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Exclusive The High Note Deleted Scene Featuring Tracee Ellis Ross

ComingSoon.net is debuting an exclusive The High Note deleted scene featuring Golden Globe-winner Tracee Ellis Ross’ beautiful singing abilities. You can check out the deleted scene in the player below and order your copy of the movie here!

Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights, and Maggie (Dakota Johnson), her overworked personal assistant. While stuck running errands, Maggie still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace’s manager (Ice Cube) presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever

The High Note stars Dakota Johnson (The Peanut Butter Falcon), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (It Comes at Night), Zoë Chao (Where’d You Go, Bernadette), Ice Cube (XXX: Return of Xander Cage), June Diane Raphael (Long Shot), Deniz Adkeniz (Once Upon a Time), Bill Pullman (The Sinner), Eddie Izzard (The Lego Batman Movie) and Diplo.

Written by Flora Greeson, The High Note is directed by Nisha Ganatra, who made a huge impression with the comedy Late Night at the Sundance Film Festival. It is produced by Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner with Nathan Kelly and Alexandra Loewy serving as executive producers.

The High Note is available now on Digital.

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CS Interview: The Russo Bros. Talk Coen Bros. & Star Wars

ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to speak with Joe and Anthony Russo about their weekly series Russo Bros. Pizza Film School, specifically about their love for the Coen Brothers after hosting No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin for Episode 5, in addition to their views on Star Wars following Episode 4 which featured Mark Hamill and the group discussing The Empire Strikes Back.

ComingSoon.net: You guys had a great conversation with Josh about “No Country”, and you’re clearly big fans of the Coens. I want to know, what do you think of the idea of “Blood Simple”, “Fargo” and “No Country” as a kind of informal trilogy? Because you talk about the importance of tone.

Joe: Trilogy?

CS: Yeah, you talk about the importance of tone. And to me, those three films have a very specific tone and subject matter amid the Coen’s very eclectic filmography.

Anthony: No question. I think they are. And I think that they, like jazz artists, the Coens will do riffs on similar themes or similar tones. And you can sort of see it throughout their career. Sometimes they will do something, you know, just radically outside of their canon, like when “O, Brother” came out, but you could still find the roots to it in “Raising Arizona”. So I do think that those films are all a variation on the same tone and the same theme.

CS: Yeah. And the Coens, some of their movies really embrace nihilism, like “Barton Fink” or “Burn After Reading” or “A Man Who Wasn’t There” or “No Country”. But then, they make other movies that feel more moralistic, like “Serious Man” or “Fargo”. Do you think the Coens are truly nihilistic, or is that just a tool that they use sometimes?

Anthony: I have to believe —

Joe: Here’s the thing, their entire canon is imbued with nihilism in some way or another. But they are inherently existential individuals, right? That’s how they perceive the world. But they have a sense of humor about it, which is amazing, right? It’s Pinter-esque in that regard, right, or it’s Beckett. They have a sense of humor about their existentialism, so that’s why we love them so much, because I think again, growing up in Cleveland, for the hardnosed town where we came from that went bankrupt and industrial machine collapse during our youth. And so, we have a very existential view on life as well. And I think it’s why we gravitate towards the Coens so much. I think it’s hard to take that existential philosophy without a sense of humor, which would make their movies very difficult to watch if they didn’t have any, even though “Country” is devious in its execution. I mean, there are lots of witty moments in that film that are equally entertaining as they are depressing, you know?

CS: But and then in terms of your “Empire Strikes Back” episode, it brought up something that has always kind of bugged me about “Star Wars”, which is that I feel like in the prequels, sort of the choice that Anakin has to make, where he’s choosing between the Jedi and saving the woman he loves, it’s a compelling choice. It’s a wrenching choice. But in both the original trilogy and the new trilogy that just came out, I feel like Luke and Rey, they’re basically being offered a power grab. Rule the universe with me. And it’s pretty anathema to both of their characters. There’s never really a feeling like these guys are actually going to go for that. And I wanted to get your take on that. Would you have done that differently?

