Julianne Moore Hits The Dance Floor In “Gloria Bell”

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Julianne Moore is a disco-dancing divorcée who finds love in the amusing new trailer for “Gloria Bell,” A24’s upcoming romance drama.

“When the world blows up, I hope I go down dancing,” Moore’s titular role says in the trailer. It is at the club where she meets Arnold, played by Turturro, and not long after, things got complicated.

“Gloria Bell” is a remake of director Sebastián Lelio’s own Chilean-Spanish dramady “Gloria.” Chilean actress Paulina García won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for that film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013. Lelio himself recently won an academy award for best foreign language film in “A Fantastic Woman.”

Written by Lelio, “Gloria Bell” premiered a few months ago on September 7 at the Toronto International Film Festival and has since received strong reviews.

Fearing a talented cast including Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Brad Garrett, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Rita Wilson, Sean Astin and Holland Taylor, the film is set for release on on March 8, 2019.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold (John Turturro) on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.

From Academy Award-winning director Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience) comes a sophisticated romantic comedy that shows love can strike at any time, relationships are never simple, and nothing can get you down as long as you keep dancing.

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Lionsgate’s ‘Robin Hood’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out Now via Sony Music Masterworks

Sony Music and global content leader Lionsgate’s release of ROBIN HOOD – ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK with music by Joseph Trapanese (The Greatest Showman, Tron: Legacy, Straight Outta Compton) is out today.

Directed by Otto Bathurst, Robin Hood will make its theatrical debut Friday, November 21, 2018 via Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label.

Joseph Trapanese commented, “Lionsgate tasked me with creating a fresh, contemporary score for a new generation’s Robin Hood, and I’m incredibly excited to share it with you. Director Otto Bathurst invited me to bring synthetic sound, energetic percussion, and aggressive orchestration to his modern re-telling of this timeless story, the result of which is a classic tale told like none other.”

“We were very committed to making a version of the Robin Hood story that felt contemporary to a modern audience. All the themes of the classic tale run rampant through the 21st century, so our ambition was that the film would resonate with today’s audience. The score was a huge tool in trying to achieve it,” remarked director Otto Bathurst. “In the same way that the design, costume, set pieces and style of the movie were specifically shaped to ensure that the film didn’t feel old-fashioned, we wanted the music to do the same, whilst delivering the scale, fun, and energy of the movie. That’s a tough brief for a composer and Joe really delivered.”
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Chiwetel Ejiofor’s ‘Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ Headed To Netflix

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“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut has been picked up for global distribution by Netflix.

Based on the bestselling book by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, the movie is set for release in select U.S. and U.K. theaters as well as launch on the streaming platform.

The incredible story follows 13-year-old boy William Kamkwamba, thrown out of school due for lack of money, finds a way to build a windmill which saved his village in Malawi from famine.

Newcomer actor Maxwell Simba is set to play William, while Ejiofor plays his father Trywell. Ejiofor in his directorial debut also wrote the screenplay. Ejiofor previously received an academy award best actor nomination for “12 Years a Slave” in 2014.

Also in the film are Aïssa Maïga (Anything for Alice), Lily Banda, Lemogang Tsipa (Eye in the Sky), Philbert Falakeza, with Joseph Marcell (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) and Noma Dumezweni (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

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“Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed” Lead “2019 Independent Spirit Awards Noms

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The Film Independent Spirit Awards unveiled 2018’s list of nominees, providing an early look at how the awards season is shaping up leading to the academy awards.

At the top of this list are “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Leave No Trace” and “You Were Never Really Here” all of which received best picture nominations.

“We The Animals,” from director Jeremiah Zagar and based on the novel of the same name by Justin Torres, received the most nominations with five.

This summer’s documentary hit “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” received documentary nomination along with Minding the Gap, Of Fathers and Sons, Hale County, On Her Shoulders and Shirkers.

The nominees were announced at Los Angeles’ W Hotel by Crazy Rich Asians actress Gemma Chan and Saturday Night Live alumna Molly Shannon.

The 34th Spirit Awards ceremony will be held on their usual home at the beach in Santa Monica and will air on IFC at 2 p.m. PT on Feb. 23.

Check out the list below for the full list of nominees:

Best Feature
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here

Best Director
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
Paul Schrader, First Reformed

Best Female Lead
Glenn Close, The Wife
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline
Carey Mulligan, Wildlife

Best Male Lead
John Cho, Searching
Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Christian Malheiros, Sócrates
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really There
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Watch Official Trailer For Live-Action “Dumbo” Film

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The official trailer for “Dumbo” debuted during the CMA Awards on ABC Wednesday night.

The upcoming fantasy adventure film is the latest Disney property getting a live-action makeover. Dumbo is a re-imagined version of the Walt Disney’s 1941 animated film of the same name, which was based on a novel written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl and nd illustrated by Helen Durney.

The film is Tim Burton’s first directorial effort since 2016’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” which was an adaptation of a 2011 contemporary fantasy novel of the same name.

