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| Adam Sandler's 'Grown Ups 3' begins production for Netflix | Netflix announced the start of production on Grown Ups 3 on Thursday. They shared a cast photo on the streaming service's Instagram with the message "The gang's all back." Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek Pinault, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Rob Schneider and more return. New to the cast are Bailee Madison, Julie Bowen and Deon Cole. Grown Ups was released in theaters in 2010 and its sequel in 2013. Sandler began making movies with Netflix in 2015 and that has included the sequel Happy Gilmore 2. The third Grown Ups picks up with everyone's kids grown up and moved out, so the adults "go on the ultimate adventure," according to Netflix's Tudum. |
| 'War' teaser: Dominic West, Sienna Miller face off in divorce drama | HBO is giving a glimpse of the new show War. The network shared a teaser trailer for the anthology series Thursday featuring Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair) and Sienna Miller (Anatomy of a Scandal, Horizon: An American Saga). War is a new drama from Lupin creator George Kay. West and Miller star as Morgan and Carla, a tech mogul and a movie star facing off in a high-profile divorce. The teaser shows the pair and their respective legal teams "play dirty" as "the biggest divorce trial in British legal history" unfolds. Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Pip Torrens, Nina Sosanya, Archie Renaux and Nick Mohammed also star. War will premiere Oct. 1 on HBO and HBO Max and air the next day on British network Sky. |
| Nicolas Cage-Christian Bale film 'Madden' to stream Nov. 18 | David O. Russell's new film, Madden, starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale, is set to premiere on Prime Video Nov. 18. The movie "chronicles John Madden's incredible journey alongside best friend and true original Al Davis -- from a Super Bowl-winning partnership with the Raiders, to becoming football's most recognizable voice, to building the worldwide Madden NFL video game," a synopsis said. Madden will also star Sienna Miller, Kathryn Hahn, John Mulaney and Shane Gillis. Russell and Bale previously collaborated on Amsterdam, American Hustle and The Fighter. |
| Taron Egerton, Jamie Chung join 'I Love L.A.' for Season 2 | Rocketman actor Taron Egerton and The Gifted alum Jamie Chung have joined the HBO Max comedy series, I Love L.A., for Season 2. Also new to the ensemble for the upcoming episodes will be Benjamin Norris, Dylan Arnold, Jessy Hodges and Milan Carter. The show from creator and star Rachel Sennott premiered last November and Season 2 is now in production. "Omg. New cast alert!!!! Lucky lucky me," Sennott wrote on her Instagram Stories, alongside photos of her new co-stars. The series follows a friend group living in contemporary Los Angeles. |
| 'Primetime' trailer casts Pattinson as 'To Catch a Predator' host | A24 is teasing the new film Primetime. The studio shared a full-length trailer for the movie Thursday featuring Robert Pattison as Chris Hansen, the real-life TV personality who hosted To Catch a Predator for Dateline NBC. Primetime is a crime thriller exploring how To Catch a Predator, a TV segment where Hansen and his team would confront child predators on camera after setting up a sting, became hit television. In the trailer, Hansen (Pattinson) is seen celebrating the show's success, telling Merrit Weaver's character, "It's gonna be bigger than Lost!" Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers and Anna Faris also star in the film, directed by Lance Oppenheim (Ren Faire) and produced by Pattinson and Ari Aster. Primetime opens in theaters Sept. 25. |