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‘Horizon’: Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington & Jamie Campbell Bower Join Kevin Costner’s Passion Project

August 12, 2022 3:17 pm

After years of development, Kevin Costner readies his passion project "Horizon" for production soon. It's Costner's first film since 2003's "Open Range," and he aims for the project to be a trilogy, or possibl...

New ”Petrov’s Flu’ Trailer: Kirill Serebrennikov’s Russian Dramedy Finally Hits US Theaters On September 23

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August 12, 2022 2:17 pm

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Kirill Serebrennikov is already a director of note in his native Russia. Now that his last two films have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in back-to-back years, he may also get the reco...

‘The Fall Guy’: Emily Blunt Joins David Leitch’s Take On The Classic TV Series With Ryan Gosling

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August 12, 2022 1:46 pm

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Ryan Gosling has no plans of exiting the action genre after "The Gray Man." David Leitch doesn't either after "Bullet Train." The pair team up soon for their adaptation of the 1980s stunt-man/bounty hunt...

‘Saloum’ Trailer: IFC Midnight Gives Senegalese Thriller A Limited Release On September 2, Hits Shudder September 8

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August 12, 2022 1:26 pm

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Few films at TIFF 2021 were as genre-bending and defiantly original as the Senegalese thriller "Saloum.” Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot mixes styles as diverse as spaghetti westerns, monster movies, and ...

Amanda Seyfried Wishes She Had An Intimacy Coordinator For Her Nude Scenes At Age 19

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August 12, 2022 12:58 pm

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Thanks to the #MeToo movement (and, to a certain extent, the COVID-19 pandemic), intimacy coordinators on movie and TV sets are the entertainment industry's new normal. So, what do actors think about this deve...

Mark Ruffalo Defends Marvel Output: “You Get The Same Version Of ‘Star Wars’ Each Time” But Not In The MCU

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August 12, 2022 11:15 am

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"She-Hulk: Attorney At Law" premieres on Disney+ next week, and it's the latest of almost a dozen MCU series to hit the streamer in less than two years. It begs the question: is Marvel releasing too much conte...

‘She-Hulk’: Series Creator Jessica Gao Reveals She Was Rejected By Marvel On Three Other Projects

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August 12, 2022 10:23 am

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"She-Hulk: Attorney At Law" is the next Marvel property to release this year, coming out next week on August 18. And the nine-episode series may be the most original and unlikely MCU content yet: a legal drama...

David Lindelof Thinks Less Marvel Movies Would Make Each Of Them “A Little Bit More Special”

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August 12, 2022 9:49 am

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"Watchmen" showrunner Damon Lindelof has an easy solution to the abundance of movies in the MCU: less is more. Variety reports that when Lindelof dropped in on Vulture's "Into It" podcast, he offered his antid...

Oscar Isaac Back-Pedals On His ‘Star Wars’ Burn Out, Says “I’m So Open” To More Poe Dameron If It’s A “Great Idea”

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August 11, 2022 3:52 pm

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Back in 2020, Oscar Isaac gave the "Star Wars" universe a great kiss-off when he quipped that he wouldn't do any other films set in a galaxy far, far away "unless I need another house or something." He was jus...

New ‘Black Adam’ Photos: Dwayne Johnson Embraces His Dark Side In DC’s New Blockbuster Out October 21

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August 11, 2022 3:12 pm

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When he transitioned from the squared circle to the silver screen, Dwayne Johnson built his Hollywood pedigree playing good guys with a tough exterior and a just as solid moral code. Of course, one has to over...

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