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  • ‘Fantastic Beasts 2,’ Lady Gaga, Rami Malek Top ‘Most Anticipated’ Fall 2018 Movie Poll

    ‘Fantastic Beasts 2,’ Lady Gaga, Rami Malek Top ‘Most Anticipated’ Fall 2018 Movie Poll

    A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
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    What — and who — are you most looking forward to watching on the big screen this fall?

    Fandango posted the results of a survey, asking moviegoers about certain upcoming films, stars, and partnerships.

    “Harry Potter” fans pushed “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” to No. 1 on the “Most Anticipated Movies” list. Fans are also curious to see how Lady Gaga does acting opposite Bradley Cooper in “A Star Is Born.” And fans are eager to see Rami Malek as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

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    Warner Bros.

    It’s not clear how Fandango went about the polling, or how they came up with these options. They may have specifically suggested the five choices in each category and asked fans to pick one or rank the list. If they didn’t suggest anything, and fans came up with these choices on their own — or from much a much longer list of options — then it’s more impressive to make this cut than if these were the only choices.

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    20th Century Fox

    Here are the results of the Fandango survey, via Entertainment Weekly:

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Movies:
    “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” (November 16)
    “Bohemian Rhapsody” (November 2)
    “Venom” (October 5)
    “Ralph Breaks the Internet” (November 21)
    “A Star is Born” (October 5)

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Actresses:
    Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”)
    Cate Blanchett (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”)
    Jamie Lee Curtis (“Halloween”)
    Keira Knightley (Colette, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”)
    Claire Foy (“The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” “First Man”)

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Actors:
    Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
    Tom Hardy (“Venom”)
    Eddie Redmayne (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”)
    Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
    Michael B. Jordan (“Creed II”)

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Movie Duos:
    Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born”)
    Tiffany Haddish & Kevin Hart (“Night School”)
    Ryan Gosling & Claire Foy (“First Man”)
    Blake Lively & Anna Kendrick (“A Simple Favor”)
    Jamie Lee Curtis & Nick Castle as Michael Myers (“Halloween”)

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Horror Movies:
    “Halloween” (October 19)
    “The Predator” (September 14)
    “The Nun” (September 7)
    “Suspiria” (November 2)
    “Overlord” (November 9)

    Fall’s Most Anticipated Family Movies:
    “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” (November 16)
    “Ralph Breaks the Internet” (November 21)
    “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” (November 9)
    “The House with a Clock in Its Walls” (September 21)
    “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” (November 2)

    Do you agree? Would you rework this list, or add other options? Check out all of the movies coming soon to plan your fall accordingly.

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  • Fall 2018 Movie Preview: 36 Horror Movies, Blockbusters, and Dramas You Must See This Year

    Fall 2018 Movie Preview: 36 Horror Movies, Blockbusters, and Dramas You Must See This Year

  • New ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Trailer Will Rock You

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    20th Century Fox

    Ready for Freddie? A new trailer for “Bohemian Rhapsody” debuted today and Rami Malek is ready to rock you as Freddie Mercury.

    The biopic follows Farrokh Bulsara as he changes his name to Freddie Mercury and joins guitarist Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and drummer Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) to form Queen.  They go on to fame and glory, though Freddie’s private life and sexuality become a target for the press.

    The trailer, of course, has snippets of the band’s greatest hits, from the titular song to the anthem “We Are the Champions” to “Another One Bites the Dust.”

    The project has been a troubled one, with original director Bryan Singer getting fired after failing to show up to shoot for several days. He is still credited as the director, but Dexter Fletcher stepped in to finish the film.

    Here’s the official synopsis:

     Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. They reach unparalleled success, but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career. Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid. While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. Queen cements a legacy that continues to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.

    “Bohemian Rhapsody” opens in theaters November 2.

  • ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Names Director to Replace Bryan Singer

    'Eddie The Eagle' Press Conference In SeoulThe Queen biopic has a new leader, for the final two weeks and possibly reshoots.

    Dexter Fletcher, director of “Eddie the Eagle,” “Wild Bill,” and “Smoking Guns,” has been tapped to direct “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Deadline said Fletcher will resume production next week on the Rami Malek-fronted film that had paused production due to troubles with Bryan Singer.

    Singer was fired as director after failing to return from set after Thanksgiving break and reportedly clashing with Malek, who stars as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Singer shot back that he and Malek had worked out their differences, and he chided the studio for failing to support him in his absence to tend to a sick parent.

    Deadline added an interesting behind-the-scenes note on the director switcheroo. Their sources said the studio was checking out potential replacements even before Singer went missing after Thanksgiving. Fox denied that. But here’s more from Deadline:

    “My sources said that the film didn’t appeal to everyone. The payday will be big, but it will be a lot of work, and it is entirely up to the DGA whether Fletcher will get directing credit on the film, considering that Singer was almost finished with principal photography when he was removed. The original directors of World War Z and the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One remained the directors of record, even though the reshoots were supervised by others.”

