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Award-winning actor Idris Elba has been cast in Amazon MGM’s upcoming live-action “Masters of the Universe” film, bringing the classic Mattel property to the big screen. Elba will play Duncan, the royal weapons expert also known as Man-at-Arms, in the film, which will hit theaters on June 5, 2026.

The film’s ensemble cast will include Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Camila Mendes as Teela, and Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn. Travis Knight directs the project, a collaboration between Escape Artists and Mattel Films to reinvent the beloved toy line.

Duncan’s character is crucial to the story’s mythology. As a veteran warrior who had fought in the Great Unrest, King Randor personally chose him to lead an elite fighting force known as The Masters of the Universe. Duncan, alongside his adopted daughter Teela, defends Eternia’s frontiers against invading troops.

Chris Butler created the script based on an early draft by...

Exclusive: Idris Elba is set to join Masters of the Universe, the Travis Knight-directed film for Amazon MGM. Sources said that Elba will play the role of Duncan, Man-At-Arms. The film is a coproduction between Escape Artists and Mattel.

Pic stars Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, and Camila Mendes as Teela. Scripted by Chris Butler, the film is produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Robbie Brenner and Steve Tisch.

Elba is repped by The Artists Partnership and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. He’s filming Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled White House thriller for Netflix, and provides the voice of Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Duncan is a good guy and for centuries has been the weapons master and combat instructor to the royal family, and is also called Man-At-Arms. He was trained by Dekker and is a veteran of the Great Unrest, and he was...

Idris Elba is in early talks to play Man-at-Arms in the upcoming live-action feature film “Masters of the Universe,” based on the iconic Mattel franchise, TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Elba would star alongside Nicholas Galitzine in the role of He-Man, Camila Mendes, who is playing Teela, and Alison Brie as “Evil-Lyn.”

Travis Knight is directing the film from a screenplay by Chris Butler. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the film, which will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026. The movie will be produced by Escape Artists and Mattel Films.

Mattel introduced the world to He-Man in 1982 with the launch of a toy line (dubbed Masters of the Universe) and the debut of the animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” the following year. The show was about Prince Adam of Eternia, a man who looked just like He-Man, but was missing the hero’s tanned skin.

Exclusive: Harold Perrineau, the star of MGM+’s acclaimed sci-fi horror series From, has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

Scoring a Season 4 renewal just yesterday, From takes viewers to a mysterious, nightmarish town from which its residents cannot escape. Trapped and surrounded by an eerie forest, the townspeople face terrifying supernatural threats that emerge after dark. As they struggle to find a way out, they must also grapple with maintaining a sense of community and confronting their own emotional and psychological demons.

Perrineau plays Boyd Stevens, the town’s pragmatic and weary sheriff. Boyd serves as the de facto leader of the community, tasked with maintaining order and protecting the townspeople from the deadly creatures lurking in the woods.

Over the course of his career, Perrineau has been active across film, television, and theater. In film, his other notable credits include The Matrix trilogy, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet,...

Mark your calendars, Oscars fans, because the 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC. The annual star-studded ceremony will honor movies released in theaters within the 2024 calendar year of eligibility. AMPAS members will vote on the Oscar winners in 23 categories, including Best Director. But who will win? Here at Gold Derby, thousands of users have been making and updating their 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Director, so let’s take a look at all of the top contenders in our photo gallery below.

These 25 Best Director hopefuls are listed in order of their racetrack odds, which are derived from the combined forecasts of four unique groups: experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, editors who cover awards year-round for this website, top 24 users who had the best accuracy scores last year, and the mass of users who make up our biggest predictions bloc.

There will be five...

When Randal Kleiser‘s “The Blue Lagoon” was released in 1981, it was an instant sensation; the beautifully photographed tale of sexual awakening between two teenagers (Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins) set against the backdrop of a tropical island paradise combined prurience and elegance in a potent cocktail that audiences couldn’t get enough of at the time. Its $60-million gross against a $5-million budget couldn’t be ignored — especially by other filmmakers looking to replicate its success.

As was so often the case, Italian filmmakers were particularly aggressive in their plagiarism, with films like the now-forgotten “Due gocce d’acqua salata” blatantly ripping off both the premise and the marketing of “The Blue Lagoon.” But the most well-known “Blue Lagoon” imitator came from an unlikely location for an exotic travelogue centered on sensual exploration: Canada.

