Brian Helgeland's 2001 film "A Knight's Tale" is based on the first of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, but it has as much to do with 14th-century medieval literature as "Wayne's World." The film features characters singing Queen songs and one of the characters invents the Nike "swoop" as a brand for her armor. The story involves William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) a handsome young cove who aims to win jousting tournaments and be welcomed as one of the king's knights. It's a raucous, lightweight, silly movie that is deeply beloved by a very specific age group, that is: those who were between 15 and 17 in May of 2001.
It also depicted Ledger at the height of his heartthrob powers, as well as Paul Bettany (as Chaucer), Rufus Sewell as the villain, Shannyn Sossamon as Ledger's would-be paramour, and a trio of brilliant comedian sidekicks in Mark Addy, Laura Fraser, and Alan Tudyk.
It also depicted Ledger at the height of his heartthrob powers, as well as Paul Bettany (as Chaucer), Rufus Sewell as the villain, Shannyn Sossamon as Ledger's would-be paramour, and a trio of brilliant comedian sidekicks in Mark Addy, Laura Fraser, and Alan Tudyk.
- 4/23/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Dakota Fanning and The Strangers director Bryan Bertino are teaming up for a horror movie called Vicious, which is coming our way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that Fanning is being joined in the cast by Devyn Nekoda (Scream VI), Mary McCormack (The West Wing), Rachel Blanchard (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Klea Scott (Millennium), and Emily Mitchell (Ordinary Angels). The film is heading toward an August 8, 2025 theatrical release.
Scripted by Bertino, Vicious sees Fanning taking on the role of a young woman who is left a strange present by a late-night visitor, and quickly realizes she is fighting for her life after slipping down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.
An Atlas Independent production, the film is being produced by Richard Suckle, with Melinda Whitaker serving as executive producer.
Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard & More Join Dakota Fanning In Paramount Horror...
Scripted by Bertino, Vicious sees Fanning taking on the role of a young woman who is left a strange present by a late-night visitor, and quickly realizes she is fighting for her life after slipping down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.
An Atlas Independent production, the film is being produced by Richard Suckle, with Melinda Whitaker serving as executive producer.
Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard & More Join Dakota Fanning In Paramount Horror...
- 4/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There is no The Strangers franchise without Bryan Bertino, who directed the original home invasion movie that paved the way for a sequel and now a reboot trilogy later this year.
Bertino (The Dark and the Wicked) is also making his own return to the horror genre with the upcoming Vicious, which has Dakota Fanning (The Watchers) on board to star.
Vicious has already been dated for release on August 8, 2025, and Deadline brings us another update this week. For starters, Devyn Nekoda (Scream VI) will also star.
Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Mary McCormack (The West Wing), Rachel Blanchard (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Klea Scott (Millennium), and Emily Mitchell (Ordinary Angels) have also joined the cast of Bryan Bertino’s Vicious, which is a Paramount production.
“The plot follows a young woman who must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hold contained...
Bertino (The Dark and the Wicked) is also making his own return to the horror genre with the upcoming Vicious, which has Dakota Fanning (The Watchers) on board to star.
Vicious has already been dated for release on August 8, 2025, and Deadline brings us another update this week. For starters, Devyn Nekoda (Scream VI) will also star.
Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Mary McCormack (The West Wing), Rachel Blanchard (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Klea Scott (Millennium), and Emily Mitchell (Ordinary Angels) have also joined the cast of Bryan Bertino’s Vicious, which is a Paramount production.
“The plot follows a young woman who must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hold contained...
- 4/1/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has rounded out the cast of Vicious, its horror film starring Dakota Fanning. New additions include Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Tony Award nominee Mary McCormack (The West Wing), Rachel Blanchard (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Devyn Nekoda (Scream VI), Klea Scott (Millennium), and Emily Mitchell (Ordinary Angels).
An Atlas Independent production, the film follows a young woman who, after being left with a strange present from a late-night visitor, must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.
Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) is directing from his own script, with Richard Suckle producing. Melinda Whitaker serves as executive producer. Pic is slated for release in theaters on August 8, 2025.
Recently, Hunter has been seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, as well as Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, also appearing on shows like Andor and Landscapers.
An Atlas Independent production, the film follows a young woman who, after being left with a strange present from a late-night visitor, must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hole contained inside the gift.
Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) is directing from his own script, with Richard Suckle producing. Melinda Whitaker serves as executive producer. Pic is slated for release in theaters on August 8, 2025.
Recently, Hunter has been seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, as well as Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, also appearing on shows like Andor and Landscapers.
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
What do you do when they come for you? Beloved horror franchise “The Strangers” is getting a revamp, courtesy of prequel “The Strangers: Chapter 1” starring “Riverdale” alum Madelaine Petsch. Two more sequels are due later this year, all from “Die Hard 2” and “Cliffhanger” director Renny Harlin.
In this first film, Petsch stars as a young woman who is trying to start a new life with her fiancé. Yet, during a road trip stop in a remote vacation rental in the woods, the couple become the prey of a mysterious gang of masked strangers who attack without warning or reason. Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, and Ema Horvath co-star.
Sure, it may sound like a run-of-the-mill slasher, but “The Strangers” franchise has a haunting allure, thanks to its creation by filmmaker Bryan Bertino. The director has a “story by” credit for “Chapter 1,” which is helmed by Harlin and written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland.
In this first film, Petsch stars as a young woman who is trying to start a new life with her fiancé. Yet, during a road trip stop in a remote vacation rental in the woods, the couple become the prey of a mysterious gang of masked strangers who attack without warning or reason. Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso, and Ema Horvath co-star.
Sure, it may sound like a run-of-the-mill slasher, but “The Strangers” franchise has a haunting allure, thanks to its creation by filmmaker Bryan Bertino. The director has a “story by” credit for “Chapter 1,” which is helmed by Harlin and written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland.
- 3/1/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After paying a reported $25m for North American rights to the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, Paramount has set a December 25 exclusive release, expanding wide on January 17, 2025.
Paramount reportedly paid $25m for North American rights to the feature in early February and is building its stable of musicals or music-related films.
Bob Marley: One Love ranks number one in its second weekend on release in North America and has grossed $71m, while the Mean Girls musical ranked number one for three weekends in January and earned more than $72m.
Michael Gracey, who directed The Greatest Showman and produced Rocketman, directs Better Man,...
Paramount reportedly paid $25m for North American rights to the feature in early February and is building its stable of musicals or music-related films.
Bob Marley: One Love ranks number one in its second weekend on release in North America and has grossed $71m, while the Mean Girls musical ranked number one for three weekends in January and earned more than $72m.
Michael Gracey, who directed The Greatest Showman and produced Rocketman, directs Better Man,...
- 2/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Paramount is polishing its crystal ball today and looking ahead at some of the films from the studio in the next few years. At least, that’s how it feels when Paramount earnings day comes along. The studio announced a 0.6% increase in stock today, with various release date announcements to whet investor’s whistles. Among the titles mentioned during today’s report, Paramount put dates on projects like Liam Neeson’s Naked Gun reboot, a sequel to 2023’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and more.
