, his wife, Sandy Kahana, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kahana, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, taught stunts to many thousands of students since the mid-1970s in six-week courses that took place in Chatsworth, California, and Central Florida. Many went on to have thriving careers in show business.
He also had six different black belt degrees — he taught martial arts, too — and worked as a professional bodyguard protecting Hollywood types.
A native of Hawaii, Kahana appeared in his first film as a biker in the Marlon Brando-starring The Wild One (1953) and was an extra in other movies before he realized that stunt performers got paid more than he did.
Kahana died Monday of natural causes at his home in Groveland, Florida, his wife, Sandy Kahana, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kahana, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, taught stunts to many thousands of students since the mid-1970s in six-week courses that took place in Chatsworth, California, and Central Florida. Many went on to have thriving careers in show business.
He also had six different black belt degrees — he taught martial arts, too — and worked as a professional bodyguard protecting Hollywood types.
A native of Hawaii, Kahana appeared in his first film as a biker in the Marlon Brando-starring The Wild One (1953) and was an extra in other movies before he realized that stunt performers got paid more than he did.
- 8/13/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Almost all of the Best Actor winners at this century’s 23 Academy Awards ceremonies have ticked at least one of these two boxes: they were over 40 or portraying a real-life fellow. The only exceptions: Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”) and Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) who were 36 and 39 respectively when they won for playing fictional characters.
In 2024, Cillian Murphy, 47, won for his portrayal of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Best Picture champ “Oppenheimer.” He was the sixth Best Actor winner in a decade to prevail for playing a real person after Will Smith (“King Richard”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Revenant”), and Eddie Redmayne;. The four to win for fictional parts were Brendan Fraser, Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker), and Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Actor.)
Just four of these 10 men won on their first nomination: Murphy,...
In 2024, Cillian Murphy, 47, won for his portrayal of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Best Picture champ “Oppenheimer.” He was the sixth Best Actor winner in a decade to prevail for playing a real person after Will Smith (“King Richard”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”), Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Revenant”), and Eddie Redmayne;. The four to win for fictional parts were Brendan Fraser, Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker), and Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Actor.)
Just four of these 10 men won on their first nomination: Murphy,...
- 8/12/2024
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Banel & Adama (Ramata-Toulaye Sy)
A directorial debut programmed into the main Cannes competition is typically viewed with suspicion, if not overlooked altogether. Very rare is that lightning-in-a-bottle moment like the arrival of Son of Saul some years back. Typically, the only conversation these debuts generate is the critical debate as to why they’ve been elevated to the top of the pile when there are far more striking debuts buried deeper within the festival. This often means that accomplished films are overlooked and underappreciated by those on the ground, who may be subconsciously comparing a striking feature to the work of more established names it’s competing against for the Palme d’Or, approaching each debut with a “show me” attitude it...
Banel & Adama (Ramata-Toulaye Sy)
A directorial debut programmed into the main Cannes competition is typically viewed with suspicion, if not overlooked altogether. Very rare is that lightning-in-a-bottle moment like the arrival of Son of Saul some years back. Typically, the only conversation these debuts generate is the critical debate as to why they’ve been elevated to the top of the pile when there are far more striking debuts buried deeper within the festival. This often means that accomplished films are overlooked and underappreciated by those on the ground, who may be subconsciously comparing a striking feature to the work of more established names it’s competing against for the Palme d’Or, approaching each debut with a “show me” attitude it...
- 8/9/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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Almost half a century ago, a cinematic juggernaut stormed into theaters, heavily transforming the landscape of Hollywood. Released in 1972, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather swiftly rose to the pinnacle of box office success, sealing its fate as one of the most influential films ever produced.
Also spotlighting James Caan as Santino ‘Sonny’ Corleone, the film catapulted its stars into phenomenal stardom. Yet, it’s a real head-scratcher that, despite the movie’s sky-high acclaim, Caan found himself under a dark cloud of dissatisfaction.
Marlon Brando and Salvatore Corsitto in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures
A decision by Coppola to cut an extended scene has left Caan perpetually miffed. It’s like cutting the cloth according to your coat. But sometimes the trim leaves you with more than just fabric scraps—it can slice through your soul as well. When Caan realized a scene that held deep meaning for him was...
Also spotlighting James Caan as Santino ‘Sonny’ Corleone, the film catapulted its stars into phenomenal stardom. Yet, it’s a real head-scratcher that, despite the movie’s sky-high acclaim, Caan found himself under a dark cloud of dissatisfaction.
