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It took a long time for the bird to cook on Eli Roth‘s horror hit Thanksgiving, but the second helping is coming fast.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Director Eli Roth is returning for seconds of “Thanksgiving.” He’s cooking up a sequel to his holiday-themed slasher film, with the follow-up set to open theatrically in 2025. It’s unclear if which — if any — any cast members will be back.

EXCLUSIVE: Bombay Berlin Film Productions (BBFP) has revealed that August Diehl has been cast to play the role of German Olympic athlete Otto Peltzer in upcoming biopic The Distant Near. 

BBC drama Boat Story to the works of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers.Created by Jack and Harry Williams (The Tourist), the thriller series follows Janet (Daisy Haggard) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph) who stumble upon a boat filled with cocaine. The pair decide to sell the drugs and split the profits between them, only to find themselves entangled with the police and a gangster known as ‘The Tailor’ (Tcheky Karyo).Other cast members include Joanna Scanlan, Craig Fairbrass and Phil Daniels.After the first episode aired on BBC One on Sunday (November 19), with the full series available on BBC iPlayer, some viewers compared the show’s tone, and violence, to Tarantino’s work.“Thought Boat Story was really good but be warned you need a strong stomach! Bit Tarantinoesque! Good cast as well,” one viewer wrote on X.Another added: “#boatstory tonight on @BBCOne was so good. Very Coen Bros and Tarantinoesque.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian cinema is in the spotlight at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles where the screening series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro,” programmed in partnership with Cinecittà, is currently playing to sold-out audiences. The Oct. 6-Nov.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Thanksgiving,” a cheerfully debased — or maybe I should say de-basted — slasher film directed by Eli Roth, marks the second time that one of the luscious mock trailers from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” has been spun into a feature film. The first such movie, Rodriguez’s “Machete,” worked better than anyone might have expected; it gave Danny Trejo perhaps the best lead role of his career, and it was tasty enough in its high-zooming vengeful action hyperbole to spawn a sequel. Roth’s trailer for “Thanksgiving,” on the other hand, was a bloody perfect, outrageously transgressive parody of the holiday horror genre that had long gone out of style.

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio, paying tribute to the late, revered film composer Ennio Morricone.

Quentin Tarantino‘s Vista Theatre in Los Feliz is opening its doors back up and will celebrate its return with a screening of True Romance.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, which was bought by Quentin Tarantino in 2021, is finally ready to unveil its renovation with a special anniversary screening Saturday of “True Romance” with Tarantino hosting. The theater’s regular programming kicks off Nov. 17 with Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving” in 35mm, followed by Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” in 70mm starting on Nov.

Davide Abbatescianni Comicbook writer Garth Ennis, best known for series such as “Preacher” and “The Boys,” and his nine-year stint at Marvel, is a guest of this week’s Lucca Comics & Games. Ennis, whose current work includes comedy Barbarian strip “Babs,” and the latest instalments of the “Battle Action” and “Punisher” series, spoke about his new book “Partisan,” as well as diverse topics including religion and war. “[In ‘Partisan’], Steve [Epting] and I explored a similar territory to that of ‘Sara.’ It’s about a woman who finds herself caught in the fighting between Russian partisans and the German invaders in Ukraine from 1942 onwards,” Ennis said.

Kim Kardashian, who did a mother-daughter look with North West and a group costume with Khloe Kardashian. However, just when it seemed that the costumes and face makeup were finally put away, on November 1, the SKIMS founder surprised her 364 million followers on Instagram followers with one final costume.A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian)Kim transformed into Salma Hayek’s character, Santanico Pandemonium, from “From Dusk Till Dawn.” In the film, Hayek’s character dances with a long, yellow albino Burmese python, in front of George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino’s character.

Megan Fox has been heavily criticised after she dressed up for Halloween as a character from movie Kill Bill and tagged the SAG-AFTRA official page amid the ongoing strike.

Rosalía wore a swan dress in honour of Björk‘s iconic outfit at the Oscars in 2001, while Billie Eilish dressed up as Jane Fonda in the 1965 film Cat Ballou (see images further below).Adele went as Morticia Addams from The Addams Family while performing at one of her Las Vegas residency shows, while Lizzo marked Halloween with a look honouring the late Tina Turner – also taking a spookier turn as Elvira from the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark.A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating)Lizzo dressed as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark for Halloween. pic.twitter.com/rgU161prvd— Episodes (@episodesent) October 30, 2023Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox recreated character looks from manga series Death Note and on another occasion dressed up as Gogo Yubari and The Bride from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill.Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox as Death Note characters pic.twitter.com/mg3iyXJwK7— Mgk Italia (@mgk__italia) October 29, 2023Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox.

Megan Fox has a message for SAG-AFTRA — but pretty much everyone else has an even stronger message for her!

