Paul Walter Hauser has joined the already-stacked cast of Marvel’s upcoming superhero romp The Fantastic Four.
The casting news for Marvel’s The Fantastic Four just keep coming in. We recently learned that Julia Garner would be playing Silver Surfer, one of Fantastic Four’s most notorious villains, in the new film adaptation.
Now, word comes via Variety that Paul Walter Hauser is also joining the film. Unfortunately, that’s all we know at the moment; Marvel is keeping his role secret for now. Hauser has previously appeared in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell and AppleTV+’s excellent Blackbird with Taron Egerton.
Hauser is joining an all-star cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (the Thing).
Fantastic Four are also known as Marvel...
The casting news for Marvel’s The Fantastic Four just keep coming in. We recently learned that Julia Garner would be playing Silver Surfer, one of Fantastic Four’s most notorious villains, in the new film adaptation.
Now, word comes via Variety that Paul Walter Hauser is also joining the film. Unfortunately, that’s all we know at the moment; Marvel is keeping his role secret for now. Hauser has previously appeared in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell and AppleTV+’s excellent Blackbird with Taron Egerton.
Hauser is joining an all-star cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (the Thing).
Fantastic Four are also known as Marvel...
- 5/3/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Relatively still fresh on his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance for his supporting turn in the Apple TV+ series, “Black Bird,” acclaimed actor Paul Walter Hauser is looking to chart his next on-screen appearances for 2025. Having just booked a role in “The Naked Gun” reboot starring Liam Neeson, Hauser has landed a role in Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four.”
No character details are available, but Hauser will be joining a big ensemble that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr.
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No character details are available, but Hauser will be joining a big ensemble that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr.
Continue reading Paul Walter Hauser Joins ‘The Fantastic Four’ & ‘The Naked Gun’ Reboot at The Playlist.
- 5/2/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Paul Walter Hauser will be making his Marvel debut with a role in The Fantastic Four, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
No character details were available, but he joins a cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer.
The feature has a July 25, 2025 release date and hails from WandaVision director Matt Shakman, with Eric Pearson writing the latest draft of the script. It centers on the characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the comic book that launched the Marvel Comics universe in 1961.
Hauser has been on a role this week. He lined up work in Paramount’s Naked Gun reboot, while his Chris Farley biopic sold to New Line. He is known for his breakout...
No character details were available, but he joins a cast that includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer.
The feature has a July 25, 2025 release date and hails from WandaVision director Matt Shakman, with Eric Pearson writing the latest draft of the script. It centers on the characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the comic book that launched the Marvel Comics universe in 1961.
Hauser has been on a role this week. He lined up work in Paramount’s Naked Gun reboot, while his Chris Farley biopic sold to New Line. He is known for his breakout...
- 5/2/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: The Chris Farley Show, a film adaptation of the book by the late SNL star’s brother Tom, is a go. Deadline is reporting that New Line Cinema has acquired the rights and is full steam ahead on what could be a potential Oscar-play for the studio.
Original Story: Cruella and Cobra Kai actor Paul Walter Hauser is going from voicing Embarrassment in Pixar’s upcoming sequel Inside Out 2 to living in a van down by the river for the lead role in Josh Gad’s Chris Farley biopic. Hauser is stuffing himself into a little coat to play the legendary comedian, Saturday Night Live alum, and star of comedies like Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, and Beverly Hills Ninja. Josh Gad directs the Chris Farley biopic, with Lorne Michaels producing through his Broadway video studio.
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will pen the script based on the...
Original Story: Cruella and Cobra Kai actor Paul Walter Hauser is going from voicing Embarrassment in Pixar’s upcoming sequel Inside Out 2 to living in a van down by the river for the lead role in Josh Gad’s Chris Farley biopic. Hauser is stuffing himself into a little coat to play the legendary comedian, Saturday Night Live alum, and star of comedies like Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, and Beverly Hills Ninja. Josh Gad directs the Chris Farley biopic, with Lorne Michaels producing through his Broadway video studio.
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will pen the script based on the...
- 4/30/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
New Line Cinema has landed the Chris Farley biopic starring Paul Walter Hauser, in what Variety is told was a highly competitive situation.
The film, which has the blessing of the Farley family, will mark actor Josh Gad’s directorial debut, with Lorne Michaels and Erin David producing via Broadway Video.
Oscar and Emmy nominees Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will write the screenplay based on the New York Times best-selling biography “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts” by Tom Farley Jr. (Chris Farley’s brother) and Tanner Colby.
Hauser, an Emmy, Critics’ Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning actor for his role in “Black Bird,” will next be seen in Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” as the voice of Embarrassment. He will then appear opposite Matt Damon in Apple Original Films’ “The Instigators,” helmed by Doug Liman. He’s also set to lead Tony Tost...
The film, which has the blessing of the Farley family, will mark actor Josh Gad’s directorial debut, with Lorne Michaels and Erin David producing via Broadway Video.
Oscar and Emmy nominees Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will write the screenplay based on the New York Times best-selling biography “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts” by Tom Farley Jr. (Chris Farley’s brother) and Tanner Colby.
Hauser, an Emmy, Critics’ Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning actor for his role in “Black Bird,” will next be seen in Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” as the voice of Embarrassment. He will then appear opposite Matt Damon in Apple Original Films’ “The Instigators,” helmed by Doug Liman. He’s also set to lead Tony Tost...
- 4/30/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
After Deadline broke the news last week that New Line was in pole position to land the package A Chris Farley Story, the studio made it official today, having acquired the biopic starring Paul Walter Hauser as the legendary comedian. Josh Gad directs, with Lorne Michaels and Erin David producing via Broadway Video.
The pitch is based on the book by Farley’s brother Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby and will be adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. This marks the second major package Warner Bros. has landed this week with the main studio acquiring Avengelyne which is being developed as a star vehicle for Margot Robbie.
The film would tell the story of one of the great comic actors of his generation. Getting his start in the second heyday of Saturday Night Live, where Farley would join an ensemble of all-time SNL greats including Adam Sandler,...
The pitch is based on the book by Farley’s brother Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby and will be adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. This marks the second major package Warner Bros. has landed this week with the main studio acquiring Avengelyne which is being developed as a star vehicle for Margot Robbie.
The film would tell the story of one of the great comic actors of his generation. Getting his start in the second heyday of Saturday Night Live, where Farley would join an ensemble of all-time SNL greats including Adam Sandler,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
New Line Cinema proved to be more highly motivated than the rest of its competition in landing the forthcoming Chris Farley biopic that is set to star Paul Walter Hauser as the late comedy legend.
