Sophia Lillis: Last News

Wes Anderson‘s Asteroid City has been released – you can watch it above.Starring Tom Hanks, Steve Carell and Margot Robbie, the romantic comedy drama is described as a “poetic meditation on the meaning of life”.The film takes place in a fictional American desert town in 1955 as students and parents gather for a junior stargazer convention that’s disrupted by world-changing events. Asteroid City’s story is co-written by Anderson and Roman Coppola.The ensemble cast features a number of Anderson’s frequent collaborators, including Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody.Others in the star-studded lineup include Scarlett Johansson, Maya Hawke, Jeff Goldblum, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tony Revolori, Matt Dillon, Sophia Lillis, Steve Park, Fisher Stevens, Ethan Josh Lee, Hong Chau and Rita Wilson.Jarvis Cocker, who has contributed to the film’s soundtrack with Richard Hawley, is also set to have a cameo role as a cowboy.An official synopsis for the film reads: “The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organised to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.”The film is Anderson’s follow-up to 2021’s The French Dispatch, which starred Benicio del Toro and Timothée Chalamet.Along with Asteroid City, Anderson is developing an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, which is set to be released on Netflix in 2023.

Regé-Jean Page swooned Bridgerton fans in the role of Simon Basset he played in the inaugural season of the Netflix period drama.

Horror film enthusiasts are in for a treat as Sky and Now have added the chilling movie IT to their extensive film catalogues.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actor Kartiah Vergara  (Ticket To Paradise, Dora the Explorer: The Lost City of Gold) has signed with The Rosenzweig Group for representation in all areas.

HBO has picked up to series The Chair Company, its half-hour comedy pilot starring Tim Robinson who co-wrote it with his writing partner Zach Kanin.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO has formally ordered “The Chair Company,” the comedy series starring and co-created by Tim Robinson. The project was originally announced with a pilot order back in April. Robinson co-created the series with Zach Kanin, with both also serving as executive producers.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The Sarah Snook-led Peacock series “All Her Fault” has filled out its main cast with three new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Daniel Monks (“Ricky Stanicky,” “Kaos”), Duke McCloud (upcoming “Kinda Pregnant”), and Kartiah Vergara (“Ticket To Paradise,” “Dora the Explorer: The Lost City of Gold”) have all signed onto the series, which is based on the Andrea Mara novel of the same name. The show was originally picked up to series at Peacock back in June with Snook in the lead role.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Ellis (Insecure, Top Gun: Maverick) and Thomas Cocquerel (The Gilded Age, Safe Home) have joined the Sarah Snook-led Peacock series All Her Fault in series regular roles. Production is currently underway in Melbourne.

EXCLUSIVE: The Bear star Abby Elliott has signed with Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment for representation.

Dakota Fanning and Abby Elliott are the latest additions to an upcoming Peacock limited series!

The Sarah Snook-led and executive-produced Peacock series All Her Fault has added Emmy-nominee Dakota Fanning (Ripley, The Equalizer 3) and Abby Elliott (The Bear, Saturday Night Live). Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis and Michael Peña also star. Shooting in Australia is set to begin imminently.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Dakota Fanning (“Ripley”) and Abby Elliott (“The Bear”) have joined the cast of Peacock’s upcoming suburban-thriller series “All Her Fault,” alongside Sarah Snook, Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis and Michael Peña. Fanning will play “Jenny” on the series, while Elliott has been tapped as “Lia.” Snook(“Succession”) was previously announced to executive produce and star as “Marissa” on the series, which is being adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.

EXCLUSIVE: The Sarah Snook-led and executive produced Peacock series All Her Fault has added Emmy nominee Jake Lacy (Apples Never Fall), Sophia Lillis (It) and Michael Peña (Unstoppable) to its principal cast. Production is set to begin imminently.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s HBO comedy pilot “The Chair Company” has added five new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. Lake Bell (“Harley Quinn,” “Mother Couch”), Sophia Lillis (“It,” I Am Not Okay With This”), Will Price (“After the Hunt,” “A Complete Unknown”), Joseph Tudisco (“A Brooklyn Love Story,” “FBI”), and Lou Diamond Phillips (“Search Party,” “Easter Sunday”) will all appear in the pilot. Phillips will be a guest star while the other four will be series regulars.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Daniel Bekerman, whose Donald Trump movie The Apprentice just premiered in competition at Cannes to strong notices, has set his next feature Knight’s Camp, a dark comedy starring Judy Greer (13 Going on 30, Ant-Man) and Sophia Lillis (It, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).

Dave Bautista action pic Trap House has added Jack Champion (Avatar: The Way of Water), Sophia Lillis (It, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), Kate del Castillo (La Reina del Sur), Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul), Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl) and Bobby Cannavale (The Irishman, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) to it’s cast.

Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 took the marquee Game of the Year prize at the 10th annual Game Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

the real life Ed Gein) was first introduced in 1974’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” The hulking murderer has gone on to appear in nine films in the franchise – including the 1990 film “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw III,” that starred Viggo Mortensen before he was famous, and 1995’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation,” which starred a pre-fame Matthew McConaughey. Leatherface disgustingly wears a mask made up of the skin of his victims over nine movies, he’s been played by a variety of stunt men and actors, including Bill Johnson, Robert Jacks and Dan Yeager.

Complicated sibling relationships are the basis of Dustin Guy Defa’s new film The Adults. The film depicts the emotional journey of three siblings played by Michael Cera, Hannah Gross, and Sophia Lillis, reuniting in their Mother’s death, a scenario that, while rife with potential conflict, also presents an opportunity for reconnection, understanding, and healing. As Defa portrays, such a reunion can cause the distance that has grown between siblings over time to become painfully real. 

The stars came out in force for Chanel’s Through Her Lens Program lunch during the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival held at Odeon on Friday (June 9) in New York City.

Dungeons & Dragons movie,  is now available to watch at home. The second big-screen adaptation of the hugely popular tabletop roleplaying game follows a bard, a barbarian, a sorcerer, and a druid on an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic that could destroy the world.You can enjoy the world of DnD from the comfort your couch and stream  on Paramount Plus and Amazon Prime Video. is now streaming on on Paramount+.

do not call it a “board game,” I was advised by one friend in-the-know) was the focus of steady and significant controversy from critics, mostly concerned parent groups, who believed it to be connected to more than two dozen murders and suicides. It was not, of course, but facts have never gotten in the way of a good ol’ fashioned moral panic.Eventually, conservative Christian parents found other things over which to fret and ban — video games, Harry Potter, trans children (such diversity of hatred) — and Dungeons & Dragons (also known as “D&D” or “DnD”) fell off their radar, leaving only a bunch of lovable nerds and geeks and the occasional xckd comic reference in its wake.I’ve never played D&D, but it feels as though every other friend of mine has had some sort of history with the game.