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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman and Jude Law have teamed to develop Black Rabbit, a one-hour limited series for Netflix, Deadline has learned. Both are attached to star and executive produce and Bateman is set to direct. The drama hails from Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films, Law and Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment, Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s Youngblood Pictures and Automatik Entertainment.

Kate Hudson is opening up about turning down The Devil Wears Prada, which starred Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Meryl Streep.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Hudson admitted on the “Capital Breakfast” radio show (via Entertainment Weekly) that turning down “The Devil Wears Prada” was “a bad call.” Before Anne Hathaway was cast as Andrea “Andy” Sachs, director David Frankel met with the likes of Hudson, Rachel McAdams, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kirsten Dunst. “That was a bad call. It was a timing thing, it was one of those things where I couldn’t do it, and I should’ve made it happen, and I didn’t,” Winslet said all these years later.

After more than 20 years, Anna Wintour has enough distance from The Devil Wears Prada to enjoy an evening at the theater.

A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is in the works and at least two original stars are eyeing returns to their beloved roles!

sequel is in development at , and will follow the lives and careers of two of the movie's most memorable characters. say that both and are involved—however neither the actors nor Disney have commented on or confirmed this. The Devil Wears Prada producer Wendy Finerman allegedly convinced the two stars to sign on to the sequel.According to , the movie reportedly “follows Priestly as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and faces off against Blunt’s character, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs."The original movie's screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna is also reportedly in talks to write the sequel.

Angelique Jackson Gird your loins. Miranda Priestly is set to deliver more withering glances in a sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada.” Disney is developing a sequel to the hit 2006 movie starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, the high-powered fashion magazine editor from hell (or, more accurately, the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine) with Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt as her harried assistants Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton.

After scripting the beloved fashion-world dramedy The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, which grossed over $326 million worldwide in its June 2006 debut, Aline Brosh McKenna has been tapped to script a sequel in early development at Disney, sources have confirmed to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Danny Jolles announced on Tuesday that he’ll film his third special at the world-famous Roxy Theatre on September 14th, with shows at both 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America still hasn’t said anything publicly about the savage attack on Israel by terrorists on October 7, but a number of irate showrunners and others will be discussing that silence today.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic From the importance of diversity in storytelling to the impact of Netflix and other streamers on the distribution marketplace, a panel of top content industry creatives and executives weighed pressing issues for the future of filmmaking. The panel, held March 31 as part of the World Film Industry Conference and hosted by the nonprofit org NewFilmmakers LA, featured a master filmmakers’ dialogue moderated by Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge. The panelists were drawn from different disciplines: Oscar-winning documentary director Morgan Neville, filmmaker/showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna, producer Paul Perez (Perez Pictures), Walt Disney Animation Studios vfx supervisor Marlon West and previsualization expert Chris Edwards (The Third Floor).

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Your Place or Mine” is the story of two best friends named Peter and Debbie who slowly come to realize that they are a perfect match. The film, which debuted on Feb. 10, is a bit of a throwback to the glory days of rom-coms, a period in the 1990s and early aughts when Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey and other spunky stars met cute to the delight of moviegoers. And that’s not just in the casting of Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, veterans of the genre, in the two central roles, or that “Your Place or Mine” was written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna, who previously penned “27 Dresses” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” “What we always intended to make was a really premium romantic comedy that would resonate with an audience that wanted to watch a movie that would bring them joy,” says Lauren Neustadter, president of film and TV at Hello Sunshine, Witherspoon’s media company. “People love Reese and Ashton in this type of movie, so that’s an exciting thing to see them together.”

Ashton Kutcher kept casual-cool while out solo in Miami Beach on Thursday morning.The 45-year-old actor made the most of the pleasant weather as he headed to a JPMorgan Chase event.He rocked a navy blue t-shirt and light wash jeans that were cuffed at the ankles.The 6foot2inch star kept a sweater wrapped around his waist and gave nod to his two children with wife Mila Kunis by wearing a 'Dad' hat.The sighting comes shortly after he was forced to explain his 'lack of chemistry' with co-star Reese Witherspoon after fans mocked photos of the pair taken at the premiere of their Netflix film Your Place Or Mine last week. Casual-cool: Ashton Kutcher kept casual-cool while out solo in Miami Beach on Thursday morningThe soon-to-debut romantic comedy, which will serve as Aline Brosh McKenna's directorial debut, is centered on a pair of best friends who agree to swap houses for a week.It also stars the likes of Tig Notaro, Jesse Williams and Steve Zahn, among others.Development on the project was announced in 2020, when Witherspoon was first added to its cast.In addition to serving as the movie's star, she is also one of its producers alongside Jason Bateman.Deadline revealed that Kutcher had been added to the cast in August of 2021. Physical production on the movie began in October of that year, with filming partially taking place in New York City.Kutcher and Witherspoon recently became the subject of online chatter following film's LA premiere last week.Fans felt as though he and the Legally Blonde actress - who plays friends-turned-lovers in the film - looked 'so awkward' while taking photos together.

