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Angelique Jackson Taissa Farmiga’s Sister Irene will return in “The Nun 2.” For the latest film in the $2 billion-grossing “Conjuring” universe, Farmiga will star alongside Storm Reid, who was recently announced to join the New Line franchise. The original “Nun” movie — which followed Farmiga’s Sister Irene as she fought alongside Demian Bichir’s Father Burke to fend off the possession of the demon nun Valek in 1952 Romania — debuted in 2018 and earned $366 million worldwide on the way to becoming the top grossing in the franchise to date. The film was a spinoff of 2016’s “The Conjuring 2,” which starred Farmiga’s older sister Vera, who has fronted three “Conjuring” films, turning the horror franchise into a bit of a family affair.

Phoenix have paid tribute to Philippe Zdar, the late composer and producer who worked with the band throughout their career.Zdar died in 2019 after he suffered an accidental fall from a rooftop in Paris. He was 52 years old.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, the band reflected on their creative relationship with Zdar, paying tribute to the music industry legend and French house pioneer.“He was joy and chaos; a whirlwind,” frontman Thomas Mars said.

Audrina Patridge became one of several high-profile celebrities whose homes were robbed by a group of high school teens, the former star is speaking out about the burglaries in the Netflix docuseries . “It was like they went shopping in my closet,” Patridge says. “After my house was broken into, I was the most terrified I’ve ever been in my entire life.”And she’s not the only one to speak out, as Alexis Haines nee Neiers and Nick Norgo nee Prugo, two of the central figures in what became known as the “Bling Ring” at the time, open up about the truth behind the robberies for the first time on camera. After both served jail time and saw their story retold onscreen by director Sofia Coppola, the two are speaking out -- and recounting their own version of events, detailing how the robberies started with unlocked cars outside of house parties before escalating to celebrity home break-ins that involved stealing jewelry, clothes and other items worth thousands of dollars. “I’ve always been the kind of person to do whatever I had to get what I wanted. But I never thought in my wildest dreams that it would reach the level of criminality that it did,” Norgo says, while Haines adds, “I didn’t come here to save face.

Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the forthcoming biopic Priscilla.The news about the 25-year-old performer was revealed by several sources on Monday, and Variety reported that Cailee Spaeny is set to play the late musician's former wife.The forthcoming feature is currently set to be directed by Sofia Coppola, who will also pen the project's screenplay and serve as one of its producers. Leading man: Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the forthcoming biopic Priscilla. The forthcoming feature is currently set to be directed by Sofia Coppola, who will also pen the project's screenplayAccording to Deadline, the filmmaker met with several performers before selecting Elordi as the movie's lead.It was also reported that Spaeny, however, was always the director's first choice to play Priscilla.  The movie will be based on the 77-year-old media personality's biography Elvis And Me, which was originally published in 1985.The book became a New York Times bestseller upon its release and also sold well internationally.

Actor Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the upcoming Sofia Coppola film "Priscilla," and is slated to star alongside Cailee Spaeny, who will play Priscilla Presley. "Priscilla" will be based on Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir, "Elvis & Me." (Getty Images) Based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir "Elvis & Me," the film will recount her personal life with Elvis.The book went on to become both an international success and "New York Times" bestseller. Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley were married from 1967 to 1973.

Jacob Elordi is getting ready to step into Elvis’s blue suede shoes.

Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the forthcoming biopic Priscilla.The news about the 25-year-old performer was revealed by several sources on Monday, and Variety reported that Cailee Spaeny is set to play the late musician's former wife.The forthcoming feature is currently set to be directed by Sofia Coppola, who will also pen the project's screenplay and serve as one of its producers. Leading man: Jacob Elordi has been cast as Elvis Presley in the forthcoming biopic Priscilla. The forthcoming feature is currently set to be directed by Sofia Coppola, who will also pen the project's screenplayAccording to Deadline, the filmmaker met with several performers before selecting Elordi as the movie's lead.It was also reported that Spaeny, however, was always the director's first choice to play Priscilla.  The movie will be based on the 77-year-old media personality's biography Elvis And Me, which was originally published in 1985.The book became a New York Times bestseller upon its release and also sold well internationally.

Elvis, the biopic featuring a star-making performance from in the titular role, reports that Jacob Elordi has been cast as the King in a new biopic about Elvis's wife, Priscilla Presley. Cailee Spaeny will play the lead in Priscilla, the forthcoming Sofia Coppola-directed film, which will begin filming in Toronto this fall.Elordi celebrated the casting news by posting a photo of Elvis wearing his military uniform in the snow, writing in the caption simply, “E." This content can also be viewed on the site it from.A24's Priscilla, based on the 77-year-old's 1985 memoir Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock n’ Roll, comes on the heels of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, which garnered rave reviews for Butler's uncanny performance as the legendary crooner.

Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny are about to take on iconic roles. The actors have been cast to play Elvis and Priscilla Presley, respectively, in Sofia Coppola's upcoming film, , ET confirms.Based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir, , which provided an intimate account of Priscilla's life with Elvis, Coppola wrote the script and is set to direct the film, which will begin shooting in Toronto this fall.Elvis and Priscilla wed in 1967 and had one child, Lisa Marie Presley.

