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SA doccie The Boers at the End of the World to premiere at the Silwerskerm Festival

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A documentary feature film about a century-old community of Afrikaners in a remote region of Patagonia will have its world premiere at the Silwerskerm Festival later this month. Following the screening of the multiple-SAFTA nominated short film, The Last Boers of Patagonia, in July 2014 as part of the Encounters and Durban International Film Festivals, GOOD […]

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Zac Efron in Talks to Star With Dwayne Johnson in ‘Baywatch’ Movie

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‘Horrible Bosses’ director Seth Gordon will be behind the camera for all the slo-mo beach shots. Zac Efron is suiting up in red bathing trunks and hitting the beach. Efron is in negotiations to star opposite Dwayne Johnson in Paramount’s Baywatch, the big-screen take on the 1990s television series about California lifeguards. After years of development, the project seems […]

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Leonardo DiCaprio Teams With Martin Scorsese for ‘Devil in the White City’

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The feature adaptation of Devil in the White City is back at Paramount, with Leonardo DiCapriohaving enlisted his frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese to help make his passion project into a reality. Paramount, after having acquired and let go of the project twice before, has scooped up the project, with DiCaprio on board to star, Scorsese to direct and Billy Ray to write the script, The […]

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Universal Sets Global Box Office Record

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Universal Pictures has made history, becoming the first studio to gross $5.53 billion in a single year. What’s particularly impressive about the studio’s feat is that it has shattered records less than eight months into the calendar year, and still has several major movies left to release, including rap drama “Straight Outta Compton,” adventure film “Everest” […]

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‘Bad Boys 3 & 4′, ‘Dark Tower’, ‘Jumanji’ & More Get Release Dates

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Sony Pictures will attempt to revitalize the Ghostbusters movie franchise in 2016, having recruited writer/director Paul Feig (Spy) to direct a reboot of the supernatural action/comedy series headlined by stars likes Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. The studio has likewise been developing a number of projects that could potentially give rise to franchises, ranging from a film adaptation […]

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