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  • ‘Insidious’ whips past ‘Indiana Jones 5’ to top North America box office

    By AFP

    LOS ANGELES: Sony’s horror film “Insidious: The Red Door” scared its way to the top of the North American box office on a slow weekend, taking in an estimated $32.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

    The dark tale of astral projection and demonic possession, starring and directed by Patrick Wilson, had weak reviews. Still, for the fifth installment of a horror franchise it enjoyed “an excellent opening,” said entertainment analyst David A. Gross.

    The film, a co-production of Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films and Blumhouse, dethroned Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which had logged weaker than expected numbers in its debut last weekend.

    This fifth “Indy” episode, again starring Harrison Ford as a whip-cracking archeologist, took in $26.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, a long way from recouping the film’s estimated $295 million budget.

    In third, at $17 million, was surprise hit “Sound of Freedom,” a Christian action thriller from Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios.

    ALSO READ | ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ movie review:  A low-res imitation of generic horror films

    Jim Caviezel (who once played Jesus) stars in a story based on true-life former US government agent Tim Ballard, who says he has rescued more than 100 children from Colombian sex traffickers. The film has found a niche audience among Christian conservatives.

    Critics, however, say “Sound” plays into wild QAnon conspiracy theories about a dark international cabal kidnapping children and harvesting their blood.

    While Angel Studios denies that its film warps the truth, Caviezel and Ballard have both embraced some extreme QAnon claims.

    In fourth spot was Disney/Pixar’s family-friendly animation “Elemental,” at $9.6 million. The cross-cultural rom-com (can fire and water ever find happiness?) has done well since a “disastrous opening,” according to Variety.

    And in fifth was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the second installment in Sony’s animated take on the web-slinging superhero. It took in $8 million.

    Rounding out the top 10 were:

    “Joy Ride” ($5.9 million)

    “No Hard Felings” ($5.3 million)

    “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ($5 million)

    “The Little Mermaid” ($3.5 million)

    “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” ($2.8 million)

    LOS ANGELES: Sony’s horror film “Insidious: The Red Door” scared its way to the top of the North American box office on a slow weekend, taking in an estimated $32.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

    The dark tale of astral projection and demonic possession, starring and directed by Patrick Wilson, had weak reviews. Still, for the fifth installment of a horror franchise it enjoyed “an excellent opening,” said entertainment analyst David A. Gross.

    The film, a co-production of Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films and Blumhouse, dethroned Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which had logged weaker than expected numbers in its debut last weekend.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    This fifth “Indy” episode, again starring Harrison Ford as a whip-cracking archeologist, took in $26.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, a long way from recouping the film’s estimated $295 million budget.

    In third, at $17 million, was surprise hit “Sound of Freedom,” a Christian action thriller from Santa Fe Films and Angel Studios.

    ALSO READ | ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ movie review:  A low-res imitation of generic horror films

    Jim Caviezel (who once played Jesus) stars in a story based on true-life former US government agent Tim Ballard, who says he has rescued more than 100 children from Colombian sex traffickers. The film has found a niche audience among Christian conservatives.

    Critics, however, say “Sound” plays into wild QAnon conspiracy theories about a dark international cabal kidnapping children and harvesting their blood.

    While Angel Studios denies that its film warps the truth, Caviezel and Ballard have both embraced some extreme QAnon claims.

    In fourth spot was Disney/Pixar’s family-friendly animation “Elemental,” at $9.6 million. The cross-cultural rom-com (can fire and water ever find happiness?) has done well since a “disastrous opening,” according to Variety.

    And in fifth was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” the second installment in Sony’s animated take on the web-slinging superhero. It took in $8 million.

    Rounding out the top 10 were:

    “Joy Ride” ($5.9 million)

    “No Hard Felings” ($5.3 million)

    “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” ($5 million)

    “The Little Mermaid” ($3.5 million)

    “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” ($2.8 million)

  • Harrison Ford officially retires Indiana Jones, a role he’s essayed for 40 yrs

    By IANS

    CANNES: Hollywood star Harrison Ford is officially ready to retire his ‘Indiana Jones’ character — the swashbuckling, fedora-wearing adventurer — a legendary role he has inhabited in five films across 40 years, reports ‘Variety’.

