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Film Spotlight: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

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Focus Features

“The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.”

Morgan Neville’s documentary about the life and philosophy of Fred Rogers is a hit with critics and audiences. The film currently holds a near-perfect score of 99% on eview aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with critical consensus praising the film for taking “a fittingly patient and honest look at the life and legacy of a television pioneer whose work has enriched generations.”

Since opening in limited release on June 8, the film from Focus Features has earned nearly $3 million dollars and is poised to enter the top 10 this weekend, stellar given it is playing in merely 348 theaters and in a film franchise dominated box-office landscape.

TV host, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer and Presbyterian minister, Rogers was the creator and host of the educational preschool television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood began airing in 1968 and ran for 895 episodes until 2001.

The half-hour educational children’s television series featuring Roger’s kind-hearted personality, reached its peak in 1985, with 8% of households watching the show. On March 6, 2018, actor Michael Keaton hosted a fiftieth-anniversary tribute show titled “Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like” which premiered on PBS stations.

“You take all of the elements that make good television, and do the exact opposite—you have “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” yet, it worked,” said producer Margy Whitmer.

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is currently playing in limited release in U.S. theaters.

Here is the film’s official synopsis:

In Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) looks back on the legacy of Fred Rogers, focusing on his radically kind ideas. While the nation changed around him, Fred Rogers stood firm in his beliefs about the importance of protecting childhood. Neville pays tribute to this legacy with the latest in his series of highly engaging, moving documentary portraits of essential American artists.

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Xavier Dolan & Will Beinbrink Join ‘IT Chapter Two’

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Caption: BILL SKARSGÅRD as Pennywise in New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “IT,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Production for New Line Cinema’s highly-anticipated horror sequel IT: Chapter Two production is taking shape as two more supporting roles join the cast.

Xavier Dolan, who is also set to appear this September in Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased, and Will Beinbrink (Manhattan Night) are said to have jumped on board the sequel to one of the most successful horror films of all time, Deadline is reporting. Director Andy Muschietti, who helmed the original comes back for the sequel.

The two join an huge cast which includes James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Jay Ryan, Isaiah Mustafa, and Bill Skarsgard returning as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

The film, based on the second half of Stephen King’s 1986 novel of same name written, picks up years after the events of the first movie, with The Losers’ Club now adults and lured back to their Derry, Maine to face off against Pennywise once again.

The success of “It” (Chapter One) last year somewhat guaranteed the sequel. That film broke boxoffice records and grossed $700 million worldwide against a production budget of $35 million, making the film one of the most profitable films of all time.

“It: Chapter Two” is currently scheduled for a September 6, 2019 release date.

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AMC Launches Own Subscription Service

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America’s largest movie chain is set to join Moviepass in the subscription service business with the announcement of AMC Stubs A-List, a program that will allow its loyalty program AMC Stubs members to see three films a week for $19.95 a month. The service goes into effect on June 26.

Last year, MoviePass made a big offering to moviegoers with one movie a day for $9.95 per month, a proposition many thought was too-good-to-be-true. By December, the service has reached a million subscribers. Though the service went through multiple pricing re-structures, its impact to movie industry remained.

AMC’s offering, might be more expensive than its MoviePass counterpart (almost double the cost of MoviePass) and for only up to three movies a week, the service has the advantage of premium formats such as 3-D and IMAX options which is missing on MoviePass subscription.

“We believe that our current and future loyal guests will be interested in this type of program, as AMC Stubs A-List rewards guests with something that no one else offers: the very best of AMC, including IMAX, Dolby Cinema and RealD 3D up to 3 times per week, for one simple, sustainable price,” said Adam Aron, CEO and President, AMC Theatres in a press release.

With competing services now being offered to moviegoers, we are sure this won’t be the last, while its longer term impact to the cinema industry as a whole remains to be seen.

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Robert Zemeckis Set To Helm New “The Witches” Film Adaptation

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Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Twenty years since Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel was loosely adapted into a film comes a new adaptation with Robert Zemeckis attached to direct, Variety is reporting. The new film is said to be a more rooted to the source material.

Zemeckis, who is also writing the script, recently directed the war drama Allied (2016) and the biographical drama The Walk (2015). His latest fantasy film “Welcome to Marwen” starring Steve Carell and Leslie Mann is set for release later this year.

The latest adaptation from Warner Bros. is not all that surprising, especially for a beloved, well-known novel. The 1990 dark fantasy horror-comedy film from director Nicolas Roeg, with Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch, though well received by critics, disappointed at the box-office. Dahl himself is said to have reviled the film due its ending contrasting with his novel. The book was also previously adapted into a stage play.

The Witches novel follows a 7-year-old British boy and his Norwegian grandmother who run into real-life witches while staying in a hotel in England.

Considered “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century,” Roald Dahl also wrote James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, all of which were adapted into film.

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Matthew Rauch And Zina Wilde To Star In Chase The Ace

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Matthew Rauch (CBS’s Blue Bloods) and Zina Wilde (HBO’s Billions, ABC’s Madoff) have joined the cast of Laurence Shanet’s feature CHASE THE ACE, it was today announced by the film’s producers Nicholas Avenue and Ratul Sharma of Fight or Flight Pictures. The action film is currently in production, shooting in New York, and will be completed this summer. Avenue and Sharma wrote the film and star in it as well. Rounding out the cast is Erin Kommor (NBC’s Rise).