Marlon Brando and Salvatore Corsitto in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures
A decision by Coppola to cut an extended scene has left Caan perpetually miffed. It’s like cutting the cloth according to your coat. But sometimes the trim leaves you with more than just fabric scraps—it can slice through your soul as well. When Caan realized a scene that held deep meaning for him was...
- 8/9/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
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Claim to Fame fans are struggling to figure out who Shane’s celebrity relative is. The house is even in shambles as Danny and Shane were the two big mysteries. Yet, Danny’s celebrity relative was discovered (so it seemed) in the Wednesday, August 7th episode. Unfortunately, it may take some more time to see if the guesses are right. As for Shane, his relative has been figured out by viewers but the houseguests may not pick up on this one. Keep reading for more details.
Claim To Fame: Who Is Shane’s Celebrity Relative?
Shane has come into the house with a chicken wing around his neck and no one on Claim to Fame has any idea who he is related to. He shared his clues, with one being a lie. They were that his celebrity relative was his cousin, who’s an actor and won an Oscar. There...
Claim To Fame: Who Is Shane’s Celebrity Relative?
Shane has come into the house with a chicken wing around his neck and no one on Claim to Fame has any idea who he is related to. He shared his clues, with one being a lie. They were that his celebrity relative was his cousin, who’s an actor and won an Oscar. There...
- 8/8/2024
- by Amanda Lauren
- TV Shows Ace
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Jay Kanter, agent to superstar Hollywood clients including Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly, died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 97.
His son, Adam Kanter of Independent Artist Group, remembered his father as someone who conducted his entire career with “integrity and kindness.”
Kanter also inspired Jack Lemmon’s character in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy “The Apartment.”
Jay Kanter served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and started out working at McA, with mentoring help from Lew Wasserman. At just 22 years old, he was sent to pick up Brando at the train station and they became friends, with Brando becoming his longtime client.
He went on to represent stars including Warren Beatty, Gene Kelly and Ronald Reagan.
Kanter relocated to London when McA bought Universal, where he oversaw production for the studio in Europe. When the studio shut down European operations, he founded a production...
His son, Adam Kanter of Independent Artist Group, remembered his father as someone who conducted his entire career with “integrity and kindness.”
Kanter also inspired Jack Lemmon’s character in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy “The Apartment.”
Jay Kanter served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and started out working at McA, with mentoring help from Lew Wasserman. At just 22 years old, he was sent to pick up Brando at the train station and they became friends, with Brando becoming his longtime client.
He went on to represent stars including Warren Beatty, Gene Kelly and Ronald Reagan.
Kanter relocated to London when McA bought Universal, where he oversaw production for the studio in Europe. When the studio shut down European operations, he founded a production...
- 8/7/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
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Jay Kanter, the veteran agent who represented a slew of Hollywood legends including Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe, died Tuesday in his Beverly Hills home. He was 97.
A Chicago native who served in the Navy during World War II, Kanter got his start in showbiz at McA, where he was mentored by legendary mogul Lew Wasserman.
As an agent, one of Kanter’s first clients was a young Marlon Brando, whom he represented all the way through his iconic career and right up to his death in 2004. Kanter would go on to serve as an agent for several of the biggest names in Hollywood history, including Grace Kelly, Gene Kelly, Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe.
In 1962, after Wasserman led McA to take over Universal Pictures, Kanter moved into film production and oversaw Universal’s European studio. After that studio shut down, Kanter formed a production company with famed producer Alan Ladd Jr....
A Chicago native who served in the Navy during World War II, Kanter got his start in showbiz at McA, where he was mentored by legendary mogul Lew Wasserman.
As an agent, one of Kanter’s first clients was a young Marlon Brando, whom he represented all the way through his iconic career and right up to his death in 2004. Kanter would go on to serve as an agent for several of the biggest names in Hollywood history, including Grace Kelly, Gene Kelly, Ronald Reagan and Marilyn Monroe.
In 1962, after Wasserman led McA to take over Universal Pictures, Kanter moved into film production and oversaw Universal’s European studio. After that studio shut down, Kanter formed a production company with famed producer Alan Ladd Jr....
