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J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg teaming for Syrian refugee drama

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Powerhouse producers J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are teaming for a big screen adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s non-fiction book A Hope More Powerful Than the See: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival. The book details the harrowing survival story of Doaa Al Zamel, a Syrian woman fleeing Egypt for Sweden, who found […]

Steven Spielberg to direct Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post

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Fox and Amblin Entertainment have set Steven Spielberg to direct Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post, a drama which details The Washington Post’s role in exposing the Pentagon Papers, a classified study into the United States involvement in Vietnam, and the newspaper’s legal struggle over the right to publish the report. The Post will […]

Universal has bought a stake in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners

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Universal Studios has joined a group of investors, including the likes of Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment, and Entertainment One, in purchasing stakes in Steven Spielberg’s film and television production company Amblin Partners. Amblin, which has housed the likes of The Girl on the Train, The BFG, and Spielberg’s upcoming flick Ready Player One, was founded in […]

It’s official: George Lucas will have no involvement with Indiana Jones 5

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When it was announced a few months back, director Steven Spielberg had said that co-creator George Lucas would be involved in Indiana Jones 5, but that now appears to be completely untrue. “He’s not [involved], to my knowledge,” screenwriter David Koepp told Collider. “I’ve had no contact with him.” Ever since Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, his […]

Second Opinion – The BFG (2016)

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The BFG, 2016. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, […]

Movie Review – The BFG (2016)

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The BFG, 2016. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. SYNOPSIS: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, […]

The BFG London Press Conference Report

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The organisers of the London press conference for Spielberg’s The BFG must have had a Jaws moment early on, realising they were “gonna need a bigger room”. Not that it was any surprise the event was packed. When the line-up includes the legendary director himself, as well as Oscar winner Mark Rylance and recently appointed […]

Oscar Isaac joins Mark Rylance in Steven Spielberg’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

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While 2015 marked a breakout year for Oscar Isaac, this year has been a rather quiet one for the actor (as far as movie releases go), with the exception of his villainous appearance in X-Men: Apocalypse. But with a slate of big films, which now includes Steven Spielberg’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, in the […]

Forget The BFG, Spielberg ain’t past it yet…

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Tony Black on what the future holds for Steven Spielberg following the box office disappointment of The BFG… This week, The BFG joined this year’s list of ‘illustrious’ flops, at least in the US where it tanked hard as it released off the back of Indepedence Day: Resurgence and the much more successful Finding Dory. […]