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Author: Scott Davis

This weekend sees the long-awaited release of action sequel John Wick 2, which sees Keanu Reeves reprise his role as the legendary hitman who is forced out of retirement for good. You can see our chat with the man himself here but we also spoke to the film’s director Chad Stahelski which you can view in the player below.

A co-director with David Leitch on the first film, Stahelski makes his solo directorial debut with the sequel, and speaking to Scott Davis about the film, he said that he was well aware of the reviews the film is getting and that he feels such things are healthy for filmmakers:

“Shocked – we tried to read everyone, I think it’s healthy as a director. You try not to take it to heart when they say good or bad but you want to know if you’re being interpreted right.

With the release date of Fantasia: Music Evolved a little under two months away, Harmonix has finally revealed the full tracklist for their colorful rhythm game. Published by Disney Interactive, Fantasia will launch exclusively on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on October 20.

Speaking at Pax Prime this weekend, the team at Harmonix announced that tracks from Lady Gaga, Jimi Hendrix, The Flaming Lips and more will round out the final setlist. As one of the more musically-inclined developers in the business today, it makes sense that Harmonix would build a tracklist as eclectic as the one included here.

You can check out the entire tracklist for the title below, with the new additions bolded.

Dvořák – “Symphony No.9 from the New World” Vivaldi – “The Four Seasons: Winter, 1st Movement” Avicii – “Levels” J.S. Bach – “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven” Cee Lo Green – “Forget...

Composer Max Richter on Zadie Smith, the Edinburgh festival and why he has a soft spot for James Joyce's Ulysses

Composer Max Richter was born in Germany, and moved to the UK as a child. As a founding member of the contemporary classical group Piano Circus, he commissioned and performed music by composers including Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Julia Wolfe. On the solo albums that followed, he collaborated with the likes of actress Tilda Swinton, musician Robert Wyatt and DJ/ producer Roni Size. In 2008, the Royal Ballet commissioned him to compose the music for Infra, choreographed by Wayne McGregor, with whom he later worked on the chamber opera, Sum (2012). Richter's work has featured in films such as Shutter Island (2010), and he penned the original soundtrack to Waltz with Bashir (2008). He has also provided music for several art installations, including rAndom International's Rain Room at the Barbican. In 2012, Richter...

Today is the birthday of Italian baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi. The master of concertos, famous for creating the violin masterpiece, "The Four Seasons," would turn 335 years old if he were miraculously alive today.

Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678, and became maestro di violino (master of the violin) at the age of 25 while working at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà orphanage. The institute provided musical education for abandoned or orphaned children, but was also known for its acclaimed orchestra and choir. There Vivaldi began composing, writing concerto and cantatas for his talented students, paving the way for his eventual ascension to the royal orchestras and opera houses of Europe.

Vivaldi was a celebrated musical figure during his lifetime, but his fame has only risen since his death in 1741. To celebrate the beloved classical composer, we've put together a slideshow of 10 facts about his life. Scroll through the slides below and...

Cologne, Germany -- Veteran director Margarethe von Trotta returns to her perennial theme of strong woman with her new project, a biopic of Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Producers Heimatfilm picked up €750,000 ($920,000) in production financing from regional subsidy body Film Board NRW on Tuesday.

Von Trotta co-wrote the script to "Hannah Arendt" with Pam Katz. The film focuses on Arendt's reporting for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. In it, she coined the phrase "the banality of evil." "Hannah Arendt" will shoot in Israel and in North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany. Von Trotta's last feature, a biopic of the German nun Hildegard von Bingen starring Barbara Sukowa, was a sleeper success in Germany, earning around $4 million at the boxoffice here.

The Film Board Nrw also put up €1.5 million ($1.8 million) towards another biographical feature, Patrica Riggen's "Vivaldi." Jessica Biel and Kevin Zegers are set to star,...

