Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Tiffany Haddish Jokes About 'Girls Trip' Sequel Being Turned Down?
In Response To The Night School Actress' Statement At The Natural Resources Defense Council's Night Of Comedy, Her Publicist Is Quick To Set The Record Straight, Insisting That She 'Was Totally Joking.'
AceShowbiz - The development of the "Girls Trip" sequel has hit a road bump and stalled, according to the movie's breakout star Tiffany Haddish.
The actress landed her big break in the 2017 comedy, in which she starred alongside Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Regina Hall as four lifelong friends who reunite for a wild vacation in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The movie, penned by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver, was a big box office hit, grossing $140 million (£107 million) worldwide, while it also made history as the first film written by an African-American woman to cross the $100 million (£76.4 million) mark.
The co-stars all expressed a desire to reunite for a follow-up in the wake of the project's commercial success, but during a recent appearance at the Natural Resources Defense Council's Night of Comedy in New York City, Tiffany suggested studio officials at Universal Pictures had put the proposed sequel on ice.
After one audience member shouted out a question about the anticipated release, Tiffany explained, "I wish there was (a sequel), I hope there is. I have been petitioning for it."
She went on to claim, "I've even written a script for it. Me and the girls (co-stars) punched it up and made it good. They (studio bosses) don't want it. We understood how much money could be made, and they don't want to pay it. So I doubt it."
However, a representative for Tiffany has since insisted she was just joking about gathering her co-stars to complete the script: "She was totally joking," her publicist tells the New York Post's Page Six.
"While she would love to make that movie one day, she has not written or participated in writing any script, so there was nothing for the studio to pass on. I can't stress enough that she was kidding."
Meanwhile, a studio spokesperson has played down any tension between Haddish and company officials.
"Tiffany is a singular talent, and Universal continues to have a dynamic and successful relationship with her," the representative states. "We look forward to collaborating with her on future projects."
The comedienne's comments emerge shortly after Latifah insisted the actresses were all still game for another "Girls Trip" - they just needed a finished screenplay.
"We are all in for 'Girls Trip 2'. We're just waiting for a script to be honest," she recently told People magazine.
"Tiffany called me like two weeks ago like, 'I know me, and you and Jada and Regina get in the room, we can write this script (sic).'"
Movies to Watch & Anticipate in 2019
Avengers: Endgame
1. Adrift in space with no food or water, Tony Stark sends a message to Pepper Potts as his oxygen supply starts to dwindle. Meanwhile, the remaining Avengers -- Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner -- must figure out a way to bring back their vanquished allies for an epic showdown with Thanos -- the evil demigod who decimated the planet and the universe.
Based on: The Avengers; by: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Captain Marvel
2. Captain Marvel gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
Initial release: 8 March 2019 (USA)
Budget: 152 million USD
X-MEN: Dark Phoenix
3. The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.
Initial release: 7 June 2019 (USA) Trending
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
4. The citizens of Bricksburg face a dangerous new threat when LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space start to wreck everything in their path. The battle to defeat the enemy and restore harmony to the LEGO universe takes Emmet, Lucy, Batman and the rest of their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds that test their courage and creativity.
Initial release: 8 February 2019 (USA)
Box office: $136.6 million
Budget: 99 million USD
The New Mutants
Initial release: 2 August 2019 (USA)
7. Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.
Initial release: 14 February 2019 (USA)
Box office: $263.4 million
Budget: 200 million USD
8. Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.
Initial release: 8 February 2019 (USA)
Budget: 20 million USD
9. Aladdin is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie, from the screenplay co-written with John August, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.Wikipedia
Initial release: 24 May 2019 (USA)
10. M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass. From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Initial release: 16 January 2019 (France)
11. Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.
Initial release: 12 April 2019 (USA)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
It: Chapter Two
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Star Wars: Episode IX
Initial release: 19 December 2019 (Brazil)
Based on: Characters; by George Lucas
