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‘Beautiful Ruins’: ‘Mulan’s Niki Caro to Direct for Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg!!

Mulan filmmaker Niki Caro has signed on to direct Beautiful Ruins for Sam Mendes‘ Neal Street banner and Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Partners, the studio announced Tuesday. The film is based on Jess Walter‘s bestselling novel, and will be adapted by scribes Mark Hammer and Chiara Atik, working off an earlier draft from Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Variety broke the news. Set in an Italian … Continue reading ‘Beautiful Ruins’: ‘Mulan’s Niki Caro to Direct for Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg!!

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Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Hires ‘Whale Rider’ Helmer Niki Caro to Direct!!!

Disney has had a lot of success with its live-action remakes of its animated features, and things are looking good for its upcoming adaptation of Mulan (not to be confused with the live-action version Sony is doing). According to THR, the studio has hired Whale Rider helmer Niki Caro to direct the film based on the popular 1998 animated featured. Caro previously worked with Disney … Continue reading Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Hires ‘Whale Rider’ Helmer Niki Caro to Direct!!!

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Box Office

Cinderella has a fairy tale start! While Run All Night Stumbles to walk! at the BO!

Earning more than the rest of Top 10 combined, Disney’s Cinderella (2015) easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend. While Liam Neeson‘s Run All Night got off to a very slow start, while indie horror flick It Follows had a great debut in limited release. Cinderella opened to $67.9 million. That ranks seventh all-time among March debuts. Compared to Disney’s recent … Continue reading Cinderella has a fairy tale start! While Run All Night Stumbles to walk! at the BO!

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‘Chappie’ Stumbles to the Top, while ‘Unfinished Business’ crashes at the BO!

Writer-director Neill Blombkamp’s robot saga “Chappie” opened with $13.3 million to lead the box office, but moviegoers clearly decided to stay away from the cinemas which is currently overloaded with R-rated films. Chappie knocked off Will Smith‘s caper comedy “Focus,” which was second with $9.7 million. The holdover spy ‘word of mouth hit’ film “Kingsman: The Secret Service” was fourth with $8.3 million. Vince Vaughn comedy … Continue reading ‘Chappie’ Stumbles to the Top, while ‘Unfinished Business’ crashes at the BO!

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