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The upcoming Harry Potter series is one of the most anticipated projects, especially as it's been teased as a more "faithful adaptation" of J.K. Rowling's book series. With few details about the upcoming version, the series is expected to feature an all-new cast.

With only one character officially confirmed, John Lithgow as Professor Albus Dumbledore, and two more in negotiations, Janet McTeer as Professor Minerva McGonagall, and Paapa Essiedu as Professor Severus Snape, the anticipation is growing. Many original stars, including lead actor Daniel Radcliffe, have teased that they will not be a part of the new series, but others have shown an interest in coming back. One of them is Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, who told Us Weekly he'd love to play "any character" in the upcoming series.

Fiennes-Tiffin was one of several actors to play Lord Voldemort. The actor played the 11-year-old version of Tom Riddle in Harry Potter...

It's important to remember the ongoing controversial statements by the creator of the Harry Potter franchise. Cbr supports the hard work of industry professionals on properties fans know and love and the wider world of Harry Potter that fans have adopted as their own. You can find Cbr's continuing coverage of Rowling here.

Though it has certainly built an enormous audience, there are many things that Harry Potternever attempted to do. Among them was to depict a more morally ambiguous world. Though several members of House Slytherin did redeem themselves, the Dark Lord Voldemort was little more than a black-and-white villain.

Yet, despite seemingly having such a thin personality, there is some significant depth to Voldemort. Unfortunately, the movies did not have the time to showcase every element of his backstory. Some elements were even outright changed. As a consequence, some major details about Voldemort were only made apparent to book readers.

Cillian Murphy is part of the new generation of successful Irish actors, so it would make sense to be up for a role in the upcoming Harry Potter reboot series. The original film series boasted a series of highly esteemed British and Irish actors, and the series might continue the trend with the new generation.

The Harry Potter series is expected to start filming in the summer of 2025, although no official casting announcement came at the time of writing. There have been several fan castings and rumors, but Warner Bros. Discovery hasn't confirmed anything. As the filming date gets closer, the rumors get more serious and, per industry scooper Daniel Richtman, Cillian Murphy is being "eyed to play Professor Quirinus Quirrell in the Harry Potter show."

RelatedHarry Potter's Ralph Fiennes Reveals His Initial 'Misplaced Snobbery' and Resistance About Playing Voldemort

Ralph Fiennes wasn't immediately on board with playing You-Know-Who.

It's important to remember the ongoing controversial statements by the creator of the Harry Potter franchise. Cbr supports the hard work of industry professionals on properties fans know and love, and the wider world of Harry Potter that fans have adopted as their own. You can find Cbr's continuing coverage of Rowling here.

The Harry Potterbooks became a phenomenon for a reason. The whimsy, the magic, and the ever-changing world made for a fantasy book that was as relatable as it was fun. An entire generation of readers had the privilege of growing up with Harry. Even more had the chance to see him grow on the silver screen.

Unfortunately, even with nearly 20 hours of footage, the movies could not quite depict everything that was in the original books. Entire scenes, character arcs, and stories were completely stripped. While it is disappointing to see them so thoroughly removed, there were...

By the time Ralph Fiennes joined the Harry Potter film series in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the actor already had two Academy Award nominations. At the same time, by 2005, the franchise was already a major hit.

Voldemort is Harry Potter's biggest villain and his story casts a shadow over every installment. In the first film he was played by Richard Bremmer as he was stuck to the back of Professor Quirrell's head, and Christian Coulson played a younger Voldemort in Chamber of Secrets. However, he wasn't physically present in all of them and Fiennes joined the film in the fourth installment when Timothy Spall's Peter Pettigrew brought him back to a human form after killing off Robert Pattinson's Cedric Diggory during the Triwizard Tournament. In a new appearance at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Ralph Fiennes revealed he needed convincing to play Voldemort because of his "misplaced snobbery,...

HBO's Harry Potter TV show has started casting and rumors are flying, with some excitingly big names in the mix. Since its announcement, the TV show has raised various questions. For instance, fans questioned why the TV show was being made, since the Harry Potter movies are not that old and are critically acclaimed. While the crew of the show has claimed that the show will be even more faithful to the books than the movies, it is only with the recent casting news that the show's unique value started to really make itself apparent.

