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    Anthony Mackie Feared 'Falcon' TV Series Wouldn't Be as Good as Marvel Movies

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    The Sam Wilson depicter admits he was initially reluctant to take on ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ for fear that the quality ‘would be taken down for television.’

    Feb 28, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Anthony Mackie was apprehensive about starring in forthcoming Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.
    The 42-year-old actor – who plays Sam Wilson / Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, which is coming to Disney+ next month (Mar21), admits he was initially fearful about taking on the project.
    Revealing he wasn’t sure about taking part in the Marvel series, Mackie shared, “To be honest, I’ve had trepidation from the beginning. I was really afraid of the idea. Working on so many Marvel projects, and seeing the end result and the effect that they have on people, I was afraid that the quality of the production would be taken down for television.”
    “I was afraid that you can’t do things on television you can do in theatres. Seeing people’s reactions to Infinity War and Endgame in the theatres, and hearing the connection that the audience members have with these characters … that’s every actor’s dream, to affect an audience and expose them to a different way of looking at culture and the world around us.”

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    “I was really afraid that I wouldn’t have that opportunity to step out on that ledge like the actors before me had.”
    And Anthony heaped praise on the series’ director Kari Skogland and creator Malcolm Spellman.
    Speaking to the March issue of SFX magazine, he added, “But once we talked, and once they brought on Malcolm and Kari, I knew it was going to be something different.”
    “Kari is a phenomenal leader and Malcolm is an amazing writer. And Kevin Feige promised me that it wasn’t going to be different. He’s not going to tarnish the Marvel brand by trying to just blow out as much content as he could. And I trusted him on that.”
    “They haven’t let me down yet, so I just went along for the ride on faith of their past work. And I was really pleasantly surprised by how great everything turned out.”

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    Rose Leslie Partners Up With Theo James in 'The Time Traveler's Wife' Series

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    This upcoming HBO show is based on the Audrey Niffenegger novel, and has ‘Doctor Who’ writer Steven Moffat serving as its script writer as well as its executive producer.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – New mum Rose Leslie will star on the long-awaited TV adaptation of “The Time Traveler’s Wife”.
    The 34-year-old actress, who recently welcomed a son with husband Kit Harington], is to appear opposite “Divergent” actor Theo James on the upcoming HBO show, based on the Audrey Niffenegger novel of the same name.
    The series, which has been in development since 2018, is described as an “intricate and magical love story that tells the story of Clare (Leslie) and Henry (James), and a marriage with a problem… time travel.”

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    Leslie’s character Clare has been described by HBO as “fiery, clever and unstoppable and for most of her life she’s had an amazing secret. Since she was 6, she has had an imaginary friend: a kind and funny man, sometimes old, sometimes young, who appears in the woods behind her house and tells her tales of the future.”
    “Visits from the mysterious Henry are the bright spots in the tedium of her childhood. As the years pass, and she grows into a beautiful young woman, she starts to realize her friend is not imaginary – he’s a time traveler, visiting from the future,” the description continued. “And he’s not just from any old future – he’s from her future. Clare has a literal date with destiny.”
    “Doctor Who” writer Steven Moffat is to write and executive producing the show. The book was previously adapted for the big screen, with Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana starring.
    Before landing this role on “The Time Traveler’s Wife” series, the actress portraying Ygritte on “Game of Thrones” appeared in the first three seasons of “The Good Fight” opposite Christine Baranski. She has also played Gwen Dawson in several episodes of “Downton Abbey”. Her future co-star, James, meanwhile has “Castlevania” and “Sanditon” in his TV credits.

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    Production of 'Truth Be Told' Season 2 Comes to a Halt Due to Protesters

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    The Octavia Spencer-starring crime drama series was scheduled to shoot scenes on the historic Leimert Plaza Park set in Los Angeles, but activists made it clear the crew weren’t welcome.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Filming of Octavia Spencer’s TV drama “Truth Be Told (2019)” shut down early on Thursday, February 25 after protesters descended on the historic Leimert Plaza Park set in Los Angeles. Production on the AppleTV+ crime drama was cut short when activists made it clear the crew weren’t welcome.
    According to Deadline, the organized protesters objected to the fact filming was allowed to take place in areas like Leimert Plaza Park, while local homeless people looking for a safe haven amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been turned away. Many parks in Los Angeles have been locked up by officials in recent months.
    The permitted shoot came to a halt on Thursday afternoon as the protesters made it clear they would do whatever was necessary to disrupt filming. Spencer and her co-star Kate Hudson were not on the set, but two actresses playing their characters as younger women were.

