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Buffy Summers might be returning to our television screens in the near future and the planned Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot just got a big update.

In addition to Sarah Michelle Gellar joining the cast to reprise her role as Buffy Summers, the project has landed its first new slayer in actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong (via Deadline). Horror fans might recognize her from the 2022 Firestarter remake or from the tenth season of American Horror Story.

According to the outlet, the 15-year-old actor has been cast "as an introverted high-school student" in the latest Buffyverse project. Since she is also allegedly a slayer, we can assume she might be something of an outcast at school and then find her purpose when she's selected as the next generation's slayer. Buffy is likely to act as a mentor for her.

But keep in mind that, currently, the reboot is only in the pilot stage.

The hunt for the new Chosen One is over, as the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot has found its chosen one. Sarah Michelle Gellar took to a video call to share the great news with the Canadian actress, and it led to a tearful (in a good way!) acceptance.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong will take on the role of the new slayer in the Buffy reboot. She will work along side Gellar, who is returning as Buffy from the original series. There isn’t a reboot without her, and this series was not going to happen without her blessing. Gellar has shared that she wasn’t open to a reboot unless it was done correctly, and now the right people have come together with the right idea!

Sarah Michelle Gellar asks Ryan Kiera Armstrong to be her Chosen One

There were plenty of young women who went up for the role...

A Star Wars: Skeleton Crew alum has a real stake in Hulu’s potential Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong will play the new slayer in the pilot, our sister site Deadline reports, opposite original series star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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You can watch Gellar notify Armstrong she got the part in the video below,...

In every generation, there is a chosen one...and in this generation, that chosen one is Ryan Kiera Armstrong. The Star Wars: Skeleton Crew star will lead the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Variety reports that the actor will star alongside original slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar in the upcoming horror series.

Says Gellar, who will executive produce the series and recur as Buffy Summers, "From the moment I saw Ryan’s audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side. To have that kind of emotional intelligence, and talent, at such a young age is truly a gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room." The series, which was announced earlier this year, will feature Buffy as a mentor to Armstrong's new slayer; any other plot details, or returning characters from the original series, are being kept under wraps.

The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot pilot at Hulu has found its new slayer — Ryan Kiera Armstrong.

Armstrong has been cast in a lead role in the pilot opposite returning star Sarah Michelle Gellar. The pilot was originally announced at Hulu back in February. Exact plot details are under wraps, but sources previously said the pilot will focus on a new slayer with Gellar appearing in a recurring role as Buffy.

“From the moment I saw Ryan’s audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side,” Gellar said. “To have that kind of emotional intelligence , and talent, at such a young age is truly gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room.”

Gellar also shared a video on Instagram in which she tells Armstrong she got the role, which can be seen below.

Nora Zuckerman and Lila Zuckerman are attached to write,...

Exclusive: Ryan Kiera Armstrong has landed the lead opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, which has a pilot order at Hulu. Armstrong will play the new slayer in the untitled Buffyverse project, which Gellar executive produces in addition to reprising her signature role as Buffy Summers.

Oscar winner Chloé Zhao is directing the pilot, written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman. No additional information has been provided about the project, referred to as the next chapter in the Buffyverse, which comes from 20th Television and Searchlight TV. The character played by Armstrong is described in casting materials as an introverted high-school student.

There is some symbolism in Armstong’s casting as Geller’s spiritual successor — the actresses’ names, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Sarah Michelle Gellar, share the same cadence. But it was Armstong’s acting chops that won her the role,...

The cast of the latest Harlan Coben Netflix series adaptation, “I Will Find You,” has added four new cast members.

Variety has learned that Britt Lower, Logan Browning, Erin Richards, and Milo Ventimgilia will all appear in the limited series alongside lead Sam Worthington.

Based on Coben’s novel of the same name, the official logline states, “An innocent father (Worthington) serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive—and must break out of prison to find out the truth.”

Lower will play Rachel Mills, described as “David’s ex-sister-in-law and a former decorated reporter whose life fell apart after she was fired. When she discovers evidence suggesting an incredible secret, Rachel views it as a once-in-a-lifetime story that could be her ticket back to journalism.”

Lower currently stars in the hit Apple TV+ series “Severance,” which recently aired its second season finale.

