Sony Pictures has a stacked setup for the Christmas film industry this year, with Tom Hanks’ impending film “A Man Called Otto” and the Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” delivering promptly after one another.
“A Man Called Otto,” which was obtained by Sony last week for $60 million out of the European Film Market, will make a big appearance in auditoriums on Christmas Day. TriStar Pictures’ “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” featuring Naomi Ackie as Houston, has now moved from Dec. 23 to Dec. 21.
In light of Fredrik Backman’s top rated novel, “A Man Called Otto” recounts the account of a testy and severe single man who holds the remainder of his neighborhood to his ardent guidelines. Yet, similarly as Otto is going to abandon his life, he ignites another kinship with his neighbors, provoking him to go through a change. The movie is coordinated by Marc Forster, with David Magee adjusting the screenplay.Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the screenplay for “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is composed by Anthony McCarten. The film additionally stars Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Clarke Peters, Tamara Tunie and Ashton Sanders.
In other delivery date news, Columbia Pictures’ parody “Goodness Hell No” is presently undated. Coordinated by Kitao Sakauri, the film had recently been set for June 17, with Jack Black and Ice Cube appended to star. In October, Cube left the venture after purportedly declining the makers’ solicitation that the cast be inoculated for COVID-19.
In the mean time, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ “65,” featuring Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman, has been pushed back with regards to a year to April 14, 2023. “Umma,” featuring Sandra Oh and Fivel Stewart, will deliver on March 18.Beverly Hilton, around 200 individuals went to the current year’s calm occasion. NBC enjoyed some time off this year as the HFPA carries out participation and functional changes, which implied that big name visitors and chosen people passed on showing up.
Composed Variety’s Matt Donnelly: “Numerous in the business scrutinized the HFPA’s choice to have an in-person function by any means. The aggregate ‘break’ they’ve been given by the innovative local area (and their transmission accomplice NBC) was intended to purchase the association time to redesign its pain points. However, the energy on location was one of extraordinary fervor. Booming commendation could be heard clear across the inn anteroom for champs like best film dramatization ‘The Power of the Dog,’ as well as pre-taped appearances from Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
The dark ties and outfits were as yet present; in any case, they were worn by HFPA individuals and different grantees. Among the people who made that big appearance to examine their associations and present the current year’s champs:
