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Priyanka Chopra inks two-year multimillion-dollar television deal with Amazon

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With more work coming her way, Priyanka Chopra is ensuring to be part of inclusive projects as an actor and a producer. The actress has now signed a two-year multimillion-dollar first-look television deal with Amazon, according to Variety. "I didn’t think as a 13-year-old when I was watching TV that something was missing, but now as I’m older, I wonder if I would have been a lot more confident in high school if I would have not been afraid of every other person that looked different than me,” said Chopra Jonas. “I wonder if I wouldn’t have put my head down and walked in the hallways feeling like a unicorn that everyone was staring at. I wonder if that would have changed my high school experience. I think it would have.” Priyanka Chopra already has a couple of projects in the pipeline with Amazon. She will star in Russo Brothers' production Citadel which stars Richard Madden in the lead role. She is also producing a reality series called Sangeet with her husband Nick Jonas w...

Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan amongst new members invited by The Academy

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Every year, a bunch of Indian celebrities are invited to become new members. Amongst the actors, Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan have been sent invitations. The Academy has recognized Alia's stupendous work in films like Gully Boy and Raazi . Hrithik Roshan has been recognized for his work in Jodha Akbar and Super 30. Academy Award-winning film Parasite actors Park So-Dam, Choi Woo-Shik, Lee Jung-Eun, Jo Yeo-Jeong, Jang Hye-Jin are also amongst the new members. Florence Pugh, Zendaya, Awkwafina, Zazie Beets, Eva Longoria, Constance Wu, John David Washington are few of the names amongst the Hollywood celebrities. Casting Director Nandini Shrikent who did casting for Life Of Pi and Gully Boy , Costume Designer Neeta Lulla, Documentary directors Nishtha Jain ( Gulabi...

Ep. 573 – Shirley (GUEST: Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair)

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David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Joanna Robinson, senior writer at Vanity Fair, to talk about Devindra’s move across the country during a pandemic, Christopher Nolan’s chair ban, and Will Ferrell’s singing in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. For the feature review, the cast dives into Shirley, Josephine Decker’s film starring Elizabeth Moss. Listen to Joanna and David’s new podcast, Truth vs. Hollywood . Read Vulture’s profile of Josephine Decker  here . Thanks to our sponsor this week: Manscaped. Visit  manscaped.com  and use the promo code FILMCAST for 20% off and free shipping! Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast  Culturally Relevant  and  subscribe to his YouTube channel . Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show  Dungeon Run . Listen to Devindra’s  podcast with Engadget  on all things tech.You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. ...

Superhero Bits: New Batman Game May Be Announced Soon, Spider-Man 3 May Shoot in September & More

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Are you glad Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy will be staying together if there’s a third season of Harley Quinn ? Will a new Batman video game be announced at DC FanDome in August? Will Spider-Man 3 be starting production in September? Which Marvel Comics movies will be part of Disney+’s summer movie nights? What kind of gadgets is Tony Stark working with in Iron Man VR ? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits . Here are some of the funniest moments from various animated iterations of Marvel’s Iron Man over the years. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy will continue to be a couple if there is a third season of Harley Quinn ordered. XX Sportsmaster and Tigress from Stargirl look like they’re up for some kind of futuristic battle royale in a cage. Marvel’s upcoming WandaVision series on Disney+ may be as long as nine episodes , if a new rumor is accurate. Here’s a guide on how to draw Marvel’s strange comic book superheroes Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur . Fans ...

‘Amulet’ Trailer: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Moving Into This House

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If you badly needed a place to stay, and someone offered you refuge in their crumbling, spooky home, would you say yes? I would, because I love spooky, crumbling stuff, but the idea might send up more than a few red flags for others. But that’s just the situation that the main character of  Amulet  finds himself in, and since this is a horror movie, things don’t go so well. Watch the  Amulet trailer below. Amulet Trailer  Amulet was one of the films I caught at Sundance, and…I didn’t love it. I appreciated the movie’s atmosphere and its production design, but that was about it. As I wrote in my review : ” A painfully slow slog, this horror film from Romola Garai has plenty of good ideas and a few neat creature effects, but that’s not enough to salvage things. Some may come away thrilled with Amulet‘s big finish, which sends a message folks can get behind…But that doesn’t excuse the rest of the movie.” That doesn’t mean I’m discouraging you from checking it ou...