Amanda Seyfried, the American actress known for her roles in movies such as “Mamma Mia,” “Red Riding Hood,” and “In Time,” stands at 5 feet 2 ½ inches, which is approximately 158.8 centimeters. She wears a shoe size 8 (US).

At Peacock’s Long Bright River premiere in New York, she looked short next to her co-stars in a glittering Marc Jacobs V-neck mini dress with jewelry from Yvonne Léon.

Liz Moore, in a floor-length metallic gown and nude heels, stands tall next to Nikki Toscano, who stuns in a black cutout gown with jeweled sandals, while Amanda Seyfried, in a dazzling gold mini dress and black pointed-toe pumps, highlights their height differences at the Long Bright River premiere on March 5, 2025 in New York City (Credit: M10s / TheNews2 / Cover Images)

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Less than a year after she finalized her divorce from Kevin Costner, Christine Baumgartner is ready for another trip down the aisle.

Yes, we’ve known for a while that there was a new man in Baumgartner’s life. But we had no idea it was this serious!

Multiple sources have now confirmed that Christine is engaged to financier Josh Connor.

Christine Baumgartner attends Omnipeace 2nd Annual Gala “Rwanda Rocks” Charity Event at Vibrato Jazz Grill on November 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images) Christine’s Big News

Though she was probably aware that haters would accuse her of rushing in, Christine has not been hiding her engagement.

In fact, a source close to the happy couple offered up a detailed account of Josh’s proposal.

“It was about to rain, so almost no one else was on the beach when Josh got down on one knee,...

Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company are in preparation for production on “I Can Only Imagine 2,” a sequel to the breakout hit “I Can Only Imagine.”

The 2018 film took in over $83 million at the domestic box office. The sequel will be directed by Brent McCorkle and Andrew Erwin from a screenplay written by McCorkle.

“I Can Only Imagine 2” will continue the inspirational true story of Bart Millard, once again played by John Michael Finley. Other returning cast members include Dennis Quaid, reprising his role as Arthur, and Trace Adkins, who returns as MercyMe manager Scott Brickell. Milo Ventimiglia joins the cast in a new role as singer/songwriter Tim Timmons.

Producers of the film include Kevin Downes, Erwin, Cindy Bond, Millard, Daryl Lefever and Joshua Walsh.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson said, “We’re excited to be partnering once again with Kingdom on this continuation of Bart’s incredible...

In the world of rising stars and child actors, let’s meet the 14-year-old prodigy Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Famously making headlines for her latest appearance in the Star Wars installment Skeleton Crew, Armstrong has grown up on the big screen in several blockbuster movies including the sequel to the horror flick It.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong in The Art of Racing in the Rain | image: 20th Century Studios

But while it’s interesting to learn about Ryan Kiera Armstrong and her legendary achievements at just 14 years of age, let’s take a look at the base of her talent. Diving deep into her family background, let us figure out the possible inspiration behind her phenomenal acting chops.

Who is Ryan Kiera Armstrong?

Born on March 10, 2010, in New York City to a Christian family, Ryan Kiera Armstrong is popularly known for her iconic achievement as a child star in the cut-throat entertainment industry.

Simon Curtis’ upcoming comedy Encore, about a group of veteran actors whose passion for their profession is reignited through a retirement home production, has gathered a quartet of Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winning stars for the ensemble cast.

The feature reunites eight-time Academy Award-nominee and three-time Emmy Award-winner Glenn Close and Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons 34 years after their critically acclaimed hit, Reversal of Fortune.

Three-time Emmy-winner Henry Winkler and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Don Johnson have also signed for the feature.

Close and Irons play former Broadway icons Marie and Nigel, who are new residents of a retirement home, where they discover a community of forgotten talents.

Motivated to revive Nigel’s passion for theatre and embrace this new chapter in their life, Marie decides to stage a production with the residents, pulling everyone out of their past and into their present.

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More than 30 years after Reversal of Fortune, Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close are ready for their Encore.

The pair, who faced off as Claus and Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 Oscar-winning thriller are set to reteam in the upcoming best-agers comedy, from British director Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn, Downton Abbey: A New Era).

