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Beyoncé fans looking to experience her “Renaissance World Tour” in a new way may get their wish before the year ends. According to multiple reports, the icon is in final talks to bring her global tour to the big screen via AMC Theatres. Per Variety, the theatre chain will reportedly skip over the studios for direct distributio

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Verity was a veritable (pun intended) BookTok sensation, for better and for worse. It was self-published in 2018 and has since Following the success of It Ends With Us (), Hoover's Verity will boast an even more star-studded cast, and is sure to generate hype. Here's everything we know about the project.SPOILERS HERE: It's Jane Eyre by way of true crime.

Emilia Pérez was “really hurtful” for Mexicans.Per Variety, Saldaña was present in the interview room after the awards ceremony to speak to the press after her Best Supporting Actress win, where she beat out the likes of Ariana Grande (Wicked) and Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).One journalist had reportedly told Saldaña that the film “really hurtful for us Mexicans.”“First of all, I’m very, very sorry that many Mexicans felt offended. That was never our intention.

Paul Mescal‘s next film will be a historical drama centred on a gay romance in which he will star opposite Challengers‘ Josh O’Connor.Variety reported last Friday (February 14) that The History Of Sound – which was first announced in 2021 – has been picked up for theatrical release sometime this year.This makes it Mescal’s next theatrical event after 2024’s Gladiator 2 – the actor is also due to star as William Shakespeare in Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals), but that has yet to receive a release date.Per Variety, The History Of Sound is about two young men – Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor) – who set out to record the lives, voices and music of Americans in the shadow of WWI. But as they begin the project, the two fall in love.In the past few months, Mescal has also been rumoured to portray Paul McCartney in the planned Beatles biopics by Sam Mendes.

Christopher Nolan‘s next film, The Odyssey.Already announced for the all-star cast are Nolan’s former collaborators Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, and Robert Pattinson in undisclosed roles. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron are also on board, making their first film with the Inception director.Now, per Variety, MaXXXine star Goth has joined the cast for the film, which is based on the epic story by Greek poet Homer, written over 2,000 years ago.

The Sandman will end with the upcoming season two.The screen adaptation of Gaiman’s influential graphic novel first debuted on Netflix in August 2022 and was renewed for a second season later that year.There were talks of even more seasons, even before the first one premiered, with showrunner Allan Heinberg telling NME at the show’s London premiere that they wanted to adapt the entirety of the comic book series in future seasons.Now though, it’s been reported that the show’s yet-to-be-released second season will be its last. Per Variety, Heinberg has confirmed the show was set to end at this point prior to filming beginning.He told the publication: “The Sandman series has always been focused exclusively on Dream’s story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season.”Heinberg continued: “We are extremely grateful to Netflix for bringing the team all back together and giving us the time and resources to make a faithful adaptation in a way that we hope will surprise and delight the comics’ loyal readers as well as fans of our show.”The release plan for the upcoming season will not be impacted by the cancellation, and will still be released this year.It follows the news that Dark Horse Comics, the American publisher that oversaw several of Gaiman’s fantasy titles, including American Gods and Norse Mythology, have cut ties with him and cancelled all upcoming collaborations.“Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works,” they wrote in a statement in January.

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Girl In Red is set to make her feature-length acting debut in the forthcoming film Low Expectations.The new movie is being produced by Maipo Film in Norway, in collaboration with Snowglobe in Denmark. It’ll serve as the first feature from Norwegian director Eivind Landsvik.As Variety reports, Norwegian singer-songwriter Girl In Red (real name Marie Ulven) will star in Low Expectations as the lead character, Maja – a 29-year-old artist who finds herself at breaking point following years of intense success.A synopsis reads (via IMDb): “A successful young artist’s career derails, forcing her back to her hometown.

Timothée Chalamet has said that he put on 20 pounds in order to play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.In a recent interview with NPR, Chalamet described the lengths he went for the role: “I’ve turned over every stone. I did all the work, like you just described, physicality, behavior-wise.”This included gaining weight.

Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against the district attorney and other Santa Fe officials, alleging prosecutors “sought at every turn to scapegoat” him.It’s the latest in a series of legal disputes that followed the actor’s involvement in a fatal on-set incident. On October 21, 2021, Baldwin discharged a revolver used as a prop and was unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.In a 2023 trial, the 30 Rock actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a case which was then dropped and was tried again in 2024.The prosecution intended to show that Baldwin was reckless and criminally negligent when he fired the revolver, but the case was dismissed with prejudice after Baldwin’s lawyers revealed that the prosecution and the local sheriffs had concealed a cache of bullets that was considered evidence.

The Doors’ 1970 album ‘Morrison Hotel’ has been badly damaged by a fire.Per Variety, the blaze broke out on Thursday (December 26), with the building at the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles requiring 17 fire companies to get the fire under control after an hour and a half.The building has been used as a training site for Los Angeles Fire Department in recent years and had been scheduled to be converted into affordable housing. But in the late 1960s, it served as the Morrison Hotel.The photograph used for the cover art was snapped by rock photographer Henry Diltz in December 1969, with the album being released the following February.

Final Destination series is confirmed for a 2025 release.Per Variety, Final Destination: Bloodlines will arrive in cinemas on May 16, 2025 – 14 years after the release of its previous instalment, Final Destination 5.The film will be directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, who were responsible for the 2018 indie thriller Freaks. No plot details have been made available yet.The Final Destination franchise usually features a new cast of characters in each film, with the commonality of a looming, unseen threat that causes their gruesome deaths – its teen protagonists are haunted by premonitions of such deaths, and these films usually chart their often perilous journey to prevent these disasters from happening.In 2022, Lipovsky and Stein spoke about their ambitious pitch to the franchise’s producers, which involved faking their own deaths during a Zoom call.The pair got the job after what was called “the Zoom call to end all Zoom calls”, describing an incident in which the pair took the meeting with a burning fireplace behind them.The publication explains that once the meeting finished, the mantel behind Lipovsky and Stein began to burn, before the pair extinguished the flames.But then tragedy seemed to strike as attendees on the call heard a creak, after which a ceiling fan broke loose from the ceiling and decapitated one of the filmmakers.

Cate Blanchett has commented on the sexism allegations lobbied against the Camerimage Film Festival – see what she had to say below.Last week (November 12), the Camerimage Film Festival found itself in controversy after its director Marek Żydowicz penned about female filmmakers that led to claims of misogyny.Per Variety, Żydowicz appeared to suggest that more female cinematographers and directors being showcased in film festival programming could lead to the inclusion of “mediocre film productions” at the expense of “works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements.”He wrote: “Should we reject what is esteemed and valuable just to ‘make space’ for the necessity of social change? Whilst festivals like Cannes, Berlin or Venice are criticized for their selections due to succumbing to or promoting [political or ideological trends], Camerimage remains committed to artistic values as the foremost criterion for qualifying and promoting film art.”Blanchett – who will serve as the festival’s competition jury president for 2024 – has since confirmed that she will still attend the event and fulfil her duties, but in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter expanded on the controversy.Now, she’s said to THR: “As Anna Higgs, who is also on the jury with me, put it: ‘The work is never done.’ Festivals are an opportunity to unpack that stuff and to have meaningful conversations. Festivals provide a chance to do this in a public-facing way but also privately because they bring us together as an industry.

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film from the Camerimage Film Festival – find out more below.Last week (November 12), the Camerimage Film Festival found itself in controversy after its director Marek Żydowicz penned a column for Cinematography World magazine that led to claims of misogyny.Per Variety, Żydowicz appeared to suggest that more female cinematographers and directors being showcased in film festival programming could lead to the inclusion of “mediocre film productions” at the expense of “works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements.”He wrote: “Should we reject what is esteemed and valuable just to ‘make space’ for the necessity of social change? Whilst festivals like Cannes, Berlin or Venice are criticized for their selections due to succumbing to or promoting [political or ideological trends], Camerimage remains committed to artistic values as the foremost criterion for qualifying and promoting film art.”Żydowicz has since claimed that his column was misunderstood: “We have always strived to showcase only the best of contemporary cinema, regardless of who creates it. And that is how my statement should be understood, there is nothing more to it, it has nothing to do with lack of respect for women.”On Saturday (November 16), Fargeat announced that she has decided to pull The Substance from the film festival following Żydowicz’s comments: “After discovering teh highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull THE SUBSTANCE from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend.”She continued: “The Substance is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviours on our world.

