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Alejandro G. Inarritu, Tom McCarthy, Adam McKay, George Miller, Ridley Scott Land DGA Nominations
10 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Directors Guild of America kept strong guild streaks alive for “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Revenant” Tuesday with nominations for filmmakers George Miller and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, respectively.
The two joined Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”), Adam McKay (“The Big Short”) and Ridley Scott (“The Martian”) in the feature film category.
Historically, the DGA’s film nominations — decided upon by a vast body of more than 16,000 members — are a solid barometer for the best director and particularly best picture categories at the Oscars. Recent DGA-nominated directors who failed to score a nomination from the Academy’s directors branch include Clint Eastwood (“American Sniper”), Paul Greengrass (“Captain Phillips”) and, notoriously, Ben Affleck (“Argo”) and Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”).
Recent films nominated by the DGA that failed to net a best picture Oscar nomination include “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” and “Into the Wild. »
- Kristopher Tapley
Black Panther: Ryan Coogler confirmed to direct
22 hours ago | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ryan Coogler will direct Chadwick Boseman in Marvel's Black Panther movie, it's been 100% confirmed.
It's definite: Marvel's Black Panther movie has its director.
As had been rumored, Ryan Coogler - currently riding high off the back of the excellent Creed - is the man who's landed the job. He will direct Chadwick Boseman in the film, which is due in cinemas on February 18th 2018.
An official statement from Marvel Studios included the following comment from its head honcho, Kevin Feige:
"We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family. The talents Ryan showcased in his first two films easily made him our top choice to direct Black Panther. Many fans have waited a long time to see Black Panther in his own film, and with Ryan we know we’ve found the perfect director to bring T’Challa’s story to life »
- simonbrew
Quantico Star Priyanka Chopra In Talks For Baywatch Remake
11 January 2016 6:34 PM, PST | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Though she’s currently leading ABC’s excellent new drama Quantico on the small screen, Priyanka Chopra is now looking to make her mark on the big screen. In Hollywood, at least.
The actress has been a pretty prominent name in Bollywood for years now, but is only just starting to become familiar to American audiences. That looks set to continue, too, as Paramount is in negotiations with her to join their upcoming Baywatch remake, which also has Zac Efron, Dwayne Johnson and Alexandria Daddario attached. No word yet on which exact role Chopra is being eyed for, but it’s said to be a villainous one, which could be pretty interesting.
In terms of what Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have planned for us with their script, we’ve heard that the basic premise of the reboot is said to revolve around “a hotshot former Olympian who butts heads »
- Josh Wilding
A24 Brings on Sasha Lloyd to Head International Operations
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In a pre-Berlin Film Festival move, A24 has brought on investment banking veteran Sasha Lloyd to head up international operations for the four-year-old company.
She will oversee all film and television distribution and business development in the international marketplace.
The move comes with A24 seeing strong awards-season response to Brie Larson’s “Room,” Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary “Amy” and solid box office for Alicia Vikander’s “Ex Machina” at $36 million. A24’s previous best performer came in 2013 with James Franco’s “Spring Breakers.”
Lloyd previously worked at Goldman Sachs, where her clients included Lionsgate, the Weinstein Company and DNA Films. She was also a founding partner of boutique investment banking firm Ghl & Company (rebranded as Solar Entertainment Hlb in 2012), where she led the $750 million recapitalization of Summit Entertainment and advised on the acquisition of the Miramax library from Disney by Colony Capital.
“Sasha is a very exciting addition to the A24 family, »
- Dave McNary
Watch: George Clooney and Julia Roberts in ‘Money Monster’ Trailer
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
George Clooney becomes a hostage on network TV in the first trailer for TriStar Pictures’ “Money Monster.”
Clooney is playing a glib investment guru with the TV show “Money Monster” who has to deal with a gun-toting investor — played by Jack O’Connell of “Unbroken” — after the investor takes a bath on a tech stock.
“Is this a union thing?” Clooney asks when he spots O’Connell’s weapon.
Julia Roberts stars as the producer, who tells the crew at that point, “Anyone who can get out, get out now.”
