25 Best Movies New to Streaming in May: ‘The Iron Claw,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘The Idea of You,’ ‘Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ and More

Michael Showalter’s The Idea of You, starring Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway, is on track to command Amazon MGM Studios‘ biggest ever debut for a rom-com with nearly 50 million viewers globally in its first two weeks on Prime Video.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of her most recent Sony pic Anyone But You, the studio isn’t wasting any time staying in the Sydney Sweeney business as sources tell Deadline Jane and Honey Goldman are in negotiations to pen a new Barbarella pic starring Sweeney with Edgar Wright In Talks to direct. The film is still in development given Sweeney’s busy schedule and Wright deep in prep on his The Running Man reboot with Glen Powell starring, so the project will not be next up for either talent.

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Robinne Lee dropped by a local L.A. news station for an interview promoting her role in “Fifty Shades Darker,” the second film in the steamy series based on books by E.L. James.

has longer legs than I anticipated (pun very much intended). no-pants look on May 8 leveled up the bottom-less trend with the addition of white knee socks.The Anyone But You actor was photographed in New York City in a boardroom-meets-the-club look. On top, Sweeney wore an oversized, metallic silver blazer over a neutral, collarless silk blouse.

Selome Hailu “The Idea of You” was the most-streamed movie of the May 3-9 viewing window, per Luminate. The movie, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, was watched for 714.2 million minutes between May and May 9, its first full week of availability on Amazon Prime Video. Up from its No.

strutting down the ? Turns out, it was . While Sweeney can pull off any look, there was speculation about whether the Miu Miu–clad star would revert to her famous golden locks. Well, shortly after the event, the actor was seen modeling her classic hairstyle with a look that embodied the essence of summer.Basking in the New York City sunshine, the 26-year-old star looked as fresh as a daisy in a perfect look for the warmer months ahead.

Anne Hathaway is now taking credit for “The Idea of You” book making the best-seller list — well, sort of.The Oscar winner joked about her new film, which is based off the Robinne Lee romance book, in an Instagram Story Sunday.“Audience said ‘hold my book!!!’ ” she captioned a screenshot of the novel hitting the milestone. She circled “No.

Lexi Carson Chris Pine reflected on how his role in “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” changed his career — and life. In the May 5 episode of “Sunday Sitdown With Willie Geist,” Pine spoke about being cast as Nicholas Devereaux in the 2004 film, which jumpstarted his career and turned his finances around. “It was the height of summer and I was getting off at Magnolia.

Robinne Lee, the author of The Idea of You, regrets initially stating that the story was inspired by Harry Styles.

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Anne Hathaway is captivating viewers with her latest role in ‘The Idea of You,’ acting alongside Nicholas Galitzine in the ultimate love story. The Hollywood star plays a 40-year-old mom who falls in love with a singer at Coachella, in a wholesome rom-com that seems to be loosely inspired by One Direction and Harry Styles.Shakira is allegedly dating Lucien Laviscount after split from Gerard PiquéCatherine Zeta-Jones and her look-alike daughter Carys stun at family weddingAnne Hathaway on her 5 years of sobriety: ‘I knew deep down it wasn’t for me’The actress attended the red carpet of the movie in New York City and revealed that she doesn’t “know that much about boy bands” in real life.

With their newest film The Idea of You, a May-December romance based on the novel by Robinne Lee, filmmaker Michael Showalter and producer Jordana Mollick appear to have hit the zeitgeist yet again.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo gets swept up in the whirlwind romance at the heart of “The Idea of You” with writer/director Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Wet Hot American Summer”). The movie is based on the book of the same name and follows a forty-year-old woman reeling from a divorce who stumbles into a romance with a twenty-something singer from the world’s biggest boy band.

The Idea Of You is now streaming on Prime Video, and you may be seeing a lot of comparisons to Harry Styles.

Anne Hathaway’s career in Hollywood began 23 years ago with a family movie about every teen girl’s ultimate fantasy — her geeky character discovered she was actually royalty.Now 41, the actress has delivered a second dose of impossible escapism with “The Idea of You,” an, ahem, steamier, R-rated flick clearly made for the older millennials who obsessed over “The Princess Diaries” back in the aughts.Her latest fizzy project instead realizes the dream of every bored woman in their thirties and forties: She plays an exhausted single mom who has a fling with a famous, 24-year-old British boybander. And why not? What fun.Anyway, I suspect that aspirational viewers of “The Idea of You,” a decadent diversion that’s based on the popular novel by Robinne Lee, would much rather jet set around Europe with Harry Styles than live in a moldy 300-year-old palace and cut ribbons.

Katcy Stephan New Line Cinema has landed the Chris Farley biopic starring Paul Walter Hauser, in what Variety is told was a highly competitive situation. The film, which has the blessing of the Farley family, will mark actor Josh Gad‘s directorial debut, with Lorne Michaels and Erin David producing via Broadway Video. Oscar and Emmy nominees Scott Neustadter and Michael H.

Anne Hathaway is celebrating five years of sobriety. The Hollywood star is proud of her achievement, as she admitted that her alcohol intake exposed her to “a lot of somatic stress.” The 41-year-old actress looked back on her drastic lifestyle change following her 40th birthday.Bad Bunny shares details on his Met Gala look as co-chair for the eveningNicole Kidman turns heads with latest color and haircut: See her new look!During her latest interview with the New York Times, the star shared her thoughts about drinking and reaching five years of being sober.

Anne Hathaway is addressing the age gap in the romance between hers and Nicholas Galitzine‘s characters in the new rom-com The Idea of You.

The Idea of You arrives on Prime Video this Thursday, and it's the Anne Hathaway rom-com . Thanks to undeniable chemistry with and a great adapted script from director Michael Showalter with co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt, it's definitely worth the hype. (FWIW, right before it premiered at SXSW last month to , The Idea of You became the most-watched trailer of any original Amazon streaming feature film, with more than 125 million views.