The Naked Gun reboot pratfalls into theaters on July 18, 2025, with Liam Neeson starring in the comedic role made famous by the late Leslie Neilsen. Akiva Schaffer directs, and executive produces the Naked Gun reboot, with Dan Gregor and Doug Man writing the script draft alongside Schaffer. One of the reasons this is exciting is that the trio partnered for the way-better-than-anticipated Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers film.
The Naked Gun reboot pratfalls into theaters on July 18, 2025, with Liam Neeson starring in the comedic role made famous by the late Leslie Neilsen. Akiva Schaffer directs, and executive produces the Naked Gun reboot, with Dan Gregor and Doug Man writing the script draft alongside Schaffer. One of the reasons this is exciting is that the trio partnered for the way-better-than-anticipated Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers film.
- 2/28/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Paramount dropped a slew of new release dates today. Chief of which is a Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson is set for July 18, 2025. Akiva Schaffer will direct and executive produce. Dan Gregor and Doug Mand wrote the draft script along with Schaffer, with whom they partnered on the Primetime Emmy-winning film, Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing via their company Fuzzy Door. Project is based off the Naked Gun movies and Police Squad! TV series from Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker.
Of note, as Deadline told you first, the Robbie Williams original music feature, Better Man from filmmaker Michael Gracey is getting a Christmas Day release this year with an expansion over MLK weekend of Jan. 17, 2025.
On March 14, 2025 next year’s it’s Novocaine from filmmakers Robert Olsen and Dan Berk and starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder. High concept action movie...
Of note, as Deadline told you first, the Robbie Williams original music feature, Better Man from filmmaker Michael Gracey is getting a Christmas Day release this year with an expansion over MLK weekend of Jan. 17, 2025.
On March 14, 2025 next year’s it’s Novocaine from filmmakers Robert Olsen and Dan Berk and starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder. High concept action movie...
- 2/28/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Naked Gun reboot is about to make 2025 a good year.
Paramount Pictures announced release dates Wednesday for a number of upcoming films. This includes director Akiva Schaffer’s new untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise hitting theaters July 28, 2025. The movie, first announced back in 2022, stars Liam Neeson and includes Seth MacFarlane as a producer.
The studio also announced that Paw Patrol 3 will launch July 31, 2026, as a follow-up to the studio’s September sequel Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie that topped $200 million globally. The new film hails from Spin Master Entertainment in association with Nickelodeon Movies. Another animation feature — director Jeff Rowe’s Tmnt 2 — is set for Oct. 9, 2026, as a follow-up to the filmmaker’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which came out last August and collected $180 million worldwide.
Among other titles landing on the studio’s calendar is Novocaine starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, set...
Paramount Pictures announced release dates Wednesday for a number of upcoming films. This includes director Akiva Schaffer’s new untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise hitting theaters July 28, 2025. The movie, first announced back in 2022, stars Liam Neeson and includes Seth MacFarlane as a producer.
The studio also announced that Paw Patrol 3 will launch July 31, 2026, as a follow-up to the studio’s September sequel Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie that topped $200 million globally. The new film hails from Spin Master Entertainment in association with Nickelodeon Movies. Another animation feature — director Jeff Rowe’s Tmnt 2 — is set for Oct. 9, 2026, as a follow-up to the filmmaker’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which came out last August and collected $180 million worldwide.
Among other titles landing on the studio’s calendar is Novocaine starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, set...
- 2/28/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In addition to Ishana Night Shyamalan’s upcoming The Watchers, Dakota Fanning is next teaming up with director Bryan Bertino.
Variety reports that Fanning will star in Vicious, the next horror film from Bertino.
Vicious has already been dated for release on August 8, 2025.
“The plot follows a young woman who must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hold contained inside a mysterious gift from a late-night visitor.”
Bryan Bertino wrote the script and will be directing the film, an Atlas Independent production. Melinda Whitaker serves as executive producer, with Richard Suckle also producing.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this report listed ‘Dakota Johnson’ as the star of Vicious instead of ‘Dakota Fanning.’ Apologies for the mistake and any confusion it caused!
The post ‘Vicious’ – Dakota Fanning Will Star in 2025 Horror Movie from ‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!
Variety reports that Fanning will star in Vicious, the next horror film from Bertino.
Vicious has already been dated for release on August 8, 2025.
“The plot follows a young woman who must spend the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a disturbing rabbit hold contained inside a mysterious gift from a late-night visitor.”
Bryan Bertino wrote the script and will be directing the film, an Atlas Independent production. Melinda Whitaker serves as executive producer, with Richard Suckle also producing.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this report listed ‘Dakota Johnson’ as the star of Vicious instead of ‘Dakota Fanning.’ Apologies for the mistake and any confusion it caused!
The post ‘Vicious’ – Dakota Fanning Will Star in 2025 Horror Movie from ‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!
- 2/28/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A long-gestating reboot of the “Naked Gun” franchise with Liam Neeson is finally moving forward at Paramount, landing a release date of July 18, 2025.
The currently untitled project will be directed and executive produced by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft script alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, reprising their partnership from the Emmy-winning film “Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers.” Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing via their company Fuzzy Door. The new movie is based off the widely popular “Naked Gun” franchise and television series “Police Squad!” by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.
Meanwhile, two successful animated franchises’ next films have also been added to Paramount’s release schedule. “Paw Patrol 3,” a Spin Master Entertainment production in association with Nickelodeon Movies, is slated for July 31, 2026 with distribution from Paramount Pictures. The follow-up to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” from director Jeff Rowe and produced by Point Grey Pictures...
The currently untitled project will be directed and executive produced by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft script alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, reprising their partnership from the Emmy-winning film “Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers.” Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing via their company Fuzzy Door. The new movie is based off the widely popular “Naked Gun” franchise and television series “Police Squad!” by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.
Meanwhile, two successful animated franchises’ next films have also been added to Paramount’s release schedule. “Paw Patrol 3,” a Spin Master Entertainment production in association with Nickelodeon Movies, is slated for July 31, 2026 with distribution from Paramount Pictures. The follow-up to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” from director Jeff Rowe and produced by Point Grey Pictures...
- 2/28/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Looks like Sabrina Carpenter is getting ready to drop a new music video for her song “Feather“!
The 24-year-old singer and actress teased fans on Sunday evening (October 29) via her email newsletter, with a photo and short blurb.
Keep reading to find out more…
“suspect seen driving pink car with license plate: Feather,” she wrote. “have you seen her?”
In the email, the photo shows the front end of an older pink Cadillac car with a New York license plate, reading “Feather.” See the pic Here!
No release date has been revealed yet, but it’s coming very soon…
The song would be her sixth single from her latest album emails i can’t send, following “Skinny Dipping,” “Fast Times,” “Vicious,” “Because I Liked a Boy” and “Nonsense.”