Anthony: Well —

Joe: I mean I think being such “Star Wars” fanatics, we would’ve probably focused on the Luke Skywalker story. And so, to me, there was the potential for three movies focusing on that arc coming to completion. But different choices you can make. I think you know, the fact that “Star Wars” is so important to us growing up, we got to make our “Star Wars” empire in “Infinity War” and “Endgame”. That was really our expression of what those commercial films meant to us as children and what we took away from them and the patterns of narrative structure that were so profound to us. We were able to replicate those patterns in those movies. So I think we speak to those films rather than the “Star Wars” films.

Anthony: I was going to say, you make a very good point about Luke and Rey. That’s a really good point in a sense that you don’t really think — they don’t seem very likely to make that choice, but it just reminds me of how similar our enjoyment of these movies is to something like opera in the sense that there can be these crude sort of narrative beats that maybe don’t play in a very subtle or sophisticated way, but there’s something about their resonance and there’s something about the way the rest of the cinema surrounds that moment and then the music and the iconography and the drama of it all that somehow creates emotion and sort of excitement and thrill and danger and peril. It’s just a reminder to me when you’re pointing your finger at something that seems weak or fit, at like how much the other elements, that sort of cinematic experience perceived is to what we walk away from a movie with, you know?

You can watch every episode of Russo Bros. Pizza Film School on their YouTube channel here!

(Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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Pretending I’m a Superman Trailer Explores Tony Hawk’s Video Games

Pretending I’m a Superman trailer explores Tony Hawk’s video games

Tony Hawk has been one of the most iconic names of the skateboarding world since he turned pro in 1982 and that fame carried over to the video game world with Activision’s franchise based around him and Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story trailer teases the documentary that dives deep into that story. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!

Directed by Ludvig Gür (The Outsider), the documentary explores the world of skateboarding from the early ’80s, when Hawk first became a pro, onward and looking at the scene as a whole as well as its transition into the world of video games at Activision with the long-running Tony Hawk’s series that began in 1999.

Pre-order your copy of the remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 here!

The film will feature archival footage from both the various games in the series and Hawk’s career, as well as interviews with a slew of skate legends and athletes including Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Chad Muska, Eric Koston and Rodney Mullen, as well as key figures on the video game side such as former Neversoft producer Scott Pease, among others. The documentary comes just a month ahead of Activision and Vicarious Vision’s highly-anticipated next-gen remasters of the first two games in the Pro Skater series, originally developed by Neversoft.

Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story is set to hit digital platforms on August 8!

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Endless Trailer & Poster Starring Alexandra Shipp & Nicholas Hamilton

Quiver Distribution has released the official trailer and poster for the upcoming romance drama Endless, starring Alexandra Shipp (Love, Simon, X-Men franchise) and Nicholas Hamilton (IT, Captain Fantastic). You can check out the trailer in the player below along with the full poster!

Endless follows love-struck high school graduates Riley (Shipp) and Chris (Hamilton). When they are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.

Written by O’Neil Sharma and Andre Case and directed by Scott Speer, the movie also stars Famke Janssen (X-Men franchise, Taken franchise) and DeRon Horton (Dear White People, Roman J. Israel, Esq.).

Endless is produced by Gabriela Bacher, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Kevin Dewalt, and Sean Finegan and will arrive in theaters and On Demand on August 14.

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Sony & SK Global Acquire Kevin Kwan’s Sex and Vanity

Sony & SK Global acquire Kevin Kwan’s Sex and Vanity

Following a heated bidding war, the film rights to Crazy Rich Asians trilogy author Kevin Kwan’s latest novel, New York Times bestseller Sex and Vanity, have been acquired by Sony Pictures and SK Global, according to Variety.

The novel, Kwan’s first since his Crazy Rich trilogy concluded in 2017, was published by Doubleday on June 30 and became a smash hit upon release, instantly shooting to the NY Times Bestseller list and garnering rave reviews from critics and fans. The official synopsis reads as follows:

On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can’t stand him. She can’t stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can’t stand that he knows more about Casa Malaparte than she does, and she really can’t stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin Charlotte. “Your mother is Chinese so it’s no surprise you’d be attracted to someone like him,” Charlotte teases. The daughter of an American-born Chinese mother and a blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucie is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment building, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world–and her heart. Moving between summer playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and extravagant fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.

