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Samuel L. Jackson & Vincent Cassel To Lead Action-Thriller ‘Damaged’; Filming Underway In Scotland

Samuel L. Jackson & Vincent Cassel To Lead Action-Thriller ‘Damaged’; Filming Underway In Scotland
Exclusive: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

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Supporting cast includes Kate Dickie (The Witch), Gianni Capaldi (A Day to Die) and John Hannah (The Mummy) with direction from Terry McDonagh, whose credits include episodes of Killing Eve,
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Christian Bale's Long Hair In Amsterdam Explained

Christian Bale's Long Hair In Amsterdam Explained
Christian Bale has a unique look in David O. Russell’s 9th film, Amsterdam (2022), and his hair in particular has an interesting story behind it. Amsterdam stars Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as three longtime friends embroiled in the historical Business Plot, a United States political conspiracy that occurred in 1933. Bale plays Burt Berendsen, a doctor and veteran of WWI which left him with a glass eye, a large scar across his face, and a back brace. Despite his injuries and constant pain, Burt has devoted himself to helping other injured veterans from the war, and he does so with gusto and vigor.

Amsterdam is the third collaboration between Russell and Bale. They first worked together on The Fighter (2010) where Bale plays real-life character Dicky Ecklund, a former boxer and drug addict, a role which earned Bale an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their second movie, American Hustle
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The 25 Best Spy & Secret Agent Movies Of All Time

The 25 Best Spy & Secret Agent Movies Of All Time
The best spy and secret agent movies of all time invite audiences into a world of intrigue, danger, and action. When people think of the spy movie, their minds undoubtedly go to James Bond. While Ian Fleming's 007 undoubtedly helped to raise popularity in the genre and inspired many imitators, the spy movie was around long before Bond appeared on the screen. Likewise, the genre has branched out considerably since then. The greatest spy movies show just how many great and versatile movies have been a part of the genre.

There is something about the spy genre that has always fascinated audiences. Along with the long-running James Bond franchise, these types of stories have popped up everywhere from Alfred Hitchcock thrillers to zany comedies. With so many different avenues to take the genre, there doesn't seem to be any sign of the secret agent movie going away anytime soon.
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2023 Tony Awards slugfest: 22 productions vie for places in Play races [Watch]

2023 Tony Awards slugfest: 22 productions vie for places in Play races [Watch]
When surveying the outstanding crop of plays this Broadway season and attempting to make early guesses as to which ones will snag Tony nominations, I can only sum it up as “absolutely insane.” Luckily, trusted Gold Derby contributor David Buchanan joins me in a new video slugfest to hash out all the possibilities.

Though he concurs that this intensely crowded field is difficult to pare down. A whopping 17 new plays and 5 revivals will compete for top honors at the 2023 Tony Awards. Watch the full video above to find out which plays David and I believe will make the cut before logging your own predictions.

David and I begin the conversation as a united front, both picking Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” as the current frontrunner for Best Play. It’s a positively massive success with both critics and audiences and offers a hauntingly poignant look at a Jewish family as they
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Scotland’s Sands International Film Festival Of St Andrews Sets Second Edition Including Joe Russo Talk & Mystery Agbo Debut

Scotland’s Sands International Film Festival Of St Andrews Sets Second Edition Including Joe Russo Talk & Mystery Agbo Debut
Exclusive: The Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews, held in northern Scotland, has set the lineup for its second edition, running April 14 – 16.

Over the course of three days, the festival will host a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who returns to St Andrews after supporting the inaugural edition in 2022.

Russo will be bringing with him what the festival has described as an “early sneak peek of a hotly anticipated project” that he has executive produced under his Agbo production outfit. The title of the pic will not be unveiled until the screening begins.

The festival has also set Russo as the host of a public discussion on gaming and contemporary storytelling with Epic Games Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard, who has worked as a creator and director on titles such as Fortnite.

Russo
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Why Netflix Canned Nancy Meyers’ $130 Million Rom-Com | Analysis

  • 15 March 2023
  • by Scott Mendelson and Umberto Gonzalez
  • The Wrap
Why Netflix Canned Nancy Meyers’ $130 Million Rom-Com | Analysis
Twas the budget that killed Nancy Meyers’ latest romantic-comedy, one top talent representative told TheWrap.

