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- Variety· 8 OctKourtney Kardashian Said ‘F— That Bitch’ After Jennifer Lawrence Dissed Her as ‘Annoying,’ Then the Actor Sent an Apology Email
Jennifer Lawrence is making peace with the Kardashian family. During the Season 8 premiere of Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” Kourtney Kardashian revealed the Oscar winner asked her sister, Kim, for her contact information so she could apologize for saying the reality star was “more…
- Variety· 8 OctMichaela Jaé Rodriguez to Receive APLA Health’s Voice of Visibility Award at AIDS Walk Los Angeles (EXCLUSIVE)
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored by APLA Health later this month with its Voice of Visibility Award. The “Pose” star will be presented by her “Loot” co-star Joel Kim Booster during the kickoff ceremony of the 42nd annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles.
- Deadline· 8 OctParamount Teaming With Medieval Times On New Family Comedy; Eric Appel Directing From Script By Blaise Hemingway
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is in early development on a live-action, four-quadrant, family comedy based on the IP of Medieval Times, the family-friendly dinner theater company.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctAngie Harmon Returns to Directing for Lifetime’s ‘The Girl Who Disappeared’ (Exclusive)
Harmon's only other time in the chair was for the 100th episode of 'Rizzoli & Isles.'
The Girl Who Disappeared - Variety· 8 OctBrian Grazer and Ron Howard to Receive Harold Matzner Distinguished Achievement Award at Palm Springs Honors
The Palm Springs International Film Society will honor Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with the Harold Matzner Distinguished Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Honors event on Oct. 19 at Soho House West Hollywood.
- Vulture· 8 OctCarrie’s Fatal Miscalculation
The changes Mike Flanagan’s series makes to the story’s iconic climax has major implications, none of them good.
- Deadline· 8 OctBig Shot Pictures Lands Film Rights To ‘CookieRun’ Game Franchise; 2029 Theatrical Release Eyed
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Robbin’s family entertainment company, Big Shot Pictures, has optioned the feature rights to adapt CookieRun, the South Korean hit gaming franchise which counts over 300 million downloads.
- Literary Hub· 8 OctCan romance novels solve the straight man reading crisis?
Extra, extra. You’ve seen the headlines. Men—particularly straight men—have stopped reading fiction. This year saw the rise and fall of the performative lit-bro. And though history, crime, and self-help books still persuade a certain type, the most recent NEA survey found
- Deadline· 8 OctPaul Walter Hauser Set For Crime Drama ‘Garden City’ From John Curran, Magenta Light Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off Resident Evil, which is now Zach Cregger’s highest-grossing film at over $280M worldwide, Paul Walter Hauser has inked to star in Garden City, a new crime drama from Magenta Light Studios. Based on a true story.
- Variety· 8 OctKevin MacLellan, Paramount’s Head of Global Content Distribution and International, Is Leaving Skydance Post-Merger
Kevin MacLellan, the veteran media exec who led Paramount’s global content distribution and international networks, is departing the newly merged Skydance Corp., Variety has learned. The larger international structure for the new Skydance Corp.
- TVLine· 8 OctHBO's Canceled Green Lantern Series: See Finn Wittrock As Guy Gardner, Show's Cosmic Scope
Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim posted concept art showing what Finn Wittrock would have looked like as Guy Gardner in the canceled Green Lantern series.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 Oct‘Other Mommy’ First Reactions: “Jessica Chastain’s Worst Movie in a Long Time”
The first reactions are in the Universal horror film, which is being held back from most critics until the last minute.
Other Mommy - Deadline· 8 OctSony Pictures Acquires Casey Giltner Thriller Spec ‘This Land Is Our Land’
EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter Casey Giltner has sold elevated thriller spec This Land Is Our Land to Sony Pictures, Deadline has learned. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Andrew Form, of the A Quiet Place franchise, will produce alongside Lawdie Pahlavan.
- Variety· 8 Oct‘The Land’ Scores Post-Super Bowl Premiere Date: First Look at Dan Fogelman’s NFL Hulu Drama (EXCLUSIVE)
Dan Fogelman’s “The Land,” a family drama with an NFL twist, will debut on Monday, Feb. 15 on Hulu, just hours after the Super Bowl. The first two episodes will drop at 9 p.m. PT, followed by one new episode a week.
Also atTVLine - Deadline· 8 OctScott Bakula To Headline Detective Drama In Works At CBS From Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: NCIS: New Orleans star Scott Bakula is eying a return to CBS with another procedural drama, which is in development at the network. Bakula is set to star in and executive produce the untitled project,.which comes from Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment.
- Deadline· 8 Oct‘Love Language’ Trailer: Chloë Grace Moretz Finds Work Writing Vows & Love Triangle With Manny Jacinto, Anthony Ramos In Rom-Com
The romantic-comedy genre is in for a return to form with Love Language, premiering this month. On Thursday, Vertical released the first trailer for the romantic-comedy starring Chloë Grace Moretz, debuting Oct.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 Oct‘Inside Out 2’ Director Kelsey Mann Signs with UTA (Exclusive)
The storyboard artist and director had been Pixar's inside mann since 2009.
Inside Out 2 - Vulture· 8 OctThe Young Producer Old Guys Love
You may not know Andrew Watt’s name, but Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, and Elton John sure do.
- Variety· 8 OctElizabeth Banks Officially Set to Play Karen Read in Amazon Series
Amazon has officially greenlit a drama series about Karen Read with Elizabeth Banks set to star, Variety has learned. The untitled, one-hour series was first reported to be in the works in 2025.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctAnime Director Masaaki Yuasa Set to Curate Toronto Fest Classic Film Showcase
The Japanese filmmaker has selected 17 features and four shorts that inspired his work and will screen in the ‘Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation’ spotlight to run Nov. 19 to Dec. 29.
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