There is currently an open casting call for the Golden Trio. The trio is Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger, played in the movies by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson, respectively. This suggests an unknown cast for the movie's three main characters, ensuring a fresh start for the TV show and giving...

Imagine this: a world where the dark arts aren’t just a tale told by wizards in cloaks. Where the infamous dark lord, Lord Voldemort, isn’t played by Ralph Fiennes, but by someone whose cheekbones could cut glass and whose acting chops could shatter them. That someone is none other than James McAvoy.

James McAvoy in His Dark Materials (2019) | Credit: HBO

And then the world of Harry Potter could’ve looked very different. McAvoy, with his impeccable ability to play characters with a lot of shades of gray (both literally and figuratively), once had the chance to don the robes of one of the most infamous villains in literary history. But he turned it down. Yes, the man who’s fought mutants, navigated a fractured mind, and faced ancient gods, said ‘no’ to step into the shoes of the most infamous dark wizard ever.

But why would he turn down such an opportunity?...

While the Harry Potter movies have been a cult classic franchise and an element of nostalgia for fans, there’s no denying that Potterheads are somewhat sore from the fact that the movies scrapped a few of the essential aspects from the novels. But thankfully, now that HBO is planning on a TV reboot of J.K. Rowling’s magical story, there seems to be hope for salvation.

A still from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | image: Warner Bros.

Potterheads seem to be armed with a list of important plots that were previously left out of the movies. One among them is the origin story of Lord Voldemort, which not only explains the tragedy of the Gaunt family but also rationalizes the cause behind the Dark Lord’s sociopathy. Therefore, based on fans’ eagerness for this plot, HBO should vehemently include it in the potential TV series.

Lord Voldemort’s...

Ralph Fiennes played Voldemort in many of the villain's most iconic scenes, but many fans might not be aware of the first actor who played Voldemort in Harry Potter. Voldemort's movie debut was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, although Fiennes didn't play him in the first Harry Potter movie. In fact, Fiennes wasn't cast as Voldemort until the fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. With such a prominent role in the Harry Potter story being recast, many viewers wonder who played Voldemort first and why they didn't return to play him again in later Harry Potter movies.

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, a flashback reveals that Lord Voldemort killed Lily and James Potter. The scene was key to explaining the Harry Potter timeline, as it revealed insight into the meaning behind the name "The Boy Who Lived" though in this first glimpse of You-Know-Who,...

The Harry Potter movies feature a large ensemble cast, and smaller roles outside of the main characters afforded many actors the opportunity to be part of the magical world. For some performers, their first audition for a part in the franchise didn't lead anywhere, allowing them a more prominent role later on. This was the case with Eddie Redmayne, who would take on the leading role of Newt Scamander in the spinoff film series Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Though the Fantastic Beasts 4 movie is canceled, this doesn't make Redmayne's part of the franchise any less significant.

While Scamander doesn't play a large role in the original books and movies, his legacy is present in the way magic works in the series. Though Fantastic Beasts is over, the upcoming HBO TV show that will adapt the Harry Potter books has the opportunity to delve even further into the universe's lore.

Audiences familiar with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World have at least once dreamed of being a part of the Harry Potter universe. Strolling through the enchanted corridors of Hogwarts, casting spells, every other Potterhead has once aspired to be a wizard with their own Sorting Hat moment. For the Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, that moment came long before he became the gentle magizoologist Newt Scamander, in the Fantastic Beasts franchise.

Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander | image: Warner Bros.

Once a hopeful young actor dreaming of donning a wand, Eddie Redmayne had auditioned to play the sinister Tom Riddle—a character completely opposite to his Hufflepuff role. But sadly, his initial attempts vanished faster than a Disappearing Spell, since fate had planned for Redmayne to find himself embraced by the magical creatures of the Fantastic Beasts franchise.

Eddie Redmayne Had Once Chosen a Darker Path to the Harry Potter Films

After...

