'They've Gotta Have Us' Trailer: Netflix's Doc Series Chronicles The Evolution Of Black Cinema
Netflix has released the first They've Gotta Have Us trailer, teasing a new documentary series about the evolution of black cinema in Hollywood.
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'Boyz N The Hood' Director John Singleton Dead At 51
John Singleton, director of Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, and more, has died at 51.
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'Black Panther' Was Almost Made In The 1990s With Wesley Snipes
25 years ago, when DC Comics ruled superhero movies, Marvel tried to make a Wesley Snipes Black Panther movie.
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Taraji P. Henson And John Singleton Team Up For An Emmett Till Movie
Director John Singleton unites with producer/star Taraji P. Henson for an Emmett Till movie about the black teen who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955.
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Carl Franklin Replaces John Singleton As Tupac Biopic Director [UPDATED]
The long-developing Tupac Shakur movie is on hold. Director John Singleton is out, and Carl Franklin has been set to replace him.
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John Singleton's 'Tupac' Goes To Open Road
Open Road Pictures will distribute Tupac, a biopic of the late rapper. John Singleton (who worked with the real Tupac in 1993's Poetic Justice) will direct.
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John Singleton Again Set To Direct Tupac Shakur Biopic
John Singleton has long wanted to make a biopic about the late Tupac Shakur, whom Singleton cast in Poetic Justice. In late 2011 he was set to direct the film, but he dropped out a month later, and in the years since the Tupac film has essentially stalled, with attempts to come up with a…
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John Singleton In Talks To Direct Tupac Shakur Biopic
It's been some time since John Singleton made a movie that generated much excitement. (Though some Taylor Lautner fans might argue, thanks to this year's Abduction.) But he has been looking at interesting movies in the past couple months. First he was mentioned as a possible director for Straight Outta Compton, the biopic of once-controversial…
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Craig Brewer, F. Gary Gray And Peter Berg Are Possible 'Straight Outta Compton' Directors
Briefly: Last time we heard about the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton was only days ago, when director John Singleton said that he's been talking to former N.W.A member Ice Cube about directing the film. But he may not be the only person in line for the job. Vulture says that F. Gary Gray, Peter…
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Will John Singleton Direct The N.W.A Movie?
If one were to assemble a shortlist of possible directors for Straight Outta Compton, the mooted N.W.A biopic, one of the obvious choices would be John Singleton. Well, the John Singleton of Boyz n the Hood, at least; perhaps not the Singleton of Abduction. If you did put Singleton high on the list to make…
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'Abduction' Trailer #2: Taylor Lautner's Secret Spy Life Is So Awesome
In John Singleton's Abduction, Taylor Lautner gets to play out a great teen fantasy: rather than being just another good-looking high-school kid with a caring family, he's a good-looking kid who is secretly a total badass. He's so secretly a badass that he doesn't even know it. That is, not until his adoptive spy parents…
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'Abduction' Trailer Starring Taylor Lautner
The first trailer for Abduction, starring Twilight's Taylor Lautner and Snow White's Lily Collins, just came online courtesy of MTV. Directed by John Singleton (Boyz N The Hood), the film stars Lautner as a teenager who sees a picture of himself on a missing person's website and is subsequently chased by a bunch of mysterious…
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Page 2: Harry Potter, Sundance, 47 Ronin, Banksy, Kung-Fu Panda 2, Natalie Portman, The Hobbit, Clint Mansell, The Wolverine And More
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 (!?!) different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.…
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Casting Notes: Abigail Spencer In 'This Means War'; Ben Foster And Giovanni Ribisi In 'Contraband'; Liam Hemsworth In John Singleton's 'Broken Run'
Add one more to the cast of McG's This Means War, in which Chris Pine and Tom Hardy go to war over the affections of Reese Witherspoon. (Angela Bassett was just cast the other day.) Mad Men's Abigail Spencer has signed on; she'll play Tom Hardy's ex-wife. Personally, I might do more fighting over her…
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First Images From 'Abducted' Starring Taylor Lautner And 'ATM', From The Writer Of 'Buried'
Got to hand it to Collider: they're scouring the American Film Market scarfing up info on a ton of new films being represented there this week. The latest two are Abducted, which is the first post-Twilight film for Taylor Lautner, and ATM, which is based on a script hatched by Chris Sparling, aka the screenwriter…
