Photo by Georges Biard Filmmaker Gus Van Sant has revealed that, a decade ago, he campaigned to direct Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic drama that was based on a book by E. L. James. Van Sant said that he sent James a sample clip he shot in which actor Alex Pettyfer portrayed Christian Grey,…
In the first major talent deal of the Skydance era, Matt and Ross Duffer have inked an exclusive four-year arrangement for their Upside Down Pictures entity to provide new feature film, television, and streaming projects to Paramount. The new contract will become effective in April 2026 upon the expiration of the brothers’ current deal with…
HBO and Sky today announce WAR, a bold new legal thriller from the creator of Lupin and Hijack, starring Dominic West (HBO’s “The Wire,” “The Crown”) as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller (“Anatomy of a Scandal,” “American Sniper”) as his estranged wife, international film star Carla Duval. Set in the elite world of London law, the series has been…
©Courtesy of A24, The Britalist. Guy Pearce is in discussions to portray media mogul and NewsCorp founder, Rupert Murdoch in the upcoming film, Ink. Danny Boyle will direct the new feature for Studiocanal, Media Res and House Productions, Deadline is reporting. Besides the recent Oscar-nominated Pearce, English actor Jack O’Connell is also in negotiations to…
©Courtesy of “Life After Life” film. British actress Isla Johnston is in early discussions to play the title role in the epic film, Jehanne d’Arc. The performer is in talks with the historical biopic’s director, Baz Luhrmann, and studio, Warner Bros, Deadline is reporting. The frontrunner to play Joan of Arc in the upcoming movie…
©Courtesy of “Kill Bill Vol.1” Quentin Tarantino has offered an explanation about why he scrapped plans to make The Movie Critic, a film he had been working on for several years. In April of 2024, Tarantino abandoned the project, which was scheduled to shoot earlier this year. Ir would have been his tenth–and purportedly final–directorial…
©Courtesy of Rex USA NBC Universal has acquired all rights, excluding publishing, to author Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne and Treadstone book series. The media company acquired the rights after winning a highly competitive bidding war. Streamers and studios made offers during the auction before Universal won with a massive nine-figure proposal, Variety is reporting. Universal will…
©Courtesy of HBO Max HBO Max and GKIDS announced today a continuation of their prolific partnership, solidifying HBO Max as the U.S. streaming destination for award-winning Japanese animated films for years to come. The streamer is already the exclusive home of the world-renowned Studio Ghibli catalog in the United States, distributed by GKIDS, and now…
Mohammad Rasoulof, the dissident Iranian filmmaker who wrote and directed There Is No Evil and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is considering returning to his homeland, which he fled last year to avoid an eight-year prison sentence. On Monday of this week, the City of Locarno presented him with the first Locarno City of…
Springsteen Deliver Me from Nowhere. Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Film at Lincoln Center announces the premiere of Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere“ as the Spotlight Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival. At the premiere presentation on Sunday, September 28, Cooper and cast members Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, and Odessa Young will…
© 2013 – Fox Searchlight The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has expelled two of its members, filmmaker Park Chan-wook and writer Don McKellar for violating its protocols during the writer’s strike in 2023. The WGA had already disciplined seven other writers for alleged violations, three of whom were unidentified until yesterday. Park Chan-wook and Don…
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