Just last month, Sabrina performed “Feather” at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, where she performed during the pre-show!
Earlier this month, it...
The 24-year-old singer and actress teased fans on Sunday evening (October 29) via her email newsletter, with a photo and short blurb.
Keep reading to find out more…
“suspect seen driving pink car with license plate: Feather,” she wrote. “have you seen her?”
In the email, the photo shows the front end of an older pink Cadillac car with a New York license plate, reading “Feather.” See the pic Here!
No release date has been revealed yet, but it’s coming very soon…
The song would be her sixth single from her latest album emails i can’t send, following “Skinny Dipping,” “Fast Times,” “Vicious,” “Because I Liked a Boy” and “Nonsense.”
Just last month, Sabrina performed “Feather” at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, where she performed during the pre-show!
Earlier this month, it...
- 10/30/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Filming has wrapped on Chad Archibald's new film, It Feeds. The upcoming horror flick marks the first title Black Fawn Films will make in a new production pact with producer Productivity Media, Inc. (Pmi). Pmi will co-produde and finance a slate of ten films with the aforementioned Archibald and Black Fawn co-owner Cody Calahan. It Feeds stars Ashley Greene (Twilight series) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men series). The film tells the harrowing story of a young girl who insists that a malevolent entity is feeding on her. Greene portrays a clairvoyant therapist who must confront her own personal demons to save the girl before she is taken completely. Ashmore takes on the role of the anguished father, desperately struggling...
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- 6/29/2023
- Screen Anarchy
The Academy of Country Music is holding its 58th annual awards show this Thursday, May 11, to be hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. The show will stream live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Here’s how to watch the streaming-only event.
How to Watch the ACM Awards on Streaming
The ACM Awards will stream Thursday, May 11 at 8/7 c on Prime Video; prior to the big event, the red carpet pre-show (hosted by Amber Anderson, Priscilla Block, Breland, Elaina Smith and Kelly Sutton) will stream live on TVLine at 7 pm.
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How to Watch the ACM Awards on Streaming
The ACM Awards will stream Thursday, May 11 at 8/7 c on Prime Video; prior to the big event, the red carpet pre-show (hosted by Amber Anderson, Priscilla Block, Breland, Elaina Smith and Kelly Sutton) will stream live on TVLine at 7 pm.
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- 5/10/2023
- by How to Stream Team
- TVLine.com
Prime Video is heading back to Cousins Beach this July: Season 2 of the YA drama The Summer I Turned Pretty will premiere on Friday, July 14, with its first three episodes. A new installment will unspool each subsequent Friday until the season finale on Aug. 18.
The show’s cast, including love triangle trio/stars Lola Tung (aka Isabel “Belly” Conklin), Christopher Briney (Conrad Fisher) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah Fisher), shared the date announcement in the above video, as well as all eight episode titles for Season 2. See if you can pick up any clues about which storylines from It’s Not Summer Without You,...
The show’s cast, including love triangle trio/stars Lola Tung (aka Isabel “Belly” Conklin), Christopher Briney (Conrad Fisher) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah Fisher), shared the date announcement in the above video, as well as all eight episode titles for Season 2. See if you can pick up any clues about which storylines from It’s Not Summer Without You,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
“Ask and you shall receive” isn’t so much of a cliché when you’re a Sabrina Carpenter stan. After fans requested over and over that she make a video for her song “Nonsense,” the Emails I Can’t Send singer delivered. On Thursday night, Carpenter released an “unserious” video that matches the song’s energy, which has been a fan-favorite on her tour. Plus, the visual features cameos from her real-life besties.
“The ‘Nonsense’ video really happened because of the fans persistently asking, and that’s the coolest feeling,...
“The ‘Nonsense’ video really happened because of the fans persistently asking, and that’s the coolest feeling,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
When Ezra Furman first heard Transformer, Lou Reed’s louche, bristling second album, it was as though she’d found her way out of a locked room. “Who I thought Lou Reed was [when I was] in high school became, like, ‘Oh, I’ll follow that. That’s a way to go.’” The seminal 1972 record – which celebrates its 50th anniversary today – was to become a touchstone for Furman’s own subversive work.
You can hear it in her sound. The raw crackle. The often distorted guitars. The slightly haughty vocals. Reed’s fingerprints are all over Furman’s music. And, in her own words, Transformer “had a lot to do with being publicly androgynous and queer”. Furman, who came out as a trans woman last year and is bisexual, has in the past called Reed “an ideal figure to me”. In fact, Reed’s sound and philosophy spoke to Furman so much that,...
You can hear it in her sound. The raw crackle. The often distorted guitars. The slightly haughty vocals. Reed’s fingerprints are all over Furman’s music. And, in her own words, Transformer “had a lot to do with being publicly androgynous and queer”. Furman, who came out as a trans woman last year and is bisexual, has in the past called Reed “an ideal figure to me”. In fact, Reed’s sound and philosophy spoke to Furman so much that,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
Stars: Nick Blood, Allan Corduner, Emily Wiseman, Paul Kaye, Daniel Ben Zenou | Written by Hank Hoffman | Directed by Oliver Park
Originally shot as Abyzou, The Offering begins with the camera slowly moving through rooms filled with candles and symbols. A rooster jumps into view, only to have its throat cut as part of a ritual. But this isn’t some voodoo ceremony or satanic offering, this is Hasidic mysticism. And, like so many other forms of magic, it doesn’t end well for the practitioner.
Art has come home, hoping to reconcile with his much more Orthodox father Saul. His wife Claire. has come along as well, although being told “Art may love you, but you’ll never be family” has made her less than enthusiastic about the trip. They hope the prospect of a grandchild will soften his attitude. We soon find out that the old man has indeed softened his opinions about Claire.
Originally shot as Abyzou, The Offering begins with the camera slowly moving through rooms filled with candles and symbols. A rooster jumps into view, only to have its throat cut as part of a ritual. But this isn’t some voodoo ceremony or satanic offering, this is Hasidic mysticism. And, like so many other forms of magic, it doesn’t end well for the practitioner.
Art has come home, hoping to reconcile with his much more Orthodox father Saul. His wife Claire. has come along as well, although being told “Art may love you, but you’ll never be family” has made her less than enthusiastic about the trip. They hope the prospect of a grandchild will soften his attitude. We soon find out that the old man has indeed softened his opinions about Claire.
