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‘Precious’ Director Lee Daniels Attached To Remake Fellini’s ‘Nights Of Cabiria’ Oh, lord. In a story aboutPreciousdirectorLee Danielsmoving to CAA, I expected to find some indication of whether his next film would indeed beThe Butlerfor Sony, or if he might actually makeSelma, the film he worked to get off the ground for much of this year. It’s still looking likeThe Butlerwill be his next. But there’s another tidbit in there, too: the director is attached to remakeFrederico Fellini’sNights of Cabiria....

‘Rambo’ SteelBook Blu-Ray Collection Draws First And Last Blood Lionsgate is drawing first blood — and last blood — with its first-ever SteelBook Blu-ray release of theRambofranchise. For the first time ever, Lionsgate is releasing all five films in the series in a hulking 4K Ultra HD SteelBook Collection this October. Learn more about the Rambo SteelBook collection below. Colliderdebuted the first look at theRamboSteelBook collection, which includes all five films from the 37-year action franchise starring Sylvester Stallone as the Special Forces fighter John Rambo:First Blood,Rambo: First Blood Part II,Rambo III,Rambo, andRambo: Last Blood....

‘The Boys In The Band’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy Brings A Beloved Broadway Play To Netflix In 1968, playwright Mart Crowley made history when he premiered the Off-Broadway playThe Boys in the Band, a drama that revolves around a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City. Hailed as a groundbreaking portrayal of gay life, the play was adapted into a feature film directed by William Friedkin in 1970, which was also considered a milestone in queer cinema as one of the first major American films to revolve around gay characters....

‘The Shape Of Water’ Q&A: Guillermo Del Toro, Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones And More Reveal Highlights Of Making The Movie Earlier this week, I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see a screening ofThe Shape of Water, the newest fantasy film from directorGuillermo del Toro. The screening was part of Film Independent at LACMA’s ongoing film series and featured a Q&A afterward with del Toro, actorsSally Hawkins,Doug Jones,Richard Jenkins,Michael Stuhlbarg, and composerAlexandre Desplat....

‘The Twilight Zone’ Reboot Teaser Confirms Jordan Peele As Host It’s official:Jordan Peelewill hostThe Twilight Zonereboot. TheGet Outdirector is developing the new take on the show for CBS All Access, and said in the past he was considering stepping into Rod Serling’s host role as well. Now, a newTwilight Zonereboot teaser confirms it, with Peele’s voice serving to introduce the show ahead of its 2019 debut. The Twilight Zone Reboot Teaser Back in August, Jordan Peelesaidhe “resisted but not ruled out” the idea of hosting his new take onThe Twilight Zone, similar to the way creator Rod Serling hosted the show in its original run....

‘Travelers And Magicians’ Tells The Struggle For Spiritual Identity In The Modern World (Welcome toA Passage to India, a new series where we explore great works from all over South Asia for unacquainted viewers, all of them available to stream.) To cinema, he’sKhyenste Norbu, New York Film Academy alumnus, consultant to Bertolucci onLittle Buddhaand Bhutan’s premier director. His second feature,Travelers and Magicians, was the first to be shot entirely in the Kingdom; his third,Vara: A Blessing, was the first Bhutanese film in the English language....

‘Venom’ Unrated Cut Teased By Director Ruben Fleischer Despite much of the hoopla surroundingVenomthat it would be darker, bloodier, and more R-rated than most superhero fare, the Sony comic book movie has been saddled with a teen-friendly PG-13 rating. It’s a rating that makes sense considering the film’s supposed appeal to “the fans,” most of whom are teen boys. But it’s one that doesn’t live up to Sony’s year-long hype train ofVenomas a dark and dangerous spin on the superhero movie — nor to that buzzy San DiegoComic-Con sceneinvolving Venom’s teeth and someone’s head....

‘Warrior Nun’ Trailer: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Nun With Superpowers What if you took Buffy, put her in a habit, and gave her a team of diverse, ass-kicking magical girls? You’d get something likeWarrior Nun, the new Netflix action series that delivers on everything it promises to. It’s about warriors…who are nuns. Warrior Nun Trailer Based on the manga-style comic series of the same name byBen Dunn,Warrior Nunfollows a girl named Ava, who after a near-death experience, wakes up in a church with a strange symbol on her back and a new lease on life, literally....

A Live-Action Beyblade Movie Is Coming From Mega-Producer Jerry Bruckheimer Some very odd and unexpected news has hit the movie world today, as mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has found his next project: An adaptation of “Beyblade” as a potential live-action franchise. For the unfamiliar, these started out as toys that were essentially customizable tops that fight one another in little arenas, became quite popular for a time, and went on to inspire comics and animated shows....

A Year In Disabled Criticism: What It’s Like To Write About Movies When You Have A Disability Earlier this year, I made the life-altering decision to move from my sleepy hometown of Sacramento and finally live in Los Angeles. Being disabled has always been a challenge I’ve navigated throughout my life and my assumption was that moving to Los Angeles would have little difference. But in the nearly 12 months that I’ve lived and worked in film criticism here, it’s opened my eyes to not just how others see disability in the entertainment industry, but how I see myself....

Bridgit Mendler Leads English Voice Cast Of Studio Ghibli’s ‘Arrietty The Borrower’ All animation is essentially dubbed when you get right down to it, but there’s still something valuable about seeing animated pictures with their original voice track intact — the timing and tone of that original dialogue is important. But Studio Ghibli’s films have earned a spot as some of the few animated pictures where I’ve been surprised to enjoy the English-language cast, to the point where I actually anticipate news about the talent used to make the new dubs....

Bruce Lee Script Treatment ‘The Silent Flute’ Gets New Life There’s always a serious cachet to making a film based on a ‘lost’ story or treatment from a deceased talent. For example,we’ve just been talking aboutLunatic at Large, which will be based on a long treatment Jim Thompson wrote for Stanley Kubrick. Today an oldBruce Leestory is coming back to light. In the late ’60s Lee wroteThe Silent Flute, which he conceived with James Coburn (envisioned as Lee’s co-star for the film) and Stirling Silliphant, before it went by the wayside prior to Lee’s death....

China Is Sick Of US Studios Gaming Co-Production System To Access Chinese Audiences Briefly:Over the last couple years we’ve started to hear about a lot of films (such asLooper,The Expendables 2, Cloud Atlasand the in-progressIron Man 3) that add a Chinese actor or two and shoot at a few locations in China in order to access both local funding, and the ever-expanding Chinese film audience. The Chinese government has strict rules on the number of foreign films allowed to play in the country in a given year (only about three dozen are cleared), but the rules for exhibition are different for co-productions that use Chinese money, stars, and locations....