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‘My Darling California’: Evans, Chastain, Pine, Madison & Cheadle Begin Shoot On LA Noir As Financiers Join Project

EXCLUSIVE: Magazine Dreams filmmaker Elijah Bynum’s next film, My Darling California, has begun shoot in the Golden State with a stacked cast comprising Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain, Avengers star Chris Evans, Star Trek lead Chris Pine, Oscar-winner Mikey Madison and Oscar nominee Don Cheadle. Set in 1980 Los Angeles and described as “an American noir of […]

DeadlineDeadlineAndreas Wiseman2h ago

In an age of superhero fatigue, Marvel’s best shot is to think small, and outside the box

Sebastian Stan says he pitched Marvel a mid-budget thriller starring his Winter Soldier character. Perhaps the studio should give it – and other modestly scaled vehicles – the green light Blink a little and you might think we are back in 2019. The latest Spider-Man film, Brand New Day, has just passed $2.4bn at the global box office, to become the third-highest grossing film of all time behind Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. Meanwhile Avengers: Doomsday is reported to have already earned more than $50m in US ticket presales alone, despite the fact that it doesn’t come out until December. Clearly we are in the middle of a superhero renaissance. And yet it doesn’t really feel like it, largely because it is something of a turnaround for Marvel, after a pretty disappointing 2025 in which all three of the studio’s releases underperformed. Captain America: Brave New World took $415m worldwide, Thunderbolts* managed $382m and even the well-reviewed The Fantastic Four: First Steps stalled at $521m, against a reported $200m budget. These are hardly Madame Web numbers but they do suggest there is still a problem about what to do with all those superheroes who cannot sustain a $300m multiversal extravaganza. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe GuardianBen Child14 Sept