Megan Fox Sunday after the former “Transformers” star tagged SAG-AFTRA in an Instagram post showing off her and fiancé Machine Gun Kelly‘s “Kill Bill”-inspired Halloween costumes. “What a rebel,” Walter, 60, wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Shannon Lee, daughter of the legendary actor and martial artist Bruce Lee, recently told The Telegraph that she remains unaware why Quentin Tarantino decided to portray her father as “the a-hole” in his 2019 movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Shannon Lee spoke out against the film’s portrayal of Bruce Lee at the time, which led to a highly-publicized back and forth between her and Tarantino in many interviews. “It’s interesting. I actually don’t know,” Shannon says now about the reasoning behind Tarantino’s controversial portrayal of Bruce Lee.

Quentin Tarantino’s depiction of her father in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.In the 2019 film, the late martial artist and actor is depicted as cocky and aggressive towards stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), who proceeds to humiliate him in a fight.At the time, Tarantino defended his depiction of Bruce, saying he was “kind of an arrogant guy” and he “heard him say things” like the lines used in the film.Speaking to The Telegraph, Shannon claimed Tarantino’s depiction of her father comes from the director believing “negative” stories about him.“I’ve never met [Tarantino],” Shannon said. “I don’t know what his issues are with my father.

For many years, Quentin Tarantino has promised he’ll retire after he directs his tenth feature film. And he’s already working on it, although production on “The Film Critic” will delayed as long as the SAG-AFTRA guild strike continues.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director During a recent interview with the Associated Press to promote “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese was asked to weigh in on Quentin Tarantino‘s impending retirement from feature filmmaking. Tarantino has said for many years that he plans to retire after his 10th movie because he wants to leave behind a strong and tightly-curated filmography. Tarantino is now developing his 10th feature, “The Movie Critic,” which he plans to be his last.

Martin Scorsese has shared his thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s planned retirement after his upcoming 10th film.Tarantino has previously said his next film, The Movie Critic, will be his final feature project so he can “go and write novels and cinema literature”.Scorsese commented on the director’s plan during an interview with Associated Press, where he highlighted the differences between them.“He’s a writer,” Scorsese said. “It’s a different thing. I come up with stories.

As a guest on The Playlist’s The Discourse Podcast, Matt Shakman talked about all kinds of topics, including Apple TV+‘s upcoming series “Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters,” which he directs the first two episodes of, his upcoming MCU installment “Fantastic Four,” and more.

Quentin Tarantino has been pictured posing with Israeli troops during what appears to have been a recent visit to an army base in southern Israel, according to the country’s official social media accounts.  

Quentin Tarantino has been pictured at an Israeli army base.The legendary film director made a surprise visit in a bid to boost morale during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza.The official page of Israel War Room, shared the photo on X and wrote: “Legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino visits an Israeli base in southern Israel to boost IDF morale.”Tarantino has been living in Tel Aviv with his Israeli wife Daniella Pick, and their two children for the last two years.#BREAKING: Legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino visits an Israeli base in southern Israel to boost IDF morale pic.twitter.com/Vso6IgQlWa— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 13, 2023The couple previously tied the knot at a small private ceremony in Los Angeles in 2018.Tarantino first met the model in 2009 while he was on promotional duties for Inglorious Basterds, which starred Brad Pitt and Christopher Waltz.His visit comes after Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Mark Hamill and Jamie Lee Curtis were recently among 700 Hollywood figures who signed an open letter voicing their support for Israel amid the ongoing war.Hamas launched an early morning attack on southern Israel last weekend that has since gone on to trigger an Israel-Hamas war.Meanwhile, Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp also recently spoke out against Instagram users for celebrating violence against Israel.Elsewhere U2 frontman Bono paid tribute to more than 260 music fans killed during an Israel festival attack.The attack at the Paralello Universo festival in Re’im, Israel last weekend was carried out by Hamas operatives.The electronic festival reportedly saw rockets hit the site (via CNN) before gunfire opened up on those in attendance soon after at the event.

The New York Comic-Con panel for TriStar and Spyglass’ Eli Roth directed horror movie, Thanksgiving, just canceled. No reason was provided by the studio. A sit-down chat with the genre filmmaker, who was going to show off a featurette in the room, was to take place tomorrow, Oct. 13 at the Empire Stage in the Javits Center at 8 30PM.

Jeff Burr, a horror director whose resume includes the Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Puppet Master, Pumpkinhead and Stepfather franchises, died Tuesday at age 60 in Dalton, Georgia, from complications from a stroke, his friend, actor Eric Spudic, confirmed.

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Keith Jefferson, whose acting credits included Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the about-to-debut The Burial, has died of cancer at 53. Jefferson announced on Instagram Aug. 9 that he had been diagnosed with the disease.

Keith Jefferson, an actor who appeared in a handful of Quentin Tarantino films like “Django Unchained”, “The Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”, has died. He was 53. The official cause of death is not known, but Jefferson shared back in August he was battling cancer. Ja

Paul Noble, a veteran executive who served as co-head of global theatrical marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment since 2021, has died. He was 51.

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