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Blanchett will be moving on to TAR after starring in the video game adaptation Borderlands (and as of yet, she isn’t expected to be reprising her role in Indiana Jones 5).Ĥ. The premise of TAR is being kept secret, except that it’s set in Berlin, and that filming will start there in September. Field is now preparing to direct his first film in 15 years, TAR, and he has recruited Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett to star in the film, which in a way echoes Field’s casting of Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom and Kate Winslet in Little Children. Field has only directed two films, but both were critically acclaimed, with 2001’s In the Bedroom (Certified Fresh at 93%) receiving five Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), and 2006’s Little Children ( Certified Fresh at 80%) earning three. If you’re not someone who actively attempts to follow every director’s career, you might be forgiven if it takes a moment to remember what you know actor-turned-director Todd Field from. (Photo by Lisa Tomasetti/©Sony Pictures Classics) CATE BLANCHETT TO STAR IN ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR’S FIRST FILM IN 15 YEARS For example, at one point, Shia LaBeouf’s character from Crystal Skull was expected to possibly be Harrison Ford’s replacement in the franchise, but recent developments may have changed those plans.ģ. With two new actors announced, this might be a good time to point out that there have been no announcements yet of any other returning cast besides Harrison Ford. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who genre fans might best know as either the Doctor Strange villain Kaecilius or for playing Jyn Erso’s dad in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has likewise joined Indiana Jones 5 in an unknown role. Last week, Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge became the first actor to join Harrison Ford in an unknown role (perhaps as his daughter, or Marian’s daughter?), and director James Mangold ( Logan, The Wolverine, Ford v Ferrari) has now added another cast member. (Photo by Jonathan Olley/©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)ĭespite being in some form of development for much of the 10+ years since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crysal Skull ( Certified Fresh at 78%), we still do not know the premise or setting of the untitled fifth Indiana Jones film, due out July 29, 2022. MADS MIKKELSEN JOINS HARRISON FORD IN INDIANA JONES 5 Jackman will star in The Son as a busy man whose life is “is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife, Kate (Dern), turns up with their troubled and angry teenage son.” The key role of the son has apparently not been cast yet.Ģ. Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are now signed to star in The Son, which is then expected to be followed by a third film, The Mother. French novelist, screenwriter, and director Florian Zeller adapted The Father from his own play, Le Père, and Zeller is now preparing to start filming the thematic follow-up to that film, which is intended to eventually be the second film of a trilogy. One of the quiet underdogs in this year’s Academy Awards race is The Father (Certified Fresh at 98%), which perhaps surprisingly earned six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, and Best Supporting Actress for Olivia Colman. (Photo by Kristin Callahan, Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection) HUGH JACKMAN AND LAURA DERN JOIN THE SON, THEMATIC SEQUEL TO THE FATHER

If there is a positive side, it’s that people seem to be motivated to make sure that at least landmarks like the Cinerama Dome will be saved by someone - anyone - and to make sure that this shutdown isn’t repeated at other beloved theater chains.ġ.

There is also a petition currently running that has over 11,000 signatures.

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Filmmakers ( including Roland Emmerich, Barry Jenkins, and Rian Johnson), movie stars, and fans alike have been voicing their support this week, including some posting sentiments like “Netflix, You Know What to Do.” This decision to close all ArcLight and Pacific locations comes just a month before movies like A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella are expected to finally get the summer season of 2021 going at the box office. This shut down includes the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard, which has been a Hollywood landmark since its opening in 1963, including an appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, in which the movie being shown was Krakatoa, East of Java. That return to normalcy faced a drastic road block in the western states this week as the Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres chains announced that they will not be re-opening. This WEEK’S TOP STORY HISTORIC CINERAMA DOME THEATER IN LOS ANGELES SHUTTING DOWNĪs COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out, many states are currently lifting restrictions on movie theaters, as the film exhibition industry attempts to recover from what was basically a missing year.

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