While British writer-director Martin McDonagh, a seasoned and well-known theater director, showed incredible promise with “In Bruges” and especially 2012’s underseen “Seven Psychopaths,” it’s safe to say that his Oscar-nominated 2017 film “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” catapulted him to a mainstream he was not overly familiar with — nor, I bet, that he really wanted to get cozy with.
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The ‘Smile’ franchise has a new director. David Bruckner, who made “The Night House” and the 2022 “Hellraiser” reboot, has been hired to direct “Smile 3” for Paramount.