Amber Ruffin Joins Creative Team of ‘Some Like It Hot’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to WWII drama Into the Darkness, from veteran Danish filmmaker Anders Refn and depicting the disintegration of a family unit amid Denmark's slow side into fascism under the shadow of the Third Reich.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe British playwright, director and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah has signed with CAA and Redefine Entertainment.He currently serves as the artistic director for the Young Vic in London and was previously artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIMDbPro is making it easier for entertainment industry professionals to find their next gig. The subscription database has added thousands of cast and crew notices through Staff Me Up, a resource for finding production work, and Casting Calls America, a more regionally focused list of acting jobs.

Ricki Lake wasn’t expecting a proposal quite like this.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Creeper is back and looking for blood.“Jeepers Creepers: Reborn,” the fourth installment in the long-running horror franchise, has sold worldwide distribution rights to Screen Media.The studio plans to release the film in North America in the fall of 2021. Screen Media previously released “Jeepers Creepers 3.”The latest installment in the series is from director Timo Vuorensola, who previously oversaw the “Iron Sky” films.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCalleri Casting is being renamed Calleri Jensen Davis.The rechristening is taking place as a nod to the fact that the company has become triumvirate of co-equals, with James Calleri Erica Jensen, and Paul Davis all operating as full partners.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAustralia-based theatrical producer Michael Cassel Group is planting a flag in the United States. The company has made its first New York City-based hire, tapping Jane Abramson to serve as its new head of creative development.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Museum of Modern Art has unveiled the festival lineup for Doc Fortnight 2021, the 20th edition of its annual showcase of nonfiction films from around the globe. Over 18 documentary features and four short films will be screened as part of the festival.In a concession to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s films will be offered exclusively on MoMA’s Virtual Cinema from March 18 to April 5, 2021.

Gallery: 14 soap stars currently planning weddings: Ryan Thomas, Mark Jordan, Louisa Lytton and more (Hello!)Lisa also shared her 'best present' of the day, which was from her daughter Billie, 14, and consisted of a box of tokens such as a blow-dry, head massage or cup of tea.   The former Holby City actress adopted her daughter Billie with her first husband Chris Coghill back in 2008.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC has stocked its Peacock streaming-video hub with a handful of late-night-style series.

Amber Ruffin is getting a linear bow for her Peacock late-night show.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTrevor Donovan, best known for starring in the teen drama “90210” and several Hallmark Channel rom-coms, has been cast in the upcoming Ronald Reagan biopic.The independent film, titled “Reagan,” features Dennis Quaid as the 40th president of the United States of America. It tells the story of Reagan during his childhood, through his acting career and into the highest office in the United States.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPaul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters behind “The Fighter” and “The Outpost,” are on board to adapt “Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II,” a best-seller from Adam Makos.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGood Deed Entertainment has nabbed North American rights to “Ma Belle, My Beuaty,” a queer polyamorous love story that was embraced by critics when it debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.The film, which marks Marion Hill’s directorial feature film debut, won the Audience Award in the NEXT category at the festival.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMinnie Driver has been cast in the upcoming Season 2 of “Modern Love” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.Details of Driver’s character in the episodic anthology series are being kept under wraps. At the time of this publishing no other stars have been confirmed for Season 2.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Moonstruck” and “Wild Mountain Thyme” writer John Patrick Shanley is no stranger to complicated family dynamics.The Oscar and Pulitzer-winning author will explore sibling rivalry with “The Twinkle Brothers.” The upcoming comedy, which Shanley will write and direct for Rivulet Media, recounts a story told by avuncular café owner Mordecai, who, when tasked with the responsibility of looking after his precocious six-year-old granddaughter Rita for an

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRegé-Jean Page will star in the film adaptation of “Dungeons and Dragons,” Variety has confirmed.The fantasy adventure will be Page’s follow-up to his breakout role in Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” on which he causes hearts to flutter, corsets to loosen and generally monopolizes the lusts and affections of a broad swath of Regency-era England as the Duke of Hastings, a slightly rakish, very rich and extremely eligible bachelor.

Something tells us if you were to ask Radha Blank a year ago, she would still be talking about her feature debut more than 12 months following its 2020 Sundance Film Festival debut, she wouldn’t have believed you. Then again, maybe she had great foresight and would have.

Amber Ruffin has joined the Broadway-bound team of Some Like It Hot as a co-writer of the film-to-stage adaptation. The host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show will partner with Tony nominee Matthew López on the new musical’s book.