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HBO’s ‘Veep’ to End With Season 7
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HBO’s “Veep” is about to take a bow, with the network announcing Wednesday that the heralded comedy will come to a close after its upcoming seventh season. Julia Louis-Dreyfus has starred as hapless politician Selina Meyer since the series debuted in April 2012. “The decision to bring ‘Veep’ to a close at the end of next season is bittersweet,” said HBO programming president Casey Bloys. “We love the show and everyone involved but respect the producers’ choice to bring Selina Meyer’s journey to its conclusion after an extraordinary run of critical and award-winning acclaim.” “Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ comedic brilliance infused Selina with a. »
- Ryan Gajewski
Gavin O'Connor to Direct 'Suicide Squad 2'
12 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Gavin O’Connor, who directed Ben Affleck in the hit action thriller The Accountant, has been chosen to write and direct Suicide Squad 2.
His coming on board caps off months of Warner Bros searching for someone to helm the sequel to its all-star movie. Mel Gibson was a front-runner early in the year while Jaume Collet-Serra, who directed the shark thriller The Shallows, was the front-runner in the summer before he took the job directing Jungle Cruise for Disney.
David Ayer directed the first Suicide Squad, which followed villains Deadshot, Harley Quinn, the Joker, Captain Boomerang and Killer Croc who are forced into the »
- Mia Galuppo ,Borys Kit
‘L.A. Confidential’ Series in Development at CBS
13 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
CBS is developing a TV adaptation of “L.A. Confidential,” Variety has learned.
Based on James Ellroy’s classic novel of the same name, the series would follow the paths of three homicide detectives, a female reporter, and a Hollywood actress as they intersect while the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer through the seedy underbelly of 1950’s Los Angeles.
New Regency, Lionsgate Television and CBS Television Studios will produce, with New Regency’s Arnon Milchan serving as executive producer. Jordan Harper is set to write and executive produce. Harper previously wrote for and produced the CBS drama “The Mentalist.” Most recently, he served as a writer and supervising producer on Fox’s “Gotham.” He is repped by UTA and The Shuman Company.
The novel was first published in 1990, the third entry in Ellroy’s “L.A. Quartet,” which explored life in the City of Angels in the 1940’s and ’50s. The »
- Joe Otterson
Jude Law Joins Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez in Woody Allen’s Next Film (Exclusive)
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jude Law is set to join Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, and Timothée Chalamet in Woody Allen’s next feature, sources tell Variety.
The still-untitled project will be the third film that Allen directs for Amazon Studios. The company previously worked with Allen on “Cafe Society” and the upcoming “Wonder Wheel.”
As is the case with all of Allen’s films at this stage of development, a title and logline are not yet available, though sources say the plot could revolve around a coming-of-age love story. Details regarding Law’s role are also currently unknown.
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The pic follows “Wonder Wheel,” which will premiere as the closing night film of the New York Film Festival in October. That drama stars James Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, and Kate Winslet and is set in 1950s Coney Island. It was produced by Letty Aronson, Erika Aronson, »
- Justin Kroll
‘City of God’s’ Fernando Meirelles to Direct Pope Movie for Netflix Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Netflix has set Fernando Meirelles to direct an untitled film centered on the relationship between Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.
Benedict will be played by Anthony Hopkins and Francis will be played by Jonathan Pryce.
The movie will begin shooting in Argentina this November. Meirelles’ long time cinematographer Cesar Charlone will also join him on the shoot.
The film explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward. Anthony McCarten is penning the script. »
- Justin Kroll
‘It,’ Stephen King Adaptation, Top Horror Pre-Seller in History
20 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“It,” the hotly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s doorstop of a novel, is shaping up to be a box office monster. The horror film is expected to make $60 million when it debuts on Friday. “It” has shattered records to become the top horror film pre-seller in history, surprising 2011’s “Paranormal Activity 3.” It also took the crown as Fandango’s top pre-seller among September releases, eclipsing 2016’s “Sully.”
Fandango didn’t say exactly how many tickets “It” has sold. If the film hits $60 million, it will become the biggest September opening of all time. “Hotel Transylvania 2” was the previous record holder with its $48 million debut.
“It” follows a group of teen outcasts who battle a mysterious and deadly force — one that manifests itself as a child-eating clown. Andrés Muschietti, best known for “Mama,” directs a cast that includes Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise, the clown, along with Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, »
- Brent Lang
Jeffrey Tuchman, Bill Clinton Documentarian, Dies at 62
14 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Documentary producer, director and writer Jeffrey Tuchman, who helmed the Bill Clinton biography The Man From Hope, has died, according to Steve Elzer of Elzer & Associates. He was 62.
