Andrew Garfield To Star As Richard Branson In ‘Hot Air’ Limited Series; David Leitch To Direct For Universal Int’l Studios

Netflix and comic book publisher Dark Horse Entertainment have extended their partnership with a multiyear agreement will continue to give Netflix a first look at its IP for both film and TV. They’ve also announced several new projects, including “Bang!,” a feature starring Idris Elba and directed by David Leitch, based on the comic series by Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres.

Netflix and Dark Horse Entertainment have inked a multi-year, first-look film and TV deal extending their creative partnership, at the same time announcing the launch of development on two new projects—a film titled Bang! and a series called Mind MGMT.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEllen Pompeo is set to star in a limited series inspired by real events that has been ordered at Hulu, Variety has learned.In the untitled show, a Midwestern couple adopts what they believe is an 8-year-old girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, they slowly start to believe she may not be who she says she is. As they question her story, they’re confronted with hard questions of their own about the lengths they’re willing to go to defend themselves, falling into a battle that’s fought in the tabloids, the courtroom, and ultimately their marriage.Hulu has given the series an eight-episode order.

Brad Pitt has revealed he’s a fan of Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throw Down.While promoting his upcoming film Bullet Train alongside co-stars Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the trio were asked in an interview with Joe.ie what their go-to show is when they “want to watch stuff explode”.Tyree Henry chose The Great British Baking Show aka The Great British Bake Off, saying: “Let me tell you something because when those soufflés explode, man, you watch some stuff go down.”Pitt replied: “If we’re going that route, I’m going The Great Pottery Throw Down.”@siobhni have you seen this? A lot of love from Brad and Brian for @PotteryThrow pic.twitter.com/VbPInPHyDL— Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@PantiBliss) July 27, 2022After Tyree Henry, in shock, asked “how have we never talked about this?”, Pitt said he’d “seen every season” of the reality show.Pitt specifically expressed his admiration for judge Keith Brymer Jones, who is known for being brought to tears by the work of contestants. “He’s so beautiful,” Pitt said.

Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna are two of the biggest Mexican actors working today. Now, they’ll team up again for a new Spanish-language limited series for Hulu: “La Maquina,” a tale of boxing and the criminal underworld.

Andrew Garfield has been beating the heat by spending time at the beach.

Andrew Garfield does a backflip into the water with the assistance of his friend, art dealer Vito Schnabel, over the weekend off the island of Ischia in Italy.

NatWest said consumers should be aware that some products appearing to be advertised by a celebrity might be "too good to be true". Ms Willoughby and her This Morning co-presenter Philip Schofield jointly topped NatWest's league table of famous people exploited in scams. One customer of the bank transferred over £370,000 to a fraudster as part of a cryptocurrency investment scam which purported to be the pair - but they actually had no involvement whatsoever.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe “Walking Dead” universe just got bigger.A spinoff series centered around Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes and Danai Gurira’s Michonne Hawthorne is set at AMC+, the two actors revealed in a surprise appearance at the last-ever “The Walking Dead” San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday. The limited series will consist of six episodes and is expected to premiere next year. Scott Gimple will serve as showrunner, and Lincoln and Gurira are executive producers.The spinoff is going forward in place of the previously announced “Walking Dead” films, which were set to be led by Lincoln.

Longtime The Walking Dead cast members Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira surprised fans at Comic-Con on Friday with an appearance at Hall H—teasing an upcoming limited series that will wrap up story arcs for their respective characters of Rick Grimes and Michonne.

Brad Pitt has praised his good friend Sandra Bullock, joking that she would "drop everything" for the actor.MORE: Brad Pitt 'files lawsuit against Angelina Jolie' as she sells her stake in Chateau MiravalSpeaking to HELLO! at the UK premiere for his new movie Bullet Train, the actor was in a jovial spirit as he called their friendship "old time Hollywood; Brad recently made a cameo in her 2021 action flick The Lost City, and Sandra appears in Bullet Train.WATCH: Brad Pitt talks to HELLO! at the Bullet Train premiere"Sandy is an angel for me," Brad admitted. "I can call her for anything - she will drop her holiday for me.

Andrew Garfield shows off his award during the 2022 Ischia Film Festival on Saturday night (July 16) in Italy.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third highest-grossing movie of all time with a domestic total of $804 million and it’s safe to say that the lead actors took home a lot of money for the film!

Hot Air, will be directed by Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, and is based on the 1994 book Dirty Tricks.According to reports in Deadline, the six-part series will be written by Jon Croker (Paddington 2) and is currently being shopped around to a number of streaming services.Dirty Tricks, the book from investigative journalist Martyn Gregory, focuses on the battle between Branson’s Virgin Airways and British Airways, in which Branson was awarded over £3.5million after suing BA for planting negative stories about Virgin in the press in a move dubbed ‘Operation Barbara’.The news of Garfield’s casting comes after he stated earlier this year that he wanted to take some time away from acting.He told People in April: “I’m actually really happy and excited to be very quiet and very still and take some time to just be.“It feels very important right now, especially after a lot of output, a lot of being out in the world, and giving a lot of energy to things that I’m very passionate about, but I have to kind of refill the well so that I can carry on authentically carry on without it feeling like I have to keep up with the Joneses in some way.”Elsewhere, Garfield recently starred in Under The Banner of Heaven and was nominated for an Oscar for Tick, Tick… Boom!, as well as reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Andrew Garfield is lining up his next big project.

Sasha Urban editorHot off his Emmy nomination for his role in “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Andrew Garfield is in talks to portray billionaire business mogul Richard Branson in a limited series called “Hot Air,” Variety has confirmed. The series will be directed by David Leitch (“Deadpool 2”), with Universal International in discussions to produce.The six-part series is written by Jon Croker (“Paddington 2”), based on the book “Dirty Tricks: British Airways’ Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic” by investigative journalist Martyn Gregory.

Romeo Beckham unveiled his bold new hairstyle following his recent split from model girlfriend Mia Regan after three years of dating.The 19 year old footballer shared his new look with his 3.6 million Instagram followers and proudly captioned the post by saying: "Blonde is backkkkk, the best @seandonaldsonstylist." It seems the star’s new look is thanks to Sir Richard Branson's personal hairstylist Sean. But Romeo is not the only one to rock something new.