“Film is forever.”
Nicole Kidman, the 49th recipient of the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, made her acceptance speech on the Dolby Theatre stage on Saturday, April 27 about the filmmakers who’ve shaped her career — and her love for movies and storytelling.
The Academy Award-winning actress was joined by presenters including her “Big Little Lies” co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, a past AFI recipient who handed Kidman the honors at the night’s end. “Can I just say, Meryl Streep? I just loved you. I always loved you. I don’t know what it is. You’re a beacon of excellence and warmth and generosity, and you’ve been my guiding light. To see this from you, you have no idea. My husband can attest, my parents can attest, it’s always been you, and no one can touch you.”
Kidman’s opening remarks set the tone for a...
Nicole Kidman, the 49th recipient of the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, made her acceptance speech on the Dolby Theatre stage on Saturday, April 27 about the filmmakers who’ve shaped her career — and her love for movies and storytelling.
The Academy Award-winning actress was joined by presenters including her “Big Little Lies” co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, a past AFI recipient who handed Kidman the honors at the night’s end. “Can I just say, Meryl Streep? I just loved you. I always loved you. I don’t know what it is. You’re a beacon of excellence and warmth and generosity, and you’ve been my guiding light. To see this from you, you have no idea. My husband can attest, my parents can attest, it’s always been you, and no one can touch you.”
Kidman’s opening remarks set the tone for a...
- 4/28/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Champ Marshawn Lynch (Bottoms), Mustafa Shakir, Cam Gigandet, André Eriksen, and Lio Tipton are boarding 87North and Universal’s original action movie With Love.
They join previously cast Oscar winner winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose, as well as Daniel Wu in the pic set for release on Feb. 7, 2025. For Quan, it’s his first major leading man role post Everything, Everywhere All at Once.
The movie hails from vet stunt and fight coordinator Jonathan Eusebio who is making his feature directorial debut. Eusebio’s credits include Black Panther, The Avengers, the John Wick films, The Matrix Resurrections, Violent Night, Deadpool 2, The Fate of the Furious, Doctor Strange, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Wolverine, The Bourne Legacy and 87North’s upcoming summer kickoff title,...
They join previously cast Oscar winner winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose, as well as Daniel Wu in the pic set for release on Feb. 7, 2025. For Quan, it’s his first major leading man role post Everything, Everywhere All at Once.
The movie hails from vet stunt and fight coordinator Jonathan Eusebio who is making his feature directorial debut. Eusebio’s credits include Black Panther, The Avengers, the John Wick films, The Matrix Resurrections, Violent Night, Deadpool 2, The Fate of the Furious, Doctor Strange, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Wolverine, The Bourne Legacy and 87North’s upcoming summer kickoff title,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran TV executive Jeremy Gold, who has been at Blumhouse Television for eight years, most recently as President of Production, is stepping down. He is transitioning to a production deal with the indie studio for his newly launched Gold Company.
Gold serves as an executive producer on three upcoming series for Amazon, which are tentpoles on Blumhouse TV’s 2024/2025 slate. That includes The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon, from creator Grainger David and showrunner Erik Oleson, which is currently in production in Atlanta; The Sticky, starring Margo Martindale, from creators Brian Donovan and Ed Herro and producers Jamie Lee Curtis and Megamix’s Jonathan Levine; as well as Scarpetta, based on Patricia Cornwell’s best-selling book series, which is eying a two-season order, with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis starring and executive producing and Liz Sarnoff showrunning.
Additionally, Gold is shepherding several projects at Blumhouse TV, with the studio having first-look at his development.
Gold serves as an executive producer on three upcoming series for Amazon, which are tentpoles on Blumhouse TV’s 2024/2025 slate. That includes The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon, from creator Grainger David and showrunner Erik Oleson, which is currently in production in Atlanta; The Sticky, starring Margo Martindale, from creators Brian Donovan and Ed Herro and producers Jamie Lee Curtis and Megamix’s Jonathan Levine; as well as Scarpetta, based on Patricia Cornwell’s best-selling book series, which is eying a two-season order, with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis starring and executive producing and Liz Sarnoff showrunning.
Additionally, Gold is shepherding several projects at Blumhouse TV, with the studio having first-look at his development.
- 4/10/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Jenn Adams tears a page from the new horror comedy and thirsts on threats similar to Lisa’s Creature.
Everybody loves a bad boy. There’s something appealing about a guy who disregards the rules and dreamy delinquents have been known to make even wholesome girls grow weak in the knees. Sometimes it’s the air of danger that heightens the appeal, allowing us to look past the most monstrous physiques.
The new horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein delivers a swoon worthy monster with Cole Sprouse’s Creature, a resurrected corpse who’s spent the last two centuries buried in the local Bachelor’s Cemetery. His tears may smell, and his body may be rotting, but the hunky fiend...
Everybody loves a bad boy. There’s something appealing about a guy who disregards the rules and dreamy delinquents have been known to make even wholesome girls grow weak in the knees. Sometimes it’s the air of danger that heightens the appeal, allowing us to look past the most monstrous physiques.
The new horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein delivers a swoon worthy monster with Cole Sprouse’s Creature, a resurrected corpse who’s spent the last two centuries buried in the local Bachelor’s Cemetery. His tears may smell, and his body may be rotting, but the hunky fiend...
- 2/7/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Murray Bartlett, Annie Murphy, and “The Good Fight” alum Christine Baranski have signed on to star in Season 2 of Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers” as series regulars along with Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Aras Aydin and Lucas Englander.
Bartlett is set to portray Brian; Murphy and Baranski will take on the roles of Imogen and Victoria, respectively. Variety previously reported on Bartlett being in talks to star in June.
De Leon is attached to star as Agnes. Richardson-Sellers will portray Wolfie. Aydin will star as Matteo, and Englander will step into the role of Martin. In her acting debut, musician King Princess will play Tina. Additional character details have yet to be released.
Season 1, which debuted on Hulu in August 2021, followed nine stressed strangers from the city as they venture to a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation in an attempt to get on a...
Bartlett is set to portray Brian; Murphy and Baranski will take on the roles of Imogen and Victoria, respectively. Variety previously reported on Bartlett being in talks to star in June.
De Leon is attached to star as Agnes. Richardson-Sellers will portray Wolfie. Aydin will star as Matteo, and Englander will step into the role of Martin. In her acting debut, musician King Princess will play Tina. Additional character details have yet to be released.
Season 1, which debuted on Hulu in August 2021, followed nine stressed strangers from the city as they venture to a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation in an attempt to get on a...
- 12/14/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Skydance Sports has closed a deal with Gary Ross to rewrite and direct Old Time Hockey, from an original screenplay written by Kevin Jakubowski. The film will be produced by Skydance Sports and Jeremy Latcham.
The original screenplay is set in the rust belt of Pennsylvania involving a high school hockey rivalry from the mid-’90s that gets re-kindled 25 years later.
Ross is no stranger to uplifting sports movies as he directed and wrote the hit horse racing pic Seabiscuit, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The four-time Oscar nominee has made a career out of writing and directing hit pics that include Pleasantville, The Hunger Games, and most recently Ocean’s 8 starring Sandra Bullock.