James McAvoy reveals that he turned down a role in the Harry Potter films. McAvoy is known for his roles in several other popular franchises, including as a young Charles Xavier in the X-Men prequels, as a man with 23 personalities in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy, as Lord Asriel in His Dark Materials, and as the adult Bill Denbrough in It Chapter Two. He is also known for his roles in standalone projects as well, with his performance in the 2024 horror remake of Speak No Evil garnering critical acclaim.

While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, McAvoy shared that he was offered the part of a young Tom Riddle, but ultimately turned it down. Check out the video below:

When discussing the offered role and the terms with his agent, she told him, "Absolutely not. Don't do that. We're gonna go do something else." McAvoy shared that he instead...

James McAvoy nearly appeared in the Harry Potter movies!

In a new interview, the 45-year-old actor revealed that he was in the running to play a character in second movie of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but dropped out at the advice of his agent since it would have kept him out of other work for seven months.

Keep reading to find out more…“I was nearly in Harry Potter. Almost,” James shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, before revealing that he was up for the role of Tom Riddle.

“I remember it was right at the beginning of my career. I auditioned for it and I think they wanted to put me on a retainer,” James explained. “I’d hardly done any work and me and I think ten other actors, they wanted to put us in a retainer so that they could hold...

James McAvoy almost played a young version of the infamous Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter, the actor revealed in a recent interview this week.

Speaking on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused Podcast, McAvoy said that he was “nearly in Harry Potter,” turning down the role of Tom Riddle in the early films because of how much time it would’ve required.

“It was right at the beginning of my career, I auditioned for it, they wanted to put me and 10 other actors on a retainer so they could hold...

James McAvoy is no stranger to movie franchises, having played Professor Charles Xavier in four X-Men prequel films and also Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. However, McAvoy nearly joined two other major properties, Star Trek and Harry Potter. The latter of which would have had him playing the young version of one of cinema's most iconic villains.

Promoting his latest film, Speak No Evil, on the Happy Sad Confused podcast via The Playlist, McAvoy revealed he auditioned for a part in Star Trek. McAvoy, a self-proclaimed big fan of Star Trek, auditioned for J.J. Abrams's 2009 reboot but did not get the role he wanted. When he was offered a different part, he turned it down. McAvoy said:

I came close [to a role]...I cant tell you who. I got offered something, [but] I didnt want to do that; I suggested I could do something else.

Each Voldemort actor in the Harry Potter franchise portrayed different stages of the dark wizard's life and transformations. The evolution of Voldemort's character required different actors to show various versions from childhood to full power. With the Harry Potter universe getting a reboot, more performers will join the list of Voldemort actors in the future.

Every Lord Voldemort actor throughout the Harry Potter movies and beyond has had a certain purpose in bringing the evil wizard to life. Initially spoken of in hushed tones only, Harry Potter introduces the legend of Voldemort in its very first book, depicting a dark, fearsome wizard who terrorized the magic world, only to be defeated while attempting to kill a young Harry Potter. That led to various versions of Voldemort appearing throughout the franchise, meaning seven actors played He Who Must Not Be Named in various movies.

Over the years, every version of Voldemort...

A licensed therapist analyzes a Tom Riddle flashback scene in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, pointing out a red flag involving the character hurting animals, which is a sign of psychopathy. In the scene, Riddle is also constantly thinking about ways he can take advantage of others. The therapist argues that Dumbledore shouldn't have invited Riddle to Hogwarts after seeing this behavior. While more flashback scenes could have further fleshed out Voldemort/ Tom Riddle as a character, the few scenes that are present have depth and don't come at the expense of narrative pacing.

A Harry Potter flashback scene involving a young Voldemort gets put under the microscope by a licensed therapist, and he points out a glaring red flag. Serving as an adaptation of the book series by controversial author J.K. Rowling, the eight Warner Bros. movies chronicle the epic conflict between Daniel Radcliffe's Harry and Lord Voldemort,...

