Netflix has dropped the first footage of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday, Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series. The 28-second teaser clip was released Monday, the first day of Netflix’s Geeked Week.
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EXCLUSIVE: The starry indie film packages keep on coming in Cannes with news we can reveal that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Oscar winner Robert De Niro (Joker), Scott Eastwood (The Fate of the Furious) and John Leguizamo (John Wick) are set for under-the-radar action movie Tin Soldier, which begins filming next week in Greece.
Tin Soldier tells the story of The Bokushi (Foxx), who preaches to hundreds of veterans who have been drawn to the promise of protection and purpose under him. Surrounded by his devout military-trained followers, he has built an impenetrable fortress and amassed an arsenal of weapons. After several failed infiltration attempts, the government – in the form of military operative Emmanuel Ashburn (De Niro) – recruits Nash Cavanaugh (Eastwood), an ex-special forces asset, who was once a disciple of The Bokushi. Nash agrees to use his vulnerable past and insider knowledge of the enigmatic leader to finally get revenge on the man who took everything from him, including the love of his life.
WME Independent is handling international sales in Cannes with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent co-repping North America. The project has been secretly known to buyers for a little while so there’s already good traction on deals, we hear.
Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) is directing from his script with Jess Fuerst. Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval (Dragged Across Concrete), Current Entertainment’s Steven Chasman (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) and Romulus Entertainment’s Brad Feinstein (Bruised) will produce. Furman and Fuerst will also produce under their Road Less Traveled Productions banner. Blue Rider’s Walter Josten is executive producer.
Producers Kjarval and Chasman said: “As
Netflix has dropped the first footage of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday, Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series. The 28-second teaser clip was released Monday, the first day of Netflix’s Geeked Week.
Frank Ocean is reportedly set to direct his debut movie, with esteemed indie studio A24 in talks to distribute it. Discussing Film notes that Ocean is negotiating with A24 and another production company, 2AM, with a view to working with both on the title.
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks suit up sharp for the premiere of their new film, Elvis, held at BFI Southbank on Tuesday night (May 31) in London, England.
"Top Gun" star Tom Skerritt is sharing his thoughts on the movie's sequel and reflecting on the original 1986 film. Skerritt, who starred as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the original, opened up about what made "Top Gun" iconic during a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "The music had a lot to do with it by the way," he said. "But the screenplay itself, which I've always honored as being the whole reason for a good show, and you just write the work … and do the job you have good material for the rest of us to work with.
Texas native Jamie Foxx joined the chorus of voices wondering how something like the school massacre in Uvalde could happen in the United States of America. The comedian, who himself was recently involved in subduing a man who attacked Dave Chappelle onstage, posted 16 Uvalde victims’ photos and wrote:
EXCLUSIVE: Shamier Anderson (John Wick 4) has joined the cast of Brad Furman’s Tin Soldier which is currently shooting in Greece.
The cast of Elvis has arrived for the premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival!
EXCLUSIVE: Bong Joon-Ho’s follow-up film to Oscar winner Parasite is currently in pre-production at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden.
Jamie Foxx was all smiles this weekend when he was spotted cuddling with a mystery woman under the French sunshine. The 54-year-old actor and singer lounged by the coastside with someone who could be his newest girlfriend while on vacation in the south of France.The couple snuggled together on a daybed aboard a luxury yacht in the French Riviera before hopping on a jet ski in the water. The woman wore a bright red two-piece with black shorts over the bottom.
Jamie Foxx took a break from a busy schedule to fit in a vacation right in the resort town of Cannes where many of his Hollywood peers are taking the region’s international film festival on the French Riviera. The 54-year-old actor was spotted by photographers catching waves and sun rays with a mystery woman aboard a luxury yacht and on a speeding Jet Ski as she wrapped herself around his waist for safety. Another image saw the two get close while on the vessel.
It looks like Jamie Foxx has a new woman in his life!
Saban Films has taken global rights to the John Travolta and Stephen Dorff feature, American Metal.
Scott Eastwood is returning to the Fast & Furious franchise!
Fate of the Furious alum Scott Eastwood will return to the Fast & Furious franchise