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‘Mission Impossible 5’ Release Moved Up to July!

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In a surprising move, Paramount Pictures announced today that it would be moving up the release of the latest installment into the Mission Impossible franchise titled Mission Impossible 5 from it’s original December 25, 2015 date to July 31, 2015!

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher), the films reunites the director with Tom Cruise, who returns to the role of Ethan Hunt. The film also sees the return of stars Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames to their previous Mission Impossible roles and welcomes newcomers Alec Baldwin, Simon McBurney, and Rebecca Ferguson. Screenplay was written by Will Staples and Drew Pearce. 

No plot details for Mission: Impossible 5 have, as of yet, been released. Check back with Reel News Daily for the latest updates

Fox Unleashes ‘The Fantastic Four’ Trailer

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the-fantastic-four-2015-why-miles-teller-thinks-we-re-going-to-love-it-the-new-cast-for-f4Featuring a complete retelling of Marvel’s “First Family’s” origin story, the movie has receive worldwide criticism before frame one has been seen, now it appears that the internet has the fuel for it’s fire. 20th Century Fox has debuted a teaser trailer for the upcoming Fantastic Four! You can check it out below. Read More →

Boyhood Q&A: Richard Linklater & Ellar Coltrane in conversation with Ira Glass

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boyhood8Can’t get enough of Boyhood? Check out this Q&A hosted by The American Life auteur, Ira Glass.

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Want a piece of HBO history? Boardwalk Empire goes up for bid!

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BWELogoLiterally 100’s of Boardwalk Empire props, costumes, and vintage set pieces are up for bid right now. You could get your hands on Richard Harrow’s iconic mask. Maybe Nucky Thompson was for favorite character? His opening credits suit is on the block. Check out the auction at ScreenBid. Let us know if you score a piece of HBO history and we’ll feature you on the site! Good Luck! Read More →

Liz’s Review: Jennifer Aniston is devastatingly delicious in ‘CAKE’

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CakePosterImagine a scenario where you’ve lost everything you hold dear in life: spouse, career,  friends, stability, sense of self and, perhaps, even your soul. How would you live day to day? Now forget “live”, and replace it “survive”. CAKE is a film that tackles a profound sense of loss and the tremendous possibility that this may be impossible. Read More →

Liz’s Review: ‘SONG ONE’ plays well

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Nothing quite captures New York City like it’s sound scrape. The roaring of a passing subway train. The chatter in a coffee house. The songs heard on the streets by the immense talent that envelopes themselves in the starving artist community that creates the fabric of this magical place.  SONG ONE is a beautiful ode to this city. Read More →

CBS Has Found Their Supergirl!

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Well…it’s official! Melissa Benoist (Glee, Whiplash) has been hired to play the DC comics character according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More →

Milla Jovovich Set for ‘Resident Evil- The Final Chapter’

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After announcing the birth of her second child with husband/director Paul W.S. Anderson, the future of the Resident Evil franchise was put on hold by Screen Gems, but word comes that the delay may be short lived. Milla has taken to social media with word that she is already preparing to return as Alice and the movie plans to shoot in August. Read More →

New Comedy Series on Netflix – The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

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unnamed (1)From “30 Rock” executive producers, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comes this hilarious new comedy series starring Ellie Kemper (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”) as a woman who is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over as a nanny for an Upper East Side socialite (Jane Krakowski from “30 Rock”) in New York City. Armed with just a backpack, light-up sneakers and a couple way-past-due library books, she takes on a world she didn’t think even existed anymore. http://www.netflix.com

All thirteen episodes will premiere on March 6, 2015 at 12:01am PT exclusively on Netflix. Read More →

New Trailer: Selma Hayek as a Femme Fatale in ‘Everly’

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Salma Hayek takes no prisoners in this action packed thriller as a femme fatale unleashing the ultimate vengeance against a sadistic mob boss and his army of assassins. Read More →

[UPDATED] MORE Additional New Cities Offering Free SELMA Tickets to Students

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[ADDED 1/21 ] CHARLOTTE, HOUSTON, STOCKTON, CA AND CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL ARE THE LATEST CITIES TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO BRING “SELMA” TO STUDENTS

An additional 12 locations have joined the growing movement lead by African-American business leaders to raise funds for students across the country to see the Academy Award®-nominated film “SELMA,” expanding the first-of-its-kind campaign to 25 locations nationwide.  http://selmastudenttickets.com/ 

Due to the generous contributions by so many of the country’s most prominent African-American business leaders, more than 275,000 middle and high school students across the U.S. will experience the critically acclaimed film for free at participating theaters while supplies last.

[ADDED 1/16] The new locations joining the movement are Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Central Florida/Orlando, Connecticut, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Montgomery, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, and St. Louis.

