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Denzel Washington has hinted he'll be stepping away from acting in the next few years. The double Oscar winner made the revelation during an appearance at the American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach, Florida over the weekend (15-16.06.24) during which he opened up about his future plans and insisted he will be spending less time on screen. He explained: "The things that are going on for me professionally behind the camera are as important to me now as in front of the camera. I think there’s less and less time I’ll be spending in front of the camera." During the talk, Denzel also opened up ...
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Tom Cruise gave Dakota Fanning her first mobile phone. The ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor, 61, famed for gifting his pals cakes for special occasions, gave her the present for her 11th birthday after they starred together in 2005’s ‘War of the Worlds’ – and has sent her a gift every year since. She told Harper’s Bazaar in a joint interview with her 47-year-old ‘Ripley’ co-star Andrew Scott about the phone present when they were asked: “Who gave Dakota her first cell phone?” Andrew guessed: “Okay, well it’s going to be some Hollywood icon… Tom Cruise?” Dakota agreed and said Tom had given her a Moto...
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Ice Spice will make her acting debut in 'High and Low'. The 'Barbie World' rapper is set to make a cameo appearance in Spike Lee's English-language adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller of the same name that will star Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera. A24 posted a photo to the social media site X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday (10.04.24) of Lee and Washington with the caption: "No. 5 now in production." 'High and Low' marks the fifth collaboration between actor and filmmaker as they previously worked on the projects 'Inside Man', '...
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Jeffrey Wright is to star in 'High and Low'. The 58-year-old actor is set to join Spike Lee's English-language adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller of the same name alongside Denzel Washington and Ilfenesh Hadera. The original 'High and Low' was loosely based on the 1959 novel 'King's Ransom', written by Evan Hunter under the pen name Ed McBain, and tells the story of a shoe company executive who falls victim to extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom. It is not yet clear if Lee's movie will follow the original storyline, while detai...
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Austin Butler was left with a “lot of turmoil” in his mind in the wake of his mum’s cancer death. The ‘Elvis’ star, 32, was left so devastated when his mother Lori was killed by the disease on 12 September, 2014, aged 50 – a month after his 23rd birthday and following his months as her primary caregiver while she lived with him while fighting the illness. He told the new issue of Esquire about how he took a break from acting as he crumbled with grief: “I had a lot of turmoil in my mind. I needed time to metabolise some of those emotions.” Days after his mother’s funeral, Austin was due on set ...
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The ‘Gladiator’ sequel is reportedly set to resume shooting in Malta on 4 December. Shooting on the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s historical epic was delayed during the actors strike that paralysed Hollywood, but the announcement on 8 November that their SAG-AFTRA union had reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract has enabled studios to move forward on several productions. Sources told Variety the filming schedule for ‘Gladiator 2’ is back on track, with Paramount Pictures due to distribute the sequel globally after an opening date of 22 November 2024. The actors strike lasted ...
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Denzel Washington is to play Hannibal in a new film. The 68-year-old Hollywood legend will reunite with Antoine Fuqua - who directed him in 2001 movie 'Training Day', for which Washington won an Oscar - for the upcoming Netflix production. As well as playing the ancient Carthaginian general - famous for riding an elephant into battle with the Romans - Washington will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie. Hannibal commanded the forces...
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Antoine Fuqua thinks that fans of 'The Equalizer' love seeing Denzel Washington's hero Robert McCall dish out "justice" to bad guys. The 58-year-old director has directed the final installment of the vigilante trilogy and thinks that the Oscar-winning star is the main attraction for those who enjoy the franchise. Antoine told Smallzy's Surgery podcast: "They love seeing Denzel playing Robert McCall. He's an interesting character and people love seeing him deliver justice to bad guys." The latest movie is set in Sicily and Fuqua quipped that he wanted to make the project in a place where he cou...
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Denzel Washington almost turned down 'The Magnificent Seven'. Director Antoine Fuqua - who has worked with the 68-year-old actor on 'The Equalizer' trilogy after first teaming up on 2001's 'Training Day' - admitted selling his collaborator on the 2016 reboot wasn't an easy task. Speaking at Collider's IMAX screening event for 'The Equalizer 3', he remembered opening his pitch with: "So, the sun is coming up. This man on this black horse comes…" Fuqua recalled: "[Washington] goes, ‘Wait, what?’ I said, ‘A man on his horse,’ and Denzel’s like, ‘I’m not gonna get on a horse.’ [Laughs] "I said, ‘N...
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Antoine Fuqua struggled with shooting scenes for 'The Equalizer 3' on the streets of Naples, Italy. The director reunited with regular collaborator Denzel Washington to make the third film in the action series and they shot much of it on location in the Italian city - but Fuqua has admitted the shoot was hampered by bad weather which added to the problems of filming on real city streets. He told The Hollywood Reporter: "Shooting on the streets of Naples in that weather — that was challenging. It’s hard to shoot there ... This last one [movie] was the most difficult one. The streets of Naples a...
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