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    Josh Trank Says His Life Is in Shambles After 'Fantastic Four' Remake Flopped

    The ‘Chronicle’ director claims his friends fell away and his career prospects in the entertainment industry diminished following the disastrous superhero movie back in 2015.
    May 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Capone” director Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four ” disaster inspired his latest movie, revealing he felt like a broken man after his blockbuster flopped.
    Like gangster Al Capone in his final days, Trank started chain-smoking as friends fell away and his career prospects diminished – and it reminded him of Deirdre Capone’s recollections of her uncle at the end of his life.
    “The story paralleled my own life,” he says. “Fantastic Four had just come out and it was a massive box office disaster on a historically unprecedented scale. My career went down in flames. Before that movie fell apart I was in a very enviable position in the industry, where my first movie (Chronicle) came out and it was a number one movie at the box office and was a huge success. I was getting the opportunity to engage with all the biggest franchises and was working at the highest level in our business, and everything fell to pieces.”
    “Before I knew it, I was sitting in my backyard in eerie silence, chain-smoking two packs a day of cigarettes without anyone really calling me, save for some few close friends and family. I was dealing with my own personal trauma from that experience, facing it every day without any sense of my life going in any direction after that.”
    “I remembered the stories about the end of Al Capone’s life, when he was released from Alcatraz (prison) and sitting in his backyard in Palm Island puffing on cigars in his near vegetative state, reflecting on his own self-inflicted drama and all of the unresolved loose ends from a life that he led, maybe 10 years prior when he was the king of the world so to speak.”
    “There he was with his bank account dwindling, his life in shambles and being haunted by memories from his past. I wanted to be able to write about that because I knew that what I was feeling was from a fairly unique experience that needed some sort of a cinematic documentation.”
    The film, which stars Tom Hardy as Capone, is now available on-demand in the U.S.

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    New Buddy Holly Biopic Gets 'Driving Miss Daisy' Director

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    The upcoming true-story movie ‘Clear Lake’ about the 1950s rock and roll icon has secured Oscar-winning filmmaker Bruce Beresford to sit behind the lens.
    May 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Filmmaker Bruce Beresford will direct new Buddy Holly biopic, “Clear Lake”.
    The director, who picked up four Academy Awards for his 1989 historical drama “Driving Miss Daisy”, has been drawn out of a three-year hiatus to lead the project about the 1950s rock and roll legend.
    “I found myself attracted to Clear Lake because the script tells the tragic story of Buddy Holly and his era in fascinating detail and with vivid characterizations,” Bruce tells The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. “Needless to say, the added plus of all the wonderful music was also a major lure.”
    “Clear Lake” will chart Buddy’s life from the time he was a teenager up until the tragic plane crash that killed him at the tender age of 22 in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959. The film will also focus on Holly’s groundbreaking 1958 Biggest Show of Stars trek with Clarence Collins, one of the first truly racially integrated tours in American history, as well as his marriage to Maria Elena Holly, who serves as associate producer on the project.
    Stuart Benjamin, a producer of music biopics “Ray” and “La Bamba”, about Ray Charles and Ritchie Valens, respectively, has also boarded the film, which is being created in tandem with Buddy Holly estate bosses from a script by Patrick Shanahan.
    “Clear Lake” has a tentative autumn 2020 production start date pending approval of new filming safety measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Tom Hardy Uses Real Gun for Mobster Movie 'Capone'

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    According to director Josh Trank, he employed a professional weapons wrangler to handle the gun on the movie set when it’s not being used for filming or rehearsal.
    May 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Director Josh Trank was so intent on having a real 1920s Tommy gun in his new movie “Capone” a weapons wrangler had to be on set at all times.
    The gun was a real, functioning automatic weapon that would have been lethal if loaded.
    “That was pretty much what everyone wanted to take from the set,” Trank tells WENN. “It was a real gun that they made.”
    “Because it’s a functioning automatic weapon, which is illegal for a civilian to own, we had to have a professional gun wrangler, who was the only person allowed to handle it unless Tom Hardy was carrying it for the scene or to rehearse with it.”
    “The gun wrangler would stand from a safe distance and just observe. At one point I was allowed to hold it for a picture, which is on my Instagram. It’s a great picture.”
    The gun helped Hardy get into character as ruthless gangster Al Capone as did the contact lenses and makeup created by Audrey Doyle, who won a BAFTA award for her work with Hardy on the series “Taboo”.
    “We spent a good year and a half throwing ideas back and forth about every aspect of his (Capone) physicality, and the voice and the wardrobe,” Trank explains. “We played around with the different phases of the syphilitic scarring. What I did notice as we got into a more refined place with the look of Tom in the film, for me in an observational way it was undeniable how Brando-like he looks. In addition to a prosthetic make-up look that we had formed, there were a series of contact lenses specifically designed for the various stages of his physical decline throughout the film.”
    “I believe there were about four different contact lenses, starting out with a little bit of red in the eyes, then more darkness to the red and by the very last scene in the movie they were fully inflamed (bloodshot). They don’t seem to be comfortable from what I could tell. In some way that lack of comfort contributed to the performance in a lot of ways.”
    “Then he had five hours of prosthetics caked onto his face where there’s a certain amount of brain sensation that comes with the kind of chemicals (for the adhesive) they need to get it on him. I’m certain all of that led him to portray somebody who’s in a physically degenerative state.”
    “Capone” is now available as an on-demand release in the U.S.

