Kenneth Lonergan: Last News

Adam Driver had the support of some famous friends at his opening night in a new Off-Broadway show!

Not far into Kenneth Lonergan‘s fame-is-hell-but-what-isn’t fable Hold On To Me Darling, Adam Driver, playing a country music crossover megastar about to begin filming his latest blockbuster, pledges in an accent so thick it could dent Johnny Cash’s belt buckle that he’s going to turn his famous life around “just as soon as I get done with this goddamn space movie.”

“Hold On To Me Darling” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.The show, about a fictional country singer named Strings McCrane who moves home to Tennessee after learning of his mother’s untimely passing, will run until Dec. 22.As of now, the rest of the small ensemble is yet to be announced.

Adam Driver will star in a new Off Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling this fall, producers announced today.

As the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Katcy Stephan Brian Tyree Henry has joined the cast of Universal’s untitled Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry musical project. The Oscar, Emmy and Tony nominee joins Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey and Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph in the coming-of-age musical, set in the summer of 1977 at Virginia Beach and inspired by Atlantis Apartments, Williams’ childhood neighborhood.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Studiocanal, the European powerhouse behind “Paddington,” has created a genre label dedicated to the development, production and distribution of horror, thriller, sci fi and action films and TV series. The company has hired Jed Benedict, a well-known executive who previously worked for the U.K. distribution banner Elysian Film Group, to run the new label.

Mark Ruffalo cemented himself in Hollywood with his role in 2000′s You Can Count on Me. However, it turns out that he wasn’t the first choice for the part.

Getting impatient for Kenneth Lonergan to get his act together and make another great movie? Ghostlight should scratch that itch and more besides, being a funny, intelligent and yet at times almost unbearably sad movie that takes a searing family tragedy and spins it into a riveting redemption story that, while a little predictable in the more familiar second half, somehow never hits a false note. Although technically an ensemble piece, with a lovely cast of supporting players whose thespian antics will ring a bell with actors of all generations, it rests squarely on a powerhouse performance from Chicago stage veteran Keith Kupferer, whose career must surely about to enter a whole new phase, perhaps to the fill the void left by the late, great Brian Dennehy.

Matt Damon and Mark Ruffalo share a laugh while performing on stage at The Center at West Park on Thursday (November 16) in New York City.

Matt Damon will join Mark Ruffalo and Missy Yager in a special benefit reading next month of Kenneth Lonergan‘s This Is Our Youth, the acclaimed play that premiered Off Broadway in 1996 in a production starring Ruffalo, Yager and Josh Hamilton.

Don’t say the ‘M’ word.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winnning director Anna D. Shapiro has signed with CAA for representation. CAA also will represent multimedia venture Highwire Media which includes principals Shapiro, Leelai Demoz, Ian Barford, and Brad Keywell.

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony-winning actor and Emmy nominee Matthew Broderick is joining Sony’s R-rated Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings, Deadline has learned.

Matthew MacFayden is now a first-time Emmy winner!

EXCLUSIVE: After his breakout role as Eddie Munson on Stranger Things Vol. 4, Joseph Quinn has found a new agency as he has signed with CAA. The fourth season has been breaking records all summer long and Quinn has been one of the big winners as one of the newest members of the cast.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterApple Original Films will distribute Jennifer Lawrence’s next film, “Causeway.”The military drama, produced in association with A24, will land in theaters and on Apple TV+ later this year. An exact release date has not been set.Lila Neugebauer, who recently directed Broadway’s revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s play “The Waverly Gallery” to great acclaim, is directing “Causeway” in her feature film debut.

Apple Original Films continues to expand on its diverse film slate as it has landed the rights to Causeway, a new film starring and produced by Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Lila Neugebauer. A24 produced and developed the project. The film will make its global debut in-theaters and on Apple TV+ later this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Baryshnikov (Dickinson) will join Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart in A24’s romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding from double BAFTA Award-nominated director Rose Glass (Saint Maud).

Grammy winner Britney Spears took time away from feuding with her younger sister Jamie Lynn to thank her lawyer Mathew Rosengart for helping free her from her conservatorship on November 12.'This man has turned my life around,' the 40-year-old semi-retired pop star - who boasts 153.2M social media followers - gushed on on Wednesday.'So many exciting projects ahead! We accidentally matched [in pink] for lunch! Thank you for being so kind and respectful to me always! Pssss Mathew Rosengart, I simply adore you!' 'This man has turned my life around':Grammy winner Britney Spears took time away from feuding with her younger sister Jamie Lynn to thank her lawyer Mathew Rosengart for helping free her from her conservatorship on November 12Britney and the former federal prosecutor - whom she hired on July 14 - likely bonded over Louisiana considering he graduated from Tulane University and she grew up in Kentwood.Mathew's other high-profile clients reportedly include Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kenneth Lonergan, Eddie Vedder, and Jimmy Butler. Spears might be 'free' but her legal battle against her estranged father Jamie is far from over as Rosengart alleged he and his team took $36M from her $60M estate over the past 13 years.The Greenberg Traurig, LLP partner has until this Friday to arrange for depositions in early March with his famous client as well as the 69-year-old former building contractor.

Grammy winner Britney Spears took time away from feuding with her younger sister Jamie Lynn to thank her lawyer Mathew Rosengart for helping free her from her conservatorship on November 12.'This man has turned my life around,' the 40-year-old semi-retired pop star - who boasts 153.2M social media followers - gushed on on Wednesday.'So many exciting projects ahead! We accidentally matched [in pink] for lunch! Thank you for being so kind and respectful to me always! Pssss Mathew Rosengart, I simply adore you!' 'This man has turned my life around':Grammy winner Britney Spears took time away from feuding with her younger sister Jamie Lynn to thank her lawyer Mathew Rosengart for helping free her from her conservatorship on November 12Britney and the former federal prosecutor - whom she hired on July 14 - likely bonded over Louisiana considering he graduated from Tulane University and she grew up in Kentwood.Mathew's other high-profile clients reportedly include Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kenneth Lonergan, Eddie Vedder, and Jimmy Butler. Spears might be 'free' but her legal battle against her estranged father Jamie is far from over as Rosengart alleged he and his team took $36M from her $60M estate over the past 13 years.The Greenberg Traurig, LLP partner has until this Friday to arrange for depositions in early March with his famous client as well as the 69-year-old former building contractor.