Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Napoleon, David Scarpa’s screenplay that fuels Ridley Scott’s historical epic starring Joaquin Phoenix.
The screenplay details the rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor, forming the skeleton around which Scott creates his signature action, this time around highlighted by massive and dynamic (and practical) battle sequences depicting battles at Austerlitz, Toulon and Waterloo.
At the story’s core is Napoleon’s journey to power seen via the prism of his volatile relationship with Josephine, played by Vanessa Kirby. Tahar Rahim and Rupert Everett also star.
For Scarpa and Scott, the film marks a reteam after the two worked together on All the Money in the World, the 2017 crime drama based on the true story of the 1973 kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, and the attempts by his mother to convince his...
The screenplay details the rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor, forming the skeleton around which Scott creates his signature action, this time around highlighted by massive and dynamic (and practical) battle sequences depicting battles at Austerlitz, Toulon and Waterloo.
At the story’s core is Napoleon’s journey to power seen via the prism of his volatile relationship with Josephine, played by Vanessa Kirby. Tahar Rahim and Rupert Everett also star.
For Scarpa and Scott, the film marks a reteam after the two worked together on All the Money in the World, the 2017 crime drama based on the true story of the 1973 kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, and the attempts by his mother to convince his...
- 1/5/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is no stranger to bringing true stories to life. His latest movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon," is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by David Grann, which details the disturbing, mysterious deaths of over 60 Osage people in Oklahoma in the 1920s, a period that was later deemed "The Reign of Terror."
The string of murders of the Osage people garnered widespread coverage across the country, and sparked an investigation by the Bureau of Investigation (Boi), a predecessor to the FBI. And yet, this brutal part of US history has rarely been explored in literature and school curriculum.
Actor JaNae Collins, who portrays the character Reta in the film, explained to Insider, "The story shows how racism and a general indifference toward Native lives allowed a genocidal land grab to happen and how a conspiracy of silence then prevented it from becoming part of our collective history.
The string of murders of the Osage people garnered widespread coverage across the country, and sparked an investigation by the Bureau of Investigation (Boi), a predecessor to the FBI. And yet, this brutal part of US history has rarely been explored in literature and school curriculum.
Actor JaNae Collins, who portrays the character Reta in the film, explained to Insider, "The story shows how racism and a general indifference toward Native lives allowed a genocidal land grab to happen and how a conspiracy of silence then prevented it from becoming part of our collective history.
- 10/19/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
In mid-June, less than two weeks before the start of Kevin Spacey’s U.K. criminal trial over multiple sexual assault charges, the German publication ZEITmagazin featured an interview with the actor in which he said he anticipated working again almost immediately should he be found not guilty.
“There are people right now who are ready to hire me the moment I am cleared of these charges in London,” he declared. “The second that happens, they’re ready to move forward.”
Such bold claims may come back to haunt the two-time Oscar winner, who was found not guilty of all nine charges he was facing in the U.K. In November, he was also found not liable in the New York civil case brought by U.S. actor Anthony Rapp.
With Spacey legally exonerated, is his claim that producers are now lining up to cast him true? And if so,...
“There are people right now who are ready to hire me the moment I am cleared of these charges in London,” he declared. “The second that happens, they’re ready to move forward.”
Such bold claims may come back to haunt the two-time Oscar winner, who was found not guilty of all nine charges he was facing in the U.K. In November, he was also found not liable in the New York civil case brought by U.S. actor Anthony Rapp.
With Spacey legally exonerated, is his claim that producers are now lining up to cast him true? And if so,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The verdict in Kevin Spacey’s London sexual assault trial is here. The actor has been found not guilty and cleared of all nine charges against him.
The verdict was rendered after over 48 hours of deliberation. BBC News reports that the actor appeared emotional upon being acquitted.
Spacey faced sexual and indecent assault charges from four men over incidents alleged to have occurred between 2004 and 2013 when the actor was the director of London’s famed Old Vic Theatre.
When the Crown Prosecution Service brought charges against Spacey in 2022 it raised the specter of whether the actor would be willing to travel to London to face them. If he had been unwilling, an extradition would have had to be arranged. Instead, Spacey voluntarily journeyed to London to be formally charged and has appeared every day at the Southwark Crown Court on London’s South Bank as the trial unfolded.
Spacey, 64, was...
The verdict was rendered after over 48 hours of deliberation. BBC News reports that the actor appeared emotional upon being acquitted.
Spacey faced sexual and indecent assault charges from four men over incidents alleged to have occurred between 2004 and 2013 when the actor was the director of London’s famed Old Vic Theatre.
When the Crown Prosecution Service brought charges against Spacey in 2022 it raised the specter of whether the actor would be willing to travel to London to face them. If he had been unwilling, an extradition would have had to be arranged. Instead, Spacey voluntarily journeyed to London to be formally charged and has appeared every day at the Southwark Crown Court on London’s South Bank as the trial unfolded.
Spacey, 64, was...
- 7/26/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
CrimeAmerican actor Kevin Spacey’s criminal trial in the UK over multiple sexual assault allegations has begun. The 'House of Cards' actor faces over 12 charges so far.File Photo of Kevin Spacey: WikimediaCommons/Richardc39Kevin Spacey’s criminal trial in the United Kingdom over multiple sexual assault allegations has begun and he was seen for his trial in London’s Southwark Crown Court. The House of Cards actor faces over 12 charges so far, but he has denied them all. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Spacey, 63, faces 12 charges from four different men, all dating between 2001 and 2013 and including seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault and two counts of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent." Many of the allegations relate to the period when he was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, a position he held between 2004 and 2015. As per THR,...
