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Live-Action ‘Popeye’ Film to be Scripted by Michael Caleo

Popeye the Sailor Man will turn 95 this year, but that’s not stopping Chemin Entertainment and King Features from planning a live-action film starring the beloved spinach-eating cartoon hero. An article in Variety reveals that he’ll be fighting to the finish in a “big-budget feature” to be written by Michael Caleo. No further details about…

Edward Moran

March 19, 2024

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“The Shining” Actress Shelley Duvall is Returning to Acting After 20 Years

“The Shining“ actress Shelley Duvall is headed back to the big screen via “The Forest Hills“ — an indie horror/thriller film directed by Scott Goldberg, which marks her first project in 20 years. According to a press release of TODAY, the film follows a disturbed man (Rico) who is tormented by nightmarish visions, after enduring head…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

October 30, 2022

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Exclusive Interview With ‘Ripley’ Associate Producer Guja Quaranta

©Courtesy of Netflix, Andrew Scott Guja Quaranta is an experienced producer of film, theatre, television and advertising, who has taken part as associate producer in the limited Showtime/Netflix series Ripley, written, directed and executive produced by Steven Zaillian. The titular character of the show first was introduced by writer Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 novel….

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

April 15, 2024

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Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story Interview with Director Jennifer Takaki

©All is Well Pictures Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel. Imagine spending nearly twenty years making a movie, then think about what was involved with filmmaker Jennifer Takaki trying to tell the story of Chinese-American photographer Corky Lee, a true hero of the Asian-American community for decades due to…

Edward Douglas

April 15, 2024

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One-Punch Man Live-Action Film to be Rewritten by Heather Anne Campbell and Dan Harmon

©Courtesy of Shueisha Rick and Morty scribe Heather Anne Campbell announced yesterday that she is officially rewriting Sony’s One-Punch Man live-action movie, according to The Wrap. The scribe will reunite with Dan Harmon, the co-creator of the hit Adult Swim animated sitcom, on the film. Campbell shared the news on X through an article she…

Karen Benardello

April 15, 2024

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Damien Chazelle to Direct New Feature for Paramount

According to an announcement at CinemaCom, Paramount will be backing Damien Chazelle’s next film, despite the red ink the studio incurred in producing his Babylon, which reportedly lost some $87 million. Few details are available about the new project, but it reportedly will be set in a prison and will be scripted by the director…

Edward Moran

April 14, 2024

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Live-Action ‘Popeye’ Film to be Scripted by Michael Caleo

“The Shining” Actress Shelley Duvall is Returning to Acting After 20 Years