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Despite having starred in such masterpieces as Cloud Atlas and Captain Phillips in recent years, it’s been seven years since a live-action Tom Hanks movie opened #1 at the box office.
Sully, the Clint Eastwood-directed biography of Capt. Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, played on screen by Hanks, not only reclaimed that throne but also nearly broke September box office records.
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Last week, Ben Affleck caused online freak-outs of comic fan excitement when he revealed footage of famed DC villain Deathstroke in Affleck’s upcoming Batman picture.
The Wall Street Journal has now revealed Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday) is the face behind the mask and will play the superhuman assassin.
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Before consciously veering off the mainstream career path he was comfortably cruising along, Shia LaBeouf had a great track record with Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg helped shepherd LaBeouf into his period of greatest public success, on Disturbia, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the first three Transformers movies.
In a new interview with Variety, LaBeouf called out Spielberg as being a root of his disillusionment with Hollywood, not holding back his disdain for the celebrated director.
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Ever since Collateral Beauty was announced last year, it’s plot has been kept under tight wraps.
A month ago, star Will Smith told Entertainment Weekly, “It was one of those [times] where you get a screenplay and you are in by page 10.” Beyond that, though, he wouldn’t go into details about the plot, which he said would “be tough to promote.”
This morning, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Collateral Beauty, finally spilling the beans on the central mystery of the hopeful holiday movie.
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Only two movies opened in wide release on Friday — sci-fi thriller Morgan and tearjerker The Light Between Oceans — but neither was able to even crack the top 5 at the box office over the long weekend.
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held every September, is generally considered to mark the beginning of Oscar season, with many award hopefuls and buzz-about contenders making their debut.
TIFF’s director and chief executive Piers Hendling, joined by artistic director Cameron Bailey, held a news conference to reveal this year’s crop, featuring cowboys, whistleblowers, and a Ryan Gosling-Emma Stone reunion.
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Guillermo del Toro’s in-the-works sequel to Pacific Rim, titled Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, turns out to have lost one of its leads.
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Star Trek Beyond, the 13th movie in the franchise and third of “the reboot years,” opened at #1 over the weekend, managing to both disappoint and set a box office record.
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Lionsgate, the small studio that went big when it bought the rights to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, acquired Veronica Roth’s Divergent three-book series to carry the torch once Katniss Everdeen had fired her last arrow.
Three-quarters into the film tetralogy, the studio is now pulling the last movie in the series, Ascendant, from its planned theatrical release next year, in lieu of a release on television.
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A year that’s already claimed too many big names has added one more.
Iconic director, writer, and actor Garry Marshall has passed away, at 81. He died Tuesday evening in Burbank, CA, from complications of pneumonia following a stroke.
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