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Viola Davis to Star in Steve McQueen Heist Thriller ‘Widows’ (Exclusive)
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Viola Davis will star in Steve McQueen’s upcoming heist thriller “Widows” for New Regency.
“Gone Girl” screenwriter and novelist Gillian Flynn is on board to pen the script with McQueen.
Based on the 2002 British miniseries about a caper gone wrong, the story follows four armed robbers who get killed in a failed heist attempt, leaving their widows to finish the job.
The film will be produced by McQueen, and Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films, who teamed with McQueen on “Shame” and also produced the best picture Oscar winner “The Kings Speech.” Film 4 is co-financing with New Regency.
The movie marks McQueen’s first feature since winning the best picture Academy Award for “12 Years a Slave.” McQueen has since been working on the HBO limited series “Codes of Conduct,” also penned by Flynn.
HBO recently shelved “Codes of Conduct,” allowing McQueen to focus all his energy on “Widows. »
- Justin Kroll
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange Will Report for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
26 September 2016 2:30 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Avengers: Infinity War is shaping up to be a real all-hands-on-deck situation. Not only will the current Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy be reporting for duty, but characters we haven’t even met yet like Captain Marvel are expected to join the fray. And you can add Doctor Strange to that growing list of superheroes. […]
The post Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange Will Report for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ appeared first on /Film. »
- Angie Han
Jodie Foster to Receive Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award
26 September 2016 1:43 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jodie Foster will be this year’s recipient of the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the October ceremony, it was announced on Monday.
“It seems fitting that in this 40th Anniversary year of both ‘Taxi Driver’ and ‘Bugsy Malone,’ we are honoring Jodie’s remarkable trail-blazing career at the Britannia Awards,” said Kieran Breen, chairman of BAFTA Los Angeles, in a statement. “It takes a rare and special talent to launch an international career with two amazingly different performances, and Jodie’s choices as an actor and director have continued to earn a deserved reputation as one of the most versatile professionals of our time.”
Foster’s 50-year career started at age three as “The Coppertone Girl” in the television commercial, but it was her role as Iris “Easy” Steensma in “Taxi Driver” (1976) that gained her world-wide recognition. Her most prominent roles in film have landed »
- Joshua Terry
Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan’s ‘Wildlife’ Adds ‘The Visit’ Star Ed Oxenbould (Exclusive)
23 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ed Oxenbould has landed the role of Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan’s son in Paul Dano’s directorial debut, “Wildlife,” sources tell Variety.
Based on the Richard Ford novel, the film follows a boy who witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mom finds another man.
The movie is produced by Andrew Duncan and Alex Saks for June Pictures, and Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker for Nine Stories. Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, and Dano will also produce, while Zoe Kazan and Eddie Vaisman are executive producing. Wme Global handles the domestic rights to the film.
The script was co-written by Dano and Kazan.
Fairly new to the world of film, Oxenbould broke out as one the title character in Disney’s “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” opposite Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. He followed that up with another starring role in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Visit. »
- Justin Kroll
Kiersey Clemons to Star in Marc Webb’s Next Film Opposite Callum Turner
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Kiersey Clemons is set to star opposite Callum Turner and Jeff Bridges in the Amazon Studios film “The Only Living Boy in New York.”
Variety first reported that Clemons had been offered to play the female lead and sources now say the deal is closed. Kate Beckinsale also stars with Marc Webb on board to direct the film.
Allan Loeb penned the script, which tells the tale of a young man who learns that his overbearing father is having an affair. The son tries to stop it, but ends up becoming involved with the woman as well. Details about Clemons’ role are unknown.
Amazon will finance and distribute movie. Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa are producing and John Fogel will exec produce.
Although Clemons is currently working on several projects, this is likely to be the next one released since production is expected to start this fall. She was recently »
- Justin Kroll
‘The Strain’ to End After Season 4 on FX
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“The Strain” has been renewed for a fourth and final season, Variety has learned.
Currently in the midst of its third season, “The Strain” will return with Season 4 in summer 2017, marking the final set of episodes for the thriller from Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and Carlton Cuse.
Ending the series after four seasons was a creative decision made by the producers, according to a statement released on Tuesday by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, presidents of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, and another statement from Cuse, who said the original intent was for “The Strain” to last only three seasons.
“We sincerely thank Carlton Cuse, Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan and their creative team as well as the fantastic cast for three exciting seasons of ‘The Strain.’ Though we’re sad to see it go, we fully support the way in which they are crafting the fourth season’s dramatic conclusion,” said »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Edge of Seventeen’ Named as Centerpiece Selection at Austin Film Festival
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters Conference has announced that the Stx coming of age-comedy “Edge of Seventeen” will screen as the centerpiece selection on Oct. 17.
James L. Brooks will attend the screening of the pic, on which he is a producer.
