Bleecker Street Acquires U.S. Rights to Biopic ‘One Life,’ Starring Anthony Hopkins – Film News in Brief

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes it’s a loaded symbol in an imagined conversation between world-famous “sex doc” Sigmund Freud (played by Anthony Hopkins, in irritable curmudgeon mode) and converted atheist C.S.

On the heels of the wonderful 2019 The Two Popes, in which Anthony Hopkins starred as Pope Benedict XVI in an imagined conversation with Jonathan Pryce’s future Pope Francis, Hopkins is once again involved in the same kind of cinematic historical fictional meeting as founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, who is engaged in a private debate with The Chronicles of Narnia author and theologian C.S. Lewis (played by Matthew Goode) on the existence of God. As with The Two Popes, there is no proof whatsoever that any meeting ever took place, but it clearly provides lots of material to wrap your head around. That is exactly what Mark St. Germain did in creating his 2009 play Freud’s Last Session, which was built on the 1967 Harvard lectures of Dr. Armond M. Nicholi Jr in his presentation “The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.”

EXCLUSIVE: Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary), Timothy V. Murphy (Appaloosa) and Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher) have boarded The Fabulous Four, a new comedy from Bleecker Street, which has entered production in Georgia under an Interim Agreement from SAG-AFTRA.

What happens when historical figures meet, especially ones as legendary in their professions as Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis? “Freud’s Last Session” answers that question as the two men come together for a debate on God, their perceptions of God’s existence, and related religious concepts as World War II approaches.

Agnieszka Holland for the 2023 Career Achievement award. LAFCA’s awards honoring the year’s best achievements in filmmaking will be decided on Dec. 10.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Dusty Street, a DJ familiar to Southern Californians as one of the seminal personalities in the early days of KROQ, and one of the pioneering female voices in rock radio, period, died Saturday at age 77 in Eugene, Oregon. With her sultry voice and deep knowledge of the music she played, Street was not just an essential personality in L.A. rock radio history.

Amid the shocking new speculation that Sophia Bush may have been the one cheating before her divorce — and the other woman in ANOTHER divorce — some skeletons are popping out of her closet and waving hello. Just in time for Spooky Season! Festive!

EXCLUSIVE: Caylee Cowan (Divinity) has signed on to star opposite Alexander Calvert in Double Exposure, a new indie from writer-director Howard Goldberg, who also produces alongside Laura Nickowitz and Julia Verdin.

In the years since One Tree Hill aired its final season in 2012, its talented cast of stars has grown up. Many of the younger actors played high schoolers. Now they’re adults with children of their own!

Game Of Thrones.In his memoir, Putting The Rabbit In The Hat, published two years ago, the Succession star addressed a number of near misses in his career, which included the opportunity to play Robert Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series.READ MORE: ‘Succession’ season four, episode one recap: deals, drama and divorce“I’m often asked if I was offered a role in Game of Thrones – reason being that every other bugger was – and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon,” he wrote.The actor explained that he turned down the role because the money wasn’t great and the character got killed off early.“There’s always been a tendency of American productions to treat British actors differently from American actors,” he said. “In other words, to get them cheap.”Cox also rejected the part of the governor in Pirates Of The Caribbean, a role that eventually went to Jonathan Pryce.

American Fiction” from writer, director and producer Cord Jefferson, and the recent winner of the Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award. Based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett, the film stars Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison,” a frustrated novelist who is fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired narratives and themes. After he writes an outlandish book making fun of the offensive tropes, his success propels him into the center of hypocrisy.

EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to TIFF standout One Life, the James Hawes-directed drama that stars Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, with Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. Scripted by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the film is a production of See-Saw Films, which developed it alongside BBC Film. Bleecker Street is planning a 2024 theatrical release.

Coronation Street fans have been left with their 'jaws on the floor' as the show shared some news about Barbara Knox. The ITV soap icon is famed for playing Rita Tanner.

One of the last film appearances by the late actor Angus Cloud has been released in advance of its debut next month.

UPDATED, 11:34 a.m.: Sony Pictures Classics has firmed up release plans for its drama Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode, which charts the relationship between psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis. Based on the stage play by Mark St. Germain, who wrote the script, the film opens in theaters in New York and L.A. December 22nd, with an expansion to follow in January.

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, a prestigious UK drama school once attended by Anthony Hopkins, has apologized to two former students after they successfully sued over its handling of their sexual misconduct complaints.

Emma Stone opened up about the surprising appeal of doing a silent film while attending the premiere of her new project Bleat at the 61st New York Film Festival on Wednesday (October 4) in New York City.

‘Poor Things’ to Screen at Chicago International Film Festival With Costume Designer Holly Waddington Accepting Tour de Force Award Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” had been added to the lineup of the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 11-22. Costume designer Holly Waddington will appear to receive the festival’s Tour de Force Award.

NSYNC, Britney Spears) joins Gunpower and Sky CEO Van Toffler (MTV VMAs, “Tupac: Resurrection”) to produce this project exploring the boy band-obsessed era of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Bruce Gilmer, Paramount’s president of music, music talent, programming and events and Paramount+’s chief content officer of music, made a statement on the upcoming project: “The ’90s boy band era made an indelible impact and will be forever woven into the pop culture landscape. Boy bands remain bonafide global sensations to this day, as seen in the fan frenzy heard around the world during *NSYNC’s on-stage reunion at this year’s VMAs and the ever-spreading domination of K-Pop’s biggest groups like BTS, Stray Kids and TXT.” The documentary will include the songs, band members and personalities who defined the time period and explain the popularity of boy bands.

Coronation Street’s Elle Mulvaney has celebrated her 21st birthday by throwing a huge party that was attended by her soap co-stars and her boyfriend. Elle, who plays Amy Barlow in Corrie, looked stunning in her party dress for the milestone occasion, which was a cream colour and featured a plunging neckline, cinched in waist detail and flowing sleeves.