Tag: Father of the Bride
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‘Hit Man’s Glen Powell & Adria Arjona Had Instant Chemistry, Says Director
Over the past several years, Glen Powell and Adria Arjona have risen to true stardom. Powell found his breakout role in 2015 when he joined Scream Queens, paving the way for a future that featured Hidden Figures and The Bad Guys, culminating in a major role in last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, one of the…
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‘Father of the Bride’ Review: Something is Borrowed and Something Blown in an Unsubtle Remake
The wedding industrial complex has intensified since novelist Edward Streeter wrote his wryly observational satire “Father of the Bride” in 1949. So, too, has the titular patriarch’s panic that his daughter’s nuptials will expose him as a substandard provider. Director Gary Alazraki’s uneven adaptation — the third in seven decades after Spencer Tracy and Steve…
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‘Father of the Bride’ Review: This Time, When Dad Wants to Cancel the Wedding, He’s Right
Here’s a weird feeling: the sense that the eponymous father of the bride is right when it comes to his many trepidations about a would-be happy event that is about to consume his life, for better and very much for worse. Edward Streeter’s 1949 novel “Father of the Bride” inspired Vincente Minnelli’s 1950 Best Picture…
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Father Of The Bride Trailer: Celebrating Something Old But Making It New
It’s been over 30 years since the first of the Nancy Meyers and Steve Martin “Father of the Bride” films debuted and now, just in time for wedding season, HBO Max is giving the beloved rom-com an update. This will be the second remake of Vincente Minnelli’s original 1950 film based on the Edward Streeter…
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‘Father Of The Bride’ Trailer: Adria Arjona & Andy Garcia Star In HBO Max RomCom Remake Coming In June
HBO Max is behind a modern version of the romantic comedy “Father of The Bride.” Andy Garcia, likely best known for Steven Soderbergh‘s “Oceans” movies, is playing the titular father, Billy. Garcia has been paired up with pop music icon Gloria Estefan as Billy’s wife Ingrid as he begrudgingly goes along with the speedy wedding.They’ve…
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Gloria Estefan Joining Andy Garcia in ‘Father of the Bride’ Remake
Gloria Estefan is joining the bridal party alongside Adria Arjona and Andy Garcia for Warner Bros.’ remake of Father of the Bride.“A resounding yes was my answer to the invitation to join my good friend, the incredibly talented Andy Garcia, for this new and wonderfully warm and funny incarnation of the classic, Father Of The…
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‘Father of the Bride’ Remake Will Be Directed By Gaz Alazraki
The Father of the Bride remake has found its director. Gaz Alazraki, who helmed Club de Cuervos, is set to direct the pic for Warner Bros., with this latest incarnation focusing on a Cuban American family. The original Father of the Bride opened in 1950 with Spencer Tracy in the lead, and was followed by…
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Watch: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Florence Pugh Team Up for ‘Father of the Bride Part 3-ish’
Netflix reunited the cast of Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II for a sort-of sequel, appropriately titled Father of the Bride Part 3-ish, that featured some pretty unexpected cameos. Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and George Newbern all reprised their roles from the original two…
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Richard Marks, ‘Apocalypse Now,’ ‘Terms of Endearment’ Editor, Dies at 75
Richard Marks, an Oscar-nominated film editor for “Apocalypse Now,” best picture winner “Terms of Endearment,” “Broadcast News,” and “As Good as It Gets,” died unexpectedly on Dec. 31 in New York City, his widow, film editor Barbara Marks, confirmed to Variety. He was 75.His other editing credits include “The Godfather: Part II,” “You’ve Got Mail,”…
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Disney Eyeing Reboots of ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,’ ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘The Parent Trap’
Disney already has all hands on deck for live-action remakes of their classic animated movies. We’ve already seen the likes of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and The Jungle Book hit theaters and Aladdin, Dumbo, Mulan, Pinocchio, and The Lion King are on the way. But it sounds like Disney is running out of animated…