Word dropped Tuesday afternoon that Netflix isn’t moving forward on “Paris Paramount,” a romantic comedy that was expected to star Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson, Michael Fassbender and Penelope Cruz about a filmmaking duo who reunite on set after falling in and out of love with one another. Meyers, who hasn’t directed a feature since Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro’s “The Intern,” wanted a budget of $150 million, while Netflix drew the line at $130 million, an insider told TheWrap.

“That sounds like too high of a budget for [Netflix],” a well-respected film director told TheWrap on what they would consider to be a medium-budget movie.

“Nancy Meyers always has budget issues,” the top talent rep said.

With no residuals or back-end bonuses on the table to offset costs, $80 million of that budget would’ve gone to above-the-line expenses.
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Allison Janney Signs With CAA

Allison Janney Signs With CAA
Exclusive: CAA on Tuesday announced its signing of Allison Janney — the Academy Award-winning actress who has also been recognized over the course of her career with six Emmys, a Golden Globe, 7 SAG Awards, 2 Critics’ Choice Awards, a BAFTA, an Independent Spirit Award and other accolades.

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Janney most recently exec produced and starred opposite Jurnee Smollett and Logan Marshall-Green in the action-thriller Lou, produced for Netflix by J.J. Abrams. She also appears in the Michael Morris drama To Leslie, which recently brought Andrea Riseborough her first Academy Award nomination, and from 2013-2021 starred in eight seasons of the acclaimed CBS sitcom Mom, created by Gemma Baker, Eddie Gorodetsky and Chuck Lorre.
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Rooney Mara to Star in Zach Cregger’s Barbarian Follow-Up Weapons

Rooney Mara to Star in Zach Cregger’s Barbarian Follow-Up Weapons
After a major bidding war, Zach Cregger’s Barbarian follow-up Weapons landed at New Line and now we have a few major updates. With a shoot set to kick off this July, Production Weekly reports Rooney Mara will star in the project and they’ve revealed a logline: “A multi and inter-related story horror epic centered around witchcraft and missing children.” The film was previously described as being tonally in the vein of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 epic Magnolia, so expect many more cast members to join the ensemble.

After Netflix announced August Wilson’s Broadway play The Piano Lesson is getting the big-screen treatment a few years back, we’ve now gleaned more about the players involved. Production Weekly reports that Malcolm Washington, Denzel Washington’s son, will direct the adaptation, while John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson will reprise their roles. Here’s the official synopsis:

At
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14 Best Rami Malek Movies And TV Shows, Ranked

14 Best Rami Malek Movies And TV Shows, Ranked
Rami Malek is one of the most interesting actors working today. The projects he takes on run the gamut from an Egyptian mummy in a kid's movie to one of our most beloved musical superstars. Malek has a unique presence, and his deep, piercing eyes are quite an arresting sight to behold. James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, even said that Malek would beat him in a staring contest due to the intensity of his gaze.

Malek's proven that he can play sweet or evil with equal skill, and it's always a surprise to see what role he'll take on next. With an Oscar for best actor already under his belt, there's a good chance his career will continue to flourish in the future. However, right now is as good a time as any to look back at some of the roles that turned him into the in-demand actor he is today.
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2023 Tony Awards nominations prediction center is active! 23 plays jockey for Broadway’s top honors

2023 Tony Awards nominations prediction center is active! 23 plays jockey for Broadway’s top honors
Friends, Romans, theater lovers, lend me your ears! The 2023 Tony Awards nominations prediction center is now open, with 23 plays competing for Broadway’s top honors. Be sure to log your early predictions now to see if you can pick which dramas will win over the Tony voters.

Best Play is always a crowded field thanks to a slew of limited engagements that pepper the Broadway calendar, and this season is no different. 18 new works will attempt to be singled out as one of the five nominees.

“Leopoldstat” opened in October to a rapturous response from critics and audiences. It’s the latest drama from Tom Stoppard, who has won this category more than any other playwright. Featuring a vast ensemble cast which includes David Krumholtz, Brandon Uranowitz, and Faye Castelow, the gut wrenching story follows a Jewish family over multiple generations. It’s one of the rare straight plays that
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Is Amsterdam Based On A True Story? How Much Of The Plot Really Happened

Is Amsterdam Based On A True Story? How Much Of The Plot Really Happened
Writer-director David O. Russell’s latest, Amsterdam, is about a trio of friends who are implicated in the murder of a US senator, and wind up unearthing a fascist plot. The film stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington, and features a star-studded supporting cast. Amsterdam purports that what happened in the film is based on true events — but what is the story based on and how much of the plot really happened?

