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Mel Gibson In Early Talks To Direct Suicide Squad 2 For Warner Bros.
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Suicide Squad may not have fared particularly well with critics, but it was a box office success, so you probably won't be too surprised to learn that a sequel is in the early stages in development. However, in a very unexpected twist, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Mel Gibson is in early talks to take the helm of the movie! He's a long way off signing up to direct, and the trade adds that he's currently familiarising himself with the comic books to see if it's a property he would be interested in working on. Warner Bros. is hedging their bets, though, as Daniel Espinosa is also being considered along with a number of others. With Suicide Squad's David Ayer busy working on Gotham City Sirens, it makes sense that he's not returning, and Gibson would most definitely shake the franchise up. The actor and filmmaker spend years on Hollywood's bad side, »
Goliath Renewed for Season 2, Names Dexter EP as New Showrunner
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Goliath is guilty… of being renewed for a second season.
Amazon on Wednesday announced that it has renewed the David E. Kelley-produced legal drama. Additionally, Peabody Award winner Clyde Phillips, who was previously at the helm of Dexter (Seasons 1-4) and Nurse Jackie (Seasons 5-7), has been tapped to serve as the day-to-day showrunner.
Goliath, which first premiered in October, won Billy Bob Thornton a Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Though ratings for streaming services are famously never released, »
Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in BBC Adaptation of ‘The Child in Time’
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Benedict Cumberbatch will star in and executive produce an adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel “The Child in Time,” TheWrap has confirmed. In their first television commission, Pinewood Television and Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch TV will produce the 90-minute one-off film for BBC One, with Masterpiece co-producing. Cumberbatch will star as Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children’s books, who is confronted with the unthinkable: the loss of his child. Also Read: Benedict Cumberbatch to Return as 'Doctor Strange' in 'Thor: Ragnarok' The death sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief. »
- Joe Otterson
‘Outlander’ Season 3 to Premiere in September, Production Moves to South Africa
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It’s been a long wait for “Outlander” fans, but there is light at the end of this particular tunnel: Season 3 will premiere in September 2017, Starz says.
That’ll make a gap (the “Droughtlander”) of about 14 months between Seasons 2 and 3. Season 3 began production in September 2016 and will finish in June — and is moving from misty, rugged Scotland to the slightly sunnier Cape Town, South Africa. Stars Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan taped a message to mark the occasion and thank their Scottish crew:
The story in Season 3 picks up right after Claire (Balfe) travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant with Jamie’s (Heughan) child, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank (Tobias Menzies). Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as »
- Oriana Schwindt
Darren Criss Cast as Andrew Cunanan in FX's "Versace: American Crime Story"
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Darren Criss is fast becoming TV’s go-to villain.
The Glee alum — who was recently cast as the Big Bad Music Meister in The CW’s two-part Supergirl/The Flash musical event — has signed on to star in FX’s forthcoming Versace-themed edition of American Crime Story as serial killer Andrew Cunnan.
Additionally, Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez (Point Break, Carlos) has been tapped to play Gianni Versace.
As previously reported, the 10-episode third season of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning anthology will center on the July »
Jared Leto Making Directing Debut With Patty Hearst Thriller ’77’ for Paramount
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Paramount Pictures has hired Jared Leto to direct the police thriller “77,” in what will be the actor’s feature directorial debut.
Leto previously helmed the documentary “Artifact,” which won an award at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. He has also directed numerous music videos and commercials under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins.
The “Suicide Squad” actor will direct from from an original screenplay by “L.A. Confidential” author James Ellroy with revisions by David Matthews (“Narcos,” “Boardwalk Empire”).
The story, set in politically charged 1974 Los Angeles, centers around two police officers who team up to recover kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst while simultaneously investigating the brutal murder of a fellow officer. They uncover not only relentless corruption and crime but a dark and violent conspiracy as well.
Hearst hid out in Los Angeles that year with her kidnappers from the Symbionese Liberation Army but managed to escape before six Sla members were gunned »
- Dave McNary
Kid Rock Eyed as Potential GOP Senate Candidate
14 February 2017 10:51 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Kid Rock — wild rock star, Grammy nominee, record producer, actor … and senator?!? The “Let’s Ride” rocker from Romeo, Michigan, is being eyed as a potential candidate for the Gop seat in his home state, RollCall.com reported Tuesday. Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, has been proposed as a possible Republican contender for Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat next year. Also Read: Kid Rock Launches Pro-Trump T-Shirt Line Calling Blue States 'Dumbf-kistan' His name was suggested at the Michigan Republican Party convention last weekend, but no official decisions have been made, according to Roll Call. »
- Debbie Emery
Berlinale: Mediapro Takes Stake in Burman Office, Creating TV Creation-Production Hub (Exclusive)
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Berlin — Creating one of the biggest independent creation-production TV hubs in the Spanish-speaking markets which is aimed at making contents for the whole world, Spain’s Mediapro, a “The Young Pope” co-producer, has bought a substantial stake in Argentina’s Burman Office. Headed by Daniel Burman, a leading light of the New Argentine Cinema, Burman Office is set to produce “Edha,” Netflix’s first TV series in Argentina.
