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How a 20-Year-Old River Phoenix Stood Up to Warner Bros. and Saved ‘Dogfight’
As Nancy Savoca’s 1991 film enters the Criterion Collection, the director recalls the night she was prepared to remove her name from the film — and then River Phoenix called.
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Blumhouse & Platinum Dune’s Fast-Paced Thriller ‘Drop’ Sets Violett Beane & Jacob Robinson
EXCLUSIVE: Violett Beane and newcomer Jacob Robinson have joined the cast of Christopher Landon’s Drop for Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse. The duo will star alongside previously announced Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar. The film’s logline is being kept under wraps at this time but is said to be a fast-paced thriller. Drop is written by Jillian Jacobs …
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Jennifer Hudson Promises ’23 More Years’ in Daytime as She Accepts NAB Show Award | Video
The host, singer and actress broke into song as she promised a quarter-century of TV The post Jennifer Hudson Promises ’23 More Years’ in Daytime as She Accepts NAB Show Award | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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Andrew DeYoung To Direct & EP Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin’s HBO Comedy Pilot ‘The Chair Company’
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew DeYoung has been tapped to direct and executive produce HBO’s half-hour comedy pilot The Chair Company, starring Tim Robinson. The project hails from Robinson and his writing partner Zach Kanin, and is executive produced by Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for McKay’s Hyperobject Industries. In The Chair Company, written and executive produced by Robinson …
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Zack Snyder Spoke to Leonardo DiCaprio About Playing Lex Luthor: ‘He Was Smart About the Material’ and Pitched Superman Fighting the Justice League
Zack Snyder revealed on the latest episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he spoke to Leonardo DiCaprio about playing Lex Luthor in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The role was ultimately played by Jesse Eisenberg. Snyder confirmed a rumor that he had a phone discussion with Adam Driver about Lex, but then …
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Critic’s Notebook: The Compellingly Packaged Cowardice of ‘Civil War’
Despite its sheen of boldness, Alex Garland’s film cowers in fear from the divisions that surely inspired the movie in the first place, missing an opportunity to say something important.
8-min read - EntertainmentThe Wrap
‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Recruits a Familiar Face From the Original Series to Guide the Girls | Video
"PLL: Original Sin" gets a new subtitle as the Max series warns there can only be one final girl in Season 2 The post ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Recruits a Familiar Face From the Original Series to Guide the Girls | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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