Middle schooler Kevin (Maxwell Simkins) is prone to exaggeration, cooking up fanciful lies to sell to his family, his friends, even his teachers, all the better to imagine a world in which his suburban life isn’t quite so boring. Case in point: Trish Sie’s “The Sleepover,” which follows Kevin and his seemingly cookie-cutter family, opens […]
Continue readingParamount Pictures is lucky to have Emma Watts as their new motion picture group president, replacing outgoing Wyck Godfrey. It’s not a huge surprise, as she is reuniting with her old boss at Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount studio chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos, who took over the studio in 2017 and likes to lean on […]
Continue readingDrew Goddard is coming aboard Ryan Gosling’s new astronaut movie Hail Mary to help directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller crack the sci-fi story. The project is based on an upcoming novel from The Martian author Andy Weir, who saw that book adapted for the screen by Goddard, so clearly the two scribes are on […]
Continue readingPhil Lord and Chris Miller may finally finish a movie set in space! The filmmaking duo is set to direct and produce the untitled film adaptation of an astronaut-themed thriller novel by “The Martian” author Andy Weir, and they’re taking Ryan Gosling with them.Read More: Ryan Gosling To Star In A New Sci-Fi Film, ‘The […]
Continue readingMGM has brought Phil Lord and Chris Miller on board to direct and produce the film adaptation of “The Martian” author Andy Weir’s next novel, which has Ryan Gosling lined up to star.Amy Pascal has also signed on as a producer, joining Gosling and Ken Kao as well as Weir. Lord, Miller and Pascal have […]
Continue readingDirecting power duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller have been tapped by MGM to direct the film adaptation of “The Martian” author Andy Weir’s upcoming novel. Variety first reported the news on Friday. The project has been in the works since March, when the studio scooped up Weir’s forthcoming “Project Hail Mary” for a cool […]
Continue readingAs much of Europe begins to ease restrictions imposed on business and travel to curb the spread of coronavirus, Hollywood studios are looking ahead to summer and early fall when production is expected to resume in Hungary and the Czech Republic, Central Europe’s biggest production hubs.Executives at Mid Atlantic Films and Stillking Films, who have […]
Continue readingExclusive: Just what we were waiting for, a hot film deal. Days after the town jumped all over the new novel by The Martian author Andy Weir, sources said that The Hail Mary is in exclusive negotiations to be acquired by MGM in a 7-figure deal. Ryan Gosling will produce with Ken Kao. It is […]
Continue readingAdam Sandler’s “Uncut Gems” has been re-classified as a drama for the upcoming Golden Globes.A rep for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association confirmed Monday that the organization had overturned the submission of “Uncut Gems” as a musical/comedy, and it will compete as a drama. Nominations will be announced Dec. 9.In 2016, “The Martian” won the […]
Continue readingIn another hit from a very strong October, “Halloween” is the month’s second-best opening weekend ever. Its $77.5 million total is just a little below what “Venom” debuted to two weeks ago, at 10 times the budget.Meanwhile, “A Star Is Born” became the second release this month to reach $200 million — a first for […]
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