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Projects from Austria, Switzerland, Canada and Italy were among the winners at last night’s Locarno Pro Awards (Sunday 10 August).

Locarno Pro, the industry platform of the Locarno Film Festival, handed out prizes to projects in its work-in-progress section First Look, co-development programme Alliance 4 Development, the Antaviana Spanish Previews Award and the Locarno Heritage Restoration Contest.

First Look

The 14th edition of Locarno Pro’s works-in-progress section First Look focused this year on six feature films in post-production from Canada.

Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Nina Roza picked up two awards: Toronto-based Urban Post Production’s First Look Award, which covers post-production...

Grammy Award winner Kid Harpoon will create original music for the first-ever revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Kid Harpoon is one of the most prominent songwriters and producers in the pop music space, winning his first Grammy Award for his work on Harry’s House by Harry Styles in 2023, the same year he produced Miley Cyrus’ hit record “Flowers,” which took home the coveted ‘Record of the Year’ trophy. He is known for collaborating with a multitude of notable artists spanning all genres such as Lizzo, Florence + the Machine, Inhaler, King of Leon, Jessie Ware, David Byrne and more. Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby...

Grammy winner Kid Harpoon will create original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of “Art.” The Tony Award-winning show — about three friends who debate the merits of a ridiculously expensive painting — was written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton.

The new production stars Tony nominee and Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony winner and Emmy winner James Corden and Tony winner and Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris. Tony nominee Scott Ellis (“Take Me Out”) will direct the show.

Kid Harpoon, a songwriter and producer, won his first Grammy for his work on “Harry’s House” by Harry Styles in 2023, the same year he produced Miley Cyrus’ hit record “Flowers,” which took home the record of the year trophy. He is known for collaborating with prominent artists spanning all genres such as Lizzo, Florence + the Machine, Inhaler, King of Leon, Jessie Ware and David Byrne.

Previews of “Art” begin on Aug.

The first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, is coming soon! Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale , Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will make their highly anticipated returns to Broadway this fall under the direction of Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis. Previews begin on Thursday, August 28th with an official opening night on Tuesday, September 16th at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), New York City. The production will play a limited 17-week engagement through December 21, 2025. Taste. Money. Ego. And other fine arts. This sleek, sophisticated comedy is about, well, art. Come see what all the debate is about – don’t miss Art on Broadway for a strictly limited engagement...

The design team has been announced for the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. The team includes David Rockwell (Set Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), and Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design). Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will make their highly anticipated returns to Broadway this fall under the direction of Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis. Previews begin on Thursday, August 28th with an official opening night on Tuesday, September 16th at...

Independent Brit agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, which represents a number of big name writers, directors, literary properties and heads of department, had appointed Jodi Shields to the newly-created role of chairwoman with overall responsibility for the company.

Tracy Brimm, who joined the agency in 2018 as creative affairs executive, will expand her role to include the position of head of film and television.

Casarotto’s longtime head Jenne Casarotto passed away in February 2024 at the age of 77 following a short illness. The agency’s managing director Anna Higgs left the company four months later after only a year.

Shields is a three-time veteran of the London-based company, having previously overseen its film and TV business. As chair, she will serve as the strategic lead, working closely with COO Ian Devlin, head of theatre Mel Kenyon, the board of directors, heads of department and the advisory board. Casarotto said that the...

Stalwart UK lit agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed leading agent Jodi Shields to the position of Chairwoman with overall responsibility for the company.

Following three decades at the firm, most recently overseeing the film and TV business, Shields now takes on the newly created role.

Tracy Brimm, who joined in 2018 as Creative Affairs Executive will expand her role to include the position of Head of Film and Television.

As Chairwoman, Shields will serve as the strategic lead, working closely with COO Ian Devlin, Head of Theatre Mel Kenyon, the board of directors, heads of department and the advisory board. The role aims to shape the company’s long-term vision and “ensure that the values of the independent agency continue to grow and evolve”. Alongside her tenure as Chairwoman, she will continue her work as a senior agent.

