Jacob Tremblay & Woody Norman To Star In Paul Barry Debut ‘The Skeleton Tree’; Sierra/Afinity To Sell Survival Story At Cannes Market

The Interrupters have dropped another taste of their forthcoming album ‘In The Wild’, generating a rumbling and anthemic soundscape in new single ‘Anything Was Better’.In ‘Anything Was Better’, the heavy step of the bass guitar holds up spitting vocals, brash with both disdain and resolution. The song’s narrative is clear, The Interrupters delivering a sense of unity in the boisterous harmony of the chorus.Check out the official lyric video for ‘Anything Was Better’ below:In a press release, lead singer Aimee Interrupter (real name Aimee Allen) spoke of the song’s harrowing origins: “[It’s] the story of my escape from not necessarily a location but from the pain and trauma of my upbringing.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWhat if Bruce Wayne wasn’t an orphan — would there still be a Batman? And how would the superhero be different if Wayne were a Black man, instead of the rich white scion of one of Gotham’s elite families?Variety recently spoke with Winston Duke, star of “Batman Unburied,” the original podcast drama from DC/Warner Bros. exclusively on Spotify, and series creator and executive producer David S. Goyer about reimagining one of comic-dom’s most famous characters.“I really had no idea what to expect in terms of the reception of it,” Goyer says.

Cannes Film Festival. The actor, 26, slicked back his hair and donned a dapper suit for the event held at Place de la Castre. Paul looked full of confidence as he posed in his sharp suit and statement bow tie at the ceremony which aims to shine a light on women’s contribution to cinema, both in front of and behind the camera.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Renner is set to star as the journalist who helped blow the lid off the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma’s role in the rampant spread of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin. The two-time Oscar nominee will play Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Armstrong in a drama that is being sold here in the Cannes Market through Expanded Media/LBI Entertainment and 101 Studios.

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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.

Wilson Chapman editorSpoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched Episode 5 of “Girls5Eva” Season 2, now streaming on Peacock.Although “Girls5Eva” is one of the funniest shows on television, from the beginning there’s been a tragedy underpinning Dawn (Sara Bareilles), Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Summer (Busy Phillips) and Gloria’s (Paula Pell) quest to revive the titular girl group. In flashbacks to the band’s Y2K heyday, the four are lead by Ashley (Ashley Park), a veteran girl group performer with six prior bands to her name.

Australian director David Michôd’s been silent since his last film, a Shakespeare adaptation entitled “The King,” hit Netflix in late 2019. But silent no more, he’s back with another Australian crime film cut from the same cloth as “Animal Kingdom,” albeit with a stoner comedy twist.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEdie Falco has been cast opposite Pete Davidson in the upcoming Peacock comedy series “Bupkis,” Variety has learned.The announcement was made during NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation on Monday. “Bupkis” was picked up straight-to-series at Peacock back in April. The show is described as a heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson’s real life.

Director Paul Feig‘s critically acclaimed “A Simple Favor” made a big splash back in 2018 as the satirical thriller made an impressive $97.6 million on a budget of $20 million. And now, who would have thunk, it’s getting another installment as a sequel is officially on the horizon.

Jacob Tremblay (“Wonder”) and BAFTA nominee Woody Norman (“C’mon, C’mon”) will star in writer-director Paul Barry’s indie drama “The Skeleton Tree.”The project, based on Iain Lawrence’s 2016 novel, follows two boys whose lives are changed forever when they survive a boating accident and end up stranded on a remote Alaskan shore. Through environmental calamities and unimaginable obstacles, the two fundamentally different kids must eventually trust and depend on each other in order to survive.Barry’s script made the 2021 Black List and he will produce along with 87North’s Kelly McCormick, Michael Collins, and Kristian Andresen via their 3Fifty Films banner, with 87North’s David Leitch executive producing.Sierra/Affinity is handling global sales of the film and will make it available to buyers for the first time at this month’s Cannes Film Market.

EXCLUSIVE: James Morosini, the writer, director and star of the splashy SXSW comedy I Love My Dad, has signed with Anonymous Content for management.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy O. Harris, the Tony-nominated author of Slave Play, has been named the presiding playwright for the 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the theater world’s most prestigious playwriting prizes. As the presiding playwright, Harris, a Yale alum, becomes a judging panel of one to select an emerging playwright to receive the annual prize.

Coronation Street star Liam McCheyne has confirmed that he will be returning to the ITV soap as Sean Tully’s son Dylan Wilson. Taking to social media over the weekend, the actor posted a picture of his scripts as he announced his comeback to the cobbles. Liam was last seen in Weatherfield as his character Dylan in 2020 and he is due to start filming on 17 May.The young actor penned on Twitter: "BIG NEWS‼️‼️ Can't wait and super excited to get back to work @itvcorrie on May 17th.

Pale Waves have announced details of their third studio album, ‘Unwanted’, with the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Who Am I?’ due to be released on August 12 via Dirty Hit.To coincide with the announcement, the band have shared the album’s first single ‘Lies’, which was previously teased last month.The group shared two previews on their official TikTok account, with the song’s chorus (“You called it love but it never had a feeling/ Ripped out my heart and left it bleeding“) playing over the videos.The track was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Zakk Cervini, who has worked with the likes of Blink-182, Halsey and Machine Gun Kelly. It features crunchy guitars and a ripping, pop-punk backdrop.“‘Lies’ is about someone who built up my trust and destroyed it like a wrecking ball,” frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie said of the track. “It caused some real trust issues, but fortunately for me that person is no longer in my life.

Paul Pogba has been linked with a controversial move to Manchester City upon his Manchester United contract.

Star Trek: Picard composer Jeff Russo says he tweaked the streaming series’ main theme for the just-concluded second season in order to capture the current tone of Jean-Luc Picard’s latest adventures in the final frontier.