Los Angeles, California (X17online) - Jessica Biel is in negotiations to star in the upcoming period romance film, Vivaldi. The movie is about a forbidden love affair between violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his protege, singer Anna Tessieri Giro. Their relationship helps inspire him to write his masterpiece, The Four Seasons. Vivaldi will be directed by Patricia Riggen, and Luke Evans is expected to star alongside Biel. The actress, who is linked with Justin Timberlake, will be starring in Fox's summer action flick, The A-Team. Also expected to star in Vivaldi: Neve Campbell, Alfred Molina, Malcolm McDowell and Dakota Fanning's kid sister, Elle.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my Casting Tidbits! First up, THR reports Jessica Biel and Luke Evans are finalizing deals to star in Vivaldi, a period romance from director Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon). Written by Kevin Lund and T.J. Scott, the story focuses on a forbidden romance that develops between composer, priest and violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his protege, singer Anna Tessieri Giro, leading him to write his enduring masterpiece The Four Seasons. So I guess Biel's casting means Anna Tessieri Giro must be really attractive. Next, two new additions to Ron Howard's comedy Cheaters have manifested themselves in two different brief interviews with the new cast members in question. First, MTV spoke to Channing Tatum who revealed he will be joining ...

Robert De Niro is in talks to star with Clive Owen and Jason Statham in The Killer Elite. In the film, De Niro will play Statham’s mentor, who is kidnapped by his 2002 self in an attempt to keep him from starring in Analyze That. [The Wrap]

Jessica Biel and Luke Evans will likely star in period romance Vivaldi, which chronicles the forbidden romance between Antonio Vivaldi and singer Anna Tessieri Giro. The romance leads to composition of “The Four Seasons,” which is kind of like the 18th-century version of “SexyBack.” [THR]

Channing Tatum will star as the other man in Ron Howard...

Jessica Biel and Luke Evans are in final talks to star in the period romantic drama "Vivaldi." Raffaella De Laurentiis whilst Patricia Riggen ("Under the Same Moon") directs. Kevin Lund and T.J. Scott screenplay tells of a forbidden romance that sparks between composer, priest and violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his singer protege Anna Tessieri Giro. This lead to him writing the "The Four Seasons" masterpiece. Giro was Vivaldi's favorite prima donna and part of his entourage. Vivaldi at the time denied any romantic relationship, and most modern scholars believe that to be true. Biel is up next in 20th Century Fox's action comedy "The A-Team."...

Jessica Biel and Luke Evans are in final negotiations to join the period romance biopic "Vivaldi" says Reuters.

The story covers the alleged forbidden romance between composer and violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his protege singer Anna Tessieri Giro, a love which lead him to him writing his most famous work - 'The Four Seasons'. However, Vivaldi has denied any romantic relationship.

Patricia Riggen ("Under the Same Moon") directs from a script by Kevin Lund and T.J. Scott. Raffaella De Laurentiis will produce.

Jessica Biel is in final negotiations for period drama 'Vivaldi'. The 28-year-old actress would star alongside rising British star Luke Evans in the Patricia Riggen-directed biopic. The film tells the tale of a brewing romance between Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (Evans) and singer Anna Tessieri Giro (Biel), which led to him writing his best known work 'The Four Seasons'. Vivaldi - who died in 1741 from suspected asthmatic bronchitis - denied any relationship with Anna at the time, and many historians believe the claims of the Venetian virtuoso. The script has been written by Kevin Lund and T. J. Scott with ..

Jessica Biel and Luke Evans are in final negotiations to topline "Vivaldi," a period romance being produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis.

Patricia Riggen, who directed and produced Fox Searchlight's foreign film release "Under the Same Moon," will helm "Vivaldi."

The project, written by Kevin Lund and T.J. Scott, centers on a forbidden romance that develops between composer, priest and violin virtuoso Antonio Vivaldi and his protege, singer Anna Tessieri Giro, leading him to write his enduring masterpiece "The Four Seasons."

Giro was Vivaldi's favorite prima donna and part of his entourage. Vivaldi at the time denied any romantic relationship, and most modern scholars believe that to be true.

Michael Mosca also is producing the project, which will be selling at the Festival de Cannes.

Biel, repped by CAA and Management 360, most recently appeared in New Line's ensemble romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" and next co-stars in Fox summer action tentpole "The A-Team.