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#Yellowjackets stars Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci spoke with THR about their ’90s regrets, what it really means when you call an actress “quirky” and how survival bonds women — even in the trenches of Hollywood thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image
@melanielynskey @yellowjackets96 @JulietteLewis Emmy nominee Christina Ricci on being the “quirky” actress in the 90s: “I have made an effort in my career to do things that I feel like I haven’t seen before. So, in some ways, I like it. In other ways, I’m like, ‘Ugh.’ It’s a little dismissive” thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image
@melanielynskey @yellowjackets96 @JulietteLewis Tawny Cypress on wanting to know about her #Yellowjackets character arc: "I think about the show, and I think, 'What the f--k are they going to do with this character?'" thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image
@melanielynskey @yellowjackets96 @JulietteLewis Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey sent all the young actresses on #Yellowjackets an email when production started, offering to help them with anything they’d need: “I feel very protective” thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image
@melanielynskey @yellowjackets96 @JulietteLewis Juliette Lewis has advice for all young people: “Cultivate other interests deeply so that you’re not getting all your life’s blood from this industry, or your self-worth” thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image
@melanielynskey @yellowjackets96 @JulietteLewis #Yellowjackets stars Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci on overcoming industry indignities and wishful do-overs: "I think people without regrets are narcissists" thr.cm/mEuJnnc Image

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Aug 5
Peter Jackson says Amazon asked him to be involved with its mega-budget #LOTR prequel – and then cut off contact. Amazon suggests the story isn't quite so simple: thr.cm/M2ugCIJ Image
“They asked me if I wanted to be involved...and I said, ‘That’s an impossible question to answer without seeing a script,'” said Peter Jackson, “So they said...'we’ll send them to you.’ And the scripts never showed up" thr.cm/M2ugCIJ Image
Peter Jackson said he has no hard feelings towards the #LOTR series: “I’ll be watching it...If somebody makes a good film or TV show, it’s something to celebrate. The one thing I am looking forward to is actually seeing it as a perfectly neutral viewer” thr.cm/M2ugCIJ Image
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“We’ve restructured the business where we are going to focus, where there is going to be a team with a ten-year plan focusing just on DC...It’s very similar to the structure...at Disney" thr.cm/KZgPvET Image
"We think we can build a much stronger, sustainable growth business out of DC,” said Zazlav. “As part of that, we are going to focus on quality. We are not going to release any film before it’s ready…DC is something we can make better" thr.cm/KZgPvET Image
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Aug 4
#Batgirl herself Leslie Grace has shared a statement following the cancellation of the film: thr.cm/HNyAKT9 Image
Along with the message, Leslie Grace also shared several behind-the-scenes images from #Batgirl thr.cm/HNyAKT9 ImageImage
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#Batgirl was a casualty of new corporate strategy from David Zaslav, who opted to shelve the project in order to take a tax write down on the $90 million film, multiple sources tell THR thr.cm/IqQzuPM Image
According to multiple sources, Warners considered pumping more money into #Batgirl to beef it up into a theatrical release. Another source downplays that the notion was seriously in contention thr.cm/IqQzuPM Image
When a very early version of #Batgirl test screened it landed a score in the low 60s and is believed to have only tested once. The test score is comparable to tests for 2017's 'It' as well as an early test for the upcoming #Shazam: Fury of the Gods thr.cm/IqQzuPM Image
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“From a storytelling point of view, there are multiple reasons,” said Tony Gilroy, “It’s a story we are eager to tell...When we do it, we’ll do it in a spectacular fashion as opposed to presenting it and ignoring it" thr.cm/QyqglCy Image
Tony Gilroy revealed the plan includes the debut season covering one year in #Andor’s life and the second season covering four years. “Our last scene of the show will walk the audience...directly into the first scene of #RogueOne" thr.cm/QyqglCy Image
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Elon Musk told Twitter that he is “terminating” his proposed acquisition of the social media company, arguing in a letter that the company was in “breach” of the merger agreement: thr.cm/ImMVJdT
In a letter, Elon Musk said that he wants out of the deal “because Twitter is in material breach of multiple provisions of the Agreement, appears to have made false and misleading representations" thr.cm/ImMVJdT
Specifically, Elon Musk said that Twitter did not provide enough information about its bot and spam accounts on the platform, and did not give him and his team enough data to conduct their own analysis thr.cm/ImMVJdT
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