Tuchman, who was a documentarian for more than two decades, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer.
The Man From Hope, which was shown at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, where Clinton accepted his party's nomination for president, features Clinton discussing his childhood and his early political career in Hope, Arkansas. The film won a Pollie Award.
After Clinton was elected president, Tuchman directed the 1994 documentary »
- Cheryl Cheng
Jake Gyllenhaal to Get Zurich Film Festival's Golden Icon Award
28 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal will receive the Golden Icon award for lifetime achievement at this year's Zurich International Film Festival.
Gyllenhaal will attend the Zurich fest to present Stronger, in which he stars as Boston marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman. Stronger, directed by David Gordon Green, which will have its world premiere in Toronto on Friday, will screen Oct. 3 in Zurich.
At least since his breakout performance as Donnie Darko in 2001, Gyllenhaal has counted among the greatest actors of his generation. His embrace of complicated and troubled characters —a closeted gay man struggling with love and identity in »
- Scott Roxborough
‘America’s Got Talent’: Is Darci Lynne Farmer overrated or does she deserve to win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
52 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Darci Lynne Farmer has been the frontrunner to win “America’s Got Talent” ever since she appeared on the first audition episode in May. Back then, Mel B used her Golden Buzzer to send this 12-year-old singing ventriloquist straight to the live shows. On Wednesday (Sept. 6), Farmer moved on to the the “Agt” final. She […] »
- Paul Sheehan
Jake Gyllenhaal to Receive Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jake Gyllenhaal will receive the Golden Eye Award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. The Oscar-nominated actor will be at the festival for a gala screening of his “Stronger,” a movie about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, based on the New York Times bestseller by Patty Bauman and Bret Witter.
Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman in the movie, who lost both legs in the terrorist attack.
Gyllenhaal’s extensive credits include “Brokeback Mountain,” for which he received an Academy Award nomination, “End of the Watch,” “Love and Other Drugs,” and “Nightcrawler,” which screened at Zurich in 2014. More recently he has been in Bong Joon-ho’s Netflix movie “Okja.”
He has just wrapped production on Paul Dano’s directorial debut, “Wildlife,” in which he stars opposite Carey Mulligan, and which is the first effort from his production company Nine Stories. Gyllenhaal will also be in the upcoming Jacques Audiard movie adaptation of Patrick DeWitt novel “The Sisters Brothers.”
- Stewart Clarke
‘America’s Got Talent’ semifinals 1 results recap: Which of the 6 acts eliminated will you miss the most? [Poll]
1 hour ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
“America’s Got Talent” eliminated six more acts from the competition on the Sept. 6 results show. All of those that were axed had been good enough to make it through the audition process and survive the judges’ cuts and quarterfinals to perform on the first semifinal of season 12 on Tuesday. But they did not […] »
- Paul Sheehan
‘America’s Got Talent’ semifinals 1 results recap: Which of the 5 acts in final will win? [Poll]
1 hour ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
“America’s Got Talent” revealed the first acts to reach the final during a during a heart-pounding results show on Wednesday (Sept. 6). Of the 11 acts that performed on the first semifinal of season 12 on Tuesday, six were eliminated. That leaves just five acts still in contention for the $1 million grand prize? Do […] »
- Paul Sheehan
Raindance Unveils Full Lineup, Including Closing Film ‘Stuck’ (Exclusive)
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The New York-set musical movie “Stuck” will have its international premiere at the Raindance Film Festival, which announced its full 2017 lineup Thursday. As the London-based festival’s closing film, “Stuck” follows a group of strangers who are stranded on a New York subway train together and who reveal their true selves through song and pop music. Directed by Michael Berry, it stars Giancarlo Esposito (“Okja”) and Oscar nominee Amy Madigan.
This year’s edition of Raindance features 200 films, shorts, Vr projects, and music videos, including Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak’s feature debut, “Maya Dardel,” starring Lena Olin and Rosanna Arquette; Tony Gatlif’s “Djam”; and Japanese film “Mukoku,” all of which are in competition. Other titles competing for awards include Jason Wingard’s directional debut, “In Another Life,” which is set against the backdrop of the “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais, France, and has its international premiere at Raindance.
