EXCLUSIVE: After matching wits with Doctor Strange, Chiwetel Ejiofor has found a new superhero to face off against as sources tell Deadline Ejiofor has closed a deal to co-star opposite Tom Hardy in Sony and Marvel’s Venom 3.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ioan Gruffudd (San Andreas) has closed a deal to join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys 4, the newest installment in the hit series of buddy cop action comedies from Sony Pictures.
Details as to the plot of the film are under wraps, though the past three have followed the investigations of Miami PD Detectives Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Smith), netting over $841M worldwide in total, with each installment topping the gross of the last. Sources tell Deadline that Gruffudd will play Lockwood, a high-profile attorney running for election.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have returned to direct, after helming third chapter Bad Boys: For Life, and are working from a script by Chris Bremner. Others returning from Bad Boys: For Life, as previously announced, include actors Paola Núnez, Vanessa Hudgens and Alexander Ludwig.
Jerry Bruckheimer has returned to produce, along with Smith for Westbrook, and Doug Belgrad, with Lawrence, James Lassiter, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Barry Waldman and Jon Mone serving as executive producers.
Gruffudd starred opposite Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino in the Warner Bros disaster pic San Andreas and has also previously appeared in films including James Cameron’s Titanic, Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, Antoine Fuqua’s epic retelling of King Arthur, Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, playing scientist-turned-superhero Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic) in the latter two Marvel titles from Fox.
Best known on the TV side for his portrayal of Dr. Henry Morgan in ABC’s fantastical drama series Forever, the actor has additionally been seen on shows like Harrow, Liar and UnREAL, to name a few.
Gruffudd is represented by CAA, ARG in the UK,
EXCLUSIVE: After matching wits with Doctor Strange, Chiwetel Ejiofor has found a new superhero to face off against as sources tell Deadline Ejiofor has closed a deal to co-star opposite Tom Hardy in Sony and Marvel’s Venom 3.
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny wore matching shoes while attending their first basketball game together. The model and the Puerto Rican global sensation looked all smiles sitting together courtside at the Los Angeles Lakers’ home playoff game against the Golden State Warriors on May 12.Although the pair haven’t confirmed the romance rumors, their outfits seemed perfectly coordinated during their night out at Crypto.com Arena.
Bad Bunny is debatably the number 1 artist in the world and is passionate about everything he does. From performing on stage at Coachella to flying through the air in the WWE, to designing shoes, the Puerto Rican star leaves a mark on anything he does. Since 2021 he has collaborated with adidas, releasing his first shoe with the brand on March 17, 2021.
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny hit up the house that Kobe built for date night!The 27-year-old model and 29-year-old rapper sat courtside Friday night for Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, and they seemed to have a blast. When they weren't whispering sweet things into their ears or posing for photos, the couple appeared really into the game, which the Lakers won in convincing fashion.An eyewitness tells ET that when the «Me porto bonito» rapper was featured on the jumbotron, he seemed surprised.
Bad Bunny and Kendall Jenner are not Instagram or red carpet official –yet— but this rumored romance’s flames are still burning as the pair were captured enjoying Puerto Rico’s paradisiacal beaches. The Latino superstar and the model were hanging out with friends and drinking from Jenner’s tequila.
has all but dubbed her new “London Boy.” A wise woman once said nothing good starts in a getaway car. But for now, they're while Healy is on a brief hiatus from a sold-out global tour of his own. The show has been described as a reintroduction to The 1975 at their very best, with Healy at his absolute hottest.
If you’ve watched WWE for a while now or looked at his gnarly picture on his Instagram stories, you might be asking: what happened to Bad Bunny?
Bad Bunny is living a teenager's dream right now. Not only is he a Coachella headliner in his day job, he is an increasingly well-respected presence in the WWE on the side. This past weekend he returned to the squared circle to take part in the company's latest PPV event Backlash, which was being held in San Juan in his native Puerto Rico.
