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Yesterday, Universal’s troubles suddenly weren’t so far away, at least when it comes to Ana de Armas’ absence from the 2019 Danny Boyle-directed flick Yesterday. "Universal is correct that trailers involve some creativity and editorial discretion, but this creativity does not outweigh the commercial…

An animated Christmas Carol, follow-up to Academy Award-nominee Klaus, adaptation of Richard Curtis’ That Christmas and untitled project from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit’s Steve Box feature on an eight-strong slate of Netflix animated films and TV series. The streamer is taking the projects from the…

Two fans have filed a consumer protection class action lawsuit alleging what it terms “deceptive, and misleading advertising” for Universal’s 2019 movie Yesterday. Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza contend that, based on trailers for Yesterday that they watched on Amazon.com, they each spent approximately $3.99 to…

VES Award-winning How To Train Your Dragon franchise alum Simon Otto has been set to make his animated feature directorial debut on Locksmith Animation's That Christmas. Based on a trio of children's books by writer/director Richard Curtis, and previously known as The Empty Stocking, the film is currently in…

Trevor Peacock, who starred in Richard Curtis’ iconic UK comedy The Vicar of Dibley, has died. He was 89. Per the BBC, his family said in a statement: “Trevor Peacock, actor, writer and song-writer, died aged 89 on the morning of March 8th from a dementia-related illness.” Peacock played the stammering Jim Trott in…

The BBC’s classic comedy The Vicar Of Dibley is to return for a series of lockdown specials as part of the corporation’s festive line-up this year. Penned by Four Weddings And A Funeral writer Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, the series of three 10-minute shorts will feature Dawn French reprising her role as…

Love, Actually writer/director Richard Curtis has teamed with Locksmith Animation for an animated feature based on his Christmas children's books. Curtis, who also wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral and Yesterday, is writing The Empty Stocking with Peter Souter (Married Single Other). Bonnie Arnold (How to Train Your Dr…

EXCLUSIVE: John Battsek’s Oscar-winning Passion Pictures (One Day In September), James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis are teaming up to make a defining documentary about the Paralympic Games. Provisionally titled Harder Than You Think, the film will chart the history…

Well over a half-century after they landed in America and hit the stage on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles are still the real deal. Yesterday is proof. The new film, a teaming of Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) and screenwriter Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a…

NBC requested the honor of our presence tonight at One Red Nose Day and a Wedding, a mini-sequel to the beloved 1994 rom-com film Four Weddings and a Funeral, starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell. The short reunited Grant and MacDowell with the film’s Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas, adding Lily James…

Robert De Niro was not playing Robert Mueller on SNL this Saturday night but across town introducing the world premiere of Yesterday at the film festival he founded 18 years ago. The movie is about the human race losing all memory of the Beatles. Still, he just couldn't resist. "We had an idea for a movie where the…

Few films have had a more transformative impact on their local industry than Four Weddings And A Funeral, which was released twenty five years ago this week. Grossing a remarkable $245M off a $4M budget, the film about a committed bachelor who unexpectedly finds love, helped pave the way for a string of globally…