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Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown to star in Netflix sci-fi movie from Avengers directors

Directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo have lined up their next project: a Netflix sci-fi film called Electric State starring Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown.

Netflix announced the news on Twitter alongside a brief synopsis:

Set in a retro-futuristic past, it follows an orphaned teen (Brown) as she traverses the American West with a robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt is also in talks to join the film. While Electric State would be the first collaboration between Brown and the Russos, the brothers did, of course, work with Pratt on Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who wrote the Russos’ four Marvel films, including Infinity War and Endgame, are penning the Electric State screenplay, based on a 2018 illustrated novel by Simon Stalenhag. Notably, Electric State will have an Avengers-level budget that’s “north of” $200 million USD (about $257 million CAD), according to The Hollywood Reporter. This would make it one of Netflix’s most expensive films ever. Filming is expected to begin in October.

Following their tenure at Marvel, the Russos have formed a close relationship with Netflix. Joe Russo co-wrote Extraction and the upcoming Extraction 2, starring Chris Hemsworth, while both Russos produced the action films. The Russos also directed The Gray Man, an action-thriller that stars Canada’s Ryan Gosling and reteams the brothers with Captain America star Chris Evans and Markus and McFeely.

While Extraction 2 doesn’t yet have a premiere date, The Gray Man is set to hit Netflix on July 22nd.

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Netflix drops first trailer for Russo brothers’ The Gray Man, starring Canada’s Ryan Gosling

Netflix has released the first trailer for The Gray Man, its highly anticipated action movie from Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame directors, The Russo Brothers.

In the film, a top CIA mercenary, Sierra Six (London, Ontario’s own Ryan Gosling) discovers dark agency secrets, making him the target of international assassins, including his unhinged former colleague, Lloyd Hansen (Captain America himself, Chris Evans).

The Gray Man is notable for a number of reasons.

To start, it’s said to be Netflix’s most expensive film to date, thanks to a budget of around $200 million USD (about $257 million CAD). Further, the film re-teams The Russo Brothers with Captain America star Evans, as well as screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Joe Russo penned the script for The Gray Man — based on Mark Greaney’s eponymous novel series — alongside Markus and McFeely, who previously wrote The Russo Brothers’ four Marvel films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame.

The Russos have specifically said that The Gray Man is meant to be a political action thriller in the vein of The Winter Soldier, which is regarded as one of the best Marvel films.

Beyond Gosling and Evans, The Gray Man features an all-star cast that includes Ana De Armas (Knives Out), Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton), Jessica Henwick (The Matrix: Resurrections), Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) and Tamil acting icon Dhanush (Vadachennai).

The Gray Man will begin streaming on Netflix on July 22nd.

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Jeremy Renner puts daughter first

Jeremy Renner claims fatherhood has ”screwed” his career.

The ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ actor has found his priorities have changed since he and estranged wife Sonni Pacheco welcomed daughter Ava into the world two years ago, and his work is no longer as important to him.

He said: ”[Fatherhood] really kind of changed my perspective on a lot of things.

”It’s kind of screwed my career in a lot of ways. Because I don’t really care about [my career] so much because I care about her so much. She’s like number one in my life. And now I get to do movies on the side.

”Daddy’s my best role to date, I think.”

The 44-year-old actor admitted it has been tough juggling working on a big-budget movie shoot with finding the time to see his daughter.

Speaking on the ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’, he admitted: ”Yeah, I do a lot of flights back. I did like 40 flights back. From London to here pretty much every other week.

”[I] see her sometimes for eight hours and then fly back.”

Earlier this month, Jeremy and Sonni reached a custody and child support agreement following a bitter battle over their daughter.

The ‘Hurt Locker’ star will continue to share 50/50 custody with the Canadian model, who will receive $13,000 a month to care for the toddler.

The 23-year-old beauty, who accused the actor of stealing her passport, birth certificate and social security card after their split late last year, will not receive any spousal support as per the former couple’s prenuptial agreement.

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Robert Downey Jr’s Generational honour

Robert Downey Jr. ”clawed” his way to the top.

The 50-year-old actor was presented with the Generation Award at last night’s (04.12.15) MTV Movie Awards by his ‘Avengers’ co-stars Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner – who all dropped down to their knees when he took to the stage – and recalled his past troubles and struggles that he has turned away from and seen his career go from strength to strength.

The actor – who has previously battled drug addiction but has been clean for almost 12 years – said: ”When I witnessed the first MTV Movie Awards. The first was in 1992, and that’s my generation’s version of the Oscars. And when the first Generational Award was given in 2005, I thought where’s mine!?

”In the 34 years that have passed since the birth of MTV, I’ve grown up, I’ve failed, succeeded, partied way too much, begged for second chances and literally clawed my way to the top.

”Dream big, work hard, keep your nose clean. Be of service, and yes, because you can — define your generation.”

The ‘Iron Man’ star then went on to praise his co-stars.

He added to the audience at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre: ”I try to live honorably and never forget my love of the game and my friends

”If a man is judged by the company he keeps then I must be doing something right, because look at who I’m rolling with.”

Before leaving the stage, the actor – who has 21-year-old son Indio from a previous marriage and son Exton, three, and daughter Avri, five months, with wife Susan Levin – introduced a new clip from the forthcoming blockbuster ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.

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Cobie Smulders welcomes second child

Cobie Smulders has given birth to her second child.

The ‘Avengers’ actress, who has a five-year-old daughter, Shaelyn Cado, her actor husband, Taran Killam, has revealed they quietly welcomed another baby into the world three weeks ago.

The brunette beauty, who showed off her trim post-pregnancy figure while promoting her new film about motherhood, ‘Unexpected,’ at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, said: ”I’m in Sundance and I have a three-week old baby, so I can certainly relate [to the film’s theme]. It’s my world at the moment, and it’s just so prevalent in the world today.”

The former ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star admitted her ”huge support system” enabled her and Taran to leave their newborn so they could attend the event on Sunday (01.25.15).

She also told Bustle.com: ”I’m very lucky where I have a great career and a huge support system and not every woman has that.”

Colbie, 32, only confirmed she was pregnant again in October shortly after celebrating her second anniversary with Taran, also 32.

The couple, who have yet to reveal the sex and name of their new baby, had star-studded wedding at the Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California in September 2012, where guests included Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris.

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Cobie Smulders is pregnant again

Cobie Smulders is expecting her second child.

The ‘Avengers’ actress and her actor husband, Taran Killam, are set to welcome their second child into the world next year.

A spokesperson for the couple, who already have daughter Shaelyn Cado, five, confirmed the happy news to PEOPLE.com.

The former ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star, 32, and Taran, also 32, celebrated their second anniversary last month, following their star-studded wedding at the Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California in September 2012, where guests included Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris.

The brunette beauty, who has two movies slated for release next year, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and Results’, admitted in the past that motherhood was ”the best.”

Shortly after giving birth to Shaelyn, the ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ star said: ”I think I sleep an average of four hours a night now, so it’s just like functioning on fumes sometimes. But it’s the best.”

Cobie and Taran got engaged in 2009 and although she kept details of his proposal private, she previously said it was very romantic.

Asked how he popped the question, she said: ”That’s personal, but it was very romantic, I’ll tell you that much.”