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Town can’t refuse Amazon offer despite Duvall opposition

Actor Robert Duvall was one of more than 100 speakers at a northern Virginia town's council meeting opposing a proposed $550 million data center from Amazon.The Town of Warrenton voted 4-3 early Wednesday morning to approve a special use permit for Amazon, despite Duvall's opposition.The 92-year-old "The Godfather" and "The Great Santini" actor lives on a farm in Fauquier County, which surrounds the town."We must all work to preserve the character of this town," Duvall said. "The vast majority of town and county residents…

Shelley Duvall Will Make a Return to Horror ⏤ if She Can Get Funding

Shelly Duvall, who starred in the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of The Shining, might be making her return to the horror genre after decades. If fans are willing to finance the project, that is. Producers of The Forest Hills, which stars Duvall and Terminator: Judgement Day star Edward Furlong, are seeking to raise $100,000 through a campaign on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTJCaIwPZoE Duvall has not appeared in a film since 2002’s Manna From Heaven. In 2016, she was the subject of an…

Robert Duvall’s 20 best performances – ranked! | Robert Duvall

20. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)A pretty odd and atypical role for Duvall in which he was perhaps not well cast. He plays a Brit, Dr Watson, sidekick to Nicol Williamson’s legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in this non-canonical fan fiction tale (a genre that critic Gilbert Adair called “shlock Holmes”). Watson is convinced that Holmes is suffering cocaine-induced delusions (due to ingesting his “7% solution”), takes him to see Sigmund Freud – and they wind up solving a case.19. Sling Blade (1996)A tiny,…

The Shining’s Shelly Duvall Will Return to Horror

Image: Warner Bros.Florence Pugh is currently slated to star in Alexander Skarsgård’s directorial debut, a wilderness survival horror/thriller titled The Pack. MCM Comic Con gave fans a look at the new costumes for the Doctor Who 60th-anniversary special. Plus, Kate Mulgrew discusses a potential Janeway-centric Star Trek TV series. Lead the way to spoilers!The Forest HillsAccording to Deadline, Shelley Duvall will make her long-awaited return to acting with The Forest Hills, the upcoming werewolf film from writer-director

Shelley Duvall fans celebrate first look at actor’s movie comeback after 20 years

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFans of Shelley Duvall have celebrated the first look at the Shining star’s movie comeback after two decades.Duvall, who is best known for her starring role opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1980 horror, has not appeared in a film since the 2002 comedy Manna from Heaven.In 2016, Duvall appeared on an episode of Dr Phil, discussing her mental health struggles over the…

Godzilla Series on Apple Adds Anna Sawai and Kiersey Clemons

Screenshot: Legendary/Warner Bros. PicturesBring on the Titans in this Godzilla spin-off from Legendary Television and Apple. Variety announced the ensemble for the untitled series will be led by The Flash’s Kiersey Clemons and Pachinko’s Anna Sawai, and will also feature Ren Watabe, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski.The show is set to follow “one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch” in the wake of the battle between Godzilla and the Titans