“Paradise,” which was released in 1982 by now-defunct distributor Avco-Embassy, was the brainchild of producer Robert Lantos,...

Reflecting on her wide-ranging oeuvre — which will include the forthcoming Babygirl — Nicole Kidman said it seems harder to make and greenlight projects nowadays, especially if they’re not big tentpole draws.

“Everything’s hard now,” she told Vanity Fair in a new interview. “Actually everything. I mean, maybe not Deadpool, but there’s nothing that’s, ‘Oh my gosh. Yep. This is it. Greenlight, let’s go.’ Or maybe it’s just the things that I do. [Laughs] I just think that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with now. Things are shrinking in terms of shows being done and films being made. I definitely feel it. I’m sure most people in the industry feel it. I know the crews feel it. I know writers feel it.”

When asked if the increased difficulty scares her, the Academy Award winner answered, “Yes. Well, I don’t know if it scares me.

The career trajectory of character actor extraordinaire Willem Dafoe is one of the more unusual among contemporary Hollywood stars. From his early days of being routinely cast as a heavy, Dafoe worked his way through the system thanks to the sheer force of his talent, finally being cast as leads, often portraying in detail such real-life figures as actor Max Schreck, artist Vincent Van Gogh and even Jesus Christ.

Among Dafoe’s early bad guy roles were as biker gang leaders in both Kathryn Bigelow‘s “The Loveless” and Walter Hill‘s “Streets of Fire.” But his performance as kindly Sgt. Elias in Oliver Stone‘s “Platoon” changed all that, resulting in his first Academy Award nomination. Three more Oscar nominations followed, and Dafoe has also earned three Golden Globe nominations and four noms from the Screen Actors Guild.

In 2024, he brought three more great performances to life with “Kinds of Kindness,...

In April, Nicole Kidman delivered a killer speech when accepting the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award that included a list of directors who “took a bet” on her throughout her prolific career. The lineup included the likes of Susanne Bier, Stanley Kubrick, Sofia Coppola, Jane Campion, Gus Van Sant, and more.

In an interview with Vanity Fair published Wednesday, the Oscar-winning actress was asked if there was anyone she hasn’t worked with yet and would want to. “I’ve always said I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese,” replied Kidman, before adding,...

Nicole Kidman, an Oscar-winning actor, has publicly said that she wants to work with legendary director Martin Scorsese, but with one important condition: he must make a movie about women.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Kidman talked about working with Scorsese as one of her dream projects and brought up the current discussion about how women are portrayed in his movies. Even though Scorsese has had a very successful career, most of the film he has directed have been about men, starring stars like Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Recent events point to a change in this trend. Lily Gladstone’s performance in Scorsese’s most recent movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, gave a woman a major part. She was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar, which is a big change in how the director treats female roles.

The director has used women...

Nicole Kidman named Martin Scorsese as one of her dream directors to work with — but he’d have to do “a film with women” first.

“I’ve always said I want to work with Scorsese, if he does a film with women,” Kidman said during an interview with Vanity Fair, published Wednesday.

“I’d love to work with Kathryn Bigelow,” the actress continued. “I’d love to work with Spike Jones. I’d love to work with PTA [Paul Thomas Anderson]. I’ve always wanted to work with Michael Haneke. And there’s a whole slew of new up-and-coming directors — there’s so many, and I’m always open to the discovery of new people.”

Scorsese has made a mark in cinema for his blockbuster, male-led films, notably featuring his actor go-tos, like Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Leonardo DiCaprio. However, the legendary and longtime director gave space to...

Nicole Kidman went viral earlier this year when she was awarded the AFI Life Achievement prize and used her acceptance speech to list every director she’s worked with in her career. It was a remarkable roster of talent, from Stanley Kubrick to Jane Campion, Gus Van Sant, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola and more. But Kidman recently told Vanity Fair that her wish list of directors to work with remains quite long.

“I’ve always said I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese, if he does a film with women,” Kidman said. “I’d love to work with Kathryn Bigelow. I’d love to work with Spike Jones. I’d love to work with PTA [Paul Thomas Anderson]. I’ve always wanted to work with Michael Haneke. And there’s a whole slew of new up-and-coming directors — there’s so many, and I’m always open to the discovery of new people.

Nicole Kidman is subtly calling out Martin Scorsese for not making features that center on female characters.

The “Babygirl” actress and mega-producer told Vanity Fair that she would love to work with Scorsese, if the auteur “does a film with women.”

