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Brie Larson the Frontrunner to Play Captain Marvel (Exclusive)
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After her Oscar-winning turn in “Room,” Brie Larson may be ready to step into the shoes of one of Marvel’s most popular female superheroes.
Sources tell Variety Marvel is in early talks with Larson to play Captain Marvel in the studio’s standalone project. It is unknown where things stand in negotiations, but sources have told Variety that Larson is the first choice, and that she’s leaning toward playing the part.
Marvel had no comment on the story.
No director is currently on board. Marvel, however, had always planned to have an actress lined up early, with the idea of possibly introducing her in one of its upcoming films before its “Captain Marvel” movie bows.
“Inside Out” scribe Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman are currently writing the script, which follows Carol Danvers, an air force pilot whose DNA is fused with that of an alien during an accident. »
- Justin Kroll
'Sicario' Sequel Lands Its Director
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Italian helmer Stefano Sollima is in talks with Lionsgate to direct the sequel to Sicario. The film will be called Soldado, the Spanish word for soldier, and will center on Benicio Del Toro's character. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that a follow-up was in the works based on a Taylor Sheridan script with the hope that Denis Villenueve, who directed the first film, would return for the sequel. Green Room helmer Jeremy Saulnier was the frontrunner to land the Soldado gig once Villeneuve's schedule became too packed, but he couldn't make the dates work given the film's fall production schedule.
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- Tatiana Siegel
Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Ubisoft’s ‘The Division’ Movie (Exclusive)
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Following record-breaking sales, Ubisoft is already developing a movie based on its video game “Tom Clancy’s the Division,” and now looks to have an A-list star to lead the film.
Sources tell Variety that Jake Gyllenhaal is attached to star in the pic based on the hit video game that has already become Ubisoft’s fastest-selling product.
Gyllenhaal is also attached as a producer, and the studio is currently looking for a writer to pen the adaptation. Ubisoft could not be reached for comment.
Developed and published by Ubisoft, with assistance from Red Storm Entertainment, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the third-person shooter is set in a dystopian New York City in the aftermath of a smallpox pandemic. The player, who is an agent of the Strategic Homeland Division, commonly referred to as simply “The Division,” is tasked with helping to rebuild the Division’s operations in Manhattan, »
- Justin Kroll
Outlander Renewed for 2 More Seasons at Starz—Rejoice Claire and Jamie Lovers
13 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Grab the whiskey and prepare to celebrate—Outlander will be back for a third and fourth season! Starz announced today that the epic romance of Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) will continue with a third and fourth season spanning the third book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, Voyager as well Drums of Autumn. Season three follows the couple through new adventures in all new countries...and that's about all we can say about that without spoiling the end of season two. "Outlander is like nothing seen before on television. From its depiction of a truly powerful female lead character, to the devastating decimation of the Highlander way of life, to what is a rarely »
Showtime Lands Daniel Craig, Scott Rudin Limited Series ‘Purity’
14 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
After multiple bidders emerged, Showtime has landed “Purity,” the Daniel Craig-starring limited series from producer Scott Rudin, Variety has learned.
Showtime has given a straight-to-series pickup to the drama with a hefty 20-episode order, which will air over the course of two years. Production begins in 2017, and no premiere date has been set.
Sources say the project is a megabucks deal for “James Bond” star Craig, who will also serve as an exec producer on “Purity.”
Based on Jonathan Franzen’s novel, the television adaptation will be penned by Todd Field, who is also directing all 20 episodes. Field will exec produce with Rudin, Eli Bush, David Hare and Franzen with the latter two also serving as writers on the series.
Before landing at Showtime, the hot project generated a slew of high-profile bidders from Netflix to FX and more with Rudin searching for a straight-to-series order, given the impressive auspices. »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Homeland’ Nears Renewal For Seasons 7 & 8, Season 6 Debut Pushed To January
12 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Showtime is finalizing a deal with Fox 21 TV Studios to lock its flagship drama series Homeland for 3 more seasons, starting with the already picked up upcoming sixth season, which has been pushed to January 2017. Showtime Networks president and CEO David Nevins made the announcement during a press call. In fall 2016, Homeland will be replaced by Shameless. The additional pickup would be for Seasons 7 and 8. Star Claire Danes and showrunner Alex Gansa are both set for… »
‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Back On At The Weinstein Company
16 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s been a pretty good week so far for “Hamilton” creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda. He landed the co-starring role in Disney‘s upcoming “Mary Poppins Returns,” and now the Broadway show that first put him on the map is (finally) headed to the big screen. The Weinstein Company have picked up the rights to “In The Heights,” the Tony […]
The post ‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Back On At The Weinstein Company appeared first on The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Film Review: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’
12 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The heroes in a half shell return for more halfhearted fun in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Every bit as noisy, brain-numbing and lowbrow as its predecessor, the Michael Bay production never strays from basic blockbuster formula. It’s fast food entertainment destined for a short run atop the box office charts and an even shorter lifespan in the pop culture zeitgeist.
