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      'Justice League' Helmer Joss Whedon Calls Ray Fisher's Claim of Altering Actor's Skin Color 'False'

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      The cyborg depicter has detailed an alleged instance which prompted him to speak out about Whedon, saying that he heard ‘blatantly racist conversations’ among studio executives.

      Oct 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Justice League” director Joss Whedon has denied Ray Fisher’s latest allegation that he digitally altered the skin tone of a person of color in the movie. In a statement released through his spokesperson, the filmmaker labeled the claim as “false.”
      “The individual who offered this statement acknowledged that this was just something that he had heard from someone else and accepted as truth, when in fact simple research would prove that it was false,” Whedon said in the statement.
      Explaining the editing process of a movie, “The Avengers” helmer continued, “As is standard on almost all films, there were numerous people involved with mixing the final product, including the editor, special effects person, composer, etc. with the senior colorist responsible for the final version’s tone, colors, and mood.”
      “This process was further complicated on this project by the fact that [original director] Zack [Snyder] shot on film, while Joss shot on digital, which required the team, led by the same senior colorist who has worked on previous films for Zack, to reconcile the two,” the statement claimed.
      But Fisher stands firm on his claim. In response to Whedon’s denial, the Cyborg depicter said in a statement to CinemaBlend, “This is only a hair’s breadth away from Berg’s, ‘Fisher was upset about booyah’ defense.”

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      “I’ve been trying my best to make sure that Joss Whedon and Jon Berg aren’t able to be thrown completely under the bus by the other guys. But when they make these half baked knee-jerk excuses publicly, they make my job a lot harder. I’m settling in with my family for the night,” he said, before promising, “I’ll have a more in-depth response tomorrow.”
      Previously, Fisher elaborated his allegations of toxic work environment which he first raised against Whedon in July. In an interview with Forbes, he claimed to have heard “blatantly racist conversations” among studio executives.
      “What set my soul on fire and forced me to speak out about Joss Whedon this summer was my becoming informed that Joss had ordered that the complexion of an actor of color be changed in post-production because he didn’t like the color of their skin tone,” the 33-year-old actor said. “Man, with everything 2020’s been, that was the tipping point for me.”
      The magazine noted that multiple actors of color had their parts heavily reduced or completely cut from the film’s theatrical release, including Ryan Choi’s Zheng Kai and Kiersey Clemons’ Iris West. In response to this, Whedon’s representatives said that these decisions were made prior to him leading the project.
      But Fisher said that “race was just one of the issues with the reshoot process.” He also complained about “massive blowups, threats, coercion, taunting, unsafe work conditions, belittling, and gaslighting like you wouldn’t believe” on the set.
      Warner Bros. has since launched an internal investigation regarding Fisher’s claims, though the studio claimed that Fisher was not cooperative with a third-party investigator.

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      Patrick Wilson 'Thrilled' to Take Director Seat for 'Insidious 5'

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      After his appointment was announced during producer Jason Blum’s Blumfest event, the Josh Lambert depicter in the original horror film describes it as ‘a full circle moment’ for him.

      Oct 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Actor Patrick Wilson is stepping behind the camera for the latest instalment in the “Insidious” franchise.
      The news was announced during producer Jason Blum’s Blumfest event on Thursday, October 29.
      Wilson appeared in the original “Insidious” and the film’s sequel, alongside Rose Byrne, and the latest outing will focus on their characters as they deal with sinister forces while their son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) begins college, 10 years after the film series launched.
      “I’m honored and thrilled to be at the helm of the next ‘Insidious’ installment, which will provide an amazing chance to unpack everything the Lamberts went through a decade ago, as well as deal with the consequences of their choices,” Wilson said in a statement.

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      “Directing the movie is both professionally and personally a full circle moment for me, and I am extremely grateful to be entrusted in continuing to tell this frightening and haunting story.”
      Steven Bersch, President of Screen Gems, added, “We’re excited to have Patrick return as Josh and to make his directorial debut in a franchise he helped launch, and to drive the story Further into the next generation with Ty.”
      The fifthquel will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures. Scott Teems wrote the script based on a story by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell. “Insidious 5” currently still has no release date.
      Wilson is also starring in another horror franchise, “The Conjuring”, alongisde Vera Farmiga. They play real-life couple and paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are associated with prominent cases of haunting.