Tom Blyth plays young Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes — a role previously portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original movies — and has been praised for his performance. Young Coriolanus Snow's appearance, complexity, and resonance are essential for the prequel to be successful, similar to Tom Riddle's flashback scenes in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Blyth's casting as young Coriolanus Snow is key to evoking support and sympathy for the despised character, setting up the prequel for success.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes smartly copies a casting choice also seen in the Harry Potter movies. The Hunger Games prequel follows the novel of the same name and features a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), whom audiences previously met in the original four movies, as portrayed by Donald Sutherland. In the new movie, Snow mentors the tribute protagonist...

The Harry Potter franchise seems to be dormant at the moment, as the fourth installment of Fantastic Beasts isn't currently in development. Still, with such a popular story, there is always a possibility of more content being made in the future.

Few franchises could reach the level of success and define the career of their actors in the way that Harry Potter has. A part in even one of the movies could spearhead someone's career or break it. But in a highly-selective process, not all the actors who tried to join the cast also made it.

Joseph Morgan

Fans might know him as Klaus Mikaelson, one of the best TV vampires ever, but his path began at his first audition way before that. It seems villainous blood runs through Morgan's veins because he auditioned for the young Tom Riddle in The Chamber of Secrets.

Related: 10 Harsh Realities Of Rereading Harry...

David Yates' 2016 film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" was, true to its title, an odd duck. Set in the same universe as the "Harry Potter" movies, but taking place decades before the title character was born, "Fantastic Beasts" attempted to expand what audiences knew about wizards and witches through the eyes of a humble cryptozoologist. 

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is a mild-mannered animal enthusiast who treks to the United States in the early 1920s in order to, essentially, capture and study rare breeds of Pokémon and write a soon-to-be-standard textbook on them. As in the "Harry Potter" movies, all magical dealings of witches and wizards -- as well as the existence of magical animals -- are kept safely hidden from the prying eyes of us normal, non-magic folk, called muggles. 

Three Newt Scamander films have been made to date, with the third, "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore...

J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series is responsible for getting an entire generation of kids to read. The "Wizarding World" steadily transformed into an expansive universe that claimed fans across the globe. The success of "Harry Potter" is nothing short of miraculous.

The series would not have been nearly as popular if it wasn't for the pivotal casting decisions made for the first film. Casting young actors for any role isn't easy but deciding on the leads for a franchise that will span a decade is almost unthinkable. However, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson couldn't have been more perfect for their roles as Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. The audience got to grow up with these characters as the actors matured.

As the characters grew up, the films became darker. Harry and his friends are forced to stand against evil and oppression when the Dark Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) rises to power.

Stars: Naomi McDougall Jones, Christian Coulson, Naomi Grossman, Annie Golden | Written by Naomi McDougall Jones | Directed by Naomi McDougall Jones, Meredith Edwards

After seeing the poster and reading up a little on Bite Me I was expecting a romantic comedy in the vein of Life After Beth or Warm Bodies – obviously replacing the zombies with vampires. But that’s not what Bite Me tries to be.

It’s a much more serious movie than I expected it to be. There is some comedy but things are kept straight for the most part and the romance between a vampire and a human is the main focus of the movie. It’s still not quite the movie that it mentions occasionally (Twilight) but it’s perhaps closer to this type of film.

Real-life vampire Sarah is due an audit, which turns out not so good for her and her vampire pals. At...

Though all seven books have already been used up, there’s always talk of there potentially being more Harry Potter movies down the line. After all, J.K. Rowling did co-write The Cursed Child stage play, which extends the story of the Boy (now Man) Who Lived. Ralph Fiennes, star of the original movies, doesn’t think any more are likely to happen, but if they do, he has one message to other actors: hands off Lord Voldemort.

ComicBook.com caught up with Fiennes at New York Comic-Con and asked him about the possibility of more Potter on the big screen. As part of his answer, the British star made clear that he wants to be the one to get the call to come back and play Harry’s nose-less nemesis.

“I will be very possessive about Voldemort, though. I don’t want anyone else playing Voldemort.”

It’s funny that...

