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  • Christian Bale Stars in First Trailer for David O. Russell’s ‘Amsterdam’

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    David O. Russell is a man who can certainly attract eclectic, impressive ensembles for his movies – and his latest, ‘Amsterdam’, is no exception. When Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington are just the tip of the casting iceberg, you know you’re in for an acting treat.

    Described as a ‘romantic crime epic’, Russell’s first film since 2015’s ‘Joy’ is a blend of fact and fiction as three close friends find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history.

    Bale, Robbie and Washington are those three friends, a doctor, a nurse and an attorney who meet in Belgium and form a strong bond. When they witness a murder, Bale’s Burt is accused of the crime and will need help from his buddies and others to clear his name. Beyond that, the story is mostly a mystery, though largely seems to be an excuse for Russell – who wrote the script as well as directing – to indulge in some quirky caper goodness.

    It kicks off with the central trio wheeling a dead guy into a funeral home. “You have a dead white man in a box,” Chris Rock’s character says at the start of the trailer. “Not even a casket. It doesn’t even have a top on it.” As he wheels the container away, he laments: “Who do you think is going to get in trouble here?”

    Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    (L-R): Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

    The trio sets out to find someone, anyone (starting with Robert De Niro’s character, a friend of the victim who was killed “because of something monstrous he had seen”) to help them uncover the truth. Along the way, there are encounters with all sorts of odd characters and a quick-acting version of infamous painkiller morphine.

    There are shades of TV’s ‘Fargo’ here (not least thanks to the presence of Rock, who starred in the show’s most recent season), but the big appeal is in the astonishingly stacked cast that the director has rounded up.

    Bale, of course, is a repeat Russell collaborator, having appeared in ‘American Hustle’ and ‘The Fighter’, though he’s trumped by De Niro, who marks his fourth role in a movie for the director.

    Alongside the veterans, there is a batch of actors who make their Russell debuts for the sprawling ensemble of ‘Amsterdam’. Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matthias Schoenaerts, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldaña, Rami Malek and even Taylor Swift showed up for this one (we’re hoping the latter had a good time shooting the movie, or there will be a very critical, well-written song in Russell’s future).

    ‘Amsterdam’ will make its way into theaters on November 4th.

    Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    (L-R): Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    (L-R): Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Rami Malek, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Margot Robbie in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    (L-R): Rami Malek, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Margot Robbie in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Zoe Saldana in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    Zoe Saldana in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Robert De Niro in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    Robert De Niro in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
    Christian Bale and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios' 'Amsterdam.'
    (L-R): Christian Bale and John David Washington in 20th Century Studios’ ‘Amsterdam.’ Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Kenneth Branagh Added to Oppenheimer

    Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in 'Oppenheimer' written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
    Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in ‘Oppenheimer’ written and directed by Christopher Nolan.

    At this point, if you wrote up a list of people who aren’t in the cast for Christopher Nolan’s new film ‘Oppenheimer’, that inventory would be shorter than rounding up who is in it. And, even with cameras now rolling on the atomic bomb drama, Nolan isn’t finished adding people, with Kenneth Branagh, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz and Michael Angarano.

    On the heels of the latest casting news comes a first look at the movie – or at least the man playing the title character – Cillian Murphy is seen here sporting a hat and cigarette as Robert Oppenheimer, one of the scientists behind the bomb.

    Nolan here is adapting the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’ by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. It chronicles how he was part of the infamous Manhattan Project and played a key role in the creation of atomic weapons, yet later came to have complicated feelings about their deadly power. He lobbied for international control of nuclear power and opposed the creation of the even more destructive hydrogen bomb.

    Emily Blunt is playing his wife, biologist, and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, with Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project and Robert Downey, Jr. as Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

    Florence Pugh will portray psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, who turns out to have a hidden agenda, while Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller. Michael Angarano is physicist Robert Serber and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.

    Also among the cast? Rami Malek, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Dylan Arnold,
    Olli Haaskivi and Matthew Modine, but their characters have yet to be announced.

    Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in 'Death on the Nile.' Photo Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.
    Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in ‘Death on the Nile.’ Photo Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.

    We also don’t know who Branagh will be playing, but this marks his third time working with the director, after ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Tenet’. Still, the award for Most Frequent Collaborator surely goes to Murphy, who appears in ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, ‘Inception’ and ‘Dunkirk’.

    ‘Oppenheimer’ sees Nolan tackling a historical subject again, and one that surely offers the opportunity for plenty of his terse dialogue and large-canvas visions. It won’t surprise you to learn that it’ll be shot and released on 65mm IMAX and large-format film. Providing the beautiful footage is another repeat Nolan colleague, director of photography Hoyte Van Hoytema, while composer Ludwig Göransson returns after scoring ‘Tenet’. A pulse-pounding thriller with high stakes certainly feels like it could work well for Nolan.

