Anyone But You
Inside Glen Powell’s Ambitious Hollywood Plans
To celebrate his first Hollywood role in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, a then middle school aged Glen Powell had his mom take him to Home Depot to buy chroma key colored paint. The budding actor, who had chosen Steven Spielberg and his use of special effects as the subject of one of his first […]
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Glen Powell Finally Conquered Hollywood. So Why Is He Leaving?
Glen Powell arrives at lunch through a back door toting a container of bone broth he isn’t eager to look at, much less consume. He’s more a “chicken-fried-steak-in-Austin kind of a guy,” he insists, but he’s signed on to star in an A24 revenge thriller and he’s supposed to drop 15 pounds in a matter […]
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Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie, Laura Dern to Star in Legal Drama ‘Monsanto’
Glen Powell’s newfound star power continues to fuel movie projects. The Anyone But You actor will lead a cast that includes Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern to headline Monsanto, a legal drama from writer-director John Lee Hancock. Rocket Science, the company that has been integral to the financing and producing of movies such as […]
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Glen Powell Credits Sydney Sweeney for Successful ‘Anyone but You’ Marketing Campaign
Glen Powell is giving credit where credit is due regarding his Anyone but You co-star Sydney Sweeney. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the actor praised the Euphoria star for the role she played in the movie’s marketing strategy to help it become a rom-com genre hit. Sweeney also served as an […]
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New Rom-Com Wave Is Big on Imagining Real-Life Offline
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I consume all kinds of rom-coms: the good, the not-so-good, the somewhere-in-between. (I draw the line at anything that stars Ashton Kutcher. Hollywood: Please put Pedro Pascal on your rom-com leading-man shortlists. Many thanks in advance.) Anyway, I’ve sensed a shift of late. A change in the vibe. A […]
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Glen Powell to Star in Edgar Wright’s Remake of ‘The Running Man’
Glen Powell, Hollywood’s favorite rising star, has nabbed his first action vehicle. The actor, who cemented his leading-man status with the hit romantic comedy Anyone but You, will star in Paramount’s The Running Man, a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel that Edgar Wright will direct. Wright, who’s been attached to the project since […]
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Sydney Sweeney Says ‘Madame Web’ Was a “Building Block” for Relationship With Sony
Sydney Sweeney has no regrets about Madame Web and sees the film as a catalyst for other projects. In an interview with GQ U.K. published Monday, the actress reflected on how the franchise opened the door for career opportunities such as Anyone But You and Barbarella. “To me that film was a building block. It’s […]
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Where to Stream ‘Anyone But You’ Starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Online
Loosely based on Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' the romantic comedy directed by Will Gluck is now available to watch at home.
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Drew Barrymore and Dermot Mulroney Have Tear-Filled ‘Bad Girls’ Reunion
Drew Barrymore and Dermot Mulroney had a tear-filled reunion when the actor surprised the talk show host on Thursday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. The Anyone But You star was one of three people who made an appearance and caught Barrymore off-guard, as the episode was only intended to be a sit-down with Andie […]
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‘Anyone But You’: How TikTok (and Shakespeare) Saved the Romantic Comedy From the Theatrical Graveyard
TikTok may have just saved romantic comedies from being banished forever from the big screen to the hinterlands of streaming. Sony’s Anyone But You, based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, has become a box office darling and could reach $85 million to $100 million domestically against a $25 million budget, despite mediocre reviews and […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Leads New Year’s Waltz as ‘Aquaman 2’ Continues to Sink
Wonka is winning the long New Year’s weekend box office race as a tumultuous 2023 comes to a close. The Warner Bros. origin pic — starring Timothée Chalamet as young candymaker Willy Wonka — is on course to gross an estimated $29.5 million for the four-day holiday weekend, putting its domestic tally at a sweet […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Emerges as Christmas Winner, Crosses $100M in U.S. as ‘Aquaman 2’ Drowns
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka has emerged as this year’s Christmas box office winner, while DC superhero pic Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom drowns. Overall, this holiday season isn’t so joyous for Hollywood studios and theater owners. Case in point: Wednesday revenue was down 52 percent from the same Wednesday in 2019, the last year before the […]
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