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The Accountant 2 has finally had its wide release in theaters, nearly ten years after the original film came out. The Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal-led film is a tonal departure from the first movie, letting go of some of its self-serious tone and instead playing out like a buddy comedy, in the vein of films like Midnight Run. Director Gavin O'Connor, who also previously worked with Ben Affleck on the 2020 film The Way Back, has always intended for The Accountant to be a trilogy. Interestingly, the themes of a possible third film could involve bringing back an actor from the first film who didn't make the cut for Accountant 2.

In an interview with the New York Times, O'Connor spoke about the possibility of the third film coming to fruition, though not without the director taking a break from the puzzle genre first. It was with these talks of...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ crime thriller Play Dirty has four new additions: Keegan-Michael Key (Wonka), Nat Wolff (Which Brings Me to You), Chukwudi Iwuji (The Day of the Jackal), and Thomas Jane (Troppo).

As previously announced, Mark Wahlberg leads the ensemble, with Lakeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, and Tony Shalhoub also set for roles. No word on the roles the new cast members will be playing.

Directed by Shane Black, Play Dirty is the first project based on Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels, written under the pseudonym Richard Stark, to emerge from a pact between Amazon MGM and Team Downey in 2022. The film centers on Wahlberg’s professional thief, Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But even with the help of his partner, actor-slash-con artist Grofield (Stanfield), he’ll still...

The LA Art Show announced that award-winning actress Lucy Hale will be the official host of the 2024 LA Art Show Opening Night Premiere Party kicking off the Los Angeles 2024 art season.

Lucy Hale to Host Official LA Art Show Opening Night Premiere Party

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The event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Wednesday, February 14th from 6:00pm-10:00pm. The LA Art Show will take place February 15th – 18th. Tickets are currently available for purchase at LAArtShow.com.

Hale, whose credits include Pretty Little Liars, Puppy Love, and Vertical’s hit The Hating Game, can next be seen in Decal’s upcoming romantic drama Which Brings Me To You opposite Nat Wolff and will be released January 19th. Lucy is a longtime supporter of arts & culture and will be a first-time host of the LA Art Show, the city’s largest and longest running art fair,...

Alex Wolff has been cast as legendary singer Leonard Cohen in So Long, Marianne, the Nrk drama series we first revealed last year.

Thea Sofie Loch Næss will play Canadian musician Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen. Anna Torv has also been cast Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor is George Johnston.

Wolff appeared opposite Joachim Phoenix in indie flick Pig and has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Before that, he reteams with Pig filmmaker Michael Sarnoski on Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place: Day One alongside Lupita Nyong’o in 2024.

In further developments, Canadian streamer Crave has boarded So Long, Marianne, which began principal photography on March 24 and is shooting in multiple locations including the Greek island of Hydra, Oslo in Norway,...

CANNES -- German production house Odeon Film announced Tuesday that it will acquire the Cologne-based producer enigma on Oct. 13 for an undisclosed sum. Odeon, which has produced such hit German children's films as The Wild Chicks and Bibi Blocksberg as well as international features including Buffalo Soldiers and Mortel Transfert, is also Germany's leading producer of crime and detective series for TV, with hit shows including Wolff's Turf and SK Koelsch.