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How Resident Evil Made Zach Cregger the Director Jennifer Lawrence Trusts
Zach Cregger turned Resident Evil into another hit without simply copying the games. Now Jennifer Lawrence is joining his original sci-fi movie The Flood, and suddenly his strange career trajectory makes perfect sense.
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Why kids’ movies suddenly feel more occult — and what Forgotten Island adds
Kids have always had witches, demons, gods and monsters. So why does family entertainment suddenly feel so comfortable with the occult? Before taking my kid to see Forgotten Island, I wanted to figure out what has actually changed.
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George Lucas Had Three More Star Wars Movies? George, You Cannot Tell Me This Now
George Lucas says he walked away from filmmaking with three more Star Wars movies still in mind. For anyone still recovering from The Rise of Skywalker, that’s one hell of a thing to casually mention.
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Amazon Just Made YA Its Own Power Center at Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios has named Carina Walker its new Head of Young Adult programming, formalizing a strategy already producing some of Prime Video’s biggest recent hits. The move shows just how seriously Amazon is taking YA, romance and book-driven fandom.
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Tim Curry, legendary actor from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 80
Tim Curry, the actor who originated Dr. Frank‑N‑Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and played roles in Clue, It and Home Alone 2, has died at 80. A look at his career and cultural legacy.
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Judd Apatow Knew Norm Macdonald for 30 Years. He’s Still Trying to Figure Him Out
Judd Apatow knew Norm Macdonald for decades without ever pretending he completely understood him. Now his new Netflix documentary is built almost entirely from the footage, stories and strange little pieces Norm left behind.
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Dolly Parton, One of America’s Most Beloved Entertainers, Dies at 80
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose six-decade career grew into something much bigger than country music, has died at 80.
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Ali G Got Too Famous to Work. Twenty Years Later, That Might Be Why He Works Again
Sacha Baron Cohen once retired Ali G because the character had become too famous to fool anyone. Nearly 20 years later, Ali G: Who Iz I? is putting him back in front of unsuspecting people, and time may have finally made the joke work again.
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Saoirse Ronan Is “Dead Serious” About Playing a Bond Villain. The Timing Is Better Than Ever
Saoirse Ronan has spent years saying she wants to play a Bond villain. Now, with Amazon MGM rebuilding 007 around Denis Villeneuve and Steven Knight, her pitch suddenly feels a lot more interesting.
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Johnny Depp Is Back? What a Possible Pirates Return Reveals About Hollywood’s Identity Crisis
Johnny Depp may be heading back to Pirates of the Caribbean, just as Paramount considers whether its future belongs in Hollywood at all. Jerry Bruckheimer’s latest comments reveal an industry trying to revive its old magic while everything behind it keeps changing.