Close and Irons, who also co-starred in Mike Nichols’ award-winning Broadway play The Real Thing, both winning Tony Awards for their performances, last shared the screen in 1993’s The House of Spirits. In Encore, they will play two former Broadway icons, Marie and Nigel, who become residents of a retirement home. Once there, they discover a community of forgotten talents and Marie decides to put on a show, hoping to revive Nigel’s passion for theatre and help him embrace this new chapter in their lives.

Henry Winkler (Barry, Arrested Development) and Don Johnson (Knives Out) are attached to co-star.

Kevin Costner starred as John Dutton on Paramount Network’s original neo-Western drama series Yellowstone, created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. The series recounts the story of family drama that follows along the shared borders of the Yellowstone Ranch, the Broken Rock Indian reservation, Yellowstone National Park, and land developers.

The show opened with a mixed response from critics, but it was reported that the show had become one of the most-watched television series in 2018, just behind AMC’s The Walking Dead. The series is in its fifth season, which has been split into two installments, with the second installment scheduled to premiere in November 2024. Kevin Costner’s performance as John Dutton has been highly lauded in the series, and the actor talked about voicing a very unexpected character.

Kevin Costner plays John Dutton in Yellowstone

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Exclusive: Milo Ventimiglia, star of This is Us and Heroes, has new representation.

The actor has signed with WME. He was previously repped by Verve.

It comes after he starred in ABC drama series The Company You Keep, which ran for one season. His production company Divide Pictures, which he runs with Russ Cundiff, produced that series and has sold a slew of projects to networks and streamers. Divide has a deal at 20th Television.

Ventimiglia is best known for starring in NBC drama series This Is Us, which ran for six seasons and over 100 episodes. In addition to play Jack Pearson, a character that helped him score three Emmy nominations, he also directed a number of episodes.

He recently starred in the feature film Land of Bad, opposite Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth and led Disney film The Art of Racing in the Rain, an adaptation of the novel by Garth Stein.

While Kevin Costner plans to exit Yellowstone, the actor has made his mark as the character John Dutton, in no small part because of his voice change for the role. Yellowstone is set to end after season 5, and it will be followed by a spinoff led by Matthew McConaughey. The hit Western series premiered on Paramount Network in 2018, and in addition to Costner, it stars Kelly Reilly as Beth, Wes Bentley as Jamie, Luke Grimes as Kayce, Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler, and Kelsey Asbille as Monica. Yellowstone follows the Dutton family as they work to keep control of their family ranch in Montana.

Costner gained mainstream success by starring as the lead in several movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard, and Dances with Wolves. He's also known for his appearances in such modern films as Hidden Figures and Man of Steel.

Adam Driver has been named the honorary starter for the 2023 Indianapolis 500.

The Oscar-nominated actor and Indiana native will wave the green flag for the 107th running of the event, which will take place on May 28, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Tuesday.

“Adam is going to experience one of the most exhilarating, powerful and exciting moments in all of sports as he stands atop the flag stand and waves the green flag to officially start the world’s greatest race,” J. Douglas Boles, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president, said in a statement.

The actor, who counts Michael Mann’s Ferrari among his latest projects, joins the ranks of other high profile Hollywood names to appear at the race. That includes Top Gun‘s Miles Teller, The Art of Racing in the Rain‘s Milo Ventimiglia, Ford vs Ferrari‘s Christian Bale and Matt Damon, as well as 12 Strong star Chris Hemsworth.

The best Amanda Seyfried movies have showcased the actor's underrated and versatile range of solid performances. Seyfried found her breakout role in Mean Girls and has since managed to avoid being typecast or trapped in one kind of character or movie, instead bouncing between genres and tones while working with some of the best filmmakers working right now. The Oscar-nominated actor has a long career ahead of her to be certain, but there are already some great Amanda Seyfried movies to celebrate.

Seyfried recently received some of the biggest praise and attention in her career for her Emmy-winning performance as Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout. While the miniseries allowed Seyfried to excel on the small sceen, her movie career features some of her best work and most popular projects. From Best Picture-nominated prestige projects to crowd-pleasing musicals to hilarious comedies, these Amanda Seyfried movies show her amazing versatility.

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Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia explains why he nearly quit acting once the NBC show ended. Ventimiglia portrayed Peter Petrelli in the superpowered series, which focused on seemingly ordinary people who discover that they possess extraordinary abilities. It was the actor's second-biggest role television role at the time, following his Gilmore Girls stint as Jess Mariano. But, despite two leading portrayals in very popular dramas, Ventimiglia admits that he struggled to find work once Heroes ended.

