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John C. Reilly loves working on film and TV projects that are "based in reality". The 58-year-old actor reunited with director Adam McKay to star in season two of 'Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty' - which explores the success of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in the 1980s - and John has revealed that he loves working with Adam. The actor - who previously worked with Adam on the 2008 comedy movie 'Step Brothers' - told 'Entertainment Tonight': "He's the reason that I felt like I'd be able to do this because [it] was short notice [when] I came into this role. "We always try ...
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John Boyega has been cast in the sci-fi romance film 'The Freshening'. The 30-year-old actor is to star in the movie that is being directed by 'Birds of Prey' filmmaker Cathy Yan. Filming on the project is set to begin later this year and 'Don't Look Up' director Adam McKay is among the producers. The film is inspired by Rachel Khong's short story from the Paris Review and is set in a United States dominated by a public health initiative known as 'the freshening' – where everyone is able to see their own race and gender. In this otherworldly near future, Reese (Boyega) and Sam meet on a drug t...
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Barbra Streisand has joined forces with a host of other celebrities to urge European Union (EU) leaders to tackle deforestation. The 80-year-old icon has teamed up with the likes of Coldplay, Jason Momoa, Sting, Adam McKay, Bryan Adams, Dame Emma Thompson, Jane Fonda and Lisa Bonet to apply pressure to EU leaders, who are facing calls to adopt a bold law to fight global deforestation. A statement signed by musicians, actors, artists and directors reads: "We stand with those calling for a strong new law that guarantees deforestation, forest degradation and human rights abuses do not have a plac...
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Jennifer Lawrence has dropped out of 'Bad Blood'. The 32-year-old actress had been due to play the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes but decided to exit the role after watching Amanda Seyfried's Emmy-winning portrayal in the miniseries 'The Dropout'. The news was announced on Twitter by The New York Times reporter Kyle Buchanan on Wednesday (02.11.22) after he interviewed the 'Hunger Games' star. He wrote on the social media platform: "Jennifer Lawrence will no longer star as Elizabeth Holmes in Adam McKay's 'BAD BLOOD', she told me. "She came to that conclusion after watching Amanda Seyfried ...
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Matthew Perry dropped out of 'Don't Look Up' after his heart stopped beating for five minutes. The 53-year-old actor was cast as a Republican journalist in the Adam McKay-directed movie, but he was forced to quit the project after his heart stopped beating during surgery and he required CPR treatment to survive. In his new memoir, 'Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing', Matthew - who was having "some kind of weird medical device in [his] back" - says: "I was given the shot at 11:00am. "I woke up eleven hours later in a different hospital. Apparently, the propofol had stopped my heart. F...
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Olivia Cooke is to star in the horror thriller 'Breeders'. The 28-year-old actress has been cast in the Lionsgate project that will mark the feature directorial debut of Kelsey Bollig. 'Don't Look Up' filmmaker Adam McKay came up with the idea for the movie with script writer Brian Steele and is producing the flick for his Hyperobject Industries banner together with the company's Todd Schulman. Plot details are being kept under wraps but one source suggests that the film is similar in tone to the movie 'Fresh', the dating gone wrong thriller that starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan an...
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Sir Kenneth Branagh has tested positive for COVID-19. The 61-year-old actor had originally planned to attend the Oscar Wilde Awards on Thursday (24.03.22), but he'll now miss the event after testing positive for the virus. The acclaimed filmmaker was set to be honoured at the show alongside 'Belfast' star Jamie Dornan, director Adam McKay and actor Donall O Healai. Trina Vargo, who organises the show that honours Irish contributions to the American movie business, has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Branagh will record his acceptance speech rather than attend the event in person. Bran...
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Patrick Wilson thinks disaster movies help people cope with stress. The ‘Moonfall’ star claims that the genre can either help people “escape” their problems or be a “release” for whatever they are freaked out about in a similar fashion to horror movies. After being asked why the genre was so popular, the 48-year-old actor told Collider: “Because I think there's always a kernel of us, just a little piece of us inside that kind of feels like God, what if it did all end? I don't think people are necessarily fatalistic, but it's twofold. I think you can go see a movie, and it's a real escape, and ...
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Benedict Cumberbatch is "deeply humbled" by his BAFTA Award nomination. The 45-year-old actor was nominated for Leading Actor for playing domineering ranch owner Phil in Netflix drama 'The Power of the Dog' feels like the nod means "completing the circle" after taking on the meaty role. He said: "I’m deeply humbled and grateful to BAFTA for this nomination. The journey to play Phil Burbank took me a long way from anything familiar to me and this recognition of that work feels like completing the circle and coming home. I’m also thrilled and proud as punch for our amazing leader Jane [Campion, ...
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Adam McKay was "shocked" by the strong reactions to 'Don't Look Up'. The 53-year-old director helmed the dark sci-fi comedy – which discusses the apparent indifference towards the climate crisis – and was met with a mixed response from critics which he was initially taken aback by. Adam told Variety: "I think we were all quite shocked. The reviews were pretty much 50-50, and that's fine, we've all been through that. But I was shocked by the really intense anger that some critics had. We had been screening the movie and had gotten no reactions like that ever. Generally speaking, test audiences ...
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