CHRIS EVANS TO PLAY
GENE KELLY IN A MOVIE
For years he dreamed of starring in a musical and now Chris Evans will play one of the biggest musical legends Gene Kelly: according to Deadline,
he will lead an untitled movie written by three time Oscar nominee John Logan and based on an idea by Chris himself. But the film will not be a Gene Kelly biopic, though. The story will focus on a 12 year old boy who works on the MGM Lot in 1952 and begins to create an imagined friendship with the legendary movie star Kelly while working on his next film. Rian Johnson, who worked with Chris on Knives Out, will produce together with him. You already know that Spiderman's Tom Holland will play another musical legend Fred Astaire in a biopic from Amy Pascal. A year ago it was also announced that Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will play Astaire and Ginger Rogers in biopic FRED AND GINGER at Amazon. Baz Luhrmann is, meanwhile, preparing a film on Elvis Presley with Austin Butler in the lead role.
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| Chris Evans will also produce the film |
ADVENTURES OF BUCK WILD
ICE AGE SPIN OFF TRAILER
In the trailer department, Disney has released first promo for Ice Age spin off animated comedy ADVENTURES OF BUCK WILD focusing on the character
of Buck from the popular animated franchise. It was originally planned to be a series on Disney Plus before it was turned into a movie. It will stream on Disney + January 28th directed by John C. Donkin who has never directed before, but was a producer on the previous installments. It arrives at the 20th anniversary of the release of the original Ice Age movie which went on to become one of the most popular animated movies in history. Sadly, it is
also the first in the series with new voice cast and streaming directly instead of going to theatres.
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| The film arrives 20 years after the original Ice Age |
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| This one will stream on Disney Plus |
THE STORY OF THE FILM
Desperate for some distance from their older sister Ellie, the thrill-seeking possum brothers Crash (Vincent Tong) and Eddie (Aaron Harris) set out to find a place of their own, but quickly find themselves trapped in the Lost World, a massive cave underground. They are rescued by their one eyed pal, the adventure loving, dinosaur hunting weasel Buck Wild (Simon Pegg), and together embark on a mission to save the Lost World from dinosaur domination.