Christian Coulson (Nashville) is set as a series regular in ABC’s Until the Wedding, a romantic drama pilot from writer Becky Mode (Smash), producers Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly, Alon Aranya, Israel’s Reshet Media and ABC Studios. Based on the Israeli series called Ad Hatuna in Hebrew, Until the Wedding is the story of how one couple’s decision to get married can affect everyone in their lives. The show will explore the intimate relationships of a group of friends/family as Adrienne (Olivia Thirlby) and Danny (E.J. Bonilla) are forced to reckon with their own romantic lives and come to terms with the realities of love and marriage. Coulson will play James, Will’s (Michael Stahl-David) sexy international friend and an investor in Nick’s (Trent Garrett) restaurant and Will’s plus-one at the wedding. Coulson recent TV credits include Nashville, Mozart in the Jungle,...

"It's nobody's fault. And everybody's responsibility." Gravitas Ventures has released the trailer for an indie "surreal mystery" drama titled The Rainbow Experiment, which first premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival (the anti-Sundance fest that takes place at the same time/place) at the beginning of this year. This trailer has been out for a while, but we haven't featured it yet, and the film is opening in just a few weeks. The Rainbow Experiment is about how things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life. Starring Christian Coulson, Kevin Kane, Chris Beetem, Vandit Bhatt, Francis Benhamou, and more. Watch the trailer if you're curious. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Christina Kallas' The Rainbow Experiment, from YouTube: The story takes place in a high school where things spiral out of control when...

My biggest takeaway from Christina Kallas’ The Rainbow Experiment is that teachers really don’t get paid enough in this country. Think about new technologies, entitled parents, emotionally confused kids with no outlet, and dwindling budgets forcing them to spend out-of-pocket for resources all while a guillotine hangs above their necks if grade thresholds aren’t met. Suddenly those idealistic educators hoping to change the world find themselves caught in a futile game wherein job security becomes paramount at the children’s expense. Everyone’s back is pressed against the wall as a ticking time bomb threatens to explode … and I’m not even talking about the possibility of someone walking in with a loaded arsenal and grudge to bear. Has today’s stress increased or are we simply too close to it?

Look at the kids too because they have it just as bad. Bullying is no longer isolated...

Yesterday saw the release of Flight or Fright, a new audiobook anthology that was edited by legendary horror author Stephen King as well as Bev Vincent, whose King companion pieces have been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award as well as the Edgar award. The anthology focuses on all the things that could possibly go […]

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Google the words “rainbow experiment chemistry” and the internet will provide a wealth of seemingly kid-friendly directives for how to use science to “make a rainbow,” an idea that seems fun enough until another link pops up: a safety alert from the American Chemical Society about an experiment gone very, very wrong.

It’s that sort of tension — between the possibility of academic discovery and out-and-out terror — that frames up Christina Kallas’ Slamdance drama, “The Rainbow Experiment,” which follows what happens after one of those eponymous experiments leads to unexpected consequences, one that indict and unravel whole scores of people and institutions.

Read More:Slamdance 2018 Announces Special Screenings, Including New Films From Lisa France and Dana Nachman

Per the film’s official synopsis, “Things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life. A who-dun-it with a...

On August 16, 2013, I finished the first draft of my second feature film, “Bite Me.” Today, on August 12, 2017, four years and 48 drafts later, I am riding the subway to our first day of production. But the story I am telling begins far earlier and, with any luck, will last far longer.

I have this memory that still guts me when I think about it today. I’m sitting in a movie theater as a middle-schooler and watching “The Princess Diaries.” I’m not sure if you remember that film, but at the beginning the central character played by a young Anne Hathaway is supposed to be a mega-nerd. To indicate the depths of her social pariah-hood, they made Anne wear glasses and frizzed her hair out a bit. But, if you’ve ever seen Anne Hathaway, you can probably imagine that, even in this state, she still, you know, looked like Anne Hathaway.

