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0 on ‘Transparent’s’ Amy Landecker joins Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’“Transparent” star Amy Landecker has joined the cast of Marvel’s “Doctor Strange,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.
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Daniel Fleetwood, the terminally ill young man who was granted his dying wish was to see “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” has died at age 32. Fleetwood suffered from spindle cell sarcoma, a rare connective tissue cancer, and in July, his doctors gave him only two months to live.
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Broadcast TV revenue was essentially flat year over year. Cable networks businesses helped ease some of the box office burden, which is where Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch began his remarks. “Our cable networks business generated strong growth in the first fiscal quarter, delivering double-digit earnings gains both domestically and internationally on sustained increases in overall…
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Joe Robert Cole is nearing a deal to write “Black Panther” for Marvel, TheWrap has exclusively learned. There are no directors in contention at this stage, as Marvel will wait for the script to be finished.
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“Flight of the Conchords” director Taika Waititi is in negotiations to direct “Thor: Ragnarok” for Marvel, an individual with knowledge of the situation has told TheWrap.
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Rachel McAdams will star in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, the actress told TheWrap Monday.
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Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez (“Jane the Virgin”), Golden Globe nominee Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) and “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” star Olivia Cooke are considered the top contenders for the new female lead in Rian Johnson‘s “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” multiple individuals familiar with the casting situation told TheWrap.
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Disney unveiled the first footage from “Captain America: Civil War” and concept art from “Doctor Strange” at D23 in Anaheim on Saturday. Marvel’s Kevin Feige said that the company has completed Phase Two of its MCU and thanked the crowd for making it such a success. Then he introduced those two films, which are kick…
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Sony Pictures has unveiled release dates for 16 films for the studio’s 2016 and 2017 slates, including not one but two “Bad Boys” sequels, a Christmas 2016 date for “Jumanji” and a one-year delay for “Uncharted,” which has moved to June 2017.
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Channing Tatum’s “Gambit” deal is in jeopardy of falling apart and he is planning to exit the comic book project at 20th Century Fox, an individual with knowledge of the situation has told TheWrap. The studio had been in the process of testing young actresses to star alongside Tatum, including Lea Seydoux, but insiders suggest…