Parents divorced when he was a child. Had not been in contact with his father since childhood....
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Movies
* Ghosted (starring Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris) – action comedy; a man (Evans) falls for an enigmatic woman (de Armas), only to discover that she’s a secret agent.
* Beau Is Afraid (starring Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan) – black comedy; an anxiety-ridden man (Phoenix) embarks on an epic odyssey to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, confronting his greatest fears along the way.
* A Tourist’s Guide to Love (starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Scott Ly, Missi Pyle, Ben Feldman) – romantic comedy; after an unexpected breakup, a travel industry executive (Cook) accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam.
* Evil Dead Rise (starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies) – horror, fifth film in the Evil Dead series; the reunion of two estranged sisters is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons.
* The Covenant (starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig) – action thriller; a US Army Sergeant (Gyllenhaal) and an Afghan interpreter (Salim) help each other while pursuing the Taliban.
James McAvoy
* Born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland.
* Has a younger sister, Joy.
* Parents divorced when he was a child. Had not been in contact with his father since childhood.
* Made his acting debut as a teenager in the film The Near Room (1995).
* Subsequently appeared in TV series including State of Play (2003), Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune (2003), and Shameless (2004 – 2005).
* Gained recognition for his work in films such as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Atonement (2007), Wanted (2008), and the X-Men series (2011 – 2019).
* Upcoming projects include the epic The Book of Clarence (2023).
* Has been married twice: to actress Anne-Marie Duff (2006 - 2016; divorced; they have one son together) and Lisa Liberati (2022 - present; 1 son).
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, and Hugh Grant
Directors: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
Tagline: Who needs heroes when you have thieves?
* Action adventure; a group of unlikely adventurers embark on a quest to retrieve a lost relic.
* Based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons; is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
* Is the fourth D&D film and a reboot of the series; is not connected to the D&D film trilogy that was released between 2000 and 2012.
* Had a budget of $150 million; has made $130 million in around two weeks.
* Score composed by Lorne Balfe. Soundtrack includes the song ‘Wings of Time’ by Australian band Tame Impala.
* Is set to be followed by a spin-off television series.
