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Oct232024 by cineverseNo Comments

Bethany Joy Lenz Was Warned ‘One Tree Hill’ Was About ‘F–king and Sucking’ Before Signing On, Compares Creator to Her Cult Leader

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By Emily Longeretta According To The variety Bethany Joy Lenz isn’t only opening up about her experience in the Big House Family cult. In her new book, “Dinner for Vampires,” the actor details about her time as Haley James (later Scott) on “One Tree Hill.” Lenz writes that she initially passed on the WB series since she was focused on doing film and didn’t want to be “stuck on a teen soap.” Eventually, after the actor cast as Haley didn’t work out for the pilot, she was called again; the executive knew her since he’d tried to get her to read for “What I Like About You.” “The show was marketed toward tween girls, and I was concerned that the big-sister role I was testing for — which eventually went to the lovely Jennie Garth — was a woman living with her boyfriend,” Lenz ...

Oct222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Tom Holland in Talks to Star in Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Tom Holland is in talks to join the cast of Christopher Nolan‘s next film. Should the deal go through, the “Spider-Man” actor would star alongside Matt Damon in the otherwise top-secret film. Nolan is writing and directing the movie, which Universal Pictures is releasing in theaters on July 17, 2026. Universal had no comment about Holland’s casting. The upcoming feature, which does not have a title, is expected to start shooting in early 2025, though Holland’s casting could prove challenging to production timelines. The actor, best known for playing Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be busy with “Spider-Man 4” and potentially the next “Avengers” sequel over the next year and change, as first noted by the Holl...

Sep282024 by cineverseNo Comments

Nickel Boys’ Opens New York Film Festival, Marking RaMell Ross’s Fictional Film Debut: ‘Hopefully This Film Can Be a Proxy For the Real Dozier Boys’

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By Anna Tingley According To The variety “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross‘s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, opened New York Film Festival’s 62nd edition on Friday night. The historical drama, which received rave reviews out of Telluride in September, marks the Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker’s narrative debut. On a muggy, overcast evening in the Upper West Side, Ross and the film’s stars — including Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Daveed Diggs — walked the carpet at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall before introducing the film to the nearly-packed theater. “You can feel the energy, it’s like Michael Jordan is in the arena,” Ross told Variety ahead of the screening. “It feels like something crazy ...

Sep282024 by cineverseNo Comments

Daniel Radcliffe Pays Tribute to Maggie Smith: ‘Harry Potter’ Co-Star Was ‘A Fierce Intellect’ With a ‘Gloriously Sharp Tongue

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By Zack Sharf According To The variety Daniel Radcliffe is paying tribute to the late Maggie Smith, who died Friday at 89 years old. The two actors are veterans of the “Harry Potter” film franchise. Radcliffe starred in the title role of all eight movies, while Smith appeared in every “Harry Potter” movie except “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” as Professor Minerva McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor House and the deputy headmistress at Hogwarts under Albus Dumbledore. “The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for ‘David Copperfield,’ which was my first job. I knew virtually nothing about her other than that my parents were awestruck at the fact that I would be working with her,” Radcliffe said in a statement....

Sep242024 by cineverseNo Comments

The Penguin’ Opens to 5.3 Million Viewers Across Platforms in First Four Days

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By Joe Otterson The Penguin” is an ice cold hit. Per HBO, the spinoff series starring Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti opened to 5.3 million U.S. viewers across all platforms since its debut on Sept. 19. That includes repeat airings on HBO as well as streaming viewership. That puts it above the final season premiere of “Succession,” which drew 4.9 million viewers, and the second season premiere of “The White Lotus,” which drew 4.1 million. It also falls just behind the premiere of “True Detective: Night Country,” which nabbed 5.7 million viewers. Additionally, the show has landed the biggest 4-day audience for a new series on Max in every region globally since “The Last of Us” in Jan. 2023. Farrell reprises his role from “The Batman” in the series, once again playing Goth...

Sep232024 by cineverseNo Comments

Producers of Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi’ Explain Why He Was the Perfect Director for the Lighthearted Period Film

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By Jamie Lang According To The variety Johnny Depp‘s “Modi, Three Days on the Wings of Madness” world premieres at the San Sebastian Film Festival this week, decades after Al Pacino, who brought the project to Depp, first saw a play that inspired the cinematic adaptation. An official synopsis for “Modi” reads: “A seventy-two-hour whirlwind in the life of bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi to his friends, follows a chaotic series of events through the streets of war-torn Paris in 1916. On the run from the police, his desire to end his career and leave the city is dismissed by fellow artists Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine and Modi’s muse, Beatrice Hastings. Modi seeks advice from his art dealer and friend, Leopold Zborowski — however, after a night of hallucinat...

Sep222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Questlove to Direct Earth Wind & Fire Documentary

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By Angelique Jackson According To The variety Do you remember the 21st night of September? Well, let six-time Grammy winner and Academy Award-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson remind you — via the definitive documentary on the iconic group Earth Wind & Fire. Earth, Wind & Fire is one of the most critically and commercially successful pop bands of all time with more than 90 million records sold, 11 consecutive albums going gold or platinum, six Grammy Awards and indelible hits like ““Shining Star,” “Let’s Groove,” “Reasons” and, of course, “September.” The forthcoming feature documentary, which Questlove teased on social media as coming in 2025, will examine the group’s lasting legacy, cultural impact and enduring body of work with exclusive access to archives of ...