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Joel Edgerton talks about “getting the team back together” for Bright 2

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While doing the press rounds for his latest directorial outing Boy Erased (read our review here), Joel Edgerton was asked about the current state of the sequel to Netflix’s buddy cup movie come fantasy, Bright, to which he responded that they’re “getting the team back together”. Speaking exclusively to Yahoo! Movies, Edgerton said that Bright […]

David Ayer shares first image of Shia LaBeouf in The Tax Collector

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Having worked together on the World War II film Fury, director David Ayer and star Shia LaBeouf are reuniting on Ayer’s newest film, the thriller The Tax Collector, and the director has shared a first-look at LaBeouf’s heavily tattooed character on Twitter. Check it out here… #taxcollectormovie pic.twitter.com/t5bnCSrDRo — David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 11, 2018 […]

David Ayer to reunite with Shia LaBeouf for crime thriller Tax Collector

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Before he gets back into the director’s chair for Netflix’s Bright sequel, filmmaker David Ayer is set to reunite with his Fury star Shia LaBeouf on the crime thriller Tax Collector, Deadline has revealed. Plot details on Tax Collector are being kept under wraps, but it is said to harken back to Ayer’s earlier gritty […]

Beauty and the Beast screenwriter to pen Bright 2

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Back in January Netflix announced plans for a sequel to last year’s action sci-fi fantasy Bright, which would reteam director David Ayer with stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. In the original report, it was said that Ayer would be taking over scripting duties from Max Landis, who penned the first movie. However, we now […]

Suicide Squad director explains The Joker’s original role in the film’s ending

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Before Warner Bros. drastically altered last year’s Justice League with a round of significant reshoots, the studio took its chainsaw to another DC Films release in David Ayer’s 2016 supervillain team-up Suicide Squad. One of the biggest changes to that film revolved around The Joker, with Jared Leto’s role cut significantly, and the Clown Prince […]

Netflix responds to Bright’s critical mauling

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Will Smith’s Netflix blockbuster Bright might have had a record breaking eleven million views in its first three days, but that didn’t stop it from being labelled as one of the worst films of 2017. The flawed fantasy currently sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, but with plans for a sequel well underway, Netflix CEO […]

David Ayer on the critical mauling of Suicide Squad and Bright

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Despite grossing almost $750 million worldwide, 2016’s DC supervillain team-up Suicide Squad was absolutely savaged by critics, and director David Ayer has been chatting to EW about the overwhelmingly negative critical reaction, revealing that it shook his confidence when getting back behind the camera for his next film Bright. “It was shit,” said Ayer. “Yeah, […]

Netflix confirms that we’re getting a Bright sequel, minus Max Landis

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Whatever your feelings about what many critics labelled as one of the worst films of 2017 [read our review here], Bright was watched by a lot of people. In fact, the $90m Netflix blockbuster is the highest viewed film on the streaming service’s platform in first week of release. Based on that, it’ll come as […]

Bright is a big success for Netflix with 11 million US views in its first weekend

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Despite the critical panning that it has received, David Ayer’s Bright appears to be a resounding success for Netflix, garnering over 11 million view in the US alone in its first weekend. Whilst the Netflix model is still in its early stages, without the same sorts of lines of measurements that we would usually have for […]

David Ayer says Gotham City Sirens remains in development

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Back in December of last year it was announced that Suicide Squad helmer David Ayer would be directing a Harley Quinn-led spinoff entitled Gotham City Sirens, which was expected to see Harley joined by fellow femme fatales Catwoman and Poison Ivy. Although the project seemed to be a priority for Warner Bros. and DC, it […]