4 Upvote 'Day of the Jackal' Actor Michael Lonsdale Dies at 89 - Variety variety.com/2020/film/global/mich...

French actor Michael Lonsdale, who was known internationally for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film “Moonraker” and detective Claude Lebel in “The Day of the Jackal,” has died. He was 89.



AFP confirmed news of the actor’s death, via his agent, on Monday.



Lonsdale won France’s Cesar for best supporting actor in 2011 for his role in Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men.” His performance in “The Day of the Jackal” earned him a supporting actor BAFTA nomination.



2 Upvote Ron Cobb, 'Back to the Future' DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83 www.thewrap.com/ron-cobb-back-to-...

Cartoonist turned production designer Ron Cobb, best known for coming up the initial design of DeLorean time travel machine from “Back to the Future” has died, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Cobb was 83.



Cobb died on Monday, his birthday, of Lewy body dementia in Sydney, according to his wife of 48 years, Robin Love.



2 Upvote Box Office: Tenet Slumps to $4.7 Mil Domestic, Passes $250 Mil Global | Collider collider.com/tenet-weekend-box-of...

Warner Bros. Tenet continues to trend downward at the domestic box office as it closes out another week in theaters. It was revealed last weekend (thanks to some quick numbers-crunching) that director Christopher Nolan‘s latest had earned a mere $9.5 million in its three-day Labor Day opening weekend and dropped down to $6.7 million by its second weekend. ... With crucial U.S. markets closed, including 80% of the Los Angeles market, Tenet‘s domestic box office slump continues with another stunning dip.

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2 Upvote China Box Office: 'Mulan' Defeated by 'The Eight Hundred' - Variety variety.com/2020/film/news/disney...

Disney’s “Mulan” made only $6.47 million over its second weekend in China, allowing it to be handily defeated once again by the local war epic “The Eight Hundred,” according to data from industry tracker Maoyan.



As of Sunday evening, the Disney title has earned a cumulative $36.5 million (RMB 247 million) in the key territory. ... But “The Eight Hundred” led the Chinese box office by more than tripling those earnings, despite already being a month into its theatrical run.

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1 Upvote Of Course, The Internet Has Thoughts On Robert Pattinson’s Accent In The Devil All The Time - CINEMA... www.cinemablend.com/news/2555093/...

The Devil All The Time is the kind of movie that is designed to inspire debate. A Southern gothic story in every sense, it tackles religion, sex, death, and makes you think twice about good and evil. It also features one of the most hotly debated actors in recent years, Robert Pattinson. So it makes sense that one of the biggest topics of debate when the movie hit Netflix this week was his performance -- more specifically, his accent.



4 Upvote Ernie Orsatti Dies: Famed Stuntman With Memorable Fall Was 80 – Deadline deadline.com/2020/09/ernie-orsatt...

Ernie F. Orsatti, best known for his unforgettable fall through a glass skylight in the 1972 movie The Poseidon Adventure, has died. He was 80 and passed Sept. 12 in La Quinta, Calif. from a hemorrhagic stroke, his son, Noon Orsatti, confirmed.



Ernie Orsatti was born in Beverly Hills on Feb. 13, 1940, to opera singer Inez Gorman and Ernie R. ... Orsatti, a former professional baseball player and double for Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924). The younger Orsatti became a model and competitive swimmer before breaking into show business with appearances in the 1968 film The Acid Eaters and in The Green Berets, starring John Wayne.

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3 Upvote 'Croods' Sequel Moves Forward to November - Variety variety.com/2020/film/news/croods...

Universal Pictures is moving the domestic release of animated comedy “The Croods: A New Age” forward by a month, from Dec. 23 to Nov. 25 — the start of the Thanksgiving holiday.



That sets the sequel five days after the release of Pixar’s existential toon “Soul.” Variety first reported on Monday that Disney is exploring various release options for “Soul” — still scheduled to launch on Nov. ... 20 — including possibly debuting it on Disney Plus. Disney will also likely delay “Black Widow,” the Marvel superhero adventure slated to open on Nov. 6.

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2 Upvote ‘Concrete Cowboy’ Review: Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin – Deadline deadline.com/2020/09/concrete-cow...

Concrete Cowboy is about a different kind of urban cowboy — in this case, an outcast Black teenager who finds an unlikely home amongst a group of horse aficionados in a Philadelphia ghetto. Nicely acted and sympathetic in every way, Ricky Staub’s directorial debut has nonetheless bridled himself with an entirely on-the-nose scenario that spells everything out and deals with all issues at hand in a very predictable way.



2 Upvote Jonathan Majors Tapped to Play Villain Kang the Conquerer in Next Ant-Man Film www.cnet.com/news/jonathan-majors...

Jonathan Majors, who's currently starring as Atticus Freeman in HBO's Lovecraft Country, reportedly is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On Monday, Deadline reported Majors has been cast in a major role in the next Ant-Man movie, citing sources saying he'll play super villain Kang the Conqueror. Representatives for Majors did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The MCU is a big place, and the rights to use its characters in films are not all the same. Back in 2017, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn noted that 20th Century Fox owned the movie rights for Kang the Conquerer.



The first Ant-Man movie came out in 2015, with a sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, out in 2018. There's no official title or much plot information known yet for Ant-Man 3, but as of 2019, pre-coronavirus outbreak, there were reports of a 2022 scheduled release. Paul Rudd is expected to return as Ant-Man, aka Scott Lang.



Kang the Conquerer has a storied history in Marvel comics, where he first appeared in 1964, and frequently fought the Avengers. In 2009, IGN named him No. 65 on the site's list of the top 100 comic book villains of all time. His real name is Nathaniel Richards, and he's a time traveler from the 31st century who's likely related to the Fantastic Four's leader, Reed Richards.

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1 Upvote Ryan Murphy, Netflix's 'The Prom' Sets Release Date - Variety variety.com/2020/film/news/the-pr...

It’s time to go to prom later this year.



Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix adaptation of “The Prom” will release on Dec. 11, the acclaimed creator announced on Instagram on Sunday.



“On December 11, let Netflix take you to the Prom you didn’t get this year,” Murphy wrote on Instagram with a flashy sign highlighting its star-studded cast including Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman and Kerry Washington.

