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      Take That Musical Film 'Greatest Days' Hoped to Have Uplifting Impact After Coronavirus

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      The producers for the upcoming big-screen adaptation hope to gain success and have uplifting impact like ‘Mamma Mia!’ did following the 2008 financial crisis.
      Apr 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Take That musical “The Band” is set to hit the big screen.
      The project, titled “Greatest Days”, is being adapted by Tim Firth, who wrote the stageshow, and will be directed by Coky Giedroyc.
      The members of Take That, past and present, are backing the film, which will feature a string of their pop hits and a possible new song the group will record for the project.
      The movie, like the play, will focus on the lives of five British schoolgirls obsessed with a fictional boy band.
      Former Studiocanal U.K. boss Danny Perkins, who is producing and distributing the film via his new Elysian Film Group company, tells Deadline, “The Band was a special night out and we hope this can be the same. We hope it will be just what people want to see on the other side of the pandemic.”
      “It’s about people coming together, it’s nostalgic, it’s about the music that you love at 15, and being in touch with your teenage self. It’s a feel-good movie which we hope will bring joy to people. There are more serious things to be concerned about right now but hopefully this can bring some joy once it can get going. (Abba-themed movie) Mamma Mia! came out soon after the financial crisis hit and we hope this can have a similarly uplifting impact.”
      “Take That are very much involved in it. They’re excited about the idea of the film and are involved at every step. The plan is for them to write an original song and we’ll use a number of their classic songs. There were 16 of their songs in the stage versions.”

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      Colin Firth Regrets Playing Mr. Darcy in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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      The ‘King’s Speech’ actor is not really fond of his claim-to-fame role in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ as he believes it had a negative impact at the beginning of his acting career.
      Apr 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Colin Firth regrets taking his star-making role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” – as it led to him being typecast as a brooding hunk.
      The British actor left audiences hot under the collar after emerging from a lake, dripping wet, in just a shirt and underclothes in the miniseries’ most memorable scene, earning him instant heartthrob status.
      However, he says the role initially had a negative impact on his career, because it meant he was restricted to dull roles that focused on his looks.
      “It tended to create this image that can restrict what kind of roles you are going to be able to find,” he tells Britain’s Good Housekeeping magazine. “Looking good and strutting around is very boring. I wanted to do other things as an actor.”
      The role also helped him land a part as Mark Darcy in the “Bridget Jones” films, a modern incarnation inspired by Jane Austen’s aloof but romantic hero. But he says the attention that came with those films also made him deeply uncomfortable – as he didn’t like being thought of as a Hollywood star.
      “I gained a lot of attention but there was a side of me that resisted all of that,” he explains. “Perhaps what kept me from wanting to be a big star, to use that term, is that I just hate the way that some stars behave. There’s a lot of arrogance and indulgence when it comes to some major actors.”
      Happily, Colin, 59, has found more rewarding roles later in his career, including an Oscar-winning turn as King George VI in 2010’s “The King’s Speech”. The star also pinpoints his Oscar-nominated performance as a gay university professor in Tom Ford’s 2009 film “A Single Man” as a turning point.
      “I was playing an older, sadder kind of figure and suddenly you’re seen in a different way,” he adds.

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      'Trolls World Tour' Digital Success Prompts AMC Theaters Ban on Universal Films

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      AMC announces the decision following NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell’s comments about the on-demand success of the animated movie and what it means for the future of moviegoing.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – AMC Theaters is cutting ties with Universal Pictures in the wake of “Trolls World Tour” digital success. As the studio is celebrating the $100 million gross of the animated movie in premium VOD rentals since its April 10 release in North America, the world’s largest cinema chain has decided not to play any of the studio’s films from now on.
      This move was prompted by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell’s comments on the on-demand success of the “Trolls” and how it would affect the studio’s strategy to release its movies in the future post-coronavirus pandemic. “The results for ‘Trolls World Tour’ have exceeded our expectations and demonstrated the viability of PVOD,” Shell told The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the numbers. “As soon as theaters reopen, we expect to release movies on both formats.”
      Shell’s statement didn’t sit well with AMC Theatres chair-CEO Adam Aron, who called the comments unacceptable. In a letter to Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley, he wrote, “It is disappointing to us, but Jeff’s comments as to Universal’s unilateral actions and intentions have left us with no choice. Therefore, effectively immediately AMC will no longer play any Universal movies in any of our theaters in the United States, Europe or the Middle East.”
      “This policy affects any and all Universal movies per se, goes into effect today and as our theaters reopen, and is not some hollow or ill-considered threat,” he continued, before giving a stern warning to other studios which decide to do the same practice regarding the release of their movies. “Incidentally, this policy is not aimed solely at Universal out of pique or to be punitive in any way, it also extends to any movie maker who unilaterally abandons current windowing practices absent good faith negotiations between us, so that they as distributor and we as exhibitor both benefit and neither are hurt from such changes.”
      “Currently, with the press comment today, Universal is the only studio contemplating a wholesale change to the status quo. Hence, this immediate communication in response,” it concluded.
      Universal has since responded to AMC’s letter, saying that Shell’s comments were misconstrued. “We absolutely believe in the theatrical experience and have made no statement to the contrary. As we stated earlier, going forward, we expect to release future films directly to theaters, as well as on PVOD when that distribution outlet makes sense,” the studio said in a statement. “We look forward to having additional private conversations with our exhibition partners but are disappointed by this seemingly coordinated attempt from AMC and NATO to confuse our position and our actions.”
      It went on explaining, “Our goal in releasing ‘Trolls: World Tour’ on PVOD was to deliver entertainment to people who are sheltering at home, while movie theatres and other forms of outside entertainment are unavailable. Based on the enthusiastic response to the film, we believe we made the right move.”
      “Trolls World Tour” was originally planned to be released theatrically. But due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that made that an impossibility for now, Universal bypassed theaters in favor of launching the movie on-demand.