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Heroes Actress Elisabeth Röhm Joins Abduction
Elisabeth Röhm has joined the cast of John Singleton's Bourne-styled teen action film Abduction. The film stars The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Taylor Lautner as a teenager named Nathan “who has long felt disconnected from his parents, and figures out why. That unleashes a chain of violent events.” After discovering his own baby picture…
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Casting Notes: Sigourney Weaver In Abduction; Ashley Judd In Flypaper; Sanaa Lathan In Tilda
Taylor Lautner's action film Abduction, to be directed by John Singleton, just got an extra dose of class. Sigourney Weaver is joining the cast as "a psychiatrist to Lautner's character, who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website." Also in the supporting cast are Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. [Variety] After the…
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Casting Notes: John Hurt In Melancholia; Channing Tatum Is A Junkie; Ellen Page In Freeheld; Alfred Molina In Abduction
I really want to write more about Melancholia, the upcoming film from Lars Von Trier, but we just don't know very much right now. What we do know today is that John Hurt has joined the cast. Always great to see him in a new film, and it will be nice to see him really…
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Luke Cage Movie Begins Casting?
We've been hearing about a possible Luke Cage movie for a few years now, and with Marvel Studios gearing up for some lower budget comic book adaptations, could it be soon before we finally see Cage on the big screen? The Los Angeles Times mentioned that Marvel has already begun talks with "a notable Hollywood…
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John Singleton Schedules A Directorial Layover
Not long ago we heard that John Singleton would be in full-on director for hire mode as head of the Taylor Lautner action thriller Abduction. Everybody's got to eat, right? And if Lautner really is going to be as huge as studio execs believe, that could buy a hell of a banquet for Singleton. Now…
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Casting Notes: Sam Jackson And Kellan Lutz In Deathgames; Lily Collins In Abduction; Ethan Hawke In The Numbers Station
I'll be fairly well amused if Kellan Lutz ends up being the real breakout star from Twilight. He's in a few films now, and even though he lost the lead role in Conan, the fact that he's not angling for ridiculous paydays (a la Taylor Lautner) makes me think he'll be around for a minute.…
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John Singleton To Direct Abduction
John Singleton has signed on to direct The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Taylor Lautner's next project -- a Bourne-styled action film called Abduction. Lionsgate acquired the spec script after a week long bidding war in February. Rumor has it that the project sold for close to $1 million. Singleton is of course the two-time…
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John Singleton Exits A-Team
John Singleton has exited 20th Century Fox's big screen adaptation of the A-Team. Apparently the project, which has gone through a number of rewrites, is still not ready for prime time. Fox believes they need more time to develop the script, but Singleton is moving on. We no final draft, no director, and no announced…
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UFC's Quinton Rampage Jackson Up For B.A. Baracus In The A-Team
Are UFC leg-tanglers brawlers the new rapper actors (or "raptors" as coined by Vulture)? Last night, Ultimate Fighting champ, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, was on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where it was announced that he's a contender for the role of B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's upcoming A-Team movie. You can watch the clip here to get…
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John Singleton's The A-Team Set For Release Summer 2009
"Fool, you betta call me!" If John Singleton (Higher Learning, 2 Fast 2 Furious) needs someone to walk the Earth in search of the perfect gold dookie chains for his re-envisioning of the hit '80s show The A-Team, I'll do it for free shrimp. That's right, the suspect action show that kept a million kids…
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John Singleton Wants Woody Harrelson To Join The A-Team
While waiting online for the valet, Collider bumped into director John Singleton and ended up with some nice scoops regarding his upcoming take on The A-Team. Before we go any farther, I just want to say that Singleton is one of the most personable and persuasive directors I've ever interviewed. During production for 2 Fast…
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Ice Cube Talks A-Team
If anyone out there knows Mr. T, please go check on him to make sure he hasn't jumped off a bridge wearing his signature 700 pounds of fake gold. The Teddy Ruxpin of American gangstas, Ice Cube, hopes to play mohawked soldier of fortune B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's The A-Team. While we're updating The…
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