EXCLUSIVE: Tracey Lincoln has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Community and Brand Partnerships at Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment.
15.03.2024 - 13:41 / variety.com
Aramide Tinubu That President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who was a theater actor, is obviously widely known. However, in Apple TV+‘s latest historical drama, “Manhunt,” based on James L. Swanson’s book, “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” creator Monica Beletsky offers highly detailed and intricate perspectives from Booth (Anthony Boyle), who saw himself as a symbol for the failed Confederacy, and Edwin Stanton (Tobias Menzies), Lincoln’s Secretary of War and close friend.
Though overlong at times, when focusing on Stanton, the series is a fresh take on the event that would change the direction of America — while drawing a direct throughline to our present-day political climate. “Manhunt” opens on April 14, 1865, the day of Lincoln’s (Hamish Linklater) assassination. Enraged by the joyous shouts on the street celebrating the end of the Civil War, Booth begins embarking on his plot to kill the President.
His co-conspirators are also on hand, tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson (Glenn Morshower) and Lincoln’s already immobilized Secretary of State William H. Seward (Larry Pine). As the history books have recorded, only Booth was successful.
But Beletsky is careful to map out the entire evening, beginning as Seward’s servants and family members are being attacked and concluding with Lincoln dying on a bed of blood-soaked pillows. “Manhunt” is labeled a conspiracy thriller. Yet the seven-episode series doesn’t offer many thrills, especially because so much time is spent on Booth’s post-assassination escape from Washington D.C.
EXCLUSIVE: Tracey Lincoln has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Community and Brand Partnerships at Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment.
Austin Butler, Robert De Niro and Snoop Dogg got in some quality time together this week, and it looks like the unlikely trio had a great time.
Austin Butler is taking on a new role.
Having directed Brendan Fraser to a Best Actor Oscar in his last film, “The Whale,” filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is setting his sights on his next project. A crime thriller called “Caught Stealing,” based on the book penned by Charlie Huston, the project has landed a rising young actor.
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Filmmaker Zack Snyder has been stretching his franchise wings at Netflix in recent years with the “Army of The Dead” series and his current “Rebel Moon” space opera. However, the former zombie actioner seemingly got a warmer reception than the more recent two-part sci-fi fantasy pic loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s “The Seven Samurai,” repurposed from a “Star Wars” pitch.
Ari Aster, the visionary filmmaker behind horror pics Hereditary and Midsommar and last year’s darkly comic Beau Is Afraid, has locked in his starriest cast yet for his next A24 film, Eddington. Actors set to join the previously announced Joaquin Phoenix include Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Emma Stone (fresh off her second Oscar win for Poor Things), Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Dune: Part Two‘s Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range), Micheal Ward (Top Boy), and Clifton Collins Jr. (Jockey).
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce might’ve skipped the Oscars, but they still had fun behind the scenes of the iconic night!
at the 2024 Oscars, which took place at the Dolby Theatre in LA on Sunday.The “High School Musical” star strutted the red carpet before she took over hosting duties on ABC’s “Countdown to the Oscars: On the Red Carpet Live!” Hudgens, 35, donned a gorgeous black gown showing off her stomach while keeping her hair simple in a high ponytail that cascaded down her back. She and her baseball pro beau tied the knot during an ultra-private ceremony in Tulum, Mexico, in December.Several social media viewers were quick to express their shock. “Vanessa Hudgens is mother,” joked one account on X( formerly Twitter).
Austin Butler is sharing the inspiration behind his performance in Dune: Part Two!
Vanessa Hudgens is looking back at her romantic relationship with ‘Elvis’ star Austin Butler, revealing that after their split, she was able to find “the right person.” The actress shared her thoughts about the breakup, admitting that she is “grateful” after finding her now-husband Cole Tucker.Vanessa Hudgens comments on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s ‘High School Musical’ comparisonsVanessa Hudgens met ex-Austin Butler’s girlfriend Kaia Gerber when she was 5Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker got married in Tulum, MexicoThe Hollywood star opened up about her dating history during her conversation on the ‘She Pivots’ podcast, where she talked about her split from the actor in 2020, after being together for 9 years. “I feel like so much of my character was built from my breakups,” she said on the podcast.Talking about Austin, Vanessa said; “I feel like my last breakup has really catapulted me to a very, very special place, obviously, getting married.” She went on to credit the actor for helping her find love again, and “push[ing] me to the right person, which I’m so grateful for.”Vanessa described her husband as “the most supportive, real understanding human being that I’ve ever met.” The newlyweds celebrated their love with an intimate wedding, which also served as a ‘High School Musical’ reunion, with part of the cast in attendance.
Austin Butler has revealed to NME that he drew inspiration from Gary Oldman and Heath Ledger for his performance in Dune: Part Two.Butler plays the role of Feyd-Rautha, the villainous nephew of and heir to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), in Denis Villeneuve’s new film.When asked if there were any classic movie bad guys that he took a lead from while preparing to play the role, Butler said that it was the broad career work of the two stars that motivates him.“I’ve always been inspired by Gary Oldman in many of his roles,” he said. “Léon: The Professional, or True Romance, or The Fifth Element.”“And you know, we’ve talked about Heath Ledger a lot, the sense of play that he had.
If Timothée Chalamet‘s dream comes true, he’ll reunite with “Dune: Part Two” co-star Austin Butler for “A Complete Unknown.” NME reports that in a joint interview with the actors for Denis Villeneuve‘s new sequel, Chalamet stated he’d love to see his Bob Dylan somehow bump into Butler’s Elvis Presley from Baz Luhrmann‘s 2022 biopic cameo in James Mangold‘s upcoming film.
The natural question about Apple TV+’s “Manhunt,” based on the book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” by James L. Swanson, is going to be “Why now?” It does not seem coincidental that a story that’s essentially about one of the times our democracy was at its most fragile just happens to be coming out during one of the most contentious and divisive election years in U.S.
Michaela Zee Timothée Chalamet is ready to be a part of the MCU: the “musical cinematic universe.” In a recent interview with NME while promoting “Dune: Part Two,” Chalamet said he wants Austin Butler‘s Elvis Presley to appear in his and James Mangold’s upcoming Bob Dylan film, “A Complete Unknown.” “I can’t wait for that film,” Butler said of the Dylan project. “I wish I could be on set every day to just watch the magic happen.” “I wish you were in it!” Chalamet replied.
Timothee Chalamet was hoping to have Austin Butler in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic!
The thawing of the winter box office continues this weekend with Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 which is bound to see the franchise’s second highest domestic opening at $50M+ at 3,900 theaters after the original 2008 movie ($60.2M). But that’s not all, it’s also the second biggest start for a DWA title after Universal acquired the label from its 20th Century Fox distribution deal; the biggest during Universal’s 2.0 with DWA being How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World which debuted to $55M in March 2019. Kung Fu Panda 4 is skewing among males and females under 25. Previews start Thursday at 2PM. No RT review rating yet.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Austin Butler confirmed in an interview with Access Hollywood that his kiss with co-star Stellan Skarsgård in “Dune: Part Two” was improvised on his behalf. The kiss between Butler’s Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen and Skarsgård’s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is unexpected and creepy as the characters are nephew and uncle, but it reaffirms Feyd-Rautha’s devotion to his uncle and deep desire to be him. That’s also why Butler mimicked Skarsgård’s speaking voice while crafting his own accent for Feyd-Rautha.