“Paramount Pictures is extremely proud of this film, which is so clearly resonating with audiences young and old,” said Megan Colligan, President, Worldwide Distribution and Marketing, Paramount Pictures. “It’s a testament to the extraordinary talents of Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo and the entire cast and crew that ‘SELMA’ is being celebrated by communities all over the country.” Read More →

‘Boyhood’ Q&A on Yahoo! Livestream Tonight! 10pm EST / 7pm PST

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boyhood q&aDon’t miss Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane on Yahoo! Livestream tomorrow (Wednesday, January 21st – 7:00pm PST/10:00pm EST) for a live Q&A about their remarkable work on BOYHOOD!

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New Trailer: Anthony Hopkins in ‘Kidnapping Mr Heineken’ with Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess & Ryan Kwanten

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Alchemy will release KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN on iTunes/VOD and in theaters March 6, 2015.

In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture–by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam–resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was truly the perfect crime…until they got away with it. Based on a true story, KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN also stars Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess and Ryan Kwanten.  Read More →

New Featurette: Jude Law talks about ‘Black Sea’ & Behind the Scenes on the Submarine

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Jude Law stars as a rogue submarine captain after sunken treasure in the depths of the Black Sea in Focus Features’ upcoming adventure thriller BLACK SEA, directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald. Photo Credit: Alex Bailey / Focus Features.

Jude Law stars as a rogue submarine captain after sunken treasure in the depths of the Black Sea in Focus Features’ upcoming adventure thriller BLACK SEA, directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald.
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I am really looking forward to seeing Jude Law in a role like this. He shattered his “pretty boy” image in Dom Hemingway (which I loved and Liz put on her top 10).

Two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law captains the cast of Black Sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland).

Black Sea centers on a rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

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Gravitas Ventures picks up VOD rights to John Stuart Wildman’s ‘The Ladies of the House’

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Gravitas Ventures announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to John Stuart Wildman’s THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE to be released in April/May on VOD. Featuring a screenplay by Justina Walford and Wildman, the film stars Farah White, Melodie Sisk, Brina Palencia, Samrat Chakrabarti, and Michelle “Belladonna” Sinclair and was produced by White, Wildman, Walford and Adam Dietrich. THE LADIES OF THE HOUSE had its world premiere at last year’s Dallas International Film Festival.

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Watch ‘Holy Rollers’ for FREE on SnagFilms.com

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Inspired by actual events in the late ’90s in which Hasidic Jews were recruited as drug mules, Holy Rollers was a Gotham Award winner and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee in 2010.  On the eve of Sundance 2015, the crime drama, starring Oscar® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me) makes its free VOD debut on January 20, exclusively on SnagFilms,the award-winning social video-viewing platform and 2014 Webby® nominee. It will be available to view online at SnagFilms.com, and all supported devices, including their multi award-winning app. Read More →

Is The Truth Still Out There? The X-Files May Be Returning to TV

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xfilesFox TV Group chairman Gary Newman confirmed this weekend that the network is in talks for a new installment of the wildly popular series The X-Files. The series, created by Chris Carter , and starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, was ended a successful nine year run on the network in 2002. Read More →

Liz’s review: ‘LIFE INSIDE OUT’ and interview with star Maggie Baird

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My mother always encouraged us to have music on in the kitchen. While she baked or did her lesson plans for her art classes, or made dinner. Chicago, Huey Lewis, and Disney soundtracks were blasting in our car rides back and forth to dance lessons, or girl scouts, or my brother’s karate lessons. My mom was a superhero. My mom is still a super hero. If I can be half the mother she is, I will consider myself a lucky woman. In the new film LIFE INSIDE OUT we are privy to the perfect example of how creative mothers reach their children in very different and very special ways. The talented acting/writing team, Maggie Baird and Lori Nasso, bring to life a story of so many mothers who have lost their own identity to raising their children and keeping their families intact. The story comes from Baird’s true life experience with son Finneas O’Connell. When Baird’s husband was forced to take a job that kept him away from the family, it took an emotional toll on then 12 year old Finneas. Once Maggie rediscovers her songwriting roots, Finneas follows suit. Much to everyone’s surprise, Finneas is a bit of a musical prodigy is his own right. Writing his own songs allowed him to creatively process his own angst and bond with Maggie on a new level. Read More →

[UPDATE] Tom Hardy Exits DC’s ‘Suicide Squad’ Movie

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UPDATE: Variety reports that Jake Gyllenhaal has passed on the offer to play Rick Flagg. The search for a Tom Hardy replacement continues.

According to The Wrap actor Tom Hardy has been forced to drop out out of Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment’s upcoming Suicide Squad movie due to scheduling conflict, but word has it that David Ayer has reached out to his End of Watch star Jake Gyllenhaal to replace him. Hardy was slated to play Rick Flagg in the film. Read More →