After two Palme d’Or wins, it feels like Ruben Östlund can make a movie about whatever the hell he wants with whatever actors he chooses. And for his new film, “The Entertainment System is Down,” it appears he’s doing just that.
07.05.2024 - 21:05 / nypost.com
acclaimed nice guy and lover of age-appropriate women, Keanu Reeves, revealed he’d be game for reprising his role as Jack Traven in a third installment of the action franchise. During a joint interview on the “50 MPH” podcast, Reeves and his “Speed” co-star Sandra Bullock discussed the possibility of joining forces for “Speed 3.”Reeves confidently noted, “We’d freakin’ knock it out of the park.”The original “Speed,” directed by Jan de Bont, was released in 1993 and grossed $350 million worldwide. The film’s success is owed in no small part to the obvious chemistry between the pair, both 59.Bullock likens their onscreen sizzle to foreplay.“We didn’t really look at each other in this movie except for maybe three or four times, because we were constantly battling the elements.
And I think that’s what made it so electric, too … you want them to connect. That was a really clever setup, to sort of keep people apart. Foreplay, I guess.”Reeves originally turned down the role of Jack but reconsidered when the script was revised.
Bullock was less discerning. “I was just looking for a job,” she joked, “What was I going to say? No? Yes! It was all yes.”Bullock recalls she wasn’t the first pick to play Annie.“I wasn’t the second choice. I don’t think I was the third choice.
But I was a choice, and I was so excited and happy to be there. Some of the best moments of my life, I wasn’t the first choice,” she said. “I had the best time and I was allowed to be who I thought Annie should be.
After two Palme d’Or wins, it feels like Ruben Östlund can make a movie about whatever the hell he wants with whatever actors he chooses. And for his new film, “The Entertainment System is Down,” it appears he’s doing just that.
Manchester United will be looking for a result against Newcastle tonight and hoping to avoid three defeats on the spin.
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) is now confirmed for Ruben Östlund’s anticipated upcoming film The Entertainment System Is Down and we can reveal that he’ll be joined in the cast by Kirsten Dunst (Civil War) and Daniel Brühl (Rush).
Fans say they have spotted the moment Tyson Fury fell in love with his wife Paris 'all over again' as he prepares to take on his next opponent in the ring. Paris will no doubt be ringside this weekend in Saudi Arabia when her husband faces Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh on Saturday (May 18).
Keanu Reeves is hard at work on his upcoming movie Outcome!
DJ Joel Corry has teased that new music is on the way and has revealed that he’s been in the studio with Kylie Minogue. Joel, who is dating former Love Island star Coco Lodge, opened up about his music career while at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards in London on Sunday, 12 May and shared how despite spending a lot of this year away on tour, he has been busy working on new music in the studio. “I haven't been watching TV at all this year – I spend all my time away on tour.
“Baby Reindeer” fan Miranda Cosgrove revealed she went through something similar in real life. The “iCarly” star, 30, had a stalker eight years ago who lit himself on fire and fatally shot himself in her yard, she revealed in an interview with Bustle published Friday. The stalker previously shot at a woman who resembled the actress and drove near Cosgrove’s house.
Selena Kuznikov Light up the Bat-Signal! Prime Video‘s animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader” will premiere Aug. 1. The streamer will release all 10 episodes of the first season.
A young star has been announced to play Dora in a new live-action movie – Just Jared Jr Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves want to work together again – Celebitchy Here’s how Willow Smith fueled creativity on her new album – Popsugar A new trailer for Despicable Me 4 has been revealed! – Just Jared Jr
There are not many franchises that have a steeper drop off in quality than “Speed.” The first film is a fun, somewhat silly romp that boosted the star power of both Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. The second film, “Speed 2: Cruise Control,” is, well, not good.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Keanu Reeves is more than confident that he and Sandra Bullock could pull off a third “Speed” movie. Jan de Bont’s action thriller “Speed” became the fourth highest-grossing movie of 1994 with $350 million worldwide, largely in part to the sizzling chemistry between Reeves and Bullock. The film turned the two actors into one of the decade’s iconic screen duos, and they reunited onscreen in 2006 for the romance drama “The Lake House.” During a joint interview on the “50 MPH” podcast, Reeves had this to say about “Speed 3”: “I mean, you know — we’d freakin’ knock it out of the park.” “There’s no formula.
A father's diet plays a key role in their children's health even before they've been conceived, according to a new study.
Keanu Reeves is the big star of The Matrix franchise and his salaries for some of the movies have been revealed.
Lindsay Lohan left quite an impression on Dennis Quaid when the two worked together on "The Parent Trap." During a recent interview with People, Quaid played the game Drawing from Memory, during which he was challenged to answer questions with a drawing. When asked to draw the infamous torn picture of him and Natasha Richardson that Lohan's characters carry around in the film, he couldn't help but praise the actress.
Jet‘s Nic Cester has revealed that he had auditioned to be in AC/DC before they hired Guns N’ Roses‘ Axl Rose.The Jet frontman – known for their hits such as ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’ and ‘Cold Hard Bitch’ – opened up about the opportunity to possibly take on frontman duties for the legendary Australian rock band.While appearing as a guest on Australian radio station Triple J, Cester shared that he received a call to audition for AC/DC after singer Brian Johnson had to step away from the band due to hearing issues.“I was staying with my in-laws and I got up in the morning and read the paper and it said that Brian Johnson was not in the band anymore,” Cester told Triple J.He continued: “I remember saying to my father-in-law, ‘Holy shit, you would not want to step into those shoes,’ and literally 20 minutes later my phone rang and they’re saying, ‘Would you be interested in going to Atlanta, Georgia to audition and potentially fill in for this next round of dates that we’ve got?’”The singer went on to add that he was thinking of saying yes “just for the life experience,” explaining that he wasn’t really expecting to get the gig anyway but thought: “‘How could I turn this opportunity down?’”Cester is no stranger to performing AC/DC tracks.
Ozzy Osbourne is not shying away from talking about his health. The British rock star, 75, revealed on his SiriusXM show that he’s undergoing stem cell therapy amid his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.“I’ve just come back from the doctor after having some stem cells put in me,” Osbourne told his co-host Billy Morrison on the latest episode of “Ozzy Speaks.”He continued, “The thing is, you have it, and you go, ‘I don’t feel that great,’ but I don’t know what it would be like if I didn’t have it.”Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2003.
Anitta reflected on growing up in the Brazilian favelas and breaking the “rules” to achieve her dreams at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime event on Thursday, held at New York’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The Brazilian superstar accepted her award from Bruna Marquezine, who celebrated Anitta’s “authenticity and fiery passion for music.” “You are an agent of change — a true ambassador of our culture around the world,” Marquezine said.
EXCLUSIVE: Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger are embarking on a quest to find the origins of human creativity, which will be chronicled in a docuseries for Roku. The friends, longtime collaborators and Arch Motorcycle co-founders are headlining and executive producing the series, tentatively titled The Arch Project.
One Direction turned Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik into household names, but the former boy banders have found just as much success as solo acts.
In a matter of days, The Prince and Princess of Wales will celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary. While this is impressive enough, the couple have been in one another's lives for more than twenty years. Very few of us need reminding that the royal couple met when they were both students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2001.