In an interview with Variety, Ventimiglia talked about how he considered walking away from Hollywood because he couldn't get a job. The comments came in the context of promoting his upcoming show, The Company You Keep, and Ventimiglia talks about how he began to doubt whether he was making the right decision by remaining an actor. Here is his full response below:

"After ‘Heroes,’ I had a hard time working, I couldn’t get a job.

This month Disney will be hosting Disney+ Day, which means the streamer’s list of new releases for September 2022 is more jam-packed than usual.

Keeping with tradition, however, the biggest release this month is of the Marvel of Star Wars variety, with Star Wars taking its turn after Marvel did with She-Hulk in August. Prequel series Andor is set to premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 21 with three episodes. Starring Diego Luga as the titular rogue, Andor will take place in the time before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Disney has big plans for this property, with an uncommonly large 12-episode order set to run throughout the fall.

Some other big Disney franchises stake their claims with month with Pixar’s Cars on the Road and The Simpsons short “Welcome to the Club” both arriving on Sept. 8. Also premiering that day is the Robert Zemeckis film Pinocchio. Later on, Disney+ will...

September is quite the month over at Disney+. The Disney streaming giant is the perfect place to spend the early months of back-to-school season, with something for the entire family. If you’re a Marvel fan, no doubt you’ll continue to watch the adventures of Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) in “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” For fans of “Rogue One,” ready to venture to a galaxy far, far away, there’s new spin-off series “Andor.” Then Halloween comes early with the premiere of the long-awaited sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2,” starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker.

With plenty more on the docket, we here at IndieWire are laying out everything coming to Disney+ this month. But among the many titles (and after plenty of hit-and-miss Disney+ franchise extensions), “Star Wars” still looms large. Originally announced at the D23 fan convention back in 2019, audiences will finally get to see...

Milo Ventimiglia will be back on TV before we know it.

ABC on Monday handed out a series order to The Company You Keep, a new drama series that is looking at a 2023 premiere.

Per the official logline, “A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma (Good Trouble‘s Catherine Haena Kim), who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally."

"While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds "

"Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.”

The Company You Keep is based on the Korean format My Fellow Citizens.

It is being penned and executive produced by Julia Cohen (Legion).

The cast includes William Fichtner as Leo,...

Sony’s Bullet Train, starring Brad Pitt, saw 4.6M in Thursday previews which began at 3pm at 3,596 locations. The pic is estimated to bring in around 30M this weekend as summer’s last big tentpole.

Interesting to note, though not necessarily a comp since it was branded IP, is that Bullet Train from director David Leitch had previews that were not that far from what his Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw posted back in early August 2019, that being 5.8M.

Next to late summer Thursday previews, Bullet Train is ahead of The Meg‘s Thursday and also last year’s The Suicide Squad at 4.1M (even though that latter title was day and date on HBO Max and saw a start of 26.2M).

Critics are sour on Bullet Train at 53 on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences love it more at 83 on Rt.

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Exclusive Ozark actor McKinley Belcher III will join the cast of Broadway’s upcoming Death of a Salesman revival starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke this fall, producers announced today.

Belcher will play Happy Loman, son of Willy (Pierce) and Linda (Clarke) Loman. The revival begins previews September 19 at the Hudson Theatre for a strictly limited 17-week engagement. Belcher joins other previously announced cast members Khris Davis as Biff and André De Shields as Willy’s brother Ben.

The production reimagines, for the first time on Broadway, Arthur Miller’s classic play from the perspective of an African American family, living and working in a White, Capitalist world.

Produced by Cindy Tolan, Elliott & Harper Productions and Kwame Kwei-Armah, Death of a Salesman is directed by Miranda Cromwell, who co-directed the London production alongside Marianne Elliott.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled to step into the continuum to tell the...

ABC has ordered the drama pilot “The Company You Keep” with Milo Ventimiglia attached to star, Variety has learned.

The pilot is based on the Korean format “My Fellow Citizens.” A night of passion leads to love between con-man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the “family business” so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand – forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.

The pilot keeps Ventimiglia in the broadcast TV business. He currently stars in the hit NBC series “This Is Us,” but that show is due to end after its sixth season, which is airing now. He earned three consecutive Emmy nominations for best actor in a...

