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*“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, has finally gotten itself a U.S. distributor. At the Cannes Film Festival in France over the weekend, the film’s production companies Pathe International and Distant Horizon struck a deal with The Weinstein Company for distribution throughout North America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Distribution [...]
*When we last left the wolfpack, the boys were over in Thailand for the wedding of Stu (Ed Helms) and Lauren (Jamie Chung). Of course, before the bride and groom could tie the knot (Justin Bartha), the men found themselves separated from Doug and suffering from amnesia following a wild night of partying on the [...]
*The film conquered Sundance earlier this year, winning the festival’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. On Thursday (May 16), director Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station” unleashed its charm on the Cannes Film Festival, where it is competing in the Un Certain Regard competition – a section of the festival introduced in 1998 to recognize young talent [...]
*Myriad Pictures has tapped Richard Loncraine to direct Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton in “Life Itself,” a comedy based on the Jill Ciment novel Heroic Measures. Charlie Peters wrote the screenplay, about a long-married NY couple who find themselves swept into an emotional and comical real estate bidding war when they put their beloved downtown [...]
*Documentarian William Miles, whose films include 1981’s “I Remember Harlem” and 1992’s “Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II,” died May 12 in New York, according to the NY Times. He was 82. In 1977 the Harlem native made his first documentary “Men Of Bronze,” about the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment sent to [...]
*The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi adventure, “Pacific Rim,” opening July 12, starring Idris Elba has been released. Besides Elba, the “Pacific Rim” cast also includes Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke, Diego Klattenhoff So what’s it [...]
*”Star Trek Into Darkness” is in theatres Now! Dare we Say …. it is even better than the first Star Trek Film!. We suggest you see it in IMAX 3D. The visuals are stunning, it’s action packed and this time, the men can bring their ladies, because Zoe Saldana (Uhura) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) are bringing [...]
*Back to acting, Jennifer Hudson is returning to the big screen for a new two-hour drama, “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete” Critics say the singer turned actress is brilliant and shows a different, darker side. She stars alongside Jordin Sparks as women facing the harsh conditions of inner city life in Brooklyn projects. [...]
*Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute announced filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) will be honored with the Vanguard Award, presented by Tiffany & Co. Actress Kerry Washington will present the award to Coogler at the third annual ‘Celebrate Sundance Institute’ benefit on June 5, 2013 in Los Angeles. As previously announced, the benefit will also [...]
*LOS ANGELES — Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment brand, has acquired all U.S. rights to Winnie Mandela at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. Budgeted at $15 million, the film is an adaptation of Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob’s biography Winnie Mandela: A Life and is written and directed by Darrell J. Roodt. Winnie Mandela [...]
*Codeblack Films has picked up US distribution for “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete,” co-executive produced by Alicia Keys, directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Jeffrey Wright, Jordin Sparks, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jennifer Hudson and Anthony Mackie. The film, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, is about two [...]
*Samuel L. Jackson is boarding RKO Pictures’ “Barely Lethal,” which marks the third Jackson project that is being shopped at the Cannes Film Festival. The action-comedy is described as a playful, high-velocity romp in which a 16-year-old international assassin (Hailee Steinfeld) yearning for “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high [...]
*The third and final film in the “Hangover” franchise will arrive in theaters this month looking a bit different from its predecessors. The Wolfpack is back – Phil (Bradley Cooper), Alan (Zach Galifianakis), Stu (Ed Helms) and Doug (Justin Bartha). But this time, they’re not spending the whole movie trying to figure out how they [...]
*The life of infamous record executive Neil Bogart, who was credited with discovering and launching the careers of Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Parliament, Donna Summer, the Village People and more, will be brought to the big screen with Justin Timberlake in the lead role. According to Billboard, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has struck [...]
*Tyler Perry’s new film, “Peeples” Premiered last weekend and we were there for the red carpet celebration! EURweb associate Cherise (CNikky) Nicole spoke to David Alan Grier, Kenya Moore, B.O.B., Tommy Davidson, Robbie Harris, Brian White, Loretta Devine & more about their ideal or worst wedding proposal, their mishaps with bringing people home to meet [...]
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