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Apr232024 by cineverseNo Comments
Lindsey Anderson Beer and Her Lab Brew Banner Re-Up at Paramount

Lindsey Anderson Beer and Her Lab Brew Banner Re-Up at Paramount

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BY BORYS KIT Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer and her production banner Lab Brew. In re-upping the deal, the studio has also picked up Here Comes the Dark, a supernatural thriller spec script by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo who co-wrote the 2022 thriller Don’t Worry Darling. Anderson Beer and Lab Brew will produce. Paramount’s renewal is a vote of confidence in Anderson Beer, who wrote and made her feature directorial debut with the horror movie Pet Sematary: Bloodline for the studio last year. The movie debuted as the No. 1 title on Paramount+ and quickly broke the streamer’s record for the most-watched Paramount+ original movie within the first 30 days of a film’s release in the U.S. Anderson Be...
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Apr232024 by cineverseNo Comments
This Is The First Time I’ve Been Part Of The Creative So Early…Everyone Wants It To Happen

This Is The First Time I’ve Been Part Of The Creative So Early…Everyone Wants It To Happen

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By Mike Fleming Jr, Zac Ntim The ancient Scottish town of St Andrews was hit with a heavy bout of Spidey fever this past weekend as the third annual Sands International Film Festival opened, pulling in an eclectic set of films, filmmakers, and speakers alongside one popular guest of honor.  Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, also known for The Impossible, Cherry, and The Devil All the Time passed through the fest, which opened with a screening of Last Call, a short project he leads with Lindsay Duncan (Blackbird) that was co-written and directed by his brother, Harry Holland. The Holland brothers also took part in the first annual Sands golf tournament, which will continue as part of the festival’s wider activities. It was on the...
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Apr212024 by cineverseNo Comments
Lourdes Portillo, Oscar-Nominated ‘Las Madres – The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo’ Director, Dies at 80

Lourdes Portillo, Oscar-Nominated ‘Las Madres – The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo’ Director, Dies at 80

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BY ZOE G PHILLIPS Lourdes Portillo, the prominent Mexican filmmaker and social activist behind The Devil Never Sleeps and the Oscar-nominated Las Madres – The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has died. She was 80. Portillo died at her home in San Francisco on Saturday, her friend Soco Aguilar told The Hollywood Reporter. She was surrounded by her three sons and younger sister. A cause was not given. Portillo worked as a writer, director, producer, activist and journalist to create work that centered Latin American and Mexican stories. Las Madres – The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, released in 1985, highlighted the mothers of Argentinian desaparecidos holding weekly protests in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo during Argentina’s military dictatorship. The documenta...
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Apr202024 by cineverseNo Comments
Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Drawing Blood in Battle With New Vampire Pic ‘Abigail’ for No. 1

Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Drawing Blood in Battle With New Vampire Pic ‘Abigail’ for No. 1

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK Alex Garland’s dystopian political action film Civil War about an America torn apart appears to be fending off new vampire pic Abigail at the box office. If estimates hold, Civil War will stay No. 1 in its second weekend with $11 million for a healthy domestic total of more than $44 million for indie studio A24. Heading into the weekend, Universal’s Abigail was expected to take a bigger bite out of Civil War but is now looking to open in the $10 million range (numbers could shift, of course, depending upon Saturday traffic). That’s still a respectable number for a studio film that cost a modest $28 million to make before marketing Abigail is from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directi...
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Apr202024 by cineverseNo Comments
Debi Mazar Says She Regrets Turning Down ‘The Wedding Singer’ Role: “Made a Stupid Decision”

Debi Mazar Says She Regrets Turning Down ‘The Wedding Singer’ Role: “Made a Stupid Decision”

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BY CARLY THOMAS Debi Mazar is still mourning a role she passed on in the 1998 beloved rom-com The Wedding Singer. The actress revealed during a surprise virtual appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Friday that she turned down the opportunity to play Holly Sullivan, cousin and friend to Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore), in the movie also starring Adam Sandler. “I wanted to do The Wedding Singer, and I got the part, and I was so excited because I really was such a huge fan of Adam,” Mazar recalled. “And then my agent said, you know, ‘Don’t do it, you’re not getting paid the right amount of money.’ And I was like, wait, what?” The Empire Records actress said she ultimately passed on it “only because my agent told me, ‘Jus...
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Sep212023 by cineverseNo Comments
Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s First Post-TIFF Look at the Oscar Race

Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s First Post-TIFF Look at the Oscar Race

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THR's awards expert shares his assessments of 11 categories. BY SCOTT FEINBERG Best PictureFrontrunnersOppenheimer (Universal)Barbie (Warner Bros.)Poor Things (Searchlight)Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple/Paramount)American Fiction (Amazon/MGM)Past Lives (A24)The Holdovers (Focus)Maestro (Netflix)The Zone of Interest (A24)Nyad (Netflix) Major ThreatsAnatomy of a Fall (Neon)All of Us Strangers (Searchlight)Dream Scenario (A24)Origin (Neon)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)American Symphony (Netflix)Rustin (Netflix) PossibilitiesThe Taste of Things (IFC)Air (Amazon/MGM)May December (Netflix)Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)Dumb Money (Sony)Fair Play (Netflix) Can’t Yet CallThe Color Purple (Warner Bros.)Ferrari (Neon)The Iron Claw (A24)The Killer (Netflix)Napoleon (Apple/Sony)Pri...
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Aug92023 by cineverseNo Comments
‘Barbie’ Music Producer Mark Ronson Calls Out Bill Maher for Bashing Hit Film

‘Barbie’ Music Producer Mark Ronson Calls Out Bill Maher for Bashing Hit Film

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The Oscar-winning hitmaker took to social media to share his thoughts on Maher referring to Greta Gerwig's project as "preachy" and "man-hating." BY CHRISTY PIÑA Barbie music producer Mark Ronson isn’t here for Bill Maher’s take on Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar hit. Ronson, who oversaw the Barbie soundtrack album and also co-produced and co-wrote several of the movie’s standout songs, including “I’m Just Ken,” took to social media on Tuesday to share his thoughts on the talk show host calling the movie “preachy, man-hating and a #ZombieLie.” “We come to this place for magic,” Ronson posted on X, imitating Nicole Kidman’s infamous ad. “We come to AMC theaters to laugh, to cry, to care…and to furiously google ‘mattel board configuration’ while others are trying to enjoy a f***kin...
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