Kerry Condon, recently Oscar-nominated for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” will join Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in Apple Original Films’ Formula One racing flick. The yet-untitled film will be directed by Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Tron: Legacy”).Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will join Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment in producing the film alongside Kosininski and seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton under his Dawn Apollo Films banner.
EXCLUSIVE: Following her Oscar-nominated work in The Banshees Of Inisherin, Kerry Condon looks to have found her first big follow-up since her nomination she is set to join Brad Pitt in Apple Studios’ big-budget untitled F1 racing tentpole pic. Damson Idris is also on board with Joseph Kosinski set to direct.
Tasha Smith is joining the cast of Bad Boys 4.
McKinley Franklin editor Tasha Smith will join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the latest installment of Sony Pictures’ “Bad Boys” franchise. In “Bad Boys 4,” Smith will play Theresa, Marcus Burnett’s (Lawrence) loving and devoted wife, a role previously inhabited by Theresa Randle in the first three “Bad Boys” films. Plot details for “Bad Boys 4” have been kept under wraps. Smith is best known for her roles as Carol in the drama series “Empire,” Ronnie Boyce in HBO’s Emmy-winning series “The Corner” and Angela in Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?” She has also directed episodes of “Our Kind of People,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Bel-Air.”
A young boy comes of age after his father’s sudden death in Christophe Honoré’s “Winter Boy.” A bleak portrait of grief, the film may earn points for crafting an empathetic, subjective portrayal of one boy’s emotional spiral. Yet, the film also makes several odd formal and aesthetic choices that, ultimately, make Honoré’s film feel more hackneyed than resonant.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) has rolled cameras on the second installment of Horizon: An American Saga, announcing the addition of Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13) and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar: The Way of Water) to the cast of his Civil War Western epic for Warner Bros and New Line.
The Bad Boys are back.
While no footage was offered, Sony did take time in the CinemaCon presentation to tease the next installment in the “Bad Boys” franchise. Sony’s opening presentation featured Will Smith and Martin Lawrence stumbling through an intro with confusion about whether they were happy or unhappy not to be at CinemaCon. The film is four weeks into shooting, and the brief joke pre-taped bit concluded with the stars introducing Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Josh Greenstein who came to the stage and bragged about 23 theatrical releases for the coming year, emphasizing a wide variety of movies beyond just conventional blockbusters.
Refresh for updates ….Sony kicked off the first night of CinemaCon with a tape message from Will Smith and Martin Lawrence from the set of Bad Boys 4.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Will Smith and Martin Lawrence kicked off CinemaCon by talking up their return to “Bad Boys” business. “We’re hype, we’re excited,” Smith told the crowd of movie theater owners. He apologized for not being able to be in Las Vegas for the annual convention of the exhibition industry…well, kinda. “We’re not sorry we couldn’t be there,” Lawrence admonished him, noting they were four weeks into film the fourth film in the franchise. “We glad we not there because we here and they’re paying us to be here,” Smith said.
Angelique Jackson Christina Hodson (“The Flash,” “Bumblebee”) and Oren Uziel (“The Lost City,” “22 Jump Street”) will co-write the next ‘Fast and Furious’ movie with “Fast X” helmer Louis Leterrier returning to direct. The 11th film in the Vin Diesel-starring franchise will mark Hodson and Uziel’s first official collaboration together. Last week, Variety exclusively revealed that “The Transporter” helmer would return to serve as director of the next installment of “Fast and Furious” franchise, which serves as a companion film to “Fast X,” opening May 19. Hodson is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment; Uziel is repped by Curate and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
Former Love Island stars Olivia and Alex Bowen looked every inch the proud parents as they enjoyed a day by the pool with their adorable son Abel while on holiday in Barbados. Alex, 31, and Olivia, 29, who appeared on Love Island in 2016 and came in second place, both beamed as they walked with their 10 month old son, who could be seen dressed in a Spider-Man wetsuit. The loved-up couple, who welcomed son Abel in June 2022, were snapped soaking up the sun at a luxury hotel in Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday, after jetting off on a family getaway last week.