- 8/7/2024
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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Jay Kanter, the high-powered Hollywood agent who represented Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe and served as the inspiration for Jack Lemmon’s character in the classic Billy Wilder film The Apartment, died Tuesday. He was 97.
Kanter died at his home in Beverly Hills, a spokesperson for the Independent Artist Group announced. His son Adam Kanter is a partner at Iag.
A favorite of mighty Music Corporation of America mogul Lew Wasserman, Kanter also spent seven years in England in the 1960s greenlighting European movies for Universal, produced films including the Elizabeth Taylor-starring X, Y and Zee (1972) and had a long business relationship with Alan Ladd Jr. at Fox and MGM.
When Brando was slumming around Paris after breaking out on Broadway in Streetcar Named Desire in the late 1940s, Kanter‚ then an McA junior agent, received a call from producer Stanley Kramer saying he wanted to hire...
Kanter died at his home in Beverly Hills, a spokesperson for the Independent Artist Group announced. His son Adam Kanter is a partner at Iag.
A favorite of mighty Music Corporation of America mogul Lew Wasserman, Kanter also spent seven years in England in the 1960s greenlighting European movies for Universal, produced films including the Elizabeth Taylor-starring X, Y and Zee (1972) and had a long business relationship with Alan Ladd Jr. at Fox and MGM.
When Brando was slumming around Paris after breaking out on Broadway in Streetcar Named Desire in the late 1940s, Kanter‚ then an McA junior agent, received a call from producer Stanley Kramer saying he wanted to hire...
- 8/7/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Jay Ira Kanter, veteran film producer and agent to a long list of Hollywood luminaries including Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, among others has died. He was 97.
Kanter died peacefully and surrounded by his family in his Beverly Hills home on the morning of August 6.
The agent and executive got his start in the business after his stint in the US Navy, which he joined during World War II. Kanter applied for a job at McA and rose up quickly through the ranks. He was mentored by Lew Wasserman.
At age 22, Kanter sought an offer for a young actor named Marlon Brando. Brando then traveled to Los Angeles via train, and Kanter picked him up at the station. Upon arrival, the two became fast lifelong friends, with Brando becoming Jay’s longtime client.
Kanter went on to represent stars such as Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Warren Beatty,...
Kanter died peacefully and surrounded by his family in his Beverly Hills home on the morning of August 6.
The agent and executive got his start in the business after his stint in the US Navy, which he joined during World War II. Kanter applied for a job at McA and rose up quickly through the ranks. He was mentored by Lew Wasserman.
At age 22, Kanter sought an offer for a young actor named Marlon Brando. Brando then traveled to Los Angeles via train, and Kanter picked him up at the station. Upon arrival, the two became fast lifelong friends, with Brando becoming Jay’s longtime client.
Kanter went on to represent stars such as Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Warren Beatty,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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The 1980s are often viewed as a pop cultural wasteland: a post-disco, style-over-substance hellscape where music videos turned vacuous bands and singers into chart-topping titans, blockbuster-chasing executives drained films of personality and artistic merit, and television pandered to a benumbed viewership with hacky sitcoms, formula dramas, and risible nighttime soaps. This was only half-true.
There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.
For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...
There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.
For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...
- 8/6/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
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In László Benedek's 1953 crime drama "The Wild One," a young woman dancing with a member of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club asks their leader, the pouty-lipped Johnny (Marlon Brando), what he's rebelling against, to which Johnny replies, unsmiling, "Whaddya got?" The most famous line of Brando's career up there with "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse," it also might as well have been a mission statement for the notoriously temperamental, wild card actor.
Brando's career trajectory reflected his disposition. Where the 1950s saw him collecting accolades and awards left and right, the actor's ill-reputable conduct overshadowed practically everything he did onscreen in the decade that came after. It wasn't until the '70s that Brando's legacy as a screen icon was restored, even as he continued to try and sabotage himself with his unpredictable behavior and seeming apathy towards many of the films he worked on.
Brando's career trajectory reflected his disposition. Where the 1950s saw him collecting accolades and awards left and right, the actor's ill-reputable conduct overshadowed practically everything he did onscreen in the decade that came after. It wasn't until the '70s that Brando's legacy as a screen icon was restored, even as he continued to try and sabotage himself with his unpredictable behavior and seeming apathy towards many of the films he worked on.