While Scorsese is best known for his more male-centric ensemble features like “Raging Bull,” “After Hours,” and “Goodfellas,” the director has famously collaborated with iconic actresses like Sharon Stone, Lorraine Bracco, Juliette Lewis, and Margot Robbie for acclaimed performances, not to mention Ellen Burstyn winning a Best Actress Academy Award for “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”

In 2019, Scorsese’s “The Irishman” was criticized for only having Anna Paquin say seven words onscreen. Scorsese said at the time of the assumed lack of female characters in his films, “If the story doesn’t call for it… it’s a waste of everybody’s time.”

In addition to Scorsese, Kidman also...

Nicole Kidman is not only one of the most critically acclaimed actor of her generation, she also may be the most employed actor of her generation. In recent years she's been absolutely prolific in both film and television, and she's worked with a lot of great filmmakers. But even Kidman has a wishlist.

Tom Cruise is a very powerful celebrity in terms of influence and popularity, but many are probably unaware of how much grip he has on the casting of his own projects. Obviously, this means he can forbid actors from leaving or let them go just as easily.

Credits: Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One / Paramount Pictures

It only goes to show how much he values the art and process of filmmaking. After all, it’s taxing to find actors for movies only for them to leave. Two celebrities had their fair share of dealing with Cruise, but they had different experiences.

Tom Cruise Helped Jessica Chastain Play the Role of Her Dreams

Jessica Chastain was supposed to star in 2013’s Oblivion opposite Tom Cruise but had to back out due to scheduling conflicts. The actress, known for her role in Fox’s Dark Phoenix, was encouraged...

Kathryn Bigelow’s action-bromance about bank-robbing surfer dudes is an enduring cult gem, thanks to its joining of tropes and tones

Director Kathryn Bigelow’s crazy action romp from 1991 now gets a rerelease. Eric Hobsbawm might have called it the final moment of The Long Eighties Decade of Action Movies, with shootouts, PAEs (pointless action explosions) and a recurring prosthetic cameo for Ronald Reagan. Bigelow’s feminist achievement in showing she could make an action movie as well as any man was perhaps, but probably not, underscored by a brief scene in which leading man Keanu Reeves gets a savage beatdown from a naked young woman.

Point Break is a freaky mix of Dog Day Afternoon and Big Wednesday; bank robbing meets surfing. Straight-arrow rookie federal agent Johnny Utah, played by Reeves – inscrutable and husky-voiced as ever – is posted to LA, where he’s partnered-cute with an older and irascible officer.

Exclusive: Count John Wick: Chapter 4 actor Scott Adkins in on Joe Carnahan’s movie Rip at Netflix.

Rip follows a team of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray when they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything for the team is called into question — including who they can rely on. The Artists Equity production cast includes Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle, Teyana Taylor, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Nestor Carbonell.

Adkins, we hear, will be playing the brother of Affleck’s character. Carnahan also wrote the movie.

Actors Equity is the the artist-led studio founded by Affleck and Damon. They’re producing for the studio in addition to Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld. Executive producers are Michael Joe and Kevin Halloran for Artists Equity.

Adkins starred recently in Lionsgate’s Dave Bautista action movie Killer’s Game,...

Universal’s “The Wild Robot” reclaimed the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office in its third weekend, earning £2.179 million ($2.8 million) for a cumulative total of £11.6 million ($15 million), per numbers from Comscore.

Sony’s “Venom: The Last Dance” stayed close behind in second place with £2.175 million in its sophomore frame, pushing its total to £9.1 million.

Entertainment Film Distributors’ newcomer “Heretic” debuted in third with £1.9 million, while Lionsgate U.K.’s “Small Things Like These” opened at fourth with £890,104.

Paramount’s “Smile 2” rounded out the top five with £600,979 in its third weekend, bringing its running total to £5.4 million.

Universal’s Cannes winner “Anora” entered the chart at sixth with £509,005, followed by AA Films U.K.’s Bollywood film “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3” debuting at seventh with £408,295.

Paramount’s “Transformers One” held eighth place in its fourth week with £390,258, reaching a total of £4.3 million. Moviegoers Entertainment’s “Singham Again,...

Actors, musicians and filmmakers came together Saturday at the 2024 Lacma Art+Film Gala, held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to honor artist Simone Leigh and auteur Baz Luhrmann.