- 6/29/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
London, June 28 (Ians) Kevin Spacey’s criminal trial in the UK over multiple sexual assault allegations has begun and he was seen for his trial in London’s Southwark Crown Court. The ‘House of Cards’ actor faces over 12 charges so far, but he has denied them all.
According to The Hollywood Reporter: “Spacey, 63, faces 12 charges from four different men, all dating between 2001 and 2013 and including seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault and two counts of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”
Many of the allegations relate to the period where he was artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, a position he held between 2004 and 2015.
As per THR, the trial is the first in the U.K. faced by the two-time Oscar winning actor since the accusations first broke out in 2017.
The trial also marks almost one year since Spacey...
According to The Hollywood Reporter: “Spacey, 63, faces 12 charges from four different men, all dating between 2001 and 2013 and including seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault and two counts of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”
Many of the allegations relate to the period where he was artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, a position he held between 2004 and 2015.
As per THR, the trial is the first in the U.K. faced by the two-time Oscar winning actor since the accusations first broke out in 2017.
The trial also marks almost one year since Spacey...
- 6/28/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Kevin Spacey’s long-awaited criminal trial in the U.K. over multiple sexual assault allegations has begun.
The trial — due to last four weeks — started Wednesday morning U.K. time at London’s central Southwark Crown Court, with the first day mostly dedicated to getting the legal logistics in order. Spacey arrived around 9 a.m., wearing a dark blue suit, white blue shirt and pink tie.
Later in the morning, judge Mark Wall swore in a jury of 12 (actually 14, with two people serving as spares). The case was then adjourned until Friday morning.
Spacey, 63, faces 12 charges from four different men, all dating between 2001 and 2013 and including seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault, one count of causing a person to engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. All of the charges were read...
The trial — due to last four weeks — started Wednesday morning U.K. time at London’s central Southwark Crown Court, with the first day mostly dedicated to getting the legal logistics in order. Spacey arrived around 9 a.m., wearing a dark blue suit, white blue shirt and pink tie.
Later in the morning, judge Mark Wall swore in a jury of 12 (actually 14, with two people serving as spares). The case was then adjourned until Friday morning.
Spacey, 63, faces 12 charges from four different men, all dating between 2001 and 2013 and including seven counts of sexual assault, three counts of indecent assault, one count of causing a person to engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. All of the charges were read...
- 6/28/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
According to a report in Variety, pioneering experimental queer filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the director of seminal shorts like "Fireworks," "Rabbit's Moon," "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome," and "Scorpio Rising," has died at the age of 96.
The news was announced on Anger's website by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, the managers of Anger's art galleries. He had passed away on May 11, 2023, and the news was only just announced today.
Anger was a firebrand, an artistic rebel who aggressively and provocatively eschewed convention to present the world a new, cohesive type of underground, ultra-queer aesthetic that informs media and culture to this day. His shorts "Fireworks" and "Scorpio Rising" in particular blended traditionally ultra-masculine imagery -- Naval officers, leather-clad bikers -- with unapologetic gay lust, revealing the desire that exists so naturally in those worlds. Anger also blended images of queerness with religious iconography, tearing down conventional Christian morality, and introducing...
The news was announced on Anger's website by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, the managers of Anger's art galleries. He had passed away on May 11, 2023, and the news was only just announced today.
Anger was a firebrand, an artistic rebel who aggressively and provocatively eschewed convention to present the world a new, cohesive type of underground, ultra-queer aesthetic that informs media and culture to this day. His shorts "Fireworks" and "Scorpio Rising" in particular blended traditionally ultra-masculine imagery -- Naval officers, leather-clad bikers -- with unapologetic gay lust, revealing the desire that exists so naturally in those worlds. Anger also blended images of queerness with religious iconography, tearing down conventional Christian morality, and introducing...
- 5/24/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Donald Sutherland has been cast in a key recurring role in Taylor Sheridan’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves (fka Bass Reeves), exec produced by and starring David Oyelowo. Lawmen: Bass Reeves is created for television by Chad Feehan who also serves as showrunner.
The Paramount+ anthology series, which is currently filming in Texas, has been renamed Lawmen: Bass Reeves, with future iterations following other iconic lawmen who have impacted history in subsequent seasons, according to the streamer.
The show tells the story of Bass Reeves (Oyelowo), a legendary lawman of the Wild West. Known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.
Related: 2023 Paramount+ Pilots & Series Orders
Sutherland will play Judge Isaac Parker, an imposing and commanding judge in the Fort Smith Courthouse with a complicated legacy.
The Paramount+ anthology series, which is currently filming in Texas, has been renamed Lawmen: Bass Reeves, with future iterations following other iconic lawmen who have impacted history in subsequent seasons, according to the streamer.
The show tells the story of Bass Reeves (Oyelowo), a legendary lawman of the Wild West. Known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.
Related: 2023 Paramount+ Pilots & Series Orders
Sutherland will play Judge Isaac Parker, an imposing and commanding judge in the Fort Smith Courthouse with a complicated legacy.
- 4/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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