Shields joined the company in 1998, nine years after it was founded...

The fourth edition of the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Scad Lacoste Film Festival, running June 26 to 28 in France’s picturesque Provence region, laid on the event’s most ambitious line-up to date.

Unfolding against the backdrop of Scad’s campus in the hilltop village of Lacoste in the Luberon Valley, honorees included actor Toby Jones, director Stephen Frears, screenwriter Christopher Hampton and James Bond and Harry Potter costume designer Jany Temime.

Étoile cast members Yanic Truesdale, Taïs Vinolo and Ivan du Pontavice also made the trip for a screening, chatting to Deadline on the sidelines about the show’s cancellation, as did Laura Piani, director of French rom-com Jane Austen Wrecked My Love Life, which is currently generating nice numbers for Sony Pictures Classics at the Speciality box office in the U.S.

For the past four years, the festival has kicked off the summer term of Scad’s 23-year-old Lacoste campus,...

Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton stay they are struggling to get their previously announced adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s novel Mr Wilder & Me off the ground, but still hope to work together on the project.

“We’d like to make it happen but it’s a difficult time for finding money,” Oscar-nominated The Queen director Frears said of the project entitled Wilder & Me first announced in 2024.

He was speaking to Deadline ahead of receiving a life-time achievement award alongside Hampton at the Scad Lacoste Film Festival in France’s Provence region this weekend, followed by an open-air screening of their 1988 classic Dangerous Liaisons which won three Oscars including Best Writing for Hampton.

Coe’s novel unfolds against the backdrop of Hollywood director Billy Wilder’s struggles to get his penultimate movie Fedora off the ground. Hampton said the previously announced cast of Christoph Waltz, Maya Hawke, John Turturro...

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden, and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will return to Broadway this fall in the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. The trio made a video, posted to social media, to promote the show. Check it out below! <div style="background-color:#f4f4f4; border-radius:4px; flex-grow:0; height:14px;...

Exclusive: Toby Jones, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton and costume designer Jany Temime have been unveiled as honorees of the Scad Lacoste Film Festival in France’s Provence region later this month.

Organized by the Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad), the festival’s fourth edition will run in the picturesque town in the Luberon Valley from June 26 to 28.

The three-day event gathers film and TV industry professionals related to Scad’s degree programs for acting, film and television, production design, costume design and fashion for a program of screening, talks and networking.

UK Bafta-winning actor Jones – who is known for his diverse repertoire ranging from Captain America and The Hunger Games to the more recent TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office – will be presented with the Virtuoso Award.

He has chosen Matteo Garrone’s 2015 fantasy horror Tale of Tales – in which he co-starred alongside Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel...

Director Jamie Lloyd is, to say the least, very busy these days. In four days his radical, magnificent Broadway reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. will be competing for seven Tony Awards, including one for his direction, one each for his two stars Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, and one for Best Musical Revival. Then there’s Evita, another Lloyd Webber classic getting the Jamie Lloyd treatment for a June 14 preview date at the London Palladium, with opening night on July 1. That one has Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón, Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che and James Olivas as Juan Perón.

And of course there’s Waiting for Godot, set for Broadway this fall at the Hudson Theatre. The stars? None other than Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, those old Bill and Ted buddies who just might have more in common with Beckett’s tragicomic tramps than you ever imagined.

Ready to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting June 2, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now! Get tickets to All of your favorite Broadway shows. Art Get Tickets from $71.00 Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will return to Broadway this fall in the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Read More: Tickets Now On Sale...

Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will make their highly anticipated returns to Broadway this fall under the direction of Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis. Previews begin on Thursday, August 28th with an official opening night on Tuesday, September 16th at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre, New York City. The production will play a limited 17-week engagement through December 21, 2025. Taste. Money. Ego. And other fine arts. This sleek, sophisticated comedy...