Since the British drama “Downton Abbey” ended its six-season run, series creator Julian Fellowes penned a follow-up film released in 2019. Now, the Crawleys are returning to the big screen for a second time with “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” featuring the return of nearly all the series regulars in a film that follows the trials and tribulations of the aristocratic family and their servants later into the 1920s. Below, find the first teaser trailer from Focus Features, which is releasing the film in the U.S. in March.

Plot details remain under wraps, but the “Downton Abbey” sequel is set to take place after the events of the first film, which traced the preparation by the Crawley household for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary, an event that proved to be full of drama and intrigue at the estate.

The returning cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern,...

Nothing is more frustrating and terrifying to a writer than writer's block. All of them, whether screenwriters or critics, are familiar with the agonizing feeling of sitting in front of the computer and staring at the black line that’s blinking into our faces, threatening and outright mocking the one looking at the blank page. That's the initial feeling that accompanies the audience when American Horror Story: Red Tide commences. The first chapter of the otherwise unusual season, titled Double Feature, concluded this week, and it's one of the anthology's most inventive, bloody, and terror-inducing seasons yet.

Provincetown, Massachusetts, is a charming little seaside town surrounded by dunes, salty ocean water, and beautiful, old buildings. Harry (Finn Wittrock), an aspiring writer, his pregnant wife, Doris (Lily Rabe), and their violin prodigy, Alma (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), relocate to town for the winter so Harry can concentrate on writing. Strange things begin...

If crises continue to mount and late-summer box office fails to catch a second wind, Hollywood might have to revisit one of its few remaining sure things: a good dog movie.

Sure, Netflix and Amazon always have vintage canine classics on the shelf to stream, from Benji to Lassie, but a new weepie is also needed in the plexes — one to ease public tensions.

Further, those of us who’ve adopted a best friend to cope with the pandemic now are going back to work or to school. Or simply facing the fact that a best friend is more than we can handle, and so are the vet bills.

Given all this, exhibitors might wonder whether the cast of The Suicide Squad shouldn’t have featured canine stars like Hachi, Marley or even Scooby-Doo rather than live actors cast as Bloodsport, Ratcatcher or Sylvester Stallone’s King Shark.

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Milo Ventimiglia is set to guest star on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 4, Variety has confirmed.

Details on the character Ventimiglia will be playing are being kept under wraps. The role reunites him with “Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, with whom Ventimiglia previously worked on the beloved series “Gilmore Girls.” Ventimiglia will also be the second “This Is Us” star to join the series alongside Sterling K. Brown, who joined the Amazon show in Season 3.

In addition to his roles on “This Is Us” and “Gilmore Girls,” Ventimiglia is known for starring in shows like “Heroes” and in films like “Rocky Balboa,” “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” and “Kiss of the Damned.”

He is repped by Verve, Management 360, and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.

Ventimiglia is the latest guest star to be announced for the upcoming season of the hit series. Variety exclusively reported in March that John Waters had...

Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Animal Movies like 'Marley & Me'/20th Century Fox/Hollywood Insider YouTube Channel Introduction A News in Health article discusses how interacting with animals has been shown to decrease stress levels and lower blood pressure. Animals can also reduce loneliness and increase feelings of social support, as well as boost your mood. There are so many benefits of having an animal in your life, and films have been able to tap into this benefit over the years. For many movies, an essential role for heart and depth or comedic relief can come from animals or pets. The term “man’s best friend” was coined for a reason. It is no surprise that many films over the years incorporate these beings into their stories. Animals in film are not limited to dogs, though. The films we discuss below showcase some of the best examples of animals stealing the show.

Gillian Anderson, who was just nominated for a SAG Award and a Golden Globe for her work in “The Crown,” will star in Marc Forster’s “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” the follow-up to Lionsgate’s 2017 film “Wonder.”

Anderson will star in “White Bird” as a woman in Nazi-occupied France during World War II who must make unimaginable choices for her family after her son takes in a Jewish girl and hides her from the Germans. The film will begin production later this month.

“White Bird” is a “creative companion” to “Wonder” that sees one of the characters from the 2017 film hear a story from his grandmother about her memory of Nazi-occupied France.