The Gucci-sponsored event, in its 13th consecutive year, featured co-chairs Lacma trustee Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Pictured below, the fete included reunions galore, such as that of indie darlings Charli Xcx and Troye Sivan, who performed onstage following the conclusion of their joint co-headlining Sweat Tour. Also in attendance were Anora star Mikey Madison and helmer Sean Baker. Monsters actors Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez were also pictured in front of the museum’s famed lantern sculpture.

In terms of gala fashion, Kim Kardashian debuted her recent auction purchase of Princess Diana’s fabled diamond and amethyst Attallah Cross pendant. Mainstays Law Roach and Anna Wintour were also in attendance.

Other notable stars included Viola Davis,...

On Saturday November 2, 2024, notables from the art, film, fashion, and entertainment industries gathered at Lacma for its 13th annual Art+Film Gala. Lacma honored artist Simone Leigh, whose multifaceted practice situates questions of Black female-identified subjectivity at the center of contemporary art discourse, along with the visionary auteur Baz Luhrmann. Lacma trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio co-chair the event for the 13th consecutive year.

Scroll through the gallery above to see red carpet photos from Saturday’s event.

Past honorees of the Art+Film Gala include artists Judy Baca, Helen Pashgian, Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Betye Saar, Catherine Opie, Mark Bradford, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Barbara Kruger, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, and John Baldessari, and filmmakers David Fincher, Park Chan-wook, Steven Spielberg, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Kathryn Bigelow, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and Clint Eastwood.

Proceeds from the annual Art...

It’s hammer time for Idris Elba. The actor is set to star in and produce Hammer Down, an action feature that marks the directorial debut of Simon Hatt, who previously produced projects for Marvel Studios and DC.

Veteran producer Charles Roven, who won his first Oscar earlier this year for best picture winner Oppenheimer, is producing Hammer Down via his Atlas Entertainment along with the company’s Madison Weireter. Elba is also producing with Gina Carter (See How They Run) via their 22Summers banner. Black Bear will offer the title at next week’s American Film Market.

Hatt previously shot a Hammer Down short film starring This Is Us actor Chris Sullivan as a widowed truck driver who goes by the handle Hammer Down. The Affair actress Abigail Dylan Harrison starred as Hammer Down’s young daughter, who tagged along as he attempted to deliver a mysterious package. The project was personal for Hatt,...

Exclusive: Golden Globe winner Idris Elba (Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw) is set to star in action-thriller Hammer Down, which Black Bear will be launching for international sales ahead of the American Film Market next week.

Oscar winner Charles Roven and Madison Weireter (Justice League) are producing for Atlas Entertainment, alongside Idris Elba (Luther: The Fallen Son) and Gina Carter (See How They Run) for 22 Summers.

Simon Hatt, James Gunn’s former assistant who went on to serve as co-producer on Suicide Squad and exec producer on Guardians Of The Galaxy, is directing from a screenplay that he also wrote, based on his own short.

The synopsis reads: “Mac (Idris Elba) is the best at what he does, driving a big rig truck across the country with a “no questions asked” policy about the goods he transports. When he takes his tenacious teenage daughter along for a job,...

Samuel L. Jackson was honored at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2024 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel, on Wednesday, as a star-studded group of friends and collaborators paid tribute to the actor.

Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Walton Goggins, Kenny Leon, wife Latanya Richardson Jackson and MoMA’s chief curator of film Rajendra Roy were all in attendance at the event, with Brie Larson and George Lucas sending video messages of support.

Lucas noted how Jackson is “not always like the parts he plays; he’s much more of a sweet, honest, good, helpful, loving guy.” Lee looked back at their early days together in Atlanta, recalling even in college thinking of Jackson and his friends, “I know that God willing, if I became a filmmaker, these great artists would be in my films.”

Jackson, who this year appeared in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist and the upcoming The Piano Lesson,...

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” has hit theaters nationwide, chronicling the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, releasing on the 49th anniversary of the long-running sketch comedy on October 11. With this movie expected to be a contender at the upcoming 2025 Academy Awards, let’s take a closer look at the filmmaker’s previous four Oscar nominations in three different categories for just two of his films.

After Reitman’s directorial debut in 2005 for “Thank You For Smoking,” he achieved commercial and critical success for his coming-of-age film “Juno” in 2007, starring Elliot Page as the titular teenage character who deals with her unexpected pregnancy and wants to give it up for adoption. While the comedy was praised for its screenplay by Diablo Cody and lead performance, Reitman’s direction was not recognized at any of the major precursor award ceremonies, which is why it...

