Queen Latifah: Equalizer different from films and original series
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Queen Latifah stars in The Equalizer, which premieres Sunday on CBS after the Super Bowl. Photo courtesy of CBS
Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Queen Latifah stars as Robyn McCall, a retired CIA operative, in The Equalizer. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (UPI) Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Queen Latifah, who stars in the newest version of
The Equalizer, said her take on the role is yet another reinterpretation. I am absolutely excited and love the fact that Denzel made this a relevant product again, Latifah said on a Television Critics Association Zoom panel. He set a bar in a way, but also gave us a lot of room to go a completely different direction.
The chief executive of PBS rejected a filmmaker’s argument that public TV's 40-year relationship with documentarian Ken Burns has come at the expense of diversity. President and CEO Paula Kerger was asked about an essay by filmmaker Grace Lee, who contended that public TV's deep attachment to Burns, whose series…
Courtesy Nick Danko
Courtesy Nick Danko
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For his directorial feature film debut, Western Pennsylvania’s Nick Danko looked no further than his own backyard.
Danko’s “Red Woods” is a found footage film in the vein of “The Blair Witch Project” (minus the shaky-camera effect) that follows an urban explorer group as they tromp through abandoned houses in the woods. Much of it was filmed on Danko’s property in Lawrence County that borders McConnell’s Mill State Park.
PBS Defends Ken Burns After Black Director Slams PBS’ 40 Year Relationship with ‘One White, Male Filmmaker’
3 Feb 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) The chief executive of PBS rejected a filmmaker’s argument that public TV’s 40-year relationship with documentarian Ken Burns has come at the expense of diversity.
President and CEO Paula Kerger was asked Tuesday about an essay by filmmaker Grace Lee, who contended that public TV’s deep attachment to Burns, whose series include “The Civil War” and “Baseball,” slights viewers of color.
“I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to work with Ken Burns, whose legacy is extraordinary and as we look forward, has a very rich pipeline of programs that he’s bringing to public television,” Kerger said in a virtual Q&A with the Television Critics Association.
We reported earlier,
Alicia Vikander is reportedly set to reprise her role as Lara Croft, which she first took on in 2018’s “Tomb Raider.” The film grossed around $275M at the global box office.
MGM’s “Tomb Raider” will be produced by Graham King via his GK Films banner, and Elizabeth Cantillon via The Cantillon Company, per Deadline. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. via United Artists Releasing, and internationally through Warner Bros.
Green, meanwhile, is producing Warner Brothers’ “Cleopatra Jones” and Makeready’s “The Gilded Ones.” She is also the co-creator, executive producer and writer of the WGN series “Underground,” which ran for one season and was nominated for four NAACP Image Awards and a TCA Award for Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics Association.