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LaKeith Stanfield to Star In, Produce Video Game Adaptation ‘El Paso, Elsewhere’
LaKeith Stanfield, who most recently starred in The Book of Clarence for Sony, is teaming up with veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for El Paso, Elsewhere, an adaptation of the neo-noir vampire video game from publisher Strange Scaffold. Stanfield is in talks to star in the feature and will also produce along with di Bonaventura, […]
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LaKeith Stanfield Joins Mark Wahlberg in Shane Black’s ‘Play Dirty’ (Exclusive)
LaKeith Stanfield, who is coming off of starring in Jeymes Samuel’s The Book of Clarence, has joined Mark Wahlberg in in Play Dirty, the crime thriller that Shane Black is directing for Amazon MGM Studios. An adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels, the feature stars Wahlberg as the hardened professional thief who is, naturally, […]
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Nicholas Pinnock on Playing Black Jesus in ‘The Book of Clarence’
The Book of Clarence, Jeymes Samuel’s follow-up to all-Black Western The Harder They Fall, is, without doubt, the funkiest biblical epic ever put on screen. The film, which opened across the U.S. on Friday, Jan. 12 — nicely nestled between Christmas and Easter — is a combination of comedy, drama and satire, at turns sacred […]
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‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield Cons Jerusalem in a Bumpy Biblical Epic
The Oscar-nominated actor stars alongside RJ Cyler, Omar Sy, Alfre Woodard, David Oyelowo and James McAvoy in director Jeymes Samuel's religious drama.
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‘The Changeling’ Showrunner and Author on Plans for a Second — and Final — Season
[This story contains spoilers for the season finale of The Changeling.] The Changeling showrunner Kelly Marcel, and author and executive producer Victor LaValle, say last Friday’s season finale was never designed to be an ending for the adaptation. But, they did want viewers to come away from the Apple TV+ series’ first season with a […]
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Jeymes Samuel on His Bold, All-Black Biblical Epic ‘The Book of Clarence,’ Wanting People to Think “Wow, I Haven’t Seen That Before”
Back in 2021, the BFI London Film Festival opened in the most audacious and A-list manner seen in many years. With the curtain-raising slot usually reserved for more somber, prestige dramas, Netflix’s all-star, all-Black rootin’ tootin’ Western The Harder They Fall — with an ensemble cast including Regina King, Idris Elba, LaKeith Stanfield, Jonathan Majors, Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beets — brought the house down, with […]
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‘The Changeling’ Director Has Seen the Negative Reviews and Is “Weirdly Proud” of Them
At its best, Apple TV+’s new series The Changeling has been called “the most unique fantasy show of 2023,” and at its worst “mediocre.” Director and executive producer Jonathan van Tulleken is fine with either assessment. “When people don’t like it, they really don’t like it; when people love it, they really love it,” he […]
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‘The Changeling’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield in a Muddled Apple TV+ Mystery
The actor plays a father taking a journey across New York City in search of answers about his family in this adaptation of Victor LaValle's novel.
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‘The Book of Clarence’ Trailer Teases LaKeith Stanfield as Biblical-Era Everyman
LaKeith Stanfield goes from biblical-era everyman to rising messiah in the first trailer for TriStar and Legendary Pictures’ The Book of Clarence. Written and directed by The Harder They Fall’s Jeymes Samuel and featuring new music from Samuel and Jay-Z, the film follows Stanfield’s Clarence, a streetwise hustler struggling to support his family while fighting […]
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‘The Changeling’ Trailer Sees LaKeith Stanfield Trapped in a Fairy Tale-Turned-Horror Story
LaKeith Stanfield is a husband and father trapped in a New York City fairy tale-turned-nightmare in the first trailer for Apple TV+’s The Changeling. Writen and showrun by Kelly Marcel, the eight-part series is based on Victor LaValle’s best-selling book of the same name and sees Stanfield starring in a drama described as a “horror […]
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Box Office: ‘Haunted Mansion’ Spooked, ‘Barbie’ Scores Record $93M Second Weekend in U.S.
Barbie really is a pink unicorn. The movie earned an estimated $93 million in its sophomore outing at the North American box office — one of the best second weekends of all time and the best second weekend ever for Warner Bros., not adjusted for inflation. The female-fueled Barbie, which continues to shatter any and […]
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“To Be in Hollywood Is to Be Gaslit”: Justin Simien Levels Up With Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ at a Fraught Time
Filmmaker Justin Simien was the main attraction at the July 15 red carpet premiere of his latest effort, The Haunted Mansion. But it wasn’t because he arrived in a floor-length cape, his tribute to the movie’s costume designer. It was because the hours-old SAG-AFTRA strike prevented his starry cast — LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and […]
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