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Apple TV+ has booked Oscar-nominated talent for its latest limited series. Jude Law and Andrew Garfield will portray the iconic Las Vegas act Siegfried and Roy for Wild Things. The casting alone should attract audiences, but the source material is packed with drama.

Law and Garfield will play Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, respectively, based on the Apple original podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy. Writer, showrunner, and executive producer Jon Hoffman moves over from Hulu's Only Murders in the Building to helm the series.

Apple promises eight hour-long episodes for the miniseries. The streaming service describes the upcoming show as "the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination," per a press release. Expect the series to pay special attention to the duo's final Vegas show in the aftermath...

Released in the year 2022, Wild Things: Siegfried and Roy is an Apple Original podcast series. It is an investigative audio dive into the mysterious and enigmatic Las Vegas illusionists, Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. Inspired by this podcast, Apple TV+ has now announced a limited series, retaining the same name, “Wild Things“. It will star Andrew Garfield and Jude Law in the lead roles.

The series, like the podcast, will track the journey of Siegfried and Roy, the star magicians, right up to the tragic on-stage attack by a tiger in 2003 that ended their glorious careers. The podcast audio series is a combination of interviews, archival audio, and breathtaking investigative journalism in an attempt to uncover the shocking details of the personal and professional lives of the magician duo.

What is the Andrew Garfield and Jude Law starrer limited series ‘Wild Things‘ all about? Wild Things featured Siegfried Fischbacher and...

In the annals of magic history, few figures have risen to such global renown as Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, better known to most as German-American double act Siegfried & Roy. With their flamboyant attire, death-defying animal tricks, and passionate yet deeply private shared romance, the pair were a billion dollar grossing, Ocean's Eleven cameo making, occasionally controversial force of nature in the world of illusion. And now, having told the duo's story in podcast form with eight-part series Wild Things, THR is reporting that Apple has picked up a same-named limited series starring Andrew Garfield and Jude Law.

Set to be written and showrun by Only Murders In The Building co-creator John Hoffman, with WandaVision director Matt Shakman aboard to helm the pilot, the Apple TV+ bound series — which, like the podcast, will also be an eight-parter — will see Law playing Siegfried and Garfield taking on the role of Roy.

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield are set to headline Wild Things, a new Apple TV+ limited series that brings the lives of legendary illusionists Siegfried & Roy to the screen with a high-profile creative team behind the curtain. Law will play Siegfried Fischbacher, with Garfield as Roy Horn, in the eight-episode drama adapted from the […]

Jude Law & Andrew Garfield Transform into Siegfried & Roy for Apple TV+’s Wild Things...

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield are about to star as two of the most quintessentially '90s icons in a new limited series for AppleTV+. The two Brits are set to play Siegfried FIschbacher and Roy Horn, respectively — better known as the magical Las Vegas duo Siegfried & Roy. The limited series (currently set up for an eight-episode run) is based on the Apple Original Podcast, Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy, and has been in development since 2022. Production is slated to begin in the fall of 2025.

According to reporting from Variety, John Hoffman (who co-created Only Murders in the Building alongside its co-lead Steve Martin) developed the series and will serve as executive producer, showrunner, and director. Law and Garfield will executive produce in addition to starring. Elsewhere in the production side of things, Matt Shakman is attached to executive produce and direct the first episode, while Brian Grazer, Kristen Zolner, Natalie Berkus,...

Andrew Garfield and Jude Law are set to play iconic magicians in a new Apple TV+ limited series, Wild Things. Garfield, who is best known for playing Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man film series, has been nominated for two Academy Awards in the past, one for his portrayal of Desmond Doss in the 2016 war film Hacksaw Ridge, and another for playing Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick... Boom!. Law, also an Academy Award nominee, has starred in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Guy Ritchie's SherlockHolmes movies.