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      SXSW Hit With Lawsuit After Refusing to Issue Refunds for 2020 Festival Cancellation

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      Maria Bromley and Pauta Kleber file class action lawsuit against the Austin festival in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division over ticket refund dispute.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – SXSW is facing legal trouble for not offering refunds to ticket buyers after its 2020 festival was canceled due to Coronavirus pandemic. The decision led two people, Maria Bromley and Pauta Kleber, to file class action lawsuit against the Austin festival in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division on April 24.
      The plaintiffs claimed that they spent over $1,000 each on attending the event that was originally scheduled for March 12-20. In an announcement on March 6, the organizers revealed that ticket and pass holders would not be receiving refunds. However, they would be given free pass to SXSW event in 2021, 2022 or 2023.
      Additionally, the ticket holders were also offered a 50% discount based on the amount they spent in 2020 for another one of those three years. The plaintiffs claimed that the offer expires on April 30 despite the notice stating that it “cannot be certain that future festivals will occur.”
      The complaint read, “SXSW has, in effect, shifted the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic onto festivalgoers … individuals who in these desperate times may sorely need the money they paid to SXSW for a festival that never occurred.”
      Following the suit, an SXSW spokesperson responded in a statement to Billboard, “When Mayor Steve Adler issued an order on March 6, 2020, prohibiting SXSW from holding the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we understood and agreed with his tough call. The pandemic and the cancellation have caused a tremendous loss to our business, our staff, the City, and its citizens. We are still picking up the pieces after spending a year to program what would have been a remarkable event that required significant time, energy, and resources to produce.”
      The statement continued, “Due to the unique nature of SXSW’s business, where we are reliant on one annual event, we incurred extensive amounts of non-recoupable costs well in advance of March. These expenditures, and the loss of expected revenue, have resulted in a situation where we do not have the money to issue refunds,”
      “SXSW, like many small businesses across the country, is in a dire financial situation requiring that we rely on our contracts, which have a clearly stated no refunds policy. Though we wish we were able to do more, we are doing our best to reconcile the situation and offered a deferral package option to purchasers of 2020 registrations,” the statement concluded.

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      Steven Spielberg Admits to Be Unsuccessful in Finding Better Idea for 'The Goonies' Sequel

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      The acclaimed filmmaker makes a surprise appearance on Josh Gad’s new virtual series, ‘Reunited Apart’, when the original cast of his 1985 hit movie caught up and reminisced about the project.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Steven Spielberg has repeatedly floated the idea of a sequel to “The Goonies 2”, but can never come up with a plot good enough to top the original movie classic.
      The filmmaker shared the news of the failed discussions on Monday, April 27, as he reconnected with the cast of the 1985 hit on actor Josh Gad’s new virtual series, “Reunited Apart with Josh Gad”.
      The “Frozen (2013)” star is a huge fan of the movie and initially set up the charity livestream so that its stars, including Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, and Martha Plimpton, could catch up and reminisce about the project, but viewers were given an added bonus as “The Goonies”‘ writer and executive producer Spielberg dropped in on the video call as one of several surprise guests, alongside his fellow screenwriter Chris Columbus and director Richard Donner.
      During the chat, Spielberg revealed, “Chris, Dick and I… have had a lot of conversations about it (a sequel). Every couple of years we come up with an idea but then it doesn’t hold water.”
      “The problem is the bar that all of you raised on this genre,” he explained to the castmates. “I don’t think we’ve really successfully been able to find an idea better than “The Goonies” that we all made in the ’80s.”
      He then quipped, “Until we do, people are just going to have to look at this (livestream) a hundred times.”
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      “The Goonies” was based on a story idea by Spielberg, and focused on a group of kids who embark on an adventure while trying to save their homes from foreclosure.
      Monday’s virtual reunion also featured Donner directing the old pals in a few scene reenactments, after which Columbus joked, “I actually think you guys may be better now!.”
      The one-off Goonies get-together also served as a fundraiser for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, through which officials are providing relief to vulnerable communities during the coronavirus pandemic.

