Mr. Will x 20th Century Fox want to give Readers in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver a chance to attend an Advance Screening of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN!

The Screening takes place this Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:00 AM. Due to the fast turnaround on these we will be drawing winners right away, please enter only if you are sure you can attend.

Synopsis:

Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

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20th Century Fox Canada release THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Friday, December 20, 2017.

Official Hashtag: #GreatestShowman

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Sony Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to take Readers in Toronto and Vancouver a chance to attend an Advance Screening of ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. Screenings take place Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

Synopsis:

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son’s captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son’s life in the balance, Gail and Getty’s advisor (Mark Wahlberg) become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money.

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Sony Pictures Canada release ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Friday, December 22, 2017.

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You know we love our Twitter. 2017 was a big year for Canadians in entertainment with several new milestones achieved. Straight from Twitter, we break down for you some of the most-talked-about and followed Canadians!

Top 5 most-mentioned Canadian actors accounts on Twitter in 2017
o Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen)
o Ryan Reynolds (@VanCityReynolds)
o Shay Mitchell (@shaymitch)
o Stephen Armell (@StephenAmell)
o Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev)

Top 5 most-mentioned Canadian musician accounts (solo artists) on Twitter in 2017
o Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber)
o Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes)
o Sebastian Olzanski (@sebtsb)
o The Weeknd (@TheWeeknd)
o Drake (@drake)

Top 5 most-mentioned Canadian television hashtags (scripted programs) on Twitter in 2017
o #OrphanBlack – Orphan Black
o #SchittsCreek – Schitt’s Creek
o #Letterkenny – Letterkenny
o #AliasGrace – Alias Grace
o #KimsConvenience – Kim’s Convenience

In August 2017, Justin Bieber (@JustinBieber) became the first Canadian account to reach 100,000,000 Twitter followers.

Other Canadian entertainment personalities whose Twitter accounts hit major follower milestones in 2017:
o Shawn Mendes, musician (@ShawnMendes) – 10,000,000 (May 2017)
o Seth Rogen, actor (@Sethrogen) – 5,000,000 (February 2017)
o The Weeknd, musician (@TheWeeknd) – 5,000,000 (May 2017)
o The Arcade Fire, music (@arcadefire) – 1,000,000 (June 2017)
o Eric Alper, music journalist (@thatEricAlper) – 1,000,000 (August 2017)
o PartyNextDoor, musician (@partynextdoor) – 1,000,000 (August 2017)

Don’t to get to follow us too on Twitter: @mrwillw!

Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to see DOWNSIZING! Up for grabs are Run-of-Engagement Passes and Advance Passes in Montreal on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

Synopsis:
Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

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DOWNSIZING is in theatres Friday, December 22, 2017.

Official Hashtag: #DOWNSIZING

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COCO is set to top the Box office a second consecutive week in a row with $27 million from 3,987 theatres for Disney. Domestically it has made $119 million. In fact we see no changes from last week in our top four Movies, this due partly to the lack of new challengers released this weekend.

JUSTICE LEAGUE settles for second again this weekend with $15.8 million for Warner Bros. Over three weeks it has grossed $196.5 million over three weeks.

WONDER remains in third spot with $3.2 million for Lionsgate Films/eOne Films, grossing $88 million thus far in its North American run.

THOR: RAGNAROK is in fourth with $9.3 million, a total $291 million earned to date for Disney over five weeks.

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI expands to 1,430 theatres with $4.5 million for Fox Searchlight, good enough for seventh spot this weekend.

LADY BIRD continues to gain Oscar momentum in eighth with $4 million from 11,194 theatres for A24 Films/Elevation Pictures. It gets a boost with some hardware won this week including Saoirse Ronan‘s Gotham Awards victory for Best Actress.

THE STAR rounds the Top Ten with $3.8 million, a total $28 million over three weeks for Sony Pictures.

Mongrel Media x Mr. Will want to take you to see Woody Allen’s latest, WONDER WHEEL. You are up for a Prize Pack which includes a Run-of-Engagement Pass for two, plus a digital download of his recent Film Café Society.

Synopsis:

WONDER WHEEL tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty‘s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

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Mongrel Media release WONDER WHEEL Friday, December 8, 2017.

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We had our doubts with recent casting changes, that ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD would be ready in time for the Holidays, but we are impressed! Nailed it.

Synopsis:
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son’s captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son’s life in the balance, Gail and Getty’s advisor (Mark Wahlberg) become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money.

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Sony Pictures Canada release ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD Friday, December 22, 2017.

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Heralded as the “worst movie ever made”, 2003’s THE ROOM starring, written and directed by Tommy Wiseau has gained Cult Classic status, selling-out screenings on the midnight circuit even to this day. Intended originally as a gripping Drama, the Film is seen as the inverse. Premiering this September at TIFF ’17, THE DISASTER ARTIST is an Adaptation of The Room star Greg Sestero‘s 2013 Memoir of the same title. James Franco directs and stars in the Film as Wiseau in one of the year’s most-talked-about performances. In fact if his Gotham Award for Best Actor earlier this week is any indication, he and the Film will be a major force Awards Season. Truly you don’t need even to have seen The Room to get The Disaster Artist, but this Adaptation gives us a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how The Room was made. Don’t think of the Film as a Parody, it is a love letter to Wiseau.