There is nothing particularly original or groundbreaking in the new Netflix rom-com Your Place or Mine, yet it is just that comfortable familiarity in a movie that isn’t trying to rewrite the rules of engagement in a time-worn genre that makes this pleasing confection a perfect Valentine’s Day offering. In fact, it is the streamers who are filling the bill for couples looking for a little love in their moviegoing, and this one marking a stylish feature directorial debut for veteran screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses)is sweet enough to make staying at home on the couch for Cupid’s big day a fine alternative to get into the mood.

Just hours before the film is about to premiere on Netflix, the reviews are in for the romantic comedy Your Place Or Mine... and they're mixed, at best.The film stars Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher as Debbie and Peter, two long-distance best friends whose dynamic changes when Peter volunteers to look after her teenage son (Wesley Kimmel, nephew of Jimmy Kimmel).The movie came under fire from fans who criticized their lack of chemistry on the red carpet - with Kutcher's own wife Mila Kunis even agreeing - and it seems that same lack of chemistry is present in the film itself.While the film doesn't have a Rotten Tomatoes score yet - with the first review embargo just lifting on Thursday afternoon - many of the early reviews took issue with Witherspoon and Kutcher's chemistry, or lack thereof.The New York Times critic Amy Nicholson began her review by stating that all of the main players involved - Witherspoon, Kutcher and writer-director Aline Brosh McKenna (writer of The Devil Wears Prada, making her directing debut) - all have made successful rom-coms in their career.

Netflix released its trailer today for the upcoming Reese Witherspoon-Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy Your Place Or Mine, providing some details to the plot of the love (or not) story.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is heading to the Alaskan wilderness in its latest competition series.

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher portray long-distance best friends who change each others lives when they swap houses for a week in first look images from new film. Your Place Or Mine.Reese, 46, who plays single mom Debbie, and Ashton, 44, who portrays her total opposite Peter, are seen lying on opposite sides of a bed together in an intimate still from the flick, set for release on Netflix in 2023. 'She craves routine with her son in LA; he thrives on change in New York. When they swap houses and lives for a week, they discover what they want might not be what they really need,' reads the official description.

Reese Witherspoon is heading back to the small screen with Amazon and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator Aline Brosh McKenna with the new comedy series All-Stars - just weeks after it was revealed she's returning for an Election sequel.Amazon acquired the hot property for their Prime Video platform in what was described as, 'a major bidding war with top streamers,' via Deadline.The series is loosely inspired by the true story of a woman named Andrea Kulberg, an American woman who headed across the pond to teach British teenagers about cheerleading.  TV Reese: Reese Witherspoon is heading back to the small screen with Amazon and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator Aline Brosh McKenna with the new comedy series All-StarsWitherspoon will portray a former cheerleader from Daytona Beach, Florida, who, 'cons her way across the pond to teach cheerleading at a school in coastal England.'She uses her old cheerleading skills to turn a ragtag group of British kids into All-Stars. The show is said to have a similar 'vibe' to the Apple TV Plus breakout hit Ted Lasso, and it will also mark Witherspoon's first leading TV comedy role...

EXCLUSIVE: In a major bidding war among top streamers, Amazon has landed All Stars, a half-hour comedy series starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, with a big two-season straight-to-series order.

EXCLUSIVE: Talk Show The Game Show creator Guy Branum has set up two broadcast comedy projects. NBC has taken in for development Le Coq, from Todd Milliner and Sean Hayes’ Hazy Mills Productions and Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based, while ABC has bought the pitch for Outer Calistoga, from Aline Brosh McKenna’s Lean Machine and ABC Signature, where Lean Machine is based.