Clint Eastwood To Direct Film About Hero Skarlatos And Friends

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The 15:17 To Paris: The True Story Of A Terrorist, A Train, And Three American Heroes

It seems that Clint Eastwood is continuing his passion for stories about regular guys turning into heroes. According to Deadline, the iconic director is taking on the story of Roseburg native Alek Skarlatos and his friends who thwarted a terrorist train attack in France. The story is based on the book ‘The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes.’

Last year, Eastwood directed ‘Sully’, a biographical drama about US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who made an emergency landing on the Hudson River and saved all 155 passengers and crew. Prior to that, he made ‘American Sniper’ about the Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.

Dorothy Blyskal adapted the book for the feature with Eastwood set to produce the film with Tim Moore, Kristina Rivera and Jessica Meier.

In August 2015, Army National Guard specialist Alek Skarlatos, and his childhood friends, U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone and Sacramento State University senior Anthony Sadler, subdued a heavily armed terrorist while boarded on a train bound for Paris. The three friends eventually came back home to the US and received a heroes’ welcome.

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Mike Nichols’ THE GRADUATE starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft BACK IN THEATERS FOR 50th ANNIVERSARY

NATIONWIDE THEATRICAL PREMIERE OF NEW 4K DIGITAL RESTORATION ON APRIL 23 AND 26
ONLY THROUGH TCM/FATHOM EVENTS

New York-based specialty distributor Rialto Pictures and Studiocanal will release Mike Nichols’ groundbreaking THE GRADUATE, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, in new 4K digital prints beginning in April.
The 50 anniversary restoration had its World Premiere earlier this month at the TCL Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, as the centerpiece event of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival. The new GRADUATE restoration will play in over 700 movie theaters nationwide on April 23 and 26, as part of TCM and Fathom Events’ monthly “TCM Big Screen Classics” series.
The new restoration will also screen at this year’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna and will be released theatrically and as a special edition Home Entertainment release in all Studiocanal territories (France, Germany, U.K., Australia and New Zealand) throughout the summer.
Hoffman, in his star-making, breakout role, is Benjamin Braddock, the college track star suddenly adrift after graduation, and ripe for seduction by an older, married woman: Bancroft’s coldly calculating friend-of-the-family Mrs. Robinson. When Ben ultimately falls for dream girl Elaine (Katharine Ross), who happens to be the Robinsons’ daughter, it sets up a love triangle like no other in American films up to that time.
Adapted from the Charles Webb novel by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham (which immortalized the word “plastics” in the lexicon of hip expressions), THE GRADUATE was the biggest box office surprise of the decade, nominated for seven Oscars® andwinning for director Nichols’ sophomore effort. The classic “Top 40” score by Simon & Garfunkel started a new, youthful trend in soundtrack music as well.

“A MILESTONE IN AMERICAN FILM HISTORY!” – Stanley Kauffmann

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Update on Joss Whedon’s ‘Batgirl’ and casting the iconic role

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Joss Whedon speaking at Comic-con
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We previously reported that Joss Whedon is making a jump from Marvel to DC and is “nearing a deal to write, direct and produce” a Batgirl movie as part of DC’s Extended Universe. During an interview with Variety at the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 red carpet premiere yesterday, Whedon said he doesn’t want to cast a movie star as ‘Batgirl’.

“I doubt it will be a name,” Whedon said. “I think this is something where you go and find Batgirl and then you cast her. I’m not against movie stars, they’re great, but you need somebody who’s going to be just right. And in situations like this, the name carries a lot of weight so it’s not as critical.”

Batgirl is the alter ego of Barbara Gordon. In the 1960s, she was portrayed by Yvonne Craig in the Batman TV series and then decades later by Alicia Silverstone in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin as a variation of the character, Barbara Wilson, Alfred Pennyworth’s niece. She was also in The Lego Batman Movie as voiced by Rosario Dawson.

Check out the full video interview below for more:

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Nintendo Reportedly Working On SNES Classic

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The Japanese gaming giant Nintendo is apparently working on a miniature Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) classic version, aimed at followers of the iconic gaming company’s nostalgia. This according to Eurogame, citing multiple sources close to the company.

If it goes as reported, SNES Classic will follow the company’s other hugely popular gaming console NES Classic Mini. So there is no doubt this will be another mega hit and will be Nintendo fans’ main focus, especially considering NES Classic was understocked and just days ago been discontinued.

Development of SNES Classic is apparently “already underway” so we might see a launch of the product this year.

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Gorillaz revive their status with new album Humanz

By W.S.

As announced on their Instagram, on April 28th, 2017, virtual band Gorillaz will be releasing their latest album, Humanz. Fans have long awaited the band’s next release since their last album, The Fall in 2010.

Gorillaz uses the visual aspect just as much as the musical to convey their message. The virtual band consists of, 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, and Noodle. These characters portray the story of the music . Fans of Gorillaz have deeply invested not only in the creators, but the fic-tional, animated characters who make up the band.

