David Franzoni

David Franzoni

Date of Birth

1947-03-04

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Ridley Scott’s Napoleon movie with Joaquin Phoenix galloping to Apple

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Apple Studios is getting ready to open its wallet nice and wide after agreeing to finance and produce Kitbag, an upcoming Napoleon Bonaparte biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix from filmmaker Ridley Scott. Phoenix will star as the French emperor and military...

Gladiator 2: The Movie That Almost Was

Posted 6 years ago

Chris While Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR memorably ended with the death of Russell Crowe's iconic Maximus, that didn't stop Hollywood from trying to figure out a way to make a sequel, with Russell Crowe returning as its star. In fact, the...

Joaquin Phoenix to play Napoleon in Ridley Scott’s latest historical epic

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Move over, Terry Camilleri (BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) because it's time for Joaquin Phoenix to take a crack at playing the part of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Phoenix will reteam with GLADIATOR filmmaker Ridley Scott...

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The Good, the Bad and the Badass: Hans Zimmer

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of a truly badass helmer, Kathryn Bigelow. However, while people are quick to praise directors, actors and writers when a movie goes over well, often a crucial component, that of...

Former MLB player Mike Piazza to produce ‘Constantine’ set in ancient Rome…what?

Posted 14 years ago

You might assume that since Mike Piazza is a former professional athlete, if he was going to produce a movie it would be about a sports legend that inspired him or a really good screenplay about an underdog. Aren’t athletes...

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day, cast reunion

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day cast reunites 35 years later for epic family photo

Posted 2 days ago

Edward Furlong reunites with the cast of Terminator 2, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.

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Dan Stevens to patrol Detroit as the new RoboCop for Prime Video

Posted 1 day ago

Dan Stevens will star as Alex Murphy in Prime Video's new eight-episode RoboCop series from Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, and Peter Ocko.

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Marvel unveils a new trailer and poster for Avengers Endgame: Encore as tickets for the anticipated re-release go on sale

Posted 1 day ago

Oh snap! Marvel debuts a new trailer and poster for Avengers Endgame: Encore as tickets go on sale for special IMAX screenings and more.

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Ken and Ryu are ready for battle in a new preview image from Street Fighter

Posted 1 day ago

Andrew Koji and Noah Centineo bring the Capcom video game characters to life in the upcoming film, dropping in October.

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Ali G returns in Sasha Baron Cohen’s new film Ali G: Who Iz I?

Posted 1 day ago

Sasha Baron Cohen returns as the voice of the youth in a new mockumentary where he will be directing for the first time.

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Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood

Posted 4 days ago

Clint Eastwood may be the face of spaghetti westerns, but these five great movies prove the genre had plenty of other legendary gunslingers.

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Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?

Posted 4 weeks ago

From 2002 to 2026, we're taking a look at every Live Action Spider-man film and ranking them. Let's see how they stack up!

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VHS Gems: The ’80s Movies We Discovered at the Video Store

Posted 3 weeks ago

We take a look back at some eighties classics that weren't huge theatrical hits but became classics on home video.

Terrible Sequels to Great Movies

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Five Great Movies That Were Followed by Absolutely Terrible Sequels

Posted 2 weeks ago

Developing a sequel to a great movie is always difficult, but unfortunately, for each one that succeeds, there's an absolutely terrible one.

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The 10 Best ’80s Movie Villains: From Biff Tannen to Hans Gruber

Posted 5 days ago

No decade had better movie bad guys than the 1980s, but in a decade full of villains, who were the best?

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The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?

Posted 1 week ago

1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.