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Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here's why
Four years ago, Christina Mondy arrived in Hollywood like many, with big dreams. At 23, hers was to become a showbiz writer. And like many, the Connecticut native was told in order to get her foot in the door, she first had to pay her dues as an assistant.
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Hollywood Should Follow 'South Park' and Stand Up to Tyrants
The entertainment industry has a duty not only to stand behind Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but to follow their lead, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.
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'Spider-Man: Far From Home' is now Sony's highest-grossing movie of all time
Not bad for a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man: Sony Pictures announced Monday that Spider-Man: Far From Home has officially surpassed 2012’s Skyfall to become the studio’s highest-grossing film of all time. Since its debut earlier this summer, the Tom Holland-starring film has raked in $376.7 million domestically and $732.9 million internationally, bringing its global box office haul to $1.109 billion. To celebrate, Spidey is swinging back into theaters starting Aug. 29 with a new extended cut of Far From Home, including four minutes of a new action scene.
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How Disney Is Devouring Hollywood — And May Choke On It
Between its army of beloved franchises and purchase of 20th Century Fox, Disney controls more of the movie business than any studio in generations. What will Hollywood look like under Mickey Mouse’s shadow?
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Why is Keanu Reeves everywhere these days?
The actor who first hit with “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”three decades ago is refusing to go into the sweet career goodnight. He’s more popular than ever, with three movies in release, and has become an internet meme.
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The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Nunnally Johnson
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The end of erotica? How Hollywood fell out of love with sex
The sex scene is dying out: not just because of #MeToo, but also because of new box-office economics
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How games conquered the movies
We used to think that as video games matured, as a medium, they would become more like Hollywood, becoming more focused on character development, plot reversals, and tight, suspense-driven narratives, rather than action set pieces alternating with cinematic cut scenes. Hoo boy, were we wrong.
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Hollywood is quietly using AI to help decide which movies to make
The film world is full of intriguing what-ifs. Will Smith famously turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix. Nicolas Cage was cast as the lead in Tim Burton’s Superman Lives, but he only had time to try on the costume before the film was canned. Actors and directors are forever glancing off projects that never get made or that get made by someone else, and fans are left wondering what might have been.
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Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 'will begin filming NEXT YEAR'
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 is set to go into production next year, it has been reported. The third chapter in the Marvel franchise was plunged into uncertainty last year when director James Gunn was fired from the role due to a clash with distributors Disney. However in March he was reinstated as director, with The Hollywood Reporter claiming filming could begin in 2020.
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Previews Hit All-Time $60M Record, Beats ‘Force Awakens’
One exhibition source says that the amount of business that Avengers: Endgame is doing “is ridiculous.” Off of 9 AM shows alone today, big venues like the AMC 25 Empire in NYC is making $175K, NYC Lincoln Square counts $161K, Regal E-Walk has $78K, while the Edwards Irvine is seeing $145K. Industry estimates are seeing $130M-$140M for today including $60M. “I don’t see how the pic doesn’t get to $300M-plus,” said one rival distribution exec.
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Netflix wins Oscar battle to win Oscars in the future
The Academy of Motion Picture and Arts and Sciences has ruled that films from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime will still be eligible to win Academy Awards. The Academy had considered changing Rule Two, which allowed any film to be eligible for an Academy Award as long as it had a seven-day run in a Los Angeles theater.
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Stars Share Their Superhero Costume Struggles
“One of the things I didn’t like about my costume is that the leather and everything else make it really hard if I have an itch on my back [laughs] and want to scratch it,” Ant-Man star Rudd told Inquirer. Worse, Rudd added, “I remember having to go around to people and have them punch me in the back really hard to get rid of an itch. With the kind of suit I had, I couldn’t do it. And it gets hot. We are sometimes shooting outside. The suit material doesn’t breathe very well.”
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The Bombing of ‘Hellboy’: How the Blockbuster Mentality Can Be Its Own Worst Enemy
As a critic, I’m not privy to the backroom financial details of how the new “Hellboy” movie came together. (Those deals are kept close to the vest.) But looking at interviews with the participants, it seems fairly certain that the following things did not happen. Guillermo del Toro, director of the puckishly compelling “Hellboy” (2004) and its heavy-metal-meets-Ray-Harryhausen sequel, “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008), did not say, “Man, I’ve had it with this series. It’s so boring to me now.
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Is King Of Marvel Universe (For Now) – No. 1 In 2018 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe celebrated its 10-year anniversary last year, they tapped Anthony and Joe Russo to create the biggest cliffhanger arguably since Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Avengers: Infinity War, the first of the two-part finale that ends with Avengers: Endgame opening on April 26. Both Infinity War and Endgame are primed to transition Marvel into a new cycle of superheroes.
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'Avengers: Endgame' Is Stan Lee's Final Cameo on Film
The stamp of a Marvel movie is the inclusion of Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee. Whether he's driving a bus, riding one, or standing where they pass by waiting to explain how one person can make difference -- the comics icon often offers memorable moments in movies based on characters he had a hand in creating. Prior to passing away in 2018, Lee had filmed several cameos for upcoming films. However, Avengers: Endgame looks like it will be the last.
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Doctor Strange 2 Rumored For a 2020 Release
Marvel fans can expect a standalone Black Widow movie and the Eternals hitting the theaters during the year 2020, but now it looks like there’s one more to eye for. Reports have it that Doctor Strange 2 could sneak into the November 6, of the next year’s, a date which most analysts were predicting of going to the Chloe Zhao-directed Eternals.
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Ozzy Osbourne postpones all 2019 gigs after falling at home
All four of the Prince of Darkness' Canadian gigs will be rescheduled in 2020.
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'Guardians of the Galaxy 3' Production Start Date Reportedly Revealed
Marvel Studios just reinstated James Gunn as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and it appears the production house is already laying the groundwork to begin filming the project as soon as they can. According to a new listing from Production Weekly, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will begin production in February 2021 under the working title of "Hot Christmas," as previously reported.
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Disney Reinstates Director James Gunn For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’
Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art. I’ve learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and I’ve confirmed it with Marvel and Gunn’s camp.
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