The film is an adaptation of “Wonder” author R.K. Palacio’s graphic novel “White Bird” from 2019. Forster will direct the film from a script by Mark Bomback.

Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who produced “Wonder,...

Lionsgate has signed Marc Forster to direct the drama “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” a year after buying the feature films rights to the R.J. Palacio graphic novel.

The studio adapted Palacio’s popular book “Wonder” into a 2017 feature film starring Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts. “Wonder” was an impressive performer at the box office with $330 million worldwide.

“White Bird” centers on a young Jewish girl hidden away by a boy and his family in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Recounted by Grandmere to her grandson, Julian (a character first introduced to audiences in “Wonder”), the story demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges and even save lives.

Forster’s directing credits include “Neverland,” which was nominated for a best picture Academy Award; “Christopher Robin”; “World War Z”; “Quantum of Solace”; “The Kite Runner”; and “Stranger Than Fiction.” He will direct “White Bird” from a screenplay by Mark Bomback.

World War Z filmmaker Marc Forster has boarded Lionsgate’s feature adaptation of White Bird: A Wonder Story, a creative graphic novel drawn from the universe of the 2017 Lionsgate-Mandeville Films hit pic Wonder which grossed $306M WW. Forster returns to the studio where he directed the Oscar-winning Monster’s Ball 19 years ago.

In White Bird: A Wonder Story from author R.J. Palacio, Julian Albans, the 11-year-old bully who left Beecher Prep, is still waiting for that insight when he is visited by his Grandmère from Paris and is transformed by her remarkable story of compassion and courage. Grandmère’s fairy-tale life before the war abruptly changes as the Nazis occupy France, and the outcast classmate who she once shunned becomes her savior and best friend.

Scribe Mark Bomback is adapting White Bird, his previous credits include The Art of Racing in the Rain, War for the Planet of the Apes.

Marc Forster is set to direct “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” the follow-up to the 2017 Lionsgate film “Wonder” based on R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel, Lionsgate announced Thursday.

“White Bird” is set in the same universe as “Wonder” and is the story of an 11-year-old bully seen in the first film who gets a visit from his grandmother from Paris and learns about her fairy-tale childhood before she’s forced to escape from the Nazis in occupied France.

Mark Bomback wrote the screenplay based on Palacio’s graphic novel. The producers behind “Wonder,” Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, are also producing “White Bird,” as is Palacio.

Renée Wolfe will be coming on board as an executive producer. Alex Young will also serve as an executive producer.

“White Bird” was published by Alfred A. Knopf and hit bookstores last October. Palacio’s books have sold more than 15 million copies...

Mark Bomback adapts R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel.

Lionsgate has signed Marc Forster to direct White Bird: A Wonder Story, building out from the studio’s 2017 $305m global hit Wonder.

Mark Bomback adapted R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel and Wonder producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films reprise their roles alongside Palacio also serving as producer.

White Bird: A Wonder Story centres on Julian Albans, the 11-year-old bully from the original feature, who has a life-changing encounter with this grandmother from France

Her seemingly perfect life as a youngster before the war changed under Nazi occupation and...

Exclusive: Three years after an eventful awards season with Garth Davis’s Lion, composers Dustin O’Halloran and Volker Bertelmann look to contend once again, with their score to Francis Lee’s Ammonite.

On Wednesday, the pair said their latest original motion picture soundtrack, from Milan Records, will debut on Friday, November 13, sharing with Deadline their stirring lead single “Fossils.”

For O’Halloran and Bertelmann, the process of scoring Ammonite proved both smooth and organic. “We knew from Francis Lee’s previous work this would be a score full of emotion and restraint. Because the film is a period piece, it also meant finding a tone and instrumentation that would work in this world,” the composers said. “The overall length of music recorded is somewhat shorter than our other scores; therefore, we used many natural sounds, so when the pieces arrive, it feels meaningful.”

Landing on “a small chamber group of...

The gravity-abused life of iconic stuntman Evel Knievel (1938-2007) was set to be chronicled by USA Network, which last year ordered a limited series, titled Evel, with Milo Ventimiglia tapped to star as the iconic daredevil. However, the world has obviously experienced significant changes since those plans were first spun, and it seems that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused Evel to wipe out from the cable channel’s production slate.

