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This is an odd pairing. Dan Trachtenberg, known for “Prey” and “Predator: Badlands,” has signed on to direct a new film inspired by “Sleeping Beauty” for Disney.
I didn’t have this on my bingo card. I really hope he is given the freedom to do something fun with it and not just a rehashing like every other Disney remake. I doubt it, though.
No surprise, sources say the actors will be speaking the original Shakespearean language. Of course they will. This is the guy who made Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson talk in 19th-century maritime dialect, and who researched Viking-era speech for “The Northman.” Nobody should expect otherwise from Eggers.
I really wish people would stop it with the Shakespearean English. Robert Eggers doing Romeo and Juliet actually sounds like a fun pairing, but I'm so tired of all the Shakespeare language—I get that it's lyrical and I'm probably supposed to think it's elegant, but I hate it so much.
The fish rots from the head, and this particular fish is headed by a compromised oligarch with a history of throwing journalists under the bus to advance his business interests
‘Nuff said. I mean, I get the hesitation, they’re scared. But in a situation like this, you have to use every lever you have, and that means fighting until the end. I still think Paramount would’ve regretted moving to Tennessee more than California would have.
Cohen will portray the title character. "The Popinjay Cavalier" is set to premiere in London's West End in spring 2027. It's being described as a "swashbuckling comedy" set in 1830s Europe — a British-style farce filled with slapstick chaos, awkward mishaps and characters constantly being mistaken for someone else.
I’m not sure if there will ever be a play that I want—need to—see. Sounds absolutely fascinating. The one thing I couldn’t figure out was whether or not Tarantino is going to direct too or just write and produce. I do kind of hope this doesn’t become his tenth movie though.
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes—two names I never imagined would ever be uttered in the same sentence, but at the same time… could there possibly be a better pairing for a bonkers documentary.
Looks absolutely wild. Given they struggled to find distribution, I tend to think the trailer is likely to be quite deceiving, but whoever cut the trailer definitely did their job.
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