horror icon Tony Todd has died, aged 69.Per Variety, Todd’s death was confirmed by a representative for the actor. He passed away this Wednesday (November 6) at his Marina Del Rey home, with a cause of death not yet confirmed.He was best known for playing Candyman, the titular bogeyman that led a series of horror films in the 1990s. With his towering 6-foot-5 frame and on-screen intensity, he became a horror mainstay, appearing in Final Destination, Night of the Living Dead and The Crow.As Get Out director Jordan Peele – who later co-wrote the sequel – recalled in a 2021 interview, up until Todd’s casting as the character, who appears after saying his name five times in the mirror, he had not seen a Black actor in a major horror role.“I was a horror fan as a kid, but we didn’t have a Black Freddy Krueger or a Black Jason Voorhees,” Peele said.

Grammys consideration.READ MORE: The 2024 Grammys: the biggest talking points Per Variety, the ‘Something in the Orange’ singer had declined to submit his work for consideration in any category for the 2025 Grammys, including in likely categories for the cross-over star such as rock and country.The ballot that just went out to Grammy voters, which is not available to the public but to Recording Academy members, shows that Bryan’s name does not appear when searched.Sources told the publication that Bryan decided not to submit this year because he feels “uncomfortable” with awards shows making music competitive, a somewhat unlikely choice, given his decision to bow out of next year’s Grammys comes after he won this year’s edition.His duet with Kacey Musgraves, ‘I Remember Everything’, scored him his first Grammy for best country duo/group performance award in February. So far, he has been nominated four times, all for country – although he has previously said he doesn’t consider himself solely a country artist.In eschewing the Grammy Awards, Bryan joins the likes of Drake and The Weeknd in boycotting the process.

Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s website, Shellshock — whose real name was Seth Binzer — died on Monday. The singer, who battled addiction for years, passed away at his residence in Los Angeles. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed.Fans reacted to Shellshock’s death in the comments section on his pinned Instagram post from April 28.

Scarlett Johansson is joining the ranks of Jurassic World 4.The actress confirmed her participation in the upcoming entry of the dinosaur franchise film in a recent chat with ComicBook. While the film hasn’t received a title or a release date, it already has a script, a director and its first major actor attached to it.Jurassic World 4 is due to be directed by Godzilla and The Creator filmmaker Gareth Edwards, while its script was written by returning Jurassic Park writer David Koepp. Johansson said of the film’s screenplay: “The script is so incredible.

Queen have reportedly reached a deal with Sony Music for the acquisition of their music catalogue and more, which has been in the works for some time now.Per a report from Variety, sources with information on the deal have confirmed that Sony is now in the process of acquiring Queen’s back catalogue, along with merchandising and other business opportunities. Per Variety, the only aspect of the band’s revenue not included in the deal will be from live performances.Variety‘s sources claim the deal has been closed for USD$1.27billion (£1billion), making it the biggest acquisition of its kind ever.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese fans might have experienced a bit of deja vu afterVariety exclusively reported that a Frank Sinatra biopic is one of two films the Oscar-winning director is planning to shoot back to back. The other is a movie about Jesus, the director’s second after 1988’s “The Last Temptation of Christ.” But it’s the Sinatra biopic that has long been a white whale of sorts for Scorsese. Per Variety’s report, Scorsese’s Sinatra movie is eyeing his longtime muse Leonardo DiCaprio to star as the crooner — and the actor’s “Don’t Look Up” co-star Jennifer Lawrence to play his second wife, the famous Hollywood actress Ava Gardner (who factored into Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and was played by Kate Beckinsale).