- 9/26/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
I’m writing a letter to Richard Curtis on behalf of Frances de la Tour. Release the director’s cut of Love Actually – for the sake of the nation. The silken-voiced Harry Potter and Seventies sitcom star was originally among the crème de la crème British thesps starring in the 2003 film, playing Anne Reid’s dying, bed-ridden partner – but both actors ended up on the cutting room floor. “Oh yes, we had a lovely scene,” she says. “And I think it was the only gay scene,” she remembers. “It’s odd that they cut it. Maybe it was too dark to bring into it. Because it ended up being quite a light and fluffy film, didn’t it?” It could have made the affectionately derided Christmas film into something quite different – more progressive, less cloyingly twee. But, still, Curtis has manners. “At least he wrote to me and said we...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jessie Thompson
- The Independent - TV
I’m writing a letter to Richard Curtis on behalf of Frances de la Tour. Release the director’s cut of Love Actually – for the sake of the nation. The silken-voiced Harry Potter and Seventies sitcom star was originally among the crème de la crème British thesps starring in the 2003 film, playing Anne Reid’s dying, bed-ridden partner – but both actors ended up on the cutting room floor. “Oh yes, we had a lovely scene,” she says. “And I think it was the only gay scene,” she remembers. “It’s odd that they cut it. Maybe it was too dark to bring into it. Because it ended up being quite a light and fluffy film, didn’t it?” It could have made the affectionately derided Christmas film into something quite different – more progressive, less cloyingly twee. But, still, Curtis has manners. “At least he wrote to me and said we...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jessie Thompson
- The Independent - Film
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has confirmed the cause of death of actress Lindsey Pearlman.
The news comes six months after the Empire star was found dead inside a vehicle near Runyon Canyon Park.
According to a report obtained by People, the coroner has ruled Pearlman's death as a suicide caused by sodium nitrite toxicity.
Pearlman went missing on February 13 and was last seen in Los Angeles around 9 p.m, according to reports.
The star is said to have swallowed enough pills after driving to the base of Runyon Canyon and was found days later by a hiker.
The Los Angeles Police Department reported the sad news of the star's passing in February.
"Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue," the LAPD said in the statement.
"The L.A. County Coroner's Office...
The news comes six months after the Empire star was found dead inside a vehicle near Runyon Canyon Park.
According to a report obtained by People, the coroner has ruled Pearlman's death as a suicide caused by sodium nitrite toxicity.
Pearlman went missing on February 13 and was last seen in Los Angeles around 9 p.m, according to reports.
The star is said to have swallowed enough pills after driving to the base of Runyon Canyon and was found days later by a hiker.
The Los Angeles Police Department reported the sad news of the star's passing in February.
"Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue," the LAPD said in the statement.
"The L.A. County Coroner's Office...
- 8/16/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Actress Lindsey Pearlman was found dead earlier this year. She was 43.
Pearlman first went missing on February 13 in the East Hollywood area, and now, six months later, her cause of death has been revealed.
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner officially ruled the actress’ death a suicide caused by sodium nitrite toxicity.
According to People, the coroner’s report cited “the presence of non-toxic levels of lorazepam, metoclopramide, and codeine” in Pearlman’s system.
“Pearlman failed to return home and has not been seen or heard from since,” police said in a statement at the time she disappeared. “Friends and family fear for her safety.”
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LAPD Missing persons unit is seeking the public assistance in locating Lindsey Erin Pearlman. Any information of Lindsey’s whereabouts, please contact the Missing Persons Unit during business hours at 213-996-...
Pearlman first went missing on February 13 in the East Hollywood area, and now, six months later, her cause of death has been revealed.
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner officially ruled the actress’ death a suicide caused by sodium nitrite toxicity.
According to People, the coroner’s report cited “the presence of non-toxic levels of lorazepam, metoclopramide, and codeine” in Pearlman’s system.
“Pearlman failed to return home and has not been seen or heard from since,” police said in a statement at the time she disappeared. “Friends and family fear for her safety.”
Read More: Moses J. Moseley, ‘The Walking Dead’ Actor, Dead At 30
LAPD Missing persons unit is seeking the public assistance in locating Lindsey Erin Pearlman. Any information of Lindsey’s whereabouts, please contact the Missing Persons Unit during business hours at 213-996-...
- 8/16/2022
- by Jamie Samhan
- ET Canada
Sabrina Carpenter can read our minds, after all. On Monday, the “Fast Times” singer announced the dates for her fall tour, alongside its retro poster, to support her recently-released album, Emails I Can’t Send. The U.S. trek is the first time she has hit the road since her Singular tour in spring 2019.
“Im Going On Tour,” she captioned the announcement. “Wake Up,” she added.
Carpenter will kick off her Emails I Can’t Send tour in Orlando in late September before making her way to the Bay Area...
“Im Going On Tour,” she captioned the announcement. “Wake Up,” she added.
Carpenter will kick off her Emails I Can’t Send tour in Orlando in late September before making her way to the Bay Area...
- 8/15/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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A new trailer for the Netflix black comedy Do Revenge dropped on Tuesday, offering a further glimpse into the bubblegum, sugarcoated world of director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s latest endeavor.
Do Revenge stars Riverdale’s Camila Mendes and Stranger Things’ Maya Hawke as two high school students who’ve had their social lives ruined by their respective loose-lipped exes. In an effort to exact their titular revenge, the pair decide to employ each other to inflict the punishments they’re hesitant to bestow upon their own tormentors. The premise evokes stories like Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers On A Train or the cult dark comedy film Heathers, while the trailer’s aesthetics call to mind recent movies like Promising Young Woman and Ingrid Goes West.
Robinson is best known to date for co-writing Thor: Love and Thunder alongside Taika Waititi, writing and directing the Netflix film Someone Great,...
A new trailer for the Netflix black comedy Do Revenge dropped on Tuesday, offering a further glimpse into the bubblegum, sugarcoated world of director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s latest endeavor.
Do Revenge stars Riverdale’s Camila Mendes and Stranger Things’ Maya Hawke as two high school students who’ve had their social lives ruined by their respective loose-lipped exes. In an effort to exact their titular revenge, the pair decide to employ each other to inflict the punishments they’re hesitant to bestow upon their own tormentors. The premise evokes stories like Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers On A Train or the cult dark comedy film Heathers, while the trailer’s aesthetics call to mind recent movies like Promising Young Woman and Ingrid Goes West.
Robinson is best known to date for co-writing Thor: Love and Thunder alongside Taika Waititi, writing and directing the Netflix film Someone Great,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Gersh has signed actor, writer and producer David Koechner (Anchorman) for representation.
Koechner is perhaps best known for his turn as Michael Scott’s pal Todd Packer on NBC’s The Office, and as the Anchorman films’ Champ Kind. He currently co-hosts A&e’s America’s Top Dog and plays Bill Lewis on ABC’s The Goldbergs, having recently appeared on ABC’s Bless This Mess, CBS’s Superior Donuts, Showtime’s Twin Peaks, Comedy Central’s Another Period and IFC’s Stan Against Evil. Koechner voices recurring characters on Fox’s American Dad, as well as on Netflix’s series F is for Family and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. Recent projects on the film side include the dramedy Then Came You with Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams and Nina Dobrev; Sean McEwen’s dramatic comedy Braking for Whales with Tom Felton and Wendi McLendon-Covey; Roman White...
