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David Harbour Joins Noah Centineo in Action Movie John Rambo

David Harbour Joins Noah Centineo in Action Movie John Rambo

David Harbour is going all Rambo. The Stranger Things star is a late addition to John Rambo, Lionsgate and Millennium Media’s action feature being directed by Jalmari Helander, the helmer behind the grimy and gritty Sisu movies. Templeton Media and AGBO are also involved in the production. An origin story that takes place before the events of First Blood, the Sylvester Stallone-starring movie that kicked off the Rambo franchise, John Rambo stars Noah Centineo as John Rambo, who will one day become a man who just wants to be left alone but here is a soldier fighting a war in the jungle. In a key role, Harbour is playing Major Trautman, Rambo’s commanding officer. In the original Rambo trilogy released in the 1980s, the role was played by Richard Crenna as a character who was the only calming influence in the one-man fighting force’s life. The movie wrapped production in Thailand in March. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani wrote the screenplay. Producers include Kevin King Templeton for Templeton Media, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger for Millennium Media, and Angela …

Caleb McLaughlin Voices Vivid Animated Sports Fable

Caleb McLaughlin Voices Vivid Animated Sports Fable

In this era of sports celebrities being paid megabucks, it’s not surprising that a kid would want to become a star player. And by “kid,” I mean a young goat, of course. Sony Animation’s new effort concerns one such goat, Will, who aspires to play in the big leagues despite his small stature. (The title has an obvious double meaning.) Inspired by Stephen Curry’s struggle to succeed despite numerous obstacles — the basketball great serves as producer and has a small voice role — GOAT begins with a very young Will watching a game of roarball (a sort of everything-goes basketball, played by animals) and proclaiming to his mother (Jennifer Hudson) that it’s what he wants to do when he grows up. GOAT The Bottom Line Doesn’t live up to its title, but plenty of fun. Release date: Friday, February 13Cast: Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jenifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino, Bobby Lee, Stephen CurryDirector: Tyree DillahayCo-director: Adam RosetteScreenwriters: …

Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini Enter a Deadly Love Triangle in ‘DTF St. Louis’

Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini Enter a Deadly Love Triangle in ‘DTF St. Louis’

The Midwest is usually associated with uncomplicated kindness—nice, polite people who like college football, a cold beer, and (recent events in Minnesota notwithstanding) treating their neighbors with dignity and respect. But as an oft repeated phrase on Steven Conrad’s new HBO show warns, there’s more to Midwesterners than meets the eye. “No one’s normal,” says Conrad, Zooming in from California. “It just looks that way from across the street.” In the HBO limited series DTF St. Louis, Conrad explores the darkness just beyond a Midwestern city’s white picket fences. The seven-episode dark comedy stars Emmy favorites Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini as three middle-aged St. Louis residents grappling with ennui, loneliness, and hidden desires, becoming enmeshed in a love triangle that leaves one of them dead. As a writer, Conrad—who sold his first screenplay at the age of 19—has always been interested in messiness. “[There’s] a set of themes I’ve liked since I was a young person learning how to write: You watch somebody you like make a mistake, and you watch them …

‘Stranger Things’ Series Finale: THR Critics’ Conversation

‘Stranger Things’ Series Finale: THR Critics’ Conversation

[This conversation includes spoilers for the series finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things, which was all about making difficult choices and respecting other people’s difficult choices. We recommend you make the easy choice to watch the finale before reading our thoughts.] DANIEL FIENBERG The first season of Stranger Things, a little coming-of-age pastiche of Stephen King and Steven Spielberg marketed around co-star Winona Ryder, premiered on July 15, 2016, three days before the Republican Party formally coronated Donald Trump as its presidential nominee.  After a prologue suggesting that creepy things were happening at a government lab, the pilot was mostly introducing viewers to a group of nerdy friends who would soon be joined by a mysterious telekinetic girl with short hair in Hawkins, Indiana, circa 1983. Beginning with a heated game of Dungeons & Dragons, it had almost no special effects, but was charming in its hinting and insinuating about all the weird stuff to come, neatly contained in 49 minutes. The series finale of Stranger Things, airing on New Year’s Eve 2025 and taking place in May 1989, …