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Spider-Man to Appear in Captain America: Civil War? The Mystery May Have Been Solved. Did Iron Man spill the beans about Spider-Man? The web-slinging superhero is featured in Marvel's 2006 Civil War superhero crossover comic series. Many fans speculated that Spidey could make an appearance in the Disney-owned company's upcoming movie Captain America: Civil War after the Disney-owned company acquired the rights earlier this year to use the character in its cinematic universe. In a new interview with EW.com, Downey appears to offer the strongest hint of this. Marvel has not commented. "Cheadle and I are just going, 'Wow, dude, look at this,'" Robert Downey Jr. who reprises his role as Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War, told EW.com in comments posted on Thursday, referring to co-star Don Cheadle. "We're now like the old guard, and our storyline carries real weight just because of our history in the [canon]," Downey said. "But we're also looking around like, 'Who thought that Falcon and Black Panther and Ant-Man and now Spider-Man... ?' I mean it's like wow, this thing is just crazy." EW.com also reported that during a visit to the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a "particularly large battle" sequence was shot, during which "a stuntman wearing a very familiar red and blue suit that covered him from head to toe" was spotted standing off to the side. "Listen, if there was a cosplayer running around that set when you were there, I don't know what to tell you," the outlet quoted Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige as saying. Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6, 2016. Chris Evans plays Captain America for the third time. Downey's participation as Iron Man marks the first time the actor will appear in a Marvel film that isn't an Iron Man or The Avengers movie. Iron Man and other Marvel superheroes have occasionally been featured with Spider-Man in comic books and cartoons. The movie rights over Spider-Man were for years licensed to Sony Pictures Entertainment. In February, company struck a deal with Marvel under which the character would for the first time appear in a film from Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Marvel had also announced both firms are "also exploring opportunities to integrate characters from the MCU into future Spider-Man films." About four months later, Marvel and Sony announced Tom Holland, now 19, would play Spider-Man in a new standalone film Spider-Man, which is set for release on July 28, 2017. After a 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, company emails were leaked and in one of them, its motion picture chief reportedly told a business partner Marvel and Sony wanted to feature Spider-Man in the third Captain America movie, The Wall Street Journal had reported. (Eonline)
J.J. Abrams is shooting down rumors he's axed several of Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o's scenes from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" because her performance was subpar. UK paper The Sun said Nyong'o's "role has been massively cut in the finished edit" and that "there was a general sense that something wasn't working so a lot of her scenes ended up being either reworked or cut." But Abrams told Page Six in a statement: "The number of rumors floating around about 'The Force Awakens' is truly stunning. Some are wonderfully funny, others simply preposterous. But the only one more ridiculous than Jar Jar Binks being a Sith Lord is that I cut Lupita Nyong'o's performance because it wasn't satisfactory." The director added: "In truth, her performance wasn't satisfactory. It was spectacular. She has brought the character of Maz Kanata to life in the most wonderful, wise, touching, deep and funny way. Lupita never ceased to amaze me. Yes, we tried many approaches, and we finally landed on just what the film needed. She elevated all the scenes she is in, I'm forever grateful, and can't wait for people to see her stunning performance." An insider added: "The movie hasn't been screened, so no one, including Lupita, has seen it." (Page Six)
Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers' latest feature, will open the 66th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival next year. This marks the second time the directors have opened Berlin, following True Grit, which kicked off the 2011 Berlinale. Hail, Ceasar! will open the 2016 Berlinale on Feb. 11. Featuring an all-star cast including George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum, Hail, Caesar! is set during the golden age of the Hollywood studio system in the 1950s. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer (Brolin) who gets a call that star Baird Whitlock (Clooney) disappeared from the shooting of the studio's latest sand-and-sandles epic Hail Caesar, a Tale of Christ's Life. "It's wonderful that Joel and Ethan Coen are once again opening the Berlinale. Their humor, unique characters and fantastic narrative skill are guaranteed to thrill the audience. Hail, Caesar! is the perfect start for the 2016 Berlinale," said Berlin Festival Director Dieter Kosslick in a statement. Hail, Caesar! is produced by the Coens together with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner through Mike Zoss Productions and Working Title Films. Universal Pictures will release the film in the U.S. on Feb. 5 and then worldwide following its Berlinale bow. (Hollywood Reporter)
