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13.07.2023 - 00:19 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Shameless alum Cameron Monaghan has closed a deal to join Jared Leto and more in Tron: Ares, the third film in the Tron sci-fi franchise from Disney. Details as to Monaghan’s character are under wraps, though the film will follow Leto’s computer program Ares on a journey from the digital world to that of humans.
Directing Tron: Ares is Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki), who helmed both Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil for Disney following his breakout with 2012’s Kon-Tiki. Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith and Greta Lee round out the cast of the pic penned by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne, which is reportedly eyeing an August start, should a SAG-AFTRA strike be avoided. Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Springer and Leto will produce, with Russell Allen serving as executive producer.
The Tron film series launched with a 1982 title starring Jeff Bridges as video game creator Kevin Flynn, which was lauded for its visual effects and developed a cult classic following after a tough go in its theatrical run. Following that up was the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy introducing Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde to the cast, which netted a little over $400M upon its debut during the holiday season.
Perhaps best known for his turns as Ian Gallagher on the Emmy-winning Showtime series Shameless, which ran for a staggering 11 seasons between 2011 and 2021, Monaghan also notably portrayed deranged twins Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska on Fox’s Gotham. He lent his voice to the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and has additionally been seen in films like the Lea Thompson-helmed indie The Year of Spectacular Men and the Adam Sandler dramedy Click.
Monaghan is repped by UTA, Industry Entertainment
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JoJo Siwa stands by her decision to call Candace Cameron Bure the rudest celebrity she's met. On the most recent episode of the podcast, the 20-year-old dancer broke down her feud with the alum.The drama started in July 2022, when, as part of a TikTok challenge, Siwa said Bure was «rudest celebrity» she's met. Siwa later revealed the encounter that led her to giving Bure that label; she asked Bure for a photo and the actress said no because it «wasn't a good time for her.»Siwa expanded on that story on the podcast, revealing that, after she walked away from the actress, she looked back and saw that Bure «was taking pictures with other kids,» something that «stuck» with her as she was only 11 at the time«Then people ran with it and all the gay community, all the LGBTQ community, was like, 'Yeah, get her!'… She has a very Christian audience.
JoJo Siwa is looking back on her drama with Candace Cameron Bure and revealing if she has any regrets.
JoJo Siwa was ready to put her feud with Candace Cameron Bure to rest — until the Full House alum made some controversial comments about “traditional marriage.”
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Damon will never be able to escape his decision to turn down James Cameron’s 2009 space epic “Avatar,” which remains the highest-grossing movie of all time with $2.9 billion worldwide (unadjusted for inflation). Damon turned down the film despite an offer that included receiving 10% of the box office back end, which would’ve meant a $250 million payday for him. During a recent interview with Chris Wallace, the “Avatar” offer got brought up again and prompted Damon to explain his thought process behind tossing it off. “I’m sure it’s the most money an actor ever turned down, you know?” Damon said about his decision, stressing that he did not want to get out of his contract for another Jason Bourne movie at the time.
Dave Coulier is standing by his former Full House costar Candace Cameron Bure following her public drama with Miss Benny.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Toronto Film Festival is at a critical moment after three difficult years following the COVID-19 pandemic, but “the festival will take place,” says Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF. TIFF has typically been a star-studded affair and staple of awards season. However, what the red carpets at the gala premieres and tribute ceremonies that have gone to significant A-listers like Kate Winslet will ultimately look like, remains unknown. The longtime festival director doubled down on moving forward with this year’s festival, whether the big stars are in attendance or not. This comes amid ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that have halted the Hollywood industry, putting the remaining months of movies and TV shows into unknown territory.
“TIFF is on,” beamed the Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to Deadline, “Our dates are the same, the films are coming.”
James Cameron says he first warned the world of the threat AI poses in 1984, but the industry “didn’t listen”.In an interview with CTV News, the filmmaker referenced his sci-fi classic Terminator when asked what he thought of AI’s rise in the entertainment industry. “I warned you guys in 1984, and you didn’t listen,” Cameron said.Besides just the entertainment industry, Cameron also thinks that AI poses a threat in military operations: “I think that we will get into the equivalent of a nuclear arms race with AI, and if we don’t build it, the other guys are for sure going to build it, and so then it’ll escalate.
James Cameron is weighing in on AI as computer programming continues to mature and become more sophisticated. The director of Terminator made a call back to the film he also co-wrote and that Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director James Cameron has no intention of using artificial intelligence to write a film script. In a new interview with CTV News, the Oscar winner expressed doubt over AI bots being able to write “a good story.” According to Cameron: “I just don’t personally believe that a disembodied mind that’s just regurgitating what other embodied minds have said — about the life that they’ve had, about love, about lying, about fear, about mortality — and just put it all together into a word salad and then regurgitate it…I don’t believe that’s ever going to have something that’s going to move an audience. You have to be human to write that. I don’t know anyone that’s even thinking about having AI write a screenplay.”
Naman Ramachandran A cast of emerging talent has been set for BBC comedy-drama “Boarders,” from Daniel Lawrence Taylor, creator of the BAFTA nominated “Timewasters.” The 6 x 45′ series produced by Studio Lambert (“The Nest”) in association with All3Media International, follows the lives of five talented underprivileged Black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to St. Gilbert’s, an elite boarding school. Stepping out of the urban metropolis, they experience the highs and lows of boarding school, learn about themselves, their identity and what life on the other side looks like. “Boarders” will star Josh Tedeku (“Supacell”), Jodie Campbell (“Bulletproof”) and Myles Kamwendo (“The School for Good and Evil”) alongside Sekou Diaby and Aruna Jalloh, both making their screen debuts. Lawrence Taylor will play a mentor figure to the students.
You may not like his movies. You may not like that he’s fairly opinionated and defends big-budget blockbuster filmmaking.
UPDATED, 11:20 AM: The producers of Here We Are have announced the cast for the first production of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical.
James Cameron to direct ANOTHER movie about Titanic?
Titanic director has dismissed “offensive” claims that he is working on a film about OceanGate Titan sub tragedy.Last month, it was confirmed that the five men aboard the submersible on a tourist expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic died in a suspected catastrophic implosion. Five pieces of debris from the sub were discovered in a search and rescue operation.This week, The Sun then published a report linking Cameron with an alleged forthcoming project around the tragedy.A source claimed that Cameron was “in talks with major streaming network to create drama series on doomed Titan sub,” adding that he “is first choice for director” of a film about the incident.In a tweet, Cameron rubbished the claims, saying: “I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now.“I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be.”I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now.
James Cameron is addressing rumors and speculation that he is planning a movie about OceanGate’s Titan submersible tragedy.
J. Kim Murphy James Cameron has visited the wreckage of the Titanic more than 30 times and directed an Oscar-winning romance about the doomed vessel — but he’s not planning on exploring the latest disaster connected to the ship that couldn’t sink. The director has denied rumors that he is in talks to helm a feature about the OceanGate submarine that is believed to have imploded on a deep sea voyage to explore the Titanic wreck, killing its five passengers. “I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now,” James Cameron wrote in a blunt post on Twitter Saturday morning. “I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever.”
James Cameron is shutting down an unverified report from a British tabloid claiming he’s planning to make a movie about the Titan submersible tragedy.
James Cameron's fed up with rumors flying around that he's in talks to direct a film about the OceanGate Titan submersible tragedy. In an unusual move for the famed director, Cameron took to social media on Saturday to shut down those rumors once and for all.«I don't respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now,» he wrote in an Instagram Story.