    “Is it not evident?” the 80-year-old actor joked at the Cannes Film Festival’s Friday press conference for the action-adventure. “I need to sit down and rest a little bit.”

    In returning to the character for one last time, adds ‘Variety’, Ford expressed a desire to see “a completion of the five films”. He added: “I wanted to see the weight of life on him. I wanted to see him require reinvention. I wanted him to have a relationship that wasn’t a flirty movie relationship.”

    ALSO READ: ‘Indiana Jones’ swings into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford honored before joyous festivalgoers

    Director James Mangold’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ isn’t playing in competition, but it’s one of the buzziest premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It marks Ford’s return to the festival for the first time since the fourth chapter, ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ (2008), notes ‘Variety’.

    ‘Dial of Destiny’ premiered on Thursday night at the Palais, where, according to ‘Variety’, Ford was greeted with a movie star welcome, with thousands of fans screaming his name and the audience inside the theatre showering him with applause.

    He also received a tribute award to celebrate his lengthy Hollywood career, ranging from blockbusters such as ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ to ‘The Fugitive’ and ‘Witness’.

    “It’s indescribable. I felt … I can’t even tell you,” an emotional Ford said while reflecting on the prior night. “It’s just extraordinary to see a relic of your life as it passes by. With the warmth of this place and sense of community, the welcome is unimaginable. It makes me feel good.”

    CANNES: Hollywood star Harrison Ford is officially ready to retire his ‘Indiana Jones’ character — the swashbuckling, fedora-wearing adventurer — a legendary role he has inhabited in five films across 40 years, reports ‘Variety’.

    “Is it not evident?” the 80-year-old actor joked at the Cannes Film Festival’s Friday press conference for the action-adventure. “I need to sit down and rest a little bit.”

    In returning to the character for one last time, adds ‘Variety’, Ford expressed a desire to see “a completion of the five films”. He added: “I wanted to see the weight of life on him. I wanted to see him require reinvention. I wanted him to have a relationship that wasn’t a flirty movie relationship.”googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    ALSO READ: ‘Indiana Jones’ swings into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford honored before joyous festivalgoers

    Director James Mangold’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ isn’t playing in competition, but it’s one of the buzziest premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It marks Ford’s return to the festival for the first time since the fourth chapter, ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ (2008), notes ‘Variety’.

    ‘Dial of Destiny’ premiered on Thursday night at the Palais, where, according to ‘Variety’, Ford was greeted with a movie star welcome, with thousands of fans screaming his name and the audience inside the theatre showering him with applause.

    He also received a tribute award to celebrate his lengthy Hollywood career, ranging from blockbusters such as ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ to ‘The Fugitive’ and ‘Witness’.

    “It’s indescribable. I felt … I can’t even tell you,” an emotional Ford said while reflecting on the prior night. “It’s just extraordinary to see a relic of your life as it passes by. With the warmth of this place and sense of community, the welcome is unimaginable. It makes me feel good.”

  • ‘Indiana Jones 5’ trailer unveils de-aged Harrison Ford

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Disney revealed the first trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which is the official title for the fifth instalment of Harrison Ford’s whip-cracking, adventure franchise. On top of that, the trailer showcases a de-aged Harrison Ford as Indy back in his glory days of archaeology and adventures.

    The film is scheduled for release on June 30, 2023.

    The trailer opens with some classic, death-defying Indy antics as he jumps between speeding tuk-tuk cars. There are also shots of him running along a moving train and riding a motorcycle in the rain after a plane, but “those days have come and gone,” Ford says as a retired Indy who has stuck to teaching, reports Variety.

    “I don’t believe in magic, but a few times in my life I’ve seen things. Things I can’t explain,” he narrates over first looks at villains played by Mads Mikkelsen and Antonio Banderas, plus Indy’s goddaughter, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. John Williams’ iconic “Indiana Jones” score crashes in as Indy picks up his fedora, narrowly avoids a train on horseback and bullwhips some henchmen to close out the trailer.

    Indiana’s latest outing is set in the 1960s during the Space Race between the U.S. and Soviet Russia. Unlike previous films, George Lucas did not write the story for “Indiana Jones 5” and Steven Spielberg is not the director.

    Instead, both of those roles will be filled by James Mangold, who is known for his films like ‘Logan’, ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’, ‘3:10 to Yuma’ and more.

    Spielberg is still attached as an executive producer, and Lucas, the original creator of the film franchise, is credited with some involvement in the writer’s room.

    Co-starring alongside Ford is John Rhys-Davies, who is reprising the role of Sallah, last seen in 1989’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’, as well as new additions like Mikkelsen, Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Rene Wilson and Toby Jones.

    Waller-Bridge, the Emmy-winning creator and star of Prime Video’s ‘Fleabag’, is also making a first appearance in the franchise as Indy’s goddaughter Helena, who composer Williams has described as “an adventuress, and also a femme fatale.”

    Not only is “Indiana Jones 5” the last hurrah for 80-year-old Ford, but also 90-year-old composer Williams, who confirmed the film would likely be his last.

    “At the moment I’m working on ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ which Harrison Ford – who’s quite a bit younger than I am – I think has announced will be his last film,” Williams told the Associated Press in a June 2022 interview. “So, I thought: If Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can, also.” 

    LOS ANGELES: Disney revealed the first trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which is the official title for the fifth instalment of Harrison Ford’s whip-cracking, adventure franchise. On top of that, the trailer showcases a de-aged Harrison Ford as Indy back in his glory days of archaeology and adventures.

    The film is scheduled for release on June 30, 2023.

    The trailer opens with some classic, death-defying Indy antics as he jumps between speeding tuk-tuk cars. There are also shots of him running along a moving train and riding a motorcycle in the rain after a plane, but “those days have come and gone,” Ford says as a retired Indy who has stuck to teaching, reports Variety.

    “I don’t believe in magic, but a few times in my life I’ve seen things. Things I can’t explain,” he narrates over first looks at villains played by Mads Mikkelsen and Antonio Banderas, plus Indy’s goddaughter, played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. John Williams’ iconic “Indiana Jones” score crashes in as Indy picks up his fedora, narrowly avoids a train on horseback and bullwhips some henchmen to close out the trailer.

    Indiana’s latest outing is set in the 1960s during the Space Race between the U.S. and Soviet Russia. Unlike previous films, George Lucas did not write the story for “Indiana Jones 5” and Steven Spielberg is not the director.

    Instead, both of those roles will be filled by James Mangold, who is known for his films like ‘Logan’, ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’, ‘3:10 to Yuma’ and more.

    Spielberg is still attached as an executive producer, and Lucas, the original creator of the film franchise, is credited with some involvement in the writer’s room.

    Co-starring alongside Ford is John Rhys-Davies, who is reprising the role of Sallah, last seen in 1989’s ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’, as well as new additions like Mikkelsen, Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Rene Wilson and Toby Jones.

    Waller-Bridge, the Emmy-winning creator and star of Prime Video’s ‘Fleabag’, is also making a first appearance in the franchise as Indy’s goddaughter Helena, who composer Williams has described as “an adventuress, and also a femme fatale.”

    Not only is “Indiana Jones 5” the last hurrah for 80-year-old Ford, but also 90-year-old composer Williams, who confirmed the film would likely be his last.

    “At the moment I’m working on ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ which Harrison Ford – who’s quite a bit younger than I am – I think has announced will be his last film,” Williams told the Associated Press in a June 2022 interview. “So, I thought: If Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can, also.”