Jakubowski wrote the Black List feature screenplay 8-Bit Christmas which received both a PGA Award and Humanitas Prize nomination. His other credits include the screenplay for Assassination of a High School President,...
The original screenplay is set in the rust belt of Pennsylvania involving a high school hockey rivalry from the mid-’90s that gets re-kindled 25 years later.
Ross is no stranger to uplifting sports movies as he directed and wrote the hit horse racing pic Seabiscuit, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The four-time Oscar nominee has made a career out of writing and directing hit pics that include Pleasantville, The Hunger Games, and most recently Ocean’s 8 starring Sandra Bullock.
Jakubowski wrote the Black List feature screenplay 8-Bit Christmas which received both a PGA Award and Humanitas Prize nomination. His other credits include the screenplay for Assassination of a High School President,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron have gotten to usher in a new era of action thanks to their efforts from both 87Eleven and 87North productions with their respective films, John Wick and Atomic Blonde. Both films aimed to combine the chaos and extended sequences of gunplay action with raw, gritty martial arts in a stylized manner. Additionally, Seth Rogen had dabbled a bit in crossing over into action with Pineapple Express and The Green Hornet with various responses.
It’s recently been reported by industry insider, Daniel Richtman, that Universal is rumored to be making Spy House. Spy House is set to star Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in a mystery film where the plot involves, “When a group of spies go to a safe house after a job gone wrong, they realize there’s a killer in the house.” Rogen is set to direct with frequent collaborator...
It’s recently been reported by industry insider, Daniel Richtman, that Universal is rumored to be making Spy House. Spy House is set to star Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in a mystery film where the plot involves, “When a group of spies go to a safe house after a job gone wrong, they realize there’s a killer in the house.” Rogen is set to direct with frequent collaborator...
- 11/13/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Chris McCumber is departing Blumhouse Television after three years as President. The unit’s President of Production, Jeremy Gold, will step into the top role on an interim basis. A search is underway for a new head of the TV group, which is getting downsized, with several people — believed to be fewer than 10 — being laid off today. (Blumhouse’s total headcount in film and TV is almost 100.)
The staff reductions are coming mostly from the TV division’s Creative and Business Affairs departments, sources said. The unscripted group, led by Gretchen Palek, will remain intact, as will Blumhouse’s shared services groups including Production, Casting, Hr, Marketing and Finance.
Blumhouse TV scripted head Chris Dickie (EVP Scripted Programming and Development) is staying put and will be assisting Gold during the transition, with Gold stepping up his role on the slate of Blumhouse TV series that are expected to go...
The staff reductions are coming mostly from the TV division’s Creative and Business Affairs departments, sources said. The unscripted group, led by Gretchen Palek, will remain intact, as will Blumhouse’s shared services groups including Production, Casting, Hr, Marketing and Finance.
Blumhouse TV scripted head Chris Dickie (EVP Scripted Programming and Development) is staying put and will be assisting Gold during the transition, with Gold stepping up his role on the slate of Blumhouse TV series that are expected to go...
- 10/6/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: While quarterback Brock Purdy continues to kick ass with the San Francisco 49ers, Skydance is looking to the tell story of another player that shares Purdy’s nickname “Mr. Irrelevant,” the moniker given to the last pick in the NFL draft. Sources tell Deadline that the studio is developing a movie about John Tuggle, who was given the title after being the last pick of the last round of the 1983 NFL draft. Jonathan Levine is directing and Nick Santora is penning the script.
The pic will be produced by Skydance Sports, with Levine producing with Gillian Bohrer for Megamix along with Santora, who’ll produce through his banner Blackjack Films. The film will tell the inspiring, heartfelt and true story of Tuggle, drafted by the New York Giants, and his enduring impact on his team and teammates.
“Mr. Irrelevant” first started in 1976 with the drafting of USC receiver Paul Salata,...
The pic will be produced by Skydance Sports, with Levine producing with Gillian Bohrer for Megamix along with Santora, who’ll produce through his banner Blackjack Films. The film will tell the inspiring, heartfelt and true story of Tuggle, drafted by the New York Giants, and his enduring impact on his team and teammates.
“Mr. Irrelevant” first started in 1976 with the drafting of USC receiver Paul Salata,...
- 10/3/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Clockwise from top left: Fair Play (Netflix), Pain Hustlers (Netflix), Us (Universal), Get Out (Universal)Image: The A.V. Club
Jordan Peele fans rejoice—Netflix brings the horror hits Get Out and Us to its library just in time for Halloween movie marathons. Also on deck is the David Yates crime...
Jordan Peele fans rejoice—Netflix brings the horror hits Get Out and Us to its library just in time for Halloween movie marathons. Also on deck is the David Yates crime...
- 9/29/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
On Seth Rogen’s first trip to TIFF, he supported a pair of films, including one with a challenging goal: cracking jokes about cancer.
In 2011, the Vancouver native made his way to Toronto for the premieres of Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz — which focused on marital challenges for Rogen and onscreen wife Michelle Williams — and Jonathan Levine’s 50/50. The latter was loosely based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser and followed a radio personality played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who gets diagnosed with spinal cancer (the film’s title references the survival rate). Rogen was a producer and played Gordon-Levitt’s supportive best friend alongside co-stars Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston.
One pivotal scene involved shaving Gordon-Levitt’s head, which the team had one chance to nail. “It was the first day of filming, and we improvised the whole thing, which is not wise when...
In 2011, the Vancouver native made his way to Toronto for the premieres of Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz — which focused on marital challenges for Rogen and onscreen wife Michelle Williams — and Jonathan Levine’s 50/50. The latter was loosely based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser and followed a radio personality played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who gets diagnosed with spinal cancer (the film’s title references the survival rate). Rogen was a producer and played Gordon-Levitt’s supportive best friend alongside co-stars Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston.
One pivotal scene involved shaving Gordon-Levitt’s head, which the team had one chance to nail. “It was the first day of filming, and we improvised the whole thing, which is not wise when...
- 9/9/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The success of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" this summer was a sign that the box office has more or less fully recovered from the decimation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, Hollywood's studios have decided to celebrate this victory by strapping themselves to a rocket like Wile E. Coyote and firing themselves directly into another crisis. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' back-to-back failure to negotiate new deals with the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA means that Hollywood has been almost completely shut down by a dual actors and writers strike, something it hasn't faced for more than 60 years.
Since the actors strike means movie stars can't promote their work or even walk the red carpet at premieres, studios are already feeling the pain at the box office. Rather than return to the negotiating table with SAG-AFTRA, however, the favored solution has been to delay upcoming movies from their...
Since the actors strike means movie stars can't promote their work or even walk the red carpet at premieres, studios are already feeling the pain at the box office. Rather than return to the negotiating table with SAG-AFTRA, however, the favored solution has been to delay upcoming movies from their...
- 8/26/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Helen Mirren in Wonder sequel pushed into third quarter.
Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.
White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed the film because Mirren and cast members are not allowed to do any promotional work during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The calculation is the sequel to Wonder – which earned $132m at the North American box office and $315m worldwide in 2017 – will benefit from a later launch,...
Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.