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    Los Angeles film office, FilmLA, acknowledged that such incident did take place in Leimert Plaza Park. A spokesperson for the local non-profit permitting organization, Phillip Sokoloski, told Deadline, “It’s my understanding that the production company struck its set for the evening sometime around 5 PM.”
    It is not clear if the production will be returning to Leimert Plaza Park.
    “Truth Be Told” is based on Kathleen Barber’s novel “Are You Sleeping”. Created by Nichelle Tramble Spellman, the series follows journalist Poppy Parnell as she creates a true-crime podcast to re-investigate decades-old murder case and help exonerate Warren Cave whom she may have mistakenly helped to convict.
    Its second season, which is under production, will stray away from the original novel.

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    Judi Dench Needs Assistance to Learn Her Lines Due to Deteriorating Eyesight

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    Because of her declining eyesight, the ‘Blithe Spirit’ actress, 86, needs her friends to repeat her lines to her in order to help her memorize them before she’s filming a new project.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Dame Judi Dench is determined to keep acting despite her “intensely irritating” deteriorating eyesight.
    The 86-year-old actress suffers from age-related macular degeneration, which affects the middle part of a person’s vision, and she now has to enlist her friends to help her learn her lines for new projects by repeating them back to her, so she doesn’t have to keep reading from a script.
    “You find a way of just getting about and getting over the things that you find very difficult,” she said during an online event for London sight loss charity Vision Foundation.

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    “I’ve had to find another way of learning lines and things, which is having great friends of mine repeat them to me over and over and over again. So I have to learn through repetition, and I just hope that people won’t notice too much if all the lines are completely hopeless!”
    The “Cats” actress admitted she could walk past someone she knew and not recognise them, because she has to be “very close” to a person before she can identify them.
    “Finty, my daughter, goes and has her eyes checked,” she said. “It (her sight issues) is intensely irritating. But it does enable you to do one thing and that is that you have to get very close to people before you can recognise who they are.”
    “During lockdown I made a film and I was up close addressing people wearing masks during rehearsals, nothing to do with any scene I’m in. It’s kind of exquisite if you can do that and that’s the good side of it, and you have to look at that side of it.”

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    Rachel Zegler Tapped for 'Shazam!' Sequel

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    The ‘West Side Story’ actress has been cast to play a ‘key role’ in the upcoming ‘Shazam: Fury of the Gods’, a sequel to the Zachary Levi-fronted superhero film.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Rachel Zegler has signed up for “Shazam: Fury of the Gods”.
    The 19-year-old actress will take on a “key role” in the DC motion picture, which was recently pushed back to June 2023.
    Zegler – who stars as Maria in the upcoming “West Side Story” remake – wrote on Twitter, “I am in my key role in shazam 2 era. (sic)”
    Details of the character are being kept under wraps, but the star felt “supremely blessed” from DC fans following the casting reaction.
    “dc fans, thank you for this warm welcome. i am feeling so supremely blessed, (sic)” she tweeted.

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    “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” – a follow up to 2019 superhero film “Shazam!” – was due to drop on 4 November 2022, but another DC movie, “The Flash”, has now taken its place.
    Zachary Levi is to reprise his role as the titular hero in the DC Extended Universe motion picture, which will also star Adam Brody, Jack Dylan Grazer, Marta Milans, Asher Angel, and Faithe Herman.
    Shazam – who was also known as Captain Marvel – was created by C.C. Beck and writer Bill Parker back in 1939 and first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 a year later.
    Rights to the character were obtained by DC Comics in the 1970s.
    Shazam is really a teenage boy called Billy Batson – played by Angel in the 2019 blockbuster – who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word “Shazam,” which is an acronym of the ancient world gods and historical figures: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury.