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      Janet Jackson Is Getting Her Own Biopic

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      Auditions for the movie project based on the life story of the ‘All for You’ singer have reportedly begun before the coronavirus outbreak, but now things have come to a halt.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Janet Jackson is the latest celebrity to get her own movie. The R&B singer, who rose as a prominent figure in popular culture in the 1980s-1990s, is reportedly going to have her life story brought to the screen with a biopic.
      According to theJasmineBRAND which first reported the news, the movie project is being finalized and auditions had already begun before the coronavirus outbreak hit the U.S. However, similar to what happened to other Hollywood film projects, development on the Janet biopic has come to a halt due to the pandemic.
      Other details, such as who is penning the script and at which studio the film is being set up, are currently not available. Since the site which came with the report is a celebrity gossip site instead of a reliable movie news outlet, the news of the possible Janet biopic should be taken with a grain of salt.
      Janet is the youngest of ten Jackson children born to Katherine Esther and Joseph Walter Jackson. She started her career with her appearance on variety television series “The Jacksons” in 1976 and went on to appear on other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including “Good Times”, “Diff’rent Strokes” and “Fame”.
      She landed her first recording contract in 1982 with A&M Records and became a pop icon following the release of her third fourth studio albums “Control” (1986) and “Rhythm Nation” 1814 (1989). Among her many hits are “Nasty”, “Rhythm Nation”, “That’s the Way Love Goes”, “Together Again” and “All for You”. As of now, the younger sister of Michael Jackson still holds the record for the most consecutive top-ten entries on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by a female artist with 18.
      Janet took a hiatus on touring in 2016 as she announced her plans to start a family with her then-husband Wissam Al Mana. She gave birth to her first child, a son named Eissa Al Mana, in January 2017. The 53-year-old artist then resumed her “Unbreakable World Tour”, now known as the “State of the World Tour”, in September of the same year.
      In February of this year, Janet announced “Black Diamond World Tour” as well as her upcoming twelfth studio album “Black Diamond” due sometime in 2020. It’s unknown how the current situation will affect the tour, which is scheduled to kick off in the summer.

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      Oscars 2021 Gets Eligibility Adjustment for Streamed Movies Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

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      Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences are convinced that the 93rd annual prizegiving will go on as planned as changes have been done in the voting rules.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The 2021 Oscars are still being scheduled for February, despite Hollywood’s coronavirus shutdown – but many of the voting rules are changing.
      Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have approved changes for the 93rd annual prizegiving, but they’re convinced the show will go on, as planned, on 27 February.
      The changes include lifting restrictions on eligibility requirements for films debuting on streaming websites like Netflix and Hulu and video-on-demand platforms, increasing the amount of people who can vote for the best international films, and combining the awards for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.
      The eligibility changes will benefit films like “Trolls World Tour”, Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island”, and “Military Wives”, which all switched from theatrical to video-on-demand releases as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

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      Olivia Munn Takes Issues With Bryan Singer Landing Jobs After Leaving 'X-Men' Filming for Days

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      The ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ actress reveals in new interview that the replaced ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ director took 10 days off during filming to fix a ‘thyroid issue’ without saying anything.
      Apr 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Olivia Munn still can’t understand why people like Bryan Singer land blockbuster jobs in Hollywood after working with him on her first “X-Men” movie.
      The actress reveals she thought it was strange when the director took 10 days off during filming to fix a “thyroid issue” but said nothing at the time because she thought that might be the norm for a big-name moviemaker.
      “You see these people who keep failing up, and they’re not that great and you think, ‘Really?'” the outspoken star tells Variety. “When we shot X-Men, I never shot a huge movie like that before. I didn’t know what was right or wrong, but I did know that it seems strange that Bryan Singer could check out and say he had a thyroid issue.”
      “Instead of going to a doctor (locally) in Montreal, which is a very high-level, working city, he said he had to go to L.A. And he was gone for about 10 days… He said, ‘Continue. Keep filming’. We’d be on set, I remember there’s a big scene that we’d have, and we’d come back from lunch and then one of Bryan’s assistants would come up and show us a cell phone with a text message on it. He texted to the actors: ‘Hey guys. I’m busy right now. But just go ahead and start filming without me’.”
      “I never thought any of it was normal, but I didn’t realise that other people also thought it wasn’t normal. And the other people who thought it wasn’t normal would be people at high levels, people who make decisions on whether to hire this person… This person is allowed to continue to go on. Fox still gives him ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, and then we all know what happened.”
      Singer was fired as the director of the Queen biopic after reportedly insisting on taking a Thanksgiving break and failing to return to work on time. He was replaced by Dexter Fletcher.
      Munn believes studio executives should seek out more passionate women and minorities to make movies, rather than risk throwing money at people with questionable reputations.
      “I think that if we made way for more of those people and held people accountable, there’s so many great human beings out there and directors and artists. It’s not just with women but with minorities. And representation matters. You don’t know if things are possible until you see other people doing it.”

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