According to Apple TV+, Law and Garfield have signed on to playmagicians Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, a magician pair known as Siegfried & Roy, who performed an animal-based magic show and were romantically involved. The new limited series titled Wild Things, based on the Apple Original podcast about the pair, has tapped Only Murders in the Building's John Hoffman as lead writer,...

One of the wildest chapters in Las Vegas history is about to get the Hollywood treatment courtesy of a very starry Apple TV+ series.

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield have signed on to play legendary Vegas magicians Siegfried & Roy in the limited series “Wild Ones,” IndieWire has confirmed. Law is set to play Siegfried Fischbacher and Garfield will play Roy Horn in the eight episode series, which is adapted from the Apple Original Podcast “Wild Ones: Siegfried & Roy.” The news was first reported by Variety.

Known for their flamboyant costumes and elaborate stage show that involved live lions and tigers, Siegfried & Roy became one of the most popular acts on the Las Vegas strip in the 1990s. Their lucrative residency at the Mirage grossed over half a billion dollars throughout the ’90s. But the duo, who were also romantically involved throughout their lives, saw their careers come to an end...

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Netflix announces premiere date for Too Much, Lena Dunham's TV return

Golden Globe-winning Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is returning to TV with Too Much, the first series she's created since 2018's Camping. The semi-autobiographical romantic comedy series premieres July 10 on Netflix. Dunham writes and directs the series, which she cocreated with her husband, Luis Felber. Megan Stalter (Hacks) stars as Jessica, "a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their...

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield have signed on to star in the Apple TV+ limited series about iconic magicians Siegfried & Roy, Variety has learned.

The eight-episode series was first reported to be in the works at Apple back in 2022. As reported at the time, it is based on the Apple Original Podcast, “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy.” Law will star as Siegfried and Garfield will star as Roy, with production set to commence in the fall.

The official logline for the show states that it “tells the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination. The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

John Hoffman developed the series for television...

A joke from The Simpsons in 1996 about Cypress Hill performing at the London Symphony Orchestra has become reality. The Simpsons' predictions have come true, including Disney's merger with 20th Century Fox. Some events depicted on The Simpsons have accurately happened, likely due to how many episodes the show has had accidentally able to predict later events.

Another prediction from The Simpsons has come true 28 years later, with a joke from 1996 now reflecting something that's actually happened. The Simpsons predictions have come true multiple times across the show's decades-long run, such as Disney's merger with 20th Century Fox and Donald Trump's presidency. While not everything the show has depicted has aligned with reality, there are some events that have happened which the show has somehow managed to accurately foresee. Some of said events have been very specifically similar, while others were more broad.

Now, BBC has reported on a new...

The legendary Jim Henson changed the face of puppeteering forever. Now, the “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” icon is at the center of Academy Award winner Ron Howard’s latest documentary, “Jim Henson Idea Man.”

Howard helms the Disney+ original documentary that takes audiences into the mind of Henson’s singular creative vision. The film charts his early years puppeteering on local television to the worldwide success of “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show,” and beyond. Featuring unprecedented access to Jim’s personal archives, director Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.

The original documentary from Disney Branded Television, is produced by Howard’s Imagine Documentaries. Howard also serves as a producer alongside Brian Grazer, Sara Bernstein, Margaret Bodde, Justin Wilkes, Mark Monroe, and Christopher St. John.

Paul Crowder, Meredith Kaulfers, and Michael Rosenberg serve as executive producers.

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The true tiger kings just landed an Apple TV+ limited series.

The legendary German-American tiger-handling duo Siegfried & Roy, comprised of Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, will be the subjects of an upcoming Apple TV+ biographical series. In the vein of “Pam & Tommy” and “Welcome to Chippendales,” the yet-untitled half-hour series will be told from various perspectives and document the story of Siegfried and Roy’s star-making act in Las Vegas.

“Only Murders in the Building” co-creator John Hoffman is writing and executive producing the series, with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Television also serving as executive producers. The Apple TV+ series is based on the eight-part podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy,” released in January 2022.

