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  • Tom Holland says ‘Spider-Man 4’ in early stages, things on pause in solidarity with writers strike 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES:  “Spider-Man” star Tom Holland has revealed that there have been meetings about the fourth instalment in his superhero franchise, but the team has put further development on pause in “solidarity with the writers” strike.

    Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike last month demanding better wages, higher minimum pay, more writers per show, and shorter exclusive contracts among other things.

    “I can say that we have been having meetings. We’ve put the meetings on pause in solidarity with the writers. There’s been multiple conversations had, but at this point, it’s very, very early stages,” Holland told news outlet Variety at the premiere of his Apple TV+ show “The Crowded Room” in New York City.

    Tom Holland on #SpiderMan4: “I can say that we have been having meetings. We’ve put the meetings on pause in solidarity with the writers. There’s been multiple conversations had, but at this point it’s very, very early stages.” https://t.co/cSQLxM6dE1
    — Variety (@Variety) June 2, 2023
    The actor added that he won’t be able to share any further details about the project.

    Holland has starred as the titular superhero in three “Spider-Man” movies – “Homecoming” (2017), “Far From Home” (2019) and “No Way Home” (2021).

    LOS ANGELES:  “Spider-Man” star Tom Holland has revealed that there have been meetings about the fourth instalment in his superhero franchise, but the team has put further development on pause in “solidarity with the writers” strike.

    Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike last month demanding better wages, higher minimum pay, more writers per show, and shorter exclusive contracts among other things.

    “I can say that we have been having meetings. We’ve put the meetings on pause in solidarity with the writers. There’s been multiple conversations had, but at this point, it’s very, very early stages,” Holland told news outlet Variety at the premiere of his Apple TV+ show “The Crowded Room” in New York City.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Tom Holland on #SpiderMan4: “I can say that we have been having meetings. We’ve put the meetings on pause in solidarity with the writers. There’s been multiple conversations had, but at this point it’s very, very early stages.” https://t.co/cSQLxM6dE1
    — Variety (@Variety) June 2, 2023
    The actor added that he won’t be able to share any further details about the project.

    Holland has starred as the titular superhero in three “Spider-Man” movies – “Homecoming” (2017), “Far From Home” (2019) and “No Way Home” (2021).

  • ‘Spider-Man’ stars Tom Holland, Zendaya on India visit

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Hollywood stars Tom Holland and Zendaya are in India on a professional visit.

    Videos circulating on social media showed the rumoured couple exiting the city’s Kalina Airport.

    However, they haven’t posted anything on their respective social media handles.

    While Holland was seen in a T-shirt, a denim jacket and pants paired with a cap, Zendaya opted for a casual black attire.

    According to reports, Holland and Zendaya are in the city for the inauguration of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, set to happen over the weekend.

    The two actors starred together in three “Spider-Man” movies — “Homecoming” (2017), “Far From Home” (2019) and “No Way Home” (2021).

    Holland will next be seen in the Apple TV+ anthology series “The Crowded Room”.

    Zendaya’s upcoming projects include “Dune: Part Two” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers”.

    MUMBAI: Hollywood stars Tom Holland and Zendaya are in India on a professional visit.

    Videos circulating on social media showed the rumoured couple exiting the city’s Kalina Airport.

    However, they haven’t posted anything on their respective social media handles.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    While Holland was seen in a T-shirt, a denim jacket and pants paired with a cap, Zendaya opted for a casual black attire.

    According to reports, Holland and Zendaya are in the city for the inauguration of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, set to happen over the weekend.

    The two actors starred together in three “Spider-Man” movies — “Homecoming” (2017), “Far From Home” (2019) and “No Way Home” (2021).

    Holland will next be seen in the Apple TV+ anthology series “The Crowded Room”.

    Zendaya’s upcoming projects include “Dune: Part Two” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers”.

  • Antonio Banderas wants Tom Holland to play Zorro in potential third film

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Antonio Banderas says his “Uncharted” co-star Tom Holland would be the perfect fit to play the role of a younger Zorro if there were to be a remake.

    Banderas has played the masked vigilante Zorro in “The Mask of Zorro” (1998) and “The Legend of Zorro” (2005).

    Hollywood actor Tom Holland(Photo | AP)”I did ‘Uncharted’ with him, and he’s so energetic and fun, and he’s got this spark, too. Why not?” Banderas, 62, told the entertainment website ComicBook.com.

    The Academy Award-nominated actor also reflected on returning to the franchise in a new film in order to hand over the mask down to Holland, the same way legendary actor Anthony Hopkins did for him in “The Mask of Zorro”.

    The film saw Don Diego de la Vega, played by Hopkins, passing the torch to bandit-conman Alejandro Murrieta (Banderas) as he trains him to transform into his erstwhile alter-ego of the mysterious masked swordsman so that they can exact revenge on their enemies Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) and Harrison Love (Matt Letscher).

    ALSO READ | Filming ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was ‘bizarre’, says Tom Holland

    Asked about returning for a new project in the film series, Banderas said he would surely consider the possibility.

    “I said something like that to somebody. I said, ‘Well if they called me to do Zorro, I would do what Anthony Hopkins did in the first (for) me, (which is) give the torch to somebody else’,” he added.

    The actor is currently looking forward to the release of the animated adventure comedy “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”, in which he reprises the titular role.

    LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Antonio Banderas says his “Uncharted” co-star Tom Holland would be the perfect fit to play the role of a younger Zorro if there were to be a remake.

    Banderas has played the masked vigilante Zorro in “The Mask of Zorro” (1998) and “The Legend of Zorro” (2005).

    Hollywood actor Tom Holland
    (Photo | AP)”I did ‘Uncharted’ with him, and he’s so energetic and fun, and he’s got this spark, too. Why not?” Banderas, 62, told the entertainment website ComicBook.com.

    The Academy Award-nominated actor also reflected on returning to the franchise in a new film in order to hand over the mask down to Holland, the same way legendary actor Anthony Hopkins did for him in “The Mask of Zorro”.

    The film saw Don Diego de la Vega, played by Hopkins, passing the torch to bandit-conman Alejandro Murrieta (Banderas) as he trains him to transform into his erstwhile alter-ego of the mysterious masked swordsman so that they can exact revenge on their enemies Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) and Harrison Love (Matt Letscher).

    ALSO READ | Filming ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was ‘bizarre’, says Tom Holland

    Asked about returning for a new project in the film series, Banderas said he would surely consider the possibility.

    “I said something like that to somebody. I said, ‘Well if they called me to do Zorro, I would do what Anthony Hopkins did in the first (for) me, (which is) give the torch to somebody else’,” he added.

    The actor is currently looking forward to the release of the animated adventure comedy “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”, in which he reprises the titular role.

  • Extended cut of Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home to release in theatres on September 2

    By ANI

    CALIFORNIA: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is all geared up to get a re-release at the theatres with some extended footage that was not there in the original version of the film.

    “You wanted more Spidey and you got it! #SpiderManNoWayHome: The More Fun Stuff Version swings into movie theaters in the US and Canada on September 2! More countries to be announced soon!” read an official ‘Spider-Man: No way home’ tweet.

    Three is the magic number. See #SpiderManNoWayHome in theaters September 2! https://t.co/QkBuDufNKI
    — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) June 11, 2022
    The tweet from the official account also has a special fun video attached to it, of No Way Home actors Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, fighting over who is the original Spider-Man. Asking who all are going to watch the new ‘More fun stuff version’ at the end.

    The new extended cut version of Spider-Man: No Way Home, is now titled ‘Spider-Man: No way Home: The more fun stuff version’ and is scheduled to hit the big screen on September 2, 2022, only in the United States and Canada. The release date of other countries is still awaited.

    Spider-Man is one of the most loved characters from Marvel and now fans are all excited to see the new fun version of the film.

    Tom Holland-starrer, ‘Spider-Man: No way Home’ is the third installment of the series which was earlier released worldwide on December 17, the film got a positive response from the netizens and collected approximately USD 1.8 billion worldwide and became the sixth highest grosses movie of all time. The film collected approximately 260 crores at the Indian Box Office post covid.

    Directed by John Watts, Marvel Studios Spider-Man: No Way Home also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, Benedict Wong, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marsa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, and Alfred Molina.

  • Emma Laird, Emmy Rossum join Tom Holland’s Apple show ‘The Crowded Room’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actors Emma Laird and Emmy Rossum have joined Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in Apple series “The Crowded Room”.

    The 10-episode show comes from Academy Award-winning scribe Akiva Goldsman and will be directed by Kornel Mundruczo of “Pieces of a Woman” fame.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Laird and Rossum boarded the cast along with “Loki” star Sasha Lane and “Catch 22” actor Christopher Abbott.

    Described as a gripping anthology series, the show will explore the true and inspirational stories of those who have struggled and learned to successfully live with mental illness.

    Season one is inspired by the award-winning biography ‘The Minds of Billy Milligan’ by Daniel Keyes.

    It will feature Holland as Billy Milligan, the first person ever acquitted of a crime because of multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.

    ALSO READ: Amanda Seyfried joins Tom Holland in ‘The Crowded Room’ series

    Seyfried plays a clinical psychologist faced with the most challenging case of her career, while Laird will feature Danny’s girlfriend at their high school and the only one to recognise his talent and heart.

    Rossum will star in the series as Danny’s mother.

    “The Crowded Room”, which is a co-production between Apple Studios and New Regency, will start shooting in March in New York.

    Goldman, whose writing credits include movies such as ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘Cinderella Man’, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels & Demons’, will also executive produce the show through his Weed Road Productions banner.

    Holland will also executive produce alongside Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer.

  • Amanda Seyfried joins Apple TV+ anthology 

    By Express News Service

    Actor Amanda Seyfried has joined the cast of The Crowded Room. Apple TV+, the streamer of the anthology series made the official announcement.

    Seyfried will play Rya, a clinical psychologist and single mother,  in the upcoming season. His previous work includes  Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s Things Heard & Seen and David Fincher’s Mank, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She will also play Elizabeth Holmes in the upcoming Hulu series The Dropout.

    Spider-Man actor Tom Holland will be joining Seyfried in The Crowded Room. He was recently seen in this week’s The Uncharted. He is also an executive producer for the series.

  • Amanda Seyfried joins Tom Holland in ‘The Crowded Room’ series

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Amanda Seyfried will be seen sharing screen space with Tom Holland in ‘The Crowded Room’ series.

    Kornel Mundruczo, who directed the searing Vanessa Kirby-Shia LaBeouf drama ‘Pieces of a Woman’, has come aboard to direct the 10-episode first season as well join the ranks of executive producers, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

    The Apple series has been touted as a “seasonal anthology” that “will explore inspirational stories of those who have struggled, and learned to successfully live with, mental illness.”

    ALSO READ | Tom Holland: I’m a big fan of India, want to see the Taj Mahal

    The first season is designed as a thriller, based in part on Goldsman’s own life and inspired by the award-winning biography The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes. 

  • Tom Holland says he ‘definitely limped’ away from few stunts in ‘Uncharted’

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Tom Holland, who plays young treasure hunter Nathan Drake in the upcoming film ‘Uncharted, spent his time on set getting hit by cars and vaulting over bannisters and railings. During one particularly intense chase scene shot in Barcelona, he was left with a black-and-blue hip after smashing into and cracking some roof tiles.”I walked away from every stunt, but I definitely limped from a few,” Holland told Variety, adding, “It looked great in the film, so I was happy to take the pounding.”

    Tati Gabrielle, who plays mercenary Jo Braddock in the film, said she suffered her most painful injury during a fight scene between her and Holland. She ended up with a dislocated shoulder. “It didn’t hurt at first,” Gabrielle said. “Two hours later, I was like, ‘Oh wow, my shoulder hurts, I can’t really lift it.’

    By that night I was in excruciating pain, could not move or lift my shoulder at all.” She sought treatment from co-star Mark Wahlberg’s on-set doctor. “He feels around and he’s like, ‘Oh babe, you dislocated your shoulder,’” Gabrielle recalled.

    ALSO READ | Tom Holland: I’m a big fan of India, want to see the Taj MahalLike Holland, Sophia Ali, who plays treasure hunter Chloe Frazer, went home with nasty hip bruising. During a chase sequence where she ran across a wet fountain, Ali slipped and ended up with a large bruise that covered almost the entirety of her hip. “It looked like raw hamburger meat,” she said.Wahlberg, who plays treasure hunter Sully, said he was grateful that he didn’t have to do as much stunt work as his younger castmates. His most notable stunt is a scene where he gets mercilessly beaten by Gabrielle’s character during a fight in a Papa John’s pizzeria.”The biggest injury was my ego,” Wahlberg said, adding that him and Gabrielle “became fast friends before we even started shooting, we got to spend quite a bit of time together. She was probably my favourite to work with in the film. But she’s the real deal, so you had to be very careful when shooting those scenes.”

  • Tom Holland: I’m a big fan of India, want to see the Taj Mahal

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: Hollywood star Tom Holland is looking forward for his film ‘Uncharted’ to release in the country and also has confessed his love for India.While promoting the film, he said, “I am a big fan of India but as I said I never got a chance to go there. I am grateful to my fans in India for the kind of love and support I have received.” The actor says he wants to see the Taj Mahal in Agra.”I am coming with my new film and I hope the Indian audiences will like it too. I would love to come to India someday to meet my Indian fans or maybe someday shoot a film there too. I would love to see every part of it including the Taj Mahal in India. Everything there is very beautiful. I am very keen to travel all over India,” he said.’Uncharted’ will release in four languages- English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on February 18. The film tells the story about street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland), who is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada.

    ALSO READ | Mark Wahlberg made me bring out my best, says Tom Holland

  • Mark Wahlberg made me bring out my best, says ‘Uncharted’ star Tom Holland

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Actor Tom Holland says he worked extra hard for “Uncharted” as it was the first time that he was sharing the screen space with Hollywood star Mark Walhberg.

    Directed by filmmaker Ruben Fleischer, the live-action movie is based on the popular PlayStation game of the same title.

    “Uncharted” follows the story of a young street-smart Nathan Drake (Holland) and showcases his first treasure hunting adventure with wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Wahlberg).

    Holland, best known for starring as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects as well as solo “Spider-Man” movies, said he took his game a notch higher for the film as he wanted to “prove” himself in front of Wahlberg.

    “What’s happening on screen is also happening off-screen. I’m very much the young kid in Hollywood who’s coming up, and Mark is the OG – he’s been doing this longer than I’ve been alive,” Holland said in a statement.

    “Mark was showing me the ropes and made me want to bring the best of myself, to show what I could do. As we brought these characters to life, it was nice to see the synergy between Mark and I and between Nate and Sully,” he added.

    Produced by Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner and Ari Arad, “Uncharted” will also feature Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas.

    The film will be released by Sony Pictures Entertainment India in IMAX and 4DX across four languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in cinemas on February 18.