2020 – Page 132 – Movie Retakes

David Leitch’s Bullet Train Lands Brad Pitt to Star

David Leitch’s Bullet Train lands Brad Pitt to star

Nearly two weeks after signing the Atomic Blonde director to helm the action-thriller for Sony Pictures, David Leitch’s Bullet Train has found its star in the form of two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), according to Variety.

Bullet Train will mark the eighth collaboration between the 50-year-old filmmaker and 56-year-old actor, who first worked together in 1999 on Fight Club on which Leitch worked as an uncredited stunt double for Pitt, followed by 2001’s The Mexican, Ocean’s Eleven and Spy Game, the latter two in which he doubled again for Pitt and helped coordinate the martial arts stunts on the Tony Scott-helmed film. Leitch would once again double for Pitt in 2004’s Troy and 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith and would later reunite with the star in 2018’s Deadpool 2, in which Pitt cameoed as Vanisher and Leitch directed.

On top of directing, Leitch will supervise the script written by Zak Olkewicz (Fear Street). Plot details for the film are currently being kept under wraps, but it is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Isaka Kotaro.

Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce the project via their company 87North along with Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven, Training Day, The Equalizer) and Kat Samick (The Equalizer, Southpaw, Infinite). Brittany Morrissey is the executive overseeing the film for Sony Pictures.

Leitch and McCormick recently signed a first-look deal at Universal and produced the action film Nobody, starring Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk, which is expected to release in February 2021. The duo is also developing a biopic of Jutta Kleinschmidt, the first and only woman to win the brutal off-road endurance race known as The Dakar Rally, as well as the rights to her book My Victory at Dakar.

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Charlize Theron Opens Up About Furiosa Prequel

Charlize Theron opens up about Furiosa prequel

The past few months have seen some exciting new developments in the Mad Max franchise as writer/director George Miller revealed he has a film focused on Imperator Furiosa in the works, but it being a prequel means the lack of Charlize Theron reprising her role and in a new interview, the Oscar winner has opened up about the project.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter for Netflix’s The Old Guard, Theron revealed that she is disappointed by the fact the new film will see her recast with an actress in her 20s for the younger iteration of the character, calling it “a tough one to swallow.”

“Listen, I fully respect George, if not more so in the aftermath of making that film with him. He’s a master, and I wish him nothing but the best, “ Theron said. “Yeah, it’s a little heartbreaking, for sure. I really love that character, and I’m so grateful that I had a small part in creating her. She will forever be someone I think of and reflect on fondly. Obviously, I would love to see that story continue, and if he feels like he has to go about it this way, then I trust him in that manner. We get so hung up on the smaller details that we forget the thing that we emotionally tap into has nothing to do with that minute thing that we’re focusing on.”

Talks began swirling in late March that executives and filmmakers began taking video and phone meetings in hopes of greenlighting new projects over the next 12 months including Miller, who has begun eyeing a number of actresses to take on a younger iteration of Theron’s character, with the previous word being he was looking to cast The New Mutants‘ Anya Taylor-Joy.

Mad Max: Fury Road, which opened in May of 2015, is the story of Max Rockatansky, played by Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises). Within this world of fire and blood exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There’s Max (Hardy), a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos and Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. A Mad Max prequel might show us her life in The Green Place before she started working for Immortan Joe.

Mad Max: Fury Road also starred Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Mad Max, Sleeping Beauty), Nathan Jones (Conan the Barbarian, Troy), Zoe Kravitz (Divergent, X-Men: First Class), Riley Keough (The Runaways, Magic Mike) and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Transformers: Age of Extinction).

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The Batman, Jurassic World & More Resuming UK Filming

The Batman, Jurassic World & more resuming UK filming

As countries overseas are getting a hold on the pandemic and Hollywood itching to get the productions for major blockbusters back on track, The Wrap has brought word that The Batman, Jurassic World: Dominion and more are set to resume filming in the United Kingdom.