Image Source: Shout Factory When future Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow made Point Break in 1991, she had a pair of stars who were both on hot streaks: Patrick Swayze with Dirty Dancing, Road House, and Ghost; and Keanu Reeves with his two successful Bill & Ted films. Pairing them for an action movie set against the world of surfing turned out to be a brilliant move, as the movie turned out to be an enduring hit that long ago entered a second life as a cult classic. We once talked with Swayze about the film — he wasn’t shy about taking risks during his lifetime, but even he was shaken by some of the surfing scenes he filmed for the movie. (Click on the media bar below to hear Patrick Swayze) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Patrick_Swaywe_Point_Breal_surfing.mp3

Point Break is currently streaming on Peacock and available on DVD,...

Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos, Manny Jacinto, Isabel May, Lukas Gage and Billie Lourd are headlining the Joey Power directed and written romantic comedy, Love Language from Caviar.

Caviar is arranging full financing of the project. Cameras will roll in mid-October in Chicago, Illinois. CAA Media Finance is representing the U.S. rights to the film.

Love Language is produced by Ari Lubet for 3 Arts Entertainment, Colin Jost and Jeff Grosvenor for No Notes Productions, and Bert Hamelinck and Allison Hironaka for Caviar. EPs are Michael Sagol of Caviar and Tyson Bidner.

Power co-wrote and co-directed After Everything starring Jeremy Allen White and Maika Monroe, which premiered at SXSW and was released by Good Deed Entertainment in 2018. He co-wrote and produced Banana Split, which played at TIFF Next Wave 2019 and was released by Vertical Entertainment in 2020. He’s recently developed projects for Blumhouse and EOne.

Moretz recently starred as...

HBO announced today that Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler have officially joined the cast of the upcoming DC series Lanterns. Aaron Pierre will play John Stewart and Kyle Chandler has been cast as Hal Jordan.

The anticipated series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Lanterns is an HBO series in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios. Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King will co-write the series based on the DC comic Green Lantern.

James Hawes directs the first two episodes. The series is executive produced by Mundy, Lindelof, King, and Hawes.

Aaron Pierre currently stars as the lead in Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge, which debuted on Netflix on September 6th and was the #1 title worldwide on the streaming service for three weeks in a row.

Exclusive: Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Old Man) has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow‘s new Netflix film.

The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources tell Deadline it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Kyle Allen, Francesca Carpanini, Abubakr Ali, Malachi Beasley and Aminah Nieves.

Netflix declined to comment on the casting.

The project was set at the streamer in May, Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit from Annapurna Pictures. In between both projects, she was developing an adaptation of of the novel Aurora from David Koepp that didn’t work out.

Akinnagbe can currently be seen in the FX drama series The Old Man working alongside Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow in the role of “Julian Carson.” Season...

Exclusive: Emmy nominated actress, Moses Ingram, has signed with Linden Entertainment.

Ingram was most recently seen starring in AppleTV+’s limited series Lady In The Lake opposite Natalie Portman as well as Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste Of Salt for A24. Later this year, Ingram will be seen in Joshua Oppenheimer’s feature debut The End opposite Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George McKay for Neon. Ingram is currently in production on Kathryn Bigelow’s Untitled Netflix film.

Prior roles include Netflix’s Emmy winning limited series The Queen’s Gambit for which she garnered an Emmy nomination for her role; Disney+’s limited series Obi Wan Kenobi; AppleTV’s limited series The Big Cigar; Joel Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth and Peter Hedges’ The Same Storm and Michael Bay’s Ambulance.

Linden Entertainment will rep Ingram alongside Innovative Artists, Fox Rothschild and The Lede Company.

Linden Entertainment...

In 2010 the academy expanded the Best Picture field from just five nominees and reintroduced the preferential ballot to decide the winner. Over the ensuing 15 years, we’ve seen six splits between the winners of Best Picture and Best Director (which still has just five nominees). Prior to this such splits were fairly rare. Why the change? (Scroll down for our updated 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Director.)

At the Oscars, the winner of Best Picture is determined by a weighted ballot and the outcomes of the other 22 races, including Best Director, are decided by a popular vote. With two different voting systems, it’s easy to understand why there is often a disconnect between the winners of Best Picture and Best Director.

