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Anna Kendrick & Jeremy Jordan To Star In Musical Adaptation ‘The Last 5 Years’

Behind The Candelabra scribe Richard LaGravenese will write and direct The Last 5 Years, the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. Anna Kendrick, who saw success in last year’s music-based pic Pitch Perfect, will star with Tony and Grammy nominee Jeremy Jordan. Told through emotionally powerful and comic songs from their individual perspectives, the musical is a deconstruction of the love affair and marriage of Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist.
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Anna Kendrick & Jeremy Jordan To Star In Musical Adaptation ‘The Last 5 Years’

Behind The Candelabra scribe Richard LaGravenese will write and direct The Last 5 Years, the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. Anna Kendrick, who saw success in last year’s music-based pic Pitch Perfect, will star with Tony and Grammy nominee Jeremy Jordan. Told through emotionally powerful and comic songs from their individual perspectives, the musical is a deconstruction of the love affair and marriage of Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist.
Source URL: http://www.deadline.com/

Bruce Lee Statue Unveiled in L.A.'s Chinatown

Bruce Lee has been memorialized with a seven-foot bronze statue in L.A.'s Chinatown.

The statue of the late actor and martial arts expert was unveiled Saturday to a crowd of several hundred people in historic Central Plaza, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Source URL: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruce-lee-statue-unveiled-las-570173

New Anchorman 2 Teaser Poster

James Franco Seeks $500,000 in Crowdfunding for Movie Trilogy

James Franco is looking for $500,000 worth of backers via crowdfunding site Indiegogo to fund “Palo Alto Stories,” three feature films based on pieces from his short story collection about his hometown. The actor, director, artist and film professor has recruited four young helmers — Nina Ljeti, Vladimir Bourdeau, Bruce Thierry Cheung, and Gabrielle Demeestere — to adapt and direct “Memoria,” “Killing Animals” and “Yosemite,” fictional stories that are nonetheless based on Franco’s high school experiences in the wealthy Northern California town.
Source URL: http://variety.com/2013/film/news/james-franco-looks-for-500000-for-indie-go-go-funded-trilogy-1200498099/

Billy Crystal & John Goodman Happily Reunite To Enroll at 'Monsters University'

I was in my first year of college when Monsters Inc. came out. It was a grand time when the world was at my fingertips and going backwards wasn’t an option. As time moved forward, I never really thought much about Mike and Sully except when I could randomly catch them on TV. 11 years later, it’s almost like time travel was a possibility because Mike and Sully have returned to embark on their first year of Monsters University.

Billy Crystal & John Goodman Happily Reunite To Enroll at 'Monsters University'

I was in my first year of college when Monsters Inc. came out. It was a grand time when the world was at my fingertips and going backwards wasn’t an option. As time moved forward, I never really thought much about Mike and Sully except when I could randomly catch them on TV. 11 years later, it’s almost like time travel was a possibility because Mike and Sully have returned to embark on their first year of Monsters University.

Child Expects To Meet Iron Man, Gets Robert Downey Jr. Instead, Breaks Down Into A Puddle Of Tears

t’s been far too long since Robert Downey Jr. made a small child cry. The last time it happened was back in 1998, when Downey stole a two-year-old’s pacifier, so he could link the tongue of a hobo who smoked a joint earlier in the week. The streak mercifully snapped this week, when Downey, NOT Iron Man, met Jaxson Denno.
Source URL: http://www.uproxx.com/

3 New Character Posters For 'Only God Forgives'

Julian (Gosling), an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business.
His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the US to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy. Julian’s brother has just been killed after having savagely murdered a young prostitute. Crazy with rage and thirsty for vengeance she demands the heads of the murderers from Julian.

3 New Character Posters For 'Only God Forgives'

Julian (Gosling), an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business.
His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the US to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy. Julian’s brother has just been killed after having savagely murdered a young prostitute. Crazy with rage and thirsty for vengeance she demands the heads of the murderers from Julian.