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“Booksmart” Alumini Kaitlyn Dever Got a “Ticket To Paradise” with Clooney And Roberts

Slated to be released on September 30, 2022, Universal’s new romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise has added Kaitlyn Dever to join a cast already headlined by George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Dever, who starred in Booksmart and Them That Follow, will be playing the lovestruck daughter of two business execs who are determined to derail…

Destin Daniel Cretton Tackles a True Story of the 442 Regiment in WWII

Daniel James Brown’s highly anticipated book Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II hasn’t even been released, but there is already a TV series in the works, according to Deadline. This story of the Japanese Americans who served in the 442nd Regiment during World War II comes from…

Will DiCaprio Binge Out In This Danish Liquor Flick, ‘Another Round” Remake?

Over the years, Hollywood has produced its share of “liquor flicks” – films like The Long Weekend (1945) or Days of Wine and Roses (1962) that portray, frame by frame and drip by drip, the agonies of alcoholism. Last fall, the Danes took a shot at this intoxicating genre by lifting their glasses to Druk, …

Christopher Nolan Open to Working with Netflix on Certain Conditions

Director Christopher Nolan, who lashed out at Warner Bros. in response to their decision to send films straight to HBO Max or premiere them the same day they debut in theaters, is apparently considering other streaming options. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Netflix’s Head of Original Films, Scott Stuber indicated that the…

All of Fast & Furious Movies Returning To Theaters For Free In Lead-Up To F9

Fast and Furious 9 is still a couple months away, but Universal Pictures announced on last Friday that They will have a free screenings of all the movies in the Fast and Furious franchise. Starting this week, a new movie will be available at participating theaters, giving fans of Fast and Furious the opportunity to rewatch every chapter.   No matter…

Academy Awards Spread the Wealth, Honor ‘Nomadland’ and Others

The 93rd Academy Awards were handed out tonight, in a ceremony that featured in-person nominees in a variety of venues including Union Station in Los Angeles. There was clearly excitement around the idea of people being in the same room and getting to gather together, though some of the staging of the ceremony was awkward,…

We have selected our picks for the Oscar!

At last, tomorrow will be the Oscar ceremony. So I asked our staff to personally choose their selection in six major categories of the Academy Awards. Those are six categories. Actor in a Supporting Role Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Leslie Odom, Jr., “One…

Razzie Awards “Honor” the Worst of the Year

The winners of the 41st Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as the Razzies, have been announced. In a year with fewer big-budget releases than normal, the list of nominees for the worst of the year still included plenty of high-profile names like Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler, and Anne Hathaway. Dolittle, starring Robert Downey Jr.,…

Martin Scorsese and John Carney Team Up On New Gershwin Vehicle

Variety reported this week that Martin Scorsese and John Carney are at work on Fascinating Rhythm, a musical-fantasy movie based on the works of iconic American composer George Gershwin. Gershwin (1898-1937) is renowned for many early twentieth-century standards like “Summertime,” “Swanee,” “I Got Rhythm,” “Oh, Lady Be Good,” and “Embraceable You.” His stage productions included…

Parasite TV Show Won’t Be a Remake But Will Be Set in the Same Universe

Even before Parasite shattered Oscar records to become the first foreign-language film to take home the Best Picture prize, a TV adaptation for HBO had been announced, prompting excitement and curiosity about what its subject matter would be. Now, writer Adam McKay has revealed some details after a conversation on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused…

Netflix Close to a Deal to Make “KISS” Biopic

Just days after we reported that a Boy George movie is the latest musician-centric project to try to follow in the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, the word is out that KISS is getting the same treatment, and it looks like Netflix is going to be making it. Deadline shares that details are being…