Michael Kovac/Getty Images/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Tiger King, Netflix’s hit documentary, is becoming a TV series, with none other than Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage starring as Joe Exotic. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the project will be an eight-episode scripted show, based on a Texas Monthly story about Exotic, the flamboyant owner of the Oklahoma animal sanctuary, who’s currently serving a 22-year prison sentence. …
Taika Waititi to direct upcoming ‘Star Wars’ film
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — This Star Wars Day “will be a day long remembered” for fans. It’s the day news broke that fan-favorite director Taika Waititi has been officially tapped to direct a feature film in George Lucas’ galaxy far, far away. Waititi, who recently won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Jojo Rabbit, isn’t a newcomer to the Star Wars universe. …
Chris Hemsworth thanks fans for “mind-blowing” response to his Netflix movie ‘Extraction’
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — Chris Hemsworth took a break from working out to shoot a heartfelt thank-you to fans for making his Netflix action thriller, Extraction, “the number-one film on the planet right now.” In the film, Hemsworth plays a troubled mercenary who rescues the son of a drug lord from the clutches of a competitor. “Hey, what’s …
Jeffrey Wright says films shouldn’t be only streaming because the theater experience is “woven in our DNA”
Wright in “Westworld” – HBO/John P. Johnson(LOS ANGELES) — With the upcoming November release of Universal’s James Bond sequel, No Time to Die, Jeffrey Wright is weighing in on the possible ban of Universal films in theaters following the studio’s decision to possibly release films theatrically and on streaming platforms simultaneously. Wright, who reprises his role as CIA operative …
“Way to go!” Tom Hanks surprises social distanced graduating class of Ohio’s Wright State University
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(OHIO) — Tom Hanks, who, along with wife Rita Wilson, were among the first celebrities to come down with, and recover from, COVID-19, paid it forward with an inspiring video message for the graduating class of Ohio’s Wright State University. Like many schools, the university’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures graduation ceremony was cancelled in favor …
Seth Rogen, Donald Glover, Rebel Wilson join ‘The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II’
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — If you and your children jumped off of your seats and danced around to The Disney Family Singalong, get ready for an ultra-special Mother’s Day event on ABC — The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II. ABC just unveiled the first wave of its roster for the next celebrity-filled singalong and it doesn’t disappoint. Artists like Halsey and Shakira will …
‘John Wick 4’, ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ sequel, bumped over COVID-19
Lionsgate(LOS ANGELES) — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lionsgate has delayed the release of Keanu Reeves’ John Wick: Chapter 4 to 2022, and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard — starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman — to 2021. Damon Wolf, chief marketing officer and head of global distribution, said in a statement, “As audiences from around the world head back …
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‘Sopranos’ star Joe Pantoliano suffers “severe” head injury after being hit by car
Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Joe Pantoliano from The Sopranos is lucky to be alive after being hint by a car while taking a walk around his neighborhood. The actor, who is on the mend, suffered a “severe” head injury and chest trauma. TMZ reports that the Bad Boys series star was taking his daily stroll when a …
Happy ‘Star Wars’ Day! May the Fourth be with you!
Lucasfilm(NEW YORK) — Monday is May 4th, and thanks to a punny 1979 London Evening News headline and a legion of die-hard fans, it’s known the world over as “Star Wars Day.” The headline about the election of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations” — inspired a grassroots movement for Star Wars junkies to celebrate George Lucas’ …