    For the first time in several movies, this won’t be released by Warner Bros. Following the less-than gigantic (partly because of its slot during the pandemic) box office for ‘Tenet’, Nolan and producing partner Emma Thomas opened this one up to rival studios, with Universal winning the rights to distribute, handing down a July 21, 2023 theatrical release date.

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  • Meet Safin, 007’s unsettling new foe in ‘No Time to Die’

    Meet Safin, 007’s unsettling new foe in ‘No Time to Die’

    James Bond has had no shortage of iconic villains over the years, and ‘No Time to Die’ actor Rami Malek and director Cary Joji Fukunaga are planning that Malek’s Safin will be one for the ages. In this interview, they discuss Malek’s intention to make Safin “unsettling,” and how Safin’s ruthlessness makes him a formidable adversary for 007.

    ‘No Time to Die’ is scheduled to open theatrically November 20.

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  • Trailer for Final Season of ‘Mr. Robot’ Promises a Very Bloody Christmas

    Trailer for Final Season of ‘Mr. Robot’ Promises a Very Bloody Christmas

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    The first trailer for the fourth (and final) season of “Mr. Robot” makes it clear that happy endings are not likely for this dark drama.

    Against a Christmas backdrop (and a brooding version of “Silent Night”), Elliot (Rami Malek) says, “We need to go back to work,” even though he’s warned, “You go down this path, it’ll never end.”

    (We Shazamed the music from the trailer for you: It’s “Silent Night, Dark Piano Version” by Myuu.)

    There’s drugs, a bloody smashed phone, at least one body bag and Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) and Elliot standing in front of might may very well be a funeral pyre.

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    Season 4 will premiere Sunday, October 6 on USA.

    The “Mr. Robot” Twitter account shared this image earlier today with the phrase, “Keep your eyes open. Something is coming.”

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  • Rami Malek Demanded His ‘Bond 25’ Villain Not Reflect Any Religion or Ideology

    Rami Malek Demanded His ‘Bond 25’ Villain Not Reflect Any Religion or Ideology

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    Before Oscar winner Rami Malek signed on to be the main villain in“Bond 25,” he had one dealbreaker: He didn’t want his character to have any religious or ideological affiliation.

    Malek, who is of Egyptian descent, told director Cary Joji Fukunaga that he didn’t want to play any kind of fundamentalist.

    “I said, ‘We cannot identify him with any act of terrorism reflecting an ideology or religion,’” Malek told the U.K.’s Daily Mirror.

    “‘That’s not something I would entertain, so if that is why I am your choice, then you can count me out.’”

    Fukunaga accommodated the actor, who won the Best Actor Oscar for portraying Freddie Mercury in last year’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

    “But that was clearly not his vision,” Malek continued. “So he’s a very different kind of terrorist.”

    Not much is known about his villain, though the “Mr. Robot” star called him a “great character.”

    Filming has begun on the movie, which is Daniel Craig‘s last outing as 007.

    “Bond 25” opens in theaters April 6, 2020.

  • Rami Malek in Talks to Star Opposite Denzel Washington in ‘Little Things’

    Rami Malek in Talks to Star Opposite Denzel Washington in ‘Little Things’

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    After his Oscar-winning turn as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Rami Malek is once again set to rock the big screen, this time across from another A-list, award-winning talent.

    Deadline has the scoop that Malek is in talks to co-star in the crime drama “Little Things” opposite acting legend — and fellow Oscar winner — Denzel Washington. Here’s the scoop on the film’s plot, per the trade:

    Malek is making a deal to play a sharp young detective who teams with a seen-it-all deputy sheriff [Washinton] on the hunt for a serial killer. The sheriff has a nose for the “little things” that are helpful in putting clues together, but he’s got baggage and a willingness to cut corners that bristles with his younger partners.

    Filmmaker John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side,” “Saving Mr. Banks“) wrote the script for “Little Things,” and is also directing. Production is expected to start in September.

    This is Malek’s second high-profile project in the works post-Oscar, following his casting as the as-yet-unnamed villain in the as-yet-unnamed upcoming “Bond 25” flick, directed by Cary Fukunaga. That film is currently slated for release in early 2020.

    [via: Deadline]

  • ‘Mr. Robot’ Final Season Will Be Like ‘One Very Long Christmas Special’

    ‘Mr. Robot’ Final Season Will Be Like ‘One Very Long Christmas Special’

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    The final season of “Mr. Robot” is incorporating a hack from British television.

    Creator Sam Esmail revealed the structure for Season 4 during a panel at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’ll follow Oscar winner Rami Malek’s Elliot Anderson during the most wonderful time of the year — Christmas.

    “Is anybody here a fan of British television?” he asked. “Typically how [British shows] wrap up series, like the British ‘Office,’ you tend to do a Christmas special.

    “So the final season of ‘Mr. Robot’ is one very long Christmas special that will last about a week over Christmas of 2015.”

    Yes, 2015. That is the year the USA drama first premiered and the timeline within the show hasn’t moved forward much. So, that means the 2016 presidential election hasn’t happened, Donald Trump isn’t in the White House, and Russia’s hacking of the election is yet unknown.