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“I am overjoyed to be embarking on this cinematic adventure with Sony Pictures and SK Global,” Kwan said in a statement. “Sony Pictures has produced so many of my favorite films over the years, and I am thrilled by Sanford Panitch’s vision for this project. I’m also very excited to be working again with my great friend John Penotti, who responded immediately and passionately to the world I created in Sex and Vanity.”

The film adaptation is set to be produced by Kwan and SK Global’s John Penotti, with SK executive Xian Li overseeing the project for the banner while Jiao Chen is the Sony Pictures exec who will oversee the title for the studio.

“Seven years ago Kevin entrusted us (and our producing partners) with his ground-breaking Crazy Rich Asians bestseller, and ever since working with him has been a creative dream,” Penotti said. “With Sex and Vanity he’s once again created a work of magic, crafting a riveting story about love and identity. We instantly fell in love with its heart and humor and are thrilled to partner with him again, as well as with our collaborators at Sony Pictures. Sanford and the team love the book as much as we do, and we are all committed to bringing this story to a global audience.”

SK Global previously worked with Kwan to bring Crazy Rich Asians to life on the big screen in 2018 at Warner Bros., which became a global smash, grossing nearly $240 million on a $30 million budget and receiving rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, garnering two Golden Globe nominations. The studio is currently developing adaptations of the latter installments in the novel trilogy.

(Photo by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

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The Honeymoon Phase Trailer & Poster From Phillip G. Carroll Jr.

Dark Sky Films has released the official trailer for the sci-fi thriller The Honeymoon Phase from writer and director Phillip G. Carroll Jr. You can check out the trailer in the player below as well as the new poster!

Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is.

A paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic Twilight Zone as contemporary Black Mirror, and an all-too-terrifying answer to the question, “How well can you ever really know someone?”

The movie stars Jim Schubin (Boardwalk Empire), Chloe Carroll, with Tara Westwood (The Grudge 2020) and Francois Chau (Lost, The Expanse).

The Honeymoon Phase is produced by Phillip G. Carroll Jr., John G. Carroll, Chloe Carroll, and Jess Weiss and will release in theaters and Digital on August 21.

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Max Minghella to Helm Shell at HBO Max

After making his directorial debut in 2018 with the well-received musical drama Teen Spirit, Max Minghella (The Social Network) is ready to return behind the camera for Jack Stanley’s spec script Shell at HBO Max, according to Deadline.

Though the plot details are currently being kept under wraps, the film is being described as a “satirical horror tale with sci-fi elements set in the health and beauty industry.” The project is going to be produced by Automatik’s Fred Berger (La La Land, Teen Spirit) and Alicia Van Couvering alongside Minghella via his Blank Tape production banner.

In addition to Berger, Couvering and Minghella, the film will also be executive produced by Jamie Bell (Rocketman) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (In the Shadow of the Moon), who both previously worked with Minghella as executive producers on Teen Spirit.

Stanley most recently helped revise the script for Netflix and Bad Robot’s upcoming thriller Lou starring Allison Janney (I, Tonya) and currently has two scripts on The Black List, Sweetheart and Possession: A Love Story. At one point he was attached to pen the script for a sequel to Josh Trank’s Chronicle in 2014, though that project never materialized.

(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Bleecker Street)

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Universal’s Nobody Starring Bob Odenkirk Release Date Moved Up

Universal Pictures' Nobody Starring Bob Odenkirk Release Date Changed

Universal’s Nobody Starring Bob Odenkirk Release Date Moved Up

Universal Pictures’ upcoming thriller Nobody starring Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad) will now release in theaters on Friday, February 19, 2021, moving up a week from its February 26, 2021 release date.

Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody.

When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe, The Shack), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen, Wonder Woman), seems to pull only further away.

The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch’s long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (famed Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov, Amazon’s McMafia)—and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.

Nobody is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry), from a script by Derek Kolstad, the narrative architect of the John Wick franchise, and co-stars legendary Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd as Hutch’s father and multi-hyphenate musician-actor RZA as Hutch’s brother, whose own hidden talents aid Hutch in his quest for vengeance.

The film is produced by Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, the filmmakers of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Deadpool 2, and Atomic Blonde, for their company 87North, by Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water, Wind River) for his Eighty Two Films, and by Bob Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero (Hulu’s PEN15) for Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. The film is executive produced by Derek Kolstad, Marc S. Fischer, and Tobey Maguire.

