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Billy Zane’s ‘Waltzing With Brando’ to Premiere at Torino Film Festival

©Courtesy of Torino Film Festival Billy Zane’s highly anticipated biopic, Waltzing With Brando, is set to have its world premiere at this year’s Torino Film Festival in Italy, Variety is reporting. The SAG Award-nominated actor plays the movie’s titular character, Marlon Brando. The upcoming drama was written and directed by Tapeheads filmmaker, Bill Fishman. His…

Francis Ford Coppola Justifies His Firing of the ‘Megalopolis’ Art Department

Photo by Phil Caruso/Lionsgate/Phil Caruso/Lionsgate – © 2024 Lionsgate Three weeks ahead of the September 27 release of Megalopolis, director Francis Ford Coppola is already commenting about the allegations that he’d fired his art department and visual-effects team back in December of 2022. News of the firings was first published by The Hollywood Reporter in January…

Francis Ford Coppola Plans Two New Films After ‘Megalopolis’

©Courtesy of American Zoetrope Youth Without Youth The legendary Francis Ford Coppola shows no signs of slowing down. The 85-year-old auteur told Rolling Stone that he’ll working on two more films after Megalopolis.Coppola declared that retirement was decidedly not an option, telling the interviewer of his current plans to make a drama set in England,…

Japan Cuts: Between the White Key and the Black Key/ A Yin-Yang Experience Through Jazz

©Courtesy of Tokyo Theater Company Japan Cuts opens its 2024 edition at Japan Society with the North American Premiere and Opening Night Film Between the White Key and the Black Key, at the presence of director Masanori Tominaga. Between the White Key and the Black Key is an autobiographical essay by Hiroshi Minami, a leading Japanese jazz…

Iconic ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Writer Robert Towne Died at 89

Photo by Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films – © 1990   Robert Towne, the legendary Oscar-winning auteur noted especially for scripting Chinatown, died on July 1 in Los Angeles at the age of 89. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Towne scripted some of the most iconic films of his generation. His writing…

Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer, Dies at 89

©Courtesy of Fred Roos Family Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer and casting director who had close relationships with the Coppola family, has died, Variety is reporting. The filmmaker, who’s remembered for casting and producing The Godfather series, American Graffiti and Megalopolis, was 89. He died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, four days before what would…

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…

Coppola Shoots Down “Megalopolis” in Peril Report

Is Megalopolis fizzling into a Megaflopolis? That’s the buzz out of Hollywood around Francis Ford Coppola’s titanic new project, a science-fiction epic that seems ready to crash and burn like a flying zeppelin. According to Hollywood Reporter, the film is halfway shot in Atlanta—the city that General Sherman once torched—it’s already lost key members of…

‘The Godfather’ Actor James Caan Dies at Age 82

Iconic Hollywood actor, James Caan, who’s best known for playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, has died at the age of 82, Rolling Stone is reporting. His family confirmed the news on his official Twitter account early this afternoon, but no cause of death was given. In the tweet, the Oscar-nominated actor’s family stated: “It…

Tribeca Festival Announces Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, Seth Meyers, Tyler Perry, Common and more for Talks & Reunions Programming

TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 TALKS AND REUNIONS FEATURING CONVERSATIONS WITH TAYLOR SWIFT, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, SETH MEYERS, STEVE AOKI, CYNTHIA ERIVO, TYLER PERRY, ADAM MCKAY, JULIAN SCHNABEL, AND MORE ROBERT DE NIRO, AL PACINO, AND MICHAEL MANN REUNITE FOR HEAT; EWAN MCGREGOR, MICKO WESTMORLAND, AND TODD HAYNES FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF VELVET GOLDMINE; AND KASI LEMMONS,…

The Offer : An Exclusive Interview with Actor Patrick Gallo on “The Godfather” Writer Mario Puzo

Synopsis : The Offer is based on Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of making “The Godfather.” The all-star cast includes Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt, Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo, Dan Fogler as Francis Ford Coppola, Patrick Gallo as Mario Puzo, Burn Gorman…