In 2022, Jane Campion won Best Director for “The Power of the Dog” but “Coda” was named Best Picture. In 2019 Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for “Roma” only to see...

It seems that every week there’s an unexpected but undeniably exciting addition to Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme cast. This week is no different, as Variety reports this morning that former nanny and current SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher will join the cast, playing the mother to Timothée Chalamet’s titular ping pong player.

Love in Hollywood has often been found to be as tough as acting. While some turn out to be lucky enough to find their soulmates through onscreen chemistry that continues offscreen to result in a lifetime bond, others simply seem to hit it off in the beginning but fail to keep the spark alive.

Of course, a lot of onscreen chemistries have even led to marriages in Hollywood, with some of them lasting for decades while others couldn’t even make it up to a few years. Meanwhile, there is one other category of celebs as well: Those who just seem to find love again and again, considering just how many times and people they have decided to tie the knot with.

While not many names come under this last category, there are still some significant additions. From big names like Nicolas Cage, Pamela Anderson, Rita Hayworth, and even Martin Scorsese,...

It's hard to believe it's somehow been seven whole years since Kathryn Bigelow's last movie, the incendiary John Boyega led Detroit, hit our screens. But now the action thriller specialist behind The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty is preparing to make her return to the directorial hotseat with a new pulse raiser for Netflix — and she's bringing together quite the cast for her comeback. Per Deadline's reporting, Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty star Jason Clarke is the latest to join the director's as-yet-untitled new movie, whose stacked ensemble also includes *deep breath* Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Anthony Ramos, and Gabriel Basso!

Plot details on Bigelow's latest remain, much like its title, firmly under wraps at this stage. However, according to reports, the movie will see Bigelow in familiar political thriller territory with the action unfolding at the White House as a national crisis unfolds.

Exclusive: Kathryn Bigelow looks to have found a familiar face to round out the ensemble to her all-star cast as Jason Clarke, who starred in Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, is set to join her next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Anthony Ramos and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct.

Netflix had no comment on the casting.

The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The project marks Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures.

Bigelow and Clarke first worked together on the thriller Zero Dark Thirty, which also starred Jessica Chastain and told the true story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Clarke was...

Idris Elba will help bring an all-time classic novel to the screen. Elba will star in and executive produce a TV series adaptation of the acclaimed 1958 Nigerian novel “Things Fall Apart,” an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

The series is being produced by A24 and Elba’s 22Summers banner. David Oyelowo’s production company Yoruba Saxon is also executive producing the project.

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe wrote “Things Fall Apart” in 1958, the first book of The African Trilogy as followed by “No Longer at Ease” and “Arrow of God,” and it became one of the first books by a Nigerian author to receive such global acclaim. It has been named one of the 12 Greatest Books Ever Written by Encyclopedia Brittanica, one of the “Best Novels of the Century” by Time Magazine, and one of the “100 Novels That Shaped the World” by the BBC.

Per the synopsis, the...

Exclusive: Kyle Allen (A Haunting in Venice), Francesca Carpanini and Abubakr Ali (Grendel) are the latest talent to join Kathryn Bigelow’s new Netflix film.

The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Malachi Beasley and Aminah Nieves. The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources tell Deadline it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds.

Netflix declined to comment on the casting.

Allen recently wrapped The Life List for Netflix starring opposite Sofia Carson. He was most recently seen in Kenneth Branagh’s film for 20th Century, A Haunting in Venice and the Hulu film Rosaline, opposite Kaitlyn Dever. In 2022, Allen was in Peter Farrelly’s Apple feature, The Greatest Beer Run Ever. Additional credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, The In Between for Paramount+ and Space Oddity.

Exclusive: Jonah Hauer-King is set to join the ensemble of Kathryn Bigelow‘s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Anthony Ramos and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct.

Netflix had no comment on the casting.

The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The project marks Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures.

Hauer-King had his big breakout role as Prince Erik in the Disney live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. He was most recently seen in the Peacock limited series The Tattooist of Auschwistz and can be seen next in the upcoming season of Doctor Who.

He is repped by CAA and United Agents.

Brian Tee has joined the cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s next film. The project, which is cloaked in secrecy, has aligned an impressive ensemble, with Rebecca Ferguson, Idris Elba, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram and Gabriel Basso all set to appear in the movie. The plot is being kept under wraps, and Netflix, which is backing Bigelow’s latest project, has yet to reveal a title, but it reportedly is set at the White House during a national security crisis. The film marks Bigelow’s first feature since 2017’s “Detroit.” Her other notable credits include “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Hurt Locker,” for which she won an Oscar for best director.