White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed the film because Mirren and cast members are not allowed to do any promotional work during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The calculation is the sequel to Wonder – which earned $132m at the North American box office and $315m worldwide in 2017 – will benefit from a later launch,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Helen Mirren in Wonder sequel pushed into third quarter.
Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.
White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed the film because Mirren and cast members are not allowed to do any promotional work during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The calculation is the sequel to Wonder – which earned $132m at the North American box office and $315m worldwide in 2017 – will benefit from a later launch,...
Lionsgate has pushed the releases of Helen Mirren drama White Bird and the Dirty Dancing sequel due to disruption caused by the ongoing Hollywood double strike.
White Bird has moved from its August 18 slot into the third quarter with no specific date yet. Screen understands Lionsgate pushed the film because Mirren and cast members are not allowed to do any promotional work during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The calculation is the sequel to Wonder – which earned $132m at the North American box office and $315m worldwide in 2017 – will benefit from a later launch,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Lionsgate is making moves to its release calendar, including dating the video game feature Borderlands for summer 2024 and pushing dates for Dirty Dancing sequel and its prequel to Wonder.
Borderlands is now set to bow on Aug. 9, 2024. The film hails from director Eli Roth, and also underwent additional photography from Deadpool filmmaker Tim Miller. Borderlands, based on the popular gaming franchise, is a big swing for Lionsgate, which secured big stars to fill out the expansive cast of characters. The call sheet includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett and Edgar Ramirez. Borderlands launched in 2009, and spawned multiple sequels that have sold a combined 66 million units. Gearbox Software and publisher 2K released Borderlands 3 in 2019.
White Bird: A Wonder Story was slated for an Aug. 25 wide release, but is now undated with an eye for the fourth quarter of 2023. The Marc Forster...
Borderlands is now set to bow on Aug. 9, 2024. The film hails from director Eli Roth, and also underwent additional photography from Deadpool filmmaker Tim Miller. Borderlands, based on the popular gaming franchise, is a big swing for Lionsgate, which secured big stars to fill out the expansive cast of characters. The call sheet includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett and Edgar Ramirez. Borderlands launched in 2009, and spawned multiple sequels that have sold a combined 66 million units. Gearbox Software and publisher 2K released Borderlands 3 in 2019.
White Bird: A Wonder Story was slated for an Aug. 25 wide release, but is now undated with an eye for the fourth quarter of 2023. The Marc Forster...
- 7/20/2023
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Lionsgate is pushing the theatrical releases of this August’s White Bird: A Wonder Story and next year’s Dirty Dancing sequel from director Jonathan Levine due to the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike, we hear.
White Bird, the spin-off prequel to the studio’s 2017 box office smash Wonder, was set to launch limited on Aug. 18 and go wider on Aug. 25. It’s now undated for Q4 at the end of this year. That leaves the last weekend in August without a wide theatrical release, which isn’t that unusual for that point in summer. White Bird stars Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson, and it’s the type of movie that really needs the push from its actors to raise it above the fray. Now it’s in the Oscar season corridor, which is a better spot than the dog days of August. Best to wait the strike out.
White Bird, the spin-off prequel to the studio’s 2017 box office smash Wonder, was set to launch limited on Aug. 18 and go wider on Aug. 25. It’s now undated for Q4 at the end of this year. That leaves the last weekend in August without a wide theatrical release, which isn’t that unusual for that point in summer. White Bird stars Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson, and it’s the type of movie that really needs the push from its actors to raise it above the fray. Now it’s in the Oscar season corridor, which is a better spot than the dog days of August. Best to wait the strike out.
- 7/20/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has officially renewed “Nine Perfect Strangers” for a second season.
Nicole Kidman will return as star and executive producer, along with a new cast nearing deals to join in the Swiss Alps-set installment that includes “White Lotus” star Murray Bartlett, Liv Ullmann, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Aras Aydin.
Kidman stars as Masha, the lead counselor at Tranquillum House, who has her own traumatic past involving a dead daughter. The ten-day retreat offered at Masha’s health and wellness resort serves al sorts of purposes, from helping those mourning loss to getting people in better physical shape.
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Nicole Kidman’s AFI Life Achievement Tribute Postponed Due to Writers’ Strike
The first season, based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, starred Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Grace PattenA, Luke Evans, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Tiffany Boone, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Zoe Terakes,...
Nicole Kidman will return as star and executive producer, along with a new cast nearing deals to join in the Swiss Alps-set installment that includes “White Lotus” star Murray Bartlett, Liv Ullmann, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Aras Aydin.
Kidman stars as Masha, the lead counselor at Tranquillum House, who has her own traumatic past involving a dead daughter. The ten-day retreat offered at Masha’s health and wellness resort serves al sorts of purposes, from helping those mourning loss to getting people in better physical shape.
Also Read:
Nicole Kidman’s AFI Life Achievement Tribute Postponed Due to Writers’ Strike
The first season, based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, starred Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Grace PattenA, Luke Evans, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Tiffany Boone, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Zoe Terakes,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Nearly two years after it premiered — and 13 months after renewal talks were first reported — Nine Perfect Strangers is getting another season on Hulu.
The Disney-run streamer has officially ordered a second season of the drama, with Nicole Kidman set to return as the head of an exclusive wellness resort where people go to find a path to improving their lives. The show will feature a new cast of resort-goers, with Murray Bartlett, Liv Ullman, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Aras Aydin all in talks to join Kidman.
Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, the show’s first season premiered in August 2021 with Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Shannon, Manny Jacinto, Asher Keddie, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Samara Weaving, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Regina Hall starring opposite Kidman.
In May 2022, THR reported on renewal talks for the series while noting that Nine Perfect Strangers...
The Disney-run streamer has officially ordered a second season of the drama, with Nicole Kidman set to return as the head of an exclusive wellness resort where people go to find a path to improving their lives. The show will feature a new cast of resort-goers, with Murray Bartlett, Liv Ullman, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Aras Aydin all in talks to join Kidman.
Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, the show’s first season premiered in August 2021 with Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Shannon, Manny Jacinto, Asher Keddie, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Samara Weaving, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Regina Hall starring opposite Kidman.
In May 2022, THR reported on renewal talks for the series while noting that Nine Perfect Strangers...
- 6/21/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Nine Perfect Strangers” has officially been renewed for Season 2 at Hulu.
Variety reported in May 2022 that the show was nearing a deal to return, though no castings were confirmed at that time. It is now confirmed that Nicole Kidman will return in the role of resort director Masha as well as in her capacity as executive producer.
In addition, “White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” breakout Murray Bartlett is nearing a deal to star in Season 2, according to sources. The role would deepen Bartlett’s relationship with Hulu, as he recently starred in the streamer’s limited series “Welcome to Chippendales” opposite Kumail Nanjiani.
Also joining “Nine Perfect Strangers” for its second season are Liv Ullmann, Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson Sellers, and Aras Aydin.
The first season was based on the book of the same name by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty. It took place at a...
Variety reported in May 2022 that the show was nearing a deal to return, though no castings were confirmed at that time. It is now confirmed that Nicole Kidman will return in the role of resort director Masha as well as in her capacity as executive producer.