Mark Hamill reflects on Luke's innocence in deleted Star Wars scene

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Upon his introduction in STAR WARS, you would never guess that Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) would become one of the greatest Jedi of all-time, but fans know that Luke's original introduction in the film gave even more insight into the character's innocent nature. Before it was deleted from the film, our first glimpse of Luke Skywalker arrived with Luke using his… Read More... from JoBlo's Movie Emporium News https://ift.tt/2VAVL1o

Wild Star Wars Rumor Claims Disney Will Erase the Sequel Trilogy and Reset Canon

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An unsubstantiated Star Wars rumor claims that Disney is ready to junk everything that happened in The Force Awakens and its Sequels. from Movieweb News https://ift.tt/3gceGaQ

Parts Unknown Trailer: Disgraced Wrestlers Go on a Murder Spree

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Wrestling thriller Parts Unknown will body slam horror fans on DVD and Digital this July. from Movieweb News https://ift.tt/2NIXwFB

‘Room 104’ Season 4 Trailer: Dave Bautista and Jillian Bell Check in for the Final Season of This Wild Anthology Stories

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HBO and the Duplass Brothers have been delivering some wild, trippy, hilarious, scary, and weird stories in the late night half-hour anthology series Room 104 . Each season features new episodes which all take place in the same titular room of a typical American chain motel, but they’re all remarkably different, each with a different plot, tone, and even time period, featuring various characters having all sorts of experiences. Now the anthology series is coming to an end, and if the Room 104 season 4 trailer is any indicator, we’re in for some crazy shit. Room 104 Season 4 Trailer Don’t worry if you’re confused by the spectacle of swirling imagery that feels reminiscent of an acid trip. That’s just how the promo brings together all the different stories into one crazy trailer. Even though the series has been produced by the Duplass Brothers this whole time, the final season will be the first time that Mark Duplass actually appears in an episode. He’s also writing and directing...

‘Metamorphosis’ Trailer: A Fresh Take on Demonic Possession

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The latest Shudder original looks like a fresh twist on the somewhat played-out demonic possession story. Ever since  The Exorcist became a blockbuster in 1973, movies about demonic possession have been a dime a dozen, and more often than not, they’re all borrowing heavily from William Friedkin’s horror masterpiece. So whenever something in the same sub-genre that looks different comes along, it’s worth taking note. And that brings us to  Metamorphosis . Metamorphosis Trailer  In  Metamorphosis , “Joong-Su, an exorcist, must face a demon he tragically failed to defeat in the past when it targets his brother’s family next. The demon assumes the form of different family members to sow confusion and distrust, destroying the unit from within. With his loved ones in peril, Joong-Su must face the demon again, at the risk of his own life.” I like what I’m seeing here. For one thing, there’s a surprising amount of action (although that may be due to deceptive trailer ...

Cool Stuff: Mysterio’s Iron Man Illusion from ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Is Now a Haunting Statue

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One of the most memorable and visually arresting sequences from Spider-Man: Far From Home was the nightmare illusion sequence that Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) uses to disorient the webslinger. Easily the most haunting image from the tricky villain’s manufactured hallucinations is using a zombified Iron Man to scare the hell out of Peter Parker, who has been having a hard time dealing with the death of Tony Stark. Now you can bring the nightmarish version of Iron Man to your collectible shelf, thanks to Iron Studios. Spider-Man: Far From Home Iron Man Illusion Statue “If you were good enough, then maybe Tony would still be alive…” with that phrase, Quentin Beck, the enigmatic villain named Mysterio, brings Peter Parker to a nightmare when the young Spider-Man still suffers the loss from his friend and mentor in the final battle against Thanos. Amid a hallucinogenic green mist expelled by one of the villain’s drones, appears the cadaverous and zombified image of Iron Man, floating ...