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Reese Witherspoon Declares "It's Time" For Women To Embrace AI

Film

10 hours ago

Reese Witherspoon Declares "It's Time" For Women To Embrace AI

With the AI discourse spreading in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon seems intent on making a seat for women at the table.

David Harbour Joins 'John Rambo' Cast As Major Trautman

Film

10 hours ago

David Harbour Joins 'John Rambo' Cast As Major Trautman

David Harbour is the latest actor reporting for duty on Lionsgate's upcoming 'Rambo' prequel movie.

Ice Cube and Chris Tucker’s Sons Reimagine Classic Comedy ‘Friday’ for Los Angeles Rams Draft Promo

The Hollywood Reporter

12 hours ago

Ice Cube and Chris Tucker’s Sons Reimagine Classic Comedy ‘Friday’ for Los Angeles Rams Draft Promo

O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Destin Tucker headline the reimagined take, ‘Thursday,’ starring alongside Terry Crews, YG, Kevin Dotson, Jared Verse, Byron Young and Big Boy for the Rams’ draft campaign.

Jodi Picoult’s ‘Book of Two Ways’ in Development as Netflix Series, ‘Outlander’s’ Matthew B. Roberts to Write (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety

13 hours ago

Jodi Picoult’s ‘Book of Two Ways’ in Development as Netflix Series, ‘Outlander’s’ Matthew B. Roberts to Write (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix is developing a series version of the Jodi Picoult novel “The Book of Two Ways,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The project hails from Matthew B. Roberts, who will pen the adaptation in addition to serving as executive producer and showrunner. Sony Pictures Television, where Roberts is under an overall deal, will produce.

Film

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Indie Films Opening April 17: 'Lorne', 'Mother Mary', 'Amrum', 'Erupcja'

Morgan Neville's Lorne Michaels documentary leads new indie films opening on 400 screens with 'Mother Mary', 'Amrum', 'Erupcia', more launching in NY and LA.

Wayans Brothers Tease 'White Chicks' Sequel "Can Happen"

Film

14 hours ago

Wayans Brothers Tease 'White Chicks' Sequel "Can Happen"

As the Wayans brothers make their return to the big screen with 'Scary Movie 6', the comedy filmmaking family is plotting their next sequel.

David Harbour Joins ‘John Rambo’ as Major Trautman

Variety

14 hours ago

David Harbour Joins ‘John Rambo’ as Major Trautman

“Stranger Things” star David Harbour is the latest addition to the cast of “John Rambo,” the origin story of the franchise. Harbour will play Rambo’s commanding officer Major Trautman in the film directed by Jalmari Helander (“Sisu”), Variety has confirmed. Noah Centineo stars as John Rambo, the one-man fighting force. The “John Rambo” story takes

John Powell Composing Score for Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters’ (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter

15 hours ago

John Powell Composing Score for Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters’ (Exclusive)

The new gig continues to cement Powell's feather in his cap as the writer of more music for animation than any modern composer.

David Harbour Joins Noah Centineo in Action Movie ‘John Rambo’ (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter

15 hours ago

David Harbour Joins Noah Centineo in Action Movie ‘John Rambo’ (Exclusive)

'Sisu' helmer Jalmari Helander is directing the action movie for Lionsgate and Millennium Media.

‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Didn’t Have a Defining Disaster — and Proved It Doesn’t Need One

Variety

15 hours ago

‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Didn’t Have a Defining Disaster — and Proved It Doesn’t Need One

Just two seasons into its run, “The Pitt” is already playing with audience expectations. The real-time medical drama debuted to acclaim when it began an old-fashioned, week-by-week rollout in January of last year. But both Season 1 and the hype around it, culminating in a slew of Emmys, kicked into overdrive with a climactic event

Jeremy O. Harris on Juggling Theater, ‘Erupcja,’ and Why He Became a Producer

IndieWire

16 hours ago

Jeremy O. Harris on Juggling Theater, ‘Erupcja,’ and Why He Became a Producer

The "Slave Play" playwright and "Erupcja" star and co-screenwriter joined IndieWire's "Screen Talk" podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on his latest work and the state of Hollywood.