It's official! Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale, Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner James Corden and Tony Award winner and Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris will return to Broadway this fall in the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Under the direction of Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis, Art will begin previews on Thursday, August 28th with an official opening night on Tuesday, September 16th at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), New York City. The production will play a limited 17-week engagement through December 21,...

Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris will return to Broadway this fall in the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton.

Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis will direct, with previews to begin at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre on Thursday, August 28, with an official opening night on Tuesday, September 16. The production will play a limited 17-week engagement through December 21.

The announcement was made today by producers Sand & Snow Entertainment (Michael Shulman), Atg Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions.

“On behalf of my partners Adam Speers, Gavin Kalin, and myself, we are thrilled to be producing the first-ever Broadway revival of this iconic Tony-Award winning play with three iconic, award-winning actors, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris, under the helm of the legendary Scott Ellis,” said producer Michael Shulman. “Ever since I first saw the original production,...

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale will return to Broadway this summer in the revival of the play Art.

The production marks the first revival of the play, written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, which follows three longtime friends who launch into a debate about art after one of them purchases a large, expensive and completely white painting. The play, directed by Scott Ellis, is slated to run at Broadway’s Music Box starting Aug. 28, with an opening night Sept. 16.

The production is slated to play a 17-week limited engagement through Dec. 21, 2025.

The play first ran on Broadway in 1998 starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina, who won a Tony Award for best actor.

This marks the first return to Broadway for Corden since he starred in One Man, Two Guvnors in 2012 and won a Tony Award for best leading actor in a play.

Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her Tonys closeup.

Scherzinger scored her first Tony nomination last week for playing Norma Desmond, a former film star who enlists Joe Gillis (played by Tom Francis) to help with her planned comeback, in director Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of the musical and film Sunset Boulevard, with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music.

The show, titled Sunset Blvd. in this iteration, is also her Broadway debut, and she’s nominated alongside 11-time Tony nominee Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her), Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! The Musical) and Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her). Scherzinger tells The Hollywood Reporter she feels like she is “with the greats.”

However, for Scherzinger, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls, this moment has been a journey of more than 30 years “home” to the Broadway stage. And despite being proud of the “many careers” she’s had,...

Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actors Colman Domingo and Jeremy Strong are in discussions about making their debuts at London’s National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham, the landmark institution’s artistic director and co-chief executive has confirmed to Deadline.

“They’re the real deal, and I want them here at the National,” Rubasingham says. “I’m talking to them about what they might want to do here.”

Rubasingham, as we reported, announced her inaugural season of plays and musicals Tuesday, featuring an array of starry names with strong stage chops that include Paul Mescal (Gladiator II), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) and Aidan Turner (Rivals). All have signed on to take their bows on the National’s stages.

The National Theatre’s Indhu Rubasingham. Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline

Lesley Manville (The Crown), a leading artist who long has trodden the National’s boards, returns to lead...

Gladiator II’s Paul Mescal, A Complete Unknown’s Monica Barbaro, Black Panther’s Letitia Wright and Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan will be making their debuts at the National Theatre, regarded by many as Britain’s top cultural institution.

They’re among a host of star names invited to tread the Nt’s boards by Indhu Rubasingham, the organization’s new artistic director and co-chief executive.

The theatre chief also revealed that she and famed rapper and grime music genius Stormzy are developing a show that will be staged at the National at a later date.

Mescal, who by the way has been known to rap, will lead a repertory company at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre in 2027. There he will star in two plays: Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark, about a married Irishman living in the Midlands who allows his three brothers to lodge with him and his young wife.

Exclusive: “Ukraine is like Porcelain. Easy to break but impossible to destroy.”

That is a line from the Oscar-nominated documentary Porcelain War, which just won the DGA Award for Documentary Feature for directors Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, the latter a Ukrainian artist also one of the subjects of the film who stayed behind to use his art, rather than guns, as he says, to put up a powerful resistance to the Ukraine war and Russia’s invasion.

Among others, three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is speaking out for the film and its cause, most recently in a virtual Q&a with the directors.

