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Hugh Jackman shared the best personal and professional advice he received from his X-Men co-stars Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen during a conversation with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Thursday. The top-shelf actor stopped by the late-night talk show to discuss his upcoming film, Reminiscence, and his lead role in the hotly anticipated Broadway production of The Music Man. Speaking on his past projects, Jackman expressed gratitude for his experience working on 2000’s X-Men with Stewart and McKellen, both of whom played a pivotal part in his powerhouse portrayal of Wolverine — his first major movie role. He recounted advice he received on set from McKellen about film acting, a process which is entirely different to his expertise in the theater. “He said, ‘It’s going ...

HBO reportedly paid late Sopranos star James Gandolfini $3 million USD not to replace Steve Carell on The Office. During a recent episode of Talking Sopranos — a podcast hosted by The Sopranos co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa — the two actors revealed to guest Ricky Gervais that Gandolfini was at one point in talks to replace Steve Carell as Michael Scott on NBC‘s The Office. In their conversation, Gervais was discussing his role as David Brent in the original BBC series, which inspired Carell’s Michael Scott in the US version of the show, before Imperioli intervened, “You know, they talked about having Gandolfini at one point replace him — did you know that?” Schirripa then expounded on the alleged replacement, saying, “I think before James...

Oscar-nominated actor Antonio Banderas is the newest addition to the Indiana Jones 5 cast. Banderas will co-star alongside Harrison Ford and joins an already stellar lineup, which includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Boyd Holbrook, Mads Mikkelsen, Shaunette Renée Wilson and Thomas Kretschmann. The next installment in the Indiana Jones franchise has already begun production, with a slated release of July 29, 2022. Steven Spielberg, who directed the franchise’s first four films, has passed the torch to James Mangold, who is known for Logan, The Wolverine, Girl, Interrupted and Ford v. Ferrari. Although Spielberg is not serving as director this time around, he is producing the film alongside Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Simon Emanuel. Banderas recently received his first-ever Oscar nominati...

Last year, Ruby Rose announced that she was exiting her role as Kate Kane in Batwoman just one season in. Months following her departure from the titular CW role, reports indicated that it was not because of the injuries she sustained on set. Recently, Rose spoke to the Kyle and Jackie O Show and revealed that it she chose to not come back to the show because of an allergy. Rose revealed, “I did find out that I was allergic to latex. I was getting worse and worse, because as you get more contact with it, I guess you get more reactions. I took off the [mask] at the end, and my face was just hives. My throat was all messed up. It was like it was out of a scary movie.” With her role in as Batwoman, Rose was the first openly gay superhero lead. Last August, the actress addressed her departure ...

HBO Max is looking into several Game of Thrones animated spinoffs, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Following reports on the development of a single animated series in January, the streaming platform is now exploring at least two more potential projects. One prospective series will be set in the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, a territory located in the southeastern area of Essos that was never shown in the original series. Yi Ti — inspired by Imperial China — is one of the oldest and most advanced civilizations in creator George R.R. Martin‘s massive fantasy world. Though the society was only briefly mentioned in Game of Thrones, Lord Corlys Velaryon notably sets sail for Yi Ti in HBO‘s forthcoming prequel series, titled House of the Dragon.  Elsewhere on the expansiv...

Dwayne Johnson took to social media on Friday to share that Black Adam, which has officially wrapped production, was the most difficult movie he has made to date — and looking at his sprawling repertoire of action-packed films, which includes the Fast & Furious franchise, Skyscraper, San Andreas and many more, that statement seriously holds a lot of weight. “Incredible journey,” Johnson wrote on Twitter. “Hardest undertaking of my entire career physically [and] mentally. Worth every second. Boundless gratitude to my 1,000+ crew members, actors and director, Jaume Collet-Serra. The hierarchy of power in DC Universe is changing.” That a wrap on BLACK ADAM⚡️Incredible journey.Hardest undertaking of my entire career physically & mentally.Worth every second....

Avengers: Endgame‘s Iron Man is hanging up his suit to tack his next big role. Robert Downey Jr. is set to c-star in HBO and A24‘s drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer. The series is set to follow the novel’s cross-culture satire and thriller genre as it goes takes audiences on a journey through the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy. The novel is set in the final days of the Vietnam War and dictates the spy’s last moments before his exile in the United States. There is currently no word on who will be the lead in the series, but Deadline confirms that the film is going on a global search to look for a predominantly Vietnamese cast. The series is set to be led by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar is set to direct....

James Gunn finally reveals the real reason why he never considered Jared Leto reprising his role as Joker for The Suicide Squad. Leto’s interpretation of the Joker was first introduced in David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Gunn confirmed that never actually considered the DC villain for the film, “I just don’t know why Joker would be in the Suicide Squad. He wouldn’t be helpful in that type of war situation.” He also added that he wanted the film to be “its own thing completely.” The filmmaker also revealed, “When Warner Bros. said they wanted me to do this, I watched the first movie for the first time, and I called them back and said, ‘What do I have to keep from this movie?’ And they said, ‘Nothing.’” The studio had actually given him the opti...

Ahead of the Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins premiere on July 23, Paramount Pictures has shared an up-close look at the titular character, played by Henry Golding, exclusively with HYPEBEAST. “This is not your way,” Golding says while fighting off foes in the brief character piece. “This is mine.” The thrilling teaser highlights the unwavering fearlessness of the namesake lead, who is described as “a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent,” according to the film’s official synopsis. “Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home,” the film’s description continues. “But, when secrets from his past are revea...

Uncut Gems is headed to the Criterion Collection — a leading video distribution company that licenses and restores classic and contemporary films — on October 26. The Safdie brothers‘ nail-biting 2019 thriller, starring Adam Sandler as the crazed jeweler Howard Ratner, will receive a physical release on both Blu-ray and DVD via Criterion. The special edition will arrive with a multitude of exclusive features, including behind-the-scenes footage from the making of both the film and the soundtrack, screen tests featuring Sandler and Julia Fox, deleted and extended scenes, including a full performance of The Weeknd‘s “The Morning” and interviews with cinematographer Darius Khondji, costume designer Miyako Bellizzi and casting director Jennifer Venditti. Criterion took to Instagram to ann...

Earlier this year, Steven Spielberg unveiled plans to produce a semi-autobiographical movie “loosely based on his childhood,” likely set to land on Netflix in 2022. In a casting announcement for the untitled film on Thursday, Amblin Partners, Spielberg’s production company named after his 1968 short film, disclosed that three young actors will take on the roles of “high school classmates of the young, aspiring filmmaker at the center of the story.” Chloe East (HBO Max‘s Generation), Oakes Fegley (The Goldfinch and Wonderstruck) and Isabelle Kusman, who will make her feature film debut in an untitled Paul Thomas Anderson-directed film this year, have been confirmed to play Spielberg’s childhood friends. They join a cast that includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butt...

The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival was briefly put on lockdown due to what initially appeared to be a bomb scare, Variety reported this morning. At 3 p.m. local time, police said that “they had found a suspicious package in a storage area at the back of the building and that they were preparing to investigate” while the festival was in full swing at the Palais des Festivals, according to Variety. People in the Debussy theater and in the wing closest were evacuated, disrupting the scheduled screening of Hong Sang-Soo’s In Front Of Your Face. Shortly after that announcement, police set up a security perimeter around the building and a bomb squad destroyed the package, causing a small explosion, France Info reported. Police then tweeted a “return to normal” message. The incident didn’t inte...