The company has landed director Josh Gad’s film following a highly competitive situation. Hauser, a recent Emmy winner for his work in Apple TV+’s Black Bird, will star as Farley, the Saturday Night Live standout and star of such films as Tommy Boy who died of a drug overdose in 1997 at age 33.
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist, Daisy Jones & The Six) are writing the screenplay based on Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby’s best-selling biography, The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts. The project has the blessing of the Farley family, with SNL creator Lorne Michaels and Erin David serving as producers for Broadway Video.
Farley...
The company has landed director Josh Gad’s film following a highly competitive situation. Hauser, a recent Emmy winner for his work in Apple TV+’s Black Bird, will star as Farley, the Saturday Night Live standout and star of such films as Tommy Boy who died of a drug overdose in 1997 at age 33.
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Disaster Artist, Daisy Jones & The Six) are writing the screenplay based on Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby’s best-selling biography, The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts. The project has the blessing of the Farley family, with SNL creator Lorne Michaels and Erin David serving as producers for Broadway Video.
Farley...
- 4/30/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After earning rave reviews on the Apple limited series Black Bird, SAG nominee Paul Walter Hauser is returning to the studio as he joins Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in The Instigators for Apple Original Films. Hong Chau is also on board with Doug Liman on board to direct.
Damon and Ben Affleck are producing through their newly announced banner Artists Equity, along with Jeff Robinov and John Graham through Studio 8 and Kevin Walsh through his The Walsh Company.
The film follows two thieves who go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes awry. The script was penned by Chuck MacLean and Affleck and was developed by Robinov, Graham and Casey Affleck.
Most recently, Hauser starred in Dennis Lehane’s Black Bird for Apple TV+ giving one of the more chilly performances of the year. His performance received Critics Choice...
Damon and Ben Affleck are producing through their newly announced banner Artists Equity, along with Jeff Robinov and John Graham through Studio 8 and Kevin Walsh through his The Walsh Company.
The film follows two thieves who go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes awry. The script was penned by Chuck MacLean and Affleck and was developed by Robinov, Graham and Casey Affleck.
Most recently, Hauser starred in Dennis Lehane’s Black Bird for Apple TV+ giving one of the more chilly performances of the year. His performance received Critics Choice...
- 3/8/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Walter Hauser is that rare character actor who has made a name for himself as a stellar talent in both comedy and drama equally. He established himself in films like BlacKkKlansman and I, Tanya, but playing Richard Jewell in Clint Eastwood’s film put him on the map. Now he’s wowing audiences and critics alike with his incredible performance as serial killer Larry Hall in the Apple+ limited series Black Bird. On this episode, he lifts the hood and lets us peek in on his acting process. He explains why his first step is all about self amusement, how mundane details help to […]
The post “I Go There While I Go There, and Then I Try to Divorce My Spirit From It”: Black Bird Star Paul Walter Hauser first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “I Go There While I Go There, and Then I Try to Divorce My Spirit From It”: Black Bird Star Paul Walter Hauser first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/9/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Paul Walter Hauser is that rare character actor who has made a name for himself as a stellar talent in both comedy and drama equally. He established himself in films like BlacKkKlansman and I, Tanya, but playing Richard Jewell in Clint Eastwood’s film put him on the map. Now he’s wowing audiences and critics alike with his incredible performance as serial killer Larry Hall in the Apple+ limited series Black Bird. On this episode, he lifts the hood and lets us peek in on his acting process. He explains why his first step is all about self amusement, how mundane details help to […]
The post “I Go There While I Go There, and Then I Try to Divorce My Spirit From It”: Black Bird Star Paul Walter Hauser first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “I Go There While I Go There, and Then I Try to Divorce My Spirit From It”: Black Bird Star Paul Walter Hauser first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/9/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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In the 2018 midterm election, novelist Gregg Hurwitz and screenwriter Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Richard Jewell), along with director Marshall Herskovitz, worked behind the scenes helping a slew of Democratic candidates in what would be a successful effort to retake the U.S. House of Representatives. Beyond fundraising, they advised candidates on speeches and overall messaging. In the end, 21 of the 30 candidates that the group supported in 2018 won their elections.
Two years ago, the trio was back in action in the 2020 election. Together with Altered Carbon creator Laeta Kalogridis and S.W.A.T. executive producer Shawn Ryan, they created what amounted to a political content studio, making more than 150 commercials, such as a high-profile ad which featured clips from Ronald Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” speech. Run by the group Republican Voters Against Trump, it asked “Has Your Party Left You?”
Unpaid and flying largely under the radar,...
In the 2018 midterm election, novelist Gregg Hurwitz and screenwriter Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Richard Jewell), along with director Marshall Herskovitz, worked behind the scenes helping a slew of Democratic candidates in what would be a successful effort to retake the U.S. House of Representatives. Beyond fundraising, they advised candidates on speeches and overall messaging. In the end, 21 of the 30 candidates that the group supported in 2018 won their elections.
Two years ago, the trio was back in action in the 2020 election. Together with Altered Carbon creator Laeta Kalogridis and S.W.A.T. executive producer Shawn Ryan, they created what amounted to a political content studio, making more than 150 commercials, such as a high-profile ad which featured clips from Ronald Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” speech. Run by the group Republican Voters Against Trump, it asked “Has Your Party Left You?”
Unpaid and flying largely under the radar,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s not easy being green. That goes double if you’re hoping to land the part of one of Marvel‘s most obscure characters, Leap-Frog! In a new She-Hulk promo, members of the cast audition for the role of a character comic book nerds like me have been dying to meet. While Leap-Frog might not be impressive at first glance, including him in the series adds to the show’s D-List cache and overall appeal. Not every Marvel character in the MCU needs to be a heavy hitter. I would leap at the chance for a Disney+ series revolving around a group of misfit characters, like the Superior Foes of Spider-Man, or the Illuminati.
In the new She-Hulk promo, Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, and Mark Ruffalo audition for the part of Leap-Frog, a character capable of jumping very high. In addition to the stars mentioned above, Kermit the Frog...
In the new She-Hulk promo, Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, and Mark Ruffalo audition for the part of Leap-Frog, a character capable of jumping very high. In addition to the stars mentioned above, Kermit the Frog...
- 10/5/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates, as well as Teyana Taylor have joined Casey Affleck in indie heist thriller The Smack.
The trio join a growing cast that already includes Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vázquez.
David M. Rosenthal, who directed thrillers The Perfect Guy and the remake of Jacob’s Ladder, is helming the feature that starts shooting in L.A. later this fall.
