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Facebook announced Monday that it plans to stop publishers and people from sharing both local and international news on the social media platform. In a blog post, Facebook Australia & New Zealand managing director Will Easton wrote that new plan comes after the country required the platform to pay local digital media companies for their […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/32HO0cR

Johnny Depp has requested that his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard be delayed due to the upcoming filming of Fantastic Beasts 3. The filming for the David Yates-directed film was put on hold, like many Hollywood shoots and events, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as conditions in main filming site London have improved, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2YPGvPO

The This Is Us family celebrated a significant milestone on Monday. In COVID-19 fashion, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley came together virtually to wish The Big Three a happy 40th birthday. Also joining the main cast were the actors who play the younger and teenage Randall, Kevin and Kate. “We turn 40 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3gSM1Ys

Michael B. Jordan broke his silence on the death of Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, with an emotional Instagram tribute Monday. “I’ve been trying to find the words, but nothing comes close to how I feel. I’ve been reflecting on every moment, every conversation, every laugh, every disagreement, every hug…everything,” Jordan wrote. “I wish we […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/32IXtk7

Want to dig into the animated history of Superman ? How will players unlock new characters in Marvel’s Avengers and will crossplay be available right away? Will The Boys deal with the pandemic in the third season? Want to hear a track from the Wonder Woman 1984 score and find out how long the movie might be? Why might Jeffrey Dean Morgan not be able to join The Boys season 3?  All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits . Here’s a look back at the long animated history of Superman from a longer documentary about the superhero. Square Enix revealed new heroes in Marvel’s Avengers will be arrive in Battle Passes but won’t cost money. COSPLAY: I recreated the WW84 Cheetah Promotional Art with only bodypaint! from DC_Cinematic A cosplayer recreated the final look of Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984 using nothing but some body paint. Showrunner Eric Kripke says the current state of the world will influence the direction of The Boys season 3. Here’s a fun promo

Back in 2017, director Luca Guadagnino delivered the gorgeous coming-of-age romance Call Me By Your Name starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer. Now the filmmaker is at it again, this time with Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamón starring in We Are Who We Are, a new HBO series following two American kids living on a military base in Italy. Each of these kids is going through the trials and tribulations of teenage life, which includes first-love, struggles with their own identity, and more. Based on the new We Are Who We Are trailer, this looks like it will let Guadagnino spread his wings into teenage angst even more than before. We Are Who We Are Trailer Here’s how HBO breaks down each of the main characters in Luca Guadagnino foray into television, an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight: Jack Dylan Grazer stars as shy and introverted fourteen-year-old Fraser, who moves from New York to a military base in Veneto with his m

SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman in his latest fireside chat, reposting a laugh-filled Q&A with cast members and director of Marshall, the 2017 film in which Boseman portrayed famed civil rights leader and Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall. In the Q&A, Boseman, who died Friday at 43, recalled getting […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3jp0z3A

Martin Short turned 70 during the pandemic, and if it hadn’t been for the worldwide lockdown he’d probably still be on the road somewhere, doing his two-man vaudeville show with his old friend Steve Martin. It is, he recalls with a lot of affection and no small amount of wonder, nearly 50 years since he […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Dh79d5

The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) has set their lineup for their forthcoming hybrid edition of its fest which will take place September 14-20. In the wake of the pandemic, many festivals have either canceled or pivoted to an entirely virtual program. NYLFF is one of the Latinx-based film fests that have continued with […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2QCRcku

Lionsgate is drawing first blood — and last blood — with its first-ever SteelBook Blu-ray release of the Rambo franchise. For the first time ever, Lionsgate is releasing all five films in the series in a hulking 4K Ultra HD SteelBook Collection this October. Learn more about the Rambo SteelBook collection below. Collider debuted the first look at the  Rambo SteelBook collection, which includes all five films from the 37-year action franchise starring Sylvester Stallone as the Special Forces fighter John Rambo:  First Blood ,  Rambo: First Blood Part II ,  Rambo III ,  Rambo , and  Rambo: Last Blood . Lionsgate commissioned five poster artists to design a unique cover for each SteelBook, with 17-time Clio Award winner  Justin Erickson  drawing  First Blood ,  Ken Taylor  painting  Rambo: First Blood Part II,  Grzegorz Domaradzki  illustrating  Rambo III ,  Vance Kelly  on  Rambo, and  John Guydo  doing  Rambo: Last Blood . You can see all the covers, complete with artistic blood

Until the next round of Marvel movies come along, Disney’s new live-action remake of Mulan stands as the highest budgeted live-action film with a female director behind it, costing a reported $200 million. It was New Zealand-born director Niki Caro  who brought the ancient story to life, but many potential audience members were hoping to see someone with Chinese heritage in the director’s chair for this remake, since the project is so inherently linked with Chinese folklore. Caro addressed that criticism, but ultimately agrees that “more diverse people need to be allowed to tell stories.” Read her quotes below. Back in February, before the world skidded to a stop due to the pandemic, Caro responded to criticism that a filmmaker with Chinese ancestry, and not a New Zealander, should have been the one to tell this culturally specific story. She told THR : “Although it’s a critically important Chinese story and it’s set in Chinese culture and history, there is another culture at play