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    J.J. Abrams Working on Superman Reboot

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    The ‘Star Wars’ filmmaker is teaming up with Marvel Comics writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to develop a new take on DC’s Man of Steel played by Henry Cavill in the previous film.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Superman is getting a reboot with novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates and J.J. Abrams developing a new blockbuster.
    Coates, who also worked on Marvel hits “Captain America” and “Black Panther”, is looking forward to revamping the DC Comics superhero.
    “To be invited into the DC Extended Universe by Warner Bros., DC Films and Bad Robot is an honor,” he writes in a statement. “I look forward to meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero.”
    “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” visionary Abrams adds, “There is a new, powerful and moving Superman story yet to be told. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with the brilliant Mr. Coates to help bring that story to the big screen, and we’re beyond thankful to the team at Warner Bros. for the opportunity.”

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    There’s no casting news linked to the new film, but Henry Cavill has said that he hopes to play Superman for years.
    The Brit will be back as the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s upcoming “Justice League” revamp.
    Besides working on a Superman remake, J.J. Abrams is also rumored to give DC’s John Constantine a TV reboot. The filmmaker is reportedly remaking the DC Comics exorcist and occult detective for streaming service HBO Max.
    The new show, written by British author Guy Bolton, will be based in London.
    No actor has been attached to the project. Matt Ryan was the last person to play the character in NBC’s short-lived “Constantine” series, which aired for one season between 2014-15. He reprised the character for “Arrow” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”.

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    Tom Holland Wears Nothing but Thong Under His Spider-Man Suit

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    The Peter Paker depicter reveals he wears nothing but a thong underneath his skintight superhero costume when he’s filming the Marvel blockbuster franchise.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Tom Holland wears a thong underneath his Spider-Man suit.
    The 24-year-old actor admits he has very little on beneath his superhero costume.
    “I wear a thong, like a jockstrap thing,” he tells GQ. “I have a thong and a mesh underlay suit and then the Spider-Man suit, made from very coarse material, goes over the top.”
    Tom, who will reprise his role as the webslinger for “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, goes on to reveal he has never been tempted to steal his own suit from the set even though there are “loads of them flying around.”

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    “I could just steal one,” he chuckles. “I should just go home in one from the set and be like, ‘Come and take it off me!’ They’d never find the hidden zips, though.”
    The upcoming “Spider-Man: Far From Home” sequel will also see the return of Zendaya Coleman and Jacob Batalon. It’s due stateside on December 21 this year.
    The plot is still kept under wrap, but Holland’s Peter Parker is expected to sport a new haircut as the actor previously revealed he refused to wear wig to hide haircut from his other movie “Uncharted”.
    “I have cool shaved sides and it’s slick at the back, and that’s not very Peter Parker,” he told Esquire. “He (Parker)’s a bit of a loser. So they put this wig on me that was just around the sides.”
    But Holland was not impressed and fought against the suggestion – and won. “For the first time in my life, I put my foot down as the leading actor and was like, ‘I’m not f**king wearing that wig. I’m going to have shorter hair and you’re going to have to deal with it!’ ” he shared.

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    Mike Tyson Accuses Hulu of Stealing Black Man's Story Over Unauthorized Biopic

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    The former boxing champion calls out Hulu for airing his unauthorized biopic, slamming the network for ‘stealing’ his story and branding it cultural misappropriation.

    Feb 27, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Mike Tyson has slammed Hulu’s unauthorised biopic about his life, calling it “cultural misappropriation.”
    Following the streaming service’s announcement that they had green lit an eight-episode series titled “Iron Mike” about the champion boxer, Tyson took to Instagram to ask his fans to “#BoycottHulu.”
    “Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorised mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising,” he wrote. “This announcement on the heels of social disparities in our country is a prime example of how Hulu’s corporate greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of the Tyson life story.”
    Insisting the series “couldn’t be more inappropriate or tone deaf,” Tyson pointed out the announcement of the show was also made during Black History Month – running in the U.S. in February (21) – which he said “confirms Hulu’s concern for dollars over respect for black story rights.”

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    “Hollywood needs to be more sensitive to black experiences especially after all that has transpired in 2020,” he continued. “The real Mike Tyson authorised story is in development and will be announced in coming days.”
    In another post on Twitter, Tyson added, “Really Hulu?! Stealing a black mans story during Black History Month? #corporategreed #boycotthulu.”
    Hulu has yet to respond to Tyson’s allegations.
    Meanwhile, the boxing champion is hoping for a rematch with his former adversary and fellow former professional boxing champion Evander Holyfield.
    “I think that (fight) might happen soon,” he said recently. “There’s going to be guys (I fight) before Evander, but Evander (is) something that we’re going to look at in the future (sic).”

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