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Madonna Working with Shawn Levy on Limited Series About Her Life For Netflix

©Courtesy of Warner Records Madonna has partnered with filmmaker Shawn Levy to create a limited television series about her life and music, Deadline is reporting. The project is in early development at Netflix, where the latter’s production company, 21 Laps, has an exclusive television overall deal. The singer and writer-director-producer of Deadpool & Wolverine have…

Francis Ford Coppola’s All-Movie Hotel in Suburban Atlanta

©Courtesy of American Zoetrop, “Youth Without Youth.”  Francis Ford Coppola has added a suburban Atlanta location to his growing constellation of hostelries devoted to cinema arts. Under the brand of “The Family Coppola Hideaways,” the iconic director recently renovated a Days Inn in Peachtree City as the All-Movie Hotel, designed to serve the needs of…

Andrea Iervolino Plans $100 Million Biopic on Donald Trump

©Courtesy of Donald Trump Official Presidential Portrait Poster A big-budget biopic about Donald Trump is under development by Andrea Iervolino, the producer of Ferrari and To the Bone. Plans for the ambitious project, which will cost $100 million, will be presented to investors at the Cannes festival next week. The film would likely be produced…

Materialists | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24 : Starring Dakota Johnson, Directed by Celine Song

©Courtesy of A24 Dakota Johnson is facing one of the most challenging tasks in her latest film, “Materialists“: deciding whether to marry Chris Evans or Pedro Pascal. Celine Song’s sophomore A24 film features the trio, and it’s about a love triangle, much like Song’s Oscar-nominated drama “Past Lives“. The longline reads :  “A young, ambitious…

IFC Films Rebranding as Independent Film Company

©Independent Film Company IFC Films is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary and will now be known as the Independent Film Company (IFC). The company unveiled a new logo and a customized audio logo that was designed by Adam ‘Adrock’ Horovitz of the Beasties as part of its rebranding efforts. The Independent Film Company will…

Japanese Idol Group Arashi Will Disband After May, 2026!

©Courtesy of Starto Entertainment, Arashi (from L) Kazunari Ninomiya, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto and Satoshi Ono. On May 6th, “Arashi“, a popular J-pop group formed in 1999 which has been on hiatus since the end of 2020, made a statement on its fan club website that the group will disband by the end…

Gareth Evans Hints at Directing Third Installment in ‘The Raid’ Franchise

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics  Director Gareth Evans has hinted that he may indeed be making a third installment in The Raid series, following up on the original release in 2011 and its 2014 sequel The Raid 2.The filmmaker, whose latest action flick is Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, was quoted in Entertainment Weekly as saying,…

Takashi Miike To Direct ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Starring Shun Oguri, Lily James and Liv Morgan

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Shun Oguri, Lily James, and WWE star Liv Morgan, are all set to be the stars of famed Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike’s new film “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” at NEON. The deal was negotiated by Neon’s Sarah Colvin, VP of Acquisitions, and Paula Paizes from Pressman Film and Recorded Picture Company’s Ivan…

Adam Pearson Cast as Joseph Merrick in New ‘The Elephant Man’ Film

©Courtesy of A24, “A Different Man” Actor Adam Pearson has been cast in the lead role of Joseph Merrick in the upcoming on-screen adaptation of The Elephant Man, Variety is reporting. The feature marks Pearson’s first movie after appearing in the critically acclaimed 2024 psychological dark comedy, A Different Man, for which his co-star, Sebastian…

DC Studios Bumps ‘Sgt. Rock’ From Its Summer Shooting Schedule

©Courtesy of Apple TV+, “Sugar”  DC Studios has reportedly decided not to move forward with Sgt. Rock, its WWII-era action movie that was scheduled to begin shooting this summer. To be directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Colin Farrell, the film was already in preproduction when it was shelved, allegedly due to scheduling conflicts, though…

Anna Sawai Joins David Leitch’s Project “How to Rob a Bank”

©2024, FX. All Rights Reserved. Anna Sawai‘s star-making performance in the FX series “Shōgun” suggests that she has landed a big follow-up. Deadline reported that the Emmy winner will be co-starring in Amazon MGM Studios’ “How to Rob a Bank”, directed by David Leitch, Imagine Entertainment, and 87 North Productions. While the plot is still…