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Alex Ritman Clio Barnard, the BAFTA-nominated writer/director behind acclaimed British indie films such as “The Selfish Giant,” “Dark River” and “Ali & Ava,” has set a buzzy ensemble cast for her next feature. “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” based on the novel of the same name by Keiran Goddard (“Hourglass), will star Anthony Boyle (“Say Nothing,” “Masters of the Air”), Joe Cole (“Gangs of London,” “A Prayer Before Dawn”), Jay Lycurgo (“Steve,” “Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself”), Daryl McCormack (“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” “Bad Sisters”) and Lola Petticrew (“Say Nothing,” “She Said”). The cast also includes Millie Brady (“Surface,” “The Last Kingdom”), Lucie Shorthouse (“We Are Lady Parts,” “Rebus”) and James Eeles (“The Batman,” “Darkest Hour”).

Katcy Stephan Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael,” may be split into two movies. As a result, the Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International project will likely push its current Oct. 3 release date.

A family in the Washington, DC area got quite the surprise in their family photos during peak cherry blossom season – an epic photobomb!

movies news! Director Sam Mendes is planning a multi-part biopic epic about the “legendary” group and its four members: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. Reads the project's logline, “Each man has his own story, but together they are legendary.” Mendes explained, per , “We need big cinematic events to get people out of the house.”The good news is that we've already got a good amount of information about the coming films.

Ethan Shanfeld Blair Beeken, Katy Fullan and Shay Rudolph will star in Doron Max Hagay’s feature film debut, “She Keeps Me Young,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a teenage girl unwittingly challenges the friendship of two grown women. Alt-comedy triumvirate John Early, Kate Berlant and Patti Harrison round out the cast, alongside Nik Donadi, Ayden Mayeri and Greta Titelman. The film, which is currently in production in Los Angeles, is described as “an exploration of the small decisions that shape our lives, and the parts of ourselves we so often choose to give up.” Set in and around a shopping center in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, “She Keeps Me Young” centers on Michelle, a woman adrift and floating through life after a tragic accident.

Alex Ritman A host of British screen stars have joined Charge Films and Deadbeat Films’ upcoming short film “Bury Your Gays.” From writer/director Charlotte Serena Cooper, the film is billed as a “bold takedown of outdated LGBTQ+ tropes in film and TV mixed with dark comedy that satirises the harmful cinematic tradition of the same name.” “Bury Your Gays” will be led by Jude Mack (“I Hate Suzie,” “Such Brave Girls”) and T’Nia Miller (“Years and Years,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor”). Miller — a long-time advocate for better queer representation on screen — also serves as an executive producer.

Rust, the Western starring Alec Baldwin most known for a fatal incident during filming, has caused division amongst fans online.On October 21, 2021, on the set of the film, Baldwin discharged a revolver being used as a prop, unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins.The first footage from Rust has now been revealed in a new trailer – watch it below. It comes with a confirmed release date of March 2 in select US theatres, and will later be available on VOD.Set in 1880s Kansas, it stars Baldwin as outlaw Harland Rust, who breaks a young boy (Patrick Scott McDermott) that accidentally killed a rancher and is sentenced to hang out of jail. The pair go on the run towards Mexico, chased by a US Marshal (Josh Hopkins) and bounty hunter (Travis Fimmel).The trailer’s release, in the wake of Hutchins’ death and the controversy that has followed, led to some film fans sharing negative reactions online.

Kiss suited up to shoot the iconic cover of the band’s 1975 album “Dressed To Kill” on the southwest corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, there were no stylists or tailors involved.“I did not own a suit or a tie, so I had to borrow our manager at the time Bill Aucoin’s suit,” Kiss co-frontman Gene Simmons, 75, exclusively told The Post.“He was a much smaller man … So I put on his suit and nothing fits. If you look at the album cover, the sleeves were short, and the pants didn’t go all the way down.”Plus, Simmons had to finagle his footwear from one of his bandmates.“I didn’t have dress shoes,” he said, “so [Kiss guitarist] Ace Frehley had a pair of white clogs that he used to walk around with, and for no reason at all, I put on the clogs that are on the cover.”It all made for a classic album cover in rock history that is revisited on a new audio walking tour of New York spots that shaped Kiss and the group’s third LP, which inspired generations to “Rock and Roll All Nite” after it was released 50 years ago, on March 19, 1975.Along with Simmons and his Kiss co-frontman, Paul Stanley, photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the cover of “Dressed To Kill” — shares his makeup-covered memories in the 60-minute tour that takes you from 23rd and Eighth to Greenwich Village’s legendary Electric Lady Studios, where the LP was recorded.Gruen was shooting Kiss for a Creem magazine story — in which his photos would be used in a comic-book treatment on the band — and ended up taking the album cover pic.“It was just a whim.

