Brad Pitt was disappointed that his Zombie film World War Z initially wasn’t as good as he imagined it would be. But instead of letting the film be, Pitt was determined to fix the movie.
Brad Pitt knew early on there was something wrong with ‘World War Z’ Brad Pitt | Epsilon/Getty Images
Pitt experimented with the zombie sub genre a bit in 2013 when he starred in World War Z. It was adapted from the Max Brooks book of the same name, and dealt with the world battling an unexpected Zombie attack. Pitt once remarked that the feature was the biggest movie he’d ever done. And in an interview with USA Today, he seemed very pleased with the feature. But World War Z wasn’t without a few hiccups. As proud as Pitt was of the film, he was initially left unimpressed with the project’s original ending.
Brad Pitt knew early on there was something wrong with ‘World War Z’ Brad Pitt | Epsilon/Getty Images
Pitt experimented with the zombie sub genre a bit in 2013 when he starred in World War Z. It was adapted from the Max Brooks book of the same name, and dealt with the world battling an unexpected Zombie attack. Pitt once remarked that the feature was the biggest movie he’d ever done. And in an interview with USA Today, he seemed very pleased with the feature. But World War Z wasn’t without a few hiccups. As proud as Pitt was of the film, he was initially left unimpressed with the project’s original ending.
- 9/28/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” starring Zendaya, has been pulled from the Venice Film Festival, where it was to be the opening night film, due to the actors strike.
The R-rated “Challengers,” in which Zendaya stars as a tennis coach involved in a love triangle, had been planned to kick off the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30 before opening in theaters Sept. 15. But with actors striking from working or promoting their films — including walking any red carpets — distributor MGM, which is owned by Amazon Studios, will instead open “Challengers” in theaters April 26 next year.
“After thoughtful consideration with our partners, and given the parameters that SAG-AFTRA has outlined for its membership, we have made the difficult decision to withdraw ‘Challengers’ from this year’s Venice International Film Festival,” MGM said in a statement Friday. “We look forward to celebrating the film when we can do so with our ensemble cast, director...
The R-rated “Challengers,” in which Zendaya stars as a tennis coach involved in a love triangle, had been planned to kick off the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30 before opening in theaters Sept. 15. But with actors striking from working or promoting their films — including walking any red carpets — distributor MGM, which is owned by Amazon Studios, will instead open “Challengers” in theaters April 26 next year.
“After thoughtful consideration with our partners, and given the parameters that SAG-AFTRA has outlined for its membership, we have made the difficult decision to withdraw ‘Challengers’ from this year’s Venice International Film Festival,” MGM said in a statement Friday. “We look forward to celebrating the film when we can do so with our ensemble cast, director...
- 7/21/2023
- by Divya Goyal
- ET Canada
Halle Berry became the first Black female actor to win an Oscar for Best Actress thanks to her starring role in Monster’s Ball. But before Berry, the movie was hip hop icon Queen Latifah’s movie to take.
Halle Berry ended up starring in ‘Monster’s Ball’ after Queen Latifah was offered the part Queen Latifah | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Monster’s Ball turned out to be one of Berry’s many career highlights. But it wasn’t a film that she pursued until reading the movie’s script. Although Berry was a rising star at the time, she wasn’t who the film’s director Marc Foster originally envisioned for the role.
“I first received the script from my manager who had gotten the script from Marc Forster’s agent. She passed it onto my manager already knowing that Marc really wasn’t interested in me. But she thought I would be right for the role,...
Halle Berry ended up starring in ‘Monster’s Ball’ after Queen Latifah was offered the part Queen Latifah | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Monster’s Ball turned out to be one of Berry’s many career highlights. But it wasn’t a film that she pursued until reading the movie’s script. Although Berry was a rising star at the time, she wasn’t who the film’s director Marc Foster originally envisioned for the role.