Leontyev explains to him how he learned the camera, such as used for this film, is far more powerful than a rifle, giving him a “new brush” to paint with.

Del Toro praises the film for emphasizing the value of art, but offers a stark...

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 Adapted Screenplay. But who will win? Here at Gold Derby, thousands of users have been making and updating their 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay, so let’s take a look at all of the top contenders in our photo gallery below.

These 25 Best Adapted Screenplay 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.

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Following the success of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton’s musical Sunset Boulevard, adapted from Billy Wilder’s 1950 film by the same name, Jamie Lloyd returned with a revival of the theatrical version in October 2024. Starring The Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger as the lead, Lloyd turned the actress’ Broadway debut into a major hit.

Nicole Scherzinger | image: Joel Telling, licensed under Cc By Sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Using minimal style and set design, Jamie Lloyd brought back the iconic fashion, replicating the 50s era in Nicole Scherzinger’s Sunset Boulevard. But despite the excitement and ambition surrounding the Broadway show, let’s get straight to the fact that there’s no Hollywood ending. So while buckling up for some heartbreak and star-studded performance, let’s dive into the show and learn what to expect from it.

Lead Actresses Who Previously Appeared in Sunset Boulevard Shows

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In June, Cats: The Jellicle Ball seemed to shake Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats like a bottle of champagne, joyfully letting the old, vexatious material burst out on the stage at the Perelman Arts Center with glittery effervescence. Now, returning to Broadway in a stripped-down West End transfer, the heavy bones of Sunset Boulevard—Webber’s ponderous music, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s repetitive lyrics, the general plodding approach to Billy Wilder’s 1950 film—drag behind director Jamie Lloyd’s austere vision like a body bag.

Lloyd’s ethos is all about turning the audience toward the text and performance, sharpening the listener’s ear by stripping away all the trappings of traditional productions, including, most of the time, eye contact between actors. That worked splendidly for his Cyrano de Bergerac at Bam two years ago with James McAvoy, as Edmond Rostand’s play is about the power of language itself.

When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage adaptation of the 1950 Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard premiered in London in 1993 and on Broadway the following year, it was arguably the last gasp of the ‘80s megamusical aesthetic — at least until shows like The Lion King and Wicked came along to tweak the formula. The success of blockbusters like Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon was driven as much by their large-scale spectacle as their musical craftsmanship. Probably more.

Audiences flocked to Cats for its then-revolutionary immersive junkyard staging and the climactic ascent to the heavens of faded feline Grizabella on an outsized tire. In Les Mis, it was the massive turntable and the big reveal of the Paris Uprising barricade. Phantom brought a huge chandelier crashing down on the stage and Miss Saigon flew in a helicopter to evacuate the last Americans at the end of the Vietnam War.

Maggie Smith was a constant in the life of producer Robert Fox for half a century. She could “make grown men cry,” says Fox, because “if you weren’t 100 percent on top of your game, you were dead in the water, and she was right.”

Fox produced Dame Maggie in some of her greatest stage hits from Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage to David Hare’s The Breath of Life, in which she and her best friend, Judi Dench, shared top billing at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Dame Judi got the No. 1 dressing room. “But Maggie wasn’t fussed because she joked that Judi, she’d say, “had all those people in from Surrey to see her, so she needs the space.’ She wasn’t at all unhappy about it. She’d watch all of Judi’s guests troop in to see her. She’d say: ‘Look, there they go.

Oscar-winning UK producer Jeremy Thomas has revealed he is looking to take a leap into TV production with a series version of his 1987 best picture winner The Last Emperor which was directed by the late Bernardo Bertolucci.

Thomas, the founder and head of London-based production outfitThe Recorded Picture Company (Rpc), spoke about the project at the Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International FIlm Festival this week.

“I am a cinema guy. I haven’t invaded television yet…I never thought about The Last Emperor as a TV series but suddenly I saw [Emmy award winning Disney + drama] Shogun and [thought] why can’t I...

