Edgar Wright shares Martin Scorsese’s list of the 50 best British films

Focus Features has picked up the worldwide rights toThe Sparks Brothers, the documentary debut from director Edgar Wright. The doc, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the decades-long career and influence of the cult pop duo Sparks, and features archival footage as well as interviews with fans that include Beck, Flea, Neil Gaiman and Mike Meyers.

Also Read: 'The Sparks Brothers' Film Review: Edgar Wright Makes Playful Documentary About Elusive Band SparksAnd yet Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers,” his documentary debut, posits that this rock band is successful and yet criminally overlooked at the same time. To make that case, he speaks not only with the enigmas that are the Maelstrom, but he also assembles a cavalcade of celebrity fans, including Flea, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Neil Gaiman and many more.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFocus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Edgar Wright’s documentary “The Sparks Brothers,” which premiered to rave reviews at Sundance Film Festival.“The Sparks Brothers” takes a look at siblings Ron and Russell Mael, two halves of the enigmatic rock pop duo known as Sparks.

Focus Features has acquired the global rights to Edgar Wright’s first documentary feature, The Sparks Brothers, about famed electronica pop duo Sparks.

Edgar Wright is taking on a new project!

The Running Man.The Baby Driver creator is writing the script with Michael Bacall for the Paramount Pictures production of King’s dystopian novel. The script is said to be “much more faithful” to the book than the 1987 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a fresh adaptation rather than a remake.The Running Man, which was published under king’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025.

Hollywood has never been opposed to mining old territory for new projects, and today we have news about another one. Apparently, a new version of The Running Man is in development.

English filmmaker Edgar Wright’s been on a tear of late and really holding up the torch for cinema and the theatrical experience. Following his guest spot editing and curating the winter edition of Empire magazine—which culminated with an awesome three-hour podcast with Quentin Tarantino—the “Baby Driver” director has a new gig.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterEdgar Wright has been tapped to direct “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian horror novel.“The Running Man,” published in 1982, was originally written under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story takes place in the United States in the year 2025, which sees the economy in ruins and violence dramatically escalating.

Also Read: Stephen King, JJ Abrams Are Developing an Anthology Series of 'Tiny Horrors'King’s novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation’s economy is in ruins and violence around the world is at an all-time high.

Edgar Wright is in negotiations to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.King first published the futuristic novel under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982.

Pretend It’s A City star Fran Lebowitz has spoken out about the lack of women in Martin Scorsese’s movies.The social commentator, who was the subject of the Scorsese directed Netflix series, previously appeared as a judge in The Wolf Of Wall Street.When asked about the lack of women in the legendary director’s films by BBC Newsnight‘s Kirsty Wark, Lebowitz said: “Marty makes the movies he wants to make, he doesn’t ask me, Marty sees the world a certain way, Marty is also a man of a certain age,

Jesse Plemons has joined Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon, the big-budget thriller Martin Scorsese is directing for Apple. The casting is a major coup for Plemons, who for years has anchored productions or stole scenes with his performances in supporting roles.

Jesse Plemons is getting some repeat business with Martin Scorsese.

As we previously covered, Edgar Wright, Quentin Tarantino, and the folks at Empire magazine hosted a three-hour podcast talk to discuss their love of movies.

Lily Gladstone has joined Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s high-priced period thriller also starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Gladstone will play the role of Mollie Burkhart, an Osage Nation community member married to Ernest Burkhart, who is nephew of a powerful local rancher.

Lily Gladstone, the breakout star of Kelly Reichardt‘s 2016 indie “Certain Women,” has been cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming $200-million drama, “Killers of The Flower Moon.” Based on the David Grann book of the same name and adapted by Eric Roth (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), the crime drama centers on members of the Indigenous American Osage tribe in the United States who are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterLily Gladstone is set to star in Martin Scorsese’s next film, “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Based on David Grann’s best-selling book, the Apple Original Film adaptation takes place in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts a string of brutal murders of Osage Nation Native Americans, which came to be known as the Reign of Terror. The Osage Nation, who were the richest people per capita in the world, were killed one by one after oil was discovered on their land.

As you’ve probably heard, English filmmaker Edgar Wright—in the hope of backing the entire film industry and film publications—has curated the new issue of Empire magazine. The idea is celebrating movies in every aspect, theatergoing, etc., and Wright has really been leading the charge over in the U.K.

Edgar Wright‘s upcoming Sparks documentary The Sparks Brothers has been given a first proper look in a new two-minute-long clip.The film, which has just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, takes a look at the 50-year career of the Los Angeles-based group, formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael.The clip was shared by Wright on his Twitter page, the Hot Fuzz director writing: “I’m so excited for those attending to see my three-years-in-the-making doc on legendary band @sparksofficial.