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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin to Produce Two Movies a Year for Netflix!!

Steven Spielberg‘s company Amblin Partners has signed a deal with Netflix that will see it produce at least two movies each year for the streaming giant, and already, Film Twitter is resurfacing Spielberg‘s past comments intimating that movies released day-and-date in theaters and at home — which was Netflix‘s entire model at one point — don’t deserve Oscars because they are, by definition, TV movies. However, … Continue reading Steven Spielberg’s Amblin to Produce Two Movies a Year for Netflix!!

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Josh McLaughlin Exits Focus Features to Become Studio-Based Producer!!!

Focus Features’ president of production Josh McLaughlin has exited his post to become a producer, Collider has exclusively learned, and sources say he’s getting a first-look production deal with the studio. I’m told that there are no immediate plans to replace McLaughlin, and that Focus president Robert Walak will continue to oversee both production and acquisitions for the studio. McLaughlin was named president of production in … Continue reading Josh McLaughlin Exits Focus Features to Become Studio-Based Producer!!!

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Movie Review, Science Fiction, Scifi, Thriller

Captive State (2019) Review!!

Synopsis – Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. My Take – Among the midst of superhero films and anything Star Wars, original science fiction films often end up going unnoticed, unless a prolific filmmaker is attached to it. Also in … Continue reading Captive State (2019) Review!!

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Box Office

‘Captain Marvel’ Tops Again while ‘Wonder Park’ and ‘Five Feet Apart’ Open Well at the BO!!

For a second weekend in a row Disney and Marvel‘s Captain Marvel topped the weekend box office as it has now posted over $760 million worldwide in just twelve days in global release. Overall, the weekend ended up topping the same weekend last year for a second straight week as both Wonder Park and Five Feet Apart outperformed expectations with their opening weekend performance. At … Continue reading ‘Captain Marvel’ Tops Again while ‘Wonder Park’ and ‘Five Feet Apart’ Open Well at the BO!!

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‘Gambit’: Rupert Wyatt Says His ‘Godfather’-Inspired Movie Was Set in the 70s!!!

A Gambit movie has been in the works for a long while now, and with Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film studio, the future of the X-Men spinoff is in a state of flux. But throughout the film’s development, it’s gone through a number of different directors and script revisions, all under the watch of Channing Tatum, who’s signed to star as the titular … Continue reading ‘Gambit’: Rupert Wyatt Says His ‘Godfather’-Inspired Movie Was Set in the 70s!!!

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Box Office

‘Captain Marvel’ Launches To a Massive $153M Domestic Opening and $455M at the Worldwide BO!!!

Disney‘s release of Marvel Studios‘s Captain Marvel gave the domestic box office a much needed jolt after the first two months of the year struggled to compete with 2018. The twenty-first entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe delivered the franchise’s seventh largest opening weekend of all time while grossing more over its first three days than the combined totals of any previous three-day weekend so … Continue reading ‘Captain Marvel’ Launches To a Massive $153M Domestic Opening and $455M at the Worldwide BO!!!

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Science Fiction, Scifi, Thriller, Trailers

‘Captive State’: New Trailer Imagines an Earth under Alien Rule!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Directed – Rupert Wyatt Starring – Vera Farmiga, Machine Gun Kelly, Madeline Brewer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Captive State’: New Trailer Imagines an Earth under Alien Rule!! Check It Out!!

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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’: Jonathan Majors in Talks to Star in Aaron Sorkin’s Film!!

Jonathan Majors is in talks to star in writer-director Aaron Sorkin‘s The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Majors, who broke out on the ABC miniseries When … Continue reading ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’: Jonathan Majors in Talks to Star in Aaron Sorkin’s Film!!

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Science Fiction, Scifi, Thriller, Trailers

‘Captive State’: New Trailer Is Quite Intense And Effective!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Directed – Rupert Wyatt Starring – Vera Farmiga, Machine Gun Kelly, Madeline Brewer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Captive State’: New Trailer Is Quite Intense And Effective!! Check It Out!!

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‘Captive State’: First Teaser Trailer Reveals the Horrors of Rupert Wyatt’s Alien Utopia!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Directed – Rupert Wyatt Starring – Vera Farmiga, Machine Gun Kelly, Madeline Brewer Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Captive State’: First Teaser Trailer Reveals the Horrors of Rupert Wyatt’s Alien Utopia!! Check It Out!!

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Rupert Wyatt to Write and Direct Sci-Fi Film ‘Captive State’!!!

After focusing on Fox’s upcoming The Exorcist TV series, director Rupert Wyatt is returning to feature films with Captive State. Wyatt will direct from a script he co-wrote Erica Beeney. There are currently no details on the plot other than it’s a sci-fi film, and it will go into production sometime in 2017. According to Variety, “a competitive auction is underway, with a mix of studios and financiers currently chasing the property. The … Continue reading Rupert Wyatt to Write and Direct Sci-Fi Film ‘Captive State’!!!

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