- Stewart Clarke
Sara and Hero advance to Finals of ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017: Do You think dog act will win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
2 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Now that Sara and Hero have advanced to the Finals of “America’s Got Talent” 2017, do You think the dog act will win? Sara and Hero would be the second animal act to triumph following Season 7’s Olate Dogs (see full list of “Agt” winners), but Sara Carson is unique in that she’s the only […] »
- Marcus James Dixon
Venice Film Review: ‘The Cousin’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
There are three tones in actor-director Tzahi Grad’s “The Cousin,” an uneven semi-thriller that starts as a discomfiting story of Israeli-Palestinian prejudice, cranks it up beyond credibility and then inexplicably shifts into comedy territory in the last 10 minutes, just when a lynching appears to be brewing. Maybe building up all that tension and then popping it like a big balloon was meant to allow audiences to feel better about themselves, but letting everyone off the hook after making them question their deep-seated racism is disingenuous at best. It’s a pity, because the first two-thirds work well in exposing the distrust even so-called open-minded people feel about the “other” in their midst, inviting comparisons with “Get Out.”
Grad’s personal investment in the project is high: As star as well as writer and director, he plays Naftali, a version of himself, filming in his own home and casting his two kids Ben and Alma Grad Cohen »
- Jay Weissberg
Evie Clair advances to Finals of ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017: Do You think teenage singer will win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
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Now that singer Evie Clair has advanced to the Finals of “America’s Got Talent” 2017, do You think the Arizona native will win? Clair would be the second consecutive female singer to triumph following Season 11’s Grace VanderWaal (see full list of “Agt” winners), though Clair (13) is one year older than VanderWaal (12) was when […] »
- Marcus James Dixon
Venice Film Review: ‘Love and Bullets’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
If over-the-top “Gomorra” types who could comfortably inhabit Little Italy as much as the neighborhoods around Vesuvius are an endless source of mirth-making, then the Manetti brothers’ loud and brash musical about a Camorra boss and his henchmen could be an entertaining diversion. For others, this over-long, self-indulgent romp through every mafia stereotype in the book offers moments of amusement in between tiresome set pieces and musical numbers most noteworthy for their stridency. Because “Love and Bullets” feels different from the majority of Italian screen fare apart from the Manettis’ previous musical “Song ‘e Napule,” reaction at home will likely be positive. Offshore however, the most that can be expected is scattered European distribution and Italian showcases.
A semi-bleached drone shot of the Bay of Naples settles on the funeral of don Vincenzo Strozzalone (Carlo Buccirosso) and the sobs of his cheaply made-up, flamboyantly grief-stricken widow Maria (Claudia Gerini). Don Vincenzo was the underworld’s Fish King »
- Jay Weissberg
Chase Goehring advances to Finals of ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017: Do You think singing heartthrob will win ‘Agt’? [Poll]
3 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Now that singer-songwriter/guitarist Chase Goehring has advanced to the Finals of “America’s Got Talent” 2017, do You think the Tennessee native will win? Goehring would be the second consecutive songwriter to triumph following Season 11’s Grace VanderWaal (see full list of “Agt” winners), and the first male singer since Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. way back […] »
- Marcus James Dixon
Film Review: ‘Hostiles’
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
It’s hardly “Heaven’s Gate,” but there’s a similar grandiosity of ambition — and a familiar sense of folly — to Scott Cooper’s “Hostiles,” a $40 million, independently produced, sure-to-be-r-rated Western in a marketplace where even a more broadly appealing oater, like Seth MacFarlane’s tongue-in-cheek “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” can barely earn that kind of money back. But “Hostiles” is no spoof; it’s a deadly serious examination of the strained relationship between white men and Native Americans in this country, one that acknowledges the racism and brutality the U.S. Army showed to frontier tribes, while giving a bigoted cavalry officer played by Christian Bale a chance to redeem himself.
Debuting at the Telluride film festival without a distributor in place, this impressively mounted, intellectually corrupt period piece isn’t your traditional Western, and clearly fancies itself a revisionist take on so many black-and-white us-vs.-them tales, »
- Peter Debruge
Iran’s Majid Majidi Returns to India With ‘Gold Mine’
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Majid Majidi, director of award-winning films including “Children of Heaven,” “Baran,” and “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” is returning to India for his next project “Gold Mine.”
The Iranian filmmaker is reuniting with the producers of India-set “Beyond the Clouds,” Shareen Mantri Kedia and Kishor Arora, under their production outfit Namah Pictures, for “Gold Mine.” The film will revolve around the difficult lives of children who work in coal mines.
Casting will begin in November and principal photography will take place mid-2018.
“India has so many stories to tell within its myriad cultures of people from a different milieu. The ambience of India is just magical, truly incomparable to any other country. Within that ambience, exists a wonderful relationship between human beings and nature. The undying spirit of people and their hope from life despite their hardships is unbelievable,” said Majidi.
“Beyond the Clouds” will play in competition at the London Film Festival in October.
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- Naman Ramachandran
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