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“People are saying you’re God’s gift, you’re this or that, and you walk on water, and you don’t feel that. You just feel like a person that’s got just as much pain and confusion and problems going on as anyone else.” A new episode of ABC News’ Superstar series will profile Patrick Swayze and chronicle the beloved actor’s rise to fame, TV Insider has learned exclusively. It will air Thursday, April 14, at 10/9c on ABC and be available to stream the next day on Hulu. Watch the trailer above for a look at the special, including some of the comments from his costars. Superstar: Patrick Swayze tells the heartthrob’s life story, from his upbringing around his mother’s ballet company and her fight against segregation to the high school football injury that set him on his path to stardom. It also includes his leading roles in Dirty Dancing,...

Exclusive: Reem Kherici is directing and starring in Chien et Chat (Cat and Dog), a live-action animated hybrid film currently in production in Montreal, which she also wrote.

Cat and Dog follows the owner of an Internet-famous cat and an international jewel thief whose dog has swallowed a ruby as the animals escape their cages in the airport. Together, the unlikely duo must work together to recover their prized pets.

Gaumont’s Sidonie Dumas is producing with Eric Altmayer for Mandarin Productions. Netflix has taken Latin American rights to the film, with Gaumont looking to release it in French theaters in December of 2023.

Kherici is best known for the 2017 romantic drama Jour J (Wedding Unplanned), which also had her writing, directing and starring. She first established herself as a multi-hyphenate with the 2013 debut feature Paris à tout prix, which was distributed in over 50 countries.

Kherici is represented by Zero Gravity Management and A3 Artists Agency.

Production underway on LA-set cross between Roadhouse and Kickboxer.

The Exchange has added worldwide rights to EFM action sales title Lights Out starring Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Scott Adkins and Dermot Mulroney.

Christian Sesma is directing the project from a screenplay by Garry Charles and Chad Law. Production is underway with Brandon Burrows of Firebrand serving as producer.

Lights Out is described as a modern-day Roadhouse meets Kickboxer and takes place in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles. Grillo’s credits include the Captain America and Purge franchises, while Phifer has starred in 8 Mile and the Divergent franchise.

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While the other streaming services set up recurring franchises, Hulu has opted to get a bit more experimental with its original offerings in August 2021.

Hulu’s list of new releases this month is highlighted by three original series concepts with promise. Reservation Dogs premieres on August 9. Co-created by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), this story will follow four indigenous teenagers in Oklahoma as they stave off boredom and adulthood. Next up is Nine Perfect Strangers on August 18. This miniseries, based on a book of the same name, is produced by David E. Kelley and features staggering cast of Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving, and more.

Only Murders in the Building is likely the biggest thing to look forward to in August though. Premiering on August 31, this comedy stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as three true crime-obsessed friends who stumble into a true crime of their own.

If you had a childhood anything at all like mine, you’re well aware of the 1987 romance film, “Dirty Dancing.” Not because you’re obsessed with dance and/or Patrick Swayze, but only because your parents played the hell out of the film during your formative years. It’s one of those movies that some people just put on the TV as comfort food, bringing back nostalgia for a certain time in their life while also imagining what it might be like to have Patrick Swayze hold you over his head in triumph.

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Patrick Swayze’s unusual star appeal helped make the supernatural romance the biggest hit of 1990 despite being resolutely unhip

American cinema has never had a star quite like Patrick Swayze, who now seems like a bridge between eras, redefining masculinity after an 80s dominated by brute-force heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and, to a much lesser extent, Chuck Norris. Jean-Claude Van Damme had some of his velvet-hammer appeal – the romantic coupling in Bloodsport was about showing off his body, not his girlfriend’s – but Swayze’s gentle, zen-like self-assurance was much rangier, unlimited to any one genre. It was not just the Catskills that were scandalized by his sexuality in Dirty Dancing, but the culture at large, and it kept slipping through even in male-oriented, adrenalized action fare like Roadhouse and Point Break.

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The post-apocalyptic zombie comedy Zombieland from back in 2009 gave a refreshing take on the often overused undead trope, providing a miuch-needed dose of both horror and comedy in a world overrun by the walking dead. One of the movie's most memorable moments comes in the form of a surprise cameo by former Ghostbuster Bill Murray, but now, some script pages have emerged showing how this scene could have played out had the filmmaker's original choice taken on the role.

Due to screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick not being entirely certain that they would be able to get Murray for the cameo, they ended up developing many iterations with many different stars. One features the late, great, dirty dancing Patrick Swayze, and now that version of the script has been revealed in full.

The idea of Patrick Swayze starring in the movie has been known for some time, but this...

The Berlin International Film Festival will present Willem Dafoe with an Honorary Golden Bear in recognition of the actor’s life work, the festival announced Tuesday. Following the presentation on Feb. 20, the festival will screen Daniel Nettheim’s 2001 film “The Hunter” starring the actor. Dafoe has over 100 film credits to his name, including “The Loveless,” “Roadhouse 66,” “To Live and Die in L.A.,” “Platoon,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Cry-Baby,” “Mississippi Burning,” “American Psycho,” “Spider-Man,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Aviator,” “Inside Man,” “Mr. Bean’s Holiday,” “The Fault in Our Stars,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “John Wick” and most recently “Murder on...