| | | | What's news: Netflix's That '90s Show is coming back. J.J. Abrams teams with Warner Bros. on a Stephen King adaptation. The Gladiator sequel lands a 2024 release. 80 for Brady lowers ticket prices. Elon Musk and Tesla beat an investor lawsuit. — Ryan Gajewski |
Armie Hammer Breaks Silence on Misconduct Allegations ►"I'm here to own my mistakes." Armie Hammer granted his first interview since a sex abuse scandal imploded his life, Hollywood career and marriage, by sitting down with Graydon Carter's Air Mail. Hammer responds at length to the sexual misconduct allegations, denies any criminal wrongdoing while accepting responsibility for being a selfish "asshole" who used people and moved on, challenges a rape claim and provides an update on his recovery. The story.
—Entertainment is coming in 2024. Ridley Scott's Gladiator sequel has landed a 2024 release date from Paramount. Current Oscar nominee Paul Mescal is in negotiations to star in the follow-up to the best picture-winning 2000 feature. The story.
—Cheaper for Brady. The new octogenarian comedy 80 for Brady is rewriting the playbook with a bold experiment by offering lower ticket prices. AMC Theatres, the world's largest circuit, announced it's extending its matinee ticket pricing to all screenings of the Paramount pic in a first-ever promotion for a new title. The story.
—"It's really unfair and has been hard watching that." The Flash star Kiersey Clemons spoke to THR's nicest man Chris Gardner about James Gunn's rave review of the film, along with response to Ezra Miller's troubles. Warner Bros. is finally set to release Andy Muschietti's long-delayed superhero title June 16. The interview. |
Colin Trevorrow, 'House of the Dragon' Writer Team for 'Atlantis' ►The film's future is no longer lost. THR's Borys Kit has the scoop on Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow teaming with Charmaine DeGraté, a writer and co-executive producer on HBO's House of the Dragon, to visit Atlantis for Skydance. Skydance has closed a deal with Trevorrow to direct and produce the feature that was previously in development at Universal. The story.
—Will he direct? J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot banner have teamed up with Warner Bros. for the feature adaptation of Stephen King's 2021 novel Billy Summers. Appian Way will also produce the project, which is being written by Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It's unclear if Abrams, who hasn't directed a movie since 2019's Rise of Skywalker, will helm the adaptation. The story.
—"Hello, 1996!" Keep the car CD changer handy and a case of Surge on ice: That '90s Show is rolling into a second season. The renewal for the generational sequel to That '70s Show is a relatively quick one for Netflix, coming just two weeks after the comedy's Jan. 19 premiere. The story. |
Melinda Dillon, 'Close Encounters' and 'Christmas Story' Actress, Dies at 83 ►A two-time Oscar nominee. Melinda Dillon, who received supporting Oscar nominations for her turns in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice and portrayed the doting mom in the holiday perennial A Christmas Story, has died, her family announced. She was 83. The obituary.
—Musk's courtroom win streak continues. Elon Musk and Tesla are not on the hook for losses investors suffered when he posted messages on Twitter in 2018 indicating that he had secured the funding to take Tesla private, a jury found. The trial in San Francisco federal court stemmed from a series of tweets Musk posted saying that he had the "funding secured" to take Tesla private at $420 a share. The story.
—Time-out after 33 years. ESPN has canceled the linear edition of its journalism-driven news program Outside the Lines. While the weekly TV series is sunsetting, the Saturday morning news program will continue on as a digital series (including on ESPN’s YouTube channel), and with branded segments on ESPN's flagship studio show SportsCenter seven days per week. The story. |
6 Questions About DC's Film Slate ►"What can the DCU learn from the MCU?" DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled 10 projects that promise two Batmen, a partial reboot and a mix of actors new and old, but plenty of questions remain. THR's Richard Newby answers six burning questions about this transitional time for the Warner Bros. projects. The analysis.
—Ending a six-year sentence. Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and political dissident Jafar Panahi was released from prison after months behind bars. News of Panahi's release comes shortly after Panahi, director of The Circle, Taxi and No Bears, announced he had begun a hunger strike to protest his continued incarceration. The story.
—"An eloquent film about family and freedom." Sony Pictures Classics has nabbed the North American rights to the Sundance award-winning film The Persian Version, a mother-daughter dramedy written, directed and produced by Maryam Keshavarz. The story. |
Ben Aldridge Talks 'Knock at the Cabin' ►"We were shining a light on some of that darkness." For most moviegoers, M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin will serve as their introduction to Ben Aldridge, and what an introduction it is. THR's Brian Davids interviews the Fleabag alum about the psychological toll of his fiery character and feeling like a movie star for the first time. The interview.
In other news...
—Austin Butler says all his singing for Elvis "destroyed my voice"
—James Cameron recreates Titanic's Jack and Rose ending to test if Jack could have fit on the door
—How Pamela Anderson and son Brandon Thomas Lee handled rehashing difficult personal moments for Pamela, a Love Story
—Jay-Z to perform at Grammys with DJ Khaled
What else we're reading...
—Gabrielle Sanchez explains why everyone is suddenly watching Columbo [AV Club]
—Gabe Cohn discovers the secrets to a perfect cry scene by analyzing three recent examples [NYT]
—Justin Ray takes a closer look at the backlash to MTV's The Real Friends of WeHo [LAT]
—Roxane Gay examines what Pamela Anderson is choosing to reveal about herself [The Cut]
—Bethonie Butler writes that the Grammys ignored Latin music until Bad Bunny made them listen [WaPo]
Today...
…in 2011, Christian E. Christiansen's The Roommate hit theaters. The Sony film stars Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly in the story of a young woman increasingly terrorized by her psycho roomie. The original review.
Today's birthdays: Lewis Tan (36), Lauren Ash (40), Rob Corddry (52), Hannibal Buress (40), Natalie Imbruglia (48), Gabrielle Anwar (53), Charlie Barnett (35), Kyla Kenedy (20), Jim Jefferies (46), Alice Cooper (75), Pamelyn Ferdin (64), Bug Hall (38), Patrick Bergin (72), Clint Black (61), Jerry Adler (94), Jenette Goldstein (63) |
| George R. Robertson, the Canadian actor who portrayed the police chief and later police commissioner Henry Hurst in the first six Police Academy films, has died. He was 89. The obituary. |
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