USA Network has scrapped Evel, according to THR. The project, which was picked up to series in September 2019, saw its New Mexico production—which was finishing location prep and was on the verge of rolling cameras—shut down this past March as the pandemic escalated. That move saw Ventimiglia and the rest of the cast—Sarah Gadon, David Krumholtz and Michael Chernus—sent home. Now, four months after that event, it seems that—rather than delaying production—the network has...

Animal lovers enjoy this film narrated from a dog's perspective for their simplicity, the emotions conveyed and, of course, the beautiful story. All the love that these animals have for their human friends can be felt in every minute of the movie The Art of Racing in the Rain, so viewers can notice that it was made with a lot of respect and affection for the animal world.

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This type of film is one that leaves a mark, of those stories that remain in the audience's mind for days, weeks or years, because of all the messages of overcoming and beautiful feelings shown. Besides, the story does not end in the almost two hours of film, there are many facts surrounding the film that make it even more special. Here are 10 things everyone needs to know about The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Hollywood seems to have a bit of an obsession with dogs. Perhaps that’s not surprising, considering the fundamental role that dogs play in the lives of so many people. The flip side of this, of course, is the inescapable fact that humans live so much longer than their pets, and so they must cope with the inevitable loss of their furry loved ones.

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In their different ways, many films have addressed the profound bonds between humans and dogs, most recently The Art of Racing in the Rain.

It seems like every other week brings a new streaming service with it, but the May 27 launch of HBO Max is, indeed, a potential watershed moment. While presented as a branch of the existing HBO brand, it’s more accurately a WarnerMedia behemoth effort that unites the conglomerates many properties (plus a few original efforts) in one convenient place — that is, if you can figure out how to get it, let alone whether or not you already have access to it.

On its debut day, Variety’s chief TV critics Caroline Framke and Daniel D’Addario took a look through the new service to discuss its library, interface, and overall potential.

Caroline Framke: The first thing I did this morning was figure out how, exactly, to access HBO Max at all. In the months, weeks, days leading to this moment, the seemingly simple question of “how do you get HBO Max?...

As we wade deeper into the uncertain waters of isolated living, the list of movies and TV shows you haven’t seen already may be starting to dwindle. But fear not, quarantine content consumers — HBO is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in May, and there are lots of fresh options to keep you entertained this month.

Popular movies like “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Jaws” and “School of Rock” are all arriving Friday, May 1. Plus, the director’s cut of “Little Shop of Horrors,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “The Art of Getting By,” to name a few.

TV shows arriving throughout the month include the premiere of limited series “I Know This Much Is True” starring Mark Ruffalo, out May 10, and the season finale of HBO’s dark comedy “Run” starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, out May 24.

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May isn’t quite summer yet but it is usually time that the networks start wrapping up their newest shows and preparing for a relatively fallow summer period. Since HBO isn’t a network, it has no such business model. But May sees the winding down of some HBO blockbusters all the same.

While there are some notable new releases for HBO in May 2020, the bigger story might be the things that are ending. Westworld concludes its third season on May 3 while new series Run wraps up on May 24. Thankfully the film losses in May aren’t too bad for HBO, unless the Agent Cody Banks saga drives a lot of traffic.

The most notable TV premiere in May is I Know This Much is True, a book adaptation starring Mark Ruffalo. This is a very bleak story coming along at a bleak time in history but perhaps those two things will cancel out.

HBO has debuted the new list of movies and TV shows heading to the pay cable service in May 2020 (and what's expiring) and this month brings one of last year's biggest movies, Joker. The R-rated re-imagining of the iconic comic book character earned Joaquin Phoenix a Best Actor statue last year, and he's bringing his signature brand of chaos to HBO on May 16. Other new releases making their debut on HBO include Downton Abbey on May 9, The Art of Racing in the Rain on May 2, and last year's delightful horror …...

If you’re looking to expand your home video library and catch up on some movies during these trying times, Disney just gave your bank account a little breathing room. The Mouse House is offering a number of promotions as part of an on-going flash sale which begins this week. Many of their movies will be available for digital purchase for $4.99. In addition, the films are broken up into categories and each one will have its own sales period.

The first category, called “Feel Good Movies,” started on April 14th and features a mixture of musical and romantic comedies including Bohemian Rhapsody and Pretty Woman. This selection of films, which you can see in full below, is available until April 20th, when the next group begins.

