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Trailer: Terrence Malick’s Song to Song

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Terrence Malick’s all-star ensemble drama Song to Song, set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene, has revealed its first trailer ahead of its SXSW debut.

According to it’s official synopsis, Song to Song is a “modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples – struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) – chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.”

Though that might sound slightly familiar to a recent Gosling critical and commercial hit, production of Song to Song was actually announced in November 2011, was originally titled “Lawless”, and Malick began shooting in 2012.

Song to Song will have its world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 10, before opening in NYC and Los Angeles on March 17, 2017. Broad Green Pictures is releasing the movie. Broad Green also released the poster for the film on Friday (right).

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Interview: Steve Emerson, Visual Effects Supervisor for Kubo and the Two Strings

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An Interview with Steve Emerson, Visual Effects Supervisor for Kubo and the Two Strings
By Elizabeth Walker for Creative Media Times

(l to r) Monkey (voiced by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron), Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) and Beetle (voiced by Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) are on a thrilling quest to unlock the secret of Kubo’s legacy in animation studio LAIKA’s epic action-adventure KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Laika Studios/Focus Features

Some films seemed destined to land among the contenders for best visual effects – like those big-budget offerings from Marvel or the Star Wars franchise. This year, along with Dr. Strange and Rogue One, Kubo and the Two Strings has earned a nomination for Best Visual Effects.

Also nominated for Best Animated Feature, Kubo is the first animated film to be nominated for Best Visual Effects in decades, and the production has received widespread recognition for its use of stop motion animation. Steve Emerson, visual effects supervisor for the film, spoke to reporters by phone from his home base in Portland, Oregon.

This is Emerson’s first Oscar nomination, but he says he has not had a moment to think about a speech. He describes for the group the moment he found out:

It was five in the morning, woke up and was drinking coffee, watching the streaming with my wife and my son.
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Joel and Ethan Coen Tapped To Polish Script For ‘Scarface’ Reboot

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By Armando

Following late last month’s departure of Antoine Fuqua (“The Equalizer”, “Magnificent Seven”) as director of Universal Pictures’ Scarface remake, The Coen Bros is said to have “been tapped to polish” the new movie’s screenplay, Variety reported. Joel and Ethan Coen will work on the original script from Terrence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street).

The Coen brothers are no strangers to writing screenplays that neither of the two directed. They also worked on the script of Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies (2015) and Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken (2014).

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BAFTA Film Awards 2017 Winners

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With two weeks to go until the Oscars, a familiar crop of winners during this award season took center stage. La La Land, which went into the night with with the maximum of 11 nominations, dominated the night and took home five trophies, including best film, best actress for Emma Stone and best director for Damien Chazelle. The newest Spider-man, Tom Holland, took home the Rising Star award.Producer Jordan Horowitz said: “I think film, when at its best, reveals there is more tying us together than tears us apart.”

Hosted for the 12th time by English comedian and actor Stephen Fry, The 2017 BAFTA Awards took place on Sunday, February 12, at Royal Albert Hall in London. Here is the full list of winners:

Best film
La La Land

Outstanding British film
I, Daniel Blake

Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land

Leading actress
Emma Stone – La La Land

Leading actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
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John Malkovich: Actor, Director, Fashion Designer?

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By Shane Brooks

During last Sunday’s Super Bowl, an ad aired to promote the release of the new clothing line by Oscar nominated actor John Malkovich.

The ad depicts some of the struggles Malkovich went through in an attempt to be break from the world of acting into this new art form and represents some of the ideas and inspirations behind his designs. During the ad the actor makes the point, “I’m always a figure in someone else’s dream. I’d really rather sometimes make my own figures and my own dreams.”

Most people recognize John Malkovich for his role in the film Being John Malkovich, however, in an ad for Squarespace that aired during the Super Bowl the actor revealed his desire to take his creative talents in a new direction.

Many do not know that this is not Malkovich’s firststep in the fashion world. With his first fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, being released in 2002. His second, Technobohemian, was released in 2010 and featured many of the actor’s own designs.Along with the theatrical Super Bowl ad Malkovich has launched a website, www.JohnMalkovich.com, powered by Squarespace.

