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      Cannes Film Festival to Explore All Possibilities for Its 2020 Edition After Axing June-July Plans

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      Organizers vow to support the year of Cinema in a way or another although they have accepted that it will be difficult to hold the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival in its original form.
      Apr 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Cannes Film Festival bosses are committed to staging an event to mark 2020 once the coronavirus restrictions have been relaxed, but they insist any gathering will not look like the typical South of France celebration.
      The May event was rescheduled to late June, and then the beginning of July, but now festival chiefs accept Cannes is unlikely to go ahead “in its original form”.
      “We acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the beginning of July, is no longer an option,” a festival statement reads. “It is clearly difficult to assume that the Festival de Cannes could be held this year in its original form.”
      “Nevertheless, since yesterday evening we have started many discussions with professionals, in France and abroad. They agree that the Festival de Cannes, an essential pillar for the film industry, must explore all contingencies allowing to support the year of Cinema by making Cannes 2020 real, in a way or another…”
      “Each and everyone knows that many uncertainties are still reigning over the international health situation. We hope to be able to communicate promptly regarding the shapes that this Cannes 2020 will take.”
      On Monday, April 13, French President Emmanuel Macron ruled all festivals or events with large gatherings would be cancelled until at least mid-July. All public gathering spaces, including cinemas, restaurants and bars will remain closed until further notice.
      His decision comes as the COVID-19 death toll in France passes 10,000.

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      Don Cheadle May Leave Marvel Following 'Avengers: Endgame'

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      The ‘Hotel Rwanda’ actor who takes over the War Machine role from Terrence Howard has revealed that he signed a six-picture deal which is completed with his appearance on the fourth ‘Avengers’ movie.
      Apr 15, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Don Cheadle had just two hours to decide whether or not to take on the life-changing role of War Machine in the Marvel franchise.
      The “Hotel Rwanda” star was celebrating his child’s birthday party when he received the call informing him that he had been chosen to appear in the blockbuster films as part of a six-picture deal.
      Cheadle was overwhelmed by the offer, which would require him to commit to over a decade of productions – but he was given little time to think it over.
      “I was actually at my kid’s birthday party – a laser tag party – and I got a call from my agent, and they said, ‘Hey, so I want to connect you to these Marvel guys. They want to talk to you, but they want to offer you the part…’,” he tells The Av Club. “They said, ‘Hey, this is the role. We want you to do this. It’s a six-picture deal’. I was like, ‘What?! Oh, uh, OK…’ And I’m trying to do the math. I’m like, ‘That’s 11 or 12 years. I’m not sure’. And they’re like, ‘Well, we need to know, because if you’re not saying yes, then we’re gonna move on to the next person. So you’ve got an hour.’ ”
      He adds, “An hour to decide 12 years, and a role and parts that I don’t even know, in movies that are coming down that I have no idea what they’ll be. I said, ‘I’m at my kid’s laser tag party right now’. They said, ‘Oh! Oh, take two hours.’ ”
      After talking the offer over with his wife, Bridgid Latrice Coulter, Cheadle decided it was a role worth taking.
      “I go back inside, and I’m ducking behind things, playing laser tag, and talking to my wife,” he shares. “I’m like, ‘Should I take a flier on this? Is this something I should do?’ And she said, ‘Well, yeah, I guess so. All things being equal, this is that kind of thing. You’ve never done anything like this before. Big special effects, tent pole, four-quadrant movie. Do you want to do something like this?’ I said, ‘I kind of do.’ ”
      The actor took over the role of War Machine, also known as Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes, from Terrence Howard after the “Empire” star, who portrayed the character in the first “Iron Man” film, left the franchise following creative disagreements with the producers.
      Ironically, Cheadle was up for the role before it was offered to Howard, “Early on, I had met on that role, and there were different factions and producers who wanted me and others that wanted Terrence, and the biggest voice in the room for that won, and Terrence got the part,” he adds. “I thought he was great in the first (Iron Man). And then through some stuff that is well-documented that they went through behind the scenes, it wasn’t his part anymore, so I got a call.”

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      Today’s Live-Streaming Events: Zachary Quinto and Leslie Odom Jr.