Although the franchise has remained active in animation and video games through the years, the heroic quartet named after famed Renaissance painters — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — went dormant in live action films for two decades, until 2014’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” resurrected the phenomenon. At the time, some longtime fans took issue with reinventing the turtles as motion capture-animated heroes, especially in the context of a sleek, soulless, steel-crushing action extravaganza à la Bay’s “Transformers” productions. But worldwide audiences didn’t seem to mind one bit, »
- Geoff Berkshire
Alexandre Aja Directing Romance Drama ‘The Marquis’
44 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Alexandre Aja (“Horns” ) will direct romance drama “The Marquis,” a 17th-century-set movie based on the true story of the Marquis de Montespan.
French mini-major Gaumont is producing with Paris-based Lgm Cinema. “The Marquis” will shoot in English with a budget in the $25-million range and shooting starting in Europe in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2017.
The film, inspired by Jean Teulé’s bestselling novel “Le Montespan” and scripted by Aja, will depict the doomed and passionate relationship between the Marquis Louis Henri de Montespan and his wife Athénaïs — a beautiful and
ambitious woman who became the mistress of Louis Xiv.
The Marquis, who was passionately in love with his wife, refused all privileges and vowed to get his wife back at all costs, even if it meant defying the authority of the Sun King and facing imprisonment and death threats. He was one of »
- Dave McNary
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’ Net Worth Plummets From $4.5 Billion to $0, Forbes Says
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing startup company Theranos, is no longer one of America’s richest self-made women. Forbes revised its estimate of Holmes’ net worth from $4.5 billion to exactly $0 on Wednesday, effectively knocking her off the 2016 list of the richest, most successful, self-made women in America. Theranos, which was originally valued at $9 billion, garnered attention in recent years as being a company that could revolutionize the blood testing industry by conducting tests from a single prick of a finger at a fraction of the cost of standard methods. Also Read: How Forbes Exposed Peter Thiel as Billionaire Secretly Funding. »
- J. Clara Chan
12 Times Fandom Has Gone Horribly Wrong, From One Direction To ‘Dragon Age’ (Photos)
3 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Fans can be great sometimes. Their passion for the things they love can inspire breathtaking artwork and fiction that reflects how a creator’s vision has impacted the lives of his or her audience. But in the age of social media, we have seen the dark, cultish side of fandom become more and more prominent. Creators have become the target of abuse and death threats and debate among fans has become more intense and polarizing. Here’s a short history of the things that can happen when fans go too far. In May 2016, it was announced that the video game “No. »
- Jeremy Fuster
UCLA Shooting: 7 More Cases of On-Campus Violence in 2016
3 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The fatal shooting at UCLA‘s Westwood, California, campus on Wednesday has been described by police as a “possible murder-suicide.” Engineering professor William S. Klug, 39, has been named as the victim, with the second deceased yet to be officially identified by authorities. Since early February, at least seven other shootings have been reported at universities and high schools across the U.S., from Arizona to Ohio. Also Read: UCLA Shooting Victim Identified as Engineering Professor William S Klug See the list below. High Point High School May 6: Beltsville, Maryland Eulalio Tordil, 62, is accused of killing three people and injuring »
- J. Clara Chan
Review: On 'The Americans,' are Paige, William, and Oleg near breaking points?
4 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
A review of tonight's The Americans coming up just as soon as I show you how to hook the computer up to the TV... "I can't do this one, Philip." -William Though only a few weeks have passed for us since Martha got on that plane, it's been a very long time in the lives of the show's characters, particularly for the ones who, unlike Philip and Elizabeth, didn't spend most of that time playing travel agent for real. Things are bad, and tiring, and several straws break several camel's backs throughout the whimsically-titled "A Roy Rogers in Franconia." Much of the episode is obviously spent on the aftermath of Paige witnessing her mother efficiently kill a man right in front of her, absorbing what that means about what her parents' work must really be like, and whether that in any way changes how she feels about assisting them. It's »
- Alan Sepinwall
Bonnie Raitt, Miguel, Chicago Among Eclectic 'Greatest Hits' TV Lineup
4 hours ago | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
ABC's Greatest Hits, which will premiere later this month, showcases live performances from contemporary artists and heritage acts who will take the stage to highlight their decade-defining songs from the Eighties, Nineties and 2000s. The show previously announced its hosts Kelsea Ballerini and Arsenio Hall and they've now revealed their first round of performers. The lineup spans the genre gamut, including a diverse mix such as Bonnie Raitt, Miguel and Chicago. Also as it has been billed, the show includes artists that have made waves in the last three decades. »
Wme: We’re Not Doing Trump’s Convention Film
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A spokesman for Wme Entertainment said that the agency had no plans to work on a film for the Republican National Convention, after Donald Trump suggested in an interview that agency chieftan Ari Emanuel had offered to take charge of the project.