- 8/5/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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Deadpool & Wolverine continues to rake in impressive numbers at the box office in its second weekend and is poised to become the MCU’s first billion-dollar film since Spider-Man No Way Home. Fans have greatly enjoyed the titular character’s dynamic as well as the various easter eggs that have been planted throughout the film.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine | Marvel Studios
The film also introduced variants of Deadpool in the Deadpool Corps including Nicepool. Both Deadpool and Nicepool had a rather competitive dynamic in the film which proved to be one of its main highlights. To show his fourth wall-breaking skills, Nicepool references a beloved Ryan Reynolds rom-com which had him featuring alongside Sandra Bullock.
Deadpool & Wolverine Has a Cheeky Reference to Ryan Reynolds’ The Proposal
Ryan Reynolds’ The Proposal with Sandra Bullock is immensely watchable | Touchstone Pictures
Deadpool & Wolverine pumped up the meta...
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine | Marvel Studios
The film also introduced variants of Deadpool in the Deadpool Corps including Nicepool. Both Deadpool and Nicepool had a rather competitive dynamic in the film which proved to be one of its main highlights. To show his fourth wall-breaking skills, Nicepool references a beloved Ryan Reynolds rom-com which had him featuring alongside Sandra Bullock.
Deadpool & Wolverine Has a Cheeky Reference to Ryan Reynolds’ The Proposal
Ryan Reynolds’ The Proposal with Sandra Bullock is immensely watchable | Touchstone Pictures
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- 8/5/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
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Stunt casting can always be really hit or miss — sometimes audiences are excited to see a fun guest star in a surprising role, and sometimes the gimmick ends up feeling, well, gimmicky. Even when it works, like Marlon Brando playing Jor-El in Richard Donner's "Superman," it's frequently a major headache for folks behind-the-scenes. After all, stunt casting involves bringing an actor or star not used to a certain genre or medium into that arena, and actors used to art films and dramas might have a hard time adjusting to the very different requirements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror movies. This goes double for major franchises, where the actor has to contend not only with the unique challenges of a new genre but also the expectations of the fandoms. Since there are few fandoms as intense in their love or as scrutinizing as "Star Trek," stunt casting has to be done very,...
- 8/4/2024
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
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Can we ever get over the wild & windswept world of Yellowstone, where the ten-gallon hats brim with as much drama as the Big Sky country itself? Is there a soul under those wide-open heavens who hasn’t reckoned with the formidable specter of John Dutton? Kevin Costner embodies this Montana titan with a finesse that makes you question whether you’re witnessing a hero’s journey or a villain’s tale.
Josh Lucas in Yellowstone | Paramount Network
But as we all know, in addition to Costner, this cowboy hat has been donned by another actor as well. Josh Lucas, a steadfast fixture in the cinematic landscape with credits like Wonderland and the heart-racing Ford v Ferrari, also sought to lasso the role in Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western saga. After all, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to ride through the narrative pastures Sheridan has farmed?
Despite an audition that...
Josh Lucas in Yellowstone | Paramount Network
But as we all know, in addition to Costner, this cowboy hat has been donned by another actor as well. Josh Lucas, a steadfast fixture in the cinematic landscape with credits like Wonderland and the heart-racing Ford v Ferrari, also sought to lasso the role in Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western saga. After all, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to ride through the narrative pastures Sheridan has farmed?
Despite an audition that...
- 8/3/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
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This August, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment with the highly anticipated Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, an all-new action-comedy film starring John Cena and Awkwafina titled Jackpot!, and an animated Batman series titled Batman: Caped Crusader. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in August 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
Fargo (August 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Fargo is a dark comedy crime drama film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The 1996 film follows the story of Jerry, a sales manager who is under a huge debt. To repay his loan he hatches a plan to hire two henchmen to kidnap his wife and...
Fargo (August 1)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Fargo is a dark comedy crime drama film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The 1996 film follows the story of Jerry, a sales manager who is under a huge debt. To repay his loan he hatches a plan to hire two henchmen to kidnap his wife and...
- 7/28/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
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Al Pacino got his breakout role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. The actor got an Oscar nomination for his compelling performance in the film. The actor reprised the role in the sequels The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III. While audiences still love the trilogy as a whole, they consider the first film to be the best film among the three.
Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures
Pacino got to share screen space opposite Marlon Brando who played Michael’s father, Vito Corleone. However, that combo almost didn’t happen as another bonafide actor was first attached to the role of Michael. Jack Nicholson turned down The Godfather in favor of other projects as he found them more interesting than Coppola’s film.
