#Barry Jenkins Writing, Leonardo DiCaprio Producing Film Version of ‘Virunga’ Documentary for Netflix

“#Barry Jenkins Writing, Leonardo DiCaprio Producing Film Version of ‘Virunga’ Documentary for Netflix” Barry Jenkins, who won an Oscar for co-writing his Best Picture winner Moonlight, hasn’t made a movie since he wrote and directed the beautiful, heartbreaking adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk in 2018. He’s still hard at work adapting Colson…

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#Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ is Available to Rent for Free Until the End of June

“#Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ is Available to Rent for Free Until the End of June” Racism, protests, police brutality, a New York neighborhood in turmoil — those are all topics that Spike Lee‘s incendiary 1989 drama Do The Right Thing touched on. And naturally, it remains painfully relevant today. With studios making Black-led films more…

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#Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Gets Into Gear With Hugh Jackman Replacing Christian Bale, Production Set to Start in 2021

“#Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Gets Into Gear With Hugh Jackman Replacing Christian Bale, Production Set to Start in 2021” Michael Mann‘s long-in-development Ferrari movie is finally shifting back into gear. More than five years after Mann’s biopic about the driver and businessman who founded the famed car manufacturer was first announced, STX has set a 2021 production start…

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#‘Da 5 Bloods’ Cast Almost Included Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, John David Washington, and Giancarlo Esposito

“#‘Da 5 Bloods’ Cast Almost Included Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, John David Washington, and Giancarlo Esposito” Da 5 Bloods, the latest Spike Lee Joint, has won considerable acclaim for its cast, particularly the performance from Delroy Lindo as a Trump-voting Vietnam vet with PTSD. But at one time, the cast of Lee’s latest movie…

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