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WPR’s Box Office Report: April 14th
What news you may have missed: Carl Ellsworth has been enlisted by Warner Brothers to script the remake of Gremlins. This remake will be produced by original Gremlins screenwriter Christopher Columbus. Via Deadline. Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in Disney’s The Haunted Mansion directing by Guillermo del Toro, which del Toro said would […]
Game of Thrones: The Wars to Come is a Fantastic Season Opener
Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 1: “The Wars to Come” Directed by: Michael Slovis Script by: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss Airdate: April 12 2015 Starring: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aiden Gillen, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane, Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, John Bradley, Sophie Turner, […]
The Longest Ride is Two Movies at the Expense of One
The Longest Ride Directed by: George Tillman, Jr. Screenplay by: Craig Bolotin Based on: The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks Starring: Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Alan Alda, Melissa Benoist, Lolita Davidovich Running time: 128 minutes Rated PG-13 for some sexuality, partial nudity, and some sports action The Longest Ride was true […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: April 6th
News from the last week The CW’s Arrow/Flash spinoff series has announced two major casting announcements via Deadline, Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl, and Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter. The spinoff has yet to finalize all casting, and to get a show title. In other news, Arrow star Stephen Amell has picked up the […]
Furious 7 Was Absurd but That’s Good
Furious 7 Directed by: James Wan Written by: Chris Morgan Based on Characters by Gary Scott Thompson which were based on Racer X by Ken Li Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Lucas Black, Jason Statham Running time: 134 minutes Rated PG-13 for prolonged frenetic sequences […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: March 30
What was in the news last week: The x-Files will return to Fox after 13 years in a six-episode series from creator/executive producer Chris Carter, with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Production is due to begin in Vancouver this summer, an air-date has not yet been announced. – via Deadline Anna Kendrick will be working […]
20 Hard Things That are Not as Hard as Watching Get Hard
Get Hard Directed by: Etan Cohen Written by: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Etan Cohen Starring: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Edwina Findley, Craig T. Nelson, Tip “T.I.” Harris Running time: 100 minutes Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content and language, some graphic nudity, and drug material Get Hard is terrible, that is […]
Home was Innocuous and Not Quite Clever Enough
Home Directed by: Tim Johnson Written by: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember Based on: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, Matt L. Jones Starring: Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Martin Running time: 94 minutes Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor Home is a relatively innocuous children’s film, I mean […]
A New Spielberg Film with WB, and Robotech News from Sony
Deadline just broke the news that Steven Spielberg direct Ready Player One, based on the popular sci-fi book by Ernest Cline, for Warner Brothers with Village Roadshow. This marks Spielberg’s return to WB after as 14 year absence. This choice of director is appropriate given that Spielberg was name-dropped in the book. Min character Wade Watts at one […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: March 23
Newish Bits Focus Features has acquired North American distribution rights from Pathé to the drama Suffragette, directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron from a script written by Emmy Award winner Abi Morgan, for a Fall 2015 domestic release. The cast of the U.K. film includes Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, BAFTA […]
Insurgent is Lacking in Every Possible Way
The Divergent Series: Insurgent Directed by: Robert Schwentke Written by: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback Based on: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet Running time: 119 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense violence and […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: March 16
News Bytes: At the Disney annual shareholders meeting a few announcements were made. There will be a Frozen 2. This isn’t surprising considering how wildly successful the film was. Disney also made a few Star Wars announcements. Rian Johnson was confirmed as the writer and director for Star Wars: Episode VIII, with a release date […]
Run All Night is a Solid yet Arduous Action Film
Run All Night Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Written by: Brad Ingelsby Starring: Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Common, Ed Harris Release date: March 13, 2015 Running time: 114 minutes Rated R for strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use Run All Night is a pretty solid action film about mobsters, and hit men, […]
Cinderella Plays it Safe, is Still Enchanting
Cinderella Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Written by: Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz Based on: Disney’s Cinderella, Cendrillon by Charles Perrault Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Helena Bonham Carter Release dates: March 13, 2015 Running time: 112 minutes Rated PG for mild thematic elements Cinderella, essentially a live […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: March 9
News Bytes: The Hollywood Reporter announced Jessie Usher has been cast, along with Liam Hemsworth, joining Jeff Goldbum for Independence Day 2. Variety reports that Ethan Hawk and Denzel Washington are teaming up again for a Magnificent Seven remake, along with Chris Pratt and Haley Bennett. Netflix has announce release dates for original series as follows: Bloodline (March 20), Inspector […]
