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“Goodbye Christopher Robin” Trailer Shows Winnie the Pooh’s Origin

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

A. A. Milne finds his inspiration through his young son Christopher Robin Milne for his fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh in the new trailer of Fox Searchlight’s “Goodbye Christopher Robin”.

Directed by Simon Curtis of My Week With Marilyn, “Goodbye Christopher Robin” stars
Domhnall Gleeson as the man who created the teddy bear character A. A. Milne, while Will Tilston is his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. “I’d really like if you wrote a book for me. I’d definitely read it,” Christopher Robin says in the trailer.

Also in the film are Margot Robbie as A. A. Milne’s wife Daphne de Sélincourt, Kelly Macdonald as Christopher Robin’s nanny Olive, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Mary Brown, and Alex Lawther as the older Christopher Robin.

The film shows the origin of the Pooh Bear from an author who was coping with his post-traumatic stress following his return from World War I. After the war there was so much sadness. Then ‘Winnie the Pooh’ came along,” says Ribin’s nanny Olive.

Here is the film’s official synopsis:
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will TIlston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

“Goodbye Christopher Robin” will be in select theaters on October 13th, 2017, with expansions planned in the succeeding weeks.

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“Karate Kid” TV Sequel Coming To YouTube Red

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Columbia Pictures


The original cast of the “Karate Kid” franchise is back, this time in a 10-episode half-hour comedy currently titled “Cobra Kai”, via streaming subscription service YouTube Red. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series premieres in 2018.

YouTube Red outbid streaming giants Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and AMC for the series. On Friday, Susanne Daniels, global head of content for YouTube also announced that the company is ““targeting an 18-49 audience”, indicating the company’s expansion beyond its millennial core users and its growing focus for original content.

The series will reunite original stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka and will be set 30 years after the events of the 1984 “The Karate Kid”. That film launched the career of Macchio, who played the lead Daniel LaRusso in two more sequels until the series was revamped in 1994. Zabka appeared in the original as Johnny Lawrence, the main antagonist to the title character.

Macchio and Zabka will co-executive produce the series along with duo Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who will write the script with Josh Heald. Hurwitz and Schlossberg will direct most of the series.

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Ron Howard Reveals New R2 Unit In “Han Solo”

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Ron Howard’s latest tweet introduces us to a new R2 unit in the upcoming untitled “Han Solo” movie. And though it seems the droids aren’t easy to work with, it’s good to know that he’s having a great time. But more importantly, it also appears the production is back on track.

The Academy Award-winning director shared the photo, along with the caption: “These droids can be so damn intractable. But we’ll go until we get it right!”

Clearly the gold and white look is new, but its still early to tell how much work the production is crafting. But this bit of information is enough to get us excited, with actor’s roles, plot points and production info on lockdown.

These robots are a huge part in all of Star Wars films; R2-D2 for example has supported Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa, Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in many of their adventures, so this is certainly exciting development for fans.

Ron Howard joined the project last June after original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were reportedly fired due to “creative differences.”

Focusing on the adventures of Han Solo, and stars lden Ehrenreich in the title role, “Han Solo” is currently scheduled for release on May 25, 2018.

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From Russia With Love: BUBBLE STUDIOS at the Comic-Con festival in San Diego

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BUBBLE STUDIOS


Russian film company Bubble Studios were at San Diego Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago. The team premiered their short film “Major Grom” and it looks like they have a hit as the film was very well received.

The SDCC screening was followed by a Q&A where the film’s creators answered questions from attendees. Present during the exhibition was Artyom Gabrelyanov, founder of BUBBLE comic book publishing house, as well as chief editor Roman Kotkov, artist Natalia Zaidova, and the head of the studio, Vladimir Besedin.

From the press release: “The plot is centered around the story of an experienced detective from St. Petersburg named Igor Grom, who, by chance, happens to witness a bank robbery. In spite of possible danger, Igor Grom decides to stop the criminals on his own.”

Early this year, “Major Grom” held its international premiere at Berlinale on February 11, 2017, followed shortly after by a Russian premiere on February 19, 2017.

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Album Review: Lust For Life

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Eric Gasa

Polydor
Interscope


“Lust for life” has always been a phrase with big shoes to fill. It’s the title of the iconic, larger than life song by Iggy Pop, a story about lusting, drugs, and living on the edge, as well as the sunshine-y jangle of the 2009 single by the band Girls. The latter sings plenty about lusting as well— “Oh, I wish I had a boyfriend, I wish I had a loving man in my life…Maybe then I would’ve turned out right.”

The same titled song by Lana Del Rey, though not as fun or iconic as the other songs listed, falls somewhere in the middle. It’s not a loathsome, sunbaked rocker, or even a love story really; it’s a sex-fueled, pop-centric kiss off.

The cover of Lana Del Rey’s newest album, Lust For Life betrays her persona all too often. On Lust For Life, the All-American sweetheart smiling in front of the pickup truck with the flowers in her hair chants for The Weeknd to take off his clothes with lusty abandon.
“Climb up the H of the Hollywood sign, yeah,” Del Rey sings, “In these stolen moments the world is mine.”

It’s a bit of an ironic shtick but one that has stuck all along for Elizabeth Grant, who’s made a career as America’s pop idol next door. She lives in a world ruled by fast cars and James Dean types crossed with hip-hop verses and Mountain Dew.

The aesthetic is no different on Lust For Life which finds Del Rey doing what she does best; being drab, dramatic, and suave as hell.
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“Ant-Man & The Wasp” Starts Production

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Marvel Studios


Its the beginning of production on “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and Marvel announced it via a 14-second video which fittingly includes two miniature production chairs with the names “Ant-Man” and “Wasp” on them. The video then ends with the announcement ‘Now In Production’.