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      The Stories Behind 5 Horror Movie Masks

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      Landon Nordeman for The New York TimesIn “You’re Next,” a family is attacked by three men wearing a lamb mask, a fox mask and a tiger mask. The screenwriter, Simon Barrett, said in an interview with IGN, “If the movie has a theme, it’s what people are hiding on the inside.” More

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      David Guillod, Hollywood Executive, Arrested Again After Assault Report

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      David Guillod, a former Hollywood executive who was out on bail after being charged with sexually assaulting four women, was arrested again on Wednesday in connection with another sexual assault report, the Los Angeles Police Department said.Mr. Guillod, who is best known for his work as a talent manager and executive producer of the movie “Atomic Blonde,” was charged in June with 11 felony counts, including rape of an unconscious person and kidnapping to commit rape. He had been released from custody after posting $1 million bail.Last week, a woman came forward to report that Mr. Guillod had sexually assaulted her during an evening meeting, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news release. A prosecutor with the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office, which brought the initial charges, said that the most recent sexual assault is alleged to have taken place in mid-October, while Mr. Guillod was out of custody but on GPS tracking.Mr. Guillod, 53, was arrested at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and is being held in custody on bail set at $5 million, the news release said.A lawyer for Mr. Guillod did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest arrest. Earlier this year, in response to the initial charges, a spokeswoman said that Mr. Guillod denied the charges and that an “overwhelming amount of evidence has been collected over the course of this investigation disputing” them.The spokeswoman said in June that Mr. Guillod’s lawyer had successfully argued to lower the bail amount from $3 million to $1 million, the figure that it had originally been set at, and Mr. Guillod pleaded not guilty to the charges.Among the earlier sexual assault charges, which were brought by the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office, all four of the women said that they were unconscious at the time. In one of the cases, Mr. Guillod was accused of kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old woman who was prevented from resisting because she was intoxicated, according to the criminal complaint.The authorities in Santa Barbara began their investigation of Mr. Guillod in 2017. That same year, the actress Jessica Barth accused him — at first without naming him, in a blog post, and later online by name — of drugging and sexually assaulting her when he was her manager in 2012.At that point, Mr. Guillod stepped down from his position as co-chief executive of Primary Wave Entertainment, a talent agency, and there were reports that other women had also gone to the police with their complaints. Though prosecutors in Santa Barbara office are handling the prosecution of the initial cases, law enforcement officials in Los Angeles had been involved in investigating Mr. Guillod since 2018 because two of the cases were reported in their jurisdiction. More

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      Rebel Wilson Paid Extra to Stay Overweight for Movie Role

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      Before she started to slim down this year, the ‘Pitch Perfect’ actress says she had to stay fat because she was paid extra by producers for an onscreen role.
      Jun 20, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Rebel Wilson continued overeating as she was paid to maintain her larger frame for a film role.
      The Australian comedian and actress has recently begun slimming down and has dubbed 2020 her “year of health” in order to shed the pounds.
      In an interview with British newspaper The Sun, Rebel reveals that one reason she continued to live unhealthily was that she was paid extra to stay overweight for one role as it required a larger actress.
      “I turned 40 as well in March and so I thought, this is gonna be it,” she says. “This is going to be the year for me to just concentrate on the health benefits.”
      “It’s not like I want to lose weight and get to around a certain number. It’s more than that, it’s about dealing mentally with why I was overeating and I had a job where I was paid a lot of money to be bigger, at times, which kind of can mess with your head a bit.”
      Having established herself as a comedy star in films like “Bridesmaids” and “Pitch Perfect”, Rebel is now free to get fit – and wants to detail her health kick in a book.
      “I’m just trying to work on the mental side and the physical job and doing a lot of personal training and, on the nutrition side like it’s, it’s cool… I should probably write a book at some point about it because people seem to be interested,” the funnywoman adds. “There’s no real simple answer to it. I’ve been trying a lot of different things and to be healthy.”

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      Daisy Ridley and Stephen Fry Tapped for Leonardo Da Vinci Movie

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      The ‘Star Wars’ actress and the British funnyman have been confirmed for the upcoming stop-motion animation called ‘The Inventor’ about the fabled artist.
      Jun 20, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Daisy Ridley and Stephen Fry have joined the voice cast of a new stop-motion animation about artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci.
      The “Star Wars” actress and beloved British funnyman have signed up to star in “The Inventor”, a new movie about the Renaissance era polymath, which will be written and directed by “Ratatouille” co-writer Jim Capobianco, according to Deadline.com.
      Fry will voice da Vinci, who leaves Italy to join the French court, where he has an outlet for his curiosity and genius and can indulge in designing flying machines and studying anatomy.
      Meanwhile, Ridley will play Princess Marguerite, a character based on Marguerite de Navarre, a key figure in the French Renaissance who hosted da Vinci in France.
      Unveiling the project to Deadline, Capobianco and producer Robert Rippberger said, “We are making this film for children and the child in many adults. It has action, adventure, beauty and humour. We hope it will spark curiosity in its young audience and inspire girls and boys to become the Leonardo’s of the 21st century.”
      The film is scheduled for release in spring 2023.

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