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Zach Braff talks about his Kickstarter campaign for last year’s Wish I Was Here

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After much controversy was made of his Kickstarter campaign to part-fund last year’s Wish I Was Here, actor/writer/director Zach Braff has been speaking to an American podcast about his experiences with crowd-funding and whether he would do it again if a project required it. Speaking on “Off Camera with Sam Jones” (via IndieWire), the Scrubs […]

Michael Cera to voice Robin in The LEGO Batman Movie, passes on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Holy Superbad Batman! The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) has joined the cast of the upcoming The LEGO Batman Movie as the Boy Wonder, Robin! Will Arnett reprises his role as The Dark Knight for the film, which is set for release in 2017 and will be directed […]

Producers and director of 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles suing for owed profits

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Deadline is this reporting a quite remarkable story concerning 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with news that the producers, writers and director are suing Fortune Star Media Ltd, the rights holders of the original three Turtles films, as well as Warner Bros. Producers Kim Dawson, Gary Propper and the heir to Graham Cottle, as well […]

Emma Stone speaks out on Aloha “whitewashing” controversy

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Whilst on the promotional global tour for her second Woody Allen collaboration Irrational Man, Emma Stone has been speaking to an News.com about the controversy surrounding her other big 2015 release, Cameron Crowe’s Aloha. In the comedy, which was a critical and commercial flop in the US earlier this summer ($23 million domestic gross from […]

Hugh Jackman departs Collateral Beauty, Johnny Depp eyed to replace him

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Deadline is reporting that Hugh Jackman has dropped out of the upcoming drama Collateral Beauty, just a few weeks after the film was announced. Producers of the film have been left with the task of recasting Jackman’s role, with the Aussie actor departing the film due to his commitments and scheduling conflicts with the third […]

Spike Lee’s Chi-raq to be first original Amazon film

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With rumours doing the rounds over the past few weeks, it has now officially been announced that Spike Lee’s new film Chi-raq will be the first original movie to debut on Amazon. The film, which looks at inncer-city gun-violence in Chicago, was shot entirely in Chicago and has recently finished shooting, will be the very […]

Ant-Man on course for $125 million global opening, will face competition from Minions and Trainwreck in the States

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This weekend sees the long-awaited debut of the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man. But rather than super villains to fight, the Peyton Reed-directed film is going to have to fend of the challenges of Amy Schumer and the Minions in order to take the US box-office crown this weekend. Debuting across an […]

Bruce Willis’ new detective action-comedy adds four to cast

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Deadline has revealed that four more actors have joined the as-yet-untitled detective comedy starring Bruce Willis, which is already in production. David Arquette (Scream), Ken Davitian (Borat), Victor Ortiz (Southpaw) and Tyga (Dope) have signed on to co-star with Willis, and join an impressive cast that already includes John Goodman (The Gambler), Jason Momoa (Game […]

Tarsem Singh to direct entire series of Emerald City

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It looks like Self/less director Tarsem Singh has lined-up his next project, with news from Deadline that the filmmaker is set to direct the entire series of Emerald City for NBC. Emerald City is a long-gestating television series based on the classic story of The Wizard of Oz that has now been taken over for […]