China's box office swept past the symbolic 40 billion yuan ($6.3 billion) milestone for 2015 as of Thursday night local Beijing time, marking growth of more than 48 percent over the same period last year, according to state news agency Xinhua. Local Chinese films accounted for $3.7 billion (23.7 billion yuan), more than 59 percent of the total box office earnings for the year to date. The release schedule for the popular moving-going period of December is packed with Chinese tentpoles, so China is expected to further extend its lead over Hollywood for the year. In 2014, Chinese homegrown films accounted for 54.5 percent of total box office. Four of the top ten titles of the year in China so far have been Hollywood imports: Furious 7,Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World and Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. The Chinese movie market is now widely expected to overtake the North American box office within three years to become the largest film market in the world. Box-office receipts in the United States and Canada combined fell 5 percent last year but still hit $10.4 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. According SARFT, there are now an estimated 6,200 urban cinemas with more than 30,000 screens in total across China. An estimated 15 new screens open in China every day. As of 2014, North America had an estimated 39,956 screens in operation, serving a population one-fourth the size of China's, according to screen figures from the National Association of Theater Owners. (Hollywood Reporter)
Michael Cera and Tavi Gevinson are set to star in director Dustin Guy Defa's Human People, alongside Broad City's Abbi Jacobson. The pic is a day in the life of several New Yorkers as they navigate their personal relationships. The ensemble cast also includes Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, George Sample III, Bene Coopersmith and Philip Baker Hall. Cera is best known for his role on the TV show Arrested Development, and for his work in such movies as Superbad and Scott Pilgrim v. The World. Gevinson, who started the lifestyle blog/magazine Rookie, has previously acted in the film Enough Said. Cera and Gevinson appeared together in a recent Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. Sara Murphy, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read are producing the project. Joe Swanberg, Eddie Linker, Peter Gilbert, Matthew Perniciaro and Michael Sherman are acting as executive producers on the film, which is currently shooting in New York. Cera is repped by ICM, Thruline Entertainment and Litcher Grossman; Gevinson is with UTA and Lichter Grossman. (Hollywood Reporter)
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Spider-Man to Appear in Captain America: Civil War? The Mystery May Have Been Solved. Did Iron Man spill the beans about Spider-Man? The web-slinging superhero is featured in Marvel's 2006 Civil War superhero crossover comic series. Many fans speculated that Spidey could make an appearance in the Disney-owned company's upcoming movie Captain America: Civil War after the Disney-owned company acquired the rights earlier this year to use the character in its cinematic universe. In a new interview with EW.com, Downey appears to offer the strongest hint of this. Marvel has not commented. "Cheadle and I are just going, 'Wow, dude, look at this,'" Robert Downey Jr. who reprises his role as Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War, told EW.com in comments posted on Thursday, referring to co-star Don Cheadle. "We're now like the old guard, and our storyline carries real weight just because of our history in the [canon]," Downey said. "But we're also looking around like, 'Who thought that Falcon and Black Panther and Ant-Man and now Spider-Man... ?' I mean it's like wow, this thing is just crazy." EW.com also reported that during a visit to the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a "particularly large battle" sequence was shot, during which "a stuntman wearing a very familiar red and blue suit that covered him from head to toe" was spotted standing off to the side. "Listen, if there was a cosplayer running around that set when you were there, I don't know what to tell you," the outlet quoted Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige as saying. Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6, 2016. Chris Evans plays Captain America for the third time. Downey's participation as Iron Man marks the first time the actor will appear in a Marvel film that isn't an Iron Man or The Avengers movie. Iron Man and other Marvel superheroes have occasionally been featured with Spider-Man in comic books and cartoons. The movie rights over Spider-Man were for years licensed to Sony Pictures Entertainment. In February, company struck a deal with Marvel under which the character would for the first time appear in a film from Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Marvel had also announced both firms are "also exploring opportunities to integrate characters from the MCU into future Spider-Man films." About four months later, Marvel and Sony announced Tom Holland, now 19, would play Spider-Man in a new standalone film Spider-Man, which is set for release on July 28, 2017. After a 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, company emails were leaked and in one of them, its motion picture chief reportedly told a business partner Marvel and Sony wanted to feature Spider-Man in the third Captain America movie, The Wall Street Journal had reported. (Eonline)
