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Lin-Manuel Miranda Open to the Idea of a Hamilton Movie!

© 2020 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Lin-Manuel Miranda is enthusiastic about the possibility of making a movie based on the musical, Hamilton, but he needs the right director and idea to come to him first. Miranda made it clear to Variety this month that he was willing to consider transforming his…

Actress Olivia Hussey, Who Played Juliet at 15, Dies at 73

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Olivia Hussey, the Buenos Aires-born actress who in 1968 portrayed Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, died in Los Angeles on December 27 at the age of 73. Hussey was only 15 when she starred in the film alongside 16-year-old Leonard Whiting, who played the part…

Unstoppable : Exclusive Interview with Director William Goldenberg

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on…

Squid Game S2 : An Addictive K-Drama Takes You on a Wide Ride

©Courtesy of Netflix  Repeat championships are rare in most legitimate sports, but that is especially true for this secret life-and-death game. As fans of the 2021 Korean streaming phenomenon well remember, Seong Gi-hun was the only survivor from a field of 456 contestants when he first played. Seong had no desire for a rematch, but…

Gladiator II : Screenplay & Cinematography Featurette

It took a lot of effort to construct the vast worlds of ‘Gladiator II‘. Ridley Scott explains in an exclusive new feature, which can be watched below, that it all began with ensuring the screenplay was just right. “Writing is the most important entity you can possibly have before beginning anything,” Scott said in the…

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim : Exclusive Interview with Director Kenji Kamiyama 

©Warner Bros. Animation The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim : Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by…

Snow White : Watch Rachel Zegler Sing New Song ‘Waiting On a Wish’

Disney has given fans a magical clip of their highly anticipated live-action version of Snow White, which is about the new song “Waiting on a Wish” sung by Rachel Zegler, composed by La La Land and The Greatest Showman composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The clip captured the character’s aspirations for a bright future…

The End : Exclusive Interview with Director Joshua Oppenheimer

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on…

Mufasa: The Lion King : Press Conference with Actors Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Director Barry Jenkins and Composer Lin-Manuel Miranda

@Courtesy of Disney Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka–the…

Vermiglio Should be a Serious Oscar Contender

©Courtesy of Janus Films & Sideshow Cesare Graziadei’s sprawling household might be a little like The Waltons of 1940s Italy, but they have a sadness and perhaps even a darkness that would be alien to America’s favorite Appalachian TV family. On the surface, there is a pastoral beauty to their roughhewn life beneath the towering Italian…

Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ is Set to Be Released in Winter 2025

©Courtesy of Studio Chizu The Academy Award-nominated Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda‘s new animated feature Scarlet is being co-produced and co-financed by Sony Pictures, Studio CHIZU, and Nippon TV. Sony Pictures will distribute the film globally, and a theatrical release in the U.S. is set for winter 2025. The animation studio co-founded by Hosoda and producer…