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Braveheart and commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, has died today at the age of 84.His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the 2017 feature documentary Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, wrote on social media: “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.“Words cannot express how deeply he will be missed.

Richard Natale Contributing WriterOscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84.“With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

UPDATED, 12:55 PM: Sony today moved the release date of it Mark Wahlberg film Father Stu up by two days. The story of boxer-turned-priest Father Stuart Long now will open wide on Wednesday, April 13; it had been set for Friday the 15th.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy had a chilly relationship on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road that devolved into intense shouting matches, the cast and crew claim in new interviews.Their working relationship devolved to the point that the stars got into shouting matches, with Theron calling Hardy a 'f**king c***' after he made her wait on set for hours, according to New York Times columnist Kyle Buchanan's new book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild And True Story Of Mad Max: Fury Road.In an excerpt published by Vanity Fair, members of the production also detail how Theron, 46, got a female producer to be with her at all times as 'protection' against Hardy, 44. Tense times: Charlize Theron, 46, and Tom Hardy, 44, got into intense shouting matches that led to Theron requesting 'protection' on set, according to an excerpt of a new behind-the-scenes book shared by Vanity Fair on Tuesday; still from Mad Max: Fury RoadHardy starred as the title character, who was played by Mel Gibson in the first three films in the series, while Theron starred as newcomer Imperator Furiosa, a lieutenant to the villain Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) who turns against her leader to team-up with Max.In the oral history, Natascha Hopkins, a stunt double on Fury Road, recounted how Theron didn't want to waste time on set, as she was a new mother at the time and was balancing her role with parenting.But camera operator Mark Goellnicht recalled how Hardy was often late for the start of shooting.

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films is continuing to expand its international footprint, having recently inked a deal with distribution partners in Switzerland and Benelux. The L.A.-based company has signed with WW Entertainment in Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) and Ascot Elite in Switzerland, which it will add to deals it already has in place in the UK and Ireland (Altitude), Germany and Austria (Splendid), France (ACE Entertainment), Spain (Key2Media), Scandinavia (Mis.Label) and Australia and New Zealand (Defiant Screen Entertainment).

The trailer for Mark Wahlberg’s new movie “Father Stu” has been released.

The trailer for Mark Wahlberg‘s new movie has been released!

“Mad Max: Fury Road.”But what would the post-apocalyptic flick have been like if Michael Fassbender, Jeremy Renner, Armie Hammer or Joel Kinnaman took on the part?Writer Kyle Buchanan’s new book, “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road,” is full of tidbits about the making of the film — including an allegation that when Hammer, 35, and Hardy, 44, auditioned for the role together, things got a little … wet. An excerpt was published by Vulture on Wednesday, in which Buchanan wrote that Hardy reportedly slobbered all over the embattled “Death on the Nile” star.“Near the end of the process, Hardy emerged as a front-runner alongside Jeremy Renner and Armie Hammer.

Tom Hardy has revealed that he spat at Armie Hammer during his audition for Mad Max: Fury Road.The actor, who portrayed protagonist Max Rockatansky in the 2015 film, was competing for the lead role against Hammer when he got so into character that he gnashed his teeth and spat at his scene partner [via Vulture].Hammer, who had emerged as a front-runner alongside Hardy and Jeremy Renner, told director George Miller that Hardy needed to play Max more than he did.Audition cameraman Todd Matthew Grossman spoke in the forthcoming book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road about Hardy’s presence. “Jeremy and Armie were equally wonderful, but there was something about Tom in the room where it felt like that was Max, without a doubt,” he said.“[Hardy] had that kind of suppressed emotional dryness that you’d find in a post-apocalypse and, buried underneath it, disdain for the world.

It’s tough to imagine any other actor than Tom Hardy in the title role of “Mad Max: Fury Road”, but there was some tough competition for the role.

Mark Wahlberg is bringing another real-life story to the screen. After biographical films like, and, the actor is portraying Father Stuart Long in the upcoming drama.

Zack Sharf The rollercoaster journey of casting the title role in George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is documented in Kyle Buchanan’s upcoming oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.” An excerpt published by Vulture reveals that casting Max Rockatansky boiled down to Tom Hardy, Armie Hammer and Jeremy Renner after an exhaustive search that also included Michael Fassbender, Joel Kinnaman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana and more.Buchanan, who is also the awards season columnist for the New York Times, reports: “Near the end of the process, Hardy emerged as a front-runner alongside Jeremy Renner and Armie Hammer. Hardy and Hammer even read together as part of their audition, and when Hardy gnashed his teeth and spat at his scene partner, Hammer told Miller that Hardy needed to be Max more than he did.” Audition cameraman Todd Matthew Grossman told Buchanan, “Jeremy and Armie were equally wonderful, but there was something about Tom in the room where it felt like that was Max, without a doubt.

an Academy Award nomination on Tuesday for his performance in “Tick, Tick…Boom” and expressed his desire to sing Will Smith’s infectious 1997 hit, “Miami,” with him at the show.When asked by Variety yesterday if he would perform a musical number during the telecast next month, the British actor said he’s “available.”“In the month or so I’d have to prep, I think I could get there to be confident enough to take a swing at something. Listen, I’m available. I’m open,” Garfield joked.