In addition, “White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” breakout Murray Bartlett is nearing a deal to star in Season 2, according to sources. The role would deepen Bartlett’s relationship with Hulu, as he recently starred in the streamer’s limited series “Welcome to Chippendales” opposite Kumail Nanjiani.
Also joining “Nine Perfect Strangers” for its second season are Liv Ullmann, Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson Sellers, and Aras Aydin.
The first season was based on the book of the same name by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty. It took place at a...
- 6/21/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In 2012, the Canadian government-sanctioned Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers discovered that its precious barrels of sweet sap had been (gasp) stolen. Gone was the sugary liquid that filled the Fpaq warehouses. In its stead was mere water, unfit to pour over a hot stack of pancakes or glaze a juicy pork chop. It sounds silly, but the event cost Fpaq $18.7 million Cad and ranks among the most costly thefts in Canadian history. Judging by the fact that syrup production accounts for about $1.1 billion Cad to Canada's Gdp, the country's government took the crime very seriously. Now, the story is getting the Hollywood adaptation treatment in a half-hour comedy series coming to Prime Video.
Canada produces 90% of the world's maple syrup, and about 72% of that supply comes from the province of Quebec. That means at least 70% of the entire world's syrup was stolen and illegally distributed sometime between 2011 and...
Canada produces 90% of the world's maple syrup, and about 72% of that supply comes from the province of Quebec. That means at least 70% of the entire world's syrup was stolen and illegally distributed sometime between 2011 and...
- 4/18/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
Newly-minted Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is set to guest star in the upcoming Amazon comedy series “The Sticky.”
It was previously announced that Curtis would executive produce the series, which was ordered at Amazon in April 2022. In addition, Guillaume Cyr has joined the show in one of its lead roles alongside Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos.
Production is now underway on the series in and around Montreal. As previously announced, the series is inspired by the true story of the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” in which 70% of the world’s global maple syrup supply was stolen.
The official series decription states: “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm,...
It was previously announced that Curtis would executive produce the series, which was ordered at Amazon in April 2022. In addition, Guillaume Cyr has joined the show in one of its lead roles alongside Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos.
Production is now underway on the series in and around Montreal. As previously announced, the series is inspired by the true story of the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” in which 70% of the world’s global maple syrup supply was stolen.
The official series decription states: “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Production is underway on the new Prime Video series “The Sticky,” with Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos and Guillaume Cyr leading the cast of the true-story heist comedy. Inspired by the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” the story follows the 2011 theft of 70% of the global maple syrup supply – about $13 million U.S. worth of the sticky stuff.
Recent Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis will also executive produce and guest star in the series, which is produced by Blumhouse Television, Megamix, Comet Pictures and Canadian producers Sphere Media.
The show revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to freedom. With the help of Remy Bouchard (Cyr), a mild-mannered security guard,...
Recent Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis will also executive produce and guest star in the series, which is produced by Blumhouse Television, Megamix, Comet Pictures and Canadian producers Sphere Media.
The show revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to freedom. With the help of Remy Bouchard (Cyr), a mild-mannered security guard,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos and Guillaume Cyr are set to star in The Sticky, Prime Video’s Canadian comedy series from Blumhouse Television, Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures, Jonathan Levine’s Megamix and Sphere Media. Newly minted Oscar winner Curtis will guest star in the series, inspired by the true story dubbed the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” which made headlines around the world in 2011 when 70% of the global maple syrup supply — about Can$18 million worth — was stolen.
The English-language series is starting production in Quebec for a 2024 premiere and will film in and around Montreal with Canadian directors Michael Dowse and Joyce Wong.
The Sticky revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that...
The English-language series is starting production in Quebec for a 2024 premiere and will film in and around Montreal with Canadian directors Michael Dowse and Joyce Wong.
The Sticky revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that...
- 3/22/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos have been cast in the lead roles of the upcoming Amazon series “The Sticky,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The show was originally ordered at Amazon back in April 2022. As previously reported, the series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The real heist involved the theft of $18 million dollars (Cad) of of Quebec’s national maple syrup, which is more than 70% of the global maple syrup supply.
Per the official logline for the half-hour comedy series, “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Clarke (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to freedom. With the help of Remy Bouchard,...
The show was originally ordered at Amazon back in April 2022. As previously reported, the series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The real heist involved the theft of $18 million dollars (Cad) of of Quebec’s national maple syrup, which is more than 70% of the global maple syrup supply.
Per the official logline for the half-hour comedy series, “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Clarke (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to freedom. With the help of Remy Bouchard,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you’ll no doubt find a number of genre outlets running lists of horror movies to watch for the most romantic day of the year. Warm Bodies is likely to appear on most if not all of them, but there’s another reason to revisit the 2013 film this year: Lionsgate is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) edition in Steelbook packaging, available exclusively at Best Buy.
I realize Twilight is practically a pejorative on a horror site, but we probably wouldn’t have Warm Bodies if sparkling vampires hadn’t paved the way. Both films are coming-of-age romances with monsters based on young adult books. Warm Bodies has the added benefit of the proliferation of zombies in pop culture heralded by The Walking Dead, plus a sense of humor akin to Shaun of the Dead or Zombieland.
I realize Twilight is practically a pejorative on a horror site, but we probably wouldn’t have Warm Bodies if sparkling vampires hadn’t paved the way. Both films are coming-of-age romances with monsters based on young adult books. Warm Bodies has the added benefit of the proliferation of zombies in pop culture heralded by The Walking Dead, plus a sense of humor akin to Shaun of the Dead or Zombieland.
- 2/10/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Channing Tatum just might follow Patrick Swayze’s dance-ready footsteps for a remake of “Ghost.”
The “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” star revealed in a Vanity Fair cover story that his production company Free Association has the rights to the 1990 Oscar-winning film.
“Now I know why they put this in ‘Ghost,'” Tatum said during the interview set in a pottery class. “This whole process is very, very sexual.”
Tatum added, “We have the rights to ‘Ghost.'”
Per Vanity Fair, Tatum told the interviewer that Free Association is “trying to pull together a remake of Ghost, with him potentially playing the Patrick Swayze role.” However, the reimagining would be sans “problematic” stereotypes, as Vanity Fair wrote.
Tatum said, “But we’re going to do something different. I think it needs to change a little bit.”
IndieWire has reached out to Tatum’s team and Free Association for comment.
“Ghost” starred...
The “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” star revealed in a Vanity Fair cover story that his production company Free Association has the rights to the 1990 Oscar-winning film.
“Now I know why they put this in ‘Ghost,'” Tatum said during the interview set in a pottery class. “This whole process is very, very sexual.”
Tatum added, “We have the rights to ‘Ghost.'”
Per Vanity Fair, Tatum told the interviewer that Free Association is “trying to pull together a remake of Ghost, with him potentially playing the Patrick Swayze role.” However, the reimagining would be sans “problematic” stereotypes, as Vanity Fair wrote.
Tatum said, “But we’re going to do something different. I think it needs to change a little bit.”
IndieWire has reached out to Tatum’s team and Free Association for comment.
“Ghost” starred...
- 1/17/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Writer/Director Jonathan Levine‘s zombie romantic comedy Warm Bodies turns ten in February 2023, and it’s getting a brand new physical release to celebrate.