Oscar-winning UK producer Jeremy Thomas has revealed he is looking to take a leap into TV production with a series version of his 1987 best picture winner The Last Emperor which was directed by the late Bernardo Bertolucci.

Thomas, the founder and head of London-based production outfitThe Recorded Picture Company (Rpc), spoke about the project at the Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International FIlm Festival this week.

“I am a cinema guy. I haven’t invaded television yet…I never thought about The Last Emperor as a TV series but suddenly I saw [Emmy award winning Disney + drama] Shogun and [thought] why can’t I...

Barcelona-born, Beirut-based Irene Bartolomé’s experimental feature Dream Of Another Summer won the top prize in Locarno Pro’s First Look section which this year focused on works-in-progress from Spain.

Bartolomé, who has worked for the past 10 years as a film editor, received the Antaviana Films First Look Award, covering services towards the completion of films in post-production up to the value of €50,000.

The international First Look jury, comprising Istanbul Film Festival director Kerem Ayan, Venice Critics’ Week artistic director Beatrice Fiorentino and Rotterdam programmer Mercedes Martínez-Abarca, described the co-production between Colibrí Studio, I.B. Films and The Attic Productions as...

Hollywood often marvels at the rise of stars who seemingly emerge overnight, and one such celebrated actor whose career once skyrocketed, is the charismatic icon Keanu Reeves. Beginning his entertainment journey from promising actor to beloved heartthrob, Reeves cemented his place in the industry with career-defining roles in The Matrix and Sandra Bullock’s Speed.

Keanu Reeves in a still from Speed | 20th Century Studios

However, long before his breakout moment and his subsequent roles that solidified his status and earned him a devoted fan base, Keanu Reeves’ potential was recognized by Michelle Pfeiffer, who had a keen eye for talent. Working with Reeves in Stephen Frears’ 1988 hit Dangerous Liaisons, the director revealed recently on how Pfeiffer had identified the actor’s future stardom.

Keanu Reeves’ Rise to Stardom From Breakout Role to Iconic Status

Beginning his career by making his first professional appearance in a 1984 episode of the comedy series Hangin’ In,...

Experimental feature Dream of Another Summer has picked up Locarno Pro’s Antaviana Films First Look Award, the biggest prize handed out by the festival’s industry section. The award comes with post-production services up to €50,000.

The feature is helmed by Barcelona-born, Beirut-based filmmaker Irene Bartolomé. Producers on the project are Pere Marzo (Colibrí Studio), Bartolomé (I.B. Films), and Elie Kamal (The Attic Productions).

Discussing their choice, the Locarno Pro jury — comprised of Beatrice Fiorentino, Kerem Ayan, and Mercedes Martínez-Abarca — said the film is “a poetic and rigorous project that elaborates on collective trauma by rewriting the topography of a city wounded many times by history.”

The jury added: “In its dual public and private dimensions, it restores the complexity of a territory marked by the past and the drive for modernity.”

Elsewhere,...

Exclusive: Tom Francis, the Olivier Award-winning actor who will reprise his West End portrayal of Joe Gillis in Jamie Lloyd’s West End production of Sunset Boulevard when the revival moves to Broadway this fall, has signed with Linden Entertainment.

Francis stars opposite Nicole Scherzinger, who plays Norma Desmond in the revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Don Black-Christopher Hampton musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s 1950 film classic.

In addition to Scherzinger and Francis, West End cast members making the move to Broadway’s St. James Theatre include Grace Hodgett-Young (playing Betty Schaefer) and David Thaxton (Max Von Mayerling). Previews begin Sept. 28, with an opening night of Oct. 20.

Francis, who won the Best Leading Actor/Musical Olivier for his Sunset performance, can be seen on screen when he returns to Netflix’s You, currently filming its fifth and final season. His prior stage roles include &Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre); What’s New Pussycat...

The UK’s Reason8 has locked in North American deals for Philip Sotnychenko’s Ukrainian Rotterdam premiere La Palisiada and Czech erotic drama Her Body with Film Movement.

