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The first Oscars of the weekend were handed out last night in Hollywood, and you can bet no one is going to argue about the worthiness of these four new recipients of the industry’s highest award. The Governors Awards, always a great evening, came back after last year’s pandemic-related cancellation, and Samuel L. Jack…

The Avenue has claimed North American rights to Press Play, a romantic drama from Parasite producer CJ ENM, starring Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon franchise) and Matt Walsh (Veep), which it will release next year. The film picked up by Highland Film Group's…

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Glover drama The Drummer has been acquired in North America by 1091 Pictures. Glover is also an executive-producer on the feature drama in which three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations. Glover stars as Mark Walker, a Vietnam…

Danny Glover, who starred in four Lethal Weapon films with director Richard Donner, has weighed in on Donner’s passing Monday, heart heavy with sorrow. Glover, who grew to stardom playing Sgt Roger Murtaugh in the film series, said simply, “My heart is broken. “Working with Dick Donner, Mel Gibson and the Lethal Weapon…

Mel Gibson was broken up by the passing Monday of longtime Lethal Weapon collaborator Richard Donner. They made four Lethal Weapon films together with Danny Glover, starting with the first in 1987 that made Gibson a superstar. The four films together grossed over $952 million, the last coming in 1998. Gibson and…

The Oscars was only two months ago, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences already is working on the next recipients of the most desired award in the motion picture industry. At Tuesday night’s Board meeting, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann became the latest chosen to receive…

Danny Glover, Matt Dillon, Danny Pudi and Michelle Mylett joined the cast of American Dreamer, the Paul Dektor-directed dark comedy that has just gotten underway in Vancouver. The actors join Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine and Kim Quinn on the Ted Melfi scripted film. Dinklage, David Ginsberg, Quinn, Melfi and…

I wasn’t a huge booster of 2017 Jumanji reboot, but clearly I was outnumbered since the film went on to make nearly a billion dollars, so what do I know? I didn’t laugh out loud much during the screening of the new sequel either, but I could tell those around me did, particularly the young critic sitting in my row, so…

I am a little late to the game in terms of catching up with A24’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, which slowly expanded into a few more theaters this weekend and will be going wider in the next few weeks. Well, better late than never, but this is a movie I urge you to see, and like many who will be discovering it…

Lethal Weapon alum Danny Glover has been added to the cast of the Jake Kasdan-directed Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel joining original stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. Awkwafina and Danny DeVito were previously announced as part of the cast for Sony’s next installment, which is…

Strong Island director Yance Ford didn't come away with the Oscar for Best Documentary in March, but he did make history—becoming the first openly trans filmmaker nominated for an Academy Award. Ford's film—about the racially-charged killing of his brother William in 1992 and what his death did to the Ford family—not…

Old Man & The Gun has been slated for a fall, Oct. 5 release date by Fox Searchlight. The ensemble heist thriller led by Robert Redford and written and directed by David Lowery also stars Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, and Tika Sumpter. It will have a platform release as it is clearly being…