Rosenthal and Keith Kjarval wrote the script, adapting the novel by Richard Lange. Kjarval, who runs the prolific indie banner Unified Pictures, is also producing along with Sam Rockwell, Play Hooky’s Mark Berger (Of Mice and Men) and Sugar Rush Pictures’ Andrea Bucko (Tin Soldier).
Smack centers on a con man (Affleck) who has hit rock bottom when he meets an upstart hustler, to be played by Taylor. After a tip from a wise con (Arkin...
Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates, as well as Teyana Taylor have joined Casey Affleck in indie heist thriller The Smack.
The trio join a growing cast that already includes Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vázquez.
David M. Rosenthal, who directed thrillers The Perfect Guy and the remake of Jacob’s Ladder, is helming the feature that starts shooting in L.A. later this fall.
Rosenthal and Keith Kjarval wrote the script, adapting the novel by Richard Lange. Kjarval, who runs the prolific indie banner Unified Pictures, is also producing along with Sam Rockwell, Play Hooky’s Mark Berger (Of Mice and Men) and Sugar Rush Pictures’ Andrea Bucko (Tin Soldier).
Smack centers on a con man (Affleck) who has hit rock bottom when he meets an upstart hustler, to be played by Taylor. After a tip from a wise con (Arkin...
- 9/19/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s teatime in London, and Olivia Wilde is talking about the O-word. No, not the Oscars, but her approach to sex scenes in her new movie, “Don’t Worry Darling.” “Men don’t come in this film,” she declares over cucumber sandwiches and scones at Claridge’s, just blocks away from Buckingham Palace. “Only women here!”
In Wilde’s second directorial outing after 2019’s indie high school coming-of-age story “Booksmart,” Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as a married couple living in a quaint, experimental utopia called Victory. Pugh plays Alice, a “Mad Men”-type housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing disturbing truths underneath her seemingly perfect world. When the trailer for the sci-fi thriller dropped in May, social media was buzzing about Styles’ character, Jack, going down on Alice on top of a dining room table.
“Female pleasure, the best versions of it that you see nowadays, are in queer films,...
In Wilde’s second directorial outing after 2019’s indie high school coming-of-age story “Booksmart,” Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as a married couple living in a quaint, experimental utopia called Victory. Pugh plays Alice, a “Mad Men”-type housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing disturbing truths underneath her seemingly perfect world. When the trailer for the sci-fi thriller dropped in May, social media was buzzing about Styles’ character, Jack, going down on Alice on top of a dining room table.
“Female pleasure, the best versions of it that you see nowadays, are in queer films,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
The TV landscape is losing another source of original content: Spectrum Originals, which produced series like L.A.’s Finest and the Mad About You revival for Spectrum cable subscribers, is shutting down, according to our sister site Deadline, with parent company Charter Communications scrapping all of its original programming plans.
The move leaves several current Spectrum series in limbo, including neo-Western Joe Pickett, which is billed as Spectrum’s top-rated series ever and was renewed for Season 2 in February, and sci-fi thriller Beacon 23, starring Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey, which has already been renewed ahead of its series premiere.
The move leaves several current Spectrum series in limbo, including neo-Western Joe Pickett, which is billed as Spectrum’s top-rated series ever and was renewed for Season 2 in February, and sci-fi thriller Beacon 23, starring Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey, which has already been renewed ahead of its series premiere.
- 8/11/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Misery Oscar winner Kathy Bates and Liza on Demand actress Liza Koshy are joining the untitled Netflix romantic comedy which stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King.
The Fisher King Oscar nominee Richard Lagravenese is directing off a screenplay he co-wrote with Carrie Solomon.
The story is set following a surprising romance which kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
Producers for the pic are Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. EP is Alyssa Altman for Roth/Kirschenbaum.
Bates, who is repped by CAA, is starring in the upcoming Lionsgate adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Ken Kwapis’ Thelma and The Miracle Club opposite Maggie Smith and Laura Linney. Other feature credits include The Highwaymen, Richard Jewell, Titanic,...
The Fisher King Oscar nominee Richard Lagravenese is directing off a screenplay he co-wrote with Carrie Solomon.
The story is set following a surprising romance which kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
Producers for the pic are Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. EP is Alyssa Altman for Roth/Kirschenbaum.
Bates, who is repped by CAA, is starring in the upcoming Lionsgate adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Ken Kwapis’ Thelma and The Miracle Club opposite Maggie Smith and Laura Linney. Other feature credits include The Highwaymen, Richard Jewell, Titanic,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It would appear easy enough to lose “Black Bird” in the shuffle of true-crime prestige TV series. It’s got the usual mix of name talent both young-ish (“Rocketman” and “Kingsman” star Taran Egerton; “Richard Jewell” star Paul Walter Hauser) and established (Greg Kinnear; the late Ray Liotta); it’s got real-life mystery that’s compelling but not wildly unpredictable; it’s even got a forgettable title that doesn’t reveal its connection to the story at hand until late in the series. So it’s a wonderful surprise to realize so quickly that this six-episode Apple TV+ series is more than the sum of its familiar parts: It’s an unexpectedly exacting and quietly gripping series of interlocking character studies.
The premise evokes both “The Departed” and “Zodiac.” In one storyline, cocky and charming drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is nabbed and unexpectedly sentenced to a decade in prison,...
The premise evokes both “The Departed” and “Zodiac.” In one storyline, cocky and charming drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is nabbed and unexpectedly sentenced to a decade in prison,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
Premature filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green is set to helm Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Participant and MacRo’s feature movie ’68 inspired by the true story of Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The track athletes from San Jose State rose to become Olympic medalists and activists at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. That’s where they both raised their fists in solidarity and in support of human rights.
The screenplay is by Oscar nominated scribe Billy Ray. Participant and MacRo will produce the project, along with Stacy Sherman.
Participant will be incorporating ’68 into its ongoing impact work dedicated to civil rights and social justice. Carlos’ nephews, Airrion and Shaun McCoy, and DeLois Smith, the wife of Tommie Smith, are co-producing.
Bronx-born filmmaker Green received the Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award in 2020 for his second feature directorial, Premature, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Shot in Harlem, New York entirely on 16mm film,...
The screenplay is by Oscar nominated scribe Billy Ray. Participant and MacRo will produce the project, along with Stacy Sherman.
Participant will be incorporating ’68 into its ongoing impact work dedicated to civil rights and social justice. Carlos’ nephews, Airrion and Shaun McCoy, and DeLois Smith, the wife of Tommie Smith, are co-producing.
Bronx-born filmmaker Green received the Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award in 2020 for his second feature directorial, Premature, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Shot in Harlem, New York entirely on 16mm film,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Billy Slaughter (The Card Counter) has boarded Amazon Studios’ film The Burial, which is currently in production in New Orleans.