Brooks, whose previous producing credits include “Jerry Maguire” and “The Simpsons Movie,” will present the film and take part in a Q&A afterwards.
“Edge of Seventeen” centers around lonely high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) who forms an unlikely friendship with awkward admirer Erwin Kim (Hayden Szeto). The film also stars Woody Harrelson as Nadine’s history teacher.
Writer-director Ben Younger will also be present in Austin for a screening of his film “Bleed for This,” which stars Miles Teller as struggling boxer Vinny Paz and Aaron Eckhart as his coach. The film is based on the story of Paz, who went on to become world champion. »
- Will Thorne
Amazon Orders The Tick, I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson to Series
7 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Amazon on Tuesday ordered to series three of its latest pilots: Jill Soloway’s I Love Dick, its remake of The Tick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson.
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The Tick, starring Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Peter Serafinowicz, follows a strange blue superhero who is called to action when an underdog accountant (Vinyl‘s Griffin Newman) with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead.
I Love Dick, based on the best-selling book, follows a married couple (Transparent‘s Kathryn Hahn and House of Lies »
Difficult Chapter, Tough Choices for Oscar Voters
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Another film awards season dawns. But before the early festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto could even define the day, storm clouds had already gathered.
The controversy surrounding Fox Searchlight’s Sundance acquisition “The Birth of a Nation” — with director and star Nate Parker falling under heavy scrutiny in the wake of resurfaced rape allegations from a 1999 incident at Penn State University — has been a consistent point of discussion and deliberation for weeks. Everyone who covers this beat was immediately asked how the allegations might affect the film’s awards hopes. It’s a query at which one can only cringe.
A woman is dead. Who cares about a Hollywood bauble in the face of that?
But Oscar optics are noteworthy. Many outside the business view the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a monolith that makes singular decisions, not as a body whose nominations result from the views of a wide-ranging collective. »
- Kristopher Tapley
HBO Inks Overall Deal With Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures (Exclusive)
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
HBO is staying in business with one of its proven hit-makers.
The network has signed an overall deal with Rough House Pictures, the production company headed by Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Brandon James, Variety has learned exclusively.
Under the new two-year pact, Rough House Pics will develop new series for the premium cabler, which is already home to “Vice Principals” and “Eastbound & Down,” both of which hail from the company.
“Vice Principals,” which was created by McBride and Hill and stars McBride, aired its first season finale on Sunday. Its second season will debut in 2017. “Eastbound & Down,” which also starred McBride, aired for four seasons from 2009 to 2013. Both comedies were created under Rough House’s prior first look deal with HBO.
The new deal keeps Rough House in the HBO family past 2017, as “Vice Principals” has an unusual and quick format — the comedy will only be on the air for two seasons, as »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Modern Family’ Will Feature Transgender Child Actor
23 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
This Wednesday’s “Modern Family” will include an openly transgender child actor.
In the upcoming episode — entitled “A Stereotypical Day” — parents Cameron “Cam” (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) permit their daughter Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) to have her transgender friend Tom over for a play-date. Both parents are filled with pride that they have done well in raising an accepting and open-minded child. But that pride quickly diminishes when Lily insults her friend, which they use as a teachable moment.
Lily’s playmate Tom will be played by 8-year-old transgender actor Jackson Millarker.
Ryan Case, who directed “A Stereotypical Day, posted this shot of Millarker on set. “This is Jackson Millarker,” Case announced. He’s 8 years old, from Atlanta, and just happens to be transgender. He plays Lily’s friend Tom in this week’s Modern Family and he’s wonderful. One of the many reasons I love being a part of this show.”
- Joshua Terry
Once Upon a Time Season 6: Sean Maguire Returning as Robin Hood for Multi-Episode Arc
4 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
The people of Storybrooke won’t be dealing with Hades or the Underworld in Once Upon a Time Season 6, but that isn’t stopping a fan-favorite character, who was killed off last season, from returning. As first revealed by EW.com, Sean Maguire’s Robin Hood will be back on the ABC series this season for a multi-episode arc. However, before Regina and Robin fans get too excited, Maguire’s return does not mean Robin Hood will be coming back from the dead. In fact, Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have confirmed that the character will remain dead and are keeping how Robin
Once Upon a Time Season 6: Sean Maguire Returning as Robin Hood for Multi-Episode Arc »
- Chris King
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Shares First Photo of Nick Jonas on ‘Jumanji’ Set (Photo)
32 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has kept fans in the loop while filming “Jumanji,” and now the actor shared the first photo of co-star Nick Jonas on the set. “Officially welcoming my guy @NickJonas to #Jumanji,” Johnson wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “Great dude, great positive energy and very talented. He’s gonna kill this role like I kill things with my bare hands.” He continued, “The jungle awaits. The adventure continues. And ironically the one who sings the most on set is Jack Black. #OnLocation #Hawaii #WelcomeToTheFamilyNick #Jumanji.” See Video: More 'Jumanji': Kevin Hart Makes Jack Black »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
Will Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’ Lead Box Office Newcomers?
