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Glen Powell has been confirmed for Edgar Wright’s 'The Running Man' remake. The 49-year-old director is working on a movie based on Stephen King's 1982 novel of the same name and previously promised that his take will be more faithful to the story than the 1987 dystopian flick that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. And now it's been confirmed that the 'Anyone But You' star, 35, will play the leading role of Ben Richards in the Paramount flick, as announced at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. The novel's plot is as follows: "In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles and America has become a tot...
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Edgar Wright's reboot of 'The Running Man' is in active development. The 49-year-old director is working on a movie based on Stephen King's novel of the same name and has promised that his take will be more faithful to the story than the 1987 dystopian flick that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Edgar told the Happy Sad Confused podcast: "'The Running Man' is something that is in active development. "Why is that interesting to me? It's like, I like the film but I like the book more, and they didn't really adapt the book. Even as a teenager when I saw the Schwarzenegger film I was like, 'Oh, this...
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Edgar Wright urges massive Hollywood franchises to "take a breather and let people get excited". The 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' director - who was careful not to name the likes of Marvel - insisted some big screen series need to be mindful of "killing the golden goose" through overexposure. Speaking on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, he said: "I wish some franchises would just kind of have the sense to just take a breather and let people get excited about it again. "I feel like there are certain things that I loved that I don’t want to see again, or I don’t want to see them again for a lo...
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Martin Scorsese views himself as a "teacher". The 80-year-old director is proud of the influence he has had on other filmmakers, not just through his own work but by recommending movies made by other people, and in turn he is inspired by them too. Speaking during a Q+A session at the London Film Festival hosted by Edgar Wright, he said “I’ve always considered myself a teacher more than a filmmaker. “I’ve felt a sense of pride that I’ve influenced a couple of people not necessarily with my work but by recommending films. "And then from their films, I get inspired. It opens up a whole new world....
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Michael Cera felt "a little depressed" after finishing filming 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World'. The 34-year-old actor admitted he struggled to accept it was over when work wrapped on Edgar Wright's 2010 action comedy - which is based on the graphic novel of the same name - and he had to leave the cast and crew behind. In an interview conducted before the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, he told GQ magazine: "By the end of the movie, I felt like this is my world, this is my group of friends. "I thought it was always gonna be this way, and honestly I was a little depressed when we were done because it all...
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Simon Pegg has insisted a 'Shaun of the Dead' sequel won't happen. The 53-year-old actor has urged fans hoping for a sequel to the 2004 zombie comedy film - which he starred in and co-wrote with director Edgar Wright - to "move on" and stop holding out hopes he will pen a follow-up movie. He told The Guardian newspaper: “If I ever do an Instagram Live or whatever, people are always like, 'I need 'Shaun Of The Dead 2' in my life. And I’m like, ‘No, you don’t need 'Shaun Of The Dead 2'! The last thing you need is 'Shaun Of The Dead 2'!’ It’s done. Move on!” However, Simon did confirm he and Edga...
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Edgar Wright contributed to the 'Top Gun: Maverick' soundtrack. The 48-year-old director told producer Christopher McQuarrie to use Foghat's 'Slow Ride' for the action sequel's bar scene after being shown the blockbuster prior to its release. He said of the 'Top Gun' flick: "I first watched that in 2020. Chris McQuarrie and Tom Cruise showed it to me, and it was pretty much the film that got released, minus the Lady Gaga song. "And in terms of the Foghat thing, they needed a song. My dream text to get was Chris McQuarrie saying, 'Hey, we need a new song for the bar scene in 'Top Gun: Maverick'...
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Anna Kendrick says she recently suffered “psychological abuse” from a boyfriend. The actress, 37, made the claim days before she is due to be seen in cinemas playing a woman in the same situation in ‘Alice, Darling’, being released on September 12 in the US. Anna, who did not reveal the name of the boyfriend, told PEOPLE on Wednesday (07.09.22) the relationship ended before she signed on to star in the film, and said her “recovery” has been “so challenging”. She said about immediately connecting with the script for ‘Alice, Darling’: “I was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abu...
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Blake Lively will direct ‘Seconds’. The ‘Gossip Girl’ actress will make her feature film directorial debut with an adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel, which follows Katie Clay, who receives the power to fix her mistakes by writing them down, eating a mushroom and falling asleep. Katie enthusiastically embraces her new power, only to create new problems for herself and taking her further from both the life she once had and the fabric of time and space. Edgar Wright, who directed 2010’s ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs the World’ – which is based on another of O’Malley’s novels – has adapted the ...
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Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader make a "great couple". The 36-year-old actress and Bill, 43, have been dating each other quietly for more than a year, and according to an insider, they already have great "chemistry" when they're together. The source told People: "You can see the chemistry when they're together. They have a really fun rapport, very sarcastic and funny but all coming from a place of love. "You'd think she'd be the one kind of running the show, but she's pretty quiet around him." The celebrity duo already "really love each other", according to the insider. The source shared: "They'r...
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