Following an exemption of quarantine rules and an agreement of specific quarantine-like conditions, Matt Reeves’ adaptation of the DC Comics hero and the final installment in the Jurassic World trilogy will get back to shooting in England alongside Mission: Impossible 7, Fantastic Beasts 3, Sony’s live-action Cinderella and Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden revealed at a press conference over the weekend that he personally spoke with M:I star and producer Tom Cruise about the exemption, resulting in the decision to allow production to resume on the various blockbuster projects. However, the exemption will see the crew members involved with the various productions to be restricted to a “bubble” environment, having to live in close proximity to the production area and not being allowed to leave to surrounding communities.

“The world’s biggest blockbusters and high-end TV shows are made in Britain,” Dowden said. “Our creativity, expertise and highly successful tax reliefs for our screen industries means that we are an in-demand location that in turn delivers a great return for our economy. We want the industry to bounce back and exempting small numbers of essential cast and crew from quarantine is part of our continued commitment to getting cameras rolling safely again.”

After being one of the hardest hit countries from the global pandemic, resulting in over 44,000 reported deaths, the UK is finally getting control over the outbreak, seeing daily new cases falling below 1,000 over the past week and now seeing businesses steadily reopen. The country also becomes the latest to open their doors for Hollywood productions to resume, with New Zealand granting exemptions for The Lord of the Rings series, Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series and Avatar sequels, amongst others, and the Czech Republic granting exemption for Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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Above Suspicion Trailer: Emilia Clarke Stars in New Thriller Film

Above Suspicion trailer: Emilia Clarke stars in new thriller film

The official trailer for Madman Films‘ forthcoming film adaptation of Above Suspicion has been released, featuring Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke as a Southern American woman who becomes involved in an affair while being a police informant. Based on Joe Sharkey’s nonfiction book of the same name, the film hasn’t set its release date yet but it will be available on VOD. Check out the video now in the player below!

In Above Suspicion, nothing is more dangerous than someone with nothing to lose.Based on the chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There, he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it is a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation’s top law enforcement agency, ending in the first-ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.

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The film stars four-time Emmy nominee Emilia Clarke as Susan Smith, Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) as Mark Putnam, and Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch (Ghost World, The Walking Dead) as Jolene. It will also feature Johnny Knoxville, Brian Lee Franklin, Luke Spencer Roberts, Sophie Lowe, Kevin Dunn, Chris Mulkey, Omar Benson Miller, and Brittany O’Grady.

Above Suspicion is directed by Phillip Noyce from a screenplay penned by Chris Gerolmo. The film was produced by Amy Adelson, Angela Amato Velez, Mohamed AlRafi, Colleen Camp, and Tim Degraye.

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Constantine Movie Rumored in Development at Warner Bros.

Constantine movie rumored in development at Warner Bros.

DC Comics’ John Constantine has received a multitude of screen adaptations over the years to various fanfare and with J.J. Abrams currently developing a Justice League Dark series for HBO Max, a rumor has surfaced that a new live-action film focused on the sorcerer is also in development at Warner Bros. (Via ComicBook.com)

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After The Direct initially reported that a source told them a live-action Constantine solo film was in the works at the studio with Bad Robot and Abrams attached as producer and its tone would be in line with his HBO Max series, The Observer’s Brandon Katz took to Twitter to confirm he’s also heard some potential rumblings, which even includes the possibility of Keanu Reeves returning to the role after starring in the 2005 film.

Have heard some whispers about this. If Keanu Reeves returns, that’ll give him yet another iconic character to extend his mainstream popularity. Every decade, this dude rolls out another buzzy title to reignite the public’s love. What a movie star. https://t.co/v19a0EAcOD

— Brandon Katz (@Great_Katzby) July 6, 2020

The rumor does come on the heels of rumors that have begun swirling that the studio is also currently developing a film adaptation of DC Comics’ magician superheroine Zatanna Zatara, which is reportedly being worked as independent from Abrams’ Justice League Dark series. Though this may sound like a complicated affair to some fans, it’s not entirely impossible as WB and DC are planning to introduce big-screen audiences to the concept of the multiverse in the forthcoming The Flash, with Michael Keaton reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Batman in the film as an alternate universe version of the hero.