He joins an ensemble that also includes Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, Bill Camp, Dorian Missick, Pamela Reed, Amanda Warren, Jim Klock and Alan Ruck, as previously announced.
Director Maggie Betts’ film is based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr. It follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.
Details with regard to the character Slaughter is playing have not been disclosed.
He joins an ensemble that also includes Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, Bill Camp, Dorian Missick, Pamela Reed, Amanda Warren, Jim Klock and Alan Ruck, as previously announced.
Director Maggie Betts’ film is based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr. It follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.
Details with regard to the character Slaughter is playing have not been disclosed.
- 3/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In recent years, Oscar voters have shown a clear preference for longer supporting male performances while choosing to award shorter ones on the female side. Since Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis took these prizes in 2017, all featured male winners have clocked in at at least 38 minutes, and every corresponding female champ’s screen time has fallen under 27 minutes. Just over 20 minutes separated 2021 victors Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung.
While all of the four most recent Best Supporting Actor winners are considered by some to be leads, the supporting placements of Youn and her three predecessors have never been called into question. Laura Dern triumphed one year before her with 18 minutes and 36 seconds of screen time in “Marriage Story” and was preceded by Regina King and Allison Janney. The stark difference between Davis and Janney’s screen times and the continued favor shown toward shorter supporting female performances seems to have...
While all of the four most recent Best Supporting Actor winners are considered by some to be leads, the supporting placements of Youn and her three predecessors have never been called into question. Laura Dern triumphed one year before her with 18 minutes and 36 seconds of screen time in “Marriage Story” and was preceded by Regina King and Allison Janney. The stark difference between Davis and Janney’s screen times and the continued favor shown toward shorter supporting female performances seems to have...
- 3/26/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The January 6 assault on the US Capitol, considered the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War, will be the subject of a feature film scripted and to be directed by Billy Ray as his follow up to the highly rated Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule. Joining him on J6 is Adam McKay, who is in the Oscar hunt now for Don’t Look Up. McKay will produce along with Todd Schulman, Josh McLaughlin, Cullen Hoback and Shane Salerno, latter of whom was exec producer on the Jeff Daniel-Brendan Gleeson-starrer The Comey Rule. Deadline has confirmed that the script will be shopped to studios and streamers imminently, and that conversations with equity financiers have already begun.
Ray had originally expected to long look at the events of January 6 in the form of another limited series. Deeply affected by the attack, he traveled to Washington, D.C. within days of the siege,...
Ray had originally expected to long look at the events of January 6 in the form of another limited series. Deeply affected by the attack, he traveled to Washington, D.C. within days of the siege,...
- 1/20/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman have signed on to star in Thelma, an indie directed by two-time Emmy nom Ken Kwapis.
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It would be published in 1980, eleven years after Ken’s death, thereafter becoming a widely celebrated cult classic.
Black List screenwriter Andrew Farotte penned the original screenplay.
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It would be published in 1980, eleven years after Ken’s death, thereafter becoming a widely celebrated cult classic.
Black List screenwriter Andrew Farotte penned the original screenplay.
- 1/19/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ and foreign-language titles ‘Wesele’ and ‘Kurup’ are also new.
Holdovers from the major studios look set to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with Chloe Zhao’s Marvel epic Eternals aiming to build upon its debut last week, where it made £5.5m from 642 locations.
Universal’s No Time To Die has enjoyed six weekends in the top two with its total standing at £89.9m. Matching Spectre’s £95.2m is still possible, but Skyfall’s £103.2m now seems out of reach. Another strong contender for the top five is Warner Bros’ Dune, which took £1.6m in its...
Holdovers from the major studios look set to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with Chloe Zhao’s Marvel epic Eternals aiming to build upon its debut last week, where it made £5.5m from 642 locations.
Universal’s No Time To Die has enjoyed six weekends in the top two with its total standing at £89.9m. Matching Spectre’s £95.2m is still possible, but Skyfall’s £103.2m now seems out of reach. Another strong contender for the top five is Warner Bros’ Dune, which took £1.6m in its...
- 11/12/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mitchell Hoog, one of the lead stars of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell revival has signed with Buchwald for representation.
Hoog leads the Saved by the Bell cast alongside Haskiri Velazquez, Alycia Pascual-Pena and Belmont Cameli. In the Peacock comedy, which will return for Season 2 on Nov. 24, Hoog stars as Mac Morris, the son of California Governor Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).
He recently appeared opposite Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third installment of Warner Bros.’ Conjuring franchise.
The Colorado-born actor has also appeared in Richard Jewell, Harriet and Walk Ride Rodeo. Additional credits include Lifetime’s The Surrogate, the CW’s Roswell, New Mexico and Netflix’s Daybreak.
He continues to be repped by Untitled Entertainment.
Hoog leads the Saved by the Bell cast alongside Haskiri Velazquez, Alycia Pascual-Pena and Belmont Cameli. In the Peacock comedy, which will return for Season 2 on Nov. 24, Hoog stars as Mac Morris, the son of California Governor Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).
He recently appeared opposite Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third installment of Warner Bros.’ Conjuring franchise.
The Colorado-born actor has also appeared in Richard Jewell, Harriet and Walk Ride Rodeo. Additional credits include Lifetime’s The Surrogate, the CW’s Roswell, New Mexico and Netflix’s Daybreak.
He continues to be repped by Untitled Entertainment.
- 10/29/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
The Best Supporting Actress awards were first handed out at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, and in the nearly 85 years since, 83 women have received this honor. Only two have won multiple Oscars in this category: Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters. The great character actress Thelma Ritter holds the record number of nominations in this category with six, sadly without a win, while Amy Adams has had five bids in supporting (one in lead), also without a win.
This is a category that often sees first nominations, many times recognizing ingenues who go on to earn multiples nominations throughout their careers. The youngest acting winner of all time was a Best Supporting Actress recipient: 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal won for “Paper Moon” in 1974. However, veteran actresses are also considered, with some receiving their sole nomination in their golden years. In fact, seven of the 10 oldest nominees in this category each received her sole nomination,...
This is a category that often sees first nominations, many times recognizing ingenues who go on to earn multiples nominations throughout their careers. The youngest acting winner of all time was a Best Supporting Actress recipient: 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal won for “Paper Moon” in 1974. However, veteran actresses are also considered, with some receiving their sole nomination in their golden years. In fact, seven of the 10 oldest nominees in this category each received her sole nomination,...
