While “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is chock full of cameos from fashion and media celebrities, a few roles were left on the cutting floor, including Conrad Ricamora’s part as Andy’s (Anne Hathaway) roommate. But Ricamora — best known for “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Fire Island,” and his Tony-nominated turn in “Oh, Mary!”— […]
Last week, Nia Long got the tap on the shoulder she’s been waiting for forever. It was a summons from Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the Jackson family, whom she portrays in the new biopic, “Michael.” Long steeled herself as she walked into a green room backstage at the Dolby Theatre and, when they came […]
Park Chan-wook has lined up an all-star cast for his next film, the Western thriller “The Brigands of Rattlecreek”: Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, Oscar nominee Austin Butler, Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal and Chinese star Tang Wei. The vaunted South Korean director (“No Other Choice,” “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden”) will direct the film and adapt the […]
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked,” “Harriet”), Thabo Rametsi (“Silverton Siege”) and Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist,” “Ink”) are set to star in “The Road Home,” a musical drama about South African jazz legends Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba and Hugh Masekela, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Award-winning South African star Rametsi will play the renowned trumpeter […]
Academy Award-winning actress and activist Julianne Moore will receive Kering’s Women in Motion award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Launched in 2015 by Kering, an official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, the Women in Motion award celebrates female artists whose careers and commitment have advanced the role of women both in cinema and […]
Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler’s “Miami Vice” reboot is officially confirmed, with the new title “Miami Vice ’85.” The Universal film, from “F1” and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski, is scheduled for release on Aug. 6, 2027. Production on the movie, which will be filmed for Imax, will start later this year. Jordan, […]
“Union County,” a recovery-focused drama starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo, has been acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film, directed by Adam Meeks, casts Poulter and Centineo as two fictional characters (brothers grappling with opioid addiction) amid the real-life participants of a court-sponsored drug rehabilitation program in rural Ohio. Meeks’ extended family lives in this […]
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and “Nightbitch” filmmaker Marielle Heller is set to write and direct a live-action adaptation of “FernGully,” which is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The 1992 animated classic “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” followed the magical inhabitants of an Australian rainforest as they fight to save their home, which is […]
Last year, Marvel Studios announced that “Avengers: Endgame” would get a theatrical re-release ahead of the next superhero team-up movie, December’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” Turns out, there’s more to the “Endgame” than previously advertised. During the Walt Disney Studios presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo announced that the Sept. 25 release will […]
NY Times bestselling author Kennedy Ryan is taking her popular contemporary romance stories from the page to the screen thanks to a new first-look deal with Universal Studio Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Ryan will develop and produce series for a variety of platforms and create original IP for USG to adapt for […]
Multihyphenate film and TV pioneer and billionaire Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry will be among the honorees at the sixth annual Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards. The annual award show spotlights celebrities, influencers and icons from across the entertainment and media industries who’ve made an impact on Black culture. Previous honorees include Whoopi Goldberg, Cardi B, Don […]
Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins are expanding the “Longlegs” universe with a second installment of the now-horror movie franchise. Paramount Pictures picked up the rights to the mysterious new project after the serial killer thriller “Longlegs” was a massive hit for Neon in 2024. The R-rated film — about an FBI agent hunting a homicidal […]