“I first received the script from my manager who had gotten the script from Marc Forster’s agent. She passed it onto my manager already knowing that Marc really wasn’t interested in me. But she thought I would be right for the role,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
To be known as the nicest guy in Hollywood and be playing a sour, bitter, out-spoken grump in a movie, you’d have to be a hell of an actor. And Tom Hanks happens to be both. The academy award-winning actor is starring in a new comedy called A Man Called Otto based on the book, A Man Called Ove written by Swedish author, Fredrick Bachman. Sony Pictures just dropped the trailer for the new comedy.
The official synopsis reads,
“Based on the comical and moving #1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
The official synopsis reads,
“Based on the comical and moving #1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some...
- 10/20/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
In "A Man Called Otto," Tom Hanks stars as the grumpy old guy who wants everyone to get off his lawn, move out of his neighborhood and let him have some peace. And in typical Tom Hanks fashion, there's something oddly charming about the guy, even when he's coldly telling an adorable kitten to go away. If this is still giving you pause, then have no fear — this isn't some bleak affair — this is the kind of life-affirming movie that hits theaters on Christmas day! Despite an unhappy start to his story, it's just a matter of time before someone comes around to melt Otto's icy heart. And who better to capture that open-hearted earnestness than Tom Hanks.
If this title sounds a little familiar, then you might be recalling the hit novel that the film is based on. Or better yet, perhaps you've already seen this story rendered...
If this title sounds a little familiar, then you might be recalling the hit novel that the film is based on. Or better yet, perhaps you've already seen this story rendered...
- 10/20/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Actor, icon and harsh critic of his own masterful filmography, Tom Hanks is setting about on yet another venture: writing a novel. Tom Hanks will release his debut novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, in May 2023.
The book, published by Penguin Random House, is “about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film . . . and the humble comic books that inspired it.” Per the official publisher site, the novel will span numerous decades, jumping from a post-wwii solider in the 1940s to his nephew creating a comic book in the 1970s to a director adapting said comic book for the big screen in the present day.
Tom Hanks pulled partly from his own experiences in Hollywood. “Every character in the book does something I’ve experienced while making a movie, as well as discovered a philosophy or learned an important lesson…Even the foolish moments are some...
The book, published by Penguin Random House, is “about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film . . . and the humble comic books that inspired it.” Per the official publisher site, the novel will span numerous decades, jumping from a post-wwii solider in the 1940s to his nephew creating a comic book in the 1970s to a director adapting said comic book for the big screen in the present day.
Tom Hanks pulled partly from his own experiences in Hollywood. “Every character in the book does something I’ve experienced while making a movie, as well as discovered a philosophy or learned an important lesson…Even the foolish moments are some...
- 9/28/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Henry Slick is back with a new, original animated feature called “Wendell & Wild.” Incredibly, this film (out October 28 on Netflix) is his first since “Coraline” back in 2009. For a while it seemed like Selick, whose singular genius was responsible for “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and the animated intrudes in Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic” (among other things), would never make another movie. Thankfully that isn’t the case.
“Wendell & Wild,” based on an original idea of Selick’s, concerns two demons (voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key) who work in a hellish theme park amongst the “souls of the danged” (according to Selick they aren’t quite as bad as the souls of the damned). Together, the demons attempt to utilize a human child named Kat (voiced by Lyric Ross) as their ticket to the land of the living. Imagine “Beetlejuice” but with a wider variety of influences and,...
“Wendell & Wild,” based on an original idea of Selick’s, concerns two demons (voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key) who work in a hellish theme park amongst the “souls of the danged” (according to Selick they aren’t quite as bad as the souls of the damned). Together, the demons attempt to utilize a human child named Kat (voiced by Lyric Ross) as their ticket to the land of the living. Imagine “Beetlejuice” but with a wider variety of influences and,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Swedish author Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel "A Man Called Ove" is being adapted into another movie. Previously, Swedish filmmaker and screenwriter Hannes Holm turned the story into a 2015 film of the same name (it released a year later in the U.S.), which earned two nods at the 89th Academy Awards in the best foreign language film and best makeup and hairstyling categories.