Harry Potter actor Christian Coulson is set to star in the indie romance comedy Bite Me, along with Naomi McDougall Jones, (Imagine I'm Beautiful), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), and Annie Golden (Orange is the New Black). Meredith Edwards is directing the film, the first title from Blue Firefly Films and Twin Dragons Productions, from a script by Jones. It follows 29-year-old Sarah, who is part of a (real-life) fringe subculture of people who identify as…...

Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched Thursday’s spring finale of Nashville. If you have, read our full recap, then come on back.

Well, that’s certainly going to change things.

Nashville wrapped up the first half of its fifth season with an unexpected bombshell at the end of Thursday’s spring finale: Scarlett (Clare Bowen) is with child!

The singer-songwriter broke the baby news moments after reluctantly agreeing to go on tour with her on-again/off-again beau Gunnar (Sam Palladio), telling him that she’s going on the road with him, with one not-so-tiny caveat. “One thing you need to know… I’m pregnant,” Scarlett revealed to Gunnar (and the audience), who had a stunned expression on his face.

Related: 'Nashville': Rayna's Family Moves on, But a Pregnancy Bombshell Changes Everything

The kicker? She’s not sure who the father is: Gunnar or Damien (Christian Coulson), the Brit who directed The Exes...

Voldemort is coming to Nashville. Deadline reports Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets star Christian Coulson has joined season five of the Cmt series.This will be the first season of the country music drama to air on Cmt after ABC cancelled the show earlier this year. Regular castmembers Hayden Panettiere, Connie Britton, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Clare Bowen, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, and Chris Carmack are all returning.Read More…...

Twilight vet Jackson Rathbone is sinking his teeth into a pot-sitting role on The Last Ship.

RelatedThe Last Ship Enlists Peter Weller to Recur During Season 4

Per our sister site Deadline, the actor will recur during Season 4 of the TNT action-drama as Giorgio, a Greek-American playboy who uses his wealth and power to make the Mediterranean his playground.

Rathbone’s previous TV credits include Finding Carter, Aim High and Beautiful People.

RelatedThe Last Ship‘s Renewal Extended Through Season 5

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* The CW Network and Tough Mudder Inc. are teaming on a multi-platform,...

Exclusive: Christian Coulson has been cast as recurring on CMT’s upcoming fifth season of country music drama Nashville, from Lionsgate and Hulu.

Coulson will play Damien George, a sought-after British director who will be helming Gunnar Scott & Scarlett O’Connor’s first video. Confident and by turns charming and caustic, he has a specific vision for his work and gets off on pushing the limits of actors to achieve that vision.

Nashville returns for Season 5 with a two-hour premiere January 5 on CMT. The former ABC series is executive produced by Marshall Herskovitz, Ed Zwick, Steve Buchanan and Callie Khouri. Jayson Dinsmore and Morgan Selzer executive produce for CMT. Episodes will be available on Hulu the day after they air on the cable network.

Coulson’s credits also span film and the stage. His recent TV credits include Mozart in the Jungle,...

Exclusive: Christian Coulson (Love Is Strange, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) has been cast as recurring on Cmt's upcoming fifth season of its country music drama Nashville, from Lionsgate and Hulu. Coulson will play Damien George, a sought-after British director who will be helming Gunner Scott & Scarlett O'Connor's first video. Confident and by turns charming and caustic, he has a specific vision for his work and gets off on pushing the limits of actors to…...

The Old Globe presents Nick Payne's Broadway hit play Constellations, arriving April 9, directed by the Globe's own Richard Seer. Christian Coulson and Victoria Frings will star in the two-person play. Constellations will run April 9 through May 8, 2016, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Opening night is Friday, April 14 at 800 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below...

The Changeling Written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Directed by Jesse Berger Red Bull Theater at the Lucille Nortel Theatre, NYC December 26, 2015-January 24, 2016

Ushering in the New Year, Red Bull Theater brings us a tragic tale of sex in payment for murder. Jesse Berger sure-handedly directs Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's 1622 tragicomedy The Changeling, the main plot of which introduces the noble Beatrice-Joanna (Sara Topham) as she finds a "giddy turning" in herself from Alonzo de Piracqo (John Skelley), to whom her father, Vermandero (Sam Tsoutsouvas), intends her to be married, towards Alsemero (Christian Coulson). In order to "change [her] saint," she eventually enlists the aid of her father's servant De Flores (Manoel Feliciano), whom she professes to abhor and whose skin condition suggests a spatter of blood across his face, to remove the obstacle that is Alonzo.

