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2023 Oscars Shortlists Unveiled in 10 Categories!! Check It Out!!

We’re starting to enter awards season and the Academy has released its shortlists in a few key categories ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on March 12. The lists show off the most-likely nominees in ten categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, International Feature, Live Action Short, Animated Short, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music Score, Original Song, Sound, and Visual Effects. All nominees will be unveiled on … Continue reading 2023 Oscars Shortlists Unveiled in 10 Categories!! Check It Out!!

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Emancipation (2022) Review!!!

Synopsis – A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. My Take – Right from his breakthrough roles in Bad Boys (1995) and Independence Day (1996), Will Smith has been true blue movie star, regardless of his off-screen behavior; of that there can be no doubt. Over the past three decades, Smith has … Continue reading Emancipation (2022) Review!!!

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‘Emancipation’: Will Smith Expects Oscar Slap to Affect Reception!!

The world has seen its fair share of mind-boggling events since the advent of Hollywood and its megastars. There have been many spectacular highs and equally notorious falls, and one such event came in March 2022 when Will Smith walked to the stage of the Oscars and slapped presenter Chris Rock. Rock had made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, to which Smith … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Will Smith Expects Oscar Slap to Affect Reception!!

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‘Emancipation’ Trailer Focuses on the Lengths a Man Will Go to Reunite With His Family!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. Directed – Antoine Fuqua Starring – Will Smith, Ben Foster, Grant Harvey Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Emancipation’ Trailer Focuses on the Lengths a Man Will Go to Reunite With His Family!! Check It Out!!

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‘Emancipation’: Upcoming Will Smith Starrer Sets December 2nd as Release Date!!

Oscar contender Emancipation starring Will Smith is drumming up a great deal of praise across social media following its first private screening. Apple Original Films, who won the rights to the film, partnered with the NAACP to host the screening that earned the production praise for its powerful message on resilience. Apple has just released the official premiere date, set for a wide theatrical release on December 2. Written by Bill … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Upcoming Will Smith Starrer Sets December 2nd as Release Date!!

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‘Emancipation’: Apple Delays Will Smith-Led Slave Thriller to 2023!!

It is hard to believe we are already a month removed from the slap heard around the world at this year’s Oscars. As a result of the slap, many of Will Smith’s future projects have either been shelved or pushed back. Reported exclusively by Variety, the Smith-led Apple film Emancipation has been delayed until 2023, making it the latest Smith film to be affected by … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Apple Delays Will Smith-Led Slave Thriller to 2023!!

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‘Emancipation’: Ben Foster Joins Antoine Fuqua’s Runaway Slave Thriller!!

Ben Foster will star opposite Will Smith in Antoine Fuqua‘s emotional action thriller Emancipation, which has also added Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight), Gilbert Owuor (Mute) and Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) to its cast. The period piece, which cost Apple approximately $120 million, tells the harrowing but ultimately triumphant true story of Peter (Smith), an enslaved man who fled a Louisiana plantation following a brutal … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Ben Foster Joins Antoine Fuqua’s Runaway Slave Thriller!!

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‘Emancipation’: Will Smith Pulls Apple Movie Out of Georgia Due to New Voting Laws!!

Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are pulling their upcoming Apple movie Emancipation out of Georgia due to the state’s controversial new voting laws.Apple shelled out roughly $125 million for the prized package last year, one that is considered a passion project for both Fuqua and Smith. The film is based on William N. Collage‘s script about “Whipped Peter,” who was an actual enslaved person who emancipated … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Will Smith Pulls Apple Movie Out of Georgia Due to New Voting Laws!!

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‘Emancipation’: Apple Picks Will Smith’s Slavery for $120 Million!!

After dropping roughly $200 million to acquire the Leonardo DiCaprio movie Killers of the Flowers Moon, and a cool $70 million to take Tom Hanks‘ WWII movie Greyhound off of Sony’s hands, Apple has shelled out approximately $120 million for Will Smith‘s emotional action thriller Emancipation, in which he’ll play a runaway slave. Antoine Fuqua will direct from a script by William N. Collage (Exodus: … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Apple Picks Will Smith’s Slavery for $120 Million!!

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‘Emancipation’: Will Smith to Star in Antoine Fuqua’s Slavery Thriller!!

Nearly a decade after passing on the title role in Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained, Will Smith has signed on to play a runaway slave in Antoine Fuqua‘s action thriller Emancipation, which is described as being closer in tone to Apocalypto and The Revenant than 12 Years a Slave. Bill Collage (Exodus: Gods and Kings) wrote the script, which is based on the harrowing true story … Continue reading ‘Emancipation’: Will Smith to Star in Antoine Fuqua’s Slavery Thriller!!

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