Posts by Zach Dionne
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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg Might Make Another Movie Together
Ferrell would play “a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife’s two children,” until then their “freewheeling, freeloading” biological father — Mark Wahlberg — shows up.
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Will Smith, NFL Concussion Doctor
Also in the Afternoon Links: Limp Bizkit are trying to sell you a cassette, Dean Norris is going to play Benjamin Franklin, and ’22 Jump Street’ has a hip-hop theme song.
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‘Chronicle’ Director Josh Trank Just Won Himself a ‘Star Wars’ Movie
Trank, who’s currently helming the new ‘Fantastic Four,’ is just 29 years old. He immediately became a sought-after director when 2012’s ‘Chronicle’ made $126.6 million on a $12 million budget.
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The Wachowskis’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Just Got Bumped to Next Year
“Insiders say the $150 million movie needed more special effects work.”
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The New ‘Hercules’ Trailer: Oh Hey, Here Comes the Unkillable Army From Hell
Also in the Afternoon Links: Brad Pitt has words for his red carpet attacker, Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto’ is streaming, and there’s probably a gas leak outside Don Draper’s office.
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Watch Will Arnett As an Alcoholic Cartoon Horse for Netflix
“I weigh 1,200 pounds. It takes a lot to get me drunk.”
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At Long Last, Detroit Gets Its RoboCop Statue
There’ll be a dedication this morning, and a first pitch from RoboCop at tonight’s Tigers/Blue Jays game.
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‘Star Wars’ Adds Lupita Nyong’o and ‘Game of Thrones’ Actress Gwendoline Christie
Also in the Afternoon Links: Some serious new Drake, ‘The Sopranos’ is finally heading to Blu-ray, and there’s a “Don’t die on me!” supercut.
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Blown Budgets and Hand Grenades: Just How Difficult Is ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Director Doug Liman?
Early in the production process, Liman confided to Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt that he had almost no idea what he was doing.
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Box Office by the Numbers: ‘Maleficent’ Kills, ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Flops
The Disney baddie project made Angelina Jolie $20 million more than her previous best openers, 2008’s ‘Wanted’ and 2006’s ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith.’