EXCLUSIVE: Kacen Callender’s young adult novel Felix Ever After is getting the TV treatment with Amazon Studios developing an adaptation with Field Trip Productions. The book, which tells the story of a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time, was published in May 2020 by HarperCollins and […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3baYOUR

The world continues to remember Chadwick Boseman, evident on Sunday night when ABC aired Disney/Marvel’s groundbreaking Black Panther uninterrupted followed by the 20/20 special Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King. The Best Picture Oscar-nominated superhero movie starring Boseman dominated primetime, delivering a 1.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.09 million viewers. The ABC News […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2EQB2Br

The Producers Guild of America has issued its protocols for the safe return to work on scripted and unscripted independent productions. The guidelines stress “regular testing” for COVID-19; workdays no longer than 10 hours; no COVID-related liability waivers; “absolutely no visitors” on set; the sanitizing of shared surfaces; proper ventilation in closed spaces, and remote […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/34NTg1e

Broadway’s Second Stage Theater has hired Khady Kamara, the managing director of Arena Stage in Washington D.C., as the New York company’s new executive director. Kamara will join Second Stage, which also includes Off Broadway productions, part-time beginning Sept. 14, then full time on Jan. 4, 2021. As Arena’s managing director, Kamara is responsible for […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/34SRyM3

There’s a big twist in  Antebellum . Those who regard the mere  mention of a twist to be itself a spoiler are going to have a lot of trouble with this one, as the twists and turns are baked into the narrative. The film simply wouldn’t exist without them. And while we wouldn’t dream of giving away what those big twists are, it’s safe to say that  Antebellum lives or dies by how willing you are to play along with the film’s bag of tricks. Suffice to say, we won’t be giving away any of the film’s twists here – no more so than  Antebellum ‘s trailers have, at least. Written and directed by  Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz , a promising duo who will hopefully go on to even bigger and better things,  Antebellum opens with brutality, and almost never lets up. We’re dropped into a scene on a Civil War plantation, where runaway slaves have just been brought back and are about to suffer mightily for their transgressions. Bush and Renz let it be known right away that they’re not messing a

As we get closer to the release of Denis Villeneuve ‘s Dune , it appears that Warner Bros. has been happy to let the spice flow. And by spice, I mean spicy new images from the highly anticipated film based on Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel. Last week, we got an exciting new look at the sandworm , but this time we get to see more of the people who reside on the desert planet Arrakis. See the new  Dune images below. Dune Images The latest batch of new  Dune images tease some of the action of the film, with  Jason Momoa ‘s warrior Duncan Idaho fighting off several goons, while  Oscar Isaac and  Josh Brolin ‘s Duke Leto and master-at-arms Gurney Halleck, respectively, look imposing in their Atreides battle armour. But most exciting is seeing protagonist  Timothée Chalamet jump into action as Paul Atreides, who begins his desert odyssey with the help of  Zendaya ‘s mysterious Fremen tribeswoman Chani, who has glowing blue eyes. Debuted by Empire in their recent  Dune iss

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Mark Gordon has launched Mark Gordon Pictures, a new production venture that is backed by EOne. Gordon has put together a staff of producers to create new film and TV productions and continue to shepherd the ones he already had in the works. Part of the plan is to expand into theater in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3lB34S8

Starz  has greenlighted the third new series in the Power universe, moving up the premiere of the new spinoff from Courtney Kemp and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Power Book IV: Force will focus on Power’s Tommy Egan, with Joseph Sikora set to reprise his role. Robert Munic will serve as showrunner and executive producer on […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/34JKhOG

EXCLUSIVE: Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), John Ortiz (Kong: Skull Island) and Will Ropp (The Way Back) have joined Jenna Ortega (You), Maddie Ziegler (West Side Story) and Niles Fitch (This is Us) in high school drama The Fallout, which wraps its four-week LA shoot this week. As we revealed earlier […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/34PY9Xt

Netflix is offering some movies and series free to stream, no subscription required. The streaming network has announced a “watch free” site in an attempt to lure new subscribers. Movies currently available to stream for free are Bird Box, the sci-fi horror thriller starring Sandra Bullock, Oscar-nominated The Two Popes starring Jonathan Pryce and Anthony […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2QLKzw1

The world is about to be immersed in the life of musician J Balvin. Amazon Studios has acquired the worldwide rights to the documentary The Boy From Medellín ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman and backed by Endeavor Content, the docu puts a […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2QIYD9y

Since the shocking news of Chadwick Boseman passing away was announced on Friday, endless tributes have been posted online, not just from fans around the world, but from his fellow actors and actresses, as well as the filmmakers who have worked with him. No one knows the hard work that Chadwick Boseman put into his career better than Marvel Studios, the filmmakers of Black Panther , and the stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. See how they all remember Chadwick Boseman below. Marvel Tribute to Chadwick Boseman Here’s Marvel ‘s tribute to the actor who became a hero to millions around the world as Black Panther . The studio posted this video online after the ABC News TV special that aired last night following a commercial-free airing of Black Panther . Culled from behind the scenes footage and publicity interviews, the video features Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige , producer Nate Moore , Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Marvel cast members Robert Downey Jr. , Chris E