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Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.” Still, the actor should try another fictional profession on for size. Preferably in a movie that’s not a garbled mess.“The Protégé” starts out well enough.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, 61, and his wife Cookie, 62, set sails for the the shores of Italy for a scenic vacation. The former NBA star leased the 281-foot yacht Aquila for the trip, which costs $1.1 million per week to rent, via TMZ.

After his third spy film in the ‘Kingsman’ franchise, “The King’s Man,” is expected to be released in December, it appears filmmaker Matthew Vaughn isn’t wasting time before jumping right back into the espionage game with a new film.

The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 12th Governors Awards in January.The film academy announced the honorary awards Thursday.

After a pandemic cancelation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bringing the separate Governors Awards ceremony back. It will take place in person on January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles and it will have some living legends to celebrate.

One of the biggest strengths of Kevin Fiege (President, Marvel Studios) is to identify the voice behind a filmmaker, or else the mega-budgeted-superhero-earth-destroy-save-it-from-villain-comic-book films can all start to look the same. To launch the MCU, he banked on Jon Favreau and let him direct Iron Man though he hasn’t even made a middle-budget film before that.

Darren Lynn Bousman has a deep connection to the ‘Saw‘ franchise. After all, it was Bousman who found his footing as a filmmaker with the second, third, and fourth installments in the popular horror film series.

Somewhere between 2004’s “Saw” and 2017’s “Jigsaw,” the torture in the “Saw” franchise became a punchline. Their mechanics stopped working—the elaborate devices by Jigsaw and his disciples were no longer believable acts of crafty Boogey-people but screenwriters desperately inventing new ways to die.

What’s director Martin Campbell been up to since revitalizing the Bond franchise in 2006’s “Casino Royale.” Well, arguably just never really living up to that promise. Films like “Edge of Darkness” (2010) and “Green Lantern” (2011) floundered and “The Foreigner“ (2017) was totally forgotten.

to the Hollywood Reporter.It hasn’t been announced what role “The Crown” star would play, but Jackson is reprising his role as Nick Fury from the “Avengers” movies while Mendelsohn would play Skrull Talos, who appeared in “Captain Marvel” on the big screen. (Skrulls are a shapeshifting alien race).

After the attempted reboot-quel, “Jigsaw,” didn’t necessarily light up the box office and reinvigorate the “Saw” franchise, many just assumed that Lionsgate would likely just move on. But when you have Chris Rock come to you and pitch a new sequel to the “Saw” franchise, you listen and you do whatever it takes to make that happen.

Several months ago, it was reported that b was set to star in a new Apple TV+ series, “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” The series, much like almost every Apple TV+ project, is yet another attempt by the streamer to use an A-list star to attract viewers. But now, we know who’s starring opposite Jackson and who is behind the camera, leading us to put ‘Last Days’ near the top of our most anticipated TV list.

Samuel L. Jackson has just boarded the second series-starring role of his career.

Though it was already reported back in September, the recent Disney investors call revealed that Marvel Studios is, in fact, working on a Nick Fury-led TV series that will eventually land on Disney+. There’s one catch though, it’s not titled “Nick Fury” and it’s more than just about him.

Meet the new Father Of Christmas (well, in the world of Capital One credit cards): John Travolta! The 66-year-old actor transformed into Santa Claus, complete with a full white face beard and long, icy hair, for a Capital One commercial that was released on Nov. 20. As Santa Travolta reviewed his over 145 million online shopping orders — even Santa’s on lockdown amid the pandemic — legendary actor Samuel L. Jackson called in via video chat.

Earlier today, we shared first pictures from the upcoming “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, in the actor’s final performance before his untimely passing.

reported Variety, which noted that Marvel Studios would produce the show.Jackson has played leather-trenchcoat-and-eyepatch-wearing Fury — the director of Marvel’s fictional S.H.I.E.L.D.

Just because the Marvel Cinematic Universe is entering a brand-new “Phase” with “Black Widow,” you didn’t really think Samuel L. Jackson was going anywhere, did you? The man who introduced the world to the Avengers Initiative way back in 2008’s “Iron Man” is apparently ready to suit up as Nick Fury at least one more time.

“Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging.”In addition to “Enslaved,” she’s appeared on several other docuseries, including BBC’s “African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power” and the “The Battle for Britain’s Heroes” on Channel 4 in the UK.“I think each story has its own demand in terms of the best way to tell it,” she says. “I love the written word and I really believe in print journalism.

Jackson tweeted Monday along with a clip of him in a sweatshirt and baseball cap while seated in an expensive-looking armchair.The tweet also includes a link to his page on voter registration website HeadCount, which includes a sultry-looking photo of Jackson along with patriotically colored buttons offering Americans the ability to register to vote, check their registration status and “make your vote plan.”Jackson is well-known for being among the Hollywood actors with the most prolifically

When launching a new streaming service, there seems to be a pretty simple (at least, on the surface) formula for success. You combine a healthy library of well-known titles with a bunch of new original series/films featuring A-list actors and/or big-name filmmakers.

Casting close calls are endlessly fascinating. What would have happened if Tom Selleck starred in “Indiana Jones?” Or Will Smith as Neo in “The Matrix?” Film fans love to debate what could have been almost as much as what was.

Jonah Hill was left “humbled” after it was revealed that he has overtaken Samuel L. Jackson as the actor with the most uttered curse words in their filmography.

Samuel L. Jackson has a message for you during the coronavirus quarantine: “Stay the f–k at home.”

Celebrities have been posting bland videos extending their “thoughts and prayers” to those affected by the coronavirus for weeks. At the same time, a new type of social media star emerged: the irate Italian mayors who’ve minced no words in calling out their constituents, getting nearly as many views in the process.

MGM premium TV service Epix announced Tuesday that it will exclusively premiere in the U.S. in summer 2020 the six-part docuseries “Enslaved,” produced by and featuring Samuel L. Jackson.

Samuel L. Jackson implored people to stay home and practice social distancing as he read an explicit bedtime story on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday.

Samuel L. Jackson implored people to stay home and practice social distancing as he read an explicit bedtime story on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night.

“The Banker” is one of the rare movies centered on a bank that isn’t about robbing it. That doesn’t mean the film is short on scams or deceptions.

Samuel L. Jackson is coming on board an untitled action movie, portraying a hitman coming out of retirement.