By Brent LangTheWrap James Jacks, the veteran producer who helped make “The Mummy” franchise a worldwide box office smash, died Monday, his one-time producing partner Sean Daniel said on Facebook. He was 66. Jacks’ cause of death was a heart attack, according to media reports. Daniel and Universal Studios did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s […]
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Jonah Hill: I did ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ for $60K
Entertainment Tonight. Jonah Hill took quite the pay cut for his decadent role in “The Wolf Of Wall Street.” The 30-year-old actor admitted on Tuesday’s “The Stern Show” that he wanted to be in Martin Scorsese’s film so badly that he did the film for $60,000. Jonah plays Jordan Belfort’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) sidekick, Donnie Azoff. […]
Lakeland filmmakers need backing for new production
Lakeland filmmakers need backing for new production 8:00am Sunday 12th January 2014 in News By Adrian Mullen, Arts correspondent FILM fans are being giving the chance to turn a unique story into a finished movie. Local director Karen Guthrie’s new film, The Closer We Get, allows viewers to witness the intimacy of a family – […]
Hollywood star Brad Pitt returns to Bovingdon
Hollywood star Brad Pitt returns to Bovingdon to continue filming new film Fury 5:20pm Monday 13th January 2014 in News By Claire Maxwell, Reporter Hollywood star Brad Pitt returns to Bovingdon Brad Pitt has returned to Bovingdon to continue filming his latest movie after the Christmas break. Residents might find themselves bumping into the Hollywood […]
Producers Guild picks ’12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Gravity’ in a rare tie
If the 12 slave don’t win we will all be racist so we should bow down one more time and honor the slave movie… done and over please can we not move on?
Katie Couric makes documentary debut at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Along with her soon-to-end daytime talk show, fall engagement and recent move from TV to the web as Yahoo’s global anchor, Katie Couric also made a documentary feature shown at Sundance. “Fed Up” premiered Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. Couric linked up with “An Inconvenient Truth” producer Laurie David […]
De Niro casts spotlight on works of his artist father at Sundance
(Reuters) — Robert De Niro may best be known as an Oscar-winning actor, but in a new documentary he takes on the role of a devoted son as he spotlights his own artist father, Robert Sr., for his influential but not well-known works in the New York City abstract expressionist art movement. De Niro, 70, […]
POLICE armed response units called after an elderly resident reported an axe …
Police responding to reports of axe attack find young people making zombie film 5:16pm Friday 3rd January 2014 in News By Emily Flanagan, Reporter A zombie POLICE armed response units called after an elderly resident reported an axe attack, found it was young people making a zombie film. A full emergency response unit was sent […]
Zach Braff’s starry, Kickstarter-fueled ‘Wish I Was Here’ rapturously applauded
By Josh Dickey and Lucas ShawTheWrap Zach Braff loves Sundance, and Sundance loves him back. It’s been 10 years since Braff made a big Sundance splash with “Garden State,” and now the “Scrubs” star is back with “Wish I Was Here,” which earned rapturous applause following its Saturday premiere at the Marc, and a standing […]
‘American Hustle’ wins top honor at SAG Awards
David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” has won the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding cast, setting up the con-artist comedy as the film to beat at the Academy Awards. The other nominees Saturday night at the ceremony at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium were “12 Years a Slave,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”August: Osage County” and “Lee […]