Trump is a former agency client and talks to Emanuel, the spokesman said. Wme/Img also purchased the Miss Universe Pageant from the Trump Organization last year.
In an interview with Michael Wolff in the Hollywood Reporter, Trump said that Emanuel was a “very good friend of mine” and that he had offered to take on the convention project.
But Emanuel is a longtime Democrat, and has given to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. His brother, Rahm, is the mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to President Obama.
It’s fairly typical for presidential nominees to enlist Hollywood figures for their biographical convention films. Davis Guggenheim »
- Ted Johnson
‘Spider-Man 3’ Actress Sues NYC Restaurant Over Alleged Assault
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
An actress whose credits include “Spider-Man 3,” “Sex and the City” and “Law & Order” has filed a lawsuit against a New York City restaurant manager who allegedly assaulted her. Actress La Rivers appeared with her attorney, Gloria Allred, in New York on Wednesday afternoon to explain the lawsuit, which also names the Beautique lounge in Midtown Manhattan. Rivers alleges that manager Edward Moffett assaulted her in June 2015 after she left the upscale nightspot, leaving her with a broken nose and a black eye (pictured above). Also Read: Shia Labeouf Lookalike Assaulted for Resemblance to Actor “I went to Beautique thinking that it. »
- Tim Kenneally
UCLA Shooting Victim Identified as Engineering Professor William S Klug
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Engineering professor William S. Klug has been identified the victim of a fatal shooting on the UCLA campus on Wednesday. Klug taught aerospace and mechanical engineering at the university and was a married father of two. The professor was one of two pronounced dead following what police called a “possible murder-suicide” that took place around 10 a.m. Pt on Wednesday in a small office in the Engineering IV building on the Westwood, California, campus. A firearm was later recovered at the scene. Authorities have not yet identified the gunman, who is thought to have shot Klug and then turned the gun on himself, »
- Reid Nakamura and Itay Hod
Jimmy Kimmel Tells HuffPo to Stuff It Over Megan Fox Criticism
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Jimmy Kimmel had a pretty simple response to the Huffington Post regarding a column ripping him for discussing a guest’s pregnancy on his show: “F— off.” On Wednesday, the site posted a column titled: “Dear Jimmy Kimmel, Megan Fox‘s Pregnancy Is None Of Your Business” after the ABC late-night host brought up Fox’s impending motherhood during an interview Tuesday. “Dear @HuffingtonPost – Megan agreed to discuss this before the show, so fuck off,” Kimmel wrote on Twitter. Also Read: Kelly Ripa's First Wave of Guest Co-Hosts: Who Had the Best and Worst TV Ratings? Fox was on »
- Reid Nakamura
‘Under the Gun’ Director: ‘I Stand By’ Controversial Edit
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Director Stephanie Soechtig is sticking up for her documentary “Under the Gun” after executive producer Katie Couric apologized for a controversial scene in the film.
Couric, who also narrates and appears in the movie, expressed regret Monday for a moment in the film in which she asks members of a gun-rights group called the Virginia Citizens Defense League a question about background checks for felons and suspected terrorists. The group members are shown sitting silently for eight seconds before finally answering. Couric and the movie, which premiered May 14 on Epix, became targets for gun-rights advocates last week after unedited audio revealed that the silence had been added into the documentary — the Vcdl members had responded immediately to Couric’s question. In her statement Monday, Couric said, “I regret that those eight seconds were misleading,” and claimed that she raised concerns about the edit to Soechtig during the filmmaking process.
Speaking to Variety Wednesday, »
- Daniel Holloway
‘Under the Gun’ Director: ‘I Stand By’ Controversial Edit
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Director Stephanie Soechtig is sticking up for her documentary “Under the Gun” after executive producer Katie Couric apologized for a controversial scene in the film.
Couric, who also narrates and appears in the movie, expressed regret Monday for a moment in the film in which she asks members of a gun-rights group called the Virginia Citizens Defense League a question about background checks for felons and suspected terrorists. The group members are shown sitting silently for eight seconds before finally answering. Couric and the movie, which premiered May 14 on Epix, became targets for gun-rights advocates last week after unedited audio revealed that the silence had been added into the documentary — the Vcdl members had responded immediately to Couric’s question. In her statement Monday, Couric said, “I regret that those eight seconds were misleading,” and claimed that she raised concerns about the edit to Soechtig during the filmmaking process.
Speaking to Variety Wednesday, »
- Daniel Holloway
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