- 10/16/2021
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Mike Pniewski (Hightown), Thad Luckinbill (12 Strong), Sky Ferreira (Lords of Chaos), James Devoti (The Walking Dead) and Michael Beasley (Escape at Dannemora) will round out the cast of Netflix’s crime thriller Reptile, appearing alongside previously announced cast members Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Ato Essandoh, Frances Fisher, Eric Bogosian, Domenick Lombardozzi, Karl Glusman, Matilda Lutz, Owen Teague and Catherine Dyer.
The first feature from director Grant Singer picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, following a hardened detective (Del Toro) as he attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he finds himself dismantling the illusions in his own life.
Singer and Benjamin Brewer wrote the script for the film, which was acquired by Netflix back in August. It’s not yet clear what roles the newest cast members will play.
The first feature from director Grant Singer picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, following a hardened detective (Del Toro) as he attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he finds himself dismantling the illusions in his own life.
Singer and Benjamin Brewer wrote the script for the film, which was acquired by Netflix back in August. It’s not yet clear what roles the newest cast members will play.
- 10/14/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Schrader’s Facebook page remains a reliable source of entertainment, insight, and shock value for cinephiles. In advance of his new film “The Card Counter,” released September 10, Schrader said distributor Focus Features asked him to pull back from his often-unfiltered posts. Well, the writer/director is now out of Facebook jail and he’s as uncensored as ever.
Case in point: The “First Reformed” director used the platform to take down Clint Eastwood’s new western “Cry Macho,” now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. Critics haven’t been delighted by the 91-year-old filmmaker’s latest film, but they’ve been relatively kind; the 75-year-old Schrader wasn’t having it.
“I can appreciate the inclination to give Clint Eastwood a pass but has an important American director made a film as bad as ‘Cry Macho’ since Howard Hawks’ ‘Man’s Favorite Spot’?” Schrader said on his Facebook page.
Case in point: The “First Reformed” director used the platform to take down Clint Eastwood’s new western “Cry Macho,” now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. Critics haven’t been delighted by the 91-year-old filmmaker’s latest film, but they’ve been relatively kind; the 75-year-old Schrader wasn’t having it.
“I can appreciate the inclination to give Clint Eastwood a pass but has an important American director made a film as bad as ‘Cry Macho’ since Howard Hawks’ ‘Man’s Favorite Spot’?” Schrader said on his Facebook page.
- 9/26/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Oscar winner Kathy Bates and former WWE star John Cena (F9: The Fast Saga) are joining Brian Cox (Succession) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) in political thriller feature The Independent.
Set during “the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history,” the movie will follow an idealistic young journalist (Turner-Smith) who teams up with her idol (Cox) to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the election, and the country, in their hands. The Suicide Squad star Cena and Misery and Richard Jewell star Bates both play Presidential candidates.
The Black List script is due to film in November of this year in NYC. Director is Amy Rice (By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama), who is currently wrapping documentary Broadway Rising. Pic is written by Evan Parter, who is currently writing the untitled John Dean movie with Chris Pine for Amazon.
Set during “the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history,” the movie will follow an idealistic young journalist (Turner-Smith) who teams up with her idol (Cox) to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the election, and the country, in their hands. The Suicide Squad star Cena and Misery and Richard Jewell star Bates both play Presidential candidates.
The Black List script is due to film in November of this year in NYC. Director is Amy Rice (By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama), who is currently wrapping documentary Broadway Rising. Pic is written by Evan Parter, who is currently writing the untitled John Dean movie with Chris Pine for Amazon.
- 9/24/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
After Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings dominated the box office for two weeks in a row, it faces some competition this weekend from Cry Macho, which sees Clint Eastwood both back in the director’s chair and as leading man. However, the theatrical exclusive Shang-Chi has already shown itself to have solid legs, and there’s a good chance it will reign supreme once again this weekend. It dropped 54% in its second weekend, and a similar hold this weekend would bring in around $16 million. The latest Marvel superhero film hit $150 million on the 12th day of its release, beating Black Widow by four days. At the rate it is going, we may see Shang-Chi surpass Black Widow’s $183.2 million gross by next weekend, which would make it the best grossing film since Bad Boys For Life, released all the way back in January 2020.
Warner Bros.’ Cry Macho,...
Warner Bros.’ Cry Macho,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Sam Mendelsohn <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Cry Macho is the 39th feature film directed by Clint Eastwood, coming almost exactly 50 years after he made his directorial debut in 1971 with Play Misty for Me. It’s also Eastwood’s first time onscreen since 2018’s The Mule, which he also directed; he did not appear in his last effort behind the camera, 2019’s Richard Jewell. We mention all this simply because those last two films were far superior to this one, so it’s difficult to say if Cry Macho represents a decline in the 91-year-old filmmaker’s abilities or is just a more casually produced effort than those last efforts.
Which is not to say that Cry Macho doesn’t have heart; it does, almost too much of it, with the movie’s uneven script and performances treading dangerously close to contrived sentimentality. But the movie’s slack pacing and overall low stakes vibe prevent the characters...
Which is not to say that Cry Macho doesn’t have heart; it does, almost too much of it, with the movie’s uneven script and performances treading dangerously close to contrived sentimentality. But the movie’s slack pacing and overall low stakes vibe prevent the characters...
- 9/15/2021
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
In a world so impatient that people have started to whine about the injustice of movies playing in theaters for a few weeks before they (finally!) become available to watch at home, Clint Eastwood has spent the last 33 years waiting for the right time to make .
The Hollywood legend first considered adapting M. Richard Nash’s “Cry Macho” in 1988, but at the spry age of 58, he felt too young to play the lead, and decided to make another “Dirty Harry” sequel instead. During the three decades that followed, however, he never forgot about the project, nor the lifetime of double-edged masculine swagger that it distilled into a single word. Wherever Eastwood went, “macho” went with him.
Look closely at his character in “Unforgiven” and you’ll find it lurking behind Will Munny’s wet green eyes like an undiagnosed aneurysm: Macho. Zoom in on any one of the bridges of...
The Hollywood legend first considered adapting M. Richard Nash’s “Cry Macho” in 1988, but at the spry age of 58, he felt too young to play the lead, and decided to make another “Dirty Harry” sequel instead. During the three decades that followed, however, he never forgot about the project, nor the lifetime of double-edged masculine swagger that it distilled into a single word. Wherever Eastwood went, “macho” went with him.
Look closely at his character in “Unforgiven” and you’ll find it lurking behind Will Munny’s wet green eyes like an undiagnosed aneurysm: Macho. Zoom in on any one of the bridges of...
