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Ice Cube walks out of comedy film because of Covid-19 vax requirement
None of the parties involved, however, offered a comment either confirming, or denying the news. Ice Cube, who reportedly had been signed up for the movie for $9 million, and Black partnered on the project in June. Shooting for the Sony film was to begin this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix's breakout comedy "Bad Trip", in the director's seat.
'G.I. Joe', 'Transformers' producer to remake Korean fantasy film for Hollywood
Directed and written by Yoon Jae-keun, 'Spiritwalker' is about a man who cannot remember his own identity and wakes up in a different body every 12 hours. Each time forced to discover who he is, he launches a desperate search to find himself, finally coming across a woman who claims to recognise him.
Matthew Perry to release autobiography next year
He has also signed a seven-figure deal with publications like Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan, for the upcoming memoir, according to reports of deadline.com The autobiography will be editd by the publisher of Flatiron Books, Megan Lynch and the title of the book has not been decided yet.
Kit Harington had never heard of 'Eternals' character
Asked if he was familiar with the character prior to the film, Harington told Variety: "No. If I'm totally honest, I hadn't heard of the character. I had to sort of read up on him and just see what the basics were. But the essence of the character and his powers seem to me very interesting." He says that he has no idea where Marvel will take the character but was grateful for a superhero with "meat to get into", reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Daniel Craig's 'No Time to Die' treks to top of China box-office with $8mn opening
Throughout Friday, 'No Time to Die' tracked comfortably at the top of the Chinese chart, with market share as high as 55 per cent in the morning sessions. By midnight local time, that had fallen to 49 per cent and the film grossed $7.76 million, including online fees, according to ticketing agency and industry tracker Maoyan, reports variety.com. Including midnight previews, Bond's day one aggregate hit $8.12 million. The last Bond film, 'Spectre', opened with a $44 million first weekend in China back in 2015 before going on to achieve an $84 million lifetime score in the Middle Kingdom.
Benedict Cumberbatch to play poisoned spy in limited series
Based on the book 'The Terminal Spy' by Alan Cowell, the series tells the true story of Alexander Litvinenko, the KGB agent and later defector killed by poisoning with the radioactive isotope polonium-210 in 2006 in England. Cumberbatch will star as Litvinenko and will also serve as an executive producer on the project under his Sunnymarch banner, reports variety.con. David Scarpa is writing 'Londongrad' and will also executive produce. Bryan Fogel will direct and executive produce via Orwell Productions.
'Rust' producers were warned about Dave Halls' safety issues
Halls has admitted to investigators that he failed to properly check a gun before handing it to Alec Baldwin on the set of 'Rust' on October 21. Baldwin fired that gun while rehearsing a scene, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the director, reports variety.com. The production companies credited on 'Rust' include Thomasville Pictures, led by Ryan Smith and Allen Cheney, as well as Short Porch Pictures, run by Nathan Klingher and Ryan Winterstern, among others
Josh O'Connor, Paul Mescal unite for gay romance
It is an Oliver Hermanus-directed adaptation of an award-winning short story, reports variety.com. Produced by End Cue, the story follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O'Connor), who, during the WW1 period, set out to record the lives, voices and music of their countrymen.
Sigourney Weaver's 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' starts filming in Australia
The series is based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Australian author Holly Ringland and was adapted for the screen by Sarah Lambert, who is also the series' showrunner. All seven episodes will be directed by Glendyn Ivin.
Ana de Armas circling lead role in 'John Wick' spinoff 'Ballerina'
The action-thriller will be helmed by 'Underworld' director Len Wiseman from a screenplay by Shay Hatten, who has also penned 'John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' and is attached to write 'Chapter 4' and 'Chapter 5' of the franchise as well.
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