The English-language adaptation, titled "A Man Called Otto" (with the protagonist's name changed to reflect its American setting) will be helmed by Marc Foster. Two-time Oscar nominee David Magee is penning...
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The English-language adaptation, titled "A Man Called Otto" (with the protagonist's name changed to reflect its American setting) will be helmed by Marc Foster. Two-time Oscar nominee David Magee is penning...
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- 2/28/2022
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
Sony revealed a number of release-date moves tonight, including taking the Jack Black comedy Oh Hell No off the schedule, dating the Sandra Oh horror pic Umma for next month and confirming the Tom Hanks-led remake A Man Called Otto for Christmas Day, as Deadline reported last week.
The studio also said tonight that the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody starring Naomi Ackie will open two days earlier than planned, now on Wednesday, December 21, and it moved Sam Raimi’s Adam Driver-led sci-fi thriller 65 back nearly a year to April 14, 2023. It had been set for this April 29.
Stage 6’s Umma — Korean for “mother” — has been set for March 18, just a month from now. The pic from writer-director Iris K. Shim follows Amanda (Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) living a quiet life on an American farm. But when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea,...
The studio also said tonight that the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody starring Naomi Ackie will open two days earlier than planned, now on Wednesday, December 21, and it moved Sam Raimi’s Adam Driver-led sci-fi thriller 65 back nearly a year to April 14, 2023. It had been set for this April 29.
Stage 6’s Umma — Korean for “mother” — has been set for March 18, just a month from now. The pic from writer-director Iris K. Shim follows Amanda (Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) living a quiet life on an American farm. But when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
2013’s Brad Pitt-fronted World War Z was the highest grossing zombie movie of all time, a fact I was not aware of 30 seconds prior to writing this sentence. Romping home with a handy $540 million gross, one would assume a sequel was in short order. As it turns out though, not exactly.
Director after director signed on for World War Z 2, only for various colours of conflicting arrangements to see them jump ship. Paramount finally pulled the plug on the film in February of last year, leaving it firmly in development hell. And if you think that leaves things looking hopeless for another round of Brad-fuelled zombie action, you’d be mostly right. But there is one glimmer of hope.
World War Z producer Jeremy Kleiner has taken part in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter and the topic of a sequel came up. Specifically, Kleiner and fellow...
Director after director signed on for World War Z 2, only for various colours of conflicting arrangements to see them jump ship. Paramount finally pulled the plug on the film in February of last year, leaving it firmly in development hell. And if you think that leaves things looking hopeless for another round of Brad-fuelled zombie action, you’d be mostly right. But there is one glimmer of hope.
World War Z producer Jeremy Kleiner has taken part in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter and the topic of a sequel came up. Specifically, Kleiner and fellow...
- 1/21/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: The True Detective Golden Globe nominated actress is boarding Blumhouse-Sony-Red Wagon’s reboot of the 1996 teen witchcraft feature The Craft.
Michelle Monaghan joins the growing Craft cast of David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey all who’ve been announced. Monaghan’s role is being kept under wraps. The original movie followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teen girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
She’ll next be seen in Netflix’s 2020 geo-political thriller series Messiah in which Monaghan plays CIA agent Eve Geller. When a CIA officer investigates a man attracting international attention and followers through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global, high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a deceptive con artist.
Michelle Monaghan joins the growing Craft cast of David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey all who’ve been announced. Monaghan’s role is being kept under wraps. The original movie followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teen girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
She’ll next be seen in Netflix’s 2020 geo-political thriller series Messiah in which Monaghan plays CIA agent Eve Geller. When a CIA officer investigates a man attracting international attention and followers through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global, high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a deceptive con artist.
- 10/24/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Throughout her career, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum actress Halle Berry has proven herself to be a chameleon of the silver screen. From playing a Bond girl to winning an Academy Award for her powerhouse performance in director Marc Foster's Monsters Ball, and suiting up as DC's lamest Catwoman, Berry is as unpredictable as the intensity of a hot wing smothered…...
- 6/7/2019
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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