Luc Besson Shares Memories From 'The Fifth Element' And 'Leon'
In order to promote Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, there was a Luc Besson Reddit AMA and gave some great answers to fan questions.
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'Chris Tucker Live' Trailer: The 'Rush Hour' Star Returns To Stand-Up Comedy
After making a splash on the big screen, Chris Tucker has decided to return to his stand-up comedy roots. Watch the Chris Tucker Live trailer right here!
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Tom Shadyac In Talks To Direct 'The Intouchables' Remake
The morning of the Oscars nominations, one of the biggest snubs - in my opinion - was France's The Intouchables not getting a nod for Best Foreign Film. Written and directed Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache, it's a hilarious and heartfelt true story about a quadriplegic and his unorthodox caretaker (François Cluzet and Omar Sy, above). In…
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Sequel Bits: 'Expendables 3', 'Sin City 2', 'Transformers 4' , 'Wet Hot American Summer 2', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Hangover 3', 'Star Trek Into Darkness', And More
Wondering what sequelized delights await us in 2013 and beyond? After the jump: Jackie Chan joins Expendables 3, wants to do Rush Hour 4 Dennis Haysbert talks about replacing Michael Clarke Duncan in Sin City 2 Mark Wahlberg calls Transformers 4 the most important role of his career Michael Bay says that the "leaked" Transformers…
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Remake Bits: 'Poltergeist' Writer Speaks; Plus, 'Oldboy,' 'The Intouchables,' 'Mona Lisa,' 'Starship Troopers'
Remakes live, die and get defended in this edition of Remake Bits. After the jump, read about the following: David Lindsay-Abaire gives an update of the Poltergiest remake. Sharlto Copley eases fan misconceptions about Spike Lee's remake of Oldboy. Chris Tucker is in talks for the remake of the French smash The Intouchables. Larry Clarke said a remake of Mona…
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Sequel Bits: 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes', 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 5', 'Rush Hour 4', 'Friday 4', 'Drumline 2', 'Switch', 'Transformers 4', 'The Last Exorcism Part II'
"Everyone wants to do sequels," says Chris Tucker. Indeed. After the jump: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes gets a plot summary, will shoot in March Keith Richards may return to the Pirates of the Caribbean series Chris Tucker is interested in Rush Hour 4, not so much Friday 4 Nick Cannon talks up his…
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'Rush Hour 4' In Development, Says Producer
If you didn't much like the third Rush Hour film, you weren't the only one. One producer who worked on the three films, Arthur Sarkissian, thought the last installment went a little too over the top, and wants to bring things back down to earth for a fourth film. And, yes, he does want to…
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'Silver Linings Playbook' Trailer: Bradley Cooper And Jennifer Lawrence Have Some Mental Issues To Work Out
Jennifer Lawrence exploded as a great new talent thanks to Winter's Bone, and some of her major roles that followed (such as X-Men: First Class, and The Hunger Games) had her playing a variation on the young girl who steps up to adult responsibility in a big way. So it's a joy to see her…
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Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Almost Directed A Chris Tucker Stand-Up Comedy Movie
In the late Nineties, Chris Tucker was one of the biggest movie stars in the world. He was making over $20 million to star in Brett Ratner's Rush Hour films but then he faded away. This was a guy who proved he was a comedy genius in the film Friday, could be awkward and great…
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Sequel Bits: Danny DeVito Totally Wants To Do Another 'Twins', Plus: 'Scream 5', 'Salt 2', 'Friday 4', 'Iron Man 3', 'Men In Black 3', Jack Ryan
Seeing as everything else from the '80s has been dragged back to the movie theater, it probably really is just a matter of time before we get another Twins. Also after the jump: We now know who won't be writing Scream 5 Paramount's Jack Ryan film hits money trouble Angelina Jolie rejects the script for…
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Sequel Bits: 'Men In Black 3', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Star Trek 2', 'Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2', 'Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters', 'Friday 4'
We've got a lot of odds and ends to cover in today's Sequel Bits, so let's get right to it. After the jump: MIB3 helmer says shooting with an incomplete script was either "genius" or "really stupid" Vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road revealed Benedict Cumberbatch says lovely things about his Star Trek 2 colleauges…
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Ice Cube And New Line Want To Make A New 'Friday,' And Chris Tucker Might Even Return
Friday hit theaters over fifteen years ago, truly launching the film career of Chris Tucker and serving as the first step in the transformation of Ice Cube from gangsta rapper and Compton's most vocal representative to family comedy guy. Now New Line and Ice Cube are in talks to make a fourth Friday film. Two…
Read MoreDavid O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook' To Get Thanksgiving 2012 Release
This Thanksgiving brings a slew of intriguing releases, from family-friendly fare like The Muppets and Hugo to possible Oscar contenders like The Artist and My Week with Marilyn, and now we have at least one reason to look forward to next year's holiday as well. The Weinstein Co. have just decided on a November 21,…