One of the key axes in a fast-emerging new independent production TV scene in Latin America and Spain, the alliance will be unveiled Feb. 16 in Berlin by Mediapro head Jaume Roures and Burman. It builds on a strategic co-development deal between Mediapro and Burman Office for high-end fiction TV series and formats that was announced last July.
Mediapro’s equity investment goes further, however, seeing Burman Office becoming part of the Mediapro, one of Southern Europe’s largest and most international of »
- John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga
French arthouse Svod Service Nowave Inks Pact with Wide Side (Exclusive)
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Berlin– Nowave, the Svod service specializing in arthouse world cinema, has closed a library deal with French distribution company Wild Side, the Wild Bunch-owned video distribution company.
Nowave was created by Bérangère Dastarac 18 months ago with the idea to showcase non-mainstream auteur films, genre movies and shorts, many of which have played festivals and have not been released in theaters.
“We’re aiming to give more visibility to great films that have gone unnoticed because they got lost in the flood of theatrical releases,” said Dastarac, who added that the service’s model was particularly attractif to right-holders as it offers a 50/50 revenue sharing.
Dastarac, who produced several films including “Winter of Discontent” and “Sing Freedom,” has enlisted several industry players and journalists to curate selection of films by theme in order to maximize content editorialization and attract younger audiences, particularly millennials.
For instance, Nowave just featured a curation focusing on Pinku movies, »
- Elsa Keslassy
Berlinale: Latido Takes Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘El Reino’ (Exclusive)
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Berlin — Madrid-based Latido Films, Oscar-winning Tornasol Films and Woody Allen producer Atresmedia Cine are re-teaming on Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “El Reino,” starring Antonio de la Torre.
All five backed Sorogoyen’s latest 2016 release, “May God Save Us,” a harrowing serial killer thriller which, consolidating Sorogoyen’s reparation as a director to track, was distributed by Warner Bros. in Spain, won best screenplay at September’s San Sebastian Festival last year and was still racking up international sales for Latido at this week’s Berlin European Film Market.
The lead producer on “May God Save Us,” Gerardo Herrero and Mariela Besuievsky’s Tornasol Films, an arthouse institution in Spain, produced Juan Jose Campanella’s “The Silence in Their Eyes,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 2009.
The film arm of Atresmedia, one of Spain’s two biggest broadcast groups and film financiers, Atresmedia Cine produced Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona, »
- John Hopewell
Teresa Villaverde – Portuguese Filmmakers Are Experts in Making Omelettes without Eggs
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
50-year old female helmer Teresa Villaverde is one of Portugal’s best-known directors, whose recent films, produced at four-to-five year intervals, have premiered in either Berlin or Cannes.
“Colo”– her first feature since 2011’s “Swan” – plays in Berlin competition. A total of nine Portuguese shorts and feature films, including co-productions, are screening at this year’s Berlinale.
Starring João Pedro Vaz, Alice Albergaria Borges and Beatriz Batarda, “Colo” is about a father, mother and daughter, struggling with Portugal’s economic crisis. It is a co-production between Lisbon’s Alce Films and Paris-based Sedna Films. International sales are handled by Berlin-based Films Boutique.
In an interview with Variety, Villaverde talks about Portuguese cinema and her expectations for her film in Berlin.
What do you believe are the main reasons for the growing interest in Portuguese cinema at major festivals such as Berlin?
The quality of recent Portuguese films, the specific vision of each auteur, »
- Martin Dale
Rodar y Rodar Launches Mario Casas-Starrer ‘Mauthausen’ (Exclusive)
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Berlin–Barcelona-based Rodar y Rodar — the prestige producer of successful psychological thrillers such as “The Orphanage” and “Julia’s Eyes”– will produce “The Photographer of Mauthausen,” the third outing as a feature film director of Mar Targarona (“Kidnapped”), Rodar co-ceo with Joaquín Padró.
Vicente Canales’ Film Factory has acquired international rights. The historical thriller will be produced in partnership with Belgium’s Umedia. Also backing the projects are Spanish public broadcaster Tve and its Icaa and Icec film institutes.
“Mauthausen” recreates the travails of Catalan photographer Francesc Boix, an inmate in the Mauthausen concentration camp from the winter of 1942, when he was 22, alongside his father and 1,500 Spanish Republicans, were imprisoned by the German army during their exile in France after the Spanish Civil War.
Spanish thesp Mario Casas (Michael Radford’s “The Mule,” Fernando González Molina’a “Palm Trees in the Snow”) will star. “It’s a role that could »
- Emilio Mayorga
Berlinale: Huayi Bros to Put More Emphasis on Chinese Tentpole Titles
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Leading Chinese studio Huayi Brothers Media is shifting its production strategy as a result of last year’s sharp slowdown in the theatrical box office. It will deliver upwards of four massive, local blockbusters per year and put increased emphasis on quality.