Al Pacino Has Jack Nicholson To Thank For His Career-Defining Role in The Godfather
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Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in The Godfather | Paramount Pictures
Pacino got to share screen space opposite Marlon Brando who played Michael’s father, Vito Corleone. However, that combo almost didn’t happen as another bonafide actor was first attached to the role of Michael. Jack Nicholson turned down The Godfather in favor of other projects as he found them more interesting than Coppola’s film.
Al Pacino Has Jack Nicholson To Thank For His Career-Defining Role in The Godfather
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- 7/28/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
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If we had a dollar for every time Val Kilmer kissed a guy, we would have two dollars, which is not a lot but, weirdly, it has happened two times (one of them being Robert Downey Jr).
Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | Paramount Pictures
The other actor that Kilmer has kissed on-screen is The Penguin actor Colin Farrell. Well, Val Kilmer and Farrell became good friends but the Top Gun actor held nothing back when he talked about Farrell’s fame in Hollywood.
Val Kilmer Was Jealous of Colin Farrell’s Fame
Starring in the 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr. shared the screen together while the Iron Man actor hadn’t found his fame yet.
Colin Farrell in Phone Booth | Fox 2000 Pictures
During one of the interviews back in 2005, Kilmer talked about how Colin Farrell had already worked with iconic directors Michael Mann,...
Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | Paramount Pictures
The other actor that Kilmer has kissed on-screen is The Penguin actor Colin Farrell. Well, Val Kilmer and Farrell became good friends but the Top Gun actor held nothing back when he talked about Farrell’s fame in Hollywood.
Val Kilmer Was Jealous of Colin Farrell’s Fame
Starring in the 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr. shared the screen together while the Iron Man actor hadn’t found his fame yet.
Colin Farrell in Phone Booth | Fox 2000 Pictures
During one of the interviews back in 2005, Kilmer talked about how Colin Farrell had already worked with iconic directors Michael Mann,...
- 7/28/2024
- by Visarg Acharya
- FandomWire
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While perhaps not as immediately obvious as a drooling xenomorph with acid-for-blood, one of the many secrets to the Alien franchise’s longevity has been its casting. The original 1979 movie directed by Ridley Scott is rightly celebrated for introducing Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley to the world, yet that whole film’s ensemble is pretty extraordinary. For all intents and purposes, it marked American audiences’ introductions to John Hurt and Ian Holm while also featuring an overall grizzled naturalism, courtesy of actors like Tom Skerritt and Yaphet Kotto.
When the folks starring in the series’ latest iteration, Alien: Romulus, think back to the ’79 movie today, they’re still in a bit of awe. Actor David Jonsson, who plays a benevolent android named Andy in the film, enthuses the first Alien is “almost a theater piece” with its reliance on an often quiet, unshowy ensemble. Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny, meanwhile,...
When the folks starring in the series’ latest iteration, Alien: Romulus, think back to the ’79 movie today, they’re still in a bit of awe. Actor David Jonsson, who plays a benevolent android named Andy in the film, enthuses the first Alien is “almost a theater piece” with its reliance on an often quiet, unshowy ensemble. Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny, meanwhile,...
- 7/26/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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The internet is filled with facts, both true and otherwise. In Film Trivia Fact Check, we’ll browse the depths of the web’s most user-generated trivia boards and wikis and put them under the microscope. How true are the IMDb Trivia pages? You want the truth? Can you handle the truth?...
- 7/26/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
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From his debut in Top Secret! to Academy Award-winning action flicks like Top Gun, Val Kilmer has garnered an eclectic repertoire of works under his belt. In a career easily spanning four decades, Kilmer – who started his Hollywood journey as a stage actor – has led some evergreen classics, the likes of which include Tim Burton’s campy Batman Forever and the ’80s hit Willow.
Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | Paramount Pictures
But there’s one film – that makes Kilmer’s robust devotion stand out against his role – for which he deserves much more recognition than he’s received, and rightly so.
Val Kilmer Gave This Role His All Despite Not Being Violent
Shepherded by Miami Vice‘s Michael Mann and comprising a star-studded ensemble with A-listers like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer, Heat is jam-packed with all the great bits you’d want in a movie.
Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | Paramount Pictures
But there’s one film – that makes Kilmer’s robust devotion stand out against his role – for which he deserves much more recognition than he’s received, and rightly so.