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Casting Bits: Eddie Redmayne In 'Les Miserables', Rashida Jones And Corey Stoll In 'Decoding Annie Parker', Shea Whigham In 'The Silver Linings Playbook'
My Week with Marilyn star Eddie Redmayne will join Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway in Tom Hooper's prestige musical Les Miserables. Based on the hit Broadway show and Victor Hugo's classic novel of the same title, the film follows an ex-con named Valjean (Jackman) in 19th century France as he seeks to redeem…
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Casting Bits: Julia Stiles In 'Silver Linings Playbook', Chris Tucker Enters Final Talks; Aubrey Plaza In 'Charlie Swan'; Paul Walker In 'Hours'
Julia Stiles is set to co-star in David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, based on Matthew Quick's novel. The story centers around a former high school teacher (Bradley Cooper) who's just been released from a four-year stint at a mental hospital into the care of his mother (Jacki Weaver). Upon his release, he tries to win…
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Casting Bits: Jacki Weaver In 'Silver Linings Playbook', Paul Bettany And Brian Cox In 'Blood', Sam Trammell In 'Long Time Gone'
Good things keep coming for the stars of Animal Kingdom, as Jacki Weaver lands a role in David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook. Weaver will play Bradley Cooper's mother in the film, based on Matthew Quick's novel about a former high school teacher (Cooper) who’s just been released from a four-year stint at a…
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Casting Bits: Stanley Tucci And Chris Cooper In 'The Company You Keep', Nicholas Braun In 'Neighborhood Watch', Kerry Bishé In 'Argo'
Stanley Tucci and Chris Cooper have become the latest additions to Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, a thriller based on the novel by Neil Gordon. The film boasts quite a strong cast already -- Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte, Brit Marling, Shia LaBeouf, and Redford himself are all set to star as well.…
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Chris Tucker, Dormant No More; In Line For 'The Silver Linings Playbook' And 'Neighborhood Watch'
The career of Chris Tucker is an unusual one, as movie star careers go. He's got only eleven feature credits, three of which are for very small roles. He's primarily a star based on The Fifth Element and three Rush Hour movies. Because those three Rush Hour movies have earned an amount of money that…
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Confirmed: Leonardo DiCaprio In Early Talks For Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
The flirtation between Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino may finally be on the verge of bringing the two together on a project. The director originally wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, but Christoph Waltz ended up with the part, riding it all the way to the Oscars. Not long ago word…
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Chris Tucker To Return To Cinemas In 'The Rabbit'?
Briefly: We haven't seen Chris Tucker on screens since Rush Hour 3, but he's now attached to The Rabbit, a spec script that was just bought by Warner Bros. What's the movie about? Great question. Deadline, which relates info about the sale, only knows that we should "think Midnight Run," which suggests buddy comedy, some…
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Brett Ratner Says Trump Heist Might Be Next
Movieline caught up with hack director Brett Ratner and was able to get "The Rat" to go on record about the many films listed on the director's Internet Movie Database page. As suspected, most of them aren't happening or are in early stages of development. But the film Ratner claims is the "closest to getting…
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Jackie Chan And Chris Tucker To Re-Team For New Movie. They're So Excited.
Jackie Chan: Chris, my man, let's make new movie. Chris Tucker [getting pedicure beside $-shaped pool]: I dunno Jackie, Rush Hour 4?! Already?! You think all the fans can handle it? Jackie: No, not Rush Hour. Something...more...original. Chris: Jackie, you so crazy. I love it. Jackie: I love you too Chris. Let's find good writer.…
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Rush Hour 3's Box Office Disappointment: Steve Mason Responds
Hello all, My name is Steve Mason, and I'm the guy who wrote that $50M was slightly disappointing for Rush Hour 3 (Editors Note: The comment thread spun off into an editorial written by Peter Sciretta comparing the film's box office to Mission: Impossible 3). I've got nothing against Brett Ratner or Chris Tucker or…
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Brett Ratner Defends Rush Hour 3 With Story Of His First Gay Blow-Job?
Apparently there is a scene in Rush Hour 3 where Chris Tucker has an angry homophobic reaction (played for laughs) to a transsexual who removes her wig after a "sexual interaction". I haven't seen the movie so I may be getting this wrong as the contents of the scene are not completely spelled out. When…
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Rush Hour 4 Talk
Talk has already begun about a possible fourth Rush Hour movie, further proving that their must not be a God, or at least one who cares about good movies. Director Brett Ratner introduced Rush Hour 3 at the Mann's Chinese Theater premiere on Tuesday with a joke: "I'd like to welcome everyone to the first…
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20 New Photos From Rush Hour 3
I've never really cared for the Rush Hour movies, or director Brett Ratner for that matter. I mean, the first one was fun, but did we really need two sequels? But someone, somewhere is contributing to the series' box office success. For those people, I bring you this post (it probably helps that it's also…
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