Koechner is perhaps best known for his turn as Michael Scott’s pal Todd Packer on NBC’s The Office, and as the Anchorman films’ Champ Kind. He currently co-hosts A&e’s America’s Top Dog and plays Bill Lewis on ABC’s The Goldbergs, having recently appeared on ABC’s Bless This Mess, CBS’s Superior Donuts, Showtime’s Twin Peaks, Comedy Central’s Another Period and IFC’s Stan Against Evil. Koechner voices recurring characters on Fox’s American Dad, as well as on Netflix’s series F is for Family and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. Recent projects on the film side include the dramedy Then Came You with Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams and Nina Dobrev; Sean McEwen’s dramatic comedy Braking for Whales with Tom Felton and Wendi McLendon-Covey; Roman White...
- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As Michelle Yeoh basks in the success of “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” she ponders for a moment a world where “Crazy Rich Asians” wasn’t a huge box office success. “What if it didn’t work?” she asks.
Jon M. Chu’s 2018 film was one of the first films in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast. Yeoh starred alongside Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Ronny Chieng. The film grossed over 200 million at the box office.
As she reflects on the film’s success, on the occasion of Asian American Pacific Islander Month, Yeoh looks at how it opened the door for her fellow castmates to shine a spotlight on their comedy careers. The actor sat down with Variety to reflect on some of the highlights across her expansive career. She also talks about her upcoming voice work for the new “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“It was a big moment for us,...
Jon M. Chu’s 2018 film was one of the first films in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast. Yeoh starred alongside Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Ronny Chieng. The film grossed over 200 million at the box office.
As she reflects on the film’s success, on the occasion of Asian American Pacific Islander Month, Yeoh looks at how it opened the door for her fellow castmates to shine a spotlight on their comedy careers. The actor sat down with Variety to reflect on some of the highlights across her expansive career. She also talks about her upcoming voice work for the new “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“It was a big moment for us,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
This summer, the biggest global animated franchise in history delivers the origin story of how the world’s greatest super villain first met his iconic Minions, forged cinema’s most despicable crew, and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled in Minions: The Rise of Gru. The poster and trailer have just been released for the film and you can check them out right here.
Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement. It’s not going particularly well. When Gru crosses paths with the Minions, including Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto—a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please—this unexpected family joins forces. Together, they build their first lair, design their first weapons, and strive to execute their first missions.
Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement. It’s not going particularly well. When Gru crosses paths with the Minions, including Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto—a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please—this unexpected family joins forces. Together, they build their first lair, design their first weapons, and strive to execute their first missions.
- 3/30/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Lindsey Pearlman, an actress whose TV credits include General Hospital, Empire, and Chicago Justice, was found dead in Los Angeles on Friday, days after being reported missing.
The Los Angeles Police Department reported the sad news on Friday.
"Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue," the LAPD said in the statement.
"The L.A. County Coroner's Office has since confirmed the individual to be Lindsey Erin Pearlman."
Lindsey's cousin shared an update to confirm the news.
"Update: I'm deeply sad to report that they have found Lindsey, and it was too late," Savannah wrote on social media.
"I have no other information about the location or circumstance. Lindsey was a fierce animal advocate and a talented actress. "Please consider a donation to @SanteDOr in her honor."
According to a missing persons alert, Pearlman...
The Los Angeles Police Department reported the sad news on Friday.
"Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue," the LAPD said in the statement.
"The L.A. County Coroner's Office has since confirmed the individual to be Lindsey Erin Pearlman."
Lindsey's cousin shared an update to confirm the news.
"Update: I'm deeply sad to report that they have found Lindsey, and it was too late," Savannah wrote on social media.
"I have no other information about the location or circumstance. Lindsey was a fierce animal advocate and a talented actress. "Please consider a donation to @SanteDOr in her honor."
According to a missing persons alert, Pearlman...
- 2/19/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Lindsey Pearlman, a TV actress who appeared in “General Hospital” and “Chicago Justice,” was found dead on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. She was 43.
An update posted to the LAPD website reads, “Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue. The L.A. County Coroner’s Office has since confirmed the individual to be Lindsey Erin Pearlman. The cause of death will be determined by the coroner.”
Details surrounding Pearlman’s disappearance and death were not immediately available.
Pearlman had previously been reported missing by her family and friends. According to the LAPD website, she was last seen on Feb. 13 at 12 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Mariposa Ave. in Los Angeles.
A “Chicago-bred actor,” according to her IMDb page, Pearlman had appeared in multiple television shows since 2015, including “Empire,” “Chicago Justice,...
An update posted to the LAPD website reads, “Today around 8:30 a.m., Hollywood Area officers responded to a radio call for a death investigation at Franklin Avenue and North Sierra Bonita Avenue. The L.A. County Coroner’s Office has since confirmed the individual to be Lindsey Erin Pearlman. The cause of death will be determined by the coroner.”
Details surrounding Pearlman’s disappearance and death were not immediately available.
Pearlman had previously been reported missing by her family and friends. According to the LAPD website, she was last seen on Feb. 13 at 12 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Mariposa Ave. in Los Angeles.
A “Chicago-bred actor,” according to her IMDb page, Pearlman had appeared in multiple television shows since 2015, including “Empire,” “Chicago Justice,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Lindsey Pearlman is missing. According to her cousin, Savannah Pearlman, Lindsey was last seen on Feb. 15 at 9 p.m.
Pearlman’s last known whereabouts were the 1600 block of North Mariposa Avenue. She never returned home and has not been seen or heard from since, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
“It’s still an open investigation and there is no new information,” a spokesperson for the LAPD’s missing persons unit tells TheWrap.
Savannah shared the missing person’s report on Twitter Thursday, adding that Lindsey drives a dark silver 2015 Honda Fit. She also has a bumper sticker on her car that reads “Fix Your F—-ing Cats.”
Savannah also asked for help from Lindsey’s friends, who may “know anywhere she might go during a mental health crisis.”
Lindsey, 43, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. There are no details on what she was wearing at the time she went missing.
Pearlman’s last known whereabouts were the 1600 block of North Mariposa Avenue. She never returned home and has not been seen or heard from since, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
“It’s still an open investigation and there is no new information,” a spokesperson for the LAPD’s missing persons unit tells TheWrap.
Savannah shared the missing person’s report on Twitter Thursday, adding that Lindsey drives a dark silver 2015 Honda Fit. She also has a bumper sticker on her car that reads “Fix Your F—-ing Cats.”
Savannah also asked for help from Lindsey’s friends, who may “know anywhere she might go during a mental health crisis.”
Lindsey, 43, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. There are no details on what she was wearing at the time she went missing.
- 2/18/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
J. Alexander Martin, the co-founder of apparel company Fubu, is launching a new streaming platform that will deliver culturally relevant and diverse content, Variety has learned exclusively.
For Us By Us Network — the same moniker behind the billion dollar fashion brand Fubu — will launch in April 2022 as a subscription digital streaming channel.