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    'Slumdog Millionaire' Director Danny Boyle Tapped for Michael B. Jordan's Biblical Film 'Methuselah'

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    After getting a director, the long-delayed ‘Methuselah’ adaptation is now allegedly seeking ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to rework the script.
    May 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Moviemaker Danny Boyle has signed on to take charge of Michael B. Jordan’s planned “Methuselah” adaptation.
    “Spider-Man: Homecoming” director Jon Watts had been in talks for the gig last year 2019 when the film was described as a Biblical epic starring Jordan as the titular protagonist, who has managed to survive for over 400 years, while maintaining his youthful appearance.
    However, according to Variety, the project’s concept has since changed, and Warner Bros. studio bosses are now seeking to bring Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” screenwriter Simon Beaufoy onboard to revamp the script, which was previously drafted by “The Bourne Legacy” writer/director Tony Gilroy.
    “Methuselah” has been in development for several years and at one time had Tom Cruise attached as its leading man.
    “Black Panther” actor Jordan was recruited to star in early 2019 and he will also co-produce the movie via his Outlier Society company.

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    Joseline Hernandez Offers Mimi Faust a Job Following $150,000 'LHH' Salary Cut

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    Mimi explains the salary decrease during an appearance on Stacii Jae Johnson’s YouTube series ‘Love Rants’ as she shares that she refuses to create some drama with her boyfriend Ty Young.
    May 16, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Joseline Hernandez appears to make fun of the unfortunate things that happened to fellow “LHH” star Mimi Faust. Mimi recently revealed in a new interview that VH1 decided to cut her salary as it deemed that she had no interesting drama for the storylines.
    Joseline, who used to feud with Mimi after when she dated Mimi’s baby daddy Stevie J, apparently caught wind of the interview and quickly reacted to it. Writing in an Instagram comment, she said, “Come join joselines cabaret baby!!!!!” referring to her Zeus show “Joseline’s Cabaret”. Mimi has yet to respond to the remarks.
    That arrived after Mimi explained the salary decrease during an appearance on Stacii Jae Johnson’s YouTube series “Love Rants”. “I think the show has kind of switched gears a little bit. A lot actually, and I’ve elevated and grown from the BS I was in. And I’m happy and nobody wants to see the happy on ‘Love And Hip Hop’. They just don’t,” she said.
    She continued, ” ‘Love And Hip Hop’ is not a happy arena. They want to see wigs flying and drinks thrown and somebody punching somebody in the face. That’s what they want to see. And unfortunately, I choose not to participate in that and I’ve had to take a major pay cut because of it.”
    “The reason was, I didn’t have enough ‘drama’ in my life. $150,000 I had to take because of it. $150,000 pay cut,” so Mimi added.
    The producers suggested her to create some drama with her boyfriend Ty Young, though they refursed to do so. “On my last interview, because you know, every season, we have to go back and talk to the producers and they’re like, ‘So what’s going on in your life? X, Y, and Z.’ And I think the second question I was asked was, was Ty cheating on me,” Mimi opened up.
    “[It] was the second question the producers asked in my meeting. I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ Am I supposed to be f***ed up, in a bad place, being cheated on my whole life? At what point am I allowed to grow and be happy and be okay and be good? Why do I have to consistently be cheated on every relationship that I’m in?” she shared.
    Mimi went on to say, “But that’s what they want. And they were like, you either find some drama, find some drama or…you better go find some drama. I wasn’t willing to do that. I wasn’t willing to put my relationship in that place because if you bring BS to the table, you brought BS to your table. My girlfriend’s not with it. She’s not with, ‘Oh let’s play and act like,’ she’s not that girl. So that wasn’t an option for me, to act like she’s cheating on me or I’m cheating on her, for TV. We not doing that, so I took a pay cut.”

