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‘Industry’ Actress Marisa Abela Emerges as Frontrunner to Play Amy Winehouse in Biopic Back to Black

Up-and-coming English actress Marisa Abela has emerged as the frontrunner to play Amy Winehouse in the upcoming biopic about the singer’s life, Back to Black. The actress, who has recently garnered fame for starring on the acclaimed HBO and BBC television series, Industry, is in discussions for the movie role, but has not yet been…

Destin Daniel Cretton to Direct Marvel’s ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”

It’s official: Destin Daniel Cretton will be directing a new Avengers release for Marvel, to debut in 2025. The film, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is the fifth in the series. The new project was revealed on Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con. Cretton recently directed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which grossed $432…

Netflix Will Turn ‘The Gray Man’ into a Franchise

Scarcely a week after The Gray Man had its July 15 debut in selected theaters, Netflix announced it was turning things into a franchise by developing a spinoff and sequel to the Russo brothers’ film. Based on a novel series by Mark Greaney, The Gray Man began in 2009 and now includes 11 novels, with…

“Shogun” Actress Yoko Shimada, 69, Dies in a Tokyo Hospital

Japanese actress Yoko Shimada died in a Tokyo hospital on Monday July 25 at the age of 69. She had been suffering from colorectal cancer. Her last public appearances had been on a radio program in Tokyo in November of last year, and at the Kadokawa Film Festival in December. At that event, she participated…

Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise,’ Starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, to Open Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival has selected Noah Baumbach’s Netflix film, “White Noise” as the opener for its 2022 edition. It will mark Baumbach’s return three years after his “Marriage Story” premiered in Venice, garnered six Oscar nominations and one win. White Noise stars Marriage Story lead Adam Driver as a professor in the mid-West going…

Netflix Taps Nicolas Winding Refn to Direct ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’

Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn has signed on with Netflix to create Copenhagen Cowboy, a six-part series that will star Angela Bundalovic. Set in the criminal underworld of the Danish capital, it has been described by its producers as a “thrill-inducing, neon-drenched noir series.” The series is being co-written by Sara Isabella Jonsson, Johanne…

Father/Son Duo Kurt and Wyatt Russell Take on Godzilla and the Titans

Like father, like son: Kurt and Wyatt Russell will be joining the cast of Apple and Legendary’s live-action series about Godzilla and the Titans. Though their roles have not yet been announced, the dad-son duo will be joining Kiersey Clemons, Elisa Lasowski, Anna Sawai,Joe Tippett, and Ren Watabe in the Monsterverse in an epic journey…

Ethan Hawke Says Filmmaker Peter Weir Retired After Enduring Difficult Working Relationships with Russell Crowe and Johnny Depp

Ethan Hawke believes acclaimed writer-director Peter Weir retired from filmmaking due to bad experiences he endure while working with Russell Crowe and Johnny Depp on earlier projects. During an interview with IndieWire, Hawke discussed why he thinks Weir’s decision to stop making movies after the release of his 2010 survival drama, The Way Back, is…

Paramount Delays Release of ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘IF’ to 2024

Moviegoers will have to wait until 2024 to watch A Quiet Place: Day One and IF, thanks to changes in Paramount’s production schedule that the studio announced this week. A Quiet Place: Day One will now debut on March 8, 2024, nearly six months after its initial planned release date of September 22, 2023. And…

Anya Taylor-Joy Reportedly Marries Malcolm McRae in a Secret Courthouse Wedding

Anya Taylor-Joy and Malcolm McRae are now a married couple. The two were yoked in a low-key courthouse wedding, as first reported by the New York Post’s Page Six. The pair then flew off to Australia, where the bride was in the midst of shooting Furiosa, the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road. She had…

Peter Dinklage Cast in ‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

Peter Dinklage is set to join the growing ensemble cast of the anticipated Hunger Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The Emmy Award-winning actor will play Casca Highbottom, the dean of the Academy where young Coriolanus Snow is a student, Deadline is reporting. Dinklage will appear in the dystopian action-adventure movie alongside…