Four-time Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) are set to play father and daughter in Andrew Stanton's Beatlemania-themed rom-com Revolver, Collider has confirmed. Stranger Things scribe Kate Trefry wrote the script, which is set in 1966 and follows a teenage girl in Alaska who finds out The Beatles are staying at a local hotel en route to Japan, and tries to sneak in so she can lose her virginity to George Harrison. Variety reports that Maya Hawke will play the infatuated and determined lead, while Ethan Hawke will play her father. …
By now, you know that Dolittle, Universal's take on the classic talking-to-animals tale starring Robert Downey Jr., was a bit of a box office disaster. But as has become a tradition in the wake of a major bomb, we now also get the post-premiere finger-pointing report, this time courtesy of THR. These things should usually be taken with a few fingers of salt, but Dolittle's postmortem is especially notable because it sounds kind of like the major issue on an otherwise amiable production was figuring out just what to jam into a dragon's …
Light spoilers for Revolver are ahead. But with a movie as weird as this, what even is a “spoiler”? In 2007, filmmaker Guy Ritchie released Revolver to American audiences, two years after its 2005 European release. On its surface, it looks to be squarely in line with his previous instant cult classic crime-comedies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Like those two, it stars Jason Statham as a gritty, hard-talking criminal mastermind, this time squared up against corrupt casino boss Ray Liotta alongside the eclectic team of André Benjamin and Vincent Pastore. Heists, assassins, double-…
Now that Universal’s Dark Universe has completely collapsed, the studio has wisely decided to entrust at least one of their monster-related properties to Blumhouse with Leigh Whannell (Upgrade) adapting The Invisible Man. However, details have been scarce on what this new take will entail. Thankfully, ComingSoon has a brief synopsis on how Whannell’s version will differ from the 1933 classic: The film centers on Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss), a woman trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist. She escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (…
Will Smith's new movie with Ang Lee, Gemini Man has a wild premise and a visually appealing look. But there were challenges.