Amsterdam’s characters had to contend with not only the murder of an old friend (which they were framed for) but of a bigger and far more nefarious plot than they could have ever imagined being involved in. Those Amsterdam main characters were at the center of it all without realizing until the end. But while Amsterdam ties up everything by its end, the fact that it is based on — or inspired by — real events
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Top 12 Mind-Bending Movies Like ‘Inception’ to Watch Next

Top 12 Mind-Bending Movies Like ‘Inception’ to Watch Next
Released in 2010, Nolan’s groundbreaking film is widely celebrated for its dazzling visuals and engaging plot. “Inception” follows the life of Dom Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) and his team of dream extractors as they undertake a series of heists inside dreams.

It explores issues like memory, manipulation, identity, and loyalty; all blended to create a captivating story that has revolutionized how we think about movies.

Christopher Nolan created this masterpiece that combined great cinematography, fantastic performances, and a unique complex storyline. By separating dreams from reality with his signature style, Nolan introduced us to something special in cinematic history.

The journey through different levels of the subconscious is one of a kind and leaves moviegoers with their complexity to unravel long after the film ends.

In this blog post, we explore some of the best mind-bending movies like “Inception,” going deep into similar realms and other mind-boggling sci-fi films for you.
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The 1 Reason Inception's Confusing Plot Worked (But Tenet's Didn't)

The 1 Reason Inception's Confusing Plot Worked (But Tenet's Didn't)
As they're both deep sci-fi thrillers from the same direction, the Inception vs Tenet debate will likely never end — but it's not as even a contest as first appears. Christopher Nolan's Inception works in spite of its confusing plot, while Tenet fails as a result of the same issue. Nolan worked on the screenplay for Inception for nine years, originally planning the project as a horror movie about dream stealers before finally selling it to Warner Bros. in its sci-fi, heist-thriller form. He diligently took his time rewriting the Inception script over and over to ensure that its main character's "emotional journey...was the driving force of the movie" (via Collider).

A decade after making Inception, Nolan took another stab at making a cerebral sci-fi thriller with Tenet. He spent over five years writing its script before he began pre-production on the film, though he claims to have dwelled
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Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen Will Star in David O. Russell’s ‘Super Toys’

Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen Will Star in David O. Russell’s ‘Super Toys’
Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen have boarded “Super Toys,” the next film from “American Hustle” and “Amsterdam” director David O. Russell, sources have confirmed to IndieWire.

News of the film comes ahead of the European Film Market, which runs from February 16-22. FilmNation Entertainment will handle international sales of the feature during the market, a representative told IndieWire, while CAA Media Rights represents the film’s U.S. rights. Charles Roven and Matthew Budman serve as the producers of the project.

Russell will write and direct the feature, which stars Palmer and Cohen as 70’s toy sales reps “on a life and death mission to save themselves, their marriage and their live-wire twelve-year-old daughter, on the road in middle America,” per the logline.

“Super Toys” will be Russell’s 11th feature film, and follows last year’s “Amsterdam.” That ensemble comedy starring Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie
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‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ Tops Broadway Box Office; ‘The Piano Lesson’ Closes On High Note

‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ Tops Broadway Box Office; ‘The Piano Lesson’ Closes On High Note
The long-running The Phantom of the Opera was once again Broadway’s highest grossing show last week, taking in a mighty 2,483,532 for the week ending Jan. 29, outpacing runners-up Funny Girl and Hamilton by a noticeable margin.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical at the Majestic has experienced a remarkable resurgence in interest (and box office) since announcing a closing date last year. Earlier this month, Phantom reported its 20 millionth audience member since opening in 1988.

Overall, the 23 Broadway shows on the boards last week held steady with the previous week, grossing 25,705,039, with attendance of 206,578 at about 94 of capacity. The average ticket price for all the shows was 124.43, reflecting the discount pricing of some shows during the annual NYC Broadway Week promotion (which continues through Feb. 12).

Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher, ‘The Piano Lesson’

In its final week of performances, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson,
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Even Veterans Like Leonardo DiCaprio And Guy Pearce Are Confused By Christopher Nolan's Scripts

Even Veterans Like Leonardo DiCaprio And Guy Pearce Are Confused By Christopher Nolan's Scripts
In Christopher Nolan's 2010 film "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio plays a character named Dom Cobb who works for a mysterious spy organization with the ability to infiltrate other people's dreams. Using a bizarre, suitcase-sized device, he and his fellow suit-wearing agents can enter into a surreal dream space where time moves differently (a few hours in the dream world is but a few minutes in the waking world). Also, when in Dreamland, the agents are subject to the whims of the dreamers, and cities have the ability to fold over without notice. Also, one's own bad memories, traumas, and nightmares can, if one doesn't concentrate on the mission, step in to interrupt. Also, one needs a unique totem in their pocket -- something oddly shaped and heavy to handle -- in order to remind them that they are in the dream world or in the waking world, since one can easily lose track.
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Where To Watch Inception

Where To Watch Inception
Find out where you can enjoy the mind-boggling sci-fi film, Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Many would consider Leonardo DiCaprio the man of their dreams. Therefore, it is not much of a stretch to see him infiltrating people’s dreams and entering their subconscious in a film. Inception is the 2010 sci-fi film that explores what it would be like to be able to enter dreams and get an inside look at people’s innermost thoughts.

Plots Within Plots

DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a thief with a sinister motive for breaking and entering into people’s minds. Cobb performs corporate espionage with this ability, infiltrating minds and extracting key pieces of information. One day, he is offered the deal of a lifetime. His entire criminal history will be erased if he carries out an inception and implants something into the mind of a target. His criminal history being erased would allow him
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Taylor Swift's Amsterdam Role, Explained

Taylor Swift's Amsterdam Role, Explained
2022 was an interesting year for Taylor Swift as she appeared in David O Russell's Amsterdam as a brief but integral character. While the period drama-comedy failed to make a mark at the box office or garner any critical love, Swift's special role was much talked about, even becoming the subject of several memes. Her casting and the reactions that it generated also went on to show the impact that Swift has on pop culture.

Swift isn't the only high-profile star in Amsterdam. The talented ensemble is led by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington with the likes of Chris Rock, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldaña, and Anya Taylor-Joy appearing in the supporting cast. With the plot loosely based on an unbelievably true story from the 1930s, Amsterdam plays out as a murder mystery with the three lead characters following a trail of clues in a post-Depression era New York.
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Tenet Is at Its Best as a Buddy Movie

Tenet Is at Its Best as a Buddy Movie
Even before its release in 2020, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet had already been established as one of the most controversial films of the new decade. The first big debate surrounding the film regarded the method of its release, with some celebrating Nolan’s insistence that Tenet be screened in theaters before being made available for streaming, while others criticized this decision for ignoring the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic, which at the time was at the height of its intensity. Once Tenet came out, opinions split even further over the film’s actual content and artistic merit. Supporters praised Nolan for continuing to make massive action blockbusters not based on established intellectual property and relying more on practical stunt and visual effects work rather than CGI. Detractors critiqued the film’s unique time travel plot, labeling it convoluted, with many also noting that the decision to include expository dialogue during scenes
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John David Washington Talks About His Connection To ‘The Piano Lesson’, Differences He Discovered Between Film And Theater, And His Upcoming Project With Gareth Edwards – The Deadline Q&a

John David Washington Talks About His Connection To ‘The Piano Lesson’, Differences He Discovered Between Film And Theater, And His Upcoming Project With Gareth Edwards – The Deadline Q&a
On my way down to Tribeca to meet actor John David Washington for lunch, I had a lot of questions swirling in my head that made me nervous about our encounter. I am meeting a man who comes from a Hollywood dynasty of sorts. Washington has had so many experiences, what questions could I possibly ask that would make our conversation relatable and engaging. John David is the oldest of four children and his parents are two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington and actress/singer Pauletta Washington.

At the age of seven, he appeared as a student in a Harlem classroom in Spike Lee’s 1992 feature film Malcolm X, which starred his father in the titular role. As he grew older, his interest shifted to something a bit more physical. He started his professional football career at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and then signed on with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent.
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