Lionsgate is bringing Warm Bodies to 4K Ultra HD Steelbook just in time for Valentine’s Day, and the release is packed with special features and gorgeous packaging designed by artist Matt Ryan Tobin.
Warm Bodies tells “an unlikely romance between a beautiful teen girl and a sensitive undead slacker sets off a chain of events with the power to transform the world.”
The cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, Cory Hardrict, and John Malkovich.
You’ll be able to bring this release home to your Valentine on February 7, 2023.
Special Features include:
Boy Meets, ER, Doesn’T Eat Girl R&j A Little Less Dead Extreme Zombie Makeover! A Wreck In Progress Bustin’ Caps Beware The Boneys Whimsical Sweetness:...
Lionsgate is bringing Warm Bodies to 4K Ultra HD Steelbook just in time for Valentine’s Day, and the release is packed with special features and gorgeous packaging designed by artist Matt Ryan Tobin.
Warm Bodies tells “an unlikely romance between a beautiful teen girl and a sensitive undead slacker sets off a chain of events with the power to transform the world.”
The cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, Cory Hardrict, and John Malkovich.
You’ll be able to bring this release home to your Valentine on February 7, 2023.
Special Features include:
Boy Meets, ER, Doesn’T Eat Girl R&j A Little Less Dead Extreme Zombie Makeover! A Wreck In Progress Bustin’ Caps Beware The Boneys Whimsical Sweetness:...
- 12/13/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jackson White and Grace Van Patten in ‘Tell Me Lies’ (Photo by: Josh Stringer/Hulu)
Hulu isn’t going to leave Tell Me Lies fans hanging. The streaming service has officially confirmed the drama, based on Carola Lovering’s bestselling novel, has been renewed for season two.
Season one premiered on September 7, 2022 and wrapped up on October 26th. Hulu’s announcement didn’t include any details on the new season or when we can expect it to arrive.
Executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer took to Twitter to express her appreciation of all the support shown by Hulu and the series’ fans. “I’ve been blown away on a daily basis by the messages I receive about the show and I can’t wait to give you guys another season that will simultaneously entertain and traumatize you.” – @@MoppyOpps
The 10-episode first season starred Grace Van Patten as Lucy Albright and Jackson White as Stephen DeMarco.
Hulu isn’t going to leave Tell Me Lies fans hanging. The streaming service has officially confirmed the drama, based on Carola Lovering’s bestselling novel, has been renewed for season two.
Season one premiered on September 7, 2022 and wrapped up on October 26th. Hulu’s announcement didn’t include any details on the new season or when we can expect it to arrive.
Executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer took to Twitter to express her appreciation of all the support shown by Hulu and the series’ fans. “I’ve been blown away on a daily basis by the messages I receive about the show and I can’t wait to give you guys another season that will simultaneously entertain and traumatize you.” – @@MoppyOpps
The 10-episode first season starred Grace Van Patten as Lucy Albright and Jackson White as Stephen DeMarco.
- 11/29/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
“Tell Me Lies” has been renewed for Season 2 at Hulu.
The series, based on the Carola Lovering novel of the same name, debuted its first season on the streaming service on Sept. 7. The season finale aired on Oct. 26.
The cast of the series includes Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Catherine Missal, Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Branden Cook, Benjamin Wadsworth, and Alicia Crowder.
Per the official logline, the series “follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of 8 years. When Lucy Albright (Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (White) meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any typical campus romance, they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.”
Meaghan Oppenheimer developed the book for television in addition...
The series, based on the Carola Lovering novel of the same name, debuted its first season on the streaming service on Sept. 7. The season finale aired on Oct. 26.
The cast of the series includes Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Catherine Missal, Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Branden Cook, Benjamin Wadsworth, and Alicia Crowder.
Per the official logline, the series “follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of 8 years. When Lucy Albright (Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (White) meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any typical campus romance, they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.”
Meaghan Oppenheimer developed the book for television in addition...
- 11/29/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has renewed soapy college drama “Tell Me Lies” for Season 2, one month after the first season finale hit the streaming service.
“Tell Me Lies” documents the tumultuous relationship between then college students Lucy and Stephen as it unfolds over eight years, with its first season hinging on the mysterious death of Lucy’s first year roommate.
Though no official Season 2 release date or information about cast or plot are known, executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer told TheWrap before the renewal that a potential second season would showcase more of the characters’ adult years starting with the engagement party, while also picking up where the series left off in college.
Oppenheimer also teased in October that potential future episodes will shine a light on other ensemble characters, namely Diana and Bree, since “everyone wants a lot more Bree.”
Grace Van Patten and Jackson White took lead roles in season one as Lucy and Stephen,...
“Tell Me Lies” documents the tumultuous relationship between then college students Lucy and Stephen as it unfolds over eight years, with its first season hinging on the mysterious death of Lucy’s first year roommate.
Though no official Season 2 release date or information about cast or plot are known, executive producer and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer told TheWrap before the renewal that a potential second season would showcase more of the characters’ adult years starting with the engagement party, while also picking up where the series left off in college.
Oppenheimer also teased in October that potential future episodes will shine a light on other ensemble characters, namely Diana and Bree, since “everyone wants a lot more Bree.”
Grace Van Patten and Jackson White took lead roles in season one as Lucy and Stephen,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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Hulu wants some more of its bad romance.
The Disney-run streamer has renewed Tell Me Lies for a second season, just over a month after its 10-episode first season concluded. The drama is from creator and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer and 20th Television and is based on a novel by Carola Lovering.
Season one follows the tumultuous, intoxicating — and just plain toxic — relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) over the course of eight years. They meet at college, a time meet at college, when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any campus romance, Lucy and Stephen fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
In addition to Van Patten and White, the season one cast includes Catherine Missal,...
Hulu wants some more of its bad romance.
The Disney-run streamer has renewed Tell Me Lies for a second season, just over a month after its 10-episode first season concluded. The drama is from creator and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer and 20th Television and is based on a novel by Carola Lovering.
Season one follows the tumultuous, intoxicating — and just plain toxic — relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) over the course of eight years. They meet at college, a time meet at college, when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any campus romance, Lucy and Stephen fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
In addition to Van Patten and White, the season one cast includes Catherine Missal,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hulu has ordered a second season of Tell Me Lies.
Based on Carola Lovering’s novel, Tell Me Lies follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of eight years. When Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any typical campus romance, they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
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Based on Carola Lovering’s novel, Tell Me Lies follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of eight years. When Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any typical campus romance, they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
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- 11/29/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Scrambled, written by and starring Leah McKendrick, who makes her feature directorial debut on the comedy, which just wrapped filming.
Produced by Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer’s Megamix, along with Brett Haley and Amanda Mortimer, and executive producer Mariah Owen, the film stars McKendrick as Nellie Robinson, a broke, single 34-year-old, fresh off a breakup, who faces down an existential crisis when she decides to freeze her eggs. McKendrick wrote the script following her own egg-retrieval experience last year.