It’s been a busy period for Tee, who recently played the lead villain in the third season of Amazon Prime’s “Reacher.” This year, he also starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the prestige limited series “Expats,...

Samuel L. Jackson will be the guest of honor at this year’s Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit, presented by Chanel.

The actor will be toasted at the 16th annual event, to be held in New York City on Oct. 23. Ahead of the award, MoMA will also present Samuel L. Jackson: A Tribute from Oct. 4 through Oct. 16, screening several films from Jackson’s vast filmography in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. This selection includes work with his frequent collaborators Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino, leading-man roles in Changing Lanes (2002) and 187 (1997), and one of his many appearances as Nick Fury, in Captain Marvel (2019).

Jackson’s latest film, a new adaptation of August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson (2024), directed by Malcolm Washington, will also be screened as part of the series, ahead of its theatrical release on Nov. 8 and Netflix release on Nov. 22.

“Samuel L. Jackson has become...

It’s the season of Samuel L. Jackson.

The legendary actor, who most recently stars in upcoming Oscar contender “The Piano Lesson,” will be honored by the Museum of Modern Art at the organization’s 2024 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel.

Jackson has made box office history, with his films cumulatively having grossed more at the global box office than any other actor. The frequent Quentin Tarantino collaborator has appeared in more than 150 films throughout his career, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and an Emmy Award. Jackson was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2022.

“Samuel L. Jackson has become a landmark cultural figure thanks to his early film work with Spike Lee, which transfixed both audiences and critics, and his biblically powerful turn as the wise and merciless assassin Jules in ‘Pulp Fiction’ (1994),” Rajendra Roy, MoMA’s Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, said. “He...

Back in 2018, while presenting Best Director alongside Ron Howard at the Golden Globe Awards, Natalie Portman created a meme: “And here are the all-male nominees,” Portman said, pointedly underlining the omission of presumed contenders like Greta Gerwig for “Lady Bird” and Patty Jenkins for “Wonder Woman.”

Speaking a month after the ceremony, Portman said she wanted to bring attention to the disparity in the directors’ field without throwing the male nominees under the bus. “It’s not their fault, and they all made great work. You don’t want to not recognize them,” she said to BuzzFeed. “It’s just, why aren’t we recognizing the people who aren’t part of this exclusive club?”

But, Portman added, her goal was to make clear the obvious. “We have to make it weird for people to walk in a room where everyone’s not in the room,” she said. “If you...

Richard Harris played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies until his death forced the studio to recast the role with Michael Gambon. With the upcoming Harry Potter TV series starting the casting process, some fans have thought that Harris’ son, Jared Harris, would make for a good Dumbledore.

During an interview on the The Independent series Go to Bat, Jared Harris was asked if he’d be down to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter TV series. His response should shut down any more fan casting. “No, thank you,” he said. “Also, I mean, why do it? I don’t understand. The films were fantastic – leave them alone.” Although Harris doesn’t seem keen on the idea of a TV series, he did acknowledge that “a lot of storytelling” was left out of the movie franchise.

While Harris may not be an option to play Dumbledore, Gary Oldman...

Idris Elba is set to appear in an upcoming Netflix movie. While much of the film is being kept under wraps, some of the cast and crew have already been announced. In fact, fans of the Yellowstone franchise might recognize one of his co-stars in the project.

Many Of Elba’s Co-Stars Have Been Announced

Actress Aminah Nieves will join Idris Elba for the upcoming film. Nieves is known for her breakout role as Teonna Rainwater in the Yellowstone prequel series, 1923. In 1923, Nieves plays a young woman of the Crow people who is put into a government-funded, Indian residential girls’ school.

At this time, not much is known about Nieves’ role in the story. However, Nieves will get to work with a lot of prominent talent both behind and in front of the cameras.

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Elba himself has had quite a prolific career. He first arguably came to...

Exclusive: Anthony Ramos has joined the cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct.

Netflix had no comment on the casting.

The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The project marks Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures.

Ramos is coming off the blockbuster hit Twisters, where he stars opposite Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. He can be seen next in the Marvel series Ironheart. Other recent credits include Dumb Money and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

He is repped by CAA, Door 24, Laffitte Mangement Group and attorney Erik Hyman of Paul Hastings.

