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‘Barbie’: Saoirse Ronan Is “Gutted” She Won’t Be In Greta Gerwig’s Upcoming Film Due To Scheduling Conflicts
After “Lady Bird” and “Little Women,” it’d only make sense for Saoirse Ronan to reunite with Greta Gerwig for her upcoming “Barbie.” And that was the plan until scheduling conflicts got in the way. But, due to that, unfortunately, Gerwig won’t be a “Barbie” girl next year.Read More: ‘Barbie’: Ryan Gosling Wants Greta Gerwig’s New […]
Continue readingGreta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie Almost Included Saoirse Ronan
We’re still a year away from finally getting to live our plastic fantasies with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie starring Margot Robbie … and everyone else in Hollywood. But we’ve not been able to shut up about our excitement. The world’s favorite fashion doll has been around for over six decades, but this will be Barbara […]
Continue readingThe Daily Stream: Lady Bird Goes Beyond Gender Or Age As A Coming-Of-Identity Story
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Lady Bird“Where You Can Stream It: Showtime, DirectTVThe Pitch: In my senior year of high school, I took an AP English class where we read […]
Continue readingKate McKinnon Joins Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
Kate McKinnon is set to join the cast of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” individuals with knowledge of the casting confirmed to TheWrap.McKinnon’s role and the film’s plot are being kept secret, though Gerwig is expected to put a new spin on the classic Mattel toy character given her previous work on “Lady Bird” and “Little Women.” […]
Continue readingChloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell Make Oscars History as Two Women Nominated for Best Director
It’s about time. For the first time in its nearly hundred-year history, the Oscars have nominated a pair of female filmmakers in its Best Director category, with both Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell earning nominations for their films “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman,” respectively. Both filmmakers also received screenplay nominations for their films, and each […]
Continue reading‘How To Build A Girl’ Trailer: Beanie Feldstein Turns Into Dolly Wilde In The Upcoming Coming-Of-Age Comedy
Thanks to great performances in 2017’s “Lady Bird” and last year’s “Booksmart,” Beanie Feldstein has become one of the most interesting up-and-coming actors in Hollywood. And it appears that she’s going to continue that streak of interesting films going with the upcoming IFC Films release “How to Build a Girl.”Read More: IFC Films Celebrates 20 […]
Continue readingOscar Nominations 2020: Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Greta Gerwig to ‘Klaus’ (Photos)
Hollywood awards gurus have gotten Oscar prognostication down almost to a science. But that doesn’t mean that the Academy doesn’t throw us a curveball every year. Here are the nominations that were the biggest surprises, and the snubs that burned the most.Snub: Greta Gerwig, “Little Women” (Best Director) — The Academy failed to nominate any […]
Continue readingListen: Greta Gerwig ‘Was Hell Bent on’ Directing ‘Little Women’
There was no chance that Greta Gerwig was not going to direct “Little Women.”She was originally hired to write the screenplay, but then insisted on directing, too. “I told them no one else could direct it; I must direct it,” Gerwig recalls on Thursday’s episode of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast. “They […]
Continue readingThe 10 Decisions That Turned ‘Little Women’ Into a Modern Movie Classic
It seems obvious now, after the 2018 success of auto-fiction “Lady Bird” — which earned five Oscar nominations, including the fifth nod for a woman for Best Director — that Greta Gerwig was the perfect match to write and direct Sony’s latest movie adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 19th century classic “Little Women.” But back […]
Continue readingThe 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: No 4 – Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s freewheeling adaptation is the definition of a festive spirit-raiser, sending the sisters on a giddy and moving march to womanhoodI hadn’t really been looking forward to Little Women. I didn’t love the book, nor the other four film versions, nor the innumerable times it’s been adapted for telly. Even more sacrilegiously, I didn’t […]
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