A Chat With L.A.’s New Film Czar On ‘Baywatch’ — and How the City Is Trying to Cut Red Tape

The Hollywood Reporter

17 hours ago

A Chat With L.A.’s New Film Czar On ‘Baywatch’ — and How the City Is Trying to Cut Red Tape

Steve Kang “wanted to roll out the red carpet” for the Fox series. He faces a riptide of multi-jurisdictional challenges.

CinemaCon Brings Out the Stars, ‘Running Point’ Returns and This Week’s Best Events

The Hollywood Reporter

17 hours ago

CinemaCon Brings Out the Stars, ‘Running Point’ Returns and This Week’s Best Events

Inside this week's biggest Hollywood premieres, parties and openings.

Warner Bros.’ Future Slate, Disney’s ‘Infinity Vision,’ Dirty Sodas, and More Lingering Thoughts from CinemaCon

IndieWire

17 hours ago

Warner Bros.’ Future Slate, Disney’s ‘Infinity Vision,’ Dirty Sodas, and More Lingering Thoughts from CinemaCon

We also asked Cinema United's Michael O'Leary about how to help independent, single-screen venues.

Alberto Vázquez’s ‘Decorado’ Scoops Top Feature Prize at 9th Quirino Awards; Colombia, Portugal Share Major Wins

Variety

17 hours ago

Alberto Vázquez’s ‘Decorado’ Scoops Top Feature Prize at 9th Quirino Awards; Colombia, Portugal Share Major Wins

TENERIFE, Spain — Galician animation auteur Alberto Vázquez has done it again. “Decorado,” his bruising meditation on identity and appearances in a society that prizes the surface, landed Best Feature Film at the 9th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, handed out Friday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It’s Vázquez’s third Quirino: He previously won a short

Netflix Stock Walloped As Wall Street Questions Its Post-Warner Path

Film

18 hours ago

Netflix Stock Walloped As Wall Street Questions Its Post-Warner Path

Netflix stock plunged 10% Friday in the wake of its first-quarter earnings report, with many Wall Street analysts raising questions about the company's strategic direction.

David Lowery Turned a Creative Crisis and Late-Night Doubt Into ‘Mother Mary,’ His Most Complex Movie Yet

IndieWire

18 hours ago

David Lowery Turned a Creative Crisis and Late-Night Doubt Into ‘Mother Mary,’ His Most Complex Movie Yet

As Lowery tells IndieWire, this two-hander between Anne Hathaway’s pop star and Michaela Coel’s fashion designer started off as a conversation he was having with himself.

‘Sinners’ Breakout Star Li Jun Li Joins ‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 as Lev and Yara’s Mother, Miriam (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety

18 hours ago

‘Sinners’ Breakout Star Li Jun Li Joins ‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 as Lev and Yara’s Mother, Miriam (EXCLUSIVE)

Li Jun Li, one of the breakout stars of “Sinners,” has joined Season 3 of “The Last of Us,” Variety has learned exclusively. In the HBO Max series, she will play Miriam, a Seraphite and the mother of Lev and Yara. As previously announced, Michelle Mao will play Yara and Kyriana Kratter will play Lev,

She Broke Barriers as a Production CEO in the Middle East. Then She Had to Evacuate the Region

The Hollywood Reporter

18 hours ago

She Broke Barriers as a Production CEO in the Middle East. Then She Had to Evacuate the Region

Nancy Paton, a producer and director based in Abu Dhabi, describes how the production landscape has changed drastically in the Mid East over the past decade — and why the current war threatens to upend that progress.

‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘Roommates’ Director on Collaborating With Adam Sandler and Exploring ‘Gender Envy’ in Semi-Autobiographical Film

Variety

18 hours ago

‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘Roommates’ Director on Collaborating With Adam Sandler and Exploring ‘Gender Envy’ in Semi-Autobiographical Film

Chandler Levack was 27 years old when she started writing the story she couldn’t stop thinking about. The Montreal indie music scene she’d once called home was years behind her now, and Levack — then a film and music critic — sat down to excavate the summer she was 24, which she chasing scenes, boys