Further sales include Her Body for UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (Tmp), German-speaking Europe (Busch Media Group), Korea (Entermode/Evrit Consulting), Japan (At Entertainment) and Poland (Media4Fun).

Venice title The Red Suitcase, from Nepal’s Fidel Devkota, has sold to Dekanalog for North America, while Romanian Tudor Giurgiu’s Libertate has landed in French-speaking Europe (Destiny Films), Spain and Andorra (Twelve Oaks Pictures), Poland (Media4Fun) and Taiwan (Time Vision Co).

Belgium drama Skunk,...

Del director de ‘Corpus Christi’ y el guionista de ‘El Padre’.

Según The Hollywood Reporter, August Diehl y Andrea Riseborough protagonizarán “The Noise of Time”, del director Jan Komasa (“Corpus Christi”) y el guionista Christopher Hampton (“El Padre”).

Basada en el libro homónimo de Julian Barnes, la película es un drama sobre la vida del compositor ruso Dimitri Shostakovich y su esposa Nina. La película recorrerá la trayectoria de la vida y la carrera de Shostakóvich, comenzando en 1936, cuando el compositor de 30 años se enfrenta por primera vez a la ira de Stalin después de que una de sus óperas sea condenada como contrarrevolucionaria. Escapa a la ejecución, pero durante décadas Shostakovich se ve obligado a ser un representante cultural del Estado soviético, y lucha por mantener la integridad de su música.

El proyecto se presentará a los compradores en el mercado cinematográfico de Cannes esta semana.

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German star August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, A Hidden Life) and Oscar-nominated actress Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, To Leslie) have signed on to star in The Noise of Time, a new drama about the life of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his wife Nina, adapted from Julian Barnes’ book of the same name.

Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (The Father, Dangerous Liaisons) is adapting Barnes’ novel for the screen, with Polish director Jan Komasa (the Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi) attached to direct.

The film will trace the trajectory of Shostakovich’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when the 30-year-old composer first faced Stalin’s wrath after one of his operas is condemned as counter-revolutionary. He escapes execution but for decades Shostakovich is forced to be a cultural representative of the Soviet state, and struggles to maintain the integrity of his music.

Beta Cinema is handling world sales on the film and will be...

Beta Cinema is launching pre-sales at Cannes on a big-screen version of Julian Barnes’ novel The Noise Of Time that is being adapted by two- time Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and will star August Diehl and Andrea Riseborough.

Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.

Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.

The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...

Beta Cinema is launching pre-sales at Cannes on a big-screen version of Julian Barnes’ novel The Noise Of Time that is being adapted by two- time Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and will star August Diehl and Andrea Riseborough.

Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa, who was Oscar nominated for his 2019 feature Corpus Christi, is lined up to direct the fictionalised account of the life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich in Stalinist Russia.

Diehl will star as Shostakovich, while Riseborough will play his wife Nita, Shostakovich’s wife and intellectual equal.

The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career,...

The Oscar-nominated novelist, screenwriter and essayist Nick Hornby below writes a special tribute for Deadline commemorating Jenne Casarotto, his agent for nearly 30 years, who died on February 29 aged 77.

The industry titan, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989, was eulogized today by family, friends and close colleagues at an event named a Celebration of the Life of Jenne Casarotto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall located in London’s Southbank Centre.

Private Eye editor Ian Hislop welcomed guests. Agent colleagues Abby Singer, Mel Kenyon and Jodi Shields spoke of working with Jenne, her son Mark Casarotto commemorated his mother, and producers Jeremy Thomas and Tim Bevan and longtime director clients John Madden and Shawn Slovo told stories about the Jenne they knew and loved.

During the ceremony, it was announced that Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and the National Film and Television School have established The Jenne Casarotto Scholarship...