The changeling of the title can refer to the inconstant Beatrice-Joanna herself,...

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Casting Harry Potter had to have been a little bit like playing Russian Roulette. You’re bringing in a group of largely untested child actors, and praying to the Cinema God that not only will they commit to an eight film series, but that they’ll grow into talented individuals and not get beaten by an ugly stick on their way through puberty. They dodged a bullet with the main trio, with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint all turning out perfectly fine. They’ve got good heads on their shoulders and seem remarkably mature in their ability to pick roles that will work for them as adults.

But what about the rest of the cast? Because they weren’t just casting Harry, Ron, and Hermione — they had a school full of students to fill. So what happens to the actors who are part of such a huge franchise,...

"When you live with people, you know them better than you care to." Sony Pictures Classics has finally debuted the trailer for Ira Sachs' Love is Strange, starring Alfred Molina & John Lithgow as a couple together for 39 years. It really is a beautiful, tender, moving film, which is exactly what I'm quoted saying in the trailer (from this review). While it's very timely in its presentation of an elderly gay couple struggling with society, it's very timeless in the way it talks about love, and how much love always shines through and can teach great lessons. The supporting cast includes Marisa Tomei, Cheyenne Jackson, Charlie Tahan and Christian Coulson. I really love the film and want to support it as much as I can, happy to share this trailer. Here's the full theatrical trailer for Ira Sachs' Love is Strange, originally from Yahoo: Ben and George take advantage...

Directed by Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange blends the romance of New York City's streets and skyline with a delicate Chopin piano score to poignantly capture both the lightness and sorrows of this modern day love story. We have the first trailer and poster to share with you, featuring stars John Lithgow, Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei.

After nearly four decades together, Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and - victims of the relentless New York City real estate market - temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. While George moves in with two cops who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their temperamental teenage son, with whom Ben shares a bedroom. While struggling with the pain of separation,...

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Peter and John" Tweetable Logline: Peter’s life shatters when the fortunes of his malingering brother take a mysterious turn. Elevator Pitch: Peter and John is written and directed by veteran filmmaker Jay Craven and stars Jacqueline Bisset and Christian Coulson. In the wake of the Civil War and the collapse of the whaling industry, Nantucket is in ruins. The Roland family is tested when one son receives a mysterious inheritance. Meanwhile, a strange woman arrives on the island, bringing with her a secret that threatens to destroy Peter’s reputation. An ambitious collaboration between Marlboro College and Kingdom County Productions, Peter and John provides film students the...

Fresh off an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his breakout performance in “Short Term 12,” Keith Stanfield has joined the cast of Ava DuVernay's Mlk movie “Selma,” TheWrap has learned. Paramount had no comment. Oprah Winfrey is producing with Brad Pitt and his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, as well as Christian Coulson and Pathe's Cameron McCracken. Also read: ‘Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield on His Breakthrough Role and Song: ‘There's Been a Snowball Effect’ The drama follows Mlk's landmark 1965 voting rights campaign, which is regarded as the peak of the civil rights movement.

Carmen Ejogo is in talks to play Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife Coretta Scott King in the upcoming biopic Selma.

David Oyelowo is set to play Martin Luther King Jr., with Tom Wilkinson starring as U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in this drama that details the 1965 march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol of Montgomery where African-American citizens tried to secure their voting rights, only to be beaten back by the police. It took three attempts for the rally to get off the ground, because the marcher's numbers kept increasing each time. Coretta Scott King, who married Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956, was a part of the march with her husband during the Selma Voting Rights Movement.

Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) is directing from a script she co-wrote with Paul Webb. Lee Daniels had once been attached to direct, but he is no longer involved in the project.