    Esmail said keeping the story in 2016 is intentional.

    “The tagline for the first season was, ‘Our democracy has been hacked.’ A year later it happens,” Esmail noted. “In the writer’s room [for Season 4], we’re continuing to let current events inspire us, and that’s what feels relevant.”

    He continued, “The show is still set in 2015 for this reason. The technology will always look dated, but we specifically said, this is about 2015, so it’s almost like a period piece for current day.”

  • Bond 25 Officially Reveals Cast, But Still No Title

    Bond 25 Officially Reveals Cast, But Still No Title

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    Bond 25 made a big announcement Thursday from Jamaica, the iconic location for previous 007 films “Dr No” and “Live and Let Die,” and the home to Ian Fleming’s GoldenEye estate, where he wrote all the novels (and which inspired the name for Pierce Brosnan‘s inaugural Bond outing, 1995’s “GoldenEye“).

    But that announcement did not include the upcoming movie’s title. Instead, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson together with director Cary Joji Fukanaga unveiled the official cast lineup and teased the plot.

    Joining Daniel Craig in his fifth and final outing as James Bond is Oscar winner Rami Malek, who will play the main villain. Malek made a short, weird video about joining the venerable franchise.

    Ben Whishaw is back as Q, as is Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes as M.

    Léa Seydoux is also on board to reprise her role as Dr. Madelaine Swann from “Spectre.” Also returning from that movie is Rory Kinnear as MI6 chief of staff Bill Tanner.

    Jeffrey Wright returns from “Casino Royale” and “Quantum Solace” as CIA agent Felix Leiter.

    Newcomers include Ana de Armas (“Blade Runner 2049”), Billy Magnussen (“Into the Woods”), Dali Benssalah, Lashana Lynch (“Captain Marvel”) and David Dencik (“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”).

    The producers also confirmed that Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of “Killing Eve” and “Fleabag,” has joined as a writer. She joins series mainstays Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, as well as Scott Z. Burns. (This also marks confirmation that the production is not using the script devised by Danny Boyle and John Hodge.)

    Broccoli said the film starts in Jamaica, where “Bond is not on active service, he is enjoying himself. We’ve got quite a ride in store for him.”

    His peaceful retirement is interrupted when Felix Leiter shows up asking for help. But the mission, to rescue a kidnapped scientist, turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with a dangerous new technology.

    Bond 25 is slated for release April 8, 2020.

  • Director Bryan Singer Celebrates ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Golden Globes Win, Despite Being Persona Non Grata

    Director Bryan Singer Celebrates ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Golden Globes Win, Despite Being Persona Non Grata

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    One of the key players in making “Bohemian Rhapsody” was completely ignored Sunday night when the movie won the Golden Globe for Best Picture – Drama.

    Fired director Bryan Singer did not attend the ceremony nor was he mentioned by either executive producer Graham King or Best Actor winner Rami Malek.

    But Singer is still credited as the movie’s official director, despite leaving the project mid-way through filming. That didn’t stop him from joining the celebration on Instagram.

    He posted a photo of himself sitting in a director’s chair on set, with the caption: “What an honor. Thank you.”

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    Singer was fired from the Freddie Mercury biopic in December 2017, reportedly because he was often absent from the set and clashed with star Malek — though his official statement upon leaving the project claimed he was dealing with a parent’s health problems. Singer has also been accused of sexual misconduct several times in the past.

    He was replaced by Dexter Fletcher with just weeks of filming left. Directors Guild of America rules state that only one director can be credited on a film (unless it’s an established partnership), and Singer was deemed to be that person.

    Neither Graham nor Malek mentioned Singer in their acceptance speeches and also avoided talking about the director backstage with reporters.

    “The one thing we needed to do was celebrate Freddie Mercury in this film,” Malek said in response to a Singer-related question. “Nothing was going to compromise us and giving him the love and celebration he deserves.”

  • 2019 Golden Globes: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Best Drama Movie, Rami Malek Wins Best Actor

    2019 Golden Globes: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Best Drama Movie, Rami Malek Wins Best Actor

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    “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic chronicling the rise of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen, won Best Motion Picture – Drama at the 2019 Golden Globes.

    The big win was preceded by Rami Malek winning Best Actor – Drama for his performance as Mercury.

    Malek thanked surviving Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor, but saved his biggest praise for Mercury. “Thank you to Freddie Mercury for giving me the joy of a lifetime. I love you, you beautiful man. This is for and because of you, gorgeous.”

    In the acceptance speech for Best Drama Movie, executive producer Graham King made a special call-out to Malek for his “unbelievable” performance. Lastly, he said, “And finally to Freddie Mercury, thank you for showing us the power of embracing your true self.”

    Notably absent and unmentioned was initial director Bryan Singer, who departed the project under a cloud of rumors about poor behavior on set. He was replaced by Dexter Fletcher, though Singer still received the directing credit on the film.