It also wouldn’t be the first time the various film and TV worlds have crossed over or existed simultaneously, with DC Universe/HBO Max series Doom Patrol featuring Joivan Wade’s portrayal of Victor Stone/Cyborg while the DC Extended Universe features Ray Fisher in the same role. It was even explained in this year’s Arrowverse crossover event, “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” that the DCEU, Arrowverse and Titans/Doom Patrol universe all are on separate Earths, with Ezra Miller’s Flash cameoing in The Flash episode while Wade’s Cyborg cameoed in Legends of Tomorrow‘s episode.

Though it’s currently unclear as to who would star in the film as Constantine, given the recent cult following surrounding Reeves’ initially derided outing and his resurgence in popularity at the box office with the John Wick franchise and the forthcoming The Matrix 4 and Bill and Ted Face the Music, as well as the 55-year-old’s continued desire to reprise the role, it’s entirely possible WB would look to him to star in the film.

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Hamilton Effect: Disney+ App Downloads Up 72% Over the Weekend

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Hamilton Effect: Disney+ App Downloads Up 72% Over the Weekend

According to Variety, Hamilton drove up downloads for the Disney+ app 72.4% percent over the weekend in the U.S. after the musical movie premiered on the service last Friday, July 3. The app was reportedly downloaded 513,323 globally, including 266,084 times in the U.S.

An unforgettable cinematic stage performance, the filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton combines the best elements of live theater, film, and streaming to bring the cultural phenomenon to homes around the world for a thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime experience. The production is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, the hit musical has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education.

Filmed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016, the film transports its audience into the world of the Broadway show in a uniquely intimate way. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and direction by Thomas Kail, Hamilton is inspired by the book “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow and produced by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeffrey Seller, with Sander Jacobs and Jill Furman serving as executive producers. Filming was produced by RadicalMedia.

The 11-time-Tony Award-, GRAMMY Award-, Olivier Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning stage musical stars: Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler; Jonathan Groff as King George; Christopher Jackson as George Washington; Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds; Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton; Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr; Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison; Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton; and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton.

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Ennio Morricone, Good, Bad and Ugly Composer, Dies at 91

Ennio Morricone, Good, Bad and Ugly composer, dies at 91

ComingSoon.net is saddened to bring you the news (via The Hollywood Reporter) that Ennio Morricone, two-time Oscar-winning Italian composer whose most notable works include The Good, the Bad & the Ugly and many others, has died at the age of 91 following complications from a fall last week in Rome that resulted in a broken femur.

Morricone had a storied career that spanned nearly 75 years, beginning in his early years as a composer for the theatre and would gradually begin working in the entertainment industry by composing scores for radio, television and pop artists before diving into film in the ’50s. He would get his big break in ’64 when director and former schoolmate Sergio Leone hired him to compose the score for the Clint Eastwood-starring Dollars Trilogy, with his theme for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly striking a chord in audiences’ hearts for years to come, being used in various pop culture in the time since.

After reuniting with Leone in Once Upon a Time in the West in ’68, he would begin to branch out from the western genre into other fields including giallo horror, working multiple times with Dario Argento in the ’70s on films including The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o’ Nine Tails and Four Flies on Grey Velvet, as well as Terrence Malick’s romantic period drama Days of Heaven, which would earn him his first Oscar nomination. The ’80s would see Morricone begin working with more American directors including John Carpenter for his sci-fi horror classic The Thing, Brian De Palma for the Oscar-nominated crime thriller The Untouchables and war drama Casualties of War, the former earning him and Oscar and Golden Globe nod and the latter a Globe nod, as well as reuniting with Leone for Once Upon a Time in America and his first collaboration with British director Roland Joffé for the religious period drama The Mission, which earned him his second Oscar nom and first Globe win.

