Cathy Yan: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey, Dead Pigs) will executive produce and direct the live-action series Paprika, based on the Yasutaka Tsutsui novel of the same name, for Amazon Studios and Hivemind, Deadline has learned.

Jenna Ortega are reportedly in talks for a Single White Female remake.Per The Hollywood Reporter, 3000 Pictures is looking to remake the 1992 psycho-sexual thriller that originally starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with Russell and Ortega slated to star and produce the reimagining.Thus far, Sony, who have a deal with the film company, has offered no comment on the project.In the original, Fonda played Allison, a woman who takes in Hedra (Leigh) as a roommate while she recovers from a breakup, with Hedra’s behaviour becoming increasingly obsessional and violent. The horror drama was followed up with Single White Female 2: The Psycho in 2005, which starred Kristen Miller.Ortega is no stranger to starring in freakier films, with the Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star currently promoting her new film Death Of A Unicorn – an A24 comedy horror in which she stars as the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Elliot, who accidentally runs over and kills a unicorn.As well as her turn in Death Of A Unicorn, Ortega is set to appear in Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist alongside Charli XCX, Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Waves star Russell meanwhile, earned praise for her turn in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story, Bones and All.In NME’s four-star-review, critic Nick Levine wrote that the film “balances some gut-wrenchingly grim and gory scenes with moments of genuine tenderness,” adding that it helped that Russell and Timothée Chalamet had “an easy chemistry that deepens with the narrative”.Before then, the second season of Wednesday is set to arrive on Netflix before the end of 2025.

Jenna Ortega has shut down rumours that she might accept a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying she “did it once” and has “moved on”.The Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star is currently promoting her new film Death Of A Unicorn, an A24 comedy horror in which she stars as the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Elliot, who accidentally runs over and kills a unicorn.During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, she was asked whether she would consider joining the MCU, and her answer appeared to be definitive. “I did it once,” she replied.

Charli XCX is reportedly being eyed to play the White Witch Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming Chronicles of Narnia film for Netflix.According to Deadline, the multiple Grammy winner is among the top choices for the role and talks have been ongoing for a while, although nothing concrete has yet been agreed.In 2018, Netflix announced it would develop new series and film projects based on C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia novels, and Gerwig was brought on board in 2020 to adapt and direct.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun casting update. On the day she was announced for Glastonbury, we can reveal that Charli XCX is also being eyed to join Greta Gerwig and Netflix‘s anticipated Narnia film.

Natalie Portman is on board to star in a new rom-com written and directed by Lena Dunham.Good Sex, which currently has no confirmed release date, is set to be the latest in a string of films exploring age-gap romances, following on from the likes of this year’s Nicole Kidman-starring Babygirl.Portman will star as a successful couples’ therapist named Ally, who is freshly out of a decade-long relationship and nearing 40.Her best friend encourages her to enter New York City’s dating scene, where she “finds her life pulled in opposing directions as she falls into a steamy fling with a 20-something Brooklyn hipster just as she begins a promising, more conventional relationship with Alan, a successful 50-something in Manhattan,” per the synopsis shared via Deadline.It continues: “As a romantic crossroads blossoms into a full-blown identity crisis, Ally juggles to keep these two very different men separate and to make sense of her own conflicting desires before she risks losing them both.”Portman and Sophie Mas will produce through their company, MountainA, alongside Dunham and Michael Cohen under their studio Good Thing Going. In other Natalie Portman news, she’s also due to appear in The Gallerist, an upcoming film by Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey).She joins the star-studded cast alongside Jenna Ortega, Charli XCX, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Natalie Portman is set to star in rom-com Good Sex, written and to be directed by Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham (Girls).

Ethan Shanfeld Charli xcx is teaming up with A24 to make a new movie called “The Moment,” based on her own original idea. The “Brat” pop star will produce the film as the first project under her new production company, Studio365. Plot details are kept under wraps, but sources indicate that Charli may also star in the movie.

Charli XCX has given her verdict on some of 2024’s biggest films.The star, who has signed up for a number of acting roles in a series of forthcoming films, spent much of Christmas catching up on a host of movies and sharing her opinion of them on the film social media site Letterboxd.Among them were Challengers,Conclave, and Nosferatu which she awarded five stars. She also gave a like for Anora.She also noted that there “there were a lot of songs” on the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet and said Martha Stewart “is brat” after seeing her recent Netflix documentary Martha.Some of Charli’s other favourite films included 1995’s The Addiction, 2000’s Charlie’s Angels, 1974’s Céline And Julie Go Boating, and 1935’s Bride Of Frankenstein.It comes after she was recently cast in The Gallerist, an upcoming film by Birds Of Prey director Cathy Yan alongside Jenna Ortega, Natalie Portman, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K.

Death Of A Unicorn, the upcoming black comedy, has dropped, and it shows Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father and daughter who accidentally kill a unicorn. Watch it below.In the trailer, we see the titular unicorn’s death, as well as the lengths Rudd’s Elliot and Ortega’s Ridley go to in order to cover up the accident.

Charli XCX has been cast in The Gallerist, an upcoming film by Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey).As reported by Deadline, the ‘Brat’ singer has joined the star-studded cast alongside Jenna Ortega, Natalie Portman, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl and Catherine Zeta-Jones.The film follows a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami, and is currently in pre-production and set to shoot at the end of this year.It follows last month’s news that XCX had joined the cast of Sacrifice, the English-language debut of French director Romain Gavras.

Jenna Ortega and Natalie Portman might be joining forces in an exciting new movie!

EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega are in talks to star in The Gallerist with Cathy Yan on board to direct. Yan co-wrote the pic with James Pedersen. Portman, Jonathan King, Ash Sarohia, Tom McCarthy, Rae Baron, Sophie Mas and Zola Elgart Glassman are producing.

Warner Bros. Pictures has just released a new trailer for the upcoming DC Films movie Birds Of Prey.

Geng Zihan has just won Best Director in the Fei Mu Awards of Pingyao International Film Festival for her debut feature, A Song Sung Blue, a coming-of-age tale set in Harbin in northeast China. 

EXCLUSIVE: John Boyega has been set to star in sci-fi romance The Freshening from director Cathy Yan (Birds Of Prey), we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Concordia Studio has hired Ash Sarohia as EVP of Narrative Film & Television, bolstering the studio’s efforts to expand its scripted and documentary slates.

Angelique Jackson Sarah Vacchiano has joined UTA from FilmNation, signing on to serve as a motion picture business affairs executive for the global talent, entertainment and sports agency.Vacchiano will be based in the company’s Los Angeles office and report to Jim Meenaghan, partner and head of motion picture business affairs and co-head of UTA Independent Film Group.“Sarah has a unique knowledge and skill set in the film industry across the constantly changing deal structures of studios, streamers and her specific experiences in the independent film space,” stated Meenaghan, announcing Vacchiano’s hiring. “Our friends at FilmNation could not have been more supportive of her move, and we are thrilled to welcome Sarah to our L.A.

USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative released its annual “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” which analyzes 1,500 top films from 2007 to 2021 for gender and race/ethnicity representation.

After playing her iconic character Harley Quinn back to back, Margot Robbie recently announced she’s ready to take a break from playing Harley Quinn. The actress famously essayed the iconic role in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Margot Robbie announced she’s taking a break from playing Harley Quinn for a bit after back-to-back production playing the iconic DC character in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.