‘Ballad Of Songbird And Snakes’ Director On How Viral Meme Inspired Viola Davis’ Casting

Air has been set for a special honor at next month’s Gotham Awards.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Air” director, producer and star Ben Affleck will receive the first-ever Gotham Visionary Icon and Creator Tribute at this year’s Gotham Awards ceremony. The tribute award was created for this year’s ceremony to recognize cultural icons and the filmmakers responsible for bringing those icon’s stories to life.

EXCLUSIVE: Crime star Dougray Scott and Buccaneer Media, the Scottish police drama’s producer, have hired a Creative Director for Buccaneer Scotland, as it seeks to supercharge the scale of its productions in the Celtic country.

Michaela Zee The odds weren’t in director Francis Lawrence‘s favor after splitting “Hunger Games: Mockingjay” into two parts. In a recent interview with People magazine, Lawrence admitted he wouldn’t divide the final book into two films if he had the opportunity. “I totally regret it.

Never split your tens is a bedrock rule of blackjack. For filmmakers, the rule may be never split your source material.

The Hunger Games became one of the most successful young adult film franchises of all time.

EXCLUSIVE: Jillian Share, who was recently eOne‘s President of Film Production, has been named President of Teton Ridge Entertainment, a new Los Angeles-based independent studio.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has promoted Lamar Chase to SVP, Current Programming. Reporting to EVP Current Programming Marie Jacobson, who heads the indie studio’s current scripted series department, Chase will continue to work alongside Morgana Cabrera-Rosenberg who was promoted to SVP, Current Programming in March.

Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon are such proud parents!

Daniel Craig’s new hairdo has attracted attention online following an appearance at an event with wife Rachel Weisz.The James Bond actor appeared alongside Weisz at the Clooney Foundation For Justice’s second annual Albie Awards event in New York yesterday (September 28) where he was seen sporting a golden quiff.Some have drawn comparisons to his Knives Out character Benoit Blanc, with an Instagram commenter writing: “Getting ready to play Benoit Blanc again, it appears.”Another on X (FKA Twitter) added: “Classic Benoit Blanc move.”“I love his hair that shade,” another on Instagram added. “It suits him… as does the blue suit.”Other attendees at the event included Viola Davis, Mary J.

George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney received support from so many of their celebrity friends at the Albies!

Xolo Maridueña is still a part of the DC Extended Universe. Maridueña starred in “Blue Beetle” earlier this year, becoming the first Latino lead in a superhero film.‘Blue Beetle’ star Xolo Maridueña discusses the film’s rare and real Latin repLatino-led ‘Blue Beetle’ ends ‘Barbie’ reign at the box officeDC’s co-ceo James Gunn, who’s writing and directing the upcoming “Superman” film, has revealed that Maridueña will still be a part of the new DC cinematic universe. “Xolo Maridueña will continue playing Blue Beetle in the DCU, as Viola Davis will Amanda Waller, and John Cena will Peacemaker,” he wrote on Threads, where he was answering some fan questions.

James Gunn is addressing the DC Universe.

With the WGA guild strike now resolves, writing and creative development may begin again on countless postponed projects. And eyes will be on James Gunn and Peter Safran‘s new DCU in that regard, considering the sheer breadth of their franchise reboot.

was unceremoniously shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav last year, and actor Henry Cavill was fired from the role of Superman shortly after.

There will be continuity in the new DC Universe.

DC co-Boss James Gunn took to Instagram’s Threads to field fan questions, and in the process confirmed that Xolo Maridueña will continue to play Blue Beetle, Oscar winner Viola Davis will still be Amanda Waller and John Cena will remain Peacemaker.

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence has ruled out making any further films unless they are based on author Suzanne Collins’ original stories.Lawrence, who recently took on the forthcoming The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes which follows the younger years of Donald Sutherland’s future villain President Snow (here played by Tom Blyth) as he crosses paths with Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from District 12, was asked by Entertainment Weekly whether he would consider further movies featuring the characters Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and the late District 4 victor Finnick (Sam Claflin).“I liked being part of the series originally because the stories are great,” Lawrence, who helmed three of the four original Hunger Games films, said. “But what was always gratifying was that they were always about something.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “The Hunger Games” film franchise is returning to the big screen after an eight-year hiatus with the upcoming release of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” a prequel film starring Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow. With one prequel down, Entertainment Weekly asked franchise director Francis Lawrence — who has helmed every installment except the first — and producer Nina Jacobson about making more, perhaps centered on fan-favorite characters such as Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Haymitch (Woody Harrelson). Their answers were similar: Only if author Suzanne Collins lays the groundwork.

Things were catching fire at Paris Fashion Week.