Gaz Alazraki to Direct Cuban-American ‘Father of the Bride’ Remake

Katy Perry quite a bit.

Edgar Wright is taking on a new project!

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe recent success of “CODA,” a drama adapted from César-winning French film “La Famille Bélier” that sold to Apple in a record-breaking deal at Sundance, may herald a new era for remakes spearheaded by French producers with Hollywood ties and European financing.U.S. remakes of French movies have had a checkered history.

The Gotham Group, producer of the Maze Runner movie trilogy, is headed to the kitchen with its latest project. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein's management-production company has optioned John Birdsall’s The Man Who Ate Too Much, a biography about James Beard, the American food world legend.

Dave Grohl turned down the chance to become Tom Petty's drummer because he couldn't stomach returning to the stage so soon after Kurt Cobain's death. The Foo Fighters star has revealed the offer came in just after Nirvana called it a day following Cobain's death in 1994.

Conservative moms are outraged! At least that’s what anti-LGBTQ group One Million Moms would have you believe yet again. Their latest subject of scorn: American Girl.The beloved Mattel products are facing the wrath of the offshoot of the American Family Association, which has been labelled an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Bobby Bones to Return to 'American Idol' as In-House Mentor Kelly Clarkson Looks Back on Winning 'American Idol' 18 Years Ago Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Trump, Leaves White House   

direct to your inboxAudiences have heard him croon the Great American Songbook in the Flamingo and Golden Nugget casinos in Las Vegas and in New York venues.But for Wayne Devlin he best is yet to come.

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan return to the judges' chairs on Sunday's premiere, which also welcomes back longtime host Ryan Seacrest.

Run The Jewels and Wu-Tang Clan‘s GZA this week while speaking at Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial.Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the US Virgin Islands’ at-large congressional district, is one of the nine House impeachment managers who are outlining the case against the former US President during his ongoing trial in the Senate.Addressing Senators this week, Plaskett spoke out against Trump in a speech where she quoted lines from Run The Jewels’ ‘Early’ (“truth is truth, whether denied or

George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activistBayard Rustin.

Also Read: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Cinematographer on Chadwick Boseman: 'I Cried as We Were Filming His Performance'No cast has been set for the film.Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis will produce “Rustin” for Higher Ground Productions. Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen (“American Beauty”) will also produce with Dustin Lance Black.Wolfe is the director of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman and was nominated for two Golden Globes.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired North American rights to distribute writer/director Juan Martinez Vera’s Spiked. The pic will be produced by Per Melita. Aidan Quinn, Deirdre Lovejoy, Carlos Gomez, Danay Garcia, Wendy Makkena, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Walter Belenky. Sal Lopez, and Christopher Rich star in this indie feature drama. Joe Soldwedel and Brett Soldwedel serve as executive producers.

Kellyanne Conway’s 16-year-old daughter Claudia nervously takes her shot at becoming the next “American Idol” in a teaser for the show released this week.The teen is introduced as a “social media sensation” as she strolls out before the TV talent show’s celebrity judges in a promo for Sunday’s premier for the new season.“I’m Claudia Conway.

EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales firm AMP International has joined forces with new LA-based genre start-up Fearworks on horror The Elevator Game, which has long-time American Horror Story DoP Michael Goi attached to direct.

Focus Features is developing Rachel Maddow’s Bag Man as a feature film with Ben Stiller directing. Bag Man is based on Rachel Maddow’s podcast about the true story of one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American history, which played out before the country while nobody was paying attention.  Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember?

New Republic Pictures (NRP) and Dirty Films have signed onto produce Queen Bitch & The High Horse. The film, written by Eric Matthew Brown with Bert and Bertie (Troop Zero) set to direct, will be produced by Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini and Andrew Upton of Dirty Films alongside Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer of New Republic. This is the first feature acquired under Dirty Films’ first look deal with New Republic.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. new take on the classic story Father of the Bride is gaining momentum as Club de Cuervos director Gaz Alazraki to helm the studio’s new reboot. This latest reboot will revolve around a Latinx family with Matt Lopez penning the script.