Tag: After The Wedding

  • Michelle Pfeiffer to Star as Betty Ford in Showtime’s ‘The First Lady’

    Michelle Pfeiffer to Star as Betty Ford in Showtime’s ‘The First Lady’

    Michelle Pfeiffer is set to star in Showtime’s “The First Lady,” an upcoming anthology series that will examine the lives of several former first ladies.Variety reported on Thursday that Pfeiffer, who starred in recent films such as the upcoming “French Exit,” as well as “mother!,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” will…

  • Oscars: Academy Announces 344 Films Eligible for 2019 Best Picture

    Oscars: Academy Announces 344 Films Eligible for 2019 Best Picture

    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…

  • Susanne Bier To Direct Nicole Kidman In ‘The Undoing,’ A HBO Limited Series

    Susanne Bier To Direct Nicole Kidman In ‘The Undoing,’ A HBO Limited Series

    Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier has bounced back in a big way. Her career came into sharp focus in the early aughts, but was minted later that decade when “After the Wedding” (2006; it made Mads Mikkelsen a household name) and “In a Better World” (2010) both scored Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film…

  • Billy Crudup joins Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams in ‘After The Wedding’ remake

    Billy Crudup joins Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams in ‘After The Wedding’ remake

    Crudup will play Oscar, the husband of Moore’s character Theresa.Billy Crudup has joined the cast of After The Wedding, the remake of Suanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated drama that Cornerstone Films is selling in Cannes.Crudup will line up alongside Julianne Moore (The Kids Are Alright) and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), with the trio to be directed by…

  • Michelle Williams to star with Julianne Moore in ‘After The Wedding’ remake

    Michelle Williams to star with Julianne Moore in ‘After The Wedding’ remake

    Diane Kruger departs project due to scheduling conflicts.Michelle Williams will star alongside Julianne Moore in After The Wedding, Bart Freundlich’s remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 Oscar-nominated drama, Screen has confirmed.Williams replaces Diane Kruger, who was previously announced as the co-lead. Kruger has dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.The project is reimagining the original film with…

  • Michelle Williams to Star Opposite Julianne Moore in ‘After the Wedding’ Remake (Exclusive)

    Michelle Williams to Star Opposite Julianne Moore in ‘After the Wedding’ Remake (Exclusive)

    Michelle Williams will star opposite Julianne Moore in the remake of the Danish film “After the Wedding,” sources tell Variety.Bart Freundlich is directing from his own script. Joel B. Michaels and Silvio Muraglia are producing the pic.The film is based on the 2006 Oscar-nominated movie of the same name helmed by Susanne Bier and starring…

  • Diane Kruger Joins Bart Freundlich’s ‘After the Wedding’

    Diane Kruger Joins Bart Freundlich’s ‘After the Wedding’

    Diane Kruger is set to join Julianne Moore in Bart Freudlich’s English-language re-imagining of Susanne Bier’s 2006 film “After the Wedding.” Cornerstone Films, which announced the casting Thursday, is handling international sales on the film and will present it to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin.The German actress, who won the best actress…

  • German outfit Beta Cinema takes stake in UK sales company Cornerstone Films

    German outfit Beta Cinema takes stake in UK sales company Cornerstone Films

    Companies to partner on English-language titles.German production and distribution outfit Beta Cinema has acquired a minority stake in Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder’s London and La-based international sales outfit Cornerstone Films.The two companies will partner on commercially-driven English-language films, combining Beta’s production and distribution operations with Cornerstone’s sales activities – the aim is for the…