The website showcases Malkovich’s winterand summer 2017 collections. The collections include selections of jackets, knitwear, pants, shirts and accessories. An excerpt from the “About” section of the site reads: “John takes inspiration from his travels and experiences, fine art, and storytelling elements, such as setting and characterization. He sketches designs and patterns, refining every detail, while travelling andduring downtime on set. For over 30 years, John has been a passionate fabric collector. With a meditative approach, he often spends several days purely on fabric selection.”

It is clear that John Malkovich puts his heart into every project he works on whether that be acting, directing or designing fashion. So, if you were watching the big game last Sunday you may be pretty excited for all of the new box office blockbusters coming this summer but you may have also found that new summer look you have been waiting for.

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Sofia Coppola’s THE BEGUILED teaser trailer

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Focus Features will release THE BEGUILED in select cities on June 23, 2017,
expanding to more theaters on June 30, 2017

Acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola brings you a seductive thriller starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning.

“The Beguiled” marks Coppola’s first theatrical release since 2013’s “The Bling Ring.” The Oscar-winning director of Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides film is based on the 1966 novel by Thomas Cullinan, which had a cinematic adaptation back in 1971 starring Clint Eastwood. Based on this gorgeous trailer, it is clear that Coppola has crafted her own unique vision.

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‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Gets Extended Super Bowl Spot

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Director Michael Bay’s fifth movie in the franchise, “Transformers: The Last Knight” has an extended trailer and it was unveiled during the Super Bowl, which adds more robot mayhem than the 30-second version Paramount released last Friday. After the Super Bowl ad leaked, Michael Bay also released a 4K version on YouTube and a note on his website.

The trailer showed a world where humans and the robots are at war, and pits Optimus Prime against his old friends. According to Forbes “Transformers: The Last Knight” will be Michael Bay’s last Transformers movie.

Here is the official synopsis for Transformers: The Last Knight.

“The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock). There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.”

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Isabella Moner, Stanley Tucci and John Turturro, Transformers: The Last Knight arrives in theaters on June 23, 2017.

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‘Fate of the Furious’ Super Bowl spot

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The trailer for “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, dropped during Sunday’s football face-off, and its filled with fast (flyig) cars and high octane excitement.

At the center of this new trailer is Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) turning against his ‘Fast’ family, and introduces Charlize Theron as Cypher. The film also stars Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Helen Mirren, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Ptaky, Scott Eastwood, and Kurt Russell. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) has taken over directing duties.

This is the first movie in the franchise since Paul Walker passed away in 2013, and apart from The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), is the only movie without him.

The Fate of the Furious will be released on April 14.

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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Super Bowl Spot

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Disney released the trailer for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’, the fifth title in the mega-franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie during the Super Bowl and its filled to the brim with excitement.

Set to Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave”, the trailer finally showed Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow at the very end of the teaser. This comes three months after the first teaser arrived which showcased Javier Bardem as the villainous Captain Salaza but didn’t show any signs of Depp.

Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, the movie brings back Orlando Bloom (Will Turner), Geoffrey Rush (Barbossa), Kevin R. McNally (Joshamee Gibbs) and Stephen Graham (Scrum), and new co-stars Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner), Brenton Thwaites (Gods of Egypt) and Golshifteh Farahani (Exodus: Gods and Kings).

‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ hits theaters Memorial Day weekend, May 26, 2017.

Here’s the official synopsis for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:

Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Super Bowl trailer

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The new trailer for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” the sequel to the 2014 breakout hit, aired just before kickoff on Sunday’s Super Bowl, and it introduced the rag tag superhero team.

The cast includes the return of Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Vin Diesel (Groot), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Karen Gillan (as Nebula), Michael Rooker (as Yondu), and Sean Gunn (as Kraglin).

Set to Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain”, the trailer reveals a gold-drenched Elizabeth Debicki who plays the character Ayesha and sets the tone of the trailer and threatening our hero: “just who the hell do you think you are?”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is scheduled for release on May 5th, 2017. Check out the Super Bowl trailer below, (adding to the two other Guardians trailers that is already out there):

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