CHASE THE ACE follows the story of three brothers caught up in a drug and kidnapping scheme with the Russian mob. They soon uncover a dark secret that exposes the truth about their family’s past.

Matthew Rauch co-starred in Cinemax’s Banshee and is currently in CBS’s Blue Bloods. Other credits include NBC’s Believe, HBO’s Treme, and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. Rauch is represented by Leading Artist.
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Boy Meets Wolf In Epic New “Alpha” Trailer

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“Experience the incredible story of how mankind discovered man’s best friend,” says the trailer.

A tale of a young boy who befriends an injured wolf may sound somewhat familiar, but what makes “Alpha” special is that its set during the Ice Age.

Now, Sony Pictures has released a second trailer, highlighting more on the relationship between the young man and the gray wolf, and the bond they forged to survive. Also released is a new poster for the film.

Though just as epic as the first, the new trailer is lighter and has a more feel-good tone. And that might have done the trick. The trailer is beautiful to look at, as well as uplifting.

Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonor Varela and Jens Hultén, and directed by Albert Hughes, “Alpha arrives in theaters on Aug. 17.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. Europe, 20,000 years ago. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone — he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives.

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2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Winners List

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Tiffany Haddish hosted the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards

Blockbuster superhero film Black Panther and Netflix’s science fiction-horror hit tv series Stranger Things were the big winner at the star-studded 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, dominating the night after leading the nominations.

The show was hosted by Tiffany Haddish, who by the way was also nominated for Comedic Performance (which she won) and Scene Stealer for “Girls’ Trip.”

Top honors were given to actress and writer Lena Waithe for The Trailblazer Award, as well as Chris Pratt for The Generation Award.

2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards was taped on Saturday, June 16 and was broadcast Monday night, June 18.

Related: MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Red Carpet arrivals

See the full list of winners (in bold) below:

BEST MOVIE
Avengers: Infinity War
Winner: Black Panther
Girls Trip
IT
Wonder Woman

BEST SHOW
13 Reasons Why
Game of Thrones
grown-ish
Riverdale
Winner: Stranger Things

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Winner: Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Winner: Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Katherine Langford – 13 Reasons Why
Issa Rae – Insecure
Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones

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MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018 Red Carpet

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Photos from the MTV Movie & TV Awards red carpet held on Saturday. The show will air on MTV on Monday, June 18, at 9 p.m. EST, hosted by “Girls Trip” star Tiffany Haddish, with appearances by Kim Kardashian, Chris Pratt, Chadwick Boseman, Nick Jonas, Olivia Munn and many others. 

Photos by: AI Photo Imaging

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“The Shining” Sequel In The Works With Ewan McGregor

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Here’s Danny!

It looks like Warner Bros. has found its Danny Torrance, the lead in “Doctor Sleep” in the form of Ewan McGregor, as reported by Hollywood Reporter.

“Doctor Sleep” is based on the 2013 novel of the same name from author of horror Stephen King, and is the sequel to “Shining.” That film was of course adapted in the 1980 film which was directed by Stanley Kubrick, with Jack Nicholson playing the iconic character Jack Torrance.

Fans will remember that the young Danny Torrance in the landmark classic, (played by Danny Lloyd who retired from acting a few years after the film’s release) was Jack’s son with “the shining” or psychic abilities who both endangered but later saved himself and his mother Wendy, played by Shelly Duvall.

In the book, Danny who is now in his 40s, is still haunted by events at the Overlook Hotel while his psychic abilities begins to resurface.

Mike Flanagan is said to be helming the sequel, an apt selection given his recent involvement in another King novella adaptation “Gerald’s Game,” a Netflix psychological horror which he directed and wrote with Jeff Howard. Flanagan has also written and director horror films Oculus, Before I Wake and Ouija: Origin of Evil.

The director recently posted on Twitter that the movie will be in theaters in 2020.

Ewan McGregor will be seen next in “Christopher Robin,” an adaptation of Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh” scheduled for release in this summer.

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“Arachnophobia” Remake Being Developed

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Those creepy spiders that traumatized moviegoers in 1990 may be back to the big screen soon, as Steven Spielberg’s Amblin and James Wan are said to be developing a remake of Arachnophobia, Variety is reporting.

The 1990 original horror-comedy was directed by Frank Marshall and starred Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. The film follows a newly discovered Venezuelan spider, transported through a coffin to a small American town, producing a species of deadly spiders and begins to kill the town’s residents.

Wan recently worked on Warner Bros and DC’s “Aquaman” which is slated for release later this year. He’s had a string of successes in the horror genre, after directing The Conjuring (2013) and it sequel The Conjuring 2 (2016) and produced its spinoff The Nun, set to open this September. He is not slated to helm Arachnophobia remake but is involved as producer.

Arachnophobia was a modest success back in the summer of 1990, grossing $53 million at the box office, and receiving generally positive reviews.

The director acknowledged the remake via Twitter, where he seem to suggest an interest in having John Goodman return for the remake.

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