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Following the commercial and critical success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, Rupert Wyatt was hired back to helm the sequel. However, when creative differences caused him to split, he wound up settling on an entirely different kind of movie as his follow-up. Wyatt's new film The Gambler is technically a…
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It would have been easy for Amy to get lost in The Gambler. As Mark Wahlberg's love interest, she's a quiet woman among big, destructive personalities. But she's played by Brie Larson, and that means she's never boring. Larson exudes a wise-beyond-her-years calmness, becoming an oasis of understanding in the desert of Jim's messed-up life. In person,…
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The Gambler opens Christmas Day and it's got a crazy impressive pedigree. You can see just a few of them in these Exclusive Gambler Mark Wahlberg Photos.
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Has Mark Wahlberg found one of his defining roles in The Gambler? Working with director Rupert Wyatt to remake the 1974 film in which James Cann played a college professor with a big gambling addiction, Wahlberg looks more dialed-in to a role than he has in quite some time. The first red-band trailer/clip from the film…
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Despite what you've been told, the trick to caring for oily skin is to make sure it's properly nourished and hydrated. Here are some ingredients that can help.
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In Rupert Wyatt's remake of The Gambler Mark Wahlberg is a college professor whose gambling addition threatens to destroy his life.
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We've seen almost nothing official from Terminator: Genisys at this point, but the new Terminator movie has two more siblings set to debut in 2017 and 2018. Paramount Pictures just set dates for two more Terminator sequels, inking a plan to put killer robots into theaters during three of the next four years. Terminator: Genisys,…
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Briefly: American Horror Story has put all sorts of new heat on Jessica Lange, and now after long deal talks, the veteran actress has landed a role in the remake of The Gambler. She'll play the mother of Mark Wahlberg's central character, but as you might expect from Lange, this won't be some meek caregiver…
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Jason Reitman has worked with some pretty big names over the course of his career, including, most recently, Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. His next film, however, could star a near-total unknown. The filmmaker has reportedly offered a big role in Men, Women and Children to newcomer Travis Tope. Though the 22-year-old has just one completed feature on…
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Briefly: Brie Larson has been on the rise for a few years, but 2013 has been a big year. Her role in Short Term 12 has proved to be an attention-getter; she's great in The Spectacular Now, and she was terrific in a minor but important role in Don Jon as well. Those are just…
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As filmmakers go, Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips, and Rupert Wyatt are pretty damn different. However, they do have one project in common: The Gambler. A few years back, Scorsese was set to direct the remake of the 1974 film, with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to play the lead. He fell off at some point, and last…
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Over the past decade, Todd Phillips has built himself a comfortable niche as the director of lucrative R-rated comedies. While he came out of the gate with confrontational documentary Hated, his first non-documentary feature was Road Trip, followed by Old School, Starsky & Hutch, School for Scoundrels, Due Date, and the two Hangover films --…
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The last big news late last week was that The Departed team of screenwriter William Monahan and director Martin Scorsese would remake the 1974 film The Gambler. James Caan starred in the original as a New York English professor who has a serious gambling addiction. Thing is, the film wasn't just any old movie, at…
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As audiences wait to see what Martin Scorsese has done by moving outside his comfort zone and working with 3D in a family movie, the legendary director is already looking ahead to get back in his comfort zone with a gritty New York drama. He's currently developing a remake of the 1974 film The Gambler…
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