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Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung on How ‘Frankenstein’ Inspired the Final Tornado, Kate’s Hero Journey and Debates About That Kiss Scene

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By Angelique Jackson According To The variety) SPOILER WARNING: This story contains spoilers for “Twisters,” now playing in theaters. “Twisters” director Lee Isaac Chung was well aware that people might be upset about the ending of the disaster thriller — namely the fact that its hero Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her tornado-wrangling knight in tight Levi’s, Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) don’t kiss at the end of the movie. “If you talk to my 13-year-old niece, her uncle made a huge mistake,” Chung tells Variety. Indeed, for more than an hour and a half of the film’s two-hour runtime, the tension builds between Kate and Tyler. From the first tip of his cowboy hat and their early verbal jabs (he nicknames her “city girl” and she pokes fun at him putting hi...

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Deadpool & Wolverine’ First Reactions Praise Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s ‘Dynamite’ Chemistry, ‘Epic’ Cameos: ‘A Game Changer for the MCU’

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By Zack Sharf According To The variety) The first reactions for “Deadpool & Wolverine” are in and are overwhelmingly positive. The enthusiasm for the film comes at a much-needed time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which experienced rare flops last year with the releases of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “The Marvels.” The latest “Deadpool” film is the only Disney-backed Marvel movie on the release calendar in 2024 and marks the character’s official introduction into the MCU. The sequel is being called “bloody fun” and a “step in the right direction for Marvel” by film press. “‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘ is a game changer for the MCU as it is the biggest, boldest, and most badass MCU film since ‘Infinity War’ and ‘Endgame,'” wrote Nerdtropolis’ Sean Tajipour. “R...

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Anurag Kashyap Boards Melbourne-Bound Children’s Film ‘Little Thomas’ as Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety) Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is returning to the children’s film genre with his latest production, “Little Thomas.” The comedy-drama, which is the feature directing debut of Kaushal Oza, is slated for its world premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). Starring Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Duggal, alongside child actor Hridansh Parekh, “Little Thomas” marks Kashyap’s first foray into children’s cinema since his 2007 animated directorial venture “Return of Hanuman.” Set in 1990s Goa, the film follows a seven-year-old boy’s attempts to reunite his quarreling parents in hopes of getting a baby brother. Kashyap, known for hard-hitting films like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Ugly,” was drawn to Oza’s vision o...

Jul222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Korea Box Office: ‘Escape’ Rises to Weekend Market Leader at Third Attempt

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By Patrick Frater According To The variety) “Escape,” a Korean-made action drama that has been on release for most of the month, took the lead at the South Korean box office over the latest weekend. The film recounts the story of a North Korean soldier who dreams of defecting and the South Korean officer who pursues him. It is directed by Lee Jong-pil, who previously made surprise 2020 hit “Samjin Company English Class.” It stars Lee Je-hoon and Koo Kyo-hwan in the lead roles. “Escape” earned $2.61 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That represented an unusual 7% week-on-week gain for the film, suggesting strong word of mouth sentiment. After 19 days on release “Escape” ...

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China Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Is Blown Away as ‘Successor’ Enjoys $89 Million Weekend

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By Patrick Frater According To The variety) “Successor,” a Chinese-produced comedy drama about escape from poverty, dominated a big weekend at the Mainland China box office. The session also saw an impressive re-release for Japanese animation “Your Name” and Hollywood action film “Twisters” blown into instant irrelevance. Data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway showed “Successor” earning RMB633 million ($89.1 million) between Friday and Sunday in China. While this represented the film’s official first weekend, “Successor” finished Sunday with a cumulative total of RMB1.55 billion or $219 million. That is due to two days of wide screenings a weekend earlier that were considered as previews (causing the title to be omitted from Comscore charts a week earlier) and ...

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Aparna Sen’s ‘Her Indian Summer’ in Development as Indo-U.K. Co-Production (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety) Veteran Indian director and actor Aparna Sen‘s new project “Her Indian Summer” is set to be developed as an Indo-U.K. co-production, it was revealed during a recent London retrospective of her work. The film, a mixed-race love story set against the backdrop of the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, is being produced by Kolkata-based Indian producer-director Aritra Sen and Los Angeles-based British writer-director Alex Harvey’s Big Bazaar Films. Sen came to notice as an actor with the “Samapti” segment in Oscar winner Satyajit Ray’s “Three Daughters” (1961). She acted in several more films by Ray and also worked with Indian cinema greats Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and Rituparno Ghosh. Her acting c...

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Who Is Pretending Carrie Bradshaw Got Hit by a Citi Bike in Fake ‘And Just Like That’ Filming Notices?

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By Michaela Zee According To The variety) And just like that… Carrie Bradshaw was hit by a Citi Bike? A series of fake filming notices for Max’s “And Just Like That” have been recently popping up in New York City. These notices, which are circulating on social media, feature bogus plot details about the upcoming third season of the “Sex and the City” reboot. “AFTER GETTING HIT BY A CITIBIKE, CARRIE RETAINS FLETCHER REEDE (JIM CARREY) FROM ‘LIAR, LIAR’ AS HER LAWYER,” one filming notice reads. Another includes a fake plot about Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) revealing to her friends that “she is Garfield the cat.” In a different filming notice, the project details read: “CARRIE GOES ON A BAD DATE WITH MR. BEAN (THE CHARACTER) AND THEN ACCIDENTALLY SENDS HIM A N...

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Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung on How ‘Frankenstein’ Inspired the Final Tornado, Kate’s Hero Journey and Debates About That Kiss Scene

Deadpool & Wolverine’ First Reactions Praise Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s ‘Dynamite’ Chemistry, ‘Epic’ Cameos: ‘A Game Changer for the MCU’

Anurag Kashyap Boards Melbourne-Bound Children’s Film ‘Little Thomas’ as Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

Korea Box Office: ‘Escape’ Rises to Weekend Market Leader at Third Attempt

China Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Is Blown Away as ‘Successor’ Enjoys $89 Million Weekend

Aparna Sen’s ‘Her Indian Summer’ in Development as Indo-U.K. Co-Production (EXCLUSIVE)

Who Is Pretending Carrie Bradshaw Got Hit by a Citi Bike in Fake ‘And Just Like That’ Filming Notices?

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