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      Here are a few of the best events happening today and how to tune in (all times are E.S.T.). Updated daily.Zachary Quinto in a Live Discussion3 p.m. on ZoomToday, the actor Zachary Quinto (“Star Trek,” “NOS4A2”) and Andrew Berman, head of Village Preservation, will discuss the role of epidemics in Manhattan in an online event. New York City had over 106,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and around 7,000 deaths as of Monday afternoon. In addition to the virus, Quinto and Berman will talk about the AIDS epidemic, and Quinto will read a passage from “Here Is New York” by E.B. White. This community conversation is part of the Virtual Salon Series from Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.When: 3 p.m.Where: The event, which will be held via Zoom call, is free, but reservations are required. They can be made here.Leslie Odom Jr., at Home and Live in Concert5 p.m. on FacebookBillboard is taking listeners into the homes of musicians — or are the musicians coming into listeners’ homes? Either way, the stars are performing live and it’s free, though there’s an option during the shows to donate to various organizations helping out during the coronavirus crisis, including Meals on Wheels America, Downtown Women’s Center, My Friend’s Place and Feeding America.Who and when: Today, Leslie Odom Jr. will perform at 5 p.m.Where: Billboard’s Facebook page.Marc-André Hamelin, Live From His Piano at Home7:30 p.m. on 92Y OnlineThe esteemed pianist Marc-André Hamelin, whom The New York Times has called “a performer of near-superhuman technical prowess,” will live stream an eclectic program from his home near Boston. The performance will include Liszt’s “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude” as well as works by C.P.E. Bach, Enescu, Fauré, Scriabin, and six selections from Debussy’s Preludes, Book II.When: 7:30 p.m.Where: 92Y OnlineA Stage Show, Designed to Stream, Begins8 p.m. on Thirdwing’s appThirdwing, a digital theater company specifically designed to develop plays for streaming and the live stage, was introduced just days before most everything shut down. This meant that Thirdwing’s first live stage offering, Rachel Carey’s “The Female Genius” — an episodically written show intended to run from April 14 through April 18 at The Wild Project in New York — was canceled. Now, Thirdwing is partnering with The Wild Project to digitally release one episode each night of its scheduled run. The play — “a darkly comic look at the struggle of having great talent in a misogynistic world,” according to Thirdwing — was filmed in different styles reminiscent of the teleplays of the 1950s and ’60s.When: 8 p.m.Where: A subscription to the Thirdwing app (available on iPhone, Roku and more) is required to view this performance, but the platform is offering a seven-day free trial. Sign up here.Peter Libbey contributed research. More

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      Timothee Chalamet Is Reluctant Hero in First Look at Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune'

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      The ‘Call Me by Your Name’ star plays young royal Paul Atreides, who prepares to leave the comfortable life on his native planet of Caladan for a desolate, dangerous mining planet known as Arrakis.
      Apr 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the first look at “Dune” remake to tide fans over the upcoming release of the movie. Making its way out via Vanity Fair, the photo gives the spotlight to the lead character, Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, the scion of House Atreides.
      In the image, the central hero is featured on his native planet of Caladan. The young royal looks gloomy as he strolls the shores, with some transport ships descending to take the Atreides leadership to their new destination, according to the site.

      Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Atreides strolls the shores in his native planet of Caladan.
      In the new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel of the same name, the story begins as Paul Atreides prepares to leave the comfortable life he knows for a desolate, dangerous mining planet known as Arrakis, where his wealthy family will oversee extraction of a spice vital to the galaxy.
      Describing his character, Chalamet says “the protagonist is on an anti-hero’s-journey of sorts,” thus explaining his somber expression in the photo. He continues, “He thinks he’s going to be sort of a young general studying his father and his leadership of a fighting force before he comes of age, hopefully a decade later, or something like that.”
      Upon their arrival in Arrakis, the Atreides family will face the opposition of the brutal rival House Harkonnen, “which seeks to exploit the desert world they are about to inherit.” Paul’s parents Duke Leto and Lady Jessica Atreides, played by Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson (II) respectively, “must not only manage the spice mining on Arrakis, but also the politics at play in the broader galaxy.”
      Finding himself at the center of an intergalactic power struggle, Paul has to accept his fate as a sort of hero to protect his family. Being taught the ways of war by a veteran soldier named Gurney Halleck, played by Josh Brolin, he will be revealed to possess powers even his trainers could not anticipate.
      “Dune” is directed by Denis Villeneuve with a screenplay by Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Villeneuve. It is scheduled for a December 18 released in the U.S. ” ‘Dune’ was made by people from all over the world. Many of these people are like family to me, and they’re very much in my thoughts,” says Villeneuve. “I’m so proud to showcase their hard work. I look forward to a time when we can all get together again as Dune was made to be seen on the big screen.”

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      Daisy Ridley Finds the Lukewarm Response to 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Upsetting

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      During a sit-down with the DragCast podcast, the actress playing Rey in the ‘Star Wars’ sequel trilogy admits to have struggled accepting the backlash in the beginning of 2020.
      Apr 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Daisy Ridley had a terrible start to the year as she could no longer feel the love from critical “Star Wars” fans, who hated her final film in the franchise.
      “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” was mauled by critics and fans alike when it opened in late December (19), and Daisy was still struggling with the backlash as 2020 began.
      “This last film was really tricky,” Ridley said during a sit-down with the DragCast podcast. “January was not that nice. It was weird, I felt like all of this love that we’d sort of been shown the first time around, I was like, ‘Where’s the love gone?’ ”
      She adds that she and the cast shared an experience “filled with love” on set, making it all the more difficult to accept the lukewarm response.
      “I watched the documentary, the making-of (‘The Skywalker Legacy’), this week,” Ridley continued, referencing the documentary on the film’s Blu-Ray release, “and it’s so filled with love, and I think it’s that tricky thing of when you’re part of something that is so filled with love and then people (don’t like it). You know, everyone’s entitled to not like something, but it feels like it’s changed slightly.”
      Ridley admitted she had a hard time avoiding negative articles and reactions because they flooded her social media feeds.