Exclusive: Newcomer Malachi Beasley and 1923‘s Aminah Nieves have landed supporting roles in Kathryn Bigelow’s still-untitled thriller for Netflix, sources tell Deadline.

No words on the roles to be played by the duo. The Bigelow pic’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds.

Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson lead the ensemble, with Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Tracy Letts and Moses Ingram rounding out the cast. The project marks Bigelow’s first since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures. News of the film was first divulged by Netflix recently during its Upfront presentation in New York, which also saw the streamer tease Happy Gilmore 2 and the thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 starring Keira Knightley. Previously, Bigelow had been developing another Netflix film...

In a world where female filmmakers are consistently making strides, Zoe Saldaña’s comment has become a matter of controversy. The actress has starred in some iconic action blockbusters like Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy, and she recently expressed her concern about the lack of female directors in the action genre.

Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness | Bosque Ranch Productions

Her statement has drawn significant attention because there are indeed several female directors who are making waves in the industry. Saldaña’s opinion must’ve been in support of women, but not acknowledging their work makes her look ignorant about the subject.

Zoe Saldaña’s Claim and the Backlash Zoe Saldaña in The Losers [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]

As per reports from Variety, Zoe Saldaña spoke to the TIFF Ceo at the Toronto International Film Festival and made some remarks about the scarcity of female action movie directors, and...

CAA’s Roeg Sutherland is set to be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions within the film industry.

The co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department as well as its International Film Group, will be presented with the award during the festival’s industry-focused Zurich Summit, which takes place in October within the framework of the 20th Zurich Film Festival (Zff).

As part of the recognition, FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner will host the Game Changer Award recipient conversation, in which he will speak with Sutherland about his journey.

“Roeg is a passionate cinephile and industry leader, who has not only discovered, but also nurtured and developed the careers of countless artists. In the past several years, he has secured financing and sold some of the most important and critically acclaimed films, both domestic and international,” commented Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.

Believe it or not, James Cameron has only directed nine released narrative features in his titanic 40-year career in Hollywood. The self-proclaimed cinematic King of the World is the second-most lucrative filmmaker after the incomparable Steven Spielberg, with Cameron’s wildly entertaining movies grossing $8.7 billion globally. Still, two of his titles remain slightly overlooked compared to Aliens and the landmark Terminator and Avatar flicks. If you had to make a legitimate case for either, what would you say is Cameron’s most underrated movie: The Abyss or True Lies? Aside from Piranha 2: The Spawning, that is.

As you chew on that sucker, it’s worth noting that True Lies is loosely adapted from the 1991 French spy farce La Totale, directed by Claude Zidi. It’s the only film in Cameron’s quiver to be remade from a preexisting movie. More historical yet, with a budget nearing 120 million dollars, True Lies...

It’s been some time since we’ve had such a ridiculously attractive lineup of buzzworthy young actors as the quartet starring in Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses. Daisy Edgar-Jones, the tremendously talented star of Twisters and Normal People, is Muriel, a young woman in 1950s Kansas. Her soon-to-be husband, Lee, is played by Will Poulter, who has shined in everything from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to Kathryn Bigelow’s underrated Detroit. Returning from Korea––and making his introduction to Muriel shirtless, reclining on a car––is Lee’s brother, Julius. Yes, friends: the devil-may-care Julius is played by Jacob Elordi. I have not even gotten to the characters played by Babylon’s Diego Calva and Sasha Calle, a.k.a., the best thing about The Flash.

It’s somehow fitting that the film featuring this group is a soapy slice of ’50s melodrama, one ultimately centered...

Rebecca Ferguson completes the star-studded cast for Enid Blyton adaptation The Magic Faraway Tree. More on the film below.

The Magic Faraway Tree has quickly become one of our most anticipated upcoming films. Simon Farnaby has written the script and Ben Gregor is on directing duties and the film boasts a pretty impressive cast, including Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Sir Lenny Henry and Nicola Coughlan to mention a few.

There’s one more name to add to the long cast list and that is Rebecca Ferguson. Ferguson is set to play the film’s villain, Dame Snap.

“Rebecca is a towering screen presence, one of the finest actors of her generation, and will be an electrifying addition to our movie,” Gregor said of Ferguson’s casting in the press release. Ferguson is certainly an inspired casting choice for Dame Snap. She was terrific as the villain in Doctor Sleep and...