Val Kilmer Gave This Role His All Despite Not Being Violent
Shepherded by Miami Vice‘s Michael Mann and comprising a star-studded ensemble with A-listers like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer, Heat is jam-packed with all the great bits you’d want in a movie.
- 7/25/2024
- by Khushi
- FandomWire
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My World Of Flops is Nathan Rabin’s survey of books, television shows, musical releases, or other forms of entertainment that were financial flops, critical failures, or lack a substantial cult following.In a 2022 interview with Vulture, Golden Raspberries co-founder Maureen Murphy addressed one of the odious organization’s most...
- 7/25/2024
- by Nathan Rabin
- avclub.com
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The stories of messy production schedules are not new in Hollywood. Over the years, many movies have seen an arduous filming process where everything goes South. Such a film was the 1996 sci-fi horror, The Island of Dr. Moreau, inspired by the H.G. Wells novel and starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. From the very start, it was a cursed project that hardly went well for anybody on set.
Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau | New Line Cinema
Interestingly, The Island of Dr. Moreau‘s mess was so monumental, that an entire documentary titled Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau was made to reveal everything that occurred on that cursed project. According to the reports, none of the co-stars had good working ethics with each other or the director. However, Val Kilmer has a different story to narrate as he felt that...
Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau | New Line Cinema
Interestingly, The Island of Dr. Moreau‘s mess was so monumental, that an entire documentary titled Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau was made to reveal everything that occurred on that cursed project. According to the reports, none of the co-stars had good working ethics with each other or the director. However, Val Kilmer has a different story to narrate as he felt that...
- 7/24/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
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Russell Crowe appeared as the genius scientist Jor-El of Krypton in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. Snyder’s vision for the character was entirely different from Richard Donner’s Superman, where Marlon Brando played the role. Crowe later revealed that he did the role of Superman’s birth father as a tribute to The Godfather actor.
Russell Crowe in a still form Man of Steel | DC Films
Crowe recalled the story of how Brando loved one of his performances so much, that he left a gift for him after his death. Besides Crowe, Sean Penn and Clive Owen were also considered for the role of Jor-El. He briefly reprised his role in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Russell Crowe Purposefully Took The Role of Jor-El To Pay Tribute To Marlon Brando Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel | DC Films
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Russell Crowe in a still form Man of Steel | DC Films
Crowe recalled the story of how Brando loved one of his performances so much, that he left a gift for him after his death. Besides Crowe, Sean Penn and Clive Owen were also considered for the role of Jor-El. He briefly reprised his role in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Russell Crowe Purposefully Took The Role of Jor-El To Pay Tribute To Marlon Brando Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel | DC Films
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- 7/21/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
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Long before Kevin Costner ever set foot onto the Yellowstone Ranch or danced with wolves, he became a rising star with Lawrence Kasdan’s Silverado!
The Story: Fresh off a five year stint in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Emmett (Scott Glenn), a cowboy, heads to a small town called Silverado to pick up his kind-hearted but deadly younger brother, Jake (Kevin Costner), picking up a gambler, Paden (Kevin Kline) and a black cowboy named Mal (Danny Glover) along the way. Once in Silverado, they realize the town is being ruled by Emmett’s old nemesis, who’s in-league with a former friend of Paden’s – the town sheriff – Cobb (Brian Dennehy). Eager to settle down, all four men find themselves challenged by the ruthless factions that run the town, and will have to unite to save the day.
The Players: Starring: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner,...
The Story: Fresh off a five year stint in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Emmett (Scott Glenn), a cowboy, heads to a small town called Silverado to pick up his kind-hearted but deadly younger brother, Jake (Kevin Costner), picking up a gambler, Paden (Kevin Kline) and a black cowboy named Mal (Danny Glover) along the way. Once in Silverado, they realize the town is being ruled by Emmett’s old nemesis, who’s in-league with a former friend of Paden’s – the town sheriff – Cobb (Brian Dennehy). Eager to settle down, all four men find themselves challenged by the ruthless factions that run the town, and will have to unite to save the day.
The Players: Starring: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner,...
- 7/21/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
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Exclusive: Days after Disney revealed that it was investigating a reported hack of its internal Slack workplace, the producers behind the upcoming indie Eyes in the Trees starring Anthony Hopkins say they has been targeted in a ransom-seeking data breach.
