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| Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley doc opens February in IMAX | Neon and Universal Pictures International announced Wednesday that It will release Epic: Elvis Presley In Concert next year. The film opens Feb. 20 in IMAX theaters and Feb. 27 everywhere. Baz Luhrmann directed the film. Luhrmann assembled footage from Presley's Las Vegas residency in the 1970s, 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour and 8mm footage from the Graceland Archives. Luhrmann discovered this material while researching his 2022 Elvis film. The announcement says Epic also includes audio recordings of Presley giving "his side of the story." Epic premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Sony Music Vision, Luhrmann's Bazmark and Authentic Studios produced Epic. |
| Jane Seymour says Owen Wilson gave her 'Wedding Crashers' joke | 20 years after the release of Wedding Crashers, Jane Seymour still thanks co-star Owen Wilson for her funniest line in the film. Fathom Entertainment is re-releasing the comedy, which screens in theaters Thursday and Dec. 11. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Seymour, 74, looked back on her intimate scene with Wilson. The movie stars Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John and Jeremy, bachelor friends who impersonate wedding guests to hit on single women. Seymour plays Kathleen, the wife of politician William Cleary (Christopher Walken). Kathleen tries to seduce John after he and Jeremy tag along to the weekend-long wedding of her daughter, Claire (Rachel McAdams). |
| Boots Riley's 'I Love Boosters' to open SXSW festival | South by Southwest organizers announced Thursday that I Love Boosters starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore will open the film and television festival in March. The screening on opening night of SXSW also will be the world premiere of the film directed by Boots Riley. "The mind-bending story centers around a crew of professional shoplifters known as The Velvet Gang who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven," a synopsis of the film reads. The movie also stars Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza Gonzalez, LaKeith Stanfield and Don Cheadle. This is the third screening of a Riley film to play at SXSW after Sorry to Bother You in 2018 and the world premiere of I'm a Virgo in 2023. |
| 'Home Alone' anniversary marked by record-breaking gingerbread attempt | Disney+ and Hulu are attempting to set a new Guinness World Record by constructing a 25.6-foot tall gingerbread house based on the McCallister house in Home Alone. The effort is part of a series of events the streaming services are hosting to celebrate the Christmas movie's 35th anniversary. Once completed, the gingerbread house will be 58 feet long and 42 feet wide and will be constructed using 5,700 pounds of flour and more than 4,200 eggs. There will be 4,400 gingerbread brick tiles and 800 roof tiles held together with 20 gallons of edible glue and 20 pounds of fondant. Organizers are planning to construct the gingerbread house in Los Angeles and open it up to the public for viewing -- weather dependent -- on Dec. 18 and 19. |
| Prince Harry campaigns for Christmas movie role on 'Late Show' | Britain's Prince Harry dropped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night to joke about the possibility of him starring in a Christmas rom-com movie. Looking confused, Harry interrupted Colbert's monologue about the avalanche of feel-good holiday movies involving faux royalty. "Sorry. I genuinely thought this was the audition for The Gingerbread Prince Saves Christmas in Nebraska," Harry quipped. "No," Colbert deadpanned. "That sounds like a fantastic movie, but you're an actual prince. Why would you want to be in one of those movies?" Harry replied, "Well, you Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and you're clearly obsessed with royalty, so why not?" "I wouldn't say we're 'obsessed' with royalty," Colbert countered. |