Following Raw and Titane, Julia Ducournau has set her third feature with Alpha. Though no plot details have been unveiled this far, Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) will lead the film, Deadline reports. “Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” said Filmnation and Charades, while the producers added, “Alpha is a new page in Julia Ducournau’s corpus that is both very consistent with the previous ones and entirely new in its tone.”

Following All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh is stepping up to a major studio project with a Leonardo da Vinci film set up at Universal Pictures. The film is based on Walter Isaacson‘s 2017 biography, which showed “how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity,...

Is one renaissance man about to take on another? Apparently so, as IndieWire has confirmed that Andrew Haigh has been tapped to helm a highly anticipated adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s lauded 2017 biography of Leonardo Da Vinci. Paramount had initially won the film rights when the book was first released and even cast the world’s 2nd most famous Leonardo, Di Caprio, in the lead role. Unfortunately, its version eventually went into turnaround allowing Universal to swoop in (perhaps with the use of Da Vinci’s ornithopter) and create a fresh package with Haigh. Initially it was announced that Christopher Hampton would be scripting the piece, but with Haigh now onboard, Universal looks to be giving him full creative oversight, perhaps in an effort to summon the spirit of Da Vinci himself.

Walter Isaacson is the preeminent biographer of the modern era. The former CEO of CNN and editor of Time,...

Universal Pictures has tapped renowned British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers) to write and direct a Leonardo da Vinci film based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling 2017 biography of the artist, Deadline can confirm.

Based on thousands of pages from Da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, the biography looks to connect his art to his science, showing how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.

An icon of the Italian Renaissance, Da Vinci was not only a prolific painter but also a polymath excelling in various fields including science, engineering, and anatomy. His masterpieces, the “Mona Lisa,” and “The Last Supper” are among the most recognizable and influential works of art in history.

Christopher Hampton wrote a previous draft of the Da Vinci script.

Universal Pictures has found its director for the high-priority Leonardo da Vinci film. “All of Us Strangers” helmer Andrew Haigh has signed on to direct and adapt Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed biography of the Renaissance man.

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson’s book became one of the hottest literary properties when it hit the market in 2017. At the time, Universal was outbid by Paramount, which developed the project with Leonardo DiCaprio for years before putting it in turnaround. Universal quietly picked it up last year. The runaway bestseller connects da Vinci’s transcendent art, which includes the Mona Lisa painting hanging in the Louvre, to his trailblazing science — and shows how his genius was driven by an insatiable curiosity, careful observation and a whimsical imagination. The Italian icon lived from 1452-1519 during the height of the Renaissance,...

Exclusive: Jamie Lloyd, director of the history-making reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, reveals that his star Nicole Scherzinger initially “refused to consider” accepting his offer to play Norma Desmond in the show adapted from Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic.

“Nicole was not flattered,” he gasped, speaking to Breaking Baz backstage at the London theatre awards, held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night.

Lloyd says that the show’s “obviously associated with Glenn Close’s iconic performance and therefore people think about Norma Desmond being a much older woman.”

Mmm, that’s unlikely to amuse Glenn Close.

He tells me that Scherzinger, a one-time member of The Pussycat Dolls, called Norma Desmond a “has been” and stormed at Lloyd that she “still looks good under the bright lights.”

Lloyd encouraged her to study Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s book and lyrics and to listen to Lloyd Weber’s music.

Nicole Scherzinger, Succession star Sarah Snook, Game of Thrones and Sherlock actor Mark Gatiss, a revival of the musical Sunset Boulevard and the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow were among the winners at the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater. The ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in the British capital was hosted by Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham.

The revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Sunset Boulevard, which has starred Scherzinger as Norma Desmond and is set to come to Broadway this year, won the best musical revival award, the best actress honor for the former Pussycat Dolls singer and five other honors after also leading the nominations with 11.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the Netflix hit series, which has hinted at its Broadway ambitions, won the best new entertainment or comedy play award, as well as the Olivier for best set design.

Dear England,...

Jamie Lloyd’s London production of Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger now has an opening date for its Broadway run!