Two-time Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson is being eyed to play President Lyndon B. Johnson alongside David Oyelowo in Ava DuVernay's Mlk movie “Selma,” an individual familiar with the Paramount project told TheWrap. Paramount had no comment, while a representative for Wilkinson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Oprah Winfrey is producing with Brad Pitt and his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, as well as Christian Coulson and Pathe's Cameron McCracken. Also read: Oprah Winfrey Joins Brad Pitt as Producer of Mlk Drama ‘Selma’ The drama follows Mlk's landmark 1965 voting rights campaign, which is regarded as the peak.

Oprah Winfrey will produce “Selma,” an upcoming biopic of Martin Luther King Jr. focused on the voting-rights marches he led in Alabama. Brad Pitt is also producing under his Plan B banner with colleagues Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, as well as Pathe’s Cameron McKracken and “Slumdog Millionaire” producer Christian Coulson. David Oyelowo plays King in the film, reteaming with “Middle of Nowhere” director Ava Duvernay. Oyelowo has appeared in a couple of other civic-minded films recently — “Lincoln” and “The Butler,” in which he played Winfrey’s activist son. Also read: Oliver Stone Tweets Martin Luther King Project is Over “Selma” chronicles three.

Oprah Winfrey is coming on board to act as a producer on Selma, the drama about the historic civic rights marches that has David Oyelowo portraying Martin Luther King Jr.

The move puts her in company with Brad Pitt, who is already on board as a producer via his Plan B production company, and its execs Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner. Plan B was behind 12 Years a Slave, the slave drama that just nabbed 10 Oscar nominations. Also producing Selma is Christian Coulson, who won an Oscar for producing Slumdog Millionaire. Pathe, the

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World War Z (15)

(Marc Forster, 2013, Us/Mal) Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale. 116 mins

In the end, the much-reported delays, reshoots and overspend have at least resulted in a watchable disaster epic, even if this brings little to the zombie apocalypse party save for a huge guest list. Forster's film finds Pitt pitted against insect-like hordes of the sprinting dead, as his Un agent trots round the globe trying to trace the source of the epidemic, save his family and avoid getting chomped. Mild spoiler alert: blame Wales.

Before Midnight (15)

(Richard Linklater, 2013, Us) Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Walter Lassally. 109 mins

A satisfying return for the comfortable screen couple, now together but burdened by history,...

I had planned to see Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me last Thursday afternoon, but it was playing the tiny theatre at Alamo Ritz and of course filled up with badges before we folks with passes or ticketbuyers could get in. I saw that Jonathan Lisecki's comedy Gayby was playing the State around the same time, and since my friend had caught an earlier screening of the film and loved it, I figured there was a good chance I would enjoy the movie. And did I!

The core relationship in Gayby is between thirtysomething single best friends Jenn and Matt. Jenn (Jenn Harris) loves her job teaching hot yoga and is supporting her married sis through her adoption process. After a conversation with her sister Kelly (Anna Margaret Hollyman), Jenn asks Matt (Matthew Wilkas) if he wants to have a baby with her. Matt, still feeling raw after a breakup months ago,...

Song stylist and performance artist Kim Smith is a truly unique performer who brings together the worlds of cabaret and theatre in a wholly idiosyncratic and arrestingly amusing manner. Part Marlene Dietrich, part Eartha Kitt and all Kim Smith, Kim and I recently had the chance to discuss his solo show, Misfit - what inspired it what he will be singing what we can expect from the show - as well as a host of other topics, such as his Australian upbringing, the music and performers who inspire him most, performing in Sondheims Merrily We Roll Along and other musicals, as well as other collaborations with director Christian Coulson. Plus, Smith and I take an overview of his favorite current pop artists - many of whom he pays tribute to in his shows, such as Bjork and Robyn - and what elements draw him most in creating his series of surreal solo shows,...

It makes sense that the enduring and magical "Harry Potter" franchise would rank high on our Entertainer of the Year list (last year the cast made No. 1!) The books and movies have been entertaining people for over a decade.

With the release of the first book, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in 1997, author Jk Rowling spurred the imagination of millions with her fantastical world of witches and wizards, centering on one boy who survives...