More than twenty years after the release of Bend It Like Beckham, a sequel is in the works for this classic film about women’s soccer. Director Gurinder Chadha was quoted in Deadline this week as saying: “I’m excited to revisit the original characters and revive the enduring story and build on the legacy we helped…
©Courtesy of Metrograph David Laub, the former head of Metrograph Pictures, is joining Neon as senior vice president of marketing and publicity, a newly created position in which he will work closely with Ryan Werner, Neon’s new President of Global Cinema. In accepting his new appointment, Laub said: “I’m incredibly excited to join Neon, and…
©Courtesy of Netflix Top Boy British actor Micheal Ward is facing charges of rape and sexual assault. The 27-year-old actor is scheduled to answer the charges when he appears in Thames Magistrates Court in London on August 28. Catherine Baccas, deputy chief crown prosecutor for CPS London South, has been quoted as saying: “Having carefully…
©Courtesy of Rocky III Legendary WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan passed away today, July 24, at the age of 71. The professional wrestling promotion confirmed the passing of one of pop culture’s most recognizable figures since the 1980s. Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition when he began to rise in the sports-entertainment industry over…
©Courtesy of Apple TV+, The Studio Ike Barinholtz is reportedly being considered to play the role of entrepreneur Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Artificial being produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The screenplay, being written by Simon Rich, takes viewers behind the scenes to examine OpenAI’s ethical compromises and personal rivalries. Rich, who will…
Film at Lincoln Center announces the North American premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt as Opening Night of the 63rd New York Film Festival, presented in partnership with Rolex, at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, September 26, with Guadagnino and members of the cast in attendance. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 63rd New York…
Sonya Chung, Director of Film Forum, NYC’s leading non-profit independent cinema since 1970, has announced plans to step down from her role at the end of this year. During her leadership tenure (Deputy Director 2020-23; Director since July 1, 2023), Chung helped Film Forum weather the closure period and complex reopening process during the COVID pandemic, led the growth…
©Courtesy of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Billie Eilish Billie Eilish has revealed she’s working on a 3D collaboration with director James Cameron. The nine-time Grammy winner broke the news on Saturday at a sold-out concert in Manchester, England. She told the audience there: “So you may have noticed that there…
Godzilla lives! Toho plans to produce sequels to Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One, two acclaimed films from the franchise’s so-called Reiwa era. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Godzilla Minus One sequel is already being filmed in Japan under the direction of Takashi Yamazaki, who will also write the screenplay and supervise visual…
©Courtesy of Carolco Pictures Eighty-year-old Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the screenplay for Basic Instinct back in 1992, has just made a $4 million deal with Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists to write what has been termed an “anti-woke” reboot of the classic film, which has been described as a sexually explicit riff on Alfred…
©Courtesy of Nintendo Nintendo has announced that Bo Bragason will be cast in the title role in Sony’s upcoming live-action production of The Legend of Zelda, and that Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play the part of Link. Both actors are British. In a social-media posting on Wednesday, Nintendo’s game director Shigeru Miyamoto was quoted as…
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