You might be asking yourself, why would I want to pay $5 for these movies when I can just subscribe to Disney Plus for the...

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that movie lovers will be able to purchase a selection of their favorite films on digital at a special price in the U.S. Disney will offer select films starting at $4.99 for a limited time on digital platforms in the U.S. Organized into thematic collections, new films will become available each week throughout April and May and include something for everyone.

Feel Good Movies

Disney movies available for digital purchase April 14-20Starting at $4.99 each in HD/Uhd&#8226 Bohemian Rhapsody&#8226 The Greatest Showman&#8226 Napoleon Dynamite&#8226 The Devil Wears Prada&#8226 There's Something About Mary&#8226 Never Been Kissed&#8226 Pretty Woman&#8226 The Proposal (2009)&#8226 The Sound of Music&#8226 Under the Tuscan Sun&#8226 27 Dresses&#8226 Little Miss Sunshine&#8226 The Joy Luck Club&#8226 An Affair to Remember&#8226 Beaches

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April 21-27Starting at $4.99 each in HD/Uhd&#8226 African Cats&#8226 Bears&#8226 Born In China&#8226 Chimpanzee&#8226 Earth&#8226 Expedition China...

Another day, another flop for Disney that came as the result of its merger with Fox last year. Harrison Ford's The Call of the Wild has been in theaters for a couple of weeks now and, even though it has done a little better than expected at the box office, it's not going to be enough to save this one from being a financial disaster. The expensive, family-friendly wilderness flick about a man and his dog is set to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million in theaters.

According to a new report, The Call of the Wild is expected to lose $50 million, unless something dramatic changes. At present, the Jack London adaptation has grossed $45.8 million domestically to go along with $33.4 million from international markets. That gives it a grand total of $79.2 million which might otherwise be fine, but the CGI-heavy movie, which sees Harrison Ford going on a...

After this weekend’s box office totals were revealed, estimates put “The Call of the Wild” at a domestic total of $45 million. With a debut last week of $24.8 million, you would assume that the Harrison Ford-led family film is on track to become a profitable film. But then you look at the cost of the production and you realize that ‘Call’ is now going to sit alongside “Dark Phoenix,” “Stuber,” “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” “Ad Astra,” and “Underwater” as Disney films inherited from the Fox deal that have greatly underperformed.

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Fans of the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy will have to pour one out for Caesar's band of primates as the franchise is getting rebooted. We learned shortly after the Disney/Fox merger went into effect last March that a few franchises would continue on, one of them being Planet of the Apes. At the time, it wasn't clear if Disney would continue beyond what Matt Reeves set up at the end of 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes, or if they would opt to hit the reset button. It looks as though they're going with the latter options.

According to a new report, which focused on Daniel Torrence boarding the project as a production designer, it's said the new Planet of the Apes movie coming from Disney will indeed be a reboot. As we reported in December, Wes Ball (The Maze Runner) is set to develop the reboot.

Last year, Disney completed its $71.3 billion merger with Fox, effectively marking one of the most important shifts in media ever. While casual moviegoers may not have noticed the change, behind the scenes, it's been significant, and things are going to continue to shift dramatically. Disney has been making sweeping changes to 20th Century Fox, now branded as 20th Century Studios, since taking over. One of the biggest changes? The former Hollywood giant will now be releasing roughly four movies a year. And that's just the beginning.

According to a new report, former Fox head Emma Watts, one of few major female executives at the top of the food chain in Hollywood, departed her post at the end of January. It's said Watts couldn't handle the changes being made by Disney, which left Fox as a shadow of its former self. The studio that brought us Die Hard, Alien, Planet of the Apes...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 344 feature films are eligible for the 2019 Academy Awards.

To be eligible for the consideration, the films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by Dec. 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Academy rules also state that a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. The ceremony takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, airing live from Hollywood on ABC.

“Abominable”

“Ad Astra”

“Adam”

“The Addams Family”

“The Aeronauts”

“After the Wedding”

“The Aftermath”

“Aga”

“Aladdin”

“Alita: Battle Angel”

“Always Be My Maybe”

“The Amazing Johnathan”

“American Factory”

“American Woman”

“Angel Has Fallen”

“The Angry Birds Movie 2”

“Anna”

“Annabelle Comes Home...