The film features an impressive cast including Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Nico Parker, Alan Arkin, Joseph Gatt, Finley Hobbins, Sandy Martin, and Michael Keaton as the ruthless villain who is set to exploit the titular elephant.

Dumbo is slated to soar into theaters on March 29, 2019.

Here is the film’s synopsis:
The story follows Holt Farrier, a former circus star and war veteran, who has been enlisted by circus owner Max Medici to care for a newborn elephant with oversized ears. The baby elephant’s ears are a laughingstock and embarrassment to the already struggling circus. That is, until Holt’s children discover that Dumbo can fly! Aerial artist Colette Marchant and entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere then swoop in to make Dumbo, the flying elephant, a star.

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“Wonder Park” Trailer Released

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“When the park of her dreams needs saving, only June’s imagination can bring it back to life.”

Paramount Pictures’ upcoming animated comedy adventure features the voices of Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner, Ken Hudson Campbell, Kenan Thompson, Mila Kunis, John Oliver, Ken Jeong, Matthew Broderick, Kath Soucie, and Norbert Leo Butz.

Wonder Park tells the story of young an orphaned optimistic, imaginative girl who discovers an abandoned fantastical amusement park.

After the film’s theatrical release, an animated series based on the film will debut on Nickelodeon. This will follow the footsteps of “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” and “Barnyard” as animated movies turned tv series.

Wonder Park is set for release on March 15, 2019 by Paramount Pictures.

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‘Toy Story 4’ Teaser Trailer Highlights New Character

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Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Slinky Dog and Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head have some company in the upcoming animated comedy film, as Disney and Pixar releases the first teaser for “Toy Story 4.”

The teaser introduces an adorable and scared spork named Forky, voiced by Tony Hale. “I don’t belong here!,” Forky says in trailer, trying to leave.

The film, which continues the events from Toy Story 3, also features the return of voices of Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz, Joan Cusack as Jessie, and Estelle Harris as the Potato Heads. Josh Cooley directs the film from Stephany Folsom’s script.

Disney also released animated short as a reaction to the teaser which featured Ducky and Bunny as voiced by comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

“Toy Story 4” is set for release on June 21.

Here is the film’s synopsis:

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

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Comic Book Icon Stan Lee Dies at 95

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Legendary comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher passed away at the age of 95, various sources are reporting this morning.

An ambulance was reportedly called to his home at the Hollywood Hills this morning and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Stan Lee’s daughter broke the news about her father’s passing to TMZ.

Lee started as an assistant in 1939 at Timely Comics, the earliest comic book arm of American publisher Martin Goodman. The entity would later be known as Marvel Comics in the 1960s.

Throughout this period, together with other great comic book artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he would create iconic comic book characters such as Spider Man, The Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Black Panther, the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk among many others.

Lee received a National Medal of Arts in 2008 and was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994.

He has also made cameo appearances in every Marvel movie.

Stan Lee is survived by his daughter Joan Celia “J. C.” Lee.

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Explorer Meets Bigfoot In ‘Missing Link’ Trailer

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Laika, the studio behind the incredible film Kubo and the Two Strings has released the first trailer for its upcoming globetrotting comedy adventure ‘Missing Link’ and it looks like an amusing “adventure of mythical proportions.”

The stunning stop-motion film follows an explorer named Sir Lionel Frost, a myths and monsters investigator as he tracks down the fabled creature Mr Link who is also looking to meet his long lost relatives.

Along with another adventurer Adelina Fortnight, the three embarks on an adventure and encounter other characters along the way.

The studio is also other academy award nominated gems “The Boxtrolls,” “ParaNorman” and “Coraline”.

Written and directed by Chris Butler, the writer of Kubo and the Two Strings, ‘Missing Link’ is voiced by Hugh Jackman as the lead adventurer and Zach ​Galifianakis as Mr. Link.

Also in the film are the voices of Zoe Saldana, David Wailliams, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, Ching Valdes-Aran, Matt Lucas, Stephen Fry, and Amrita Acharia.

Annapurna Pictures is releasing “Missing Link” in Spring of 2019.

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166 Documentary Features Submitted For Academy Awards Consideration

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Focus Features

A total of 166 feature documentaries been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category, the Academy announced today.

Among those submitted are Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Steve Loveridge’s Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., and Susan Lacy’s Jane Fonda in Five Acts.

A shortlist of 15 documentaries will be announced on Dec. 17 while the final list of nominees will be revealed on Jan. 22. The 91st Academy Awards is set to be held on Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

There are some doc features that haven’t had qualifying Los Angeles and New York theatrical runs. Those that were submitted are required to comply with the qualifying requirements to move forward into the voting portion. Documentary features are also qualified for Best Picture and other categories.

Here is the full list in alphabetical order:
“Above and Beyond: NASA’S Journey to Tomorrow”
“Active Measures”
“Amazing Grace”
“American Chaos”
“Andy Irons: Kissed by God”
“Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco”
“Avicii: True Stories”
“Bali: Beats of Paradise”
“Bathtubs over Broadway”
“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”
“Believer”
“Better Angels”
“Bill Coors: The Will to Live”
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