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F. Gary Gray hopes that Fast & Furious 8 won’t feel like “more of the same”

It's pretty remarkable how long the FAST & FURIOUS franchise has lasted given its various reinventions and tragedies, but here we are, on the road towards the eighth installment of the series. Last fall, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON director F. Gary...

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F. Gary Gray confirms he’s directing Furious 8

Posted 11 years ago

F. Gary Gray is heading STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON and straight into FURIOUS 8. We knew this was on the way once Gray emerged as the frontrunner in a very short list of candidates to helm the next chapter in the...

And the Furious 8 directorial search is down to three

Posted 11 years ago

And then there were three. After some jockeying for position as to who might helm the next installment of the FAST & FURIOUS saga (their choice of words, not mine), it doesn’t look like either Vin Diesel or Rob Cohen...

Biopic based on Welcome to Death Row documentary and book being shopped

Posted 11 years ago

According to THR, talent agency APA is out shopping WELCOME TO DEATH ROW, a biopic based on the documentary and book of the same name by STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON co-executive producer S. Leigh Savidge. The film would essentially be a...

Cool Videos: Recut Straight Outta Compton trailer, Ben Folds style

Posted 11 years ago

I’m having a love affair with this recut STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON trailer. Why, you ask? Because I’m a huge Ben Folds fan, and instead of an N.W.A. song playing over the trailer, it is set to his cover of Dr....

Weekend Box Office Report: August 28-30, 2015

Posted 11 years ago

Straight Outta Compton still a crazy moneymaker! For the third weekend, the biopic of hip-hop group N.W.A. ruled the box office as STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON was on top again with an estimated $13.2 million! With a domestic total of $134.1 million, the...

Weekend Box Office Report: August 21-23, 2015

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Straight Outta Compton still tops the chart! For a second weekend, the story of rap group N.W.A. held the top spot as STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON was at #1 with an estimated $26.7 million! The biopic about the seminal hip-hop act fronted by...

Ice Cube and his son may team up for a thriller set during the L.A. riots

Posted 11 years ago

Update: According to Deadline, a representative for the pair said that “Ice Cube and O’Shea Jackson Jr. have no plans to commit to this project at this time. Any speculations or rumors that suggest that they are confirmed are simply untrue."...

Weekend Box Office Report: August 14-16, 2015

Posted 11 years ago

Straight Outta Compton is #1 with attitude! The story of groundbreaking hip-hop group N.W.A. stormed the box office this weekend, putting STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON on top with an estimated $56 million opening! The R-rated gaze into the rise and fall of...

Top 10 Music Biopics of All Time

Posted 11 years ago

Today marks the release of STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, the long in development biopic about the rise of seminal rap group N.W.A.. In the annals of film history, the true stories of musicians and their rise and fall has been fodder...

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