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‘UNpregnant’ Will Be An HBO Max Original Movie Starring Haley Lu Richardson HBO Max hasn’t yet announced their official launch date, but they’ve been burning through money by purchasing the streaming rights to shows likeFriendsandThe Big Bang Theory. However, they’re also already hard at work on their first original films, and one more has just been announced. UNpregnantwill adapt the young adult novel of the same name byJenni Hendricks(How I Met Your Mother) andTed Caplan(the music editor forThe Greatest Showman), with a story that focuses on a 17-year old girl (Haley Lu RichardsonofFive Feet Apart) who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy, leaving her with an important decision to make for her future....

10 Cloverfield Lane Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead Did Not Know She Was Making A Cloverfield Movie Once upon a time, it seemed as if “Cloverfield” movies were about to become all the rage. Think about it: How great is the idea of a loose anthology of horror/thrillers that, yes, share tons of tiny blink-and-miss-it Easter eggs connecting one film to the previous one, but mostly only maintain a sense of “continuity” through their shared tone and intention?...

Animated Series From Jonah Hill Greenlit By Fox. William H. Macy Drama, Shameless, Set For Showtime. Last week, wediscussedthe surprising, albeit less surreal in 2009, news thatFoxhad picked up an animated TV pilot based on the characters of subversive comic book legendPeter Bagge. Today, the network has greenlit another new animated series, this one fromJonah Hill, who will co-write, provide voice work, and executive produce. Details after the jump… It wasn’t specified whether Hill would voice the rich kid....

Apple’s Real-Life Drama ‘The Banker’ Has Been Delayed Due To Sexual Abuse Allegations Against The Son Of One Of The Film’s Lead Characters Apple has delayed the release of its upcoming movieThe Bankerbecause of sexual assault claims against Bernard Garrett, Jr., the son of one of the film’s main subjects, Bernard Garrett, Sr. This Wednesday, just one day before the film was set to premiere at this year’s AFI Festival in Hollywood, the movie waspulled from the festival’s scheduleand replaced withMarriage Storyinstead because of the allegations....

Bill Murray Hints He Just Shot Scenes For Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania If you need someone to appear in a franchise film with Paul Rudd, who you gonna call? Bill Murray. Rudd stars as Mr. Grooberson and Murray reprises his role as Dr. Peter Venkman in"Ghostbusters: Afterlife"next month, and it sounds like they’ll be re-teaming in some capacity for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” In an interview with the German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Murray seemed to confirm that he will make an appearance of some sort in"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania....

Billy Eichner’s ‘Ex-Husbands’ Heads To Amazon Billy Eichnerjust announced that his upcoming romantic comedy,Ex-Husbands, has found a home at Amazon Studios. The movie about two gay men pursuing a divorce is exciting for so many reasons, chief among them being it’s a groundbreaking addition to LGBTQ+ mainstream cinema and the thriving subgenre of divorce cinema. Nothing screams romance quite like divorce, amirite? Seriously, titles likeKramer v Kramer,Scenes From A Marriage,andMarriage Storyare beloved for good reason....

Chris Columbus Would Love To Make Harry Potter And The Cursed Child With The Movie Cast Chris Columbus directed the inaugural two Harry Potter movies, the first of which, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week. He helped establish the franchise on film when the students of Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were all young kids. The main actors, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are all in their 30s now, which makes them about the same age as the adult versions of their characters in the stage play, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child....

Christian Bale May Play Dick Cheney In Adam McKay-Directed Biopic Christian Bale’s next terrifying physical transformation may be into former Vice PresidentDick Cheney. The actor may be reuniting withThe Big ShortdirectorAdam McKayto star in an untitled biopic on Cheney in development. Joining Bale will be hisTheBig Shortco-starSteve Carelland also hisAmerican Hustleco-starAmy Adams, both in talks with Paramount to star in the film about the controversial right-hand man to President George W....

David Fincher Talks ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,’ ‘Rendezvous With Rama’ And More David Fincheris doing a little work promoting the DVD release ofThe Social Network, and he sat down for an hour-long interview withCollider. There is some very detailed technical talk about the daily work of using multiple takes to build a scene — great stuff for the hardcore film nerds — and then mentions of future projects like20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the long-in-developmentRendezvous With RamaandThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo....

Disney CEO Says Theatrical Release Plans For Movies Like ‘Black Widow’ Will Be “Last Minute” Decisions Even though the coronavirus pandemic is started to subside as the COVID-19 vaccine is being more widely distributed, audiences aren’t flocking back to movie theaters in great numbers just yet. That’s why studios are still delaying some movies originally slated to arrive this spring. But when it comes to Disney’s upcoming theatrical releases, CEOBob Chapeksays the studio will be flexible with their strategy, and for movies like the upcomingBlack Widow, it may come down to a “last minute” decision....

Euphoria Season 2 Yearbook: Wash Your Hands We’re here. We made it to the end of “Euphoria” season two, and what do we have to show for it? Off the top of my head, I’d say: trauma, memes, catharsis, rage, and makeup inspiration. The show definitely delivered on writer-director Sam Levinson’s early promise to make the season feel likea party that just won’t end. When it did finally come to a close this week, after eight rocky weeks, it went out with both a banganda whimper....

Good Will Hunting Ending Explained: When You Gotta Go See About A Girl In the 1990s, struggling actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon penned “Good Will Hunting,” andsold it to Miramaxfor over a million dollars. On top of writing the script, the pair starred in the 1997 film, alongsideRobin Williamsand Stellan Skarsgard, and proved they could hold their own in front of the big names. The movie was nominated for nine Oscars and won two: Best Original Screenplay went to Damon and Affleck and Best Supporting Actor went to Robin Williams....

Harold And Kumar’s Creators Had Grand Ambitions From The Very Beginning 2004’s “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” is a thinly plotted and often crass stoner comedy about the hijinks that ensue when two friends smoke pot, get the munchies, and try to buy some hamburgers. It was also radical in the way it subverted ethnic stereotypes while commenting on racism in the United States and the experiences of second-generation immigrants in the context of the early 2000s....