The band interacts with their audience and fans through these visuals of an animated band, and extends this relationship through their social media pages and website. It’s this engagement with the fans that has helped Gorillaz gain popularity over the years. Behind the music and visuals are Damon Albarn, musician, and Jamie Hewlett, illustrator.

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‘Captain Marvel’ Finds Its Director


By Creative Media Times

There’s been speculation over who will direct Captain Marvel since Brie Larson, fresh from her Oscar best actress win, was cast last summer at a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Today we finally got an answer: Variety reports that the movie will have not one but two helming the pic: co-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.

Before this confirmation, it was clear that Marvel was adamant about hiring a female director, as some of the contenders including Niki Caro, Lorene Scafaria and Lesli Linka Glatter were shortlisted over the past year.

But this isn’t the first time Boden and Fleck were attached to a Marvel project. In 2012, Hollywood Reporter reported that the duo was in the running to direct Guardians of the Galaxy. This job later went to James Gunn. Boden and Fleck were also responsible for Half Nelson (2006), which was career turning point for Ryan Gosling after it earned him his first academy award nomination. All in all, the project seem to be in good hands.

Captain Marvel is one of the most closely watched projects within the studio’s slate, primarily due to the character being the first female MCU superhero to headline her own film. Larson is set to play Carol Danvers, a member of the US Air Force and gained superpowers after a fusion of alien and human genes.

The movie is scheduled to be released in theaters on March 8, 2019.

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle’s teaser is quick in 15 seconds

By Creative Media Times

20th Century Fox has released the teaser for Kingsman: The Golden Circle called “The Ultimate Breakdown, a series of action scenes, car chases, and butterflies condensed into 15 seconds of short clips in rapid succession. That is right, 15 seconds, that’s all we got. If you think of it though, there’s more clips on this than usual teasers, albeit blink and you miss it clips. No word so far on when we will see a full trailer.

The sequel to 2015 film Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Golden Circle features Eggsy (Taron Egerton), Merlin (Mark STrong) and Roxy (Sophie Cookson) heading to the United States to join forces with Kingsman’s American counterpart, the Statesmen after their headquarters is destroyed by a criminal mastermind and member of “The Golden Circle”.

Earlier today, Empire also released two new images from the film, which follows the first photos of the film from EW last week

Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Sophie Cookson, and Mark Strong are back in Circle, and joined this time by Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Sir Elton John, Jeff Bridges, and Channing Tatum. The movie is based on The Secret Service comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Matthew Vaughn returns to direct The Golden Circle from a script he co-wrote Jane Goldman.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is scheduled to open in theaters September 29.

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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Now Available from Telltale Games and Marvel Entertainment

Series Premiere Episode Now Available Download; Season Pass Disc Available at Retailers Starting May 2nd


SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Apr. 18, 2017 – Award-winning developer and publisher of digital entertainment, Telltale Games, along with Marvel Entertainment, today announced that the first of five Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series episodes is now available for $4.99 USD or equivalent on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One®, Windows PC, and Mac. The episode will also be available to download on the App Store® and Google Play™ later this week.

The series will also be available as a special ‘Season Pass Disc’ on May 2nd at retailers across North America for an MSRP of $29.99 USD, and on May 5th at retailers elsewhere across the globe. The special ‘Season Pass Disc’ will include Episode One: Tangled Up in Blue, and will grant access to download the subsequent four episodes via online updates as they are released in the coming months of 2017. Additional platforms for release are yet to be announced.

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What to Expect From Prison Break Season 5

Ezekiel Gacee

Fox.com

Fox’s Prison Break which is considered one of the most thrilling series is back to your screens and this time, the iconic crime drama TV show is bigger and better than all the previous seasons.

After almost a decade, most people have been left speculating what to expect but just after the first episode, one can already anticipate high adrenaline action and perhaps more mystery than what they are used to.

At the start of Season 5, a lot of people have been left wondering what happened to Michael Scofield, (Wentworth Miller) after it turns out that he was never dead after all. His brother Lincoln Burrows, (Dominic Purcell) is the first one to bring out the possibility of Michael being alive and he goes ahead and shares the same with Sara.

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Coachella 2017 Review: Week 1

By Melgie Claire

The Lemon twigs are not old enough to be in the beer gardens Coachella, but someone should get sneaking what they want for their gift for serving the rock and roll retro-tastic with pop buttons Baroque and glam on Friday that the festival started.

Todd Rundgren joined them for their final number at the Gobi tent be aligned with respect to the Brian and Michael D’Addario artists who were inspired by the Rundgren to the Ramones, Paul McCartney to Queen.

In songs like “These words” and “Haroomata” the brothers and two other band mates – high school friends in Long Island, New York – showed soft harmonies, crunchy riffs and compositions developed as three minutes pop symphony.

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