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Refresh for more…Voting for this year’s New York Film Critics Circle is currently occurring — for at least the next four hours which is par for the course.

Megalopolis trailer, which featured fake critic quotes, has resulted in Lionsgate firing the marketing consultant behind it.A Variety report on Friday (August 23) claims that the quotes were the result of the work of Eddie Egan, a marketing consultant. Sources tell Variety that it was neither Lionsgate nor Egan’s intention to fabricate the quotes, but that it was simply “an error in properly vetting and fact-checking”.Variety also demonstrates in its report that not only are the quotes fake, but that they are likely AI generated.

Megalopolis, after it was revealed to feature fabricated quotes from film critics.The trailer begins with a voiceover narration from cast member Laurence Fishburne, who says: “True genius is often misunderstood.”A procession of film review quotes then begin to flash on the screen, offering harsh critiques of Coppola’s past films.“A sloppy, self-indulgent movie,” reads an early review of The Godfather, while another critic declares Apocalypse Now “a spectacular failure”.However, as pointed out by Vulture‘s Bilge Ebiri, most of these lines did not exist in the original reviews.Having been called out for the misleading quotes, Lionsgate has since pulled the trailer and issued an apology.“Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” it said. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process.”“We screwed up.

After months of speculation, the critical book has finally been opened on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. The early word? Predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows.

Heat prequel film.Pacino, who played detective Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime film, recently took part in a panel discussion about Mann’s novelisation of Heat 2 and speculated on a potential film.According to Entertainment Weekly, panel moderator Bilge Ebiri asked Pacino and his Heat co-star Robert De Niro (who played criminal Neil McCauley) who they would like to play the younger versions of their characters.Pacino then shouted “Timothée Chalamet!” to which the audience cheered, then adding: “He’s a wonderful actor.”Heat 2, co-written by Meg Gardiner, is set to be released on August 9 and is billed as both a sequel and prequel to the events of Heat.Meanwhile, Timothée Chalamet is next set to play Willy Wonka in the forthcoming Charlie And The Chocolate Factory prequel film.The actor will play a young version of the chocolate factory owner in Wonka, which is set to be released in 2023.Wonka will look at the Roald Dahl character’s adventures before he opens his chocolate factory, with song and dance numbers reportedly set to be included as well.

Al Pacino seems to be a big fan of Timothée Chalamet, joining the popular actor’s army of fans.

Antonio Ferme editorAfter 27 years, the follow-up to “Heat” is almost here. Writer-director Michael Mann is releasing a continuation of his beloved crime epic on August 9 in the form of a novel, titled “Heat 2.” The book will trace the lives of master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and obsessive detective Lt.

Legendary actor Dean Stockwell has died at the age of 85. Stockwell, best known for starring in Quantum Leap, died on Sunday morning from natural causes, a rep told TMZ.