Category Archives: Global News

George Clooney to Direct Pic Revolving Around British Phone Hacking Scandal

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George Clooney has come on to direct “Hack Attack” for Sony Pictures, delving into the hot-button topic of celebrity privacy scandals. The pic will be an adaptation of journalist Nick Davies’ account of the British phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s news empire. The adaptation will be produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov through their Smokehouse banner […]

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Dwayne Johnson is Black Adam in ‘Shazam’

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As DC prepares their shared movie universe, a lot of speculation has surrounded who Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is going to play. For over a year, the wrestler-turned-blockbuster actor had teased that he was in talks with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment for a comic book role – a character that had not been brought to the big screen […]

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MTV to air The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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From 24 September, MTV (DStv channel 130) will air The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, an Emmy Award-nominated US late-night talk show, after acquiring the African TV broadcast rights from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The show will air on weekdays at 18h00, with an omnibus edition running on from 17h00 to 19:00 on Saturdays and […]

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‘Magic Mike XXL’ Begins Production

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Steven Soderbergh, who helmed the original male stripper flick penned by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, tweeted a shot of the sequel’s clapperboard on Sunday, adding, “It’s ON!” While he’s passed the director’s torch to his oft-collaborator Gregory Jacobs (who was Soderbergh’s first assistant director on Side Effects, Behind the Candelabra and the Ocean’s films, among other films), he has signed on as XXL’s director of photography, camera […]

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James Brown Biopic ‘Get on Up’ to Open Zurich Film Fest

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Get on Up, the biopic of legendary performer James Brown, will open this year’s Zurich International Film Festival. The feature from The Help director Tate Taylor looks at Brown’s rags-to-riches rise from extreme poverty to topping the music charts as a soul and funk superstar and proponent of black pride. Chadwick Boseman, who played another African American legend, Jackie Robinson, in Brian Helgeland‘s 42, is the Godfather of […]

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‘Underworld’ Reboot Announced

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2003 saw an unlikely milestone emerge in the form of the supernatural horror/action genre-blend franchise, Underworld. The vampires vs. werewolves flick featured an untested creative team (Len Wiseman and Kevin Grevioux) shepherding a collection of unlikely action stars, which included theatrically trained actors like Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) and Bill Nighy (Harry Potter); a pretty-boy leading […]

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Shonda Rhimes to Make Acting Debut

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Shonda Rhimes has already made a huge name for herself as a showrunner, creator and producer. Now, she’s slated to add actress to her list of achievements with an appearance on “The Mindy Project.” In an episode slated to appear early in the fall, Rhimes will play herself, according to media reports. No further plot details […]

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