The ensemble cast includes Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino (Dave), Clancy Brown, Laura Cerón, Adam Rodriguez, Yvonne Strahovski (Handmaid’s Tale), June Diane Raphael, Noah Silver (Tyrant), and Sterling Sulieman (Station 19). The cast also includes Max Adler, Mimi Kennedy, Camille Mana, and Matt Pascua.
Produced by Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer’s Megamix, along with Brett Haley and Amanda Mortimer, and executive producer Mariah Owen, the film stars McKendrick as Nellie Robinson, a broke, single 34-year-old, fresh off a breakup, who faces down an existential crisis when she decides to freeze her eggs. McKendrick wrote the script following her own egg-retrieval experience last year.
The ensemble cast includes Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino (Dave), Clancy Brown, Laura Cerón, Adam Rodriguez, Yvonne Strahovski (Handmaid’s Tale), June Diane Raphael, Noah Silver (Tyrant), and Sterling Sulieman (Station 19). The cast also includes Max Adler, Mimi Kennedy, Camille Mana, and Matt Pascua.
- 9/21/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Most stories set in college are designed to push you in one of two directions: idealizing or mortifying. Either they make you pine for a life of cafeteria tables and late-night dorm room chats or they quickly train you to have a stomach-seeking feeling at the mere sight of a brick building lecture hall. The new Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” doesn’t spend much time in a classroom, but its romantic drama/mystery hybrid approach keeps it in a curious middle zone between rosy optimism and overwhelming dread.
The show begins well after graduation, with Lucy (Grace Van Patten) prepping for a rehearsal dinner where she’ll reunite with a bunch of her friends from during (and presumably after) college years. At the reception, when she locks eyes with ex Stephen (Jackson White), the show hops back in time to look at the tangled web of crushes, hookups, and...
The show begins well after graduation, with Lucy (Grace Van Patten) prepping for a rehearsal dinner where she’ll reunite with a bunch of her friends from during (and presumably after) college years. At the reception, when she locks eyes with ex Stephen (Jackson White), the show hops back in time to look at the tangled web of crushes, hookups, and...
- 9/7/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Click here to read the full article.
Typically, it probably wouldn’t be a good thing that, after five hourlong episodes — halfway into the season! — I still don’t quite know what to make of Stephen (Jackson White), the male lead of Hulu’s Tell Me Lies. Here, though, it’s just proof the show is working exactly as intended.
Whenever he starts to tiptoe toward full-on villainy, the series will grant him a hearbreaking reveal or a moment of genuine sweetness; whenever he threatens to seem too likable, it’ll drop in a casual reminder of how breathtakingly callous he can be. The push-pull puts us more or less in the same shoes as protagonist Lucy (Grace Van Patten), who spends years wriggling on his hook before she’s finally able to cut herself free — and it’s that keen understanding of the psychology driving its central relationship that...
Typically, it probably wouldn’t be a good thing that, after five hourlong episodes — halfway into the season! — I still don’t quite know what to make of Stephen (Jackson White), the male lead of Hulu’s Tell Me Lies. Here, though, it’s just proof the show is working exactly as intended.
Whenever he starts to tiptoe toward full-on villainy, the series will grant him a hearbreaking reveal or a moment of genuine sweetness; whenever he threatens to seem too likable, it’ll drop in a casual reminder of how breathtakingly callous he can be. The push-pull puts us more or less in the same shoes as protagonist Lucy (Grace Van Patten), who spends years wriggling on his hook before she’s finally able to cut herself free — and it’s that keen understanding of the psychology driving its central relationship that...
- 9/6/2022
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ever since 1985, brains have been on the menu in zombie movies. It wasn't enough that the living dead could tear you apart and feast on your flesh, now they'll use your skull as a serving dish. But what if eating brains connected you with the person you ate, and what if all that's needed to be human (again) is a connection?
That's one of the conceits behind "Warm Bodies," Jonathan Levine's fourth feature film and his second horror picture after "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane." Levine adapts Isaac Marion's 2010 novel of the same name, itself nodding to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The two households both alike in dignity in this story are humans and the living dead, eight years after the fall of civilization in a zombie apocalypse.
Nicholas Hoult stars as a zombie known as R, who roams an airport with his fellow flesh-eaters,...
That's one of the conceits behind "Warm Bodies," Jonathan Levine's fourth feature film and his second horror picture after "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane." Levine adapts Isaac Marion's 2010 novel of the same name, itself nodding to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The two households both alike in dignity in this story are humans and the living dead, eight years after the fall of civilization in a zombie apocalypse.
Nicholas Hoult stars as a zombie known as R, who roams an airport with his fellow flesh-eaters,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, said her husband would not be tempted into reappearing in the planned Dirty Dancing reboot 35 years on from the original.
Lisa was married to Swayze from 1975 until his death at the age of 57 in 2009 from pancreatic cancer.
"It's very strange to have someone so far away and yet have them still so incredibly close in your heart," Lisa told Entertainment Tonight.
“I feel like he’s with me every day, but of course, it’d be nice to have him physically in the room. But, I tell you what, we had a great ride and there’s so much to be grateful for.”
Dirty Dancing tells the story of a young woman (Jennifer Grey) who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at her family summer camp.
Back in 2020, it was announced that Grey would be reprising the role of Frances...
Lisa was married to Swayze from 1975 until his death at the age of 57 in 2009 from pancreatic cancer.
"It's very strange to have someone so far away and yet have them still so incredibly close in your heart," Lisa told Entertainment Tonight.
“I feel like he’s with me every day, but of course, it’d be nice to have him physically in the room. But, I tell you what, we had a great ride and there’s so much to be grateful for.”
Dirty Dancing tells the story of a young woman (Jennifer Grey) who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at her family summer camp.
Back in 2020, it was announced that Grey would be reprising the role of Frances...
- 8/20/2022
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
Nobody puts Baby in the corner, but can anybody replace Patrick Swayze?
“Dirty Dancing” icon Jennifer Grey revealed just how “tricky” it is to make a sequel film without her late co-star Swayze, who died at age 57 of pancreatic cancer in September 2009. Swayze portrayed summer retreat dance instructor Johnny Castle, who falls for camp guest Frances “Baby” Houseman while preparing for a dance competition.
“There will never be another Johnny,” Grey told Entertainment Weekly during a 35th-anniversary tribute for the film. “There will never be another Patrick. This sequel has got to be its own standalone piece. It’s very tricky.”
Set in 1963, “Dirty Dancing” was released to rave reviews in 1987; a sequel, slated to take place in the 1990s, was announced earlier this year with “Long Shot” helmer Jonathan Levine directing and co-writing the script that may be “exploring” a reunion with the original cast.
“I can’t tell you much,...
“Dirty Dancing” icon Jennifer Grey revealed just how “tricky” it is to make a sequel film without her late co-star Swayze, who died at age 57 of pancreatic cancer in September 2009. Swayze portrayed summer retreat dance instructor Johnny Castle, who falls for camp guest Frances “Baby” Houseman while preparing for a dance competition.
“There will never be another Johnny,” Grey told Entertainment Weekly during a 35th-anniversary tribute for the film. “There will never be another Patrick. This sequel has got to be its own standalone piece. It’s very tricky.”
