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EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov has signed with Artist International Group for management.

Peacock announced this morning that its psychological horror thriller Speak No Evil, starring James McAvoy, will begin streaming exclusively on the platform on December 6.

Warning - this article contains spoilers for Gladiator II.

Joaquin Phoenix reportedly threatened to drop out of Napoleon until Paul Thomas Anderson was drafted in to rewrite the script.The news had first been reported by The Hollywood Reporter in August, and now the film’s director Ridley Scott has appeared to confirm it in an interview with the New York Times.“Tommy was doing Licorice Pizza, advising me how to do Napoleon,” Scott said, referring to Anderson, who had directed Phoenix in 2012’s The Master. “It turned into a lot of fun, actually.

Joaquin Phoenix nearly quit Gladiator in the middle of filming, director Ridley Scott has revealed.Speaking to the New York Times about the film’s upcoming sequel Gladiator II, Scott was asked about Phoenix’s reputation of leaving projects. According to the director, this has been a trait for a long time.

Hollywood actor James McAvoy made a surprise appearance at GlasGLOW, the UK's largest Halloween event, over the weekend.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. We live in a glorious time in which it’s completely normal to fall asleep to the sound of your favorite Hollywood star reading you a story. More and more bold-faced names have joined Audible in recent months to orate their bestselling memoirs, and it’s made us all realize that some books are simply meant to be listened to versus read on the page.

Katcy Stephan Juju Green, better known by his social media handle “Straw Hat Goofy,” has signed with CAA. With more than four billion views, Green has earned the title of TikTok’s “Movie Guy,” building an audience of 3.5 million followers in just two years. Green independently launched the podcast Get Rec’d, featuring candid conversations with celebrities and movie fans alike.

A former Paisley theatre boss who admitted embezzling money from a kids’ drama group will be sentenced next month.

Staff in a Glasgow juice bar and health club were left delighted after welcoming a star-studded celeb through their doors earlier this week.

A Zurich Summit panel of Hollywood reps and producers offered “the next generation” their insights on how to get ahead in the business.

James McAvoy was spotted at a popular bar in Glasgow this week.

Jessica Chastain and Julianne Moore are among a group of celebrities who’ve fallen for a recent scam message relating to Meta.The statement the celebrities have been sharing begins with an “attorney message” advising Meta – the parent company of Instagram and Facebook – that they don’t have permission to use public images for the purposes of ‘scraping’ data for Artificial Intelligence (AI).It relates to the company reportedly using public Facebook and Instagram photos and posts of its users to train AI, something that is referred to as “scraping” of content.Meta paused the launch of its AI product in Europe in July due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy rules, and as a result of GDPR law. As per The Guardian, Meta was ordered to “stop training its large language model on data from European users on privacy concerns.” The company also gave European users an opt-out option, but some other countries, like Australia, currently don’t have this option.The statement that celebrities have been sharing reads: “Goodbye Meta AI.

Dozens of celebrities have fallen for a scam on Instagram in which hundreds of thousands of people have already reposted an “attorney” statement.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.It edged out the animated new release “Transformers: One,” which brought in $25 million.The Optimus Prime origin story from Paramount Pictures features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson.“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” a Warner Bros. release with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning as stars, has earned more than $226 million domestically in its three weeks after a monster opening of $110 million — the third best of the year — and a second weekend of $51.6 million.Third place went to the James McAvoy horror “Speak No Evil,” which came in at $5.9 million in its second week for a total of $21.5 million.On the whole, the box office was in a quiet phase that is expected to break when “Joker: Folie à Deux” dances its way onto the big screen on Oct.

Speak No Evil has hit out at the new remake for rewriting the “entire ending”, saying: “I don’t know what it is about Americans”.Speak No Evil – which is an American remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name – was released in cinemas on September 13. Written and directed by James Watkins (The Woman In Black, Eden Lake), the film stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi and Scoot McNairy.Now, the director of the original, Christian Tafdrup, has criticised the film’s remake for a number of significant changes.The remake changes the nationalities of the families to British and American and Watkins has divided fans by completely changing the ending to the film.Tafdrup told the Danish radio show Kulturen that he was unimpressed with the film and went on to criticise several elements of the movie.He said: “I don’t know what it is about Americans, but they are brought up for a heroic tale, where the good must win over the bad, and this version of the film cultivates that” (as per dr.dk).He went on to say that the changes to the story also make it “less dangerous”, making it a safer version than his original.*Spoilers ahead*He added: “I found that they have made a wildly entertaining, effective, well-acted version of my original film.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Three new movies were no match for the Ghost With the Most as “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” loomed large over domestic box office charts again. Tim Burton’s spooky sequel added a stellar $51.6 million in its second weekend of release, bringing its tally to $188 million in North America and $264 million globally. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hasn’t resonated as strongly at the international box office, where the Warner Bros.

according to The Numbers.The long-awaited sequel, which has star Michael Keaton repeating his role along with several other members of the original cast, has pulled in $150.8 million since first hitting theaters. The dark fantasy comedy-horror made history as the second-biggest September opening of all time, behind 2017’s “It,” which pulled in $123 million in day one receipts.

Selena Kuznikov SPOILER ALERT: This articles discusses plot details of “Speak No Evil,” in theaters now. When “Speak No Evil” director James Watkins sat down to write a screenplay based on the 2022 Danish horror film from Christian Tafdrup, he had one person in mind to play a deluded, deranged father. “I’m sure that lots of other brilliant actors could have played that role,” Watkins says of the patriarch character in the film. “But when I was writing it, I was thinking, ‘James McAvoy, I can just completely see him playing this character.'” The remake follows a British family (McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi) who invite an American family (Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy) to vacation at their remote home in the countryside.

James McAvoy nearly appeared in the Harry Potter movies!