No casting has been announced as of print.

Siegfried and Roy began as a cruise ship and nightclub magic act before receiving a Las Vegas residency. The duo famously worked with white tigers...

Apple TV+ is looking to bring some magic to its lineup with a limited series based on the podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy, our sister site Variety reports.

Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman will write and exec-produce the half-hour project, which is in the development stage. It will be “told from various perspectives and is about two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme — until tragedy reframes and opens up an entirely new mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show,” per the official logline.

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Apple is developing a scripted limited series based on the company’s podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy.”

Per the official logline, the half-hour series is “told from various perspectives and is about two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme — until tragedy reframes and opens up an entirely new mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

John Hoffman, the co-creator of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” is writing and executive producing the project. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns and Kristen Zolner will executive produce for Imagine Television, alongside James Seidman. Will Manati, executive producer of “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy,” will also serve as executive producer alongside Steven Leckart for At Will Media. Apple Studios will serve as the studio on the project. The eight-part “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy” podcast was released in January 2022 to great acclaim.

Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman is taking on Siegfried and Roy for his next project.

Apple TV+ is developing a limited series about the Las Vegas showman-magicians, based on the Apple original podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy.

Written and exec produced by Hoffman, it comes from Imagine Television.

As revealed by Deadline last year, the tech giant landed the audio project, which comes from At Will Media, as one of its first original podcasts. It debuted earlier this year.

The hourlong series will be told from various perspectives and tell the story of the pair who push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme — until tragedy reframes and opens up an entirely new mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.

Siegfried and Roy were a duo of German-American entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and tigers. Siegfried Fischbacher died in January,...

Created, directed, cowritten, and coproduced by Zack Snyder, Netflix's new zombie movie Army of the Dead follows a group of mercenaries who come together to retrieve a whopping $200M sitting in an LA casino vault. The catch? The city is riddled with zombies, and they only have a 32 hour-window to accomplish their mission before the place gets seized by a nuclear strike to rid the place of the undead. To ramp the thrilling quotient all the way up, the movie is filled to the brim with super-evolved zombies. But, even among the decaying crowds, the one undead character who easily takes the cake is Valentine - a white tiger zombie.

Given the Sin City setting, the writers snuck in a line that references Valentine as one of Siegfried and Roy's wide collection of tigers. In case you missed that particular chapter of Vegas history, Siegfried & Roy were a well-renowned...

Exclusive: Apple is to launch a podcast about pop culture icons Siegfried & Roy – marking one of its first major forays into original audio series.

The series has landed at Apple TV+, its television and film division, and will launch on the Apple podcast platform.

It comes at a time where competition is becoming more prevalent in the podcast business with major rival Spotify getting heavily into originals that only live on its platform.

Apple has cautiously dipped its toes into original shows in the past but they have largely been focused around its music platform – The Zane Lowe Podcast Series – or its original television shows such as For All Mankind.

Earlier this month, it unveiled The Line from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, which will feature an original podcast series and a TV docuseries. The Siegfried & Roy series marks the first major show to come without an immediate television companion.

Siegfried Fischbacher passed away at 81 years old from pancreatic cancer, according to his publicist Dave Kirvin. Fischbacher was one half of the performing duo, Siegfried & Roy. Roy Horn, Fischbacher’s friend and business partner, passed away in May at age 75 from Covid-19 complications. Fischbacher was born in Rosenheim Germany on June 13, 1939. […]

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Siegfried Fischbacher, famous for performing as one half of the magician duo known as Siegfried and Roy, has passed away. According to his sister Dolore, the entertainer "fell asleep softly and peacefully," dying at the age of 81.

"I take my brother with me in every one of my prayers and I am deeply connected to him," Dolore, who lives as a nun in Munich, previously told the German newspaper Bild.