- 9/15/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Broadcaster Gray Television has acquired Third Rail Studios, a film and TV production facility in Georgia, from Integral Group for $27.5 million.
The studio built in 2016 is adjacent to and will now be integrated into a studio and community development Gray is building in Doraville, about 20 minutes from Atlanta. The project, called Assembly, is currently under construction at the former site of a General Motors assembly plant.
Third Rail Studios’ clients include Netflix and Apple and productions from Ozark, to Rampage with Dwayne Johnson, Mile 22 with Mark Wahlberg, the Dolly Parton series and the Ballad of Richard Jewell. Apple has leased a significant amount of space within Third Rail Studios to help fulfill its production needs.
Third Rail stages, mill and support spaces and production offices will serve as an anchor for the future multi-studio site being built on 127 acres. The first phase is expected to be finished by fall, 2022.
“Third...
The studio built in 2016 is adjacent to and will now be integrated into a studio and community development Gray is building in Doraville, about 20 minutes from Atlanta. The project, called Assembly, is currently under construction at the former site of a General Motors assembly plant.
Third Rail Studios’ clients include Netflix and Apple and productions from Ozark, to Rampage with Dwayne Johnson, Mile 22 with Mark Wahlberg, the Dolly Parton series and the Ballad of Richard Jewell. Apple has leased a significant amount of space within Third Rail Studios to help fulfill its production needs.
Third Rail stages, mill and support spaces and production offices will serve as an anchor for the future multi-studio site being built on 127 acres. The first phase is expected to be finished by fall, 2022.
“Third...
- 9/14/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Kristen Bell stars as Connie, an ex-Olympian quivering with restless energy, who lures her neighbor JoJo (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) to join her criminal enterprise. Though their seven figure haul is destined to catch the eye of the authorities, the women see themselves as modern Robin Hoods, and writer-directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (“Beneath the Harvest Sky”) are inclined to agree.
Connie’s idea is simple. She and JoJo convince two married factory workers in Mexico (Ilia Isorelýs Paulino and Francisco J. Rodriguez) to ship them unused sheets of coupons. These they sell online to cash-strapped housewives willing to pay $10 for a $20 value. It’s a victimless crime, Connie believes, and the film’s bright colors and sophomoric needle-drops don’t offer much dissent. When Connie costumes herself in a prim blue dress to win favors from bank officers, the soundtrack plays, yes, “Devil With a Blue Dress.”
Gaudet and Pullapilly argue,...
Connie’s idea is simple. She and JoJo convince two married factory workers in Mexico (Ilia Isorelýs Paulino and Francisco J. Rodriguez) to ship them unused sheets of coupons. These they sell online to cash-strapped housewives willing to pay $10 for a $20 value. It’s a victimless crime, Connie believes, and the film’s bright colors and sophomoric needle-drops don’t offer much dissent. When Connie costumes herself in a prim blue dress to win favors from bank officers, the soundtrack plays, yes, “Devil With a Blue Dress.”
Gaudet and Pullapilly argue,...
- 9/8/2021
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Titane begins not with a whimper but a cacophony: a deafening engine rev; the crash as car meets concrete; then the image of a girl in a horrific head-brace, like something from a Saw film, as she gets fitted with a titanium plate. Next a temporal leap to a car show, erotic dancers, pulsating synth music, chrome, and neon. The girl from the crash appears from the milieu, now a serial killer and car show dancer. After the show, a stalker follows her to her car and gets a needle the size of a chopstick lodged in his eardrum. His mouth sputters like a piece of faulty machinery. Scarcely 10 minutes have passed.
Julia Ducournau, a Parisian whose debut Raw became the breakout success of the Critics’ Week sidebar at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, returns to the South of France last week in Competition—a sharp ascendency—and it has been nothing short of sensational.
Julia Ducournau, a Parisian whose debut Raw became the breakout success of the Critics’ Week sidebar at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, returns to the South of France last week in Competition—a sharp ascendency—and it has been nothing short of sensational.
- 7/19/2021
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Cry Macho, The Many Saints Of Newark also move.
Warner Bros has pushed back the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune from October 1 to October 22, and has moved Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho and Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark.
Dune will now avoid going one week prior to the US launch of MGM’s James Bond thriller No Time To Die on October 8.
It will open in 3D and IMAX and is set to receive its world premiere out of competition in Venice Film Festival on September 3, followed by a world exclusive Imax screening in TIFF,...
Warner Bros has pushed back the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune from October 1 to October 22, and has moved Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho and Sopranos prequel The Many Saints Of Newark.
Dune will now avoid going one week prior to the US launch of MGM’s James Bond thriller No Time To Die on October 8.
It will open in 3D and IMAX and is set to receive its world premiere out of competition in Venice Film Festival on September 3, followed by a world exclusive Imax screening in TIFF,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Reviews for “Cruella,” the Disney villain origin story of “101 Dalmatians” nemesis Cruella de Vil, have been all over the place. The film, which stars Emma Stone in a punk-rock spin on the title role, currently sits at a 60 on Metacritic. But regardless, audiences will be swarming to the film in theaters as well as on Disney+, where it’s available for the Premier Access price of $29.99.
But some negative reviews are not sitting right with star Paul Walter Hauser, the “Richard Jewell” breakout actor who in “Cruella” plays the villainess’ pal Horace. In a recent interview with Insider, Hauser hit back at critics who may have misunderstood the movie, and for critics baffled by the movie’s supposed dark and edgy tone.
When asked about a Vanity Fair review that criticized the movie, Hauser said, “I just read that review, it was one of maybe six reviews I read,...
But some negative reviews are not sitting right with star Paul Walter Hauser, the “Richard Jewell” breakout actor who in “Cruella” plays the villainess’ pal Horace. In a recent interview with Insider, Hauser hit back at critics who may have misunderstood the movie, and for critics baffled by the movie’s supposed dark and edgy tone.
When asked about a Vanity Fair review that criticized the movie, Hauser said, “I just read that review, it was one of maybe six reviews I read,...
- 5/30/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
In 2017, Paul Walter Hauser turned heads as Shawn Eckhardt in Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya, and just a couple years later, his eponymous role in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell garnered even more praise and accolades. On Friday, Hauser is returning to the big screen with Gillespie once more in Disney’s Cruella, alongside Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. In the updated take on the classic Disney villain, Hauser plays Horace, who’s one of two orphan thieves that befriends Stone’s Estella during their London-based childhoods.
To prepare for the role of Horace, Hauser channeled one of England’s most celebrated character ...
To prepare for the role of Horace, Hauser channeled one of England’s most celebrated character ...
