Former Roc-A-Fella CEO, Damon Dash, does not seem to be making a good name for himself with a business colleague. Writer E.W. Brooks recently did an interview with theJasmineBRAND.com’s Mara The Hip-Hop Socialite and exposed her unpleasant experience with Dash on the movie project Mafietta. Brooks wrote Mafietta as a crime thriller about a woman’s quest for love and power. In […]
H2> Janelle Monae ft. Jidenna & Wondaland Records – “Hell You Talmbout” Janelle Monae and her Wondaland crew teamed up to record a protest track railing against police brutality and championing the #BlackLivesMatter movement . The track features Janelle, Jidenna , and the rest of the crew chanting out the names of the many Black men and women murdered by police in the last few years, including Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sean Bell, Sandra Bland, and many, many more. Janelle went on Instagram to give a few thoughts about the track’s meaning: Take a listen: Definitely a much-needed tribute with a strong statement. What do you think of the track??
‘Training Day’ Gets Turned Into Television Series Looks like “ Uncle Denzel ” might be back on the come up. A new series is being created based on the 2001 crime thriller, and it’s slated for network television. Via Variety : CBS is producing a pilot based on the 2001 movie “Training Day,” in which Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke starred, Variety has learned. The television adaptation is set in the LAPD of 2015, with the series picking up 15 years after the events of the Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures film. The original “Training Day” movie director Antoine Fuqua is behind the television series, attached as director and exec producer. Fuqua is teaming with Jerry Bruckheimer who will exec produce, alongside Jonathan Littman (“CSI” franchise, “The Amazing Race”). Will Beall (“Gangster Squad,” “Castle”), a former LAPD detective, will pen the pilot, also serving as an exec producer. Hmmm…Training Day seems a bit too gritty to end up on CBS. But maybe they’ll surprise us! Will you be watching???
Two new Only God Forgives trailers have debuted, one domestic, and one international. The crime thriller reunites Ryan Gosling with his Drive director Nicholas Winding Refn. Watch both trailers below: Only God Forgives Trailer International Only God Forgives Trailer New Gosling stars as a drug boss named Julian, who runs a boxing club in Thailand as a front. When his brother is killed, his mother, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, forces him to hunt the person responsible. Refn wrote and directed the film, which is set to premiere July 19. Gosling can currently be seen reuniting with another former director in The Place Beyond the Pines . Read our our The Place Beyond the Pines review for more.
Two new Only God Forgives trailers have debuted, one domestic, and one international. The crime thriller reunites Ryan Gosling with his Drive director Nicholas Winding Refn. Watch both trailers below: Only God Forgives Trailer International Only God Forgives Trailer New Gosling stars as a drug boss named Julian, who runs a boxing club in Thailand as a front. When his brother is killed, his mother, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, forces him to hunt the person responsible. Refn wrote and directed the film, which is set to premiere July 19. Gosling can currently be seen reuniting with another former director in The Place Beyond the Pines . Read our our The Place Beyond the Pines review for more.
Also in Thursday’s round-up of news briefs, the Academy approves some new rules for the next Oscars. A crime thriller gets a North American home and is headed to theaters. And, Charlize Theron is teaming on a story about a recently slain war journalist. Academy Approves New Slate of Rules for Next Oscars Among the changes, there will now be five nominees vying for the Original Song category. Also, the “Art Direction” award will now be known as the “Production Design” award. The Academy Awards ceremony is slated for Sunday, February 24, 2013. Crime Thriller Graceland Heads to Theaters Filipino crime saga Graceland will be released next year in theaters and VOD via Drafthouse Films. The Tribeca premiere spotlights the corrupt underbelly of the Philippines’ capital “exposing a world of deceit, exploitation, and startling depravity.” It is slated for the upcoming Fantastic Fest. The deal was negotiated by James Emanuel Shapiro on behalf of Drafthouse Films and Glen Reynolds of Circus Road Films on behalf of the film’s producer Rebecca Lundgren. Around the ‘net… The Avengers to Cash In on Labor Day Marvel’s The Avengers is seeking to increase its nearly $1.5 billion worldwide gross by heading to 1,700 theaters, hoping to capitalize on Labor Day moviegoers. It is the third biggest grossing film so far, Deadline reports . Charlize Theron to Produce Film About Slain War Reporter Theron and producer Basil Iwanyk are teaming on a film about the life of journalist Marie Colvin, who was killed in February while covering the civil war in Syria, THR reports . Clint Eastwood’s Republican Convention Prompts Mixed Reaction Delegates in Tampa have begun debating whether spotlighting a Hollywood celebrity was a good idea. THR asked 30 random convention attendees and just five said his presence was “meaningful.”