O’Connell’s character insists later that he’s not to blame, asserting, “I might be the one with a gun here, but I am not the criminal.”
Jodie Foster directed from a script by Jamie Linden and Alan Difiore & Jim Kouf, based on a story by Difiore and Kouf. Producers are Daniel Dubiecki, Lara Alameddine, George Clooney and Grant Heslov. »
- Dave McNary
How The Narnia Franchise Plans To Reboot With The Silver Chair
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Between 2005 and 2010, The Chronicles Of Narnia slowly, but surely, entertained fans of the franchise with a theatrical adaptation of a world they'd previously only dreamed of. Those fans are going to be both thrilled and saddened with the news that The Silver Chair - the fourth book in C.S. Lewis' fantasy series, is indeed coming to the silver screen. But with such good news, how could a fan be upset? Leave it to producer Mark Gordon to straddle that line between joy and sorrow, as he recently made some remarks during a junket that Collider happened to be attending. With word from writer David Magee that the film was in the script phase last year, Gordon made some comments about whether this new chapter would include any returning elements from the previous trilogy of films. Gordon's word on the project is as follows: No, it.s all going to »
Who Are Rey’s Parents? Jj Abrams Responds To The Question
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
J.J. Abrams returned to the Television Critics Association for a panel on his upcoming Showtime series Roadies with Cameron Crowe and cast. After the panel Abrams stayed to speak with reporters and was accommodating when questions turned again to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Accommodating in that he did not shut them down, but still […]
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- Fred Topel
‘Money Monster’ Trailer: George Clooney Has ‘Network’-ing Skills
3 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Here’s the first trailer for Money Monster, a monster in its own right when TriStar Pictures won rights to the real-time thriller in 2014. It’s Jodie Foster directing and George Clooney starring as a Jim Cramer-like TV stock wiz Lee Gates, who with his ace producer (Julia Roberts) is held hostage on air by a man (Jack O’Connell) who followed Gates’ advice, lost his money and put his young family in precarious straits. Jamie Linden, Alan Difiore & Jim Kouf wrote the… »
J.J. Abrams Offers Advice to Young Han Solo, Reacts to ‘Force Awakens’ Success
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Spoiler Alert: The following story contains spoilers from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Do not read ahead if you have not yet seen the movie and want to remain unspoiled for major plot points.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has made more than $800 million domestically since its Dec. 18 release (making it the first film ever to do so), and is rapidly approaching $2 billion worldwide, but director J.J. Abrams says he’s more pleased with the experience of moviegoers than the box office success.
“I’m just incredibly relieved that the movie’s out and it was well-received, and I’m more excited when I hear that people went to see the movie with their parents who took them to see the original movie when they were kids, or who took their own kids who maybe had never seen a ‘Star Wars’ movie and who fell in love with Rey [Daisy Ridley] or »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Christian Bale’s ‘Knight of Cups’ Set for U.S. Premiere at Santa Barbara Festival
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has selected Christian Bale’s “Knight of Cups” as its Centerpeice Film with a screening on Feb. 7 at the Arlington Theatre.
The showing will be the U.S. premiere for the Terrence Malick drama and will take place 364 days after the world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Broad Green Pictures is releasing “Knight of Cups” in the U.S. on March 4.
The film also stars Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Freida Pinto, Isabel Lucas, Imogen Poots, Wes Bentley, Brian Dennehy and Teresa Palmer. Bale portrays a writer on an odyssey through the playgrounds of Los Angeles and Las Vegas as he undertakes a search for love and self.
Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green and Ken Kao are producing. Malick’s last film, “To the Wonder,” starred Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko and grossed less than $3 million worldwide. His 2011 film, “The Tree of Life,” took in more than $50 million worldwide. »
- Dave McNary
Superhero Bits: Jonah Hex Coming to TV, Agent Carter Ties Into Doctor Strange and More
3 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
What is Smallville‘s Supergirl doing on CBS’s Supergirl? Which DC Comics superhero show will get a visit from Jonah Hex? Why can’t Stan Lee read comic books anymore? How will Agent Carter tie into Doctor Strange? How does the Supergirl and The Flash crossover seem even more likely now? All that and more on this […]
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- Ethan Anderton
‘Star Wars’ Director J.J. Abrams Knows ‘Quite A Bit’ About Rey’s Secret Identity, Talks ‘Episode VIII’
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
J.J. Abrams isn’t directing “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” but he knows a lot about it.