32 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Twentieth Century Fox’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” will most assuredly win the upcoming weekend at the box office, but that doesn’t mean the movie will be in the clear. Made for $110 million (not counting marketing costs), the adventure fantasy book adaptation directed by Tim Burton is expected to open to roughly $30 million from 3,520 theaters. (With the studio set on a more conservative estimate in the mid 20s.) The movie should play well to audiences internationally and will need strong second and third weekends domestically to move out of the red. Also Read: 'Deepwater Horizon' Toronto Review: Mark. »
- Meriah Doty
Adam Brody, Amanda Crew to Star in Psychological Thriller ‘The Wanting’
35 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Adam Brody and Amanda Crew are set to star in the upcoming thriller “The Wanting,” from director Yam Laranas, TheWrap has learned. Based on a short story by Gin de Mesa and Laranas, the film follows an all-American couple whose dream of starting a family is shattered after they move into the perfect New England neighborhood. Once settled, they soon after descend into the depths of terror as they struggle to survive a genuine threat from a dark presence that appears to want to end their very lives. Brody, who broke out as the star of Fox drama “The O.C., »
- Reid Nakamura
TheGrill 2016: Exclusive Portraits of Speakers From Cameron Crowe to Irving Azoff (Photos)
38 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Michael Lynton, Sarah Barnett, Van Toffler and David Nevins are among featured speakers at TheWrap’s annual media leadership conference TheGrill. Acclaimed photographers Joel Bernstein (left) and Neal Preston (right) with filmmaker Cameron Crowe (center). Photographed by Emma McIntyre at TheWrap. Sharon Waxman, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap Photographed by Emma McIntyre at TheWrap YouTube star and professional gamer Adande “sWooZie” Thorne Photographed by Emma McIntyre at TheWrap. Nonny de la Peña, co-founder & CEO, Emblematic Group Photographed by Emma McIntyre at TheWrap Chris DeWolfe, co-founder & CEO, Jam City Photographed by Emma McIntyre at TheWrap. »
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David Rubin Picked to Produce Governors Awards
51 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has found a producer for this year’s Governors Awards.
David Rubin, a veteran casting director and producer, will produce the event, to be held Nov. 12 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.
This year’s awards will be presented to action star Jackie Chan, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, editor Anne V. Coates, and casting director Lynn Stalmaster.
Rubin represents the casting directors’ branch on the Academy’s Board of Governors. He won an Emmy for casting the HBO movie “Game Change,” and has five Emmy nominations. He has cast numerous feature films, including “Trumbo,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “The English Patient,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” and “Men in Black.” He also cast Warren Beatty’s upcoming Howard Hughes film, “Rules Don’t Apply.”
“I am delighted and truly honored by this opportunity to help my fellow Academy governors »
- Gene Maddaus
Ex-Miss Universe Alicia Machado Speaks Out on Trump’s ‘Miss Piggy’ Insults in New Clinton Ad (Video)
53 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Alicia Machado weighed in on her reign as Donald Trump’s first Miss Universe winner Tuesday, blaming the Gop nominee for her eating disorder, which she claims resulted from his continuous taunts and insults. “I wouldn’t eat, and would still see myself as fat, because a powerful man had said so,” Machado said in a new ad released by the Clinton campaign. “I felt really bad, like a lab rat.” Machado goes on to say that, “long after, I was stuck with eating disorders.” (In an interview with the New York Times in May, Machado said she suffered from »
- Itay Hod
Jennifer Aniston’s Husband on Brangelina Divorce: ‘There Are Bigger Things to B—- About’
55 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Stop the presses! Jennifer Aniston‘s husband has given a brief comment on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s divorce. Justin Theroux, an actor (“The Leftovers”) and screenwriter (“Tropic Thunder”) who married Aniston in 2015, sympathized with the six kids caught in the middle of the divorce, but not with the general population enthralled by the A-list couple’s split. “As a child of divorce, all I can say is that’s terrible news for those children, and that’s all you can really say,” Theroux told Business Insider while promoting his next movie, “The Girl on the Train.” Also Read: »
- Greg Gilman
Former HBO President Sue Naegle to Head New Annapurna TV Division
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Annapurna Pictures has tapped former HBO Entertainment President Sue Naegle to head a new TV production arm, the company announced on Tuesday. The executive will be joined by Kit Giordano and Ali Krug of her own TV and film production company Naegle Ink. Giordano and Krug will serve as senior vice president and vice president, respectively. Projects which are currently in development at Naegle Ink will transition to Annapurna, including a series in development for Epix, written by Angela Robinson and Alex Kondrake, about the intersecting lives of Hollywood icons and rivals Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. Also Read: Erik Lomis to Exit The. »
- Reid Nakamura
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