Also in Thursday afternoon’s Biz Break: Gavin O’Connor ( Warrior ) is set to direct a post-tsunami Japan crime thriller, Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon’s Sunlight Jr. will preview at Cannes, Nigel Lythgoe teams with BAFTA L.A., and Venice winners are spotlighted in NYC Italian film series. Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro Set for Agent: Century 21 Exclusive Media will produce and finance the action/comedy. The film revolves around a divorced mother (Diaz) who does a task for her boss that gets her kidnapped and thrown into the center of the Mexican drug war. Adam Hashemi will make his directorial debut from a script by Greg Brooker. Provincetown Film Festival to Open with Bachelorette The festival will host the East Coast debut of the dark comedy which debuted at Sundance. Producer/director Roger Corman will receive the festival’s Filmmaker on the Edge Award (and will appear in a live conversation with John Waters). Parker Posey will be honored with the Excellence in Acting Award and director Kirby Dick ( The Invisible War ) with the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award. The Provincetown International Film Festival takes place June 13 – 17. Venice Film Festival Winners and More Set for Italian Film Series in NYC Called Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, the series will also feature debuts by two of Italy’s finest screenwriters, Francesco Bruni ( Easy! ) and Ivan Cotroneo ( Kryptonite ). Hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the series takes place June 8 – 14. For a full list, visit their website . Nigel Lythgoe to Chair 2012 BAFTA L.A. Britannia Awards The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles will celebrate 25 years and the American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe will lead oversight of the 2012 Britannia Awards set for November 7th at the Beverly Hilton. Around the ‘net… Gavin O’Connor to Direct Japan Crime Thriller Yakuza The story revolves around an American intelligence expert who becomes involved with a yakuza ‘godfather’ set against a criminal underworld of post-tsunami Japan. Brian Grazer will produce, Deadline reports . Naomi Watts/Matt Dillon Pic to Get Cannes Preview A promo reel of Sunlight Jr. will be shown in Cannes by Hyde Park International. Directed by Laurie Collyer ( Sherrybaby ), the film revolves around store clerk Melissa and her paraplegic boyfriend who are excited when they learn they will be having a baby. But when she loses her job and they are evicted from their motel, things go from bad to worse. Hollywood Wiretap reports . Shia LaBeouf to Bring Movie Critic Film to Cannes The Transformers star directed the short Howard Cantour.com , billed by organizers as an “offbeat, irreverent vision of film criticism.” The film debuts in Critics Week May 18th, The Guardian reports . Studios, Guilds, Agencies Align for Vets Movie studios, TV networks, talent agencies and the entertainment unions, together with a host of nonprofit groups, have created the “Got Your 6” initiative, a multi-pronged effort to support military veterans and their families, A.P. reports .
Because we just can’t get enough of Channing Tatum …here are more photos from the set of his new crime thriller Son of No One . This time the sexy star is getting his face made up with cuts and bruises. Though he admits to finding romance films more exciting to make than action movies…we prefer to see the hot Hollywood actor in action.
Channing Tatum’s charming smile has been replaced. We spotted the former exotic dancer on the set of his new film, Son of No One, over in Queens, New York today sportin’ a stache and quite the dirty look. That’s because the Dear John star plays a young cop in the new crime thriller (which explains the ‘stache) dealing with an old secret that’s threatening to destroy his life and family.