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This fee relates to the mark-up that is typically charged by credit card issuers in addition to the exchange rate. ® Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. ™ Trademarks of The Bank of Nova Scotia. * Visa Int./Licensed User. MAY 2019 CONTENTS VOLUME 20 #3 FEATURES REGULARS 4 EDITOR’S NOTE First Freddie, now Elton. 24 32 What a double bill Summer Movie 6 CLICK! Preview! Out and about with It’s going to be an epic summer Zachary Levi and at the movies. We highlight Nicole Kidman 12 must-see pics hitting screens in June, July and August, 8 UP FRONT including new entries in the Long Shot’s Canadian Toy Story, Men in Black and connections, Olivia Wilde Spider-Man franchises shares directing tips and BY MARNI WEISZ Kelly Clarkson on voicing an UglyDoll 16 RED CARPET 30 Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell and Julianne Moore are all Wick’s on Fire dressed up We sit down with Keanu Reeves to talk John Wick: Chapter 3 - 18 IN THEATRES Parabellum. And don’t worry Your quick scan through if you haven’t seen the first this month’s movies two films, we’ve prepared cheat notes 22 SPECIAL BY TANNER ZIPCHEN SCREENINGS Indiana Jones returns to the big screen, Shadow of a Doubt 32 → comes out of the dark A Whole New World 44 IN THE WORKS Aladdin’s Egyptian-Canadian Tom Holland robs banks, star Mena Massoud describes Toni Collette what it was like to land the trains a horse coveted role of street urchin Aladdin, and how the late 46 SCREEN Robin Williams inspired him TEST BY INGRID RANDOJA How well do you know the life and career of Ryan Reynolds? COVER STORY 50 ART OF FILM Son Eunkyoung pencils 38 wistful movie scenes PIANO MAN Taron Egerton steps into the spotlight this month playing Elton John in the bio-pic Rocketman. Not only does the 29-year-old Welsh actor get to wear the pop star’s outlandish costumes, he also does all his own singing. Here, Egerton talks about playing 12 → such a big personality, his favourite tunes to sing and honouring Elton John’s sexuality BY INGRID RANDOJA COVER PHOTO BY GAVIN BOND MAY 2019 CINEPLEX MAGAZINE 3 MAGAZINE EDITOR’S NOTE PUBLISHER Salah Bachir EDITOR Marni Weisz DEPUTY EDITOR Ingrid Randoja CREATIVE DIRECTOR & DESIGNER Lucinda Wallace VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION Sheila Gregory DIRECTOR, CONTENT STRATEGY Tina Boroviak CONTRIBUTORS Tanner Zipchen Advertising sales for Cineplex Magazine is handled by Cineplex Media. TORONTO HEAD OFFICE Boxed Set 416-539-8800 VICE PRESIDENT Robert Brown You were ready for Freddie. VICE PRESIDENT, SALES John Tsirlis Are you meltin’ for Elton? EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SALES Giulio Fazzolari EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SALES Often, when two similar movies come out great friends that while he was dying Ed Villa EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SALES back to back it dampens your enthusiasm Mercury managed to send John one last QUEBEC/EASTERN CANADA Jonathan Laflamme for at least one of them. Think of Antz and Christmas present, a painting that arrived DIRECTOR, MEDIA OPERATIONS A Bug’s Life, The Truman Show and EDtv, weeks after Freddie had passed. “I was Cathy Prowse MANAGER, THEATRICAL PROGRAMMING Armageddon and Deep Impact, Churchill overcome, 44 years old at the time, cry- Debi Kingston and Darkest Hour, even the two documen- ing like a child,” recalled John in his book ACCOUNT MANAGERS taries about the fun-to-hate Fyre festival Love is the Cure. TORONTO 416-539-8800 Cory Atkins, ext. 5257 that came out this past winter. And about five months after Freddie’s Zach Beach, ext. 5269 And yet, I don’t feel that way about death, when the top musical acts of the Lesley Taylor, ext. 5266 Sheree Kyte, ext. 5245 Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman. day came together for the monumental Beth Leverty, ext. 5285 In fact, the success of the first, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Zandra MacInnis, ext. 5281 Heather Marshall, ext. 5290 Freddie Mercury bio-pic that earned Awareness on April 20th, 1992, who do you Jenna Paterson, ext. 5243 four Oscars, including Best Actor for star think got to sing “Bohemian Rhapsody” Julian Pieke, ext. 5216 Brett Poschmann, ext. 5287 Rami Malek, just makes me more excited with the remaining members of Queen? Lorelei von Heymann, ext. 5249 about the second, this month’s Elton John That’s right, Elton John. Wendell Sappor, ext. 5277 Jennifer Wishart, ext. 5282 story with Taron Egerton stepping into Of course, there are major differences Tom Woyzbun, ext. 5253 those crazy platform shoes. between the films too; starting with the OTTAWA 844-870-1112 Although there are clearly similarities fact that Egerton sings his own songs Nicole Beaudin HAMILTON/NIAGARA 416-294-6355 — both films are about larger-than-life, whereas Malek, for the most part, did not. Melanie Morgan gay, British rock icons (born less than a Turn to page 38 for “Shining Star,” our ATLANTIC CANADA 902-401-8152 year apart) — they seem less like com- interview with Taron Egerton about Craig Jackson QUEBEC 514-868-0005 peting projects and more like companion singing, and behaving, like Elton John. Benoit Deschambault, ext. 224 pieces within the same cinematic universe. Elsewhere in this issue, on page 32 we Martine Ménard, ext. 222 Like Marvel, only more marvellous. talk with Mena Massoud, the unlikely MANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN 204-396-3044 To start, it was Rocketman director Egyptian-Canadian star of Disney’s live- Morgan Comrie Dexter Fletcher who was called in to finish action remake of Aladdin, on page 30 CALGARY 403-264-4420 Kevin Leahy Bohemian Rhapsody after that film’s direc- Keanu Reeves brings us up to speed on EDMONTON 780-919-3011 tor was fired a few weeks from the end of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and Barb Kitzan shooting. on page 24 our Summer Movie Preview BRITISH COLUMBIA The productions also share a number takes you through the season’s hottest Justin Sawicz 604-761-9508 Matt Watson 604-689-3068 of crew, most notably costume designer films, including Toy Story 4, Once Upon Cineplex Magazine™ is published Julian Day, a crucial role on both pics. 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