For those fans who cannot wait for the release of the third installment of the successful Spudseries, Spud 3: Learning to Fly, Ster-Kinekor has a spoil in store for local Joburg audiences. The film releases nationally at select Ster-Kinekor sites on Friday, 28 November. However, Spud fans have the chance to ‘get up close and personal’ with some of […]
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Jerry Bruckheimer, Paramount TV Developing ‘American Gigolo’ TV Show
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Paramount Television is again reaching into the studio archives, announcing that it is partnering withJerry Bruckheimer on a television adaptation of the 1980 Richard Gere-Lauren Hutton film “American Gigolo.” Bruckheimer, who was a producer on that crime drama centered around a superficial male escort in Los Angeles, will exec produce the project. Paul Schrader, the film’s director and writer, […]
Kaley Cuoco Receives Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Although she’s been on two long-running sitcoms like “The Big Bang Theory” in her brief 29 years,Kaley Cuoco says film roles are still somewhat elusive for her. So when she had the opportunity to audition for the role of a troubled twentysomething in independent drama “Burning Bodhi,” she was eager to prove herself. Surprising audiences might […]
Chadwick Boseman to Star in Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
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Chadwick Boseman is set to star in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” it was revealed Tuesday. Boseman has signed a five-picture deal with Marvel, an individual with knowledge of the deal has told TheWrap. Boseman joined Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans onstage, where the established superheroes bucked-up for his services for “Captain America: Civil War.” Black Panther is also getting his own […]
‘Scream’ TV Series Picked Up by MTV for summer 2015 Premiere
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After a nearly two-year gestation period, MTV is finally taking a concrete step toward getting their TV series adaptation of the Scream slasher franchise on the air. The network once famous for music videos has today granted a 10-episode first season pick-up to Scream’s small screen reboot, with plans to debut the series in fall 2015. The road to […]
Marvel reveals new synopsis for Agent Carter
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Marvel has released a lengthy new synopsis for Agent Carter, the Hayley Atwell-starring spin-off from the Captain America series. The new synopsis reveals a boat-load of new plot details, outlining the challengers facing Peggy Carter, as well as the alliances she forms with both Howard Stark and his butler, Jarvis… “It’s 1946 and peace has dealt Peggy a serious […]
‘True Detective’: Taylor Kitsch Says He’s Onboard for Season 2
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True Detective remains the breakout freshman TV hit of 2014, and now season two of HBO’s crime drama anthology is gearing up to bring production this fall in California. Up to now, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn had been confirmed for series creator Nic Pizzolatto’s next installment of True Detective, while Rachel McAdams remains all but set to play season two’s female lead. That […]
TLC cancels ‘Honey Boo Boo’
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There goes Honey Boo Boo. TLC has abruptly canceled its polarizing reality sensation after co-star “Mama June” Shannon allegedly started dating a convicted child molester. Earlier this week, TMZ first reported that Shannon had started dating Mark McDaniel, who was convicted in 2004 of aggravated child molestation of an 8-year-old. After the report, members of Shannon’s family denied the two were together—saying the […]
‘LEGO Movie 2’ to Be Scripted by ‘LEGO Movie’ Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller
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Before The LEGO Movie premiered in theaters, Warner Bros. was gearing up to launch a full franchise, beginning development on a sequel before the first had even made its debut. Following The LEGO Movie’s successful run at the box office (where it earned $468 million worldwide), Warner Bros. has since announced three LEGO feature films to debut over the next four years. The […]
Aaron Sorkin Confirms Christian Bale Playing Steve Jobs in Sony Movie
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Christian Bale will play Steve Jobs in Sony’s upcoming biopic about the late Apple co-founder,screenwriter Aaron Sorkin confirmed in a Bloomberg Television interview with Emily Chang. “We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range and that’s Chris Bale,” Sorkin said. “He didn’t have to audition. Well, there was a meeting.” Bale was originally eyed to play […]