The death of Siegfried Fischbacher comes just days after it was reported that Siegfried was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. A malignant tumor had been removed during a recent 12-hour operation, but doctors then discovered that it had already spread in his body. Siegfried, unable to see any family or friends leading up to his death due to the pandemic, chose to leave the hospital and spend his final days at his home in Las Vegas where two hospice workers...

Siegfried Fischbacher, who teamed with partner Roy Horn to become Siegfried & Roy, among the most famous magicians in the world and one of Las Vegas’ biggest draws, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Las Vegas. He was 81.

Fischbacher’s death was announced by his sister Dolore, who lives as a nun in Munich, Germany, to the German newspaper Bild. The news subsequently was confirmed by his publicist, Dave Kirvin.

“He fell asleep gently and peacefully,” Dolore told Bild. She said Fischbacher had been in the care of hospice nurses at his home.

Known for their flamboyant, Liberace-style costumes and the use in their act of “big cats” — lions, leopards, jaguars and, most famously, rare white tigers — Siegfried & Roy were partners in life as well as onstage who carved out a 40-year career with elaborate, large-scale illusions. The headlining duo became synonymous with Vegas glitz and over-the-top showbiz glamour.

Siegfried Fischbacher — of the animal training and magic duo Siegfried & Roy — has died at the age of 81 from pancreatic cancer.

His death comes just eight months after his performing partner Roy Horn died from complications related to Covid-19 at the age of 75.

Sad news: Siegfried Fischbacher, of “Siegfried & Roy,” passed away last night at his home in Las Vegas from pancreatic cancer. He was 81.https://t.co/oyooKtAQuo pic.twitter.com/Z6lCh7VmjY

— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) January 14, 2021

The German duo met as entertainers on a cruise ship in 1957 and...

Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy has died at the age of 81. According to a press release, the magician passed away in his Las Vegas home on Jan. 13 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. While funeral services are expected to be private, the release noted there will be plans for a public memorial at a later date. The news comes eight months after Roy Horn, who made up half of their famous act, died from complications caused by Covid-19. For years, Fischbacher and Horn entertained crowds in Las Vegas, performing with their big cats. But in 2003, a tiger named Mantecore bit Horn and dragged him off the stage in front of a live audience. While Horn survived the incident, their magic show at The...

Siegfried Fischbacher, who worked with Roy Horn to create the famous animal training and magic duo of Siegfried & Roy, has died, according to the Associated Press and German outlets. He was 81.

Fischbacher died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His death comes eight months after Horn died due to Covid-19 on May 8, 2020. Horn was 75.

Siegfried & Roy were among Las Vegas’ most famous performers, incorporating more than 55 white lions, white tigers, leopards, jaguars and an elephant in their astounding acts. They started performing in Las Vegas in 1967 at revues like Hallelujah Hollywood and Lido de Paris.

The pair started performing at the Mirage hotel in 1989, selling out almost nightly in what was formerly the largest hotel in Las Vegas.

Fischbacher and Horn first met on a cruise ship, where Horn was working as a steward and Fischbacher as an entertainer. Horn smuggled his pet cheetah aboard the ship and asked Fischbacher...

Siegfried Fischbacher, the ace illusionist who made big animals appear and disappear as one-half of the breathtaking Las Vegas magic act Siegfried & Roy, has died. He was 81.

Fischbacher died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas, his rep confirmed to multiple outlets on Thursday. His sister, Dolore, a nun who lives in Munich, told the German news agency dpa: “I could pray with him and tell him that I will always be with him in my heart.”

Roy Horn, his partner in life as well as show business, died May 8 of complications from Covid-19 at ...

Roy Horn, best known for starring in the magic duo show, Siegfried and Roy, died aged 75 due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Las Vegas on Friday. Siegfried Fischbacher, Horn’s longtime show partner, made a statement shortly after the death of Horn. “Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I […]

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The immensely popular duo Siegfried and Roy is no more, as one-half of the team has passed away this evening. Roy Horn died from complications related to Covid-19 . His partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, made the news public. He had this to say in a statement.

"Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,. From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried.""Roy was a fighter his whole life including during these final days. I give my heartfelt appreciation to the team of doctors, nurses and staff at Mountain View Hospital [in Las Vegas] who worked heroically against this insidious virus that ultimately took Roy's life."

Roy Horn was 75 at the time of his passing. Along with Siegfried, the popular entertainer forever altered the Las Vegas landscape.

Roy Horn, one-half of the famed lion-taming duo and longtime Las Vegas staple Siegfried & Roy, died Friday from complications related to Covid-19. He was 75.

“Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement. “From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried.”

Siegfried continued, “Roy as a fighter his whole life including during these final days. I...

Roy Horn, who thrilled Las Vegas crowds as part of the big-cats-and-magic act Siegfried & Roy until a tiger attack ended his career in 2003, died today of coronavirus at Mountain View Hospital in Las Vegas. He was 75.

Horn’s publicist said on April 28 that the magician had tested positive for Covid-19.

“Today, the world lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” Horn’s longtime performing partner Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement. “From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Sirgfried.”

Horn and Fischbacher already were veteran performers before they became the toast of the Vegas Strip for more than a decade. Launched in 1990 at the Mirage, their show featured Siegfried & Roy performing with spectacular white lions and white tigers as audiences gasped and cheered.

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Roy Horn of the famous Siegrfried & Roy duo has died at the age of 75 from complications caused by the coronavirus. According to a press release, the legendary performer succumbed to the illness in a Las Vegas hospital on Friday afternoon. "Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," said Siegfried Fischbacher. "From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world. There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried."  He continued, "Roy was a fighter his whole life including during these final few days. I give my heartfelt appreciation to the team of doctors, nurses and staff at Mountain...

Roy Horn, who thrilled Las Vegas crowd as part of the big-cat-trainers act Seigfried & Roy until a tiger attack ended his career in 2003, is the latest celebrity to have tested positive for coronavirus.

In a statement to ABC News, Horn’s publicist said: “We can confirm that Roy Horn has tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 and is currently responding well to treatment, Most importantly, Siegfried & Roy send positive wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic. We will have no further comment on Roy’s recovery at this time and ask everyone to respect his right to privacy.”

Horn and his partner Siegfried Fischbacher already were veteran performers before they became the toast of the Vegas Strip for more than a decade. Launched in 1990 at the Mirage, their show featured Seigfried & Roy performing with spectacular white lions and white tigers as audiences gasped and cheered.

But it unraveled...

Netflix has released a stunning first trailer for their upcoming seven-part western series Godless. The series comes from producer Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Logan Lucky) and director Scott Frank (A Walk Among the Tombstones). It also has a fantastic cast that includes Jack O’Connell, Michelle Dockery, and Jeff Daniels.

The trailer offers up a collection of intriguing visuals as a narrator says:

"Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. The love, the hope, the dream, to be, to lose. For your life is lived in me. To remember this brings painful joy. Tis a human thing to love what death has touched."

As far as the story goes, the only other thing we have to go off of is this synopsis:

Frank Griffin, an outlaw terrorizing the 1880s American West, hunts down Roy Goode, his partner turned enemy. Roy hides out at a ranch as Frank's...

Movies to see on the long Labour Day weekendMovies to see on the long Labour Day weekendJenny Bullough9/1/2017 11:51:00 Am

It's finally here! The Labour Day weekend isn't really the end of summer, but it certainly feels that way. Maybe it's the residual instinct ingrained in us after years of elementary and high school, when summertime meant freedom from school for a full two months and September meant the end of all that and the return to teachers, books, and (ugh) homework.

No matter how you feel about the holiday, there's still lots of ways to squeeze the most fun possible out of your extra day off! And what better way to while away an afternoon than with a movie at a Cineplex theatre. Without further ado, here's our recommendations for what to see in theatres this long weekend!

