Posts by Zach Dionne
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Warner Bros. Has Selected the Next Big Young-Adult Adaptation
After a long train of ‘Harry Potters’ and ‘Twilights’ and ‘Hunger Gameses,’ ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ served as a reminder that YA = $$, and that the subject matter doesn’t have to be fantastical or dystopian to yield a strong turnout.
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How About a Little Channing, Tilda, and Ralph to Go With Your Coens?
Also in the Afternoon Links: An honest trailer for ‘Forrest Gump,’ a set visit to ‘Jurassic World,’ and a new full-length Kanye Talk.
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Wait: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Might Be OK??
This new trailer could change our minds.
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Lifetime’s Aaliyah Biopic Won’t Gloss Over the R. Kelly Relationship
Like him or feel deeply disturbed by him, Robert Sylvester Kelly was Aaliyah Dana Haughton’s lover. When she was 15. And he was 27.
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Steven Soderbergh Brings the ‘Girlfriend Experience’ Series to Starz
Also in the Afternoon Links: Some great new Icona Pop, Aaron Sorkin finds his next screenplay, and Jay Z finally gets into the nonalcoholic-beverage biz.
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5 Reasons to Get Excited and/or Worried About the Wachowskis’ Netflix Series
Breaking down the first significant ‘Sense8’ news blast, and looking at why we should be thrilled, afraid, or both.
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Box Office by the Numbers: ‘Think Like a Man Too’ Beats ‘22 Jump Street’ by a Nose
The gap between the two sequels was just $1 million.
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Rosario Dawson Will Star in Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’
Also in the Afternoon Links: A slew of trailers, a mystifyingly long memoir by Billy Corgan, and all the ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4 deaths.
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AMC Orders Season 2 of ‘Better Call Saul’ … But Bumps the Premiere to Next Year
The ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff will air with ‘The Walking Dead’ in 2015 and 2016.
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A Very Special, Unauthorized ‘Saved by the Bell’ Tell-All Movie Is Coming to Lifetime
Also in the Afternoon Links: Lil Wayne says he’ll release “like seven” albums next year, ‘Game of Thrones’ gets some ‘Brady Bunch’ credits, and there’s a rumored title and release frame for a standalone Ben Affleck Batman.
