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Naman Ramachandran Cornerstone has unveiled the first look of Oscar and BAFTA winner Emma Thompson and emerging star Daryl McCormack in Sophie Hyde’s “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” ahead of the Cannes virtual market, where the company will also showcase footage from the film.The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (“Animals”) from an original screenplay by comedian and writer Katy Brand (“Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show”).Thompson (“Late Night,” “Nanny McPhee”) stars as Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow
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, the takes only made the bloopers that much better. The movie's gag reel, which ET can exclusively debut, is full of Emma Stone and Emma Thompson giggling and mugging and out-vamping each other.But it turns out the only diva on set may have been Bobby, the canine cast member who plays Cruella's loyal stray, Buddy.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMotion Picture Exchange has acquired worldwide sales rights on the coming-of-age horror film “Student Body,” and will be launching it out of the Cannes Virtual Market next week.Written and directed by Lee Ann Kurr in her feature debut, the film features Montse Hernandez (“Lowriders,” “Jane the Virgin”), Cheyenne Haynes (“Camping”), Harley Quinn Smith (“Cruel Summer,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Austin Zajur (“Scary Stories to Tell in the
Ewan McGregor, Outlander‘s Sam Heughan and Mark Strong have been set to star in Everest, an adventure thriller to be directed by Doug Liman from a script from Oscar-nominated Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner. The just announced pic is set to start shooting in the UK and Italy in January 22. HanWay Films will rep international sales and distribution beginning at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe first “Star Trek” series created for kids has its full cast.
EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on Murder At Emigrant Gulch, the Western-thriller starring Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane and Isaiah Mustafa, directed by Richard Gray (Robert The Bruce).
The film adaptation of “Matilda,” the West End stage musical based on the beloved Roald Dahl character, will be released by Sony’s TriStar Pictures in the UK and Ireland and released by Netflix in the rest of the world this December.“Matilda” stars Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch and newcomer Alisha Weir as Matilda, and TriStar is handling the theatrical release set for Dec.
The streaming wars are fully upon us, and as summer goes into full swing, AppleTV+ is starting to flex its wares. Today, the streamer unveiled an exclusive preview of new series and films coming to Apple TV+ now through Fall 2021.
Disney’s Cruella is such a massive hit that the studio are already working on a sequel!
Cruella”-inspired fashion line, which was licensed, designed and released without costume designer Jenny Beavan’s knowledge, has finally pushed a number of fellow costumers — including the Costume Designers Guild itself — into publicly calling out the “unfair” practice, despite the risk it poses to their own careers. Oscar-winning Beavan is the brains behind the sumptuous outfits in the new “Cruella” film, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson.
Last week, Emma Stone and Emma Thompson starrer Cruella hit theatre screens in the US and there's been plenty of talk regarding the iconic Disney villain Cruella de Vil's dark backstory as aspiring fashion designer Estella Miller transforms into the notorious criminal.
Ranvir Singh has announced her debut acting role, which sees her starring alongside Emma Thompson and a whole host of other stars.The 43 year old took to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday to tell her co-stars about her new gig, and revealed we've probably all already seen it.
Though “Cruella” is the latest Disney film to test the hybrid Disney+/theatrical release model, the live-action film starring Emma Stone debuted with a solid $26.5 million after the long Memorial Day Weekend in North America.
Luke Scrase, the former Sony Pictures International Productions executive, is launching his own UK-based production outfit Golden Gate Studios. The company has secured a first-look deal for film and TV projects with Sony, effective this month.
Antonio Ferme editorEmma Stone wasn’t shocked by how dark Cruella de Vil’s backstory is in Disney’s new live-action “Cruella.”“Surprise is hard when you’ve been attached to the movie for four years and you’ve seen many different incarnations of the script,” Stone told Variety‘s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin while she promoted the film with co-star Emma Thompson.
Antonio Ferme editorDisney’s new “Cruella” tells the origin story of the iconic villain Cruella de Vil.
The fashion in Cruella is to die for, but there’s one item Emma Thompson could do without.
When it came to assembling the brand sponsors for Disney’s Cruella, it wasn’t about the dogs in the 101 Dalmatians live-action spinoff, or the swanky Panther De Ville car she drove in the 1990s Glenn Close movies, rather the glitz which the Emma Stone and Emma Thompson characters are all about.