If you crave action Atomic Blonde

If you're in the mood for some ass-kicking action,...

The family of Conrad Roy III is outraged after learning that his girlfriend, Michelle Carter, will remain free pending her appeal after being sentenced to 15-months in jail for encouraging Roy to commit suicide in 2014.

Makenna O’Donnell, Roy’s cousin, said she was distraught when a Massachusetts judge suspended half of Carter’s two-and-a-half-year sentence and agreed to allow Carter to remain free as she appeals her involuntary manslaughter conviction.

“I was just sick to my stomach the fact that she can just be free and my cousin, he’s not here. Two-and-a-half years isn’t enough,” O’Donnell...

Celebrities took a walk on the wild side for Kate Hudson’s annual Halloween party in Los Angeles on Friday night.

The hostess led a pack of pal dressed in white corset gowns and feather hair pieces, giving off some Old West vibes.

“It’s time to party! Before we put the phones away we want to thank @absolutelyx for sponsoring us this year #elyx #skål #LetsDoThis,” Hudson, 37, said in an Instagram post.

Jessica Alba and her Bff Kelly Sawyer tag-teamed as the British sitcom duo Patsy and Edina from Absolutely Fabulous.

“#Abfab w my boo @kellysawyer #patsyandedina #bff #Halloween,...

The newly formed Vr Society is servicing the demand for virtual reality and augmented reality content with the two-day conference "Vr On The Lot," featuring guest speakers Bryan Singer and Robert Stromberg. The technology of virtual, augmented and 360 degree media, pioneered by The Advanced Imaging Society, will be showcased at the event. Among the supporters is Stromberg, two-time Academy Award winner for art direction and director of Disney's Maleficent and The Martian Vr Experience. Stromberg will deliver the opening keynote and serve as a Creative Advisor to the Vr Society. "By bringing together Hollywood and entertainment industry professionals with the innovative Vr artists,...

The newly formed Vr Society is servicing the demand for virtual reality and augmented reality content with the two-day conference "Vr On The Lot," featuring guest speakers Bryan Singer and Robert Stromberg. The technology of virtual, augmented and 360 degree media, pioneered by The Advanced Imaging Society, will be showcased at the event. Among the supporters is Stromberg, two-time Academy Award winner for art direction and director of Disney's Maleficent and The Martian Vr Experience. Stromberg will deliver the opening keynote and serve as a Creative Advisor to the Vr Society. "By bringing together Hollywood and entertainment industry professionals with the innovative Vr artists,...

Christoph Waltz visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday to promote the new film The Legend of Tarzan, another movie in which the actor plays the role of the villain. Tired of being Hollywood's go-to baddie, Waltz has set his sights on a more positive role: Playing either Siegfried or Roy in the just-announced biopic about the famed magicians.

To help Waltz in his quest, Kimmel joined the actor in costume for an audition tape for Siegfried & Roy: Magic Secrets.

As evidenced by the audition tape, the duo's chemistry is significantly short...

I would have bet big money that either Siegfried and/or Roy, the German magician duo famous for their Las Vegas shows, died a few years ago after being attacked by one of their tigers on stage. But I would have lost that bet. Despite that very real tiger attack, they're apparently both still alive, because THR reports that they've both signed on to become executive producers of a new biopic about their remarkable ascension to Vegas magician superstardom.

Siegfried and Roy's high-camp style magic show, involving white lions and tigers, was incredibly successful. It is estimated that more than 25 million people saw their Las Vegas show at the Mirage Resort and Casino. But the duo came under attack from animal rights activists who disapproved of their use of live animals in their act.The Las Vegas show ran from 1990 to 2003, when a white tiger called Mantecore attacked Roy during...

"The Physician" helmer Philipp Stolzl and writer Jan Berger are re-teaming for a film about German magicians turned Las Vegas performers Siegfried & Roy at Ufa Fiction.

