Posts by Zach Dionne
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‘Ghostbusters 3’ Reportedly Going to ‘The Lego Movie’ and ‘21 Jump Street’ Director Duo
Yesterday, original director Ivan Reitman stepped down. Today, we’re looking at two very successful, interesting directors taking over.
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Alison Brie and Adam Scott in Talks for ‘Sleeping With Other People’
It’s about “a womanizer (Jason Sudeikis) who befriends a serial cheater.” And then they fall in lurv.
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Castingpalooza: Everyone Gets a Pilot, Show, or Movie!
Also in the Afternoon Links: ‘Broad City’ balls out to Drake, ‘Mad Men’ drops a new promo, and the timeline for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ is revealed.
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‘The Giver’ Trailer: Jeff Bridges’s Gift Is Finally Ready for Us
Bridges and Meryl Streep have brought the mother of all modern young-adult dystopia novels to the screen, 20 years after it came out.
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After Harold Ramis’s Death, Director Ivan Reitman Departs ‘Ghostbusters 3’
“I’d rather just produce this ‘Ghostbusters,’” says Reitman, who directed the franchise’s original pair of films, as well as ‘Stripes’ and ‘Meatballs.’ “I told them I thought I could help but let’s find a really good director and make it with him.”
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We’re Getting More ‘Incredibles’ (and Another ‘Cars’)
Also in the Afternoon Links: An international ‘Godzilla’ trailer, a browser-based ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ game, and a teaser for a ‘Peanuts’ movie. Like, Charlie Brown ‘Peanuts.’
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‘The Maze Runner’ Trailer: Hey, What’s ‘The Maze Runner,’ Anyway?
Before ‘Divergent’ even hits theaters, we’ve got a new young-adult franchise to familiarize ourselves with.
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A Tale of Three ‘Tookens’: ‘Key & Peele,’ Tina Fey, and a New Hollywood Spoof
“Liam Neesons in ‘Tooken'” was one of the earliest catchphrases ‘Key & Peele’ gifted humanity. So why is a big-screen spoof using the same name? And why is Tina Fey’s new NBC show called that, too?
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Is Pope Francis Going to Meet Russell Crowe for the ‘Noah’ Fist-Bump or What?
Also in the Afternoon Links: The NFL wants an absurd amount of money from M.I.A., ‘How I Met Your Dad’ adds two cast members, and a real-life team’s new mascot is Pikachu.
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Jedi Lupita: J.J. Abrams Reportedly Wants Nyong’o in ‘Star Wars’
Right before Lupita Nyong’o collected her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for ’12 Years a Slave,’ she reportedly sat down with science-fiction franchise collector Jeffrey Jacob Abrams. The topic of the alleged tête-à-tête was ‘Star Wars: Episode VII: Subtitle TBD.’