    There are only about two weeks left of filming on the schedule, but Fletcher could elect to reshoot scenes. Fletcher will then oversee postproduction, aiming to keep “Bohemian Rhapsody” on schedule for its December 25, 2018 release.

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  • ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Director Bryan Singer Has Officially Been Fired

    Premiere Of FX's 'Legion' - ArrivalsAnother one bites the dust: Bryan Singer has officially been fired as director of Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

    20th Century Fox confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter, releasing a simple statement to the trade that read: “Bryan Singer is no longer the director of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’” The studio declined to provide any additional details.

    The move comes just days after production on the flick, which stars Rami Malek as flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, was shut down due to Singer’s sudden “unexpected availability.” But sources previously told THR that the director has had some major run-ins with Malek and others on set, and either showed up late or failed to show up entirely several times previously, causing other crew members to step in and direct scenes for him.

    Tensions between Malek and Singer reportedly got so heated that during one on-set argument between the pair, Singer allegedly threw something (though not at the actor). Another cast member reportedly briefly quit the film over Singer’s behavior, before being persuaded to rejoin the feature.

    Fox was finally forced to shut down production after Singer allegedly did not return to the film’s London set after the Thanksgiving break, leading to his firing.

    Singer released his own statement about the matter to THR, telling the trade that Fox was unwilling to let him return to the U.S. to care for an ailing parent. He also said that rumors about his rocky relationship with Malek were blown out of proportion.

    Here’s the director’s full statement:

    “I wanted nothing more than to be able to finish this project and help honor the legacy of Freddie Mercury and Queen, but Fox would not permit me to do so because I needed to temporarily put my health, and the health of my loved ones, first.

    “Bohemian Rhapsody is a passion project of mine. With fewer than three weeks to shoot remaining, I asked Fox for some time off so I could return to the U.S. to deal with pressing health matters concerning one of my parents. This was a very taxing experience, which ultimately took a serious toll on my own health. Unfortunately, the studio was unwilling to accommodate me and terminated my services. This was not my decision and it was beyond my control.

    “Rumors that my unexpected departure from the film was sparked by a dispute I had with Rami Malek are not true. While, at times, we did have creative differences on set, Rami and I successfully put those differences behind us and continued to work on the film together until just prior to Thanksgiving.”

    As Singer said, there were only a few weeks left on the production schedule, and now, Fox is faced with a similar situation to Disney when it abruptly fired “Han Solo: A Star Wars Story” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller earlier this year. With “Bohemian Rhapsody” nearly completed, a new director is needed to either finish Singer’s job or start from scratch.

    It’s unclear what avenue Fox will choose, but THR says the studio is planning on naming a replacement within a few days. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is currently slated for release on December 25, 2018. We’ll see if that changes.

    [via: The Hollywood Reporter]

  • ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Filming Stops Over Director Bryan Singer’s ‘Unexpected Unavailability’

    'X-Men Apocalypse' - Global Fan Screening - Red Carpet ArrivalsDon’t you hate it when the director of your movie becomes unexpectedly unavailable?

    Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury in the “Bohemian Rhapsody” movie that has been filming in London. But apparently director Bryan Singer didn’t return to set after Thanksgiving break, so they had to stop filming.

    Here’s the studio’s statement:

    “Twentieth Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on Bohemian Rhapsody due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer.”

    Singer’s rep told the BBC the reason for his absence is “a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family. Bryan hopes to get back to work on the film soon after the holidays.” The BBC added that both Singer and a family member are believed to be suffering from health problems.

    Over at The Hollywood Reporter, you’ll get a slightly different story; here’s more from their report:

    “However, sources say that filming on the biopic has not been easy. For example, insiders tell THR that producers and his star had grown tired of Singer’s behavior, which saw him routinely show up late to set. Another source has said that a cinematographer had to step in and direct during a previous ‘non-showing.’

    This is not first time that Singer has disappeared during a production. He momentarily vanished during the shooting of 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and 2006’s Superman Returns.”

    Vanished! They make him sound magical.

    These repeat non-showings are suspicious. If there really is just a health matter with his family, the timing is especially unfortunate, because now many people suspect Singer is about to be dragged into the whole sexual harassment allegations scandals. That may not be the case at all. For now, we’ll just have to be patient, and hope Fox rewards fans with more photos of Rami as Freddie.

    “Bohemian Rhapsody” is currently scheduled for release in theaters on December 25, 2018.

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  • 18 Things You Never Knew About ‘Wayne’s World’

    Is it really the 25th anniversary of “Wayne’s World“? No whay! Whay!

