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  • Keira Knightley to Star Alongside Will Smith in “Collateral Beauty”

    Keira Knightley has signed on as a cast member in an upcoming film called Collateral Beauty. She will play opposite Will Smith in the movie.

    Most recently seen in Everest, Knightley is no stranger to the big screen.

    Nominated for Best Supporting Actress last year for her role in The Imitation Game, Keira Knightley is presently in talks to star in the biopic Colette. She has appeared in films including Pride & Prejudice, Begin Again, Atonement, and Love Actually.

    Collateral Beauty is about a man–a New York advertising executive (played by Will Smith)–who has experienced a personal tragedy. His colleagues come up with a rather unconventional way to help him through his grief.

    In addition to Keira Knightley and Will Smith, Collateral Beauty will star Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Michael Peña, and Naomie Harris. It will be directed by David Frankel.

    It’s possible that next year’s Academy Award nominations will include Keira Knightley, Will Smith, or one of their cast mates. Collateral Beauty is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16, and that makes it in time for 2017’s nominations.

    Production for Collateral Beauty is set to begin later this month in New York.

  • Netflix Releases Trailer For ‘My Own Man’

    Netflix Releases Trailer For ‘My Own Man’

    Netflix released a new trailer for documentary My Own Man, which is executive produced by Edward Norton. As you can see from the trailer, Norton also appears in the film.

    Netflix announced last month that it would exclusively premiere the film on March 6. It was written, produced and directed by David Sampliner (Dirty Work).

    The description is as follows:

    When director Sampliner learns he’s about to become a father to a baby boy, he fears he must “man up” and finally embrace the latent masculinity he’s rejected all his life. But as he immerses himself in a strange new world of masculine ideals, including vocal lessons, warrior weekends and hunting, he realizes all roads lead back to his own fraught relationship with his father. Intimate, funny and moving, My Own Man reveals the sometimes painful truths that are often left unspoken between fathers and sons. The film made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014.

    “We’re proud to be working with Edward Norton and David Sampliner on this film,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix VP of Original Documentary and Comedy. “Intensely personal and yet universally relatable, My Own Man is both an exploration of the new masculinity and an examination of age-old differences between fathers and sons.”

    “My Own Man is as deeply personal as filmmaking can get. You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor and simultaneously offer such deep insights into the very universal struggle to communicate within a family,” said Norton. “It’s a film that lies within the emotional spectrum of great drama.”

    The film is a Sixteen Tons Production in association with Class 5 Films.

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  • Netflix Acquires Edward Norton-Produced Doc ‘My Own Man’

    Netflix Acquires Edward Norton-Produced Doc ‘My Own Man’

    Netflix announced that it will exclusively premiere My Own Man, a documentary from executive producer Edward Norton, on March 6. The film was written, produced and directed by David Sampliner (Dirty Work).

    The description is as follows:

    When director Sampliner learns he’s about to become a father to a baby boy, he fears he must “man up” and finally embrace the latent masculinity he’s rejected all his life. But as he immerses himself in a strange new world of masculine ideals, including vocal lessons, warrior weekends and hunting, he realizes all roads lead back to his own fraught relationship with his father. Intimate, funny and moving, My Own Man reveals the sometimes painful truths that are often left unspoken between fathers and sons. The film made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014.

    “We’re proud to be working with Edward Norton and David Sampliner on this film,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix VP of Original Documentary and Comedy. “Intensely personal and yet universally relatable, My Own Man is both an exploration of the new masculinity and an examination of age-old differences between fathers and sons.”

    “My Own Man is as deeply personal as filmmaking can get. You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor and simultaneously offer such deep insights into the very universal struggle to communicate within a family,” said Norton. “It’s a film that lies within the emotional spectrum of great drama.”

    “When I started making this film, I wanted to document an experience I shared with a lot of my peers: becoming a husband and father in a time when the roles for men were changing so dramatically,” added Sampliner. “But in the course of shooting over seven years, I realized that discovering how to be a 21st century dad meant coming to terms with my own father. I’m hoping that by watching a portrait of my family, audiences will find new ways of understanding their own.”

    The film is a Sixteen Tons Production in association with Class 5 Films.

    It’s been a fairly big day of announcements for Netflix, as the company also announced a release date for its next original series, and that it is launching a “Recommended TV” program for television manufacturers, which will give the Netflix stamp of approval on performance.

    Also, you can see a list of newly added titles here.

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  • Edward Norton is Now a Father: It’s a Boy

    Having already become an accomplished Hollywood actor, Edward Norton is now becoming a family man.

    The 43-year-old American History X star’s fiancé gave birth to a baby boy, in March, according to a report from US magazine. Citing an anonymous “insider,” the magazine reports that the couple are “thrilled and excited” about their new child.

    Norton and Shauna Robertson, the mother, have been engaged since 2011. Robertson is a producer who has worked on projects such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

    Norton began his career in New York theatre, and in 1996 was cast in the movie Primal Fear. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the performance, and went on to star in American History X, for which he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. Norton has gone on to star in movies such as Fight Club, Death to Smoochy, The Italian Job, and The Incredible Hulk. His next movie projects include the Wes Anderson film The Grand Budapest Hotel and the 2014 movie Birdman.