- 5/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In 2017, Paul Walter Hauser turned heads as Shawn Eckhardt in Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya, and just a couple years later, his eponymous role in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell garnered even more praise and accolades. On Friday, Hauser is returning to the big screen with Gillespie once more in Disney’s Cruella, alongside Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. In the updated take on the classic Disney villain, Hauser plays Horace, who’s one of two orphan thieves that befriends Stone’s Estella during their London-based childhoods.
To prepare for the role of Horace, Hauser channeled one of England’s most celebrated character ...
To prepare for the role of Horace, Hauser channeled one of England’s most celebrated character ...
- 5/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cry MacHo is an upcoming American neo-Western drama directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the film. Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by N. Richard Nash, the screenplay was written by Nash prior to his death in 2000 alongside Nick Schenk. Check out the new teaser trailer:
Now Cry MacHo has a release date. Mark October 22nd on your calendars now!
From Variety:
Warner Bros. has announced an October 22 release date for Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, “Cry Macho.”
The Western story is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash and stars Eastwood along with Eduardo Minett and Dwight Yoakam.
The screenplay is written by Nash and Nick Schenk.
Set in 1978, Eastwood plays a one-time rodeo star and washed up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing...
Now Cry MacHo has a release date. Mark October 22nd on your calendars now!
From Variety:
Warner Bros. has announced an October 22 release date for Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, “Cry Macho.”
The Western story is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash and stars Eastwood along with Eduardo Minett and Dwight Yoakam.
The screenplay is written by Nash and Nick Schenk.
Set in 1978, Eastwood plays a one-time rodeo star and washed up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing...
- 4/21/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warner Bros. has announced an October 22 release date for Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, “Cry Macho.”
The Western story is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash and stars Eastwood along with Eduardo Minett and Dwight Yoakam.
The screenplay is written by Nash and Nick Schenk.
Set in 1978, Eastwood plays a one-time rodeo star and washed up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
The novel was originally written as a screenplay before Nash turned it into a novel, and Eastwood first considered adapting it in 1988. Arnold Schwarzenegger was set to star...
The Western story is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash and stars Eastwood along with Eduardo Minett and Dwight Yoakam.
The screenplay is written by Nash and Nick Schenk.
Set in 1978, Eastwood plays a one-time rodeo star and washed up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
The novel was originally written as a screenplay before Nash turned it into a novel, and Eastwood first considered adapting it in 1988. Arnold Schwarzenegger was set to star...
- 3/22/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
1978-set film will also debut on HBO Max for limited period.
Cry Macho, the neo-western and potential awards contender directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, will open via Warner Bros in the US on October 22 this year.
The 1978-set film will also debut on Warner Bros’ stablemate HBO Max for a limited period.
Eastwood plays a former rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who accepts a job bringing his former employer’s son home from his alcoholic mother.
As they face challenges crossing rural Mexico en route to Texas, the ageing horseman finds redemption as he teaches the youngster what...
Cry Macho, the neo-western and potential awards contender directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, will open via Warner Bros in the US on October 22 this year.
The 1978-set film will also debut on Warner Bros’ stablemate HBO Max for a limited period.
Eastwood plays a former rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who accepts a job bringing his former employer’s son home from his alcoholic mother.
As they face challenges crossing rural Mexico en route to Texas, the ageing horseman finds redemption as he teaches the youngster what...
- 3/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial feature, Cry Macho, has been given a release date of Oct. 22, 2021.
Based on the 1970 novel of the same name, Cry Macho will see the Oscar winner play a washed-up rodeo star that takes a job from his former boss to bring the man’s young son back to Texas from rural Mexico.
The movie, which finished production in New Mexico in December, reteams Eastwood with Warner Bros., the studio behind his last feature, 2019’s Richard Jewell.
Late last year, the studio announced day-and-date releases for its 17-film 2021 feature slate, with films hitting the ...
Based on the 1970 novel of the same name, Cry Macho will see the Oscar winner play a washed-up rodeo star that takes a job from his former boss to bring the man’s young son back to Texas from rural Mexico.
The movie, which finished production in New Mexico in December, reteams Eastwood with Warner Bros., the studio behind his last feature, 2019’s Richard Jewell.
Late last year, the studio announced day-and-date releases for its 17-film 2021 feature slate, with films hitting the ...
- 3/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial feature, Cry Macho, has been given a release date of Oct. 22, 2021.
Based on the 1970 novel of the same name, Cry Macho will see the Oscar winner play a washed-up rodeo star that takes a job from his former boss to bring the man’s young son back to Texas from rural Mexico.
The movie, which finished production in New Mexico in December, reteams Eastwood with Warner Bros., the studio behind his last feature, 2019’s Richard Jewell.
Late last year, the studio announced day-and-date releases for its 17-film 2021 feature slate, with films hitting the ...
Based on the 1970 novel of the same name, Cry Macho will see the Oscar winner play a washed-up rodeo star that takes a job from his former boss to bring the man’s young son back to Texas from rural Mexico.
The movie, which finished production in New Mexico in December, reteams Eastwood with Warner Bros., the studio behind his last feature, 2019’s Richard Jewell.
Late last year, the studio announced day-and-date releases for its 17-film 2021 feature slate, with films hitting the ...
- 3/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Showtime is set to develop an untitled limited series from The Comey Rule cohorts Billy Ray and Shane Salerno that will trace the events that led to the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Whipped into a frenzy by a speech by outgoing President Donald Trump pressing unfounded claims of a stolen election, the Trump supporters forced their way into the building and wandered through its corridors, in search of legislators who were at that moment certifying the election results that made Joe Biden Trump’s successor. Some armed, others carrying zip-tie handcuffs and others calling for the hanging of Vice President Mike Pence for not bowing to Trump’s wishes to overturn the election, the protesters were finally beaten back by police as Senators and Congressmen evacuated and were forced to hide from perpetrators that got frighteningly close. Five died and more than 140 were injured in what incoming President Biden called an insurrection.
- 3/18/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ray Liotta has joined the cast of Apple’s upcoming limited series “In With the Devil,” the streamer announced Friday.
Based on the 2010 novel “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin, the six-episode series centers on the “intimate relationship” between two prisoners and explores “the lengths that people will go to in order to seek redemption, if true absolution is ever really possible, and if so, at what costs.”
Keene and Levin’s novel centers on a young football star who is sentenced to 10 years in prison and is offered the chance at freedom if he can coax a confession out of a fellow inmate and serial killer.
Liotta will star on the series as Big Jim, alongside “Rocketman” star Taron Egerton and “Richard Jewell” breakout Paul Walter Hauser. Dennis Lehane will write and executive produce.
