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Quentin Tarantino’s 10-Movie Retirement Plan Has Some Flaws
With Tarantino abandoning 'The Movie Critic,' it’s time to take another look at his 10th-and-final movie idea.
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‘Transformers One’: Paramount Reveals New Release Date as Official Trailer Launches From Space
Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brian Tyree Henry star in the animated origins pic, which rolls into theaters this September.
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Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film
Brad Pitt had been in talks to star in the film as his 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' character Cliff Booth.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Had “a Lot of Great Ideas” for Lex Luthor in ‘Batman v Superman’
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice‘s Lex Luthor could have looked very different. Director Zack Snyder stopped by the Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote the upcoming second part of his Rebel Moon films for Netflix. Over the course of the conversation, host Josh Horowitz asked him if there was any truth to the fact […]
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Quentin Tarantino’s 10-Movie Retirement Plan Has Some Flaws
For several years now, Quentin Tarantino has been adamant that he plans to make a single 10th and final movie — which will no longer be The Movie Critic. Some of his fans were relieved when this news broke yesterday. The Movie Critic originally sounded like a nostalgic character study (“more epilogue-y,” as Tarantino once […]
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‘Transformers One’: Paramount Reveals New Release Date as Official Trailer Launches From Space
Paramount and Hasbro’s animated Transformers One is pushing back its release in theaters by one week in order to take advantage of Imax screens and to provide some breathing room from the competition. The film will now open Sept. 20, 2024, instead of Sept. 13. That gives it two weeks of distance from Sony’s Beetlejuice. […]
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Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film
Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board for his 10th and final film. The auteur had been preparing to start shooting The Movie Critic this year, but is backing away from the project, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Tarantino had been honing The Movie Critic for months. Set in 1977 California, it initially […]
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A24’s New AI-Generated ‘Civil War’ Ads Generate Controversy
A24 has released a series of epic new posters touting its acclaimed film Civil War. There’s just one problem. Well, perhaps more than one. Or none, depending on your point of view. We’ll explain. The five images (below) tease postapocalyptic scenes in major United States cities that have been torn apart by conflict. The Sphere […]
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Henry Cavill James Bond Trailer Gets 2.3M Views Despite Being an AI Fake
Henry Cavill fans can finally see the British actor as James Bond — sorta. A fake Bond movie trailer “starring” the former Witcher star has been racking up millions of views on YouTube despite being a total fake. The “Bond 26” trailer introduces Cavill as the new Bond using a mix of footage from other […]
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Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa Join Ariana Greenblatt in ‘Now You See Me 3’ (Exclusive)
Justice Smith, seen a year ago in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa are ready to take over the magic stage. The duo have closed deals to join Barbie actress Ariana Greenblatt in Now You See Me 3, Lionsgate’s latest installment of its heist-with-magicians thrillers. The trio are the […]
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Babs Olusanmokun Talks ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ and a ‘Dune 2’ Surprise
The mark of a successful actor goes beyond top billing, box office draw, trophies and name-dropping headlines. Perhaps the purest indicator of an actor’s success is when they show up on screen and the audience immediately trusts that they’re going to add something genuinely interesting to the story being told. Well, Babs Olusanmokun has belonged […]
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Ariana Greenblatt Joining Cast of ‘Now You See Me 3’
Ariana Greenblatt, who appeared opposite Margot Robbie in last year’s Barbie, will be pulling a rabbit out of her hat. The actress is joining the ensemble cast of Now You See Me 3, Lionsgate’s long-in-the-works installment of its heist caper thrillers. Many of the original cast — Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave […]
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‘Civil War’ Unites Audiences from Red and Blue States
Alex Garland’s dystopian Civil War, about America torn asunder by a president run amok and brutal acts of war committed on ordinary citizens, sparked plenty of speculation — and assumptions — heading into its debut in theaters over the April 12-14 weekend. Would it be a win in blue states but a losing battle in […]
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Michael Douglas Wishes His ‘Ant-Man’ Character Had Been Killed Off in a “Fantastic Way” in ‘Quantumania’
Michael Douglas had a request for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: He wanted his character to die. The Oscar-winning actor stopped by The View on Thursday to promote his new Apple TV+ series, Franklin. During the conversation, he was asked about his comments to The Hollywood Reporter about wanting his character in the Ant-Man franchise, […]
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‘Freaking Romance’ Movie in the Works From Wattpad Webtoon, Skybound (Exclusive)
Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the screen entertainment arm of web-based publisher of Webtoon Entertainment, and Skybound Entertainment, the banner behind The Walking Dead and Invincible, are teaming up to develop an adaptation of webcomic hit Freaking Romance. Matthew Kic and Mike Sorce, rising scribes who have twice had scripts on the Black List, have been tapped […]
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James Tynion IV Returns to ‘Nice House on the Lake’ for Sequel (Exclusive)
When comics author James Tynion IV’s comic miniseries The Nice House on the Lake first hit stores, it was 2021 and the coronavirus pandemic was in full force. Isolation and alienation were felt by many, as was the fear of a world burning just outside their door. That was one reason the comic became one […]
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‘Jurassic World’ Eyes ‘Wicked’ Star Jonathan Bailey for Lead
Universal is looking to stay in business with Jonathan Bailey, one of the stars of its upcoming Wicked films. Bailey is in early talks for a leading role in the studio’s new take on Jurassic World, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Scarlett Johansson is already on the call sheet for the feature, which has Gareth […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Plotting (Bleeped) In-Theater Spot Asking People to Silence Cellphones
Nicole Kidman has reigned supreme at movie theaters since 2021, when she and AMC revealed an instantly meme-able spot for “We Make Movies Better,” which urged consumers to return to theaters in the wake of the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Now, another topic of utmost concern to exhibitors might be getting some high-wattage star treatment: those […]
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Original ‘Blair Witch’ Team Reacts to Not Being Involved in New Movie: “It’s Bittersweet”
The team behind the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project didn’t know about the plan for a new movie in the horror franchise until it was announced during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon presentation last week. But the filmmakers’ frustrations over their lack of involvement in the future of the series has been building for years. “It’s […]
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