The ’90s would land him one more Oscar nod and on Golden Globe nod and one win for Barry Levinson’s neo-noir crime biopic Bugsy and Italian drama The Legend of 1900, with other notable works including Lorenzo’s Oil, In the Line of Fire, Wolf and Bulworth. The following decade would land him another Globe and Oscar nomination with the romantic dramedy Malèna and his first Oscar win with an Honorary Academy Award. This past decade would see the composer finally earn an Oscar for Best Original Score with Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, as well as his third Golden Globe win.

Many of Morricone’s fans and collaborators have taken to social media to express their grief over the loss of the legendary composer, some include:

One of the most emotional moments in cinema history is this final scene from CINEMA PARADISO – a montage of movie kisses celebrating life, love, and the life-affirming magic of the movies. It was scored by the late, great #EnnioMorricone. RIP, Maestro. https://t.co/aQnTV7UqkY pic.twitter.com/ILlQJtTChh

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) July 6, 2020

Legends live forever. Our genre is vibrant and colorful because of story telling through music/score like Ennio’s.
Rest in Power Querido Maestro (1928-2020)#enniomorricone #ripmaestro pic.twitter.com/laWV7whXIR

— Gigi Saul Guerrero (@HorrorGuerrero) July 6, 2020

Ennio Morricone. You always know when it’s a Morricone score, even before you see his name. With just a few notes he evokes images of a whole genre. There aren’t any others like him. One of the titans is gone.

— C. Robert Cargill (@Massawyrm) July 6, 2020

Brilliant composer Ennio Morricone has passed away. A friend and collaborator, his talent was inestimable. I will miss him.

— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) July 6, 2020

Where to even begin with iconic composer Ennio Morricone? He could make an average movie into a must see, a good movie into art, and a great movie into legend. He hasn’t been off my stereo my entire life. What a legacy of work he leaves behind. RIP. https://t.co/qZX6qE10ke

— edgarwright (@edgarwright) July 6, 2020

We’re going to miss you Maestro. Rest In Peace #EnnioMorricone https://t.co/pjGgm03tXj

— Barbara Crampton (@barbaracrampton) July 6, 2020

(Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

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John Boyega, Felicity Jones & More Join New Thriller Film Borderland

John Boyega, Felicity Jones & more join new thriller film Borderland

According to Deadline, Star Wars alums John Boyega (Attack the Block, Rise of Skywalker) and Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (Rogue One, The Theory of Everything) have signed on along with Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) to join a new IRA thriller film titled Borderland which hails from The Uninvited filmmaking duo Tom and Charles Guard. On top of starring, Jones is also set as an executive producer through her Piecrust Productions banner.

“Borderland is a vengeance fueled chase movie, fusing some pulse ticking action with a powerful message for our times. We’re thrilled that the script, driven as much by character as it is by plot, has attracted such a first-rate cast,” the Guard brothers said in a statement.

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Inspired by author Steven S. Moysey’s The Road to Balcombe Street novel, Borderland follows the story of an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), who witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of a SAS sergeant named Tempest (Boyega) when a border ambush goes wrong. When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation, Michael joins a ruthless active service unit (ASU) wreaking havoc in the capital. For Michael, the mission is personal – to hunt down Tempest – and he’ll stop at nothing to avenge his wife’s death.

“It’s been a pleasure working with Rocket Science putting the film together and I couldn’t be more excited to get this prodigious project into production later this year,” producer Chris Coen said. “The Guard Brothers make for a terrific team who are assembling a formidable cast and crew.”

The film will be directed by the Guard Brothers, who are best known for their directorial debut film The Uninvited. The filmmaking duo have also co-written the script with Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies). The movie is a production by Piecrust Productions and Rocket Science with Jones, Chris Coen, and Rebecca Brown serving as executive producers.

Production is expected to begin in 2021.