    Yep, it’s been a quarter-century since “Saturday Night Live” slacker pals Wayne and Garth took their public access cable show from their Aurora, Illinois basement to the big screen. Released on Feb. 14, 1992, the film made Mike Myers a bankable star, spawned a sequel, sent Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” back up the chart, popularized numerous catchphrases (“Not!” “Schwing!” “We’re not worthy!”), and turned out to be the most successful film ever adapted from an “SNL” sketch.

    In addition to what we learned on its 20th anniversary, here are 18 things you need to know about this comedy hit. (Cue cascading-finger flashback gesture: Diddle-iddle-um, diddle-iddle-um, diddle-iddle-um…)
    1. Wayne and Garth may have been teenagers, but when “Wayne’s World” was filmed, Myers was 28, and Dana Carvey was 36.

    2. Carvey based Garth on his older brother, Brad, an electronic engineer.
    3. Tia Carrere, who became a star playing rocker Cassandra Wong, was born Althea Rae Janairo.

    4. “Wayne’s World” marked the feature film debut of not just Myers, but also of his “SNL” co-star Oz” star Lee Tergesen (as Wayne’s basement-show cameraman, Terry).
    5. Myers’ inspiration for the iconic opening scene came from his childhood memories of driving through Ontario with friends and singing along to “Bohemian Rhapsody.” As specific as his experience was, he was sure it was universal enough to resonate with others.

    6. In fact, as Myers learned on the set, Tergesen and Sean Sullivan (who played Wayne’s pal Phil) had done the same as kids.

    7. Producer Lorne Michaels and director Penelope Spheeris wanted to use a song by then-hot Guns N’ Roses for the scene, but Myers insisted on the 1975 Queen tune. In fact, he threatened to walk off the movie if he didn’t get his way.
    8. The head-banging required for the scene was a particular point of contention between the star and the director, since it required about four hours of painful neck-snapping to complete the brief scene. In a 2008 Entertainment Weekly interview, Spheeris mocked Myers for being “emotionally needy” during the shoot, saying, “You should have heard him bitching when I was trying to do that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ scene: ‘I can’t move my neck like that! Why do we have to do this so many times? No one is going to laugh at that!’”

    9. By 2015, however, Spheeris and the cast were willing to chalk up the friction to everyone’s mutual perfectionism. “Mike was a sport about it,” Spheeris said, in a joint reunion interview with the cast in Rolling Stone magazine. Said Myers, “Dana and I both suspect we actually may have hurt our necks doing it. There were just so many angles and so many takes. It needed to be well-covered to just get that tone right.”
    10. Myers knew the completed scene was something special. As a courtesy, he sent a video of it to Queen guitarist Brian May, who responded with a gift to Myers of an autographed guitar. May showed it to the band’s dying frontman, Freddie Mercury. “Freddie loved it,” May told Rolling Stone. The singer passed away less than three months before the film’s release.
    11. The movie’s popularity took its soundtrack to No. 1 on the charts and sent “Bohemian Rhapsody” shooting up the singles chart to No. 2, 17 years after it had first become a hit. Helping boost the song was a video directed by Spheeris that incorporated footage from the movie.

    12. The shoot marked a dark and confusing time for Myers. Not only was it his first movie, but he was away from his ailing, Alzheimer’s-stricken father. Eric Myers passed just before “Wayne’s World” had its first successful test screening; he never got to see his son become a movie star.
    13. While working with Alice Cooper on the film, Myers became good friends with the shock-rocker’s manager, Shep Gordon, and eventually directed a documentary about him, 2014’s “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.”

    14. Myers has said the suits at Paramount found the film’s humor baffling at first. He said the first note he got back from the studio after screening the completed film read, “I don’t get it.”
    15. In fact, Myers and Spheeris didn’t agree on what was funny. They clashed over the scene where accident-prone Stacy (Lara Flynn Boyle) crashes her bike into a car, as well as the scene with Robert Patrick‘s cameo as a scary cop who reminds Wayne of Patrick’s “Terminator 2” villain.
    16. The star and director had a falling out after she refused to take up his suggestions on how to edit the film.

    17. When it came time to make the sequel a few months after the “Wayne’s World” release, a new director got the gig. Spheeris blamed Myers for nixing her for the “Wayne’s World 2” gig. “I hated that bastard for years,” she said.
    18. Eventually, however, the two reconciled. “Penelope is a very brilliant director,” Myers said in 2015. “She’s fantastic. Just really smart, caring, and very generous to me because God knows I didn’t know what the hell I was doing.” For her part, Spheeris said in 2013, “We’re all getting too old to be pissed, ‘Wayne’s World’ has such a beautiful, uplifting spirit about it. Why should there be a dark cloud?”