{"id":426675,"date":"2026-01-21T01:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426675\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:33:11","slug":"quick-news-duo-masque-cry-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426675\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick News: Duo, Masque, Cry, Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdndark.darkhorizons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/quick-news-duo-masque-cry-statement.jpg\" data-caption=\"Warner Bros. Pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/quick-news-duo-masque-cry-statement-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"quick-news-duo-masque-cry-statement\"\/><\/a>Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Dynamic Duo<br \/>James Gunn has clarified a rumor about the upcoming animated movie \u201cDynamic Duo,\u201d confirming that the film is NOT being rewritten to be part of the DCU as had been rumored.  Asked how the film is progressing, he says: \u201creally, really well.\u201d Swaybox uses \u2018momo animation\u2019 on the project, a combination of CGI animation, live-action real-time performance, and stop-motion. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@jamesgunn\/post\/DTqSbZWEU1O\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The Masque of the Red Death<br \/>L\u00e9a Seydoux (\u201cNo Time to Die,\u201d \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d) will join Mikey Madison in Charlie Polinger\u2019s high-energy dark comedy take on the Edgar Allan Poe tale \u201cThe Masque of the Red Death\u201d which will be set in medieval times.  Filming begins in February in Budapest with A24 releasing the film. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofreel.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/31\/charlie-polingers-red-death-to-shoot-in-february-mikey-madison-in-dark-comedy-of-revenge-and-opium-laced-orgies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World of Reel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Cry Heaven<br \/>Filming has officially begun on Tom Ford\u2019s \u201cCry Heaven,\u201d his third feature following \u201cA Single Man\u201d and \u201cNocturnal Animals\u201d.  Benjamin Kracun (\u201cThe Substance\u201d) is DOP on the ten-week shoot in Italy.  The project is set in 18th-century Venice and follows a Venetian noble and a castrated singer trying to succeed in the opera world.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Owen Cooper, Hunter Schafer, Thandiwe Newton, Daryl McCormack and Lux Pascal star while Adele will make her feature acting debut. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.italyformovies.it\/news\/detail\/2942\/cry-to-heaven-litalia-barocca-di-tom-ford-inizio-riprese-a-roma-e-caserta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italy For Movies<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The Statement<br \/>Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy (\u201cSpotlight,\u201d \u201cThe Visitor\u201d) has set \u201cThe Statement\u201d at Sony Pictures Classics with filming to begin late February.  McCarthy, Thomas Bidegan and No\u00e9 Debr\u00e9 penned the script based on Nathaniel Rich\u2019s book \u201cLosing Earth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: global warming.  This group have to write a statement about what to do, something easier said than done. Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, and Peter Sarsgaard are rumored to star. [Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/tom-mccarthy-sony-pictures-classics-1236633431\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinsneider.com\/p\/paul-rudd-paul-giamatti-peter-sarsgaard-new-tom-mccarthy-climate-change-movie-the-statement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The InSneider<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Pictures Dynamic DuoJames Gunn has clarified a rumor about the upcoming animated movie \u201cDynamic Duo,\u201d confirming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,142132,134],"class_list":["post-426675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}