Questioned about the theory that new “Star Wars” heroine Rey (Daisy Ridley) could be a Kenobi or a Skywalker, Abrams teased, “I know quite a bit.”
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday at the Television Critics Association press tour where Abrams was present to support his upcoming Showtime series “Roadies,” the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director was tight-lipped, but did make it pretty clear that Rey’s backstory has been written.
“Obviously, it’s not for me to talk about in this moment because this is Rian’s story to continue now and the last thing I’m going to do is reveal something that he would be upset about. I want to make sure that Rian gets the courtesy,” Abrams said of his successor Rian Johnson, who will direct “Episode VIII.”
Asked if »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Watch: George Clooney, Julia Roberts & Jack O’Connell Star In The First Trailer For Jodie Foster's ‘Money Monster’
4 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
So it’s kind of like a twist on “Talk Radio,” and “The King Of Comedy” then with more economic outrage? In the Jodie Foster-directed “Money Monster,” George Clooney plays a loudmouth financial TV show host who gets taken hostage while on-air by an angry gunman —who happens to have lost everything by following the talking head’s investment advice. Rising star Jack O’Connell, who lead Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken,” stars as the livid investor who makes the talk show host reveal secrets on air to survive and Julia Roberts plays the director and executive producer of the "Money Monster" program who is also Clooney's love interest. Clooney’s character is obviously modeled after a “Mad Money,” Jim Cramer-style financial guru, but it remains to be seen if he’ll play the man that obnoxious. While the thriller seems topical in an era of Occupy Wall Street, »
- Edward Davis
‘The X-Files’ Early Buzz: A Missed Opportunity or a Return to Form?
4 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Will the upcoming six episodes of The X-Files bring the series’ back to its former glory? The last time we saw Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) was in The X-Files: I Want to be Believe — a major disappointment back in 2008. After rumblings of another film, they decided to bring the characters back to […]
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- Jack Giroux
Oscar Nomination Predictions From Variety’s Awards Team
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday at 5:38am Pt. So Variety Oscar pundits Tim Gray, Jenelle Riley, Ramin Setoodeh and Kristopher Tapley huddled to make final predictions in the eight major categories. There was surprising agreement on the majority of contenders, with some slight differences of opinion here and there.
Best Picture
“Brooklyn”
“Carol”
“Straight Outta Compton”
Putting their heads together, our pundits came up with this list of 10, but the Academy may or may not hit that number. “Beasts of No Nation” was the only other film to get a vote.
Best Director
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “The Revenant”
Miller was duking it out with Todd Haynes (“Carol”) for the last spot. Today’s »
- Variety Staff
Sundance: Netflix Buys ‘Tallulah’ With Ellen Page, Allison Janney (Exclusive)
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Sundance Film Festival is still a week away, but Netflix isn’t waiting for the throngs to descend on Park City before making a big move.
The streaming giant has snapped up worldwide streaming video on-demand rights to “Tallulah,” Variety has learned. The story of a young drifter (Ellen Page) who takes a baby from a negligent mother was expected to be one of the hot titles at this year’s festival. It reunites Page with her “Juno” co-star Allison Janney.
Janney plays a woman who mistakenly believes she’s the child’s grandmother in what is being billed as a dramatic comedy.
It’s a homecoming of sorts for writer and director Sian Heder. She has a preexisting relationship with Netflix having worked as a writer and producer on “Orange is the New Black.” Her first short film, “Mother,” was honored at Cannes Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Florida Film Festival. »
- Brent Lang
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Feature 67(!) Different Characters
4 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Last year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron was a big, sprawling movie with a gigantic cast, and this year’s Captain America: Civil War doesn’t look much slimmer. But they may be small potatoes compared to Avengers: Infinity War. According to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, the two-part epic features a whopping 67 characters. Of course, that doesn’t mean all 67 characters will […]
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- Angie Han
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