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South by Southwest festival to go on despite coronavirus scare; Dev Patel's Green Knight, Judd Apatow's The King of Staten Island part of lineup
Fp Staff •The organisers of South by Southwest said that the 10 day long festival will go on despite the coronavirus scare.
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in favour of regulating data access over breaking up big tech firms
Tech2 News Staff •Vestager said there should be a focus to ensure big tech giants do not misuse their dominant market position
Us review round-up: Jordan Peele's new horror film is 'way more Twilight Zone-y than Get Out'
Fp Staff •Jordan Peele's Us had its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, and has received mostly positive reviews from critcs
Olivia Wilde's Booksmart, Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum to premiere at SXSW Film Fest 2019
Fp Staff •SXSW film festival 2019 announced the lineup to its 26th edition Wednesday after previously revealing that Jordan Peele’s Us will open the festival on 8 March
Jordan Peele's Us to have world premiere at SXSW Film Fest; Get Out follow-up will now release on 22 March
Fp Staff •Jordan Peele's mystery thriller Us was initially supposed to hit the screens on 15 March, but Universal pushed the release date to maintain the momentum after SXSW.
Galveston trailer: Elle Fanning, Ben Foster star in thriller based on True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto’s novel
Fp Staff •Galveston has been directed by Melanie Laurent, who has starred in films like Inglorious Basterds and Now You See Me.
Kill Bill actor Daryl Hannah turns director with Paradox, starring legendary musicians Neil Young and Willie Nelson
•Daryl Hannah's playful fantasy western premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin.
SXSW festival bomb scare forces cancellation of The Roots concert; Austin man arrested
Fp Staff •Austin police arrested 26-year-old Trevor Ingram charging him with making a terrorist threat.
A Quiet Place first reviews roundup: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt-starrer is 'unique high-concept science fiction'
Fp Staff •A Quiet Place, which stars John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, is set in post-apocalyptic upstate New York which has been taken over by strange spider-like alien creatures.
Ready Player One: Early reviews call the sci-fi epic a 'classic Spielberg' film and 'pop culture extravaganza'
Fp Staff •Critics called Spielberg's Ready Player One a "dizzyingly propulsive virtual-reality fanboy geek-out."