The first footage of Star Wars: The Bad Batch season two just dropped!
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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actorJohn Magaro, who landed a Gotham Award nomination for his starring turn in Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 Western First Cow, for representation in all areas.
Magaro will next be seen on the film side in Celine Song’s drama Past Lives, opposite Greta Lee. He also stars opposite Michelle Williams in the Cannes-bound art world dramedy Showing Up, which reunites him with his First Cow director, Reichardt.
The actor is currently shooting a role in George Tillman Jr.’s as-yet-untitled George Foreman biopic for Sony. He recently played a supporting role in the Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark from Warner Bros. and New Line, which reunited him with David Chase following his role in Not Fade Away.
Magaro was previously a co-lead in Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky, opposite Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington. Previously, he appeared in Adam McKay’s The Big Short for Paramount, which earned him a series of ensemble accolades from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the National Board of Review and the Palm Springs Film Festival. Additional film credits have included Craig Gillespie’s The Finest Hours, Todd Haynes’ Carol, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, Josh Radnor’s Liberal Arts and Neil Jordan’s The Brave One.
Magaro has notably appeared on the TV side on Netflix’s hit series The Umbrella Academy opposite Elliot Page. He was also seen in Amazon’s Jack Ryan alongside John Krasinski and starred as the young male lead in Amazon’s Crisis in Six Scenes opposite Rachel Brosnahan, Miley Cyrus and Elaine May.
On stage, the actor was last seen as Joe Papp in The Public Theatre’s Illyria, written and directed by Richard Nelson. He previously played the male lead in the critically acclaimed
The first footage of Star Wars: The Bad Batch season two just dropped!
Joe Otterson TV ReporterOmar Sy has signed a first-look television deal with HBO Max.Under the deal, the French actor and producer will develop series for the streamer for multiple markets around the globe.“I am very happy to be partnering with HBO Max who share my dreams of developing globally appealing content for audiences around the world, including French speaking Africa, France and the United States,” Sy said.Sy broke out with his starring role in the French film “The Intouchables,” for which he earned a César for best actor. He was the first Black actor to win the award.
Jean Dujardin and Cédric Jimenez, the star and director of French Paris terror attack film Novembre, have said they did not want to portray the police who caught the attackers as “heroes” but were aiming for an uber-realistic representation of a “deeply secret” department.
John Driskell Hopkins has been diagnosed with ALS. The 51-year-old musician - who is best known being part of the the Grammy Award winning group Zac Brown Band - is suffering from muscle disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which causes a progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells in the brain He said: "Over the past several years, I've noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands. After careful analysis by some of the country's top neurologists, I have been diagnosed with ALS.
streaming and based on the 2017 Rooney novel of the same name, the drama series, set in Dublin, follows Frances (Alison Oliver) and Bobbi (Sasha Lane), two college-aged ex-girlfriends (and current friends) who perform spoken-word poetry together in local bars. When they meet Melissa (Kirke), a successful writer who’s about a decade older, she compliments their work and they exchange phone numbers.
John Aylward has died aged 75. The 'ER' star - who played Dr. Donald Anspaugh in the NBC medical series from 1996 to 2008 - passed away on Monday (16.
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness.The actress, who portrays Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff alongside Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in the new Marvel movie, was responding to a question about Krasinski when she said that she has only ever met his wife, Emily Blunt.Taking Vanity Fair‘s lie detector test, Olsen was asked whether she thinks that Krasinski is “the smartest man alive”, to which she replied: “No – I don’t know him though.”*Spoilers below for Doctor Strange 2 below*Olsen’s response surprised the interviewer, who put it to her that Krasinski is one of her co-stars. In the film another version of the Avengers is introduced, known as the Illuminati, and Krasinski is introduced as Reed Richards (aka Mr Fantastic of the Fantastic Four fame).Olsen’s comment that she’s yet to meet Krasinski came out as truthful on the lie detector.As IndieWire points out, the Illuminati were a late addition to the film, and Krasinski filmed his scenes in a series of reshoots that Olsen wasn’t privy to.Olsen said recently that she got “frustrated” with the MCU after losing roles that she was more interested in.
EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed Scottish writer Jenni Fagan has struck a two-project development deal with UK drama indie Buccaneer Scotland, which is also producing Fagan’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s The Blade Artist starring Robert Carlyle.
Kelly Osbourne has announced she is pregnant with her first child. The daughter of Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne shared the news on her Instagram with an image of her holding a baby scan.
Given that Francis Ford Coppola‘s independently-financed $100 million-plus budgeted passion project film “Megalopolis,” is one he’s been talking about for over two decades at least—a project he once abandoned and only recently came back to —when news arrived that Oscar Isaac had ultimately passed on the lead role, it made lots of cinephiles dying to see the project very nervous. Well, chalk that set back up to a blip as the director of “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now” has not only found a new leading man, but a whole new supporting cast as well.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJean Smart and her “Hacks” co-stars are under pressure. A lot of pressure.After an award-winning first season of the HBO Max series, they’re back for their sophomore outing.“Season 2 for any show means you have to prove yourself,” Smart told me at the second season premiere earlier this week at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. “It’s like, ‘You gotta now show us that wasn’t just a fluke.’”It wasn’t long after “Hacks” became a critical darling that Smart learned the streamer was green lighting another season.“As soon as I started getting the scripts for Season 2, I was said, ‘Oh, my god.
EXCLUSIVE: Indya Moore (Pose, Aquaman and the Last Kingdom) has signed with UTA and Management 360 for representation across all mediums.
Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points and cameos in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently playing in theaters.Well, so much for the Illuminati!The secretive and powerful group of superheroes sworn to protect their universe within the multiverse didn’t last long against the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), who did not hold back in brutally killing every surprise character. Despite some internet rumors and glimpses of universe-crossing heroes in the “Doctor Strange” trailers, most of the Illuminati board were major surprises to Marvel fans.
A day after his long-time agent left ICM Partners to start his own management firm, John Cena is changing agencies as the Peacemaker star has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Cena will remain with Dan Baime, who left ICM Partners to start up management firm Intenta Management.
EXCLUSIVE: Rising German actor Franz Rogowski, who most recently starred in Cannes Film Festival critical hit Great Freedom, has signed with CAA.