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Uwe Horn were a Las Vegas institution who regularly performed at the Mirage Resort and Casino for fourteen years before an on-stage tiger attack in 2003 brought a sudden end to their careers. Roy was left partially paralyzed by the attack.

Nico Hofmann will produce while Siegfried and Roy themselves will serve as executive producers alongside Sebastian Werninger and Jan Mewes. Pixomondo ("Game of Thrones," "The Walking Dead") will provide the visual effects.

Source: THR...

Las Vegas performers Siegfried & Roy are getting the biopic treatment. The German magicians and entertainers, who were a Las Vegas institution before an onstage tiger attack brought a sudden end to their careers, have signed a deal for a film version of their extraordinary lives. Philipp Stolzl, director of 2013 period drama The Physician, has signed on to helm the project for German studio Ufa Fiction. Physician screenwriter Jan Berger will pen the script. Ufa's co-ceo Nico Hofmann will produce. “The image of Siegfried and Roy floating down onto the stage in their fantastical outfits, landing amidst a

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[[tmz:video id="0_quw07lfe"]] Simpsons creator Matt Groening is eating the words he wrote, telling our photog even though the show has an uncanny ability to predict the future ... he doesn't think Donald Trump will be President. We got Matt Saturday at Lax, and he acknowledged the show has been like a crystal ball, predicting the Ebola outbreak, the mauling of Roy from Siegfried and Roy, and the horse meat scandal. The show predicted back in 2000 Trump would be elected Prez.

In switching from low-key character dramas (read: Mud and Take Shelter) to the realm of science fiction, director Jeff Nichols has cited many inspirations including E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And those touchstones shine bright in today’s new trio of clips for Nichols’ latest creative effort, Midnight Special.

Set to make its bow during SXSW 2016 next week, there’s a palpable buzz surrounding the filmmaker’s genre departure, and it’s one that orbits around the father-son bond between Michael Shannon (Roy) and newcomer Jaeden Lieberher.

Heavy on style and light on spoilers, the snippets come by way of The Playlist, not only showcasing the striking neon-blue visuals, but also Midnight Special‘s star-studded ensemble. Hunting down Lieberher’s peculiar (and powerful) anomaly is Adam Driver’s deranged governmental agent, who believes the child’s innate power ought to be kept under lock and key. Also...

Ambiguity might be the most useful item in the science fiction toolbox. Blade Runner’s mysteries still rob people of sleep, and you’d need a wall chart to work out Shane Carruth’s Primer. However, when used in rash abundance — as in this latest film from Mud and Take Shelter director Jeff Nichols — the results can leave the viewer in a rather less complimentary state of bafflement. The details in Midnight Special, Nichols’ homage-heavy sci-fi thriller set in his signature Deep South locale, are sometimes so scant as to be jarring. Yes, less is often more in Hollywood, but it can also be just plain less.

We open on a police broadcast as, from a motel room, two men (Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton) and a boy named Alton (Jaeden Lieberher, decked out in blue goggles) speed away in a car. The newscaster reports that the child has been abducted,...

I'm extremely excited for this upcoming sci-fi film called Midnight Special. The movie comes from director Jeff Nichols, who previously brought us great films like Take Shelter and Mud. The movie stars Michael Shannon, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard, Kirsten Dunst, and Joel Edgerton, and it looks fantastic.

The film has a very classic '80s Amblin vibe to it and was inspired by films such as E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Starman. We have our first clip for the movie to share with you today, and it offers us a mysterious, intense moment that features Shannon's character being very overprotective of a young boy wearing goggles. Here’s the official synopsis:

Every mile that Roy and his eight-year-old son cover on their journey down highways and byways brings us closer to their incredible story. Gradually, we begin to understand why this boy with extraordinary powers has to wear protective glasses.