A sequel to 2015’s hit film “Ant-Man” and produced by Kevin Feige, “Ant-Man & The Wasp” brings back director Peyton Reed (who tweeted the production start and the logo), as well as Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man. Also returning are Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, and Michael Douglas reprising their roles in the 2015 film. Joining the original cast are Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, and Walton Goggins which were announced during last month’s Comic-Con in San Diego.

“Ant-Man and the Wasp” is slated to be released next summer on July 6, 2018, a couple of months after Avengers: Infinity War which Ant-Man will also be a part of.

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First Look At Darren Aronfosky’s “Mother!”

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Paramount Pictures


Writer-director Darren Aronofsky is back to his dark psychological horror/thriller turf with “Mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence, and we finally have a first look at what the director and his star has been up to.

The creepy teaser starts with Lawrence wandering around an empty house with mysterious voices of various characters heard in the background. The teaser then ended with intense quick cuts of Michelle Pfeiffer and Javier Bardem as well as horrifying images that suggests something ominous and sinister is about to happen.

Written by Darren Aronofsky, the cast also includes Ed Harris, Kristen Wiig, Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson. As the film is kept under wraps, not a lot is known about its plot. Paramount’s official synopsis for the film reads: “A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.”

As announced on the end of the teaser, there will be a full trailer next week, August 8.

Known for his mind-bending films such as Black Swan, The Fountain, and Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky last directed the Biblical epic turned Hollywood blockbuster “Noah” with Russell Crowe in the title role.

“Mother!” will be premiering at the 74th Venice International Film Festival before it’s scheduled theatrical release on September 15, 2017.

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First Look At Domino in “Deadpool 2”

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Deadpool 2
20th Century Fox


Ryan Reynolds today shared on twitter a first look of Zazie Beetz as Domino in Deadpool 2.

The image recalls Ryan Reynold’s first photo as Deadpool, with the character lying near a fireplace, only here Domino is lying on a deflated Deadpool suit instead of a bear rug. “Some people just know how to work a red carpet,” Reynolds tweeted along with the photo.

This makes it a parody of a parody, as Ryan Reynolds’ original photo itself is a hilarious nod to a famous 1972 Cosmopolitan photo of Reynolds…Burt Reynolds that is.

Domino is a mercenary mutant with the ability to manipulate luck through telekinetics. She is also a member of the mutant team X-Force, and a love interest of Cable, also appearing in the movie as played by Josh Brolin. Well, in case you don’t know, Brolin himself has recently been sharing his epic transformation on Instagram.

Directed by David Leitch, from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Deadpool 2 also stars Morena Baccarin, T. J. Miller, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand and Jack Kesy.

Deadpool 2 has been filming in Vancouver and is set for release in theater on next year’s summer on June 1st, 2018.

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MARVEL LEGACY Announces CAPTAIN AMERICA #695

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Featuring a Lenticular Cover and new creative team

New York, NY—July 27, 2017—The stage has been set: this fall, MARVEL LEGACY will explode into the Marvel Universe, bringing new stories and new adventures. And no character will be left behind…including Captain America.

During this year’s San Diego Comic Con International, Marvel revealed its 53rd MARVEL LEGACY title: CAPTAIN AMERICA #695. Superstar creative team Mark Waid and Chris Samnee (Black Widow, Daredevil) will reunite to bring Steve Rogers’ story back to the frontlines in an all new adventure for MARVEL LEGACY – where every story is an event.

Marvel is also excited to unveil the lenticular cover for CAPTAIN AMERICA #695, featuring a homage cover by Alex Ross based on the classic 1968 IRON MAN #126 cover by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton.
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Book Review: The Shadow Land

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By Elizabeth Walker

If you don’t know a lot about the history of post-war Eastern Europe, prepare to be drawn in. Elizabeth Kostova’s newest novel is set in Bulgaria, both in the forties/fifties and new millennium. The Shadow Land tells two stories in parallel – one about a violinist named Stoyan Lazarov, another about a recent college graduate – and interweaves them in a masterful tale of grief, mystery, and adventure.

Alexandra is in her early twenties and has lived the past decade in the shadow of her brother’s untimely death. In attempt to both escape Jack’s memory and yet also become closer to it, she chooses to teach English in Bulgaria. On her first day in this foreign land, she crosses paths with a family en route to bury the ashes of Stoyan Lazarov. When Alexandra mistakenly picks up the ashes, she becomes a player in Stoyan’s fascinating story. She makes friends with Bobby, a philosopher poet, and together they travel across the country trying to unravel the intricacies of Stoyan Lazarov’s life and return the ashes to the family.

Most readers will be familiar with the horrific stories of Hitler’s concentration camps, but many remain oblivious to the violence inflicted on political prisoners under other administrations. The Shadow Land gives gruesome depictions of the pain and disease these people experience often based only on trumped-up charges. The fact that these atrocities are experienced by a gifted musician only serve to make them more ghastly.

The Shadow Land does drag at times. The way Kostova describes Alexandra’s grief does not seem wholly believable, and it is easy to be exhausted by the cyclic, repetitive nature of Alexandra and Bobby’s search for the Lazarov family. Essentially they spend hundreds of pages going to a place, not finding the Lazarovs, and going somewhere else.

That said, Kostova has obviously painstakingly researched her setting and has woven an intricate mystery comparable to her debut novel, The Historian. This makes the reader want to stick with The Shadow Land, despite its length, less to find out what happens to Alexandra than to the gifted musician and the family who want to offer him eternal peace.

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