      “I guess now conversations are just more public, so there’s stuff I wouldn’t have seen, but honestly trying to scroll through my newsfeed in January and trying to not see ‘Star Wars’ stuff, I’d see headlines and be like ‘Oh my God, this is so upsetting,’ ” she shares.

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      Dwayne Johnson Recalls Losing Jack Reacher Role to Tom Cruise

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      When chatting to fans on Facebook, the ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ actor admits that he did wonder why he did not get the part since people around him at the time made him think he had a shot.
      Apr 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson missed out on the lead role in 2012’s “Jack Reacher”.
      The action man was chatting to fans on Facebook over the weekend when one asked him about parts he’d lost, prompting the former wrestler to reveal he went toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise over the movie adaptation of Lee Child’s novels.
      “In Hollywood, actors are kind of like in a box,” Dwayne said. “There are actors that can vie for a particular role because it allows for them to have a certain look, skin colour, size, etc. Fortunately, for me, there aren’t a lot of guys at all who look like me. So, all of my roles, from the beginning of my career, I’ve been a lucky son of a b**ch that they’ve been created and designed for me – except Jack Reacher.”
      “Now, this was 10 years ago, and I was in a much different place, I recognise that. Tom was the biggest movie star in the world, and I was not. I got the call saying, ‘Hey, you didn’t get the role’. Look, I didn’t even know if I had a shot for it, but the people around me at that time made me think that I did. I felt like I did, I felt like, ‘Why not me?'”

      Cruise went on to play Reacher again in the 2016 sequel, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”, after which author Child revealed he didn’t think the movie superstar was well cast as his literary hero – because his Jack Reacher was much taller and much more imposing.
      But Johnson isn’t complaining – shortly after missing out on “Reacher”, Dwayne landed a repeating role in the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

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      'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' and 'The Suicide Squad' to Keep 2021 Release Date, Director Insists

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      In a Q&A session with fans on Twitter, filmmaker James Gunn is asked whether he thinks the proposed release date for the two upcoming films will remain in place.
      Apr 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Director James Gunn has reassured fans that his upcoming movies “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “The Suicide Squad” won’t be delayed because of the coronavirus.
      When the global health pandemic began, production on countless movies and TV shows shut down in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. In addition, the closure of cinemas worldwide meant many film companies were forced to rethink whether or not to drop their movies during the health scare.
      In a Q&A session with fans on Twitter on Sunday, April 12, filmmaker Gunn was asked whether he thinks the proposed release date of August 6, 2021, for “The Suicide Squad” will remain in place.
      “Right now there’s no reason for The Suicide Squad release date to move,” he replied. “We are on or ahead of schedule. We were extremely fortunate to wrap shooting and set up editing from our homes (due to a post production team and studio with foresight) before quarantine.”

      James Gunn revealed that ‘The Suicide Squad’ to be released on the planned released datte.
      He added that the situation with the third instalment of “Guardians of the Galaxy”, also expected to drop in 2021, is much the same.

      The director also said that there’s no change with release date for new installment of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’
      “Right now the plans with Vol. 3 are also exactly the same as they were before coronavirus,” he said of the film, which will see the return of Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord.

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      'Trolls World Tour' Sets Digital Rental Record on Easter Weekend With Biggest Debut Ever

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      Overtaking previous record set by ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, the sequel to 2016’s ‘Trolls’ rakes in $30 million on its opening weekend.
      Apr 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The animated “Trolls World Tour” has set a new world record for opening weekend digital rentals after the film debuted out of cinemas due to the coronavirus lockdown.
      The sequel to 2016 hit “Trolls” premiered on Friday, April 10, and took in $30 million (£23 million) over Easter Weekend, overtaking the previous digital records set by “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” and “Avengers: Endgame”.
      “Trolls World Tour” has ranked number one on digital platforms, including Amazon, Comcast, Apple, Vudu, Google/YouTube, DirecTV and FandangoNow, where the film replaced “Bad Boys for Life” as America’s top video-on-demand hit.
      It also became the Fandango service’s most pre-ordered title of all time, the bestselling film on its opening day, and the bestselling film during its first three days of digital release.

      “Bad Boys for Life” dropped to two on the FandangoNow chart, with “Sonic the Hedgehog”, “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” and “The Invisible Man” completing the top five.

      This week’s new releases on video-on-demand include “Fantasy Island” and “The Rhythm Section”.

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