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Regina King has shared a first look at her forthcoming film One Night In Miami, which portrays a meeting of Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), soul singer Sam Cooke, American football player Jim Brown and civil rights activist Malcolm X.
The film stars Eli Goree as Clay, Leslie Odom Jr. as Cooke, Aldis Hodge as Brown, and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X.
It will be the first feature film directed by King, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in If Beale

Director Michael Mann’s long-mooted film Ferrari will likely begin filming next Spring with Hugh Jackman in talks to star, according to reports.Read More: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ review: sluggish auto-based drama never gets out of third gearHeat, The Insiders and Last Of The Mohicans director Mann will give a virtual presentation to buyers at the virtual edition of the Cannes film market on Tuesday (June 23).
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Actor Ian Holm has died aged 88.
The Lord Of The Rings actor passed away in hospital today (June 19), his agent confirmed.
“It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88,” his agent told the Guardian.
They added: “He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer,” adding that his illness was Parkinson’s related. They described him as “charming, kind and ferociously talented” and that they woul

A new scheme has been launched to try and lure customers to UK cinemas when they reopen next month.
‘Relaunching Cinema: Content for Recovery’ has put together a library of 450 new and classic films, which cinemas can choose from when they reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.Read more: Streaming services have saved cinemas, but now they’re kicking them while they’re downThe scheme, which is a joint venture between distributors and film studios, have presented a list of

It’s been revealed that Star Wars legend Mark Hamill had a secret cameo in The Mandalorian.Read More: ‘The Mandalorian’ season 2: release date, plot, trailer and everything we know so farHamill secretly appeared in the Disney+ show, which came to UK screens earlier this year, during episode five.
As revealed in the final episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – a programme which explores the behind-the-scenes stories behind The Mandalorian – 

Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson has paid an emotional tribute to the late Ian Holm.
Holm, who starred as Bilbo Baggins in the trilogy of films, passed away this week at the age of 88.
“I’m feeling very sad at the passing of Sir Ian Holm,” Jackson wrote in a lengthy post on Facebook. “Ian was such a delightful, generous man. Quiet, but cheeky, with a lovely twinkle in his eye.”
Going on to discuss their time shooting Lord Of The Rings, Jackson added: “

AMC Theatres in the US have reversed their re-opening policy to make it mandatory that cinema-goers have to wear masks once their cinemas re-open.Read more: All the films and TV shows suspended due to coronavirusOn Thursday (June 18), AMC announced it would reopen 450 of its cinemas in the US on July 15 with a number of precautions to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. However, mask wearing was not a mandatory requirement for cinema-goers, only cinema workers.
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Disney+ has stopped offering a week-long free trial of the streaming service, a spokesperson has confirmed.
Up until now, users would have seven days to trial the service, before opting to pay £5.99 per month, or £59.99 for a whole year.Read more: Coronavirus: wholesome movies to watch while self-isolating – and where to stream themThe news comes ahead of the debut of popular musical Hamilton on the platform, which lands next week (July 3).
“The service was set at an attr

Studio Ghibli have released a series of stills from their upcoming film, Aya and the Witch. You can see them below.Read more: Every Studio Ghibli film ranked in order of greatnessBased on the children’s book Earwig And The Witch by the late Diana Wynne Jones — the writer behind Howl’s Moving Castle — the new film has been directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Gorō.
Aya and the Witch will be the studio’s first film in six years and their first CG