Starz and Lionsgate Television's highly-anticipated John Wick TV series The Continental has just added five new cast members.Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed on to the new series, via Deadline.They join a cast that already Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell,Peter Greene, Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada, Nhung Kate and Ben Robson. Cast:Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed on to the new series, via DeadlineThe series will be set in 1975 New York City, exploring the origins of both The Continental hotel, which was showcased in the John Wick films as a safe haven for assassins, and Winston Scott.Woodell will play a younger Winston Scott (portrayed by Ian McShane in the John Wick films), who is, 'dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he'd left behind.' The show follows Winston as he, 'charts a deadly course through the New York's mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world's most dangerous criminals,' according to the show's description.

EXCLUSIVE: Katie McGrath (Supergirl), Ray McKinnon (Rectify) Adam Shapiro (Never Have I Ever), Mark Musashi (Fear of the Walking Dead) and Marina Mazepa (Malignant) have been cast opposite Colin Woodell and Mel Gibson in Starz’s The Continental, the prequel to the Keanu Reeves film series John Wick. The Continental will be presented as a three-night special-event TV series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television.

The last time Andrew Garfield was shortlisted for Leading Man was in 2016 for his role as true-life pacifist hero Desmond Doss in Mel Gibson’s war drama Hacksaw Ridge. His performance in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick… BOOM! could not be more different. In this stylized, unconventional biopic, he stars as Jonathan Larson, a playwright working in musical theater who died in January 1996 on the morning of the biggest day of his life—the first preview of his Broadway hit Rent. Many expected tick, tick… BOOM! to tell the story of that artistic and commercial triumph, but no—it tells instead of the myriad failures that Larson experienced, with dogged determination, in the run-up.

"Scandal" alum Joshua Malina spoke out about the situation on "The View" that saw Whoopi Goldberg suspended over remarks she made about the Holocaust.  The actor has previously sounded off on topics of anti-Semitism in Hollywood. Most recently, he penned a lengthy op-ed in which he called out Warner Bros.

Zack Sharf Despite landing a SAG Award nomination and significant Oscar buzz for his performance in “House of Gucci,” Jared Leto is now a contender for a Razzie Award for his portrayal of Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s murder drama. Nominations for the 2022 Razzie Awards have been announced, spotlighting the worst films and performances of the last year.

have been announced — and it’s not good news for Bruce Willis.The action hero, 66, has been given his own special category at the upcoming awards show— which will name “the worst movies” of 2021 —after he starred in eight critically-panned flicks in the space of a single year.The special category is titled “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie” and includes every single film the actor appeared in over the past 12 months.The aging star — who was once a box-office drawcard thanks to lead roles in “Die Hard” and “Pulp Fiction” — made seven direct-to-video movies last year, including “Out of Death,” which has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Willis also appeared in “Midnight In The Switchgrass,” which was released in cinemas but was similarly lambasted by critics.“Excruciating musicals, thrill-free thriller rip-offs, a nearly 2-hour product placement flick, and more Bruce Willis than any starving viewer could stomach,” Razzies organizers said in a press release promoting the nominations on Monday.

Razzie Awards have been revealed, and Bruce Willis has gained a new distinction in the form of his very own special category.The ceremony that celebrates the worst movies of the year have created a category for Bruce alone this year, with his performances in American Siege, Apex, Cosmic Sin, Deadlock, Fortress, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Out of Death and Survive the Game all up for worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie.The Hollywood heavyweight clearly had a productive pandemic as his eight roles saw him take on a range of parts.These included an ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff, a policeman-turned-convict, a retired general fighting hostile alien fleets in the year 2524, an ex-military power plant worker and another retired officer – and so on and so forth.The Die Hard star, 66, has plenty more movies in the works for this year and beyond too, including a sequel and threequel to this year’s Fortress, according to IMDb.He starred opposite Chad Michael Murray in the original.Emmy winner Bruce is also in fine company for this year’s Razzies (formally known as the Golden Raspberry Awards), with a host of cinema’s most celebrated actors – such as six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams – also recognised in the nominations.She has scored two nods – worst actress for The Woman in the Window and worst supporting actress for Dear Evan Hansen – while Mark Wahlberg, Ben Affleck and Mel Gibson have also been nominated.Jared Leto has been put forward as worst supporting actor for his flamboyant turn as Paolo Gucci in House of Gucci, as well as a nomination for worst screen couple ‘with either his 17-pound latex face, his geeky clothes or his ridiculous accent.The 50-year-old, whose co-star Lady Gaga nabbed a Bafta nomination

The 2022 Razzie Awards nominations are here.