Martin co-founded For Us By Us Network with Roberto “Rush” Evans, a creative executive who has been behind such hits as the “Love and Hip Hop” franchise. The network will be rooted in authentic and raw content around topics, people and trends related to hip-hop culture and lifestyle, and the programming will be distinctly targeted to an African American audience.
For Us By Us had previously been operating as a production company, selling content to venues such as Fox Soul. Now, it’ll transform into a full-fledged streaming network, uniquely blending as both an AVOD and SVOD platform...
For Us By Us Network — the same moniker behind the billion dollar fashion brand Fubu — will launch in April 2022 as a subscription digital streaming channel.
Martin co-founded For Us By Us Network with Roberto “Rush” Evans, a creative executive who has been behind such hits as the “Love and Hip Hop” franchise. The network will be rooted in authentic and raw content around topics, people and trends related to hip-hop culture and lifestyle, and the programming will be distinctly targeted to an African American audience.
For Us By Us had previously been operating as a production company, selling content to venues such as Fox Soul. Now, it’ll transform into a full-fledged streaming network, uniquely blending as both an AVOD and SVOD platform...
- 2/16/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
BlackOps Studios Asia from the Philippines, Story Arch Pictures from the U.S. and Agog Film from Hong Kong have joined forces to develop, produce and finance a slate of genre movies that target the streaming marketplace.
The 16-title slate comprises nine films and seven series in the action, horror and sci-fi genres, with 11 flowing from BlackOps, two from Story Arch and three from Agog. The lineup is being unveiled this week at the European Film Market, the online companion to the in-person Berlin Film Festival.
The slate has development support from the Philippines-based creative agency Psyops8 and is expected to tap into incentives and location support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp). Leading Philippines media group Abs-cbn has already come on board “Sellblock,” a prison-set action drama that is one of the first titles to emerge from BlackOps stable and is now in pre-production.
Both BlackOps...
The 16-title slate comprises nine films and seven series in the action, horror and sci-fi genres, with 11 flowing from BlackOps, two from Story Arch and three from Agog. The lineup is being unveiled this week at the European Film Market, the online companion to the in-person Berlin Film Festival.
The slate has development support from the Philippines-based creative agency Psyops8 and is expected to tap into incentives and location support from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp). Leading Philippines media group Abs-cbn has already come on board “Sellblock,” a prison-set action drama that is one of the first titles to emerge from BlackOps stable and is now in pre-production.
Both BlackOps...
- 2/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Halestorm spell-out their hard-rock mission statement on the new track “The Steeple,” a defiant redemption song that finds the band’s Lzzy Hale emerging from the wilderness of pandemic isolation.
“This is my kingdom / this is my cathedral / this is my castle / these are my people,” she howls. “It’s been a long road outta hell / up to the steeple.” The dramatic high point, though, comes not in the chorus, but after guitarist Joe Hottinger’s intricate, spiderweb solo, when Hale repeats the chorus a cappella.
The Grammy-winning band released...
“This is my kingdom / this is my cathedral / this is my castle / these are my people,” she howls. “It’s been a long road outta hell / up to the steeple.” The dramatic high point, though, comes not in the chorus, but after guitarist Joe Hottinger’s intricate, spiderweb solo, when Hale repeats the chorus a cappella.
The Grammy-winning band released...
- 2/4/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Few things stay buried for long on Dynasty, be they diamonds, corpses or secret half-children. Enter Eliza Bennett as Amanda Carrington.
Bennett, best known as one half of MTV’s gone-too-soon Sweet/Vicious, is joining the cast of The CW’s reboot as Alexis’ estranged daughter, TVLine has learned. Though Bennett has yet to make her Season 4 debut, we have confirmed that she’s already set to return for Season 5 as a series regular.
More from TVLineCoroner's Serinda Swan Talks the Return of an Old Tragedy, [Spoiler]'s Health Scare and Liam's LetterRiverdale Recap: A Portrait of the Gangster as a...
Bennett, best known as one half of MTV’s gone-too-soon Sweet/Vicious, is joining the cast of The CW’s reboot as Alexis’ estranged daughter, TVLine has learned. Though Bennett has yet to make her Season 4 debut, we have confirmed that she’s already set to return for Season 5 as a series regular.
More from TVLineCoroner's Serinda Swan Talks the Return of an Old Tragedy, [Spoiler]'s Health Scare and Liam's LetterRiverdale Recap: A Portrait of the Gangster as a...
- 8/19/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Halestorm have announced the follow-up to their 2018 album Vicious. The hard-rock band’s fifth studio LP will be released in 2022.
While a specific release date, track list or even title have yet to be revealed, the group debuted the LP’s first single. “Back From the Dead” is a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles — even death. “I’m back from the dead alive/hell couldn’t hold me down,” singer-guitarist Lzzy Hale wails, as her brother and drummer Arejay Hale and bassist Josh Smith lay down an ominous rhythm.
While a specific release date, track list or even title have yet to be revealed, the group debuted the LP’s first single. “Back From the Dead” is a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles — even death. “I’m back from the dead alive/hell couldn’t hold me down,” singer-guitarist Lzzy Hale wails, as her brother and drummer Arejay Hale and bassist Josh Smith lay down an ominous rhythm.
- 8/18/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Wscripted has unveiled its inaugural Cannes Screenplay List of scripts in the English language to option at Cannes.
Wscripted is the first online marketplace for sourcing and curating excellent work written by women and women-identifying writers in film TV, and publishing. Among the screenplays on the list are works by Lucy Powers (“The Road to Hebron”), Nathalie Marchak (“A Beautiful Journey”), Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris (“People Like Us”) and Sundance Institute fellow Deborah S. Esquenazi (“A Killing on Park”).
The Inaugural List is designed to offer a resource for producers and executives to discover new female talent by highlighting excellent projects by international women writers during the Cannes Film Market. Its mission is to help speed up opportunities for female writers on the list and drive the development of female content.
Ellie Jamen, founder and CEO of Wscripted, was invited as a Guest of Honor to the 2021 Cannes Film...
Wscripted is the first online marketplace for sourcing and curating excellent work written by women and women-identifying writers in film TV, and publishing. Among the screenplays on the list are works by Lucy Powers (“The Road to Hebron”), Nathalie Marchak (“A Beautiful Journey”), Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris (“People Like Us”) and Sundance Institute fellow Deborah S. Esquenazi (“A Killing on Park”).
The Inaugural List is designed to offer a resource for producers and executives to discover new female talent by highlighting excellent projects by international women writers during the Cannes Film Market. Its mission is to help speed up opportunities for female writers on the list and drive the development of female content.
Ellie Jamen, founder and CEO of Wscripted, was invited as a Guest of Honor to the 2021 Cannes Film...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The streaming service, UrbanflixTV, has tapped actor-director Kim Fields to executive produce and direct the new series “Vicious,” which hails from an all-female, Black producing team, Variety has learned exclusively.
