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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorEugenio Derbez will star in Netflix’s “Lotería,” a family adventure film inspired by the iconic Lotería Don Clemente card game.The movie will be directed by Emmy nominee James Bobin (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and “The Muppets”) with a script by Roberto Orci (“Transformers,” “Star Trek,” “Mission Impossible III” and “Cowboys & Aliens”) and J.R.
Orci (“The Blacklist” and “Fringe”) based on a story
.The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed she’d love to land a role in ITV soap Coronation Street. Speaking during a recent episode of the popular afternoon ITV quiz show, Anne, also known as The Governess, confessed she’d be more than up for walking down the iconic cobbles, saying: “please cast me.” Anne made the admission during a chat with The Chase host Bradley Walsh when a former Corrie actress’ name was one of the possible answers to the question she was tackling.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is everywhere these days. Following “In The Heights” this summer based on one of his plays and the “Tick, Tick Boom” musical starring Andrew Garfield arriving later this year, Miranda is practically ubiquitous.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWilmer Valderrama has a very personal reason for launching “Essential Voices,” his podcast featuring interviews with essential and frontline workers. His dad battled COVID-19 and suffered two minor heart attacks in the past year.
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment forged a multiyear deal to make movies for Netflix. Two years ago, the legendary director reportedly opposed the idea that streaming films should qualify for Oscars.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJack Whitehall says he didn’t know that his character McGregor in “Jungle Cruise” was gay when he originally auditioned for the film.“When I first read the script, there was only a like a couple of sides,” the British actor told me at the movie’s premiere at Disneyland. “So yeah, there wasn’t any indication of that.
Netflix has lined up stars from True Blood and Fear the Walking Dead for a drama film based on an incredible true story. The streamer is making a film out of the 2010 story of Aussie Jessica Watson's quest to navigate around the world completely on her own — at only age 16! Watson's journey captivated the entire globe, as the world watched the teenager battle the odds of navigating the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans without any assistance.
Netflix has set the adult cast of their upcoming Australian family movie True Spirit with Oscar winner Anna Paquin, Avatar franchise star Cliff Curtis, and Oscar nominee Josh Lawson.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterFor the second year in a row, San Diego Comic-Con — the largest fan gathering in North America — has been forced by the pandemic to hold its annual convention as a virtual event.
Anthony Mackie, David Harbour and Tig Notaro will headline a new family adventure film set at Netflix called “We Have a Ghost.” Christopher Landon, known for “Happy Death Day” and “Freaky,” will direct the film and adapt the screenplay based on a short story by Geoff Manaugh called “Ernest.” Landon will direct a cast that also includes Jahi Di’Allo Winston (“Charm City Kings,” “Queen & Slim”), Jennifer Coolidge, Erica Ash, Isabella Russo, Niles Fitch, Faith Ford and Steve Coulter.“We Have a
Ludosity, the developer of the upcoming Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, says it would like for the game to have a competitive scene. Speaking to Kotaku, a few members of the team talked about where they want the game to be post-launch and how it came to be in the first place. Joel Nyström, CEO of Ludosity, said: “Nickelodeon is absolutely on board with having the game be competitively viable”.“That’s been in the conversation from the start.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNicolas Cage knows how to get the best performances out of his co-stars — even if that co-star is a pig.The Oscar winner reveals what it took to get Brandy, the pig that plays his truffle-hunting porker in the new Neon drama “Pig” to act on cue. “Brandy was very payment oriented, she liked to eat,” Cage told Variety at the movie’s premiere on Tuesday at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles.
Eugenio Derbez (Instructions Not Included, Overboard) will star and produce Netflix‘s Lotería, a family film inspired by the titular card game popular in Latin America and the United States.
Wow, this is one of the worst Jackass injuries ever, and it wasn’t on MTV, it wasn’t in one of the movies… it was on the freakin’ Discovery channel!
video uploaded to Hilton’s YouTube channel in which the heiress demonstrated how to cook lasagna. The 16-minute clip went viral early last year and has since accumulated more than 5 million views.“Cooking With Paris” is set to premiere on Wednesday, Aug.
When Steps star Faye Tozer and her mum Dorothy arrive at our exclusive photoshoot, it’s one of just a handful of occasions they’ve been able to meet up in the past year. Faye’s eyes well with tears as she recalls their first hug after months apart: “We both had lumps in our throats, didn’t we mum?” “It was amazing,” says Dorothy.