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Aug202025 by cineverseNo Comments

Netflix and Adam McKay Win Dismissal of Second ‘Don’t Look Up’ Copyright Suit

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By Gene Maddaus According To The variety Netflix and Adam McKay are two-for-two in defeating copyright lawsuits from self-published authors over the 2021 film “Don’t Look Up.” Judge Gregory Presnell dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday from Darren Hunter, of Harleysville, Pa., who claimed that the film was based on his novel, “The Million Day Forecast.” The judge ruled that the novel is “an entirely different work” from the movie, and that the alleged similarities constitute “broad uncopyrightable ideas that are typical of works that center around the Earth’s destruction.” Netflix had argued that, among other differences, “Don’t Look Up” is a satire of disaster movies, while Hunter’s novel is “part science fiction, part conspiracy thriller, part ‘YA.'” “The humor ...

Aug182025 by cineverseNo Comments

Alan Cumming Says it Was ‘Really Healing’ Playing Nightcrawler in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ After ‘Awful’ Experience Shooting ‘X2’: ‘I Love the Film’

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Alan Cumming was happy to get a do-over playing Nightcrawler in “Avengers: Doomsday“. In a recent interview with People, “The Traitors” host said it was “really healing” to return to the role of the teleporting mutant after having a “terrible” time during his first pass at the character in 2003’s “X2.” “I just came back,” Cumming said. “It was amazing. It was actually really… in a sort of ooey, gooey way, it was really healing and really nice to go back to something that was a terrible experience when I did it the first time. A great film, great film. I love the film.” Cumming added that filming “X2” with defamed director Bryan Singer was “miserable” and “awful for a variety of reasons that I have talked about at length.” However,...

Aug182025 by cineverseNo Comments

Bombay Fables Unveils Five-Film Slate, Partners With Top Indian Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Bombay Fables, the Indian boutique production company helmed by filmmaker-journalist Sejal Shah (“Costao“) and Indian National Film Award-winning writer Bhavesh Mandalia (“OMG: Oh My God!”), has unveiled a slate of five feature films spanning multiple genres from action-comedy to social thriller. The production house, whose credit includes streaming content like the International Emmy-nominated Netflix film “Serious Men” and JioCinema’s record-breaking “Asur 2,” is now expanding its reach with projects featuring established directors Vishal Furia (“Maa”), Rajesh Mapuskar (“Rdudra”), Shwetabh Varma, and Ashish Aryan (“Kanpuriye”), alongside Shah herself. The lineup includes “Japani,” an action-comedy to be helmed by Mapuskar ...

Apr192025 by cineverseNo Comments

Harvey Weinstein Allowed to Stay in Hospital During New York Retrial, Judge Rules

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By Michaela Zee According To The variety Harvey Weinstein has been transferred from Rikers Island to a New York City hospital after a judge approved his request to remain there during his retrial on sex crime charges. Judge Paul Goetz late Thursday ordered that Weinstein be moved to the prison ward at Bellevue Hospital so he can receive “necessary medical treatment,” according to the Associated Press. Goetz’s order will remain in effect until next Thursday, with a hearing scheduled to further discuss the matter, AP reported. Harvey Weinstein is pleased with the Court’s Order directing the City to transfer him from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital so he can receive the medical treatment he needs as he begins his trial. It is without question that Rikers Island is the...

Apr192025 by cineverseNo Comments

Sinners’ Director Ryan Coogler Teases ‘X-Files’ Series Reboot, Confirms He’s Spoken With Original Star Gillian Anderson

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By Angelique Jackson According To The variety With “Sinners” now in theaters, Ryan Coogler is turning his attention back to his “X-Files” series reboot. “I’ve been excited about that for a long time and I’m fired up to get back to it,” Coogler said during a recent interview with “Last Podcast on the Left,” confirming that that project is “immediately next” on his slate. “Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really fucking scary.” Coogler was first reported to be developing an “X-Files” series back in 2023, when series creator and showrunner Chris Carter confirmed that the two have had conversations about remounting the supernatural detecivde drama, which starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents Fox Mulder and ...

Apr162025 by cineverseNo Comments

Aimee Lou Wood Reveals Sarah Sherman Sent Her Flowers After ‘White Lotus’ Star Called Out ‘SNL’ Parody for Being ‘Mean

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Sarah Sherman more than made up for her unflattering portrayal of Aimee Lou Wood in “Saturday Night Live‘s” parody of “The White Lotus.” On Tuesday, Wood took to her Instagram Stories to share that Sherman had sent her a bouquet of flowers after the “White Lotus” star publicly took offense to her “SNL” caricature. “Thank you for the beautiful flowers [Sarah Sherman],” Wood wrote, sharing a picture of a pink and orange flower arrangement. On Sunday, the night after “SNL” aired its parody of the Mike White drama, Wood posted on social media that she was unhappy with the way the late-night sketch show singled her out with an unflattering spoof of her “White Lotus” character, Chelsea, played by Sherman. Such a shame cuz I...

Apr162025 by cineverseNo Comments

Jesse Eisenberg’s A24 Musical Comedy With Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti Adds Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu, Bernadette Peters

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By Ethan Shanfeld According To The variety Jesse Eisenberg‘s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “A Real Pain” has added a few more cast members. Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu and Bernadette Peters have joined the untitled musical comedy, which stars Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti and Eisenberg. The film, which started production in April, also features Eldar Isgandarov, Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Lilli Cooper and Maulik Pancholy. Moore plays a “shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a community theater musical production, going to extremes as she loses herself in the role,” according to the logline. A24 has boarded the film, which hails from Topic Studios and Emma Stone’s Fruit Tree. Eisenberg wrote the original music and lyrics for the film’s musical. Steven G...