    Mimi then hinted at the possibility of her exiting the show, saying, ‘Honestly, I don’t even feel like I belong on the show anymore.” Mimi continued, “I feel like a total outcast and an alien because I don’t even know what’s going on. What are we fighting about? That’s why I just sit there because I’m like, what? When I was going through my s**t, I was really going through some s**t for real. Really real. It was a f***ed up situation. Today they’re fighting over who’s the queen of Atlanta. What? I don’t understand, so I’m not going to get involved. I just don’t get it.”

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    'The Good Fight' Announces Season 5 After Cutting Short Season 4 Amid Pandemic

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    The television series starring Christine Baranski confirms return for the fifth season after abruptly ending the fourth installment due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
    May 16, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The fourth season of hit U.S. TV show “The Good Fight” has been cut short amid the coronavirus pandemic but a fifth series has been confirmed.
    The final three episodes of the CBS All Access show, starring Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo, couldn’t be made because of the global health crisis, meaning the fourth season will come to an end on May 28, 2020.
    In a statement, confirming that the show will be brought back for a fifth outing, series creators Robert and Michelle King said, “It’s been weird to not be able to finish the fourth season. It left the story in even more absurd a place than usual.”
    “So we’re thrilled that CBS All Access wants to bring The Good Fight back for an additional season, and we know what story we’re planning to tell. It’s like getting the answers to the SAT (exam) ahead of time.”

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    Kevin Hart Offers Movie Role to Coronavirus Frontline Doctor

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    The ‘Get Hard’ movie surprises a coronavirus frontliner with a role in his new movie and reveals the doctor will also get a full star treatment on the set.
    May 16, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Kevin Hart surprised a doctor battling the coronavirus on the frontline with the prize of a lifetime – a role in his next movie.
    Kevin offered the reward as part of the All In Challenge – for which a host of stars have offered up incredible prizes to those who donate $10 or more to help those going hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Anaesthesiologist Henry Law from New Jersey won the role in the draw and Kevin jumped on a video call to offer him the speaking part in his next film in person.
    The comedian, who shared a video of the encounter on Instagram, told the bewildered doctor that in addition to the speaking part he would get full star treatment, including a stay in a five star hotel and his own trailer and assistant on set.
    The “Get Hard” star added, “Look, this makes us friends, man. I’m glad that you won, I couldn’t have asked for a better winner. You look like the part that you are about to get.”

    Henry said he was “so excited” to work on the film and meet Hart and explained how before entering he had found it “heartbreaking” seeing patients battle the virus in hospital and millions of Americans lose their jobs due to the economic damage caused by the pandemic.

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    George Miller Ditches Charlize Theron for Younger Actress in 'Mad Max' Spin-Off

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    The ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ director prefers casting a younger star as he abandons plans to make the original Furiosa depicter look younger for the upcoming spinoff.
    May 16, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Charlize Theron’s dreams of reprising her “Mad Max: Fury Road” character Furiosa for a new spin-off has been dashed by director George Miller.
    The filmmaker admits he did consider making the Oscar winner look younger, using the same computer-generated technology that made Robert De Niro look younger in last year’s 2019 “The Irishman”, but realised he couldn’t make a whole movie that way – and now he has abandoned the idea.
    “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-ageing on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet,” Miller said in an interview with The New York Times. “Despite the valiant attempts on The Irishman, I think there’s still an uncanny valley. Everyone is on the verge of solving it, particular Japanese video-game designers, but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.”
    But Theron has seen the script for the “Furiosa” spin-off as she was given that to help her create a background for her character. “It was purely a way of helping Charlize and explaining it to ourselves,” Miller explains.
    Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who appeared in “Fury Road”, says, “I got to read it when I was cast. It’s genius. I’ve always wondered if that movie’s going to get made.”
    Reports suggest Anya Taylor-Joy is the front-runner to play the younger version of Charlize’s “Furiosa”.
    Meanwhile, “Mad Max” star Tom Hardy has revealed there are plans for him to star in another two films and Theron has stated she’d return for another film if Miller directs.
    The two actors recently went public with their feud on the set, telling The New York Times they both could have done more to be better castmates.

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