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Angelique Jackson Nearly 30 years since their Oscar-winning collaboration on “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis and Eric Roth will reunite for a new movie.The trio are set to adapt the graphic novel, “Here,” with Hanks attached to star, Zemeckis to direct and Roth to pen the script.Deadline was first to report news of the film package.More to come…

EXCLUSIVE: Here is the hottest package to come along in awhile. Deadline hears that studios and streamers are poring over Here, an adaptation of the celebrated Richard McGuire graphic novel that will reunite the trio behind the 1994 film Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks will star, Robert Zemeckis will direct and the script is by Eric Roth and Zemeckis. All three of them won Oscars for that movie classic, and this one covers an even more sprawling time period.

The 72nd Berlin Film Festival kicks off in physical form today with M. Night Shyamalan leading the main competition jury. Also notable among panelists is Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose Drive My Car this week became the first Japanese movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Hamaguchi was actually on a plane heading to Berlin when the nominations were announced, and only learned of the results upon landing.

EXCLUSIVE: Finding Neverland, World War Z and The Kite Runner director Marc Forster has been set to direct Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the anticipated U.S. adaptation of Swedish comedy hit A Man Called Ove, we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Nora Zehetner (Grey’s Anatomy), Julian Lerner (The Wonder Years) Abby James Witherspoon (Secret Headquarters) and Noah Cottrell (Punky Brewster) have joined the cast of Boys of Summer, the family adventure film from actor-director David Henrie (This Is the Year, Wizards of Waverly Place) that is now in production in North Carolina.

Shawn Levy is continuing the Real Steel story.

The Sundance Institute has been named as the recipient of the American Cinema Editors’ 2022 Golden Eddie Award—breaking ground as the first film organization ever to earn the ACE Eddie Awards’ top honor.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Cast Away starring Tom Hanks, has been sold for £230,000 at auction.Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away followed Chuck Noland (Hanks) who was left stranded on a desert island for four years after a plane crash.To help with his mental state, Noland finds a ball he names Wilson, draws a face on it using his bloodied handprint and speaks to it throughout the film.The film prop was sold in an auction on Prop Store on Tuesday (November 9).

“Finch” arrives on Apple TV+ under the banner of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment – indeed, one of the first things we see is the “E.T. moon” logo – and one of its credited executive producers is frequent Amblin partner Robert Zemeckis.

The trailer for Tom Hanks‘ new movie Finch is here!

Chris Willman Music WriterOn Tuesday, David Crosby declared to Howard Stern’s listeners that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis would be directing a documentary on Crosby, Stills & Nash, making possible use of “10,000 hours” of existing footage as well as fresh interviews. On Wednesday, that announcement got walked back a bit, with word that the tantalizing prospect of a full-on CSN doc is still only under discussion.“They’re gonna do a huge documentary on CSN.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTwin screenwriters Aaron and Jordan Kandell have sold an original comedy pitch to Robert Zemeckis’ production company ImageMovers. The project is in early discussions with Apple Studios as a distribution partner, sources said.Zemeckis will develop and produce the film, titled “Mr.

If Disney hires Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action “Pinocchio” remake, you better believe Tom Hanks is on board to star, right? And that’s exactly what’s happening. But Tom Hanks can’t possibly play all the characters, so now we know who the filmmaker is bringing out to join the Oscar-winning actor in Disney’s latest attempt to remake a classic animated feature.

debut on Disney+.  Andrew Miano and Weitz are producing through their company Depth of Field along with Zemeckis’s Imagemovers.

Luke Evans in 2021 thanks to the limited series  and, and the film with Gary Oldman and Evangeline Lilly all coming out the first of the year.

Disney made some significant changes to its 2021 theatrical release plans during its investor presentation on Thursday, but stopped short of the seismic shakeups Warner Bros.

Disney will move some of its latest live-action remakes of animated classics to Disney+, including “Pinocchio” starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis and “Peter Pan & Wendy” that stars Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell.Other films that will debut as Disney+ originals include a new “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” film, “Sister Act 3,” and “Disenchanted,” the sequel to “Enchanted,” for which Amy Adams has been announced to return.Release dates have not been revealed.The announcement was made as part

HBO Max’s recent Halloween offering, “The Witches,” is meant to be a fun romp for kids who are looking for something a bit spookier than your typical children’s film. However, after the reviews skewered Robert Zemeckis’ latest film and “The Witches” debuted on the streamer, various people in the disability community began to voice their issues with the film’s depiction of its main villain, the Grand High Witch (played by Anne Hathaway).

