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Sony Picks Up Domestic and Key International Distribution Rights to ‘Paddington in Peru’

Sony Pictures has picked up the U.S., Canada and key international distribution rights for the upcoming sequel, Paddington in Peru, Deadline is reporting. The anticipated live-action/animated comedy will serve as the second follow-up in the movie series, which began with 2014’s Paddington and continued with 2017’s Paddington 2. Sony has long been interested in acquiring…

Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna to Reprise Roles in Deadpool 3

“Deadpool” younger cast members have closed deals to come back for Shawn Levy’s third Installment, Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna are both returned.  Hildebrand reprises her role from the first two films as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the mutant cohort of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth, with the ability to generate nuclear explosions. Kutsuna plays Negasonic…

SAG-AFTRA’s National Board Votes Unanimously to Ask Members For Strike Authorization Ahead of Studio Talk

SAG-AFTRA‘s national board has unanimously voted to recommend that its members authorize a strike before its upcoming negotiations for a new film and television contract, Deadline is reporting. The union’s leadership body unanimously agreed on the measure, which doesn’t automatically trigger a strike. However, if SAG-AFTRA’s members vote in favor of the authorization, that would…

Schwarzenegger Blames Jason Reitman for ‘Triplets’ Termination

It now appears that there will be no Triplets sequel to Ivan Reitman’s 1988 comedy, Twins, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger played opposite Danny DeVito.  A Triplets film had been talked about for the past quarter century, with Eddie Murphy slated to appear as the twins’ long-lost brother. Then Tracy Morgan was tapped to play the…

Elle Fanning Cast Alongside Timothée Chalamet In Searchlight Pictures’ Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’

@Photo by Steve Dietl/ HULU – © 2022 Hulu Elle Fanning has been cast to star alongside Timothée Chalamet in Searchlight Pictures’ long in-development Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, Deadline is reporting. The Great actress and Call Me by Your Name actor will also be joined by Monica Barbaro in the biographical movie. A Complete…

Writers Guild Will Not Picket Tony Awards Telecast, in Solidarity With Broadway Unions

Despite the Writers Guild strike, the show must go on—at least this year’s Tony Awards gala. In solidarity with Broadway unions, the striking writers have pledged not to picket or at next month’s Tony telecast. While the union turned down a request by the Tony organizers to grant an interim waiver for the ceremony, the Guild…

Vice Media Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection

After several years of financial woes and personnel changes, Vice Media Group filed for bankruptcy on Monday. The decision was made to facilitate the sale of the company to a group of lenders. According to plans, the lenders would provide some $225 million to acquire the firm’s assets and liabilities via a credit bid. The…

Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, Rebecca Pidgeon and Courtney Love Cast In David Mamet’s JFK Thriller ‘Assassination’

@David Mamet Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, NBR Award winner Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist) and Golden Globe nominated actress-singer Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt) have been cast in the thriller Assassination, Deadline is reporting. The film, will be directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Oscar nominated Wag the Dog scribe, David Mamet,…

The President of “Johnny & Associates Inc” Apologizes for Alleged Sexual Abuse by Late Johnny Kitagawa

@Julie Keiko Fujishima, Photo by Johnny & Associates The president Julie Keiko Fujishima, the one of the biggest Japanese talent agencies, Johnny & Associates Inc, on Sunday issued a video and written apology to those who have alleged sexual abuse by its late founder Johnny Kitagawa.  The incident began this year when former Johnny’s Jr. member…

Ron Howard’s ‘Origin of Species’ Acquires an All-Star Cast: De Armas, Law, Vikander, and Bruhl

@Ron Howard Origin of Species, the upcoming survival thriller by Ron Howard, will begin shooting in Queensland, Australia this fall with an all-star cast that includes Ana De Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, and Daniel Brühl. Noah Pink of Tetris fame will be penning the script. The project is being masterminded by Howard’s Imagine Entertainment…

Paul Walker’s Daughter Meadow to Make Cameo Appearance in ‘Fast X’

Meadow Walker Thornton-Allan, the daughter of the late Fast & Furious star Paul Walker, will be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Fast X installment, to open in theaters on May 19. Fast X will be the tenth installment in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise. Actor and film producer Vin Diesel recently hinted that…