A half-hour dramatic comedy, “Vicious” will follow a fashion designer, Chantel, whose success is overshadowed by her deep denial about the cycle of abuse she internally endures. With the assistance of her secret weapon, the publicist to her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but her husband’s narcissistic behavior threatens to tear down the house she built.
The cast of “Vicious” will be announced closer to the series premiere.
Originally a short film digital series, “Vicious” was created by Jill E. Ramsey, CEO of Jilly Thunda Productions, and written by authors Amaleka McCall-Braithwaite and Tu-Shonda Whitaker. Ramsey will serve as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Fields, Tami Roman and Kimberly Ogletree, CEO of Karat Entertainment.
“Bringing...
A half-hour dramatic comedy, “Vicious” will follow a fashion designer, Chantel, whose success is overshadowed by her deep denial about the cycle of abuse she internally endures. With the assistance of her secret weapon, the publicist to her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but her husband’s narcissistic behavior threatens to tear down the house she built.
The cast of “Vicious” will be announced closer to the series premiere.
Originally a short film digital series, “Vicious” was created by Jill E. Ramsey, CEO of Jilly Thunda Productions, and written by authors Amaleka McCall-Braithwaite and Tu-Shonda Whitaker. Ramsey will serve as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Fields, Tami Roman and Kimberly Ogletree, CEO of Karat Entertainment.
“Bringing...
- 5/5/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The story of pool phenom Danny Basavich (aka Kid Delicious) is in the works for the small screen. Emmy-winning writer Todd Robinson (White Squall) and producer Rocky Lang have acquired Basavich’s life rights to develop an eight-episode limited series.
Basavich grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey. An innocuous kid turned international pool hustler, Basavich eventually had to turn his sights to professional pool when his impressive talent was exposed via the internet. No one would play him for money. He acquired the nickname Kid Delicious after defeating a player monickered Kid Vicious.
“Over two years ago, Robinson traveled to New Jersey to spend time with Danny and his family and has been staying in close contact with them since then in the hope of acquiring the much sought-after rights to this inspiring tale about the ultimate hustle,” said a representative for Robinson.
Robinson will write and direct...
Basavich grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey. An innocuous kid turned international pool hustler, Basavich eventually had to turn his sights to professional pool when his impressive talent was exposed via the internet. No one would play him for money. He acquired the nickname Kid Delicious after defeating a player monickered Kid Vicious.
“Over two years ago, Robinson traveled to New Jersey to spend time with Danny and his family and has been staying in close contact with them since then in the hope of acquiring the much sought-after rights to this inspiring tale about the ultimate hustle,” said a representative for Robinson.
Robinson will write and direct...
- 4/9/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sid Gentle Films, the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning producers behind “Killing Eve” and “The Durrells,” headed by Sally Woodward Gentle (pictured below), has acquired the rights to develop Cash Carraway’s “Skint Estate” for TV, and has lined up a lead writer for previously announced “Taking Up Space.” Both projects are in formal development with British broadcasters.
“Skint Estate” is a darkly funny, searingly political, debut memoir from Carraway, described as “a scream against austerity that rises full of rage,” set in a landscape of public housing, police cells, refuges and peepshows. With working title “Shit Show,” the series is in formal development with BBC, and Cash will adapt all episodes. BBC Studios will distribute.
Cash has been described as “the new voice of a generation” by the London Times and the book launched to rave reviews. She recently announced the prequel to “Skint Estate,” “Fleshpot,” will be published by...
“Skint Estate” is a darkly funny, searingly political, debut memoir from Carraway, described as “a scream against austerity that rises full of rage,” set in a landscape of public housing, police cells, refuges and peepshows. With working title “Shit Show,” the series is in formal development with BBC, and Cash will adapt all episodes. BBC Studios will distribute.
Cash has been described as “the new voice of a generation” by the London Times and the book launched to rave reviews. She recently announced the prequel to “Skint Estate,” “Fleshpot,” will be published by...
- 10/8/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
While Captain America and Iron Man saw their stories brought to a close in Avengers: Endgame, there seemed to be plenty of opportunities for new tales with the God of Thunder, and Marvel Studios will take full advantage of it, tapping Taika Waititi, who shaped the delightful Thor: Ragnarok, to make Thor 4 a reality.
Waititi had been set to direct a live action adaptation of Akira for Warner Bros, but after that project was put on hold indefinitely because of “script development concerns” he found room in his schedule for Thor 4.
So, when will the gang be back in business? Natalie Portman, who will return to the main cast as Jane Foster alongside Chris Hemsworth in the fourquel (perfectly cromulent word) said very recently that filming will get underway in Australia at the beginning of 2021. Her character will be back in a Big way in the film, as Thor 4 will...
Waititi had been set to direct a live action adaptation of Akira for Warner Bros, but after that project was put on hold indefinitely because of “script development concerns” he found room in his schedule for Thor 4.
So, when will the gang be back in business? Natalie Portman, who will return to the main cast as Jane Foster alongside Chris Hemsworth in the fourquel (perfectly cromulent word) said very recently that filming will get underway in Australia at the beginning of 2021. Her character will be back in a Big way in the film, as Thor 4 will...
- 10/8/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Narrative has hired publicists Maria Herrera and Rachael Reiss, who were recently vice presidents at Rogers & Cowan Pmk.
Together, Herrera and Reiss’ client list include Olivia Wilde, James Gunn, Chris Miller and Phil Lord. They also represent Hiro Murai (“Atlanta”), producer Brad Fuller (“A Quiet Place”), producer Andrew Form (“A Quiet Place”), Nahnatchka Khan, John Francis Daley and Johnathan Goldstein, Adele Lim (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Katie Silberman (“Booksmart”), Matt Kaplan’s Ace Entertainment (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) and Gary Janetti (“Vicious”).
Herrera most recently served as VP of Entertainment Strategies at Rogers & Cowan Pmk. She works with talent, filmmakers and showrunners, and has run awards campaigns for some of the industry’s top directors and writers. Reiss most recently served as VP of Entertainment Strategies, and has been representing creatives in film and television for 15 years.
Narrative was founded in 2017 by Heidi Lopata, Liz Mahoney, Megan Moss Pachon and Bryna Rifkin.
Together, Herrera and Reiss’ client list include Olivia Wilde, James Gunn, Chris Miller and Phil Lord. They also represent Hiro Murai (“Atlanta”), producer Brad Fuller (“A Quiet Place”), producer Andrew Form (“A Quiet Place”), Nahnatchka Khan, John Francis Daley and Johnathan Goldstein, Adele Lim (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Katie Silberman (“Booksmart”), Matt Kaplan’s Ace Entertainment (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) and Gary Janetti (“Vicious”).
Herrera most recently served as VP of Entertainment Strategies at Rogers & Cowan Pmk. She works with talent, filmmakers and showrunners, and has run awards campaigns for some of the industry’s top directors and writers. Reiss most recently served as VP of Entertainment Strategies, and has been representing creatives in film and television for 15 years.