The show will open on Broadway this fall at the St. James Theatre, producers announced Monday (March 25), with previews starting on September 28 ahead of an October 20 opening night.

A London cast album will also be released this October!

Keep reading to find out more…

The production, which features book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, is based on the classic Billy Wilder movie, and just received 11 Olivier Award nominations including Best Musical Revival.

Before Sunset Boulevard arrives, the St. James Theatre will feature Sufjan Stevens’ Illinoise, which opens April 24 at the venue for a limited engagement through August 10.

One Broadway star just returned after 15 years!

Jamie Lloyd’s London production of Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger now has an opening date for its Broadway run!

The show will open on Broadway this fall at the St. James Theatre, producers announced Monday (March 25), with previews starting on September 28 ahead of an October 20 opening night.

A London cast album will also be released this October!

Keep reading to find out more…

The production, which features book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, is based on the classic Billy Wilder movie, and just received 11 Olivier Award nominations including Best Musical Revival.

Before Sunset Boulevard arrives, the St. James Theatre will feature Sufjan Stevens’ Illinoise, which opens April 24 at the venue for a limited engagement through August 10.

One Broadway star just returned after 15 years!

Jamie Lloyd’s acclaimed London production of Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger will open on Broadway this fall at the St. James Theatre, producers announced today.

Previews begin September 28 ahead of an October 20 opening night. Producers had previously confirmed the casting and Broadway plans, but the venue and dates were named today.

To coincide with the Broadway opening, a London cast album will be released this October.

The production, which features book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the classic Billy Wilder Paramount Pictures film, recently received 11 Olivier Award nominations including Best Musical Revival.

Sunset Boulevard is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, and Gavin Kalin Productions by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd and based on the Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder.

Prior to Sunset Boulevard moving in, the St. James...

Michelle Pfeiffer predicted stardom for a young, unknown Keanu Reeves.

That revelation comes as director Stephen Frears joins The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast to discuss the making of his 1988 hit, Dangerous Liaisons.

The film starred Glenn Close and John Malkovich, playing conniving aristocrats in pre-French Revolution Paris who manipulate the people around them through sex and deception. Among their victims are characters played by Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman.

Reeves, then 23, was cast as Le Chevalier Danceny, a handsome musician who draws the attention of Close’s Marquise de Merteuil and falls in love with Thurman’s naive ingénue — then duels Malkovich’s Valmont for her honor.

Speaking on the podcast, Frears recalled that Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure was released just months after Dangerous Liaisons, turning Reeves overnight into a major movie star.

“But when he shot, he hadn’t [yet broken out,]” Frears said. “I saw a lot of young actors [for the role] and said,...

Sarah Snook, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and David Tennant were among the nominees for the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater.

Parker was nominated for best actress for her role in Plaza Suite, opposite her husband, Matthew Broderick, while Snook was nominated in the same category for her one-woman take on The Picture of Dorian Gray. Tennant was nominated for best actor for his role in Macbeth, in the same category as Andrew Scott, in a one-man version of Vanya.

Sunset Boulevard, which starred Nicole Scherzinger, who is also nominated, and is set to come to Broadway next year, received 11 nominations, while Dear England, a play by James Graham about an English football manager, received nine nominations. Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel to the television series, which has also hinted at its Broadway ambitions, is up for best new entertainment or comedy play.

The Olivier...

Stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook, Andrew Scott and David Tennant will compete for Olivier Awards at the UK’s most prestigious theater ceremony next month.

The Sex and the City stars is up for Best Actress for her performance in Plaza Suite – her first Olivier – while Succession’s Snook has picked up a nod for her critically-acclaimed performance as 26 characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

In the Best Actor category, Scott’s performance in Vanya will come up against Tennant’s role in Macbeth, while the starry nominee list also includes Joseph Fiennes for Dear England, which is being made into a BBC series, Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue and James Norton in A Little Life.

Other notable nominations include for singer Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard, where she has picked up a nod for Best Actress in a Musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s...