Elvis.The Virgin Suicides filmmaker will write and direct Priscilla for the indie studio, casting Euphoria star Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as his wife Priscilla.The film will be based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir Elvis And Me, which became a New York Times bestseller and promises an “intimate account of her life with Elvis” according to Deadline.The publication also reveals Coppola had met with several actors to play Elvis before she decided on Elordi, while the director had wanted to cast Spaeny as Priscilla from the very beginning.Justin Bieber was reportedly considered for the role, before he declined, according to Deadline reporter Justin Kroll.While Jacob beat out a numbers of actors who tested for role of Elvis, sources say Sofia did take a shot at a certain musician to see if they had any interest in role (they ultimately passed) pic.twitter.com/QeOZyAnu7s— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) September 12, 2022Sofia Coppola most recently directed On The Rocks for A24, starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones.

Angelique Jackson Priscilla Beaulieu Presley’s 1985 bestselling memoir “Elvis and Me” is set to get the big screen treatment, courtesy of Sofia Coppola. Coppola wrote and will direct the feature film, titled “Priscilla,” with Cailee Spaeny (“Mare of Easttown,” “Bad Times at the El Royale”) attached to star as Presley and Jacob Elordi (“Euphoria,” “Saltburn”) as Elvis. The film will shoot in Toronto this fall. A24 will distribute the project in North America, with Vision Distribution handling distribution in Italy — where it will later become a Sky exclusive. Stage 6 Films/Sony Pictures International Releasing will distribute in the rest of the world.

Sofia Coppola has set her sights on her next film as the Oscar-winner is set to direct the feature film Priscilla, which is based on the memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi set to play Priscilla and Elvis Presley. Published in 1985, Presley’s intimate account of her life with Elvis became a New York Times Bestseller and an international sensation. Coppola adapted the script as well.

EXCLUSIVE: Maria Bakalova (Bodies Bodies Bodies) has joined the casts of Andrew Durham’s feature directorial debut Fairyland for American Zoetrope, and Jerry Seinfeld’s first film Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story for Netflix. Details as to the roles she’ll be playing in the features have not been disclosed, though we hear she’ll only be making a cameo in the latter.

Wilson Chapman editorBart Walker, former talent agent and partner for ICM Partners, has joined the Gersh Agency as a senior partner, Variety has confirmed. He will be based in the company’s New York office.Walker’s move comes shortly after fellow Hollywood talent agency CAA’s acquisition of ICM this June.

Bart Walker will join Gersh as Senior Partner in the New York office. The longtime ICM agent, who decided not to stay when CAA acquired that agency, will continue to represent his esteemed clients in film, television and theatre including Oscar nominees/winners such as David Byrne, Lisa Cholodenko, Sofia Coppola, Tamara Jenkins, Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Oliver Stone and Thomas Vinterberg; Cannes, Venice and Sundance prize winners such as Mati Diop, Michel Franco, Mia Hansen-Love, Jim Jarmusch, The Kloster Brothers, and Lorenzo Vigas: and multi-hyphenate artists such as Benoit Delhomme, Iram Haq, Sally Potter, Richard Press, and Olmo Schnabel.

Addie Morfoot ContributorClose to a decade after American Zoetrope announced that the company had acquired the screen rights to Alysia Abbott’s “Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father,” the film adaptation has finally been made with the help of Safe Space Pictures Foundation.The newly-launched funding entity was founded by producer Nicole Shipley (“Trial of the Chicago 7,” “A Private War”) to champion women and underrepresented voices in the entertainment industry by providing support to issue-driven documentary and narrative projects via equity, debt, and grant funding. Safe Space is currently working on ten nonfiction and narrative projects at various stages in production.

Selome Hailu Anna Konkle, Lisa Zwerling, and Katherine Collins are the official mentors of Screencraft’s 2023 pilot competition. Additionally, Colin Trevorrow and Emily V. Gordon have joined Screencraft’s annual Writers Summit as speakers.Konkle, Zwerling and Collins will each select one grand prize winner from the pilot competition, which is accepting submissions through Sept.

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCinema is such a costly medium that directors have little chance to experiment between features. It’s not like music or painting — relatively low-cost art forms whose practitioners can try new techniques in the secret obscurity of their studios until their bold ideas are ready to be shared with the world in polished form.

Selome Hailu Evangeline Young has been cast as Charlotte Walton in “The Son in Law,” a comedy pilot from ABC.“The Son in Law” stars Chris Sullivan as Jake, a single father who never thought he would love again, until Asha came along. The problem is that Jake, a hard-working plumbing contractor, is solidly middle class, while Asha hails from the equivalent of uber-wealthy South Asian royalty.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDowntown Music Services has inked a global music publishing administration agreement with Brooklyn-based artist, composer and producer Daniel Lopatin, the company announced Wednesday.Lopatin, who records and performs as Oneohtrix Point Never, has released multiple albums and tracks over the years including his most recent project, “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.”He also has collaborated extensively with the Weeknd over the past two years, serving as an executive producer on the recent “Dawn FM” album, and also was musical director of the artist’s 2021 Super Bowl Half Time performance. Earlier this year he completed work on his first full album production for another artist, Soccer Mommy’s upcoming album “Sometimes, Forever.” His production credits over the years also include David Byrne, Moses Sumney, Anohni and Charli XCX as well as collaborations with Iggy Pop, Rosalía, James Blake and Elizabeth Fraser.His original film scores include Josh and Benny Safdie’s “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time,” for which he received the Best Soundtrack Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.