Based on the 2010 novel “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin, the six-episode series centers on the “intimate relationship” between two prisoners and explores “the lengths that people will go to in order to seek redemption, if true absolution is ever really possible, and if so, at what costs.”
Keene and Levin’s novel centers on a young football star who is sentenced to 10 years in prison and is offered the chance at freedom if he can coax a confession out of a fellow inmate and serial killer.
Liotta will star on the series as Big Jim, alongside “Rocketman” star Taron Egerton and “Richard Jewell” breakout Paul Walter Hauser. Dennis Lehane will write and executive produce.
- 3/5/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates has joined previously announced stars Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams in the Lionsgate feature adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig adapted the screenplay and will direct the film, which begins production in April.
The coming-of-age story, first published in 1970, follows Margaret Simon (Fortson), a sixth-grader who is questioning everything about adolescence and puberty, is searching the universe for whatever answers she can find. With her mother (McAdams) and grandmother trying to guide her through a time when everything is changing, they too find that you never stop questioning your path and defining what is meaningful in your life.
Bates, who was last seen on the big screen in Richard Jewell, will play Margaret’s grandmother Sylvia.
Craig is reuniting with Oscar-winning producer James L. Brooks and his Gracie Films banner, following their...
The coming-of-age story, first published in 1970, follows Margaret Simon (Fortson), a sixth-grader who is questioning everything about adolescence and puberty, is searching the universe for whatever answers she can find. With her mother (McAdams) and grandmother trying to guide her through a time when everything is changing, they too find that you never stop questioning your path and defining what is meaningful in your life.
Bates, who was last seen on the big screen in Richard Jewell, will play Margaret’s grandmother Sylvia.
Craig is reuniting with Oscar-winning producer James L. Brooks and his Gracie Films banner, following their...
- 3/2/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson scored his fourth career Golden Globe nomination this year for his performance as Donald Trump in Showtime’s “The Comedy Rule.” His previous nominations were in the Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor category for “In Bruges” (2008) and “The Guard” (2011), and in the Best TV Movie/Limited Actor category for playing another instantly recognizable world leader, Winston Churchill, in the 2009 telefilm “Into the Storm.”
See 2021 Golden Globes nominations list: Nominees for 78th annual ceremony
Emmy winner Gleeson is chilling as the scheming and impulsive presidential candidate turned president-elect in “The Comey Rule.” He co-stars with another Emmy champ, Jeff Daniels, who plays FBI Director James Comey in the two-part event series that tells the story of two powerful men whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course. Based on Comey’s tell-all book “A Higher Loyalty,” which was adapted by writer and director...
See 2021 Golden Globes nominations list: Nominees for 78th annual ceremony
Emmy winner Gleeson is chilling as the scheming and impulsive presidential candidate turned president-elect in “The Comey Rule.” He co-stars with another Emmy champ, Jeff Daniels, who plays FBI Director James Comey in the two-part event series that tells the story of two powerful men whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course. Based on Comey’s tell-all book “A Higher Loyalty,” which was adapted by writer and director...
- 2/26/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: John Slattery is setting up his second feature as a director, Maggie Moore(s), with fellow Mad Men alum Jon Hamm and Tina Fey.
The black comedy reps the reteaming of Hamm and Fey, the former who has starred on two of her series: in seven episodes of 30 Rock playing the characters of Abner, Dr. Drew Baird and David Brinkley; and as cult leader Richard Wayne Gary Wayne in 13 episodes of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Maggie Moore(s) takes place in a dusty desert town where nothing ever happens, as a police chief is suddenly faced with the back-to-back murders of two women with the same name.
Endeavor Content is launching international sales at the European Film Market for Maggie Moore(s). Slattery’s feature directorial debut was the 2014 crime title God’s Pocket starring John Turturro, the late Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mad Men alum Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins.
The black comedy reps the reteaming of Hamm and Fey, the former who has starred on two of her series: in seven episodes of 30 Rock playing the characters of Abner, Dr. Drew Baird and David Brinkley; and as cult leader Richard Wayne Gary Wayne in 13 episodes of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Maggie Moore(s) takes place in a dusty desert town where nothing ever happens, as a police chief is suddenly faced with the back-to-back murders of two women with the same name.
Endeavor Content is launching international sales at the European Film Market for Maggie Moore(s). Slattery’s feature directorial debut was the 2014 crime title God’s Pocket starring John Turturro, the late Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mad Men alum Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins.
- 2/23/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda have been tapped to play William Frawley and Vivian Vance in Amazon and Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos, the film about I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Sources add that Arianda’s deal has not yet closed.
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in final negotiations to play Ball and Arnaz, with Sorkin writing and directing.
Simmons’ character, Frawley, played neighbor Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy. Vance played Fred’s wife and Lucy’s best friend, Ethel Mertz.
The film is set during one production week of I Love Lucy — Monday table read through Friday audience filming — when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce. Executive producers are Jenna Block, David Bloomfield of Escape Artists,...
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in final negotiations to play Ball and Arnaz, with Sorkin writing and directing.
Simmons’ character, Frawley, played neighbor Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy. Vance played Fred’s wife and Lucy’s best friend, Ethel Mertz.
The film is set during one production week of I Love Lucy — Monday table read through Friday audience filming — when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce. Executive producers are Jenna Block, David Bloomfield of Escape Artists,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The podcast-to-tv boom continues with HBO adapting the third season of Serial as a limited series.
The network is developing the remake with rising writer/director Shola Amoo and exec produced by Lebron James and former HBO exec Kary Antholis.
The third season of the award-winning podcast, which arguably set in motion the current boom for non-fiction audio series, was set in the Cleveland justice system. Unlike the first two seasons, which featured one case, it looked at the system overall with focuses on cases before the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas such as a woman who accidentally hits a police officer after being assaulted in a bar and a young African American man who is assaulted by police officers for being in possession of marijuana.
The television adaptation will follow a young cop and the man he’s accused of beating, it illuminates the deeply flawed inner workings...
The network is developing the remake with rising writer/director Shola Amoo and exec produced by Lebron James and former HBO exec Kary Antholis.
The third season of the award-winning podcast, which arguably set in motion the current boom for non-fiction audio series, was set in the Cleveland justice system. Unlike the first two seasons, which featured one case, it looked at the system overall with focuses on cases before the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas such as a woman who accidentally hits a police officer after being assaulted in a bar and a young African American man who is assaulted by police officers for being in possession of marijuana.
The television adaptation will follow a young cop and the man he’s accused of beating, it illuminates the deeply flawed inner workings...
- 1/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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