Producer Daemon Hillin (Which Brings Me to You) tells Deadline that he has received disturbing and very detailed emails from a Korean Zombie address that said 18 minutes of video footage from his film had been hacked. The breach constitutes all of Hopkins’ scenes that were shot in Los Angeles during last year’s strikes. (The film was awarded an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA.)
The email included screenshots of Hopkins from the film, which is a reimagining of the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, along with a list of the film’s investors and other producers. Bgg Capital and Landon B. Gorman are the money behind the film...
Producer Daemon Hillin (Which Brings Me to You) tells Deadline that he has received disturbing and very detailed emails from a Korean Zombie address that said 18 minutes of video footage from his film had been hacked. The breach constitutes all of Hopkins’ scenes that were shot in Los Angeles during last year’s strikes. (The film was awarded an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA.)
The email included screenshots of Hopkins from the film, which is a reimagining of the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, along with a list of the film’s investors and other producers. Bgg Capital and Landon B. Gorman are the money behind the film...
- 7/19/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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Culver City, Calif. – Celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures and complete your Columbia Classics collection as Sony Pictures Home Entertainment proudly debuts six more iconic films from its library on 4K Ultra HD disc for the first time ever, exclusively within the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 5, available October 1. This must-own set includes a variety of powerful and moving award-winning favorites: All The King’S Men, On The Waterfront, A Man For All Seasons, Tootsie, The Age Of Innocence and Little Women (2019). Each film is presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range, and five of the films include immersive Dolby Atmos mixes.
The six films in the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 5 are only available on 4K Ultra HD disc within this special limited edition collector’s set. Included with the collection is a gorgeous hardbound 80-page book, featuring in-depth sections about the making of...
The six films in the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 5 are only available on 4K Ultra HD disc within this special limited edition collector’s set. Included with the collection is a gorgeous hardbound 80-page book, featuring in-depth sections about the making of...
- 7/18/2024
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
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Spoilers for "Longlegs" follow.
It seems to happen like a clockwork. A new Nicolas Cage movie will arrive, and with it comes a question: "Is Nicolas Cage a good actor?" Cage has been working for decades now, but at some point, some folks got it in their heads that the off-kilter performer was bad at his job. To be fair, this could have something to do with the quality of the films he appears in. Cage once got himself in trouble with the IRS -- he made lavish purchases (including buying a dinosaur skull that turned out to be stolen), and according to CNBC, ended up owing the IRS "$6.3 million in property taxes."
To offset his financial woes, Cage began working -- a lot. He would seemingly take any job thrown his way, and as a result, he appeared in a lot of direct-to-video stinkers. Now, I'm not going to...
It seems to happen like a clockwork. A new Nicolas Cage movie will arrive, and with it comes a question: "Is Nicolas Cage a good actor?" Cage has been working for decades now, but at some point, some folks got it in their heads that the off-kilter performer was bad at his job. To be fair, this could have something to do with the quality of the films he appears in. Cage once got himself in trouble with the IRS -- he made lavish purchases (including buying a dinosaur skull that turned out to be stolen), and according to CNBC, ended up owing the IRS "$6.3 million in property taxes."
To offset his financial woes, Cage began working -- a lot. He would seemingly take any job thrown his way, and as a result, he appeared in a lot of direct-to-video stinkers. Now, I'm not going to...
- 7/17/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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There were bigger movie stars than Al Pacino in the 1970s, but between 1971 and 1975, he gave six utterly electric performances that placed him in the American film acting stratosphere alongside the likes of Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, and Robert De Niro. And as brilliant as those guys were, the virtuosity on display in "Panic in Needle Park," "The Godfather," "Scarecrow," "Serpico," "The Godfather Part II" and "Dog Day Afternoon" made a solid case for Pacino as the best of the bunch. He could be seductive, sympathetic, vulnerable, pathetic and terrifying –- sometimes all in the same movie. And his peers were dazzled enough to nominate him for four straight Oscars.
The full range of Pacino's genius can be found in Michael Corleone's journey from principled World War II returnee to brother-killing monster, but for sheer thespian fireworks, you can't top his live-wire portrayal of bank robber Sonny Wortzik...
The full range of Pacino's genius can be found in Michael Corleone's journey from principled World War II returnee to brother-killing monster, but for sheer thespian fireworks, you can't top his live-wire portrayal of bank robber Sonny Wortzik...
- 7/14/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
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