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Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola Dies at 87; She Documented ‘Apocalypse Now’

Eleanor Coppola, a documentary filmmaker who was married to Francis Ford Coppola for 61 years, died in the family home in Rutherford, California on April 12. She was 87. Eleanor Jessie Neil was born in Los Angeles in 1936 and studied design at UCLA before beginning her career in the film industry. She met her…

The Blair Witch Project Being Revived by Blumhouse and Lionsgate

©Artisan Entertainment/Lionsgate Blumhouse and Lionsgate are set to revive the beloved Blair Witch Project series with a new movie. The feature is part of a multi-film deal between the studios that will allow Blumhouse to reimagine classic horror projects from Lionsgate, according to Deadline. The deal comes after the companies collaborated together on the recent…

“The Color Purple” Director Blitz Bazawule to Direct “Black Samurai” for Warner Bros.

Warner Brothers. Discovery had landed the rights to a legendary African samurai Yasuke and “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule tapped to direct the period piece in Japan. According to Variety, the studio beat out three other studios for the movie, which is tentatively titled “Black Samurai.” The latest project will reunite Bazawule and producer/CEO…

Renée Zellweger to Reprise Titular Role in ‘Bridget Jones 4’

Renée Zellweger is set to reprise the titular role in Universal Pictures’ and Working Title’s upcoming romantic comedy, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The feature will be the fourth entry in the beloved film franchise, for which the actress has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA, two Golden…

Crunchyroll Has Acquired the North American Distribution Rights for Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle

Crunchyroll has acquired the North American distribution rights to a highly-anticipated Japanese anime movie: Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle. Following its Japanese premiere last February and a great success at the box office,  Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle will arrive in U.S. theaters starting on May 31, 2024. The upcoming movie is the latest installment to the…

Is Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Turning Into a Megaflopolis?

Is Megalopolis turning into a Megaflopolis? Despite the fact that Francis Ford Coppola’s new movie will kick off the Cannes Film Festival in May, and despite the fact that Coppola has created some of the most iconic films of the past half century, including the three Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the…

20th Century Lands Bruce Springsteen Project to Star Jeremy Allen White

Photo by Cliff Lipson – © Copyright: Showtime 2013 20th Century and Disney have landed the star of the Bruce Springsteen project, Deliver Me From Nowhere, which has Jeremy Allen White to star as the Boss. “Crazy Heart” director Scott Cooper will tackle this feature based on the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska by…

Actor Jonathan Majors Sentenced to 52 Weeks for Domestic Violence Program

©Lovecraft Country/Courtesy of HBO Actor Jonathan Majors has been sentenced to spend 52 weeks in a domestic-violence intervention program for third-degree reckless assault and harassment.He had been convicted in December on the charges, which are punishable by up to one year in prison. If he does not satisfactorily complete the program in Los Angeles, he…

Quentin Dupieux’s ‘The Second Act’ Will be the First Act at Cannes on May 14

The Second act © Chi-Fou-Mi Productions This year’s Cannes Film Festival—the 77th—will open on May 14 with Quentin Dupieux’s absurdist comedy Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act), starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard. The film, which will be shown out of competition at Cannes, will debut in theaters in France on…

Sandra Oh Joins ‘Good Fortune’ with Keanu Reeves

©Photo by Nick Briggs – © BBC America Sandra Oh will be appearing in Lionsgate’s Good Fortune, the directorial debut film by Aziz Ansari. The star-studded cast of the upcoming comedy already includes Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, and Keke Palmer, with Ansari himself playing a role as well as writing the script. Ansari, who had…

Halle Bailey to Team Up with Pharrell Williams and Michael Gondry for Universal Musical

Photo by Courtesy of Disney – © Disney Halle Bailey will be co-starring in an upcoming musical being created by Pharrell Williams and Michael Gondry for Universal. According to Variety, the 24-year-old singer-actress will appear opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the show, set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977. Other principal cast members will include…