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Justin Baldoni on Why ‘It Ends With Us’ Needed to Be Adapted: It “Could Actually Make a Real Difference”
Even before Justin Baldoni finished reading Colleen Hoover’s book It Ends With Us, he knew it was an important story that needed to be adapted for the big screen. Baldoni says he was instantly “moved by Lily’s bravery and what she had to overcome,” and that he wanted to team up with Hoover to develop […]
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‘It Ends With Us’ Banned in Qatar Due to Kissing Scenes
It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, has been blocked from theatrical release in Qatar due to its kissing scenes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The country’s censorship committee decided to ban the Sony Pictures and Wayfarer Studios’ film, which has a PG-13 rating in the U.S. Qatar has strict censorship rules and has […]
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Did Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Have a Rift Over ‘It Ends With Us’? Sleuthing TikTokers Think So
As It Ends With Us sails toward a strong opening weekend at the box office, the movie is facing unexpected — and likely unwanted — attention on social media. TikTok has been flooded with speculation about a rift between star-producer Blake Lively and her co-star Justin Baldoni, who also directed the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s […]
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‘It Ends With Us’ Costume Designer on Blake Lively’s Outfits Criticism: “It’s Great to Be Talked About”
Eric Daman, the costume designer for It Ends With Us, admits he saw the online fan discourse surrounding Blake Lively’s looks in the film, but he was just excited to see people talking about his work. While filming was underway in New Jersey and New York in the Spring of 2023, some fans captured photos […]
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‘It Ends With Us’: What the Critics Are Saying
Following the New York premiere of It Ends With Us on Tuesday evening, the first reviews of the film from critics have been coming in, and they’ve been decidedly mixed. The romantic drama, based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 best-selling novel of the same name, was directed by Justin Baldoni (who also plays Ryle). The film follows Lily […]
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Sony’s ‘Red Eye’ Takes Flight Globally
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced a series of international distribution agreements for its high-stakes action thriller Red Eye, inking deals for more than 120 territories worldwide. The TV feature, from Doctor Who producers Bad Wolf is flying to platforms and channels across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Some notable deals […]
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The Lady With the Torch and “Prophetic Anti-Fascist Quickies”: Locarno Fetes Columbia Pictures at 100
From war movies and westerns to noir films, screwball comedies all the way to musicals – Sony-owned Columbia Pictures has had them all over its first 100 years. The 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival is celebrating the centenary in the Swiss town with “a tribute both to beloved classics and unheralded gems produced […]
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How Columbia Pictures Changed the World at 24 Frames Per Second
In the fall of 1989, as Disney and Universal were prepping popcorn-friendly fare like Pretty Woman and Back to the Future Part III, a young Columbia Pictures creative exec took a meeting with a USC student possibly interested in a script-reader job. “John Singleton shows up to our offices in Burbank,” recalls Stephanie Allain. “His […]
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How Great Movies Get Made at Columbia: A Directors’ Tell-All
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee was pulling his hair out. He was in preproduction in China on his ambitious martial arts movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon when a silent investor pulled out. “It was the toughest movie I’d ever tried to make,” recalls Lee, who thought it was all over. But […]
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100 Years of Masterpieces and Mishaps at Columbia Pictures: A Timeline
1924 A Studio Is Born CBC Film Sales Corporation, a studio on Hollywood’s Poverty Row, is founded in 1918 by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt. In 1924, the trio reorganize the company, creating Columbia Pictures (Brandt is eventually bought out). Unlike the other majors, Columbia did not own theaters, sticking to making […]
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How Columbia Pictures Kept Its Cool for a Century
On a recent July afternoon, the ever-mercurial Tom Rothman arrives in good spirits for a tour of Columbia Pictures’ archives in honor of the studio’s 100th anniversary. “Ask a lot of questions, because after this, I must go back to work,” says Rothman, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman. “This is way more fun than […]
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Sony Pictures Promotes Drew Shearer to CFO
Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Drew Shearer to executive vp and chief financial officer. He assumes the post on Oct. 1. and will succeed Philip Rowley, who will step down after joining the Hollywood studio as CFO in 2016. Shearer has spent nearly 30 years at Sony, joining the studio in 1996 as director of […]
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