(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images & Dan MacMedan/Getty Images)

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Black Widow: Cate Shortland Confirms Prequel Will ‘Hand the Baton’ to Florence Pugh

Black Widow: Cate Shortland Confirms Prequel Will 'Hand the Baton' to Florence Pugh

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Black Widow: Cate Shortland confirms prequel will ‘Hand the Baton’ to Florence Pugh

Since it was announced in 2018 that Marvel Studios has indeed finally ordered a solo Black Widow movie after so many years of development and fan interest, Marvel fans have been wondering the nature of Scarlett Johansson’s first solo MCU film, especially given her character’s fate in Avengers: Endgame. Their speculations continued to grow when Florence Pugh was cast as Yelena Belova, who is also known in the comics as Black Widow. Because of this, fans have been theorizing that the upcoming film might also be Marvel Studios’ way of introducing a new character that would take on the legacy of the titular Avenger throughout future MCU films.

In a recent interview with Empire, director Cate Shortland has seemingly confirmed this theory by revealing that some new details about Black Widow and Yelena Belova’s future ahead of its November 2020 release.

“[Kevin Feige] realised that the audience would expect an origin story so, of course, we went in the opposite direction,” Shortland said. “And we didn’t know how great Florence Pugh would be. We knew she would be great, but we didn’t know how great. Scarlett is so gracious, like, ‘Oh, I’m handing her the baton.’ So it’s going to propel another female storyline.”

She also further revealed that the upcoming film will definitely be able to give Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff the proper farewell that she didn’t get in the last Avengers film. “In Endgame, the fans were upset that Natasha did not have a funeral. Whereas Scarlett, when I spoke to her about it, said Natasha wouldn’t have wanted a funeral,” Shortland explained. “She’s too private, and anyway, people don’t really know who she is. So what we did in this film was allow the ending to be the grief the individuals felt, rather than a big public outpouring. I think that’s a fitting ending for her.”

Scarlett Johansson returns as Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by the KGB before breaking from their grasp and becoming an agent of SHIELD and an Avenger. The film is expected to be set after the events of Captain America: Civil War, but before Avengers: Infinity War.

Black Widow will also feature a star-studded cast including Golden Globe nominee David Harbour (Stranger Things, Hellboy) as Alexei aka The Red Guardian, Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family) as Yelena Belova, Academy Award-winning actress Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) as Melina and O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Mason.

The movie was directed by Cate Shortland (Lore) from a script written by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle). Black Widow is set to release on November 6, 2020.

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Bill and Ted Face the Music Writer Shares BTS Rehearsal Photo

Writer Ed Solomon, whose name was anagrammed into Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey bad guy De Nomolos, shared a new behind-the-scenes image (via SuperHeroHype) from the upcoming Bill & Ted Face the Music. For the long-awaited sequel, it seems stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves would rehearse their scenes with the writers and director Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) first thing. Then they’d run it for the crew, and finally, the actors would go into hair and make-up

This behind-the-scenes image shows one of those first rehearsals. Most definitely not looking their ages, the actors — in matching T-shirts — seem to have their physicality right back where it used to be.

This is one of my favorite personal photos from the set of @BillandTed3. Each morning before @Winter & Keanu would head to hair & make up, we’d rehearse the scene with (director) Dean Parisot (that’s his hand bottom left of frame). Once it was set, we’d run it for the crew. pic.twitter.com/EVMpZKmiY8

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) July 5, 2020

In Bill and Ted Face the Music, the San Dimas duo, disappointed that they haven’t yet written the songs that will save the world, try to travel to the future and copy their own work. But time proves harder to cheat than that, and it may be up to their daughters to save them. Due to the coronavirus, its Aug. 14 release date remains tentative.

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Year: 2020

David Leitch’s Bullet Train lands Brad Pitt to star

Charlize Theron opens up about Furiosa prequel

The Batman, Jurassic World & more resuming UK filming

Above Suspicion trailer: Emilia Clarke stars in new thriller film

Constantine movie rumored in development at Warner Bros.

Hamilton Effect: Disney+ App Downloads Up 72% Over the Weekend

Ennio Morricone, Good, Bad and Ugly composer, dies at 91

John Boyega, Felicity Jones & more join new thriller film Borderland

Black Widow: Cate Shortland confirms prequel will ‘Hand the Baton’ to Florence Pugh

Bill and Ted Face the Music Writer Shares BTS Rehearsal Photo