The new policy was outlined by CEO Jerry Ye, in Berlin on the sidelines of the Bridging The Dragon conference. He joined the company nine months ago after a high profile exhibition, distribution and production career largely at Wanda.
“Chinese movies had a slow year in 2016,” said Ye. “We need to put more focus on making blockbuster Chinese movies. Very big ones. We want four tentpoles for the four biggest periods of the year – Chinese New Year, National Day, mid-Autumn festival, and Christmas – any others will be on a case by case basis. Those big successes can be used to make franchises, TV dramas, or online series. Just like Hollywood. »
- Patrick Frater
Ryan Murphy Says Next ‘American Horror Story ‘ Will Be ‘About the Election We Just Went Through’ (Video)
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Ryan Murphy is getting topical and political with the next installment of “American Horror Story.” While visiting Andy Cohen’s “Wwhl” on Wednesday, Murphy revealed that the topic of the seventh season will be the 2016 presidential election. “I don’t have a title but the season when we begin shooting it is going to be about the election that we just went through,” Murphy said. “So I think that will be interesting for a lot of people.” Also Read: 'American Horror Story' Scares Up 2 More Seasons From FX Cohen was left speechless — an epic feat in itself — and then asked, »
- Debbie Emery
‘American Horror Story’: Ryan Murphy Reveals Season 7 Will Tackle 2016 Presidential Election
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And the theme of “American Horror Story” Season 7 is… politics?
The show’s producer, Ryan Murphy, revealed on Wednesday night that the next installment of FX’s horror anthology will zero in on the 2016 presidential election. During an appearance on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Murphy said that he’s pulling inspiration from the Nov. 8 election that saw now-President Donald Trump pull off a surprise victory over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
“Well, I don’t have a title, but the season we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through,” Murphy said. “So I think that will be interesting for a lot of people.”
Will there be a character based on Trump? When asked the question by Cohen, Murphy played it coy, telling him, “maybe.”
It’s already been confirmed that “Ahs” veterans Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will be returning for the next season, which »
- Alex Stedman
Every ‘Legion’ Character Ranked, From Least to Most Likely Imaginary (Photos)
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The life of David Haller, Aka “Legion,” is a confusing one. He’s never sure what’s real and what isn’t. That goes for events as well as people. David’s a completely unreliable narrator, not because he wants to be, but because he can’t help it. Since we still don’t know what to trust about David’s perception of “Legion,” we gathered the evidence. Here’s you’re complete list of everyone in “Legion” to help determine who’s probably only in his head. 40. Baby David Cute kid, generally amiable seeming, and also just a baby so probably real. »
- Phil Hornshaw
'Feud's' Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange Reveal How They Channeled Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
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More than 14 months ago, FX gathered a group of journalists and entertainment industry insiders in New York to toast Ryan Murphy's latest anthology series, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Now, just weeks away from the launch of Murphy's new series, Feud, FX invited members of the New York media and entertainment community to view the first two episodes and celebrate Feud in much the same way.
The eight-episode Feud, which premieres on March 5, explores the decades-long rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon), specifically as it played out during and after »
- Hilary Lewis
‘Legion': Who is His Very Famous X-Men Father?
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(Some light spoilers ahead for the second episode of FX’s “Legion.”) Two episode into “Legion, the origins of David Haller (Dan Stevens) are shrouded in mystery. But for fans who know the comic book backstory of the title character of FX’s new “X-Men” universe show, there’s no secret identity for Legion’s famous lineage. So if you don’t want a potential major story arc spoiled, you should definitely quit reading. In the first episode of the FX drama from Executive Producer Noah Hawley (Fargo), we’ve gotten only a glimpse of Haller’s family life. We know he has a sister, »
- Phil Hornshaw
‘Man From Nebraska’ Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before His Trip to ‘August: Osage County’
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Aficionados of high camp must run to see Tracy Letts’s “Man From Nebraska,” which opened Wednesday at Off Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre. In the second act, an angry, young British sculptor named Harry (Max Gordon Moore) reluctantly unveils a work in progress. He doesn’t like to show his art before it’s finished, but a man from Nebraska named Ken (Reed Birney) wants a look on his visit to London. Since the studio is small and the draped sculpture is humongous, the request is more than understandable. What Harry unveils is truly “awful,” as in the original definition of the word:. »
- Robert Hofler
Edgar Ramierz, Darren Criss to Lead ‘Versace: American Crime Story’
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“Versace: American Crime Story” has cast the legendary designer and the man who murdered him. Edgar Ramirez (“Joy,” “The Girl on the Train”) and “Glee” alum Darren Criss will play Gianni Versace and Andrew Cunanan, respectively. On the heels of the Emmy Award-winning first season “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” the planned third installment will now shoot alongside the second, about the events of and fallout from Hurricane Katrina. Also Read: Annette Bening Joins 'Katrina: American Crime Story' Versace was a beloved figure on the global fashion scene, and boasted pals as famous as the late Princess Diana of Wales. »
- Matt Donnelly
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