Naman Ramachandran Taiwan-based production company Aview Images has joined Indonesian drama “Our Son” as a co-production partner, bringing post-production expertise to the project from award-winning filmmaker Luhki Herwanayogi. The film, which wrapped principal photography recently in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is eyeing a summer international festival premiere. Led by Kuek Shee Heng and Alice You, Aview Images will handle the film’s sound production, music composition, color grading, and visual effects in Taiwan.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Comedic culinary competition “Gastronauts” has been renewed for Season 2 at indie streamer Dropout. Hosted by comedian and Dropout staple Jordan Myrick, the show features a rotating group of three comedians each episode, who all have “specific, ridiculous” culinary challenges for each episode’s group of chefs. Among several of the new chefs set up for the challenge in Season 2 are Amanda Palomino (“Chopped,” “Hell’s Kitchen”), Saransh Oberoi (“Beat Bobby Flay”), Christina Xenos (“Chopped”) and Joi Fowler (“Masterchef”).

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains mild spoilers for Prime Video‘s Picture This.

EXCLUSIVE: Nexa Media’s The Change Africa Podcast is back for a sixth season with Peace Hyde, creator and executive producer of Netflix’s Young, Famous & African, and veteran artist James Barnor headlining. 

Saturday Night Live” has been top of mind recently following the iconic show’s 50th anniversary last month, and among the show’s many unique details is the celebrity portraits that welcome viewers back from commercial breaks. These portraits are bold, playful and dynamic — and now, the subject of a new book. Available starting Tuesday, Mar.

The stars are wrapping up Oscars night at Madonna‘s big party!

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com When cinematographer Daria D’Antonio first stepped into the role of director of photography on Paolo Sorrentino’s film “The Hand of God” after working with him for many years (including as a camera operator on “The Great Beauty”), the focus was on finding the truth in the ’80s set coming-of-age drama. “We were looking for a close adherence to an experience of Paolo’s,” D’Antonio tells Variety of working on the Oscar-nominated film.

The Mental Health Foundation is inviting people across Lanarkshire to take part in a photography competition to celebrate the launch of the new "Community" category in its Positive Mental Health Image Library.

J. Kim Murphy Actors Mike Ferguson and Twana Barnett have joined the cast of “Last Hit,” a new action thriller that also stars Joe Davison, who appeared in the second season of “Stranger Things,” and Levee Duplay, who was in “The Tailor of Sin City.” The film will star Ferguson and Barnett as a pair of criminals looking to get a fresh start from their illicit pasts. Their boss, played by Duplay, takes one of them hostage to force a final job.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Rayne Roberts, a veteran executive at Lucasfilm, has been tapped to serve as senior vice president, production and development at Searchlight Pictures. In her new position at the specialty label, Roberts will report to co-head of production and development DanTram Nguyen.

The interest in aviation is booming. Content creators stream live from beside runways with thousands of viewers watching planes landing or taking off in real-time.

William Earl Financial services firm TPC has expanded into gap lending for films, starting with a deal for Gus Van Sant’s indie thriller “Dead Man’s Wire.” The film recently wrapped principle photography in Louisville, Ky. TPC has worked with longtime Van Sant producing partner Cassian Elwes on numerous projects in the past.

Christopher Vourlias Independent international production company and financier Gold Rush Pictures has signed a deal with Ilya Stewart’s Hype Studios to participate in financing and co-producing a slate of at least five feature films, Variety can exclusively reveal. The news comes ahead of the world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s contemporary German drama “The Light” (pictured), which was co-produced by Gold Rush Pictures and will open the Berlin Film Festival on Feb. 13.