J.J. Abrams is shooting down rumors he's axed several of Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o's scenes from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" because her performance was subpar. UK paper The Sun said Nyong'o's "role has been massively cut in the finished edit" and that "there was a general sense that something wasn't working so a lot of her scenes ended up being either reworked or cut." But Abrams told Page Six in a statement: "The number of rumors floating around about 'The Force Awakens' is truly stunning. Some are wonderfully funny, others simply preposterous. But the only one more ridiculous than Jar Jar Binks being a Sith Lord is that I cut Lupita Nyong'o's performance because it wasn't satisfactory." The director added: "In truth, her performance wasn't satisfactory. It was spectacular. She has brought the character of Maz Kanata to life in the most wonderful, wise, touching, deep and funny way. Lupita never ceased to amaze me. Yes, we tried many approaches, and we finally landed on just what the film needed. She elevated all the scenes she is in, I'm forever grateful, and can't wait for people to see her stunning performance." An insider added: "The movie hasn't been screened, so no one, including Lupita, has seen it." (Page Six)
Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers' latest feature, will open the 66th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival next year. This marks the second time the directors have opened Berlin, following True Grit, which kicked off the 2011 Berlinale. Hail, Ceasar! will open the 2016 Berlinale on Feb. 11. Featuring an all-star cast including George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum, Hail, Caesar! is set during the golden age of the Hollywood studio system in the 1950s. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer (Brolin) who gets a call that star Baird Whitlock (Clooney) disappeared from the shooting of the studio's latest sand-and-sandles epic Hail Caesar, a Tale of Christ's Life. "It's wonderful that Joel and Ethan Coen are once again opening the Berlinale. Their humor, unique characters and fantastic narrative skill are guaranteed to thrill the audience. Hail, Caesar! is the perfect start for the 2016 Berlinale," said Berlin Festival Director Dieter Kosslick in a statement. Hail, Caesar! is produced by the Coens together with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner through Mike Zoss Productions and Working Title Films. Universal Pictures will release the film in the U.S. on Feb. 5 and then worldwide following its Berlinale bow. (Hollywood Reporter)
China's box office swept past the symbolic 40 billion yuan ($6.3 billion) milestone for 2015 as of Thursday night local Beijing time, marking growth of more than 48 percent over the same period last year, according to state news agency Xinhua. Local Chinese films accounted for $3.7 billion (23.7 billion yuan), more than 59 percent of the total box office earnings for the year to date. The release schedule for the popular moving-going period of December is packed with Chinese tentpoles, so China is expected to further extend its lead over Hollywood for the year. In 2014, Chinese homegrown films accounted for 54.5 percent of total box office. Four of the top ten titles of the year in China so far have been Hollywood imports: Furious 7,Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World and Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. The Chinese movie market is now widely expected to overtake the North American box office within three years to become the largest film market in the world. Box-office receipts in the United States and Canada combined fell 5 percent last year but still hit $10.4 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. According SARFT, there are now an estimated 6,200 urban cinemas with more than 30,000 screens in total across China. An estimated 15 new screens open in China every day. As of 2014, North America had an estimated 39,956 screens in operation, serving a population one-fourth the size of China's, according to screen figures from the National Association of Theater Owners. (Hollywood Reporter)
Michael Cera and Tavi Gevinson are set to star in director Dustin Guy Defa's Human People, alongside Broad City's Abbi Jacobson. The pic is a day in the life of several New Yorkers as they navigate their personal relationships. The ensemble cast also includes Isiah Whitlock, Michaela Watkins, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Durress, George Sample III, Bene Coopersmith and Philip Baker Hall. Cera is best known for his role on the TV show Arrested Development, and for his work in such movies as Superbad and Scott Pilgrim v. The World. Gevinson, who started the lifestyle blog/magazine Rookie, has previously acted in the film Enough Said. Cera and Gevinson appeared together in a recent Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. Sara Murphy, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Allison Rose Carter and Jon Read are producing the project. Joe Swanberg, Eddie Linker, Peter Gilbert, Matthew Perniciaro and Michael Sherman are acting as executive producers on the film, which is currently shooting in New York. Cera is repped by ICM, Thruline Entertainment and Litcher Grossman; Gevinson is with UTA and Lichter Grossman. (Hollywood Reporter)
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