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When Katie Met Cassidy: HBO Max Adapting Rom-Com Novel into Film

When Katie Met Cassidy: HBO Max adapting rom-com novel into film

HBO Max has officially acquired the rights to author Camille Perri’s romantic-comedy novel titled When Katie Met Cassidy which is being described as a celebratory queer love story. The streaming service is currently developing a film adaptation of the LGBTQ novel with Perri also signing on to pen the screenplay.

“I’m thrilled to be working with 42 and HBO Max to bring this celebratory queer love story to a mainstream audience,” Perri said in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter). “At a time when popular culture has begun to embrace women taking charge of their sexuality and gender roles, I envision this film capturing the hearts and minds of straight and queer viewers alike.”

First published in 2018, When Katie Met Cassidy will follow the story of a successful 28-year-old New York City lawyer named Katie Daniels as she tries to mend a broken heart after her fiancé suddenly dumps her. Her life is turned upside down when she meets Cassidy Price, a sexy and self-assured woman. Their undeniable connection makes each of them question everything they thought they knew about sex and love.

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The novel’s official synopsis reads: “At first neither of them knows what to make of the other, but soon their undeniable connection will bring into question everything each of them thought they knew about sex and love.

When Katie Met Cassidy is a romantic comedy about gender and sexuality, and the importance of figuring out who we are in order to go after what we truly want. It’s also a portrait of a high-drama subculture where barrooms may as well be bedrooms, and loyal friends fill in the spaces absent families leave behind. Katie’s glimpse into this wild yet fiercely tightknit community begins to alter not only how she sees the larger world, but also where exactly she fits in.”

The film will be produced by Ben Pugh and Charlie Morrison through their 42 banner. It will also be executive produced by Claudia Shin.

HBO Max is offering an impressive direct-to-consumer experience with 10,000 hours of premium content including Max Originals, the entire HBO service, together with beloved franchises, titles past and present from WarnerMedia’s deep library of fan favorites including motion picture and TV series from Warner Bros.’ 100-year content collection, New Line, library titles from DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes, a selection of classic films curated in partnership with TCM, and more.

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Sponge on the Run Soundtrack To Be Released by NEON16/Interscope Records

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Sponge on the Run Soundtrack To Be Released by NEON16/Interscope Records

Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon have partnered with NEON16 to bring to life the music from the upcoming animated film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run, with the soundtrack set to be released by NEON16/Interscope Records next year. You can check out a brief tease of the new single out today from the soundtrack, Tainy & J. Balvin’s “Agua,” in the player below!

The film’s soundtrack will include songs by Tyga, Swae Lee, Lil Mosey, Weezer, Snoop Dogg, The Flaming Lips, Kenny G, Cyndi Lauper and more! Spearheaded and executive produced by award-winning producers Tainy and Lex Borrero, NEON16 has curated the official film soundtrack for the next installment in the SpongeBob franchise by bringing together some of the industry’s most prolific and innovative artists to collaborate. NEON16 is a groundbreaking multimedia company and talent incubator that was founded in 2019, by Tainy and Lex, which has experienced immense success within the Latin music and multimedia market.

The film, previously titled It’s a Wonderful Sponge, will be the first 3D computer-animated SpongeBob movie, which is being described as a love letter to SpongeBob’s original creator Steven Hillenburg, who passed away last November, as well as the fans of the show, not to mention the fictional residents of Bikini Bottom.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will feature a score by Hans Zimmer and original songs by Ali Dee. The film will also be featuring the voices of Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians) and Reggie Watts (Tuca & Bertie). In addtion, pop star legend Cyndi Lauper and co-writer Rob Hyman are working on original songs for the film. It is being produced by Paramount Animation in collaboration with Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures.

Since its debut in 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has become the most widely distributed property in Viacom International Media Networks history, seen in more than 208 countries and territories, translated in 55+ languages, and averaging more than 100 million total viewers every quarter. This marks the third feature-length Spongebob adventure, after 2004’s The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie, and 2015’s Sponge Out of Water.

The project is being directed by Tim Hill and produced by Ryan Harris with choreography by Mia Michaels and will first debut on VOD and digital platforms in early 2021 followed by exclusive streaming on CBS All Access.