Oscars: Thailand Picks ‘9 Temples to Heaven’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission
Thailand has selected Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s 9 Temples to Heaven as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. The National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations, Thailand’s Oscar selection body, chose the film from 51 eligible titles after narrowing the field to eight. According to reports in the Thai […]
Tim Curry Dead: Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett, Rob Schneider Pay Tribute
Hollywood is mourning the loss of Tim Curry. The Rocky Horror Picture Show star died at the age of 80 in Los Angeles, his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz announced Wednesday. A cause of death was not immediately made available, but he previously suffered a major stroke in 2012. Carol Burnett, who starred alongside […]
Chris Hansen Buys Ads Before Every Screening of A24’s ‘Primetime’
Moviegoers who show up to see Robert Pattinson play To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen in Primetime will first find themselves face-to-face with the real thing. Hansen has purchased preshow advertising on every screen showing the upcoming A24 release, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In the spot, he directs audiences to TruBlu, his streaming […]
Tim Curry Dead: ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star Was 80
Tim Curry, the offbeat British actor who specialized in playing eccentrics like the seductive, cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and such fiendish villains as Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s It, has died. He was 80. Curry died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. He suffered a major stroke in […]
‘The Uprising’ Causes Confusion After Reveal as Robin Hood Film
Andrew Garfield is not just a rebellious peasant in his upcoming action period drama. He’s Robin Hood. The reveal, confirmed by Focus Features this week on social media, came as a surprise to fans, who assumed The Uprising — releasing in U.S. theaters Sept. 10 — was about the 1381 English Peasants’ Revolt against King Richard II […]
Oscars: Japan Picks Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’
Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, known as Eiren, announced the choice Wednesday. It marks the second time a Hamaguchi film has represented Japan at the Oscars, […]
Maserati: The Brothers Trailer Starring Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins
A stellar cast Hollywood stars, including Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Alba and Andy Garcia feature in the first trailer of Maserati: The Brothers, the motorsport biopic about the family behind the famed Italian car marque. The period film, shot on location in Italy’s automotive capital Modena as well as at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, tells […]
Dolly Parton Lit Up the Screen With Her Authentic Self: Critic Tribute
When Jane Fonda was developing the rollicking 1980 workplace farce 9 to 5, inspired by a real-life women’s rights organization of that name, at some point the project shape-shifted from the serious drama that was originally planned to a comedy, enlisting the brilliant Colin Higgins to direct and work on the screenplay with Patricia Resnick. Having […]
Netflix Sets Lee Jung-eun, Kim Moo-yul for Korean Action-Noir Series ‘The Shooter’
Netflix is adding to its already-packed Korean content slate with The Shooter, an action-noir series starring Lee Jung-eun and Kim Moo-yul. Revealing the project Wednesday, the streamer shared a photo of the cast from a recent table read in Seoul (above). Netflix says the series will mark the first action role for Lee, a […]
Snoop Dogg Biopic Tupac Shakur Camron Jones
Camron Jones has joined nothin but a gangsta party. The actor, best known for his work on Amazon Prime’s young adult drama Panic, is set to portray influential rapper Tupac Shakur in Snoop, Universal Pictures’ biopic of entertainment mogul and music icon Snoop Dogg. Craig Brewer is directing the feature, which is being produced by Imagine Entertainment’s […]