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    Timothee Chalamet to Reunite With 'Call Me by Your Name' Director for Horror Movie

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    The ‘Hot Summer Nights’ actor has been cast in a new horror love story called ‘Bones and All’ which will mark his second collaboration with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.

    Jan 31, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Actor Timothee Chalamet is poised to reunite with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino on a new horror love story.
    The “Call Me by Your Name” collaborators are in talks to work on “Bones & All”, with Chalamet and “Waves” actress Taylor Russell starring as movie lovers.
    Few details are known about the project, but Guadagnino will direct from a script written by Dave Kajganich, the man behind his previous films “Suspiria” and “A Bigger Splash”, reports Deadline.

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    Chalamet and Guadagnino have been seeking out new movies to collaborate on since their hit 2017 gay romance “Call Me by Your Name”, with the pair also discussing potential ideas for a sequel, which is still in the early stages of development.
    “Call Me by Your Name” received numerous nominations at the prestigious awards including Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Timothee Chalamet also picked up Best Actor win at the numerous pre-Oscar awards although he missed out at the Academy Awards.
    “There’s just some dark energy at these things, and this time around I felt like I could see it,” he said when asked about his thoughts on the snub, suggesting those behind the prizegiving didn’t regard him as being worthy. “And yet I’m thinking, ‘Why isn’t this going the exact same way?’ ”
    “I’m not gonna be bashing my head against a wall trying to prove that I’m an actor,” he said while reflecting on bagging the Oscar nomination. “The train can run over my leg and leave a track forever, and yet the point of entry for me… That’s a good feeling.”

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    Ethan Hawke to Receive Calls from the Dead in 'The Black Phone'

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    The ‘Boyhood’ actor has been tapped to play a lead role in the upcoming movie, which marks his second collaboration with ‘Doctor Strange’ helmer Scott Derrickson.

    Jan 31, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Ethan Hawke has reportedly been cast in “The Black Phone”.
    According to Deadline, the actor is set to reunite with director Scott Derrickson – with whom he worked on 2012 horror “Sinister” – on the upcoming Blumhouse flick, based on a short story by Joe Hill.
    Hawke will join Anthony Davies – thus far, the only other announced cast member – in the movie.
    Filming is set to get underway in North Carolina in February (21). A synopsis for the film teases, “John Finney is locked in a basement that’s stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead…”

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    This project will mark Hawke’s ninth collaboration with producer Jason Blum, as they have also worked on the likes of “The Purge” and “The Good Lord Bird” in the past.
    Ethan Hawke has also been tapped for Marvel series “Moon Knight”. He joins Oscar Isaac who will play Marc Spector – an elite soldier and mercenary who fights crime after he becomes a vessel for Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon.
    The project is just one of the many series in development at the Mouse House streaming service following the conclusion of Phase Three of Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    The other projects include “WandaVision” starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, “Loki” starring Tom Hiddleston, “What If…?” starring Jeffrey Wright, “Ms. Marvel” starring Iman Vellani, “Hawkeye” with Jeremy Renner set to reprise his role and Hailee Steinfeld added in the supporting role, and “She-Hulk” with Tatiana Maslany attached to play the main heroine.

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    Kenya Barris Dragged Over Biracial Couple in 'Cheaper by the Dozen' Reboot

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    The ‘Black-ish’ creator is under fire as Twitter users accuse him of pushing a mixed family again in his upcoming project starring Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union as a couple.

    Jan 30, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Kenya Barris’ upcoming project has received strong opposition just as it’s begun taking shape. Following the casting of Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union in Disney+’s “Cheaper by the Dozen” movie remake, the prolific writer/producer has been dragged online for featuring a biracial couple instead of a black couple.
    Reacting directly to the casting news, one Twitter user wrote alongside a report of the article, “It’s time to file a class action lawsuit against Kenya Barris.” Another pointed out the problem with the project, “Just stop with f**king remakes, stop making it seem as though every relationship must be Black & white. This ain’t f**king unity. It’s pandering.”
    A third commenter added, “Like…somebody needs to do a study on this because lord. And it’s not even like they getting creative with it. It’s the same damn black + white/and or bi-racial formula. Like can he come up with something else????”
    A fourth one asked, “Now why is it ALWAYS a white man with a black woman when the family is ‘multiracial’.” Another felt “personally attacked by Kenya Barris” for pushing a mixed family in his upcoming project, while someone else offered a way out, “If they’re gonna continue to shove multi racial down our throats could they at least do sumn other than white with black….”

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    Barris has not responded to the backlash.
    The forthcoming “Cheaper by the Dozen” is described as a reimagining of the family comedy that centers on a multiracial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business. Braff is set to play the father, with Union as the mom.
    “I dreamt I married @gabunion and had 12 kids,” Braff celebrated landing the part in the project via Instagram on Thursday, January 28. “It came true!!!! Written by Kenya Barris!!!!! Let’s GO!” Barris added in the comment section, “This is gonna be AWESOME!!!!!”

    It is written and produced by “Black-ish” creator Barris, with Gail Lerner on board as director. Shawn Levy and Union will serve as executive producers. The movie is expected to be available to stream sometime in 2022.

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    'Deadpool 3' Would've Been Gritty Road Trip Movie With Logan, Ryan Reynolds Says

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    According to the Merc with the Mouth depicter himself, the upcoming third installment of the antihero film franchise was going to feature Hugh Jackman’s character before Disney’s acquisition.

    Jan 29, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox may have forced “Deadpool” writers to scrap their ideas for a planned threequel. The third installment of the antihero film franchise was going to be a road trip movie with Logan, if Ryan Reynolds to be trusted.
    The Merc with the Mouth depicter took to Twitter on Thursday, January 28 to share an “honest” fact about “Deadpool 3” to raise awareness about mental health discussions. “It’s critical to have open, honest and healthy discussions around mental health. By retweeting #BellLetsTalk you can make a difference,” he shared a message to his followers.
    The Canadian star then got cheeky and turned the topic to include the juicy detail of the scrapped idea, claiming, “In case that’s not enough, before Disney bought Fox, Deadpool 3 was gonna be a road trip between Deadpool and Logan. Rashomon style. For real.”

    Ryan Reynolds revealed a scrapped idea for ‘Deadpool 3’.

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    Reynolds was referring to “Rashomon”, a 1950 Japanese psychological thriller/crime film directed by Akira Kurosawa, which in turned was based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories “In a Grove” and “Rashomon”. The story follows various characters who give dishonest retelling of the events in which everyone shows his or her ideal self by lying.
    Reynolds previously had a full disclosure moment about “Deadpool 3” when responding to the news that the film would have R rating. He joked that he duped Disney into giving the greenlight by showing the bosses other Marvel movies. “I showed them Spiderman 1 & 2 and told them it was Deadpool 1 & 2,” he tweeted on January 11.
    Reynolds also joked about his idea for the upcoming movie’s storyline, pitching a crossover with a beloved character of Disney’s classic children’s animation, Bambi, as he posted on Instagram, “First order of business: Find the guy who killed Bambi’s mom.”
    The movie’s R-rating, meanwhile, has been confirmed by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige in an interview with Collider. “It will be rated R and we are working on a script right now, and Ryan’s overseeing a script right now,” he said.
    In the same interview, Feige revealed that Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin and Wendy Molyneux were working on the script, but the movie “will not be [filming] this year.” He explained, “Ryan is a very busy, very successful actor. We’ve got a number of things we’ve already announced that we now have to make, but it’s exciting for it to have begun. Again, a very different type of character in the MCU, and Ryan is a force of nature, which is just awesome to see him bring that character to life.”

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