Narrative was founded in 2017 by Heidi Lopata, Liz Mahoney, Megan Moss Pachon and Bryna Rifkin.
- 9/1/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Halestorm revisit some of their past songs on the new EP Reimagined, out now. But the project isn’t a clichéd set of acoustic readings; instead, the hard-rock band stays true to the EP’s title and revamps the arrangements. Their 2009 debut single “I Get Off” taps into brooding funk, while 2012’s “Break In” becomes a duet between Lzzy Hale and Amy Lee of Evanescence.
The left-field head-turner, however, is a faithful cover of “I Will Always Love You,” written by Dolly Parton and a signature hit for Whitney Houston.
The left-field head-turner, however, is a faithful cover of “I Will Always Love You,” written by Dolly Parton and a signature hit for Whitney Houston.
- 8/14/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: contains spoilers for the I May Destroy You finale.
Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is a tour de force creation of laser-focused storytelling. A creator working at the current height (but clearly not yet the apex) of her power, Coel’s take on trauma and consent is the kind of prestige exploration that only a survivor could write. The series starts with Coel’s pitch-perfect take on the nuts and bolts of trauma, from the intrusive thoughts and sarcasm toward art therapy to the ringing we hear when main character Arabella is triggered to Arabella downplaying her own trauma by comparing it to various global tragedies. But Coel goes beyond that and puts every kind of consent under the microscope, pushing the audience to look at the aspects of rape culture that make us the most queasy, even if – especially if – they’re inside ourselves.
With Arabella...
Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is a tour de force creation of laser-focused storytelling. A creator working at the current height (but clearly not yet the apex) of her power, Coel’s take on trauma and consent is the kind of prestige exploration that only a survivor could write. The series starts with Coel’s pitch-perfect take on the nuts and bolts of trauma, from the intrusive thoughts and sarcasm toward art therapy to the ringing we hear when main character Arabella is triggered to Arabella downplaying her own trauma by comparing it to various global tragedies. But Coel goes beyond that and puts every kind of consent under the microscope, pushing the audience to look at the aspects of rape culture that make us the most queasy, even if – especially if – they’re inside ourselves.
With Arabella...
- 7/14/2020
- by Delia Harrington
- Den of Geek
Film based loosely on Jewish folk tale.
Oliver Park, the British director behind viral short Vicious, will make his feature directorial debut on Abyzou, a horror story set in the Hasidic world that Millennium Media is taking to the Cannes virtual market.
The film is based loosely on a Jewish folk tale about a family struggling with unresolved trauma who find themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon determined on destroying them from the inside.
Abyzou taps into Jewish mysticism and aims to blend harrowing drama with a twist on classic horror conventions.
Hank Hoffman wrote the screenplay from...
Oliver Park, the British director behind viral short Vicious, will make his feature directorial debut on Abyzou, a horror story set in the Hasidic world that Millennium Media is taking to the Cannes virtual market.
The film is based loosely on a Jewish folk tale about a family struggling with unresolved trauma who find themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon determined on destroying them from the inside.
Abyzou taps into Jewish mysticism and aims to blend harrowing drama with a twist on classic horror conventions.
Hank Hoffman wrote the screenplay from...
- 6/22/2020
- ScreenDaily
They include Hurricane Films’ Sid Vicious biopic ’Something Else’.
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
A drama about Sid Vicious and his mother is among four UK projects to receive a tranche of development funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe Media programme.
Something Else (aka Ma Vicious) will be written and directed by Justin Edgar of 104 Films and received €50,000 from Creative Europe.
The awards will be some of the last in the UK to receive support from the fund as the UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe programme, due to start in January 2021, as a result of the UK leaving...
- 5/20/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- 5/16/2020
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Jody Sawyer and her terrible turnout are about to pirouette into a new venue: the small screen.
A TV adaptation of the 2000 dance movie Center Stage is in development at Sony Pictures Television, our sister site Deadline reports. Sweet/Vicious creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is on board to write, executive-produce and direct the pilot.
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Laurence Mark, who produced the film and its two sequels — Center Stage: Turn It Up...
A TV adaptation of the 2000 dance movie Center Stage is in development at Sony Pictures Television, our sister site Deadline reports. Sweet/Vicious creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is on board to write, executive-produce and direct the pilot.
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Laurence Mark, who produced the film and its two sequels — Center Stage: Turn It Up...
- 5/12/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Columbia Pictures film Center Stage, which was released on May 12, 2000 and launched the feature careers of Zoe Saldana and Amanda Schull.
Center Stage, a follow-up series to the cult film, has now been put in development by Sony Pictures Television. It comes from Sweet/Vicious creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Laurence Mark, producer of the 2000 movie and its two sequels, and Temple Hill Entertainment.
Written by Robinson, who also executive produces and will direct the potential pilot, Center Stage is a series continuation of the original film set today within the highly competitive world of dance. It follows a new, inclusive class of dancers as they work to stay at the academy and clash against the traditional students and style the Aba is known for. Ballet has always been a conformist world, but with Cooper Nielson now at the helm of the Aba and the ABC,...
Center Stage, a follow-up series to the cult film, has now been put in development by Sony Pictures Television. It comes from Sweet/Vicious creator Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Laurence Mark, producer of the 2000 movie and its two sequels, and Temple Hill Entertainment.
Written by Robinson, who also executive produces and will direct the potential pilot, Center Stage is a series continuation of the original film set today within the highly competitive world of dance. It follows a new, inclusive class of dancers as they work to stay at the academy and clash against the traditional students and style the Aba is known for. Ballet has always been a conformist world, but with Cooper Nielson now at the helm of the Aba and the ABC,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Mrs America, the Cate Blanchett-fronted drama about the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly, was supposed to exist in a world where Hillary Clinton was President of the United States of America.
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
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Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
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Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
- 4/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Margaret Glaspy, Devotion ****
Caroline Rose, Superstar, ***1/2
Margaret Glaspy’s second album begins with a brief jolt of vocoder that recalls the statement-making opening to “Oh, What a World,” a highlight from Kacey Musgraves’ 2018 album Golden Hour. Musgraves’ synth-country blockbuster provided a template for how roots-based songwriters can strive for modern pop ambition without sacrificing songcraft.
Devotion, the latest from New York singer-songwriter Glaspy, is one of the most fully-formed efforts to come out in the wake of Golden Hour. Glaspy doesn’t tear down so much expand and build upon...
Caroline Rose, Superstar, ***1/2
Margaret Glaspy’s second album begins with a brief jolt of vocoder that recalls the statement-making opening to “Oh, What a World,” a highlight from Kacey Musgraves’ 2018 album Golden Hour. Musgraves’ synth-country blockbuster provided a template for how roots-based songwriters can strive for modern pop ambition without sacrificing songcraft.
Devotion, the latest from New York singer-songwriter Glaspy, is one of the most fully-formed efforts to come out in the wake of Golden Hour. Glaspy doesn’t tear down so much expand and build upon...
- 3/27/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
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