Set in 1963, “Dirty Dancing” was released to rave reviews in 1987; a sequel, slated to take place in the 1990s, was announced earlier this year with “Long Shot” helmer Jonathan Levine directing and co-writing the script that may be “exploring” a reunion with the original cast.
“I can’t tell you much,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Click here to read the full article.
Lionsgate has unveiled plans for the yacht rock musical comedy Sailing, with Woody Harrelson in talks to star.
The jukebox musical comedy will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of 1970s musicians discovering the smooth sounds and lifestyle from yacht rock. The soft rock music genre dominated FM radio during that period.
Harrelson recently starred in Venom: Let There Be Carnage. His upcoming work includes The Man From Toronto, opposite Kevin Hart, and the HBO TV series The White House Plumbers. Chris D’Arienzo, creator of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, sold the pitch for Sailing along with Jeremy Plager, who will develop and produce with MegaMix (Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer) and Harrelson.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Jeremy, Jonathan, Gillian, Chris, and Woody, and we’re confident that it will not only have a phenomenal soundtrack, but...
Lionsgate has unveiled plans for the yacht rock musical comedy Sailing, with Woody Harrelson in talks to star.
The jukebox musical comedy will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of 1970s musicians discovering the smooth sounds and lifestyle from yacht rock. The soft rock music genre dominated FM radio during that period.
Harrelson recently starred in Venom: Let There Be Carnage. His upcoming work includes The Man From Toronto, opposite Kevin Hart, and the HBO TV series The White House Plumbers. Chris D’Arienzo, creator of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, sold the pitch for Sailing along with Jeremy Plager, who will develop and produce with MegaMix (Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer) and Harrelson.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Jeremy, Jonathan, Gillian, Chris, and Woody, and we’re confident that it will not only have a phenomenal soundtrack, but...
- 7/15/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Woody Harrelson is in negotiations to lead the ensemble of “Sailing,” a new comedy musical by “Rock of Ages” creator Chris D’Arienzo, for Lionsgate.
Taking place in the late ’70s, the film will chronicle the adventures of a group of musicians as they make their way into the sounds and lifestyle of “yacht rock,” a variation of soft rock that came to prominence on FM radio during that era.
Jeremy Plager, who worked with D’Arienzo to sell the pitch, will develop and produce with Harrelson and Megamix’s Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer as part of the production banner’s first-look deal with Lionsgate.
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“Everything about the yacht rock vibe, ethos and lifestyle will be brought on board this fun and hilarious nostalgic comedy,” said Lionsgate president of production Erin Westerman in a release. “We’re...
Taking place in the late ’70s, the film will chronicle the adventures of a group of musicians as they make their way into the sounds and lifestyle of “yacht rock,” a variation of soft rock that came to prominence on FM radio during that era.
Jeremy Plager, who worked with D’Arienzo to sell the pitch, will develop and produce with Harrelson and Megamix’s Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer as part of the production banner’s first-look deal with Lionsgate.
Also Read:
Neon Acquires Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Out of Cannes
“Everything about the yacht rock vibe, ethos and lifestyle will be brought on board this fun and hilarious nostalgic comedy,” said Lionsgate president of production Erin Westerman in a release. “We’re...
- 7/15/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson is in talks to join Lionsgate’s ensemble 1970s jukebox musical Sailing from Rock of Ages creator Chris D’Arienzo.
Project is billed as a bunch of musicians in the late 1970s as they discover the smooth sounds and smoother lifestyle that is yacht rock, the soft rock music genre that took over FM radio during that era.
D’Arienzo sold the pitch with Jeremy Plager, who will develop and produce with MegaMix (Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer) and Harrelson.
Speaking of yachts, Harrelson recently starred as the hysterical, Marxist captain of one in the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winning comedy Triangle of Sadness.
“Everything about the yacht rock vibe, ethos and lifestyle will be brought on board this fun and hilarious nostalgic comedy,” said Lionsgate president of production Erin Westerman. “We’re thrilled to be working with Jeremy, Jonathan, Gillian, Chris, and Woody,...
Project is billed as a bunch of musicians in the late 1970s as they discover the smooth sounds and smoother lifestyle that is yacht rock, the soft rock music genre that took over FM radio during that era.
D’Arienzo sold the pitch with Jeremy Plager, who will develop and produce with MegaMix (Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer) and Harrelson.
Speaking of yachts, Harrelson recently starred as the hysterical, Marxist captain of one in the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winning comedy Triangle of Sadness.
“Everything about the yacht rock vibe, ethos and lifestyle will be brought on board this fun and hilarious nostalgic comedy,” said Lionsgate president of production Erin Westerman. “We’re thrilled to be working with Jeremy, Jonathan, Gillian, Chris, and Woody,...
- 7/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate announced this afternoon that their Dirty Dancing sequel starring Jennifer Grey will hit theaters on Feb. 9, 2024.
Deadline first reported about the project, which Jonathan Levine is directing off a screenplay by Elizabeth Chomko, Jonathan Levine, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis. In part 2, Baby (Grey) takes us back to Kellerman’s Resort for a story of summer, young romance, and dancing. That weekend is the pre-Valentine’s Day weekend and right now Universal has an untitled animation film on the calendar.
In addition, Lionsgate’s feature take of Judy Blume’s 1970 novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret will now open April 28, 2023 instead of Sept. 16 this year. Universal recently moved DreamWorks’ Distant off that date to Jan. 27, 2023. While I hear Lionsgate likes the new pre-summer date for the Judy Blume movie, I’m wondering now if New Line’s feature take of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot in the previous Sept.
Deadline first reported about the project, which Jonathan Levine is directing off a screenplay by Elizabeth Chomko, Jonathan Levine, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis. In part 2, Baby (Grey) takes us back to Kellerman’s Resort for a story of summer, young romance, and dancing. That weekend is the pre-Valentine’s Day weekend and right now Universal has an untitled animation film on the calendar.
In addition, Lionsgate’s feature take of Judy Blume’s 1970 novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret will now open April 28, 2023 instead of Sept. 16 this year. Universal recently moved DreamWorks’ Distant off that date to Jan. 27, 2023. While I hear Lionsgate likes the new pre-summer date for the Judy Blume movie, I’m wondering now if New Line’s feature take of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot in the previous Sept.
- 6/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
There just might be another crop of “Nine Perfect Strangers” on the horizon.
David E. Kelley’s Hulu drama, based on the novel by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty, looks like it’s headed for a Season 2 based on its category submissions for the 2022 Primetime Emmys.
Hulu confirmed to IndieWire that “Nine Perfect Strangers” will be submitted in the Drama categories at the Emmys rather than under the Limited Series banner. If history tells us anything, this means more “Nine Perfect” will be on the way. “Big Little Lies” went the same route with an unexpected second season following the success of the first, which HBO submitted as a Drama over Limited at the Emmys.
Creator Kelley co-wrote the first season of “Nine Perfect Strangers” alongside John-Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss, with Jonathan Levine directing. THR reported that Kelley is not expected to return as showrunner for Season 2 if greenlit.
David E. Kelley’s Hulu drama, based on the novel by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty, looks like it’s headed for a Season 2 based on its category submissions for the 2022 Primetime Emmys.