The Witches.The actress, who plays the Grand High Witch in Robert Zemeckis’ recent remake, took to Instagram following criticism about the film’s portrayal of limb difference, as her character is given three fingers on both hands – going against the depiction in Roald Dahl’s original book.“I have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are in pain because of the portrayal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches,” Hathaway wrote on Instagram.

Back to the Future actress Elsa Raven has died at the age of 91, her agent has confirmed.The character actress is best known for her role as the “Save The Clock Tower” lady in Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 sci-fi classic.Read more: 24 facts about Back to the Future that might surprise youRaven also starred in The Amityville Horror, In The Line of Fire, Fearless, and Moderns, in which she played Gertrude Stein.

Warner Bros. has issued a statement saying the studios regrets "any offense caused" by a character design seen in recent release The Witches after online backlash from the disability community.

Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox has opened up about the “darkest moments” in his life since his Parkinson’s diagnosis.The actor, who played Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic, discussed an unrelated health problem that affected his life in a new interview with People.Fox explained that a noncancerous tumour was growing on his spine in 2018.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWarner Bros. has apologized after being criticized by people with disabilities over the depiction of Anne Hathaway’s character in “The Witches.” In a statement, the studio said it “regretted any offense caused.”In the recent Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation, Hathaway’s villainous character, known as the Grand Witch, has missing fingers.

The Witches.Robert Zemeckis’ new film, a remake of Nicolas Roeg’s 1990 movie of the same name based on the Roald Dahl book, has been criticised by campaigners and Paralympians for depicting the titular characters with distinct physical impairments.Paralympic swimmer Amy Marren criticised the studio for its depiction of limb differences as “something scary”.“Yes, I am fully aware that this is a film, and these are Witches. But Witches are essentially monsters,” Marren wrote.

Roald Dahl's 1983 children's novel The Witches, the sinister tale of a coven of toeless conjurers who despise youngsters (to them, kids smell like dog poo) and plot to turn them into mice, twice has been made into a movie. The latest, from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, will stream Oct.

There are children’s movies, and then there are movies that are straight-up childish. Robert Zemeckis’ “The Witches,” the second adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name arriving 30 years after Nicolas Roeg directed his own, falls squarely under the latter designation.

The macabre humor of Roald Dahl survived even a sweetened ending that irked the famed British children’s author in Nicolas Roeg's delectable 1990 film of The Witches, thanks in large part to the glorious villainy of Anjelica Huston.

The co-creator of Back To The Future has said the film would have never been the success it was if Eric Stoltz had not been replaced by Michael J Fox as Marty McFly while the film was already in production.

A new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches will skip cinemas and go straight to on demand services, it has been announced.

The Witches‘.Based on the Roal Dahl book, this take is done by Robert Zemeckis.See the other classic Zemeckis is makingThe film is a story about the past where a man (with the voice of Chris Rock) is telling the story of when he was a young boy. He lived with his Grandmother (Octavia Spencer), and one day they check into a hotel (run by Stanley Tucci) and some women, check-in for a convention.

trailer for the remake of “The Witches,” a beloved 1990 dark comedy about a convention for witches, has dropped, giving a first look at the updated tale directed by Oscar-winner Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump,” “Back to the Future”).The star-studded cast also includes Oscar winners Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables,” “The Devil Wears Prada”) and Octavia Spencer (“The Help,” “The Shape of Water”), as well as Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (“The Hunger Games,” “The Lovely Bones”), Kristin Chenoweth

The highly anticipated remake of The Witches was supposed to hit theaters this month, but the movie will be released on HBO Max instead!

Codie-Lei Eastick as his fellow mouse pal Bruno, who was undoubtedly one of the best things about the original film. The screenplay for The Witches is by Robert Zemeckis who has worked on everything from Forrest Gump to Back to the Future so expect a new family classic.

Anne Hathaway assumes the role of the Grand High Witch in the trailer for The Witches, the big-screen adaptation of one of Roald Dahl’s most terrifying tales.

The Witches will be coming straight to streaming next month.The film, adapting Dahl’s beloved 1973 children’s story of the same name, stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Kristen Chenoweth and Stanley Tucci.The Witches was due to be released in cinemas this month, but was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.