Part Close Encounters of the Third Kind, part E.T., the maiden clip for sci-fi flick Midnight Special has loomed online ahead of busy festival season for Jeff Nichols’ drama piece.

Arriving on the heels of an array of hypnotic images from earlier this week, the snippet sheds light on the ominous tone underpinning the director’s genre departure, and it’s one that largely emanates from Jaeden Lieberher’s peculiar young boy. Set against the inky blackness of a remote gas station, Lieberher’s estranged character wanders away from the protection of his father (Take Shelter star Michael Shannon), before a chance meeting with a random stranger appears to instigate a sudden meteor shower.

It’s a freak event that the child appears partially responsible for as well, apologizing to Shannon’s frightened patriarch before the camera pans up at the debris scorching through Earth’s atmosphere. But the question...

The first of two Jeff Nichols films arriving this year, Midnight Special finds him in sci-fi thriller mode. Inspired by Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and Starman, the film will finally premiere next week at the Berlin Film Festival, and ahead of our review, we have the first clip, a batch of new images, and an official synopsis from the festival.

Led by Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Sam Shepard, Adam Driver, and newcomer Jaeden Lieberher, it follows a father who sets to protect his uniquely gifted son while being hunted by a pair of dangerous groups. Also set to screen at SXSW (where they just expanded their line-up), hopefully this is one of the highlights of the spring as Nichols expands his scope. Check out everything below.

Every mile that Roy and his eight-year-old son cover on their journey down highways and byways brings us closer to their incredible story.

After executing the dramatic – and critically-acclaimed – one-two punch with Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols will return in a major way in 2016, releasing two feature films should all go according to plan. One of which is Loving, a brand new drama that stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga; the other, arriving from the other end of the spectrum, is a sci-fi thriller known as Midnight Special.

Returning at the helm, the writer-director is evidently casting his eye to the genre films of yesteryear with his next project, with today’s trailer containing the some of the wide-eyed wonder found in such classics as E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In terms of the plot driving the extra-terrestrial happenings on screen, Midnight Special will follow a loving father Roy (Shannon) who is left no choice but to go on the run with his son Alton after discovering that he inexplicably possess supernatural abilities.

Once set for a Thanksgiving release, Jeff Nichols‘ Mud follow-up, the sci-fi adventure Midnight Special, was moved to March, presumably to avoid the certain genre competition in The Hunger Games and Star Wars. Strangely though, Warner Bros. dated it for March 18th, 2016, a mere week before their little Batman v Superman film will tear up the box-office.

Since no one has seen it yet — the cast has spilled that it’s likely to stop by Berlin and SXSW — we won’t jump to conclusions, but considering it’s the studio debut by Nichols, we’re quite looking forward to. Ahead of likely trailer by year’s end, the first image has now landed courtesy of EW. Ahead of that, though, we have an exclusive synopsis if you missed it:

Midnight Special is a supernatural sci-fi thriller from acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter). It stars Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire,...

Siegfried and Roy shook off any of the jitters you might expect them to have -- and snuggled up to a new arrival at The Mirage ... a baby tiger. The magic duo bottle fed the little big cat in Vegas on Thursday ... as they returned to the resort where they famously performed for years, and where Roy was nearly killed during a tiger attack. Clearly, no hard feelings. Plus, it's impossible to resist adorable baby tigers.

There is a case to be made for home movies as the purest form of cinema. It’s folly, of course, to pit films against one another based on the circumstances under which they were made; to argue what is realer, and thus more valid, than the other. In a camera’s lens, especially, the lines of truth and lies blur and overlap. It’s just that in what we believe to be reality the stakes are always higher, the emotions elevated. One of the first films ever made, the Lumière brothers’ L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat, was a succinct 56 seconds that depicted the arrival of a train at its station in Lyon, France. When it was first shown to the public it was the audience’s virgin film-viewing experience, and it was reported that many were frightened by the illusion that the train was coming straight for them.