Hulu confirmed to IndieWire that “Nine Perfect Strangers” will be submitted in the Drama categories at the Emmys rather than under the Limited Series banner. If history tells us anything, this means more “Nine Perfect” will be on the way. “Big Little Lies” went the same route with an unexpected second season following the success of the first, which HBO submitted as a Drama over Limited at the Emmys.
Creator Kelley co-wrote the first season of “Nine Perfect Strangers” alongside John-Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss, with Jonathan Levine directing. THR reported that Kelley is not expected to return as showrunner for Season 2 if greenlit.
- 5/13/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Nine Perfect Strangers” has been renewed for Season 2 at Hulu.
With the announcement, Season 1 of the series will now compete in the drama series category in this year’s awards race. The move will avoid the controversy that arose from fellow Nicole Kidman-David E. Kelley series “Big Little Lies,” which won multiple statuettes in the limited series category before a second season was announced.
At this time, no casting or plot info is available about Season 2. The first season of “Nine Perfect Strangers” debuted in August 2021.
Along with Kidman, the first season starred Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone, and Manny Jacinto.
The first season was based on the book of the same name by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty. It took place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promised healing and...
With the announcement, Season 1 of the series will now compete in the drama series category in this year’s awards race. The move will avoid the controversy that arose from fellow Nicole Kidman-David E. Kelley series “Big Little Lies,” which won multiple statuettes in the limited series category before a second season was announced.
At this time, no casting or plot info is available about Season 2. The first season of “Nine Perfect Strangers” debuted in August 2021.
Along with Kidman, the first season starred Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone, and Manny Jacinto.
The first season was based on the book of the same name by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty. It took place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promised healing and...
- 5/13/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival is back at full strength for the first time since 2019, and just in time to mark the iconic event’s 75th anniversary. While the 2021 edition of Cannes was a muted affair with the market going virtual — and the sale of Gerard Butler’s “Greenland” sequel to STX emerging as the hottest deal — this year’s market is back in person with a dynamic, broad array of packages on offer, including a healthy serving of action titles, sci-fi thrillers and historical dramas. Here are some of the top titles sparking interest from buyers.
“The Beekeeper”
Jason Statham leads what one buyer argues is the “most fun and broadly commercial” package hitting the Croisette so far. The action stalwart stars in the hopeful franchise launch as a former operative of a powerful group called “The Beekepers” who sets out for revenge when his identity is blown.
Genre: Action...
“The Beekeeper”
Jason Statham leads what one buyer argues is the “most fun and broadly commercial” package hitting the Croisette so far. The action stalwart stars in the hopeful franchise launch as a former operative of a powerful group called “The Beekepers” who sets out for revenge when his identity is blown.
Genre: Action...
- 5/11/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Dirty Dancing Sequel To Be Directed By Jonathan Levine — The 1987 smash-hit, Dirty Dancing, is now getting a worthy sequel which will be helmed by filmmaker Jonathan Levine. In 1987, movie audiences had “the time of their lives” watching the 64 million grossing blockbuster hit from the now defunct Vestron Pictures, Dirty Dancing. A lot [...]
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- 5/11/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Baby is coming back. More than three decades after its original release, "Dirty Dancing" is getting a sequel. Lionsgate first teased the news during its CinemaCon presentation on April 28, which featured footage from the film and a narrator saying, "Jennifer Grey returns to Kellerman's in the next chapter."
Filmmaker Jonathan Levine of "Warm Bodies" and "Long Shot" will direct the sequel, which he has cowritten with Elizabeth Chomko. In an interview with Deadline, Levine revealed that the film has not yet been cast, though this time, Baby's story will intermingle with another plot that centers around a young woman spending the summer at the Kellerman's resort. The team apparently is in the process of narrowing down candidates to play that role.
Levine disclosed that the movie will feature several tracks from the first film, including the song "Hungry Eyes." It reportedly will also include '90s hip-hop and may feature...
Filmmaker Jonathan Levine of "Warm Bodies" and "Long Shot" will direct the sequel, which he has cowritten with Elizabeth Chomko. In an interview with Deadline, Levine revealed that the film has not yet been cast, though this time, Baby's story will intermingle with another plot that centers around a young woman spending the summer at the Kellerman's resort. The team apparently is in the process of narrowing down candidates to play that role.
Levine disclosed that the movie will feature several tracks from the first film, including the song "Hungry Eyes." It reportedly will also include '90s hip-hop and may feature...
- 5/9/2022
- by Kelsey Garcia
- Popsugar.com
It’s hard to argue that one of the most beloved movies of the 1980s is “Dirty Dancing” and Lionsgate has been developing a direct sequel for years. Production is now expected to begin this year as the project is headed to the Cannes Market.
Deadline reports that the sequel from director Jonathan Levine (“50/50“) with star Jennifer Grey reprising the role of Frances “Baby” Houseman will return to Kellerman’s in the 1990s.
Continue reading ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Returns To Kellerman’s & Will Feature ‘90s Hip-Hop at The Playlist.
Deadline reports that the sequel from director Jonathan Levine (“50/50“) with star Jennifer Grey reprising the role of Frances “Baby” Houseman will return to Kellerman’s in the 1990s.
Continue reading ‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Returns To Kellerman’s & Will Feature ‘90s Hip-Hop at The Playlist.
- 5/9/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
It’s been a while since we’ve had the time of our lives—but now we can owe it all to Jennifer Grey and Jonathan Levine for bringing it back. That’s right: Lionsgate’s sequel to the iconic 1987 film Dirty Dancing is aiming for a 2024 release date, with Long Shot’s Levine joining as director, reports Deadline. Jennifer…...
- 5/9/2022
- by Savannah Olson
- avclub.com
Jennifer Grey is returning to the world of Dirty Dancing.
Deadline reported Monday that a new movie will be directed by Jonathan Levine.
It serves as a sequel to the 1987 original, which starred Grey and the late Patrick Swayze.
The original made almost 215 million from a 4.5 million budget, making it one of the most profitable movies out there.
The success of the movie led to a 2004 prequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, as well as a stage version that sold out in several countries.
A made-for-tv remake released in 2017, starring Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes.
The new flick finds Frances "Baby" Houseman returning to Kellerman's in the 1990s.
A new love story is set to take center stage, with a coming-of-age romance featuring a young woman at the summer camp.
According to Deadline, Baby's "own journey will intertwine with this to create a multi-layered narrative."
“While the original ‘Dirty Dancing’ has...
Deadline reported Monday that a new movie will be directed by Jonathan Levine.
It serves as a sequel to the 1987 original, which starred Grey and the late Patrick Swayze.
The original made almost 215 million from a 4.5 million budget, making it one of the most profitable movies out there.
The success of the movie led to a 2004 prequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, as well as a stage version that sold out in several countries.
A made-for-tv remake released in 2017, starring Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes.
The new flick finds Frances "Baby" Houseman returning to Kellerman's in the 1990s.
A new love story is set to take center stage, with a coming-of-age romance featuring a young woman at the summer camp.
According to Deadline, Baby's "own journey will intertwine with this to create a multi-layered narrative."
“While the original ‘Dirty Dancing’ has...
- 5/9/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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