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Tribute to Jack Lemmon: The Art of Portraying the Common Man

©Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Whenever movie lovers or film critics decide to rank the best actor in the history of movies, it is unlikely that Jack Lemmon will make the cut. Definitely At least not in the first place or in the top three. Usually the highest spots are taken by Marlon…

Focus Features Sets a Release Date for Daniel Day-Lewis’ Come Back Film, ‘Anemone’

©Courtesy of film, “Nine”  After a ten-year hiatus, three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will be returning to movie screens in Anemone, scheduled for limited release by Focus Films on October 3 and general release a week later. It will be the actor’s screenwriting debut as well as his first film appearance since his 2017 role…

Neve Campbell Signs on to Voice Polaris In X-Men ’97 Season 2

Photo by Peacock/Peacock – © ™ © 2023 Peacock TV LLC. All Rights Reserved. Neve Campbell has signed on to voice Polaris in season 2 of X-Men ’97, Comic Book Movie is reporting. The  animated series’ former showrunner, Beau DeMayo, has confirmed the news of the Scream star’s casting in its sophomore season. DeMayo said on…

Madonna Working with Shawn Levy on Limited Series About Her Life For Netflix

©Courtesy of Warner Records Madonna has partnered with filmmaker Shawn Levy to create a limited television series about her life and music, Deadline is reporting. The project is in early development at Netflix, where the latter’s production company, 21 Laps, has an exclusive television overall deal. The singer and writer-director-producer of Deadpool & Wolverine have…

Francis Ford Coppola’s All-Movie Hotel in Suburban Atlanta

©Courtesy of American Zoetrop, “Youth Without Youth.”  Francis Ford Coppola has added a suburban Atlanta location to his growing constellation of hostelries devoted to cinema arts. Under the brand of “The Family Coppola Hideaways,” the iconic director recently renovated a Days Inn in Peachtree City as the All-Movie Hotel, designed to serve the needs of…

Andrea Iervolino Plans $100 Million Biopic on Donald Trump

©Courtesy of Donald Trump Official Presidential Portrait Poster A big-budget biopic about Donald Trump is under development by Andrea Iervolino, the producer of Ferrari and To the Bone. Plans for the ambitious project, which will cost $100 million, will be presented to investors at the Cannes festival next week. The film would likely be produced…

Materialists | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24 : Starring Dakota Johnson, Directed by Celine Song

©Courtesy of A24 Dakota Johnson is facing one of the most challenging tasks in her latest film, “Materialists“: deciding whether to marry Chris Evans or Pedro Pascal. Celine Song’s sophomore A24 film features the trio, and it’s about a love triangle, much like Song’s Oscar-nominated drama “Past Lives“. The longline reads :  “A young, ambitious…

IFC Films Rebranding as Independent Film Company

©Independent Film Company IFC Films is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary and will now be known as the Independent Film Company (IFC). The company unveiled a new logo and a customized audio logo that was designed by Adam ‘Adrock’ Horovitz of the Beasties as part of its rebranding efforts. The Independent Film Company will…

Japanese Idol Group Arashi Will Disband After May, 2026!

©Courtesy of Starto Entertainment, Arashi (from L) Kazunari Ninomiya, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto and Satoshi Ono. On May 6th, “Arashi“, a popular J-pop group formed in 1999 which has been on hiatus since the end of 2020, made a statement on its fan club website that the group will disband by the end…

Gareth Evans Hints at Directing Third Installment in ‘The Raid’ Franchise

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics  Director Gareth Evans has hinted that he may indeed be making a third installment in The Raid series, following up on the original release in 2011 and its 2014 sequel The Raid 2.The filmmaker, whose latest action flick is Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, was quoted in Entertainment Weekly as saying,…

Takashi Miike To Direct ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Starring Shun Oguri, Lily James and Liv Morgan

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Shun Oguri, Lily James, and WWE star Liv Morgan, are all set to be the stars of famed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike’s new film “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” at NEON. The deal was negotiated by Neon’s Sarah Colvin, VP of Acquisitions, and Paula Paizes from Pressman Film and Recorded Picture Company’s Ivan…