On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (Tuesday, June 19th, 2018) Mark Ellis, Mark Reilly and John Rocha discuss the following:
-Will Ant-Man and the Wasp Be Successful Without a Connection to Infinity War?
-Sam Mendes to Next Direct WWI Film ‘1917’ for Spielberg’s Amblin
-Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic Project Sets Up At Paramount Pictures
-Netflix Making Deals: Will Ferrell To Star In ‘Eurovision’ / Black Panther Co-writer Joe Robert Cole Will Make Directorial Debut with All Day and a Night
-Dr. Dre Is Making a Movie About Marvin Gaye
-Live Twitter Questions
A brand new TV spot for Peyton Reed‘s Ant-Man and the Wasp has landed online, teasing the lack of connection Ant-Man had for the previous Infinity War. With tickets also going on sale at the same time over at Fandango. With Perri Nemiroff doing an extensive set visit in which the producers only said the timeline seems to take place after Civil War. With that said, will the lack of Infinity War connections affect the box office for Ant-Man and the Wasp?
Deadline reports that Oscar-winning Skyfall and American Beauty filmmaker Sam Mendes will direct and co-write the World War I film 1917 for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, with Universal Pictures distributing. The logline for 1917 is being kept under wraps, but Spielberg describes the project as “hugely daring” and “ambitious.”
Deadline reports that the biopic about Sammy Davis, Jr. has been set up at Paramount Pictures with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, where he has his overall deal. The project is on the fast track and will soon look to hire a writer and a director to make the feature film about the dancer-singer-actor-musician to becoming a reality.
THR reports that Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole will helm All Day and a Night, a drama for Netflix. Cole wrote the script for the project and is described as set in three parallel narratives that follows a young criminal after his arrival in prison as he looks back on the days preceding his arrest and the circumstances of his childhood to find clues to his way forward in life and his survival. Deadline also dropped more news about Netflix, revealing that Will Ferrell has signed on to star in Eurovision, a movie based on the wildly popular and long running international TV music competition The Eurovision Song Contest.
Variety reports that Dr. Dre is making a movie about Marvin Gaye. The rapper is in the early stages of getting the project off the ground; securing the rights to use Gaye’s music. Multiple attempts were made to give Gaye the biopic treatment. The singer behind hits “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing,” and “Let’s Get It On” was one of Motown’s most successful artists before he was fatally shot in 1984 at age 44 by his father following a family dispute in their Los Angeles home.
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