We had the pleasure of chatting with stars Ari Graynor (Juliette Danielle/Lisa), Paul Scheer (Raphael Smadja, Director of Photography) and Dave Franco (Greg Sestero/Mark) about making delightfully-funny The Disaster Artist, this Holiday’s most-unlikely feel-good Movie.

Their own connections to THE ROOM

Franco: “The Room is a relatable story about two guys after dream and not taking ‘no’ for an answer. The challenge from the beginning is how you get people interested who haven’t heard of The Room. There is a universal story underneath it all.”.

Graynor: “I’d heard about it for years but hadn’t seen it until James texted me about being in it. I watched it alone in my apartment and was screaming and grabbing at imaginary arms. Can you believe this? I had wondered how this will be for people who don’t know it. It doesn’t matter if you’re not one bit familiar with The Room. It’s really a behind-the-scenes look at the fulfillment of so many people’s dreams, which is what if we get to make a Movie and hope it’s the best thing in the world. It’s about dreams.”.

Scheer: “It’s kinda like a drug, where you ask your friends, ‘Hey ever heard of this thing? No? Let’s watch it!’. At first it’s kinda weird and as soon as you’re done and your first reaction after seeing it is you want to share it with someone else.  It’s something you need to tell the world about.”.

“The Disaster Artist works as a Prequel and a Sequel.  If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a great intro and if you’ve seen it already, it’s an amazing side of the story you’ve never seen.”.

Greatest challenges re-creating THE ROOM

Graynor: “Meticulously recreating scenes from The Room is one of the toughest thing I’ve done in my career.  It was such a specific acting talent. It wasn’t about doing bad acting, it was about trying to match the rhythm of this Movie that makes no sense.  We would be studying on the iPad these clips harder than we were studying for the SATs to get these moves right. And that was one of the most fun and challenging things I’ve ever done!”.

Franco: “Greg is a subtle, complicated character. You want the audience to understand why he’s so drawn to bizarre individual (Tommy). I met with Greg several times before we began filming and I asked him if The Room could be any good. And he kept saying ‘no’, but there’s something in his inflection I don’t believe. As a young actor you’re just excited to be on a movie set so you come in with blind ambition and have to believe this thing could be good.”.

Scheer: “It’s hard to make it work. Like Tennesse Williams through Google Translate.  How do you make this work? These actors did their best job with what they were given. It’s like the Corn Husk Dress Challenge on Project Runway... it’s still a corn husk dress. You’re not gonna get cornsilk.”.

Tommy Wiseau‘s reaction to The Disaster Artist

Franco: “Tommy decided he didn’t want to see it until premiered at SXSW. He was watching amongst 1,000 people who were also watching him watch his own crazy story on-screen.  We figured he should like our Movie because we humanize him. It’s a celebration of Tommy, but that being said, who knows how he’s gonna react because he’s Tommy. We didn’t give him a mic at the Q&A, so when we went offstage, we asked what him what he thought. He’s famous for saying that Greg‘s book is only 40% accurate and he said this Film was 99.9% accurate.”.

Graynor: “What’s the .1% missing then you wonder? He told James, ‘I think you need to talk to DP about the light!’.

Scheer: “Tommy has no money value in Greg‘s book, that’s why he didn’t give it 100%!”.

WORKING WITH JAMES FRANCO

Franco: “There’s so many cameos and people would pop-in for a day. We let them know they’re not being directed by James Franco but by Tommy Wiseau. I love working with my brother. He’s a great actor, director and puts a lot of time into casting the right people. He lets actors trust their instincts and to do their own thing.”. “When you feel more safe, you’re more willing to take risks and try things you don’t normally try.”.

Scheer: “We’d work with six-page scenes, one long take. It allows you to get into a rhythm you don’t normally get. To get a real rhythm and know we’re not stopping for five pages, it doesn’t happen that much.”.

Graynor: “Trust was biggest thing. It was like really trusting that people could be responsible for themselves and the Movie and improvise, play and throw each other ideas. It felt like being at movie camp. It was very playful.”.

TAKEAWAYS

Graynor: “You have to put passion into everything. Your expectations will always be off somehow. With The Room, to see the journey it has gone on when it first got shown in a theatre to qualify for Academy Awards to becoming a midnight cult hit and now be at one of the greatest Film Festivals in the world. You just never know what’s gonna happen!”.

Scheer: “Tommy didn’t collaborate. When you have someone so singularly-focused and not listening to DPs nor actors, anyone. Film is a collaborative medium. Don’y get so full of yourself in your vision that you’re not asking other people for their help.”.

Elevation Pictures release THE DISASTER ARTIST Friday, December 1, 2017 in Toronto and Friday, December 8, 2017 across Canada.

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Are you ready for the ultimate showdown ever? The new Trailer for AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR at last has surfaced!

Synopsis:
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada release AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Friday, May 4, 2018.

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After a record-breaking opening in Mexico, Disney•Pixar‘s COCO is the choice of Moviegoers this U.S. Thanksgiving weekend with a $49 million opening from 3,987 theatres across North America. It earns a sensational A+ CinemaScore and a 96% on the Tomatometer. Can we call it an Oscar Contender?