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      Queen Latifah Talks Racist Treatment Received by 'Gone With the Wind' Star Hattie McDaniel at Oscars

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      The ‘Living Single’ star urges people not to celebrate ‘Gone With the Wind’ for Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar win because the black actress received horrendous discriminations at the awards show.
      Jun 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Queen Latifah has mixed emotions about the decision by HBO Max bosses to reinstate “Gone with the Wind” because the 1939 film is often wrongly considered a civil rights success story due to Hattie McDaniel’s Oscar win.
      The movie was pulled from the new streaming service earlier this month, June 2020 after film critics suggested the racist and slavery undertones of the story were too much for the current era following weeks of Black Lives Matter protests.
      African-American filmmaker Spike Lee urged HBO Max bosses to reconsider and now the film will return to the site with an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a Cinema and Media Studies professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois.
      But Latifah, who portrayed “Gone With the Wind” star McDaniel in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix hit “Hollywood”, feels viewers should also be educated on Hattie’s role in the 1939 film, which earned her the first Academy Award for an African-American.
      “They didn’t even let her in the theatre until right before she got that award,” the “Chicago” star says. “Someone came outside and brought her into the auditorium. She wasn’t even allowed to sit in there.”
      “And then she had to read a speech that was written by a studio. You know that’s not what the hell she wanted to say…”
      “Then after that, all she could do was play the same kinds of roles…, so the opportunities at that time and the way that those in power in that business were relegating us and marginalising us and not allowing us to grow and thrive after that was just terrible. And a lot of that is still around today.”

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      Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway to Team Up With Cate Blanchett for 'Armageddon Time'

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      Speaking of the upcoming period drama, writer/director James Gray explains that it is ‘about that transition and how it reflects on what the American society was and sadly still is.’
      Jun 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland and Anne Hathaway have joined Cate Blanchett for the period drama “Armageddon Time”.
      The star-studded cast will team with writer/director James Gray for the production, which is based on his childhood memories growing up in America before Ronald Reagan became President and his experiences among the rich kids at a private school, which Donald Trump also attended.
      “It’s symbolic about what the school represented at the time, entrenched in this white protestant ethic,” the filmmaker explains. “I found it very foreign to me, a product of the public school system in New York City of the ’70s. It’s about that transition and how it reflects on what the American society was and sadly still is. How we are separated along the lines of class and ethnicity. The film is really about that, my transition in school from one to the other.”
      The filmmaker tells Deadline he hopes to shoot the drama in New York as soon as the coronavirus shutdown lifts and productions are able to resume.
      “I’m anxious to make something that is very much about people, about human emotions and interactions between people, and I want it to be filled with warmth and tenderness,” the filmmaker says. “In some sense, yes it’s about my childhood, but an illustration of familial love really on every level. I’m of the belief that most people do their best and that they try their best under difficult circumstances and in some sense that’s a beautiful thing and very moving to me.”

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      Sam Heughan Keeps Eyes on James Bond Role After Auditioning for 'Casino Royale'

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      During a recent interview on Britain’s ‘This Morning’, the ‘Outlander’ star expresses his belief that he is still young enough to replace Daniel Craig as the 007 agent.
      Jun 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Outlander” star Sam Heughan wants another shot at James Bond after missing out on the role of 007 in “Casino Royale”.
      The actor auditioned for the role of Bond in the wake of Pierce Brosnan’s departure from the franchise but lost out to Daniel Craig, who has gone on to play 007 in five movies, culminating with this year’s “No Time to Die”.
      But Sam believes he’s still young enough to play the movie spy.
      “Obviously it’s a dream for every actor,” he told British TV show “This Morning”. “I auditioned for it back when they were doing Bond 21 when Daniel Craig was cast… I think a lot of actors were seen in the U.K.”
      “A Scottish Bond? Who doesn’t want to see another Scottish Bond?”
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      Heughan is referring to Sean Connery, who became the first actor to portray Bond in 1962’s “Dr. No”.
      The “Outlander” star will have some competition – Henry Cavill and Goran Visnjic were also reportedly considered for “Casino Royale” after Brosnan stepped down as 007, while James Norton, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Richard Madden remain current fan favorites to take on the character.

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      Fourth 'Ghostbusters' Movie Already In the Works as Third Film Pushed Back to 2021

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      Director Jason Reitman has already worked on a fourth movie as the upcoming third installment is delayed for a year following the global coronavirus pandemic.
      Jun 17, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Director Jason Reitman is already at work on the fourth “Ghostbusters” movie even though the COVID-19 lockdown forced him to delay the release of the latest sequel to 2021.
      The filmmaker has resurrected his father Ivan’s original film franchise with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”, which was set to hit the big screen this year 2020, but will now be released in March.
      “We are working on another instalment,” Jason said during a “Ghostbusters” online reunion organised by Josh Gad, which dropped on Monday.
      His new “Ghostbusters” film will serve as the official follow-up to 1989’s “Ghostbusters II”. Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver will all reprise their roles in the film, which will introduce new characters portrayed by Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace.

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      'Ghostbusters' Director Unveils Role Originally Offered to John Candy

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      Ivan Reitman makes the big reveal when appearing on Josh Gad’s ‘Reunited Apart’ series alongside cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver.
      Jun 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Funnyman John Candy was originally approached to play Sigourney Weaver’s neighbour-turned-sidekick in the “Ghostbusters” movies.
      Director Ivan Reitman made the big reveal during a cast reunion organised by Josh Gad last week (ends June 12), which aired on YouTube on Monday.
      Rick Moranis, who was not part of the get together, eventually nabbed the role of Louis Tully, after Candy passed.
      “He didn’t really get it,” said Reitman. “He kept wanting to play him with a German accent, with a couple of German Shepherd dogs.”
      “I said, ‘I think that would be confusing, given the (demon) dogs that are already on the roof (in the film)’.”
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      Eventually, Reitman sent the script to Moranis, who leapt at the chance to play Tully: “Rick read it and called me immediately and said, ‘John just made a terrible mistake, I’m so happy’,” the filmmaker added.
      Joining Reitman for the “Reunited Apart” cast get together were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Weaver, and the director’s son Jason, who is currently making the latest instalment in the spooky franchise.

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      Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Shoots to Top of Netflix's Viewing Chart

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      In its first weekend of release, the drama film about four African-American Vietnam veterans keeps hit erotic thriller ‘365 DNI’ from completing a slow climb to the top.
      Jun 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Spike Lee’s hard-hitting new movie “Da 5 Bloods” has raced to the top of the latest U.S. Netflix viewing chart.
      The film about four African-American Vietnam veterans, who return to the country looking for their squad leader’s remains, shot to the top of the countdown in its first weekend of release, keeping hit erotic thriller “365 DNI” from completing a slow climb to the top.
      The new season of “13 Reasons Why” was also a big hit over the weekend, coming in at three, ahead of “Alexa & Katie” and Steve Carell’s new comedy “Space Force”.

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      Tessa Thompson to Channel Olympic Fencer in Nicole Dorsey's 'Balestra'

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      Speaking of the psychological thriller, the ‘Creed’ actress expresses her fascination ‘at the price of winning’ it will offer, and her excitement to be working with Dorsey.
      Jun 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Creed” star Tessa Thompson is sharpening her sword fighting skills to play an Olympic fencer.
      The actress will also produce the psychological thriller “Balestra”, which will be directed by Nicole Dorsey.
      “Aladdin” star Marwan Kenzari will also star in the film about a disgraced fencer who embarks on a comeback using a device that allows her to train during her sleep.
      “Like the sport that ‘Balestra’ explores, the conception of this piece is sharp and riveting,” Thompson tells Deadline. “It is a fascinating look at the price of winning, and what trouble dreams can become when our sense of self worth, reality and identity are tethered too tightly to them. To embark on this journey, both in front of the lens and behind it, with Nicole Dorsey and this phenomenal team is a dream to me.”

      Dorsey added: “To be working alongside the incredibly gifted and perceptive Tessa Thompson on this psychological thriller, ripe with themes of obsession, desire, prestige and fluctuating realities is quite literally a director’s filmic dream.”

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      'Jurassic World: Dominion' to Restart Production After Coronavirus Shutdown in July

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      The ‘Jurassic World’ sequel will be the first major movie to begin filming at Pinewood Studios in the U.K. with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard expected to begin their 14-day quarantine periods.
      Jun 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Jurassic World: Dominion” is set to be the first major movie to resume production in the U.K. following the Covid-19 pandemic – with shooting reportedly due to start in the second week of July (20).
      With film and TV shoots in the U.K. greenlit by the country’s government late last month, subject to meeting safety protocols, studio chiefs have been racing to get production back underway – with Tom Cruise reportedly flying into Britain in a bid to resume filming “Mission: Impossible VII”.
      However, according to Deadline.com, “Jurassic World”‘s director Colin Trevorrow will be the first to begin production at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire thanks to a huge push to meet and even exceed the safety standards required.
      “The plan is for us to be shooting early-mid July,” a senior Universal production executive confirmed.
      Studio chiefs have reportedly spent around $5 million (£4 million) on safety protocols, including thousands of tests that will be carried out on cast and crew during filming, a private medical facility with onsite doctors, nurses and isolation booths, 150 hand sanitiser stations; nightly anti-viral ‘fogs’ to disinfect the set, and ‘Green Zones’ for cast and crew.
      “Anyone with symptoms will be isolated immediately before being sent home,” the Universal production executive told Deadline. “We want to make sure that we are going above and beyond the national protocols to create a safe environment. Cost isn’t our main concern now: it’s safety.”
      “We will take direction from our medical team, but we’re confident that with the staggered scheduling and zones of talent and crew, along with a system of contact tracing, we can move forward with limited delay in production.”
      According to information on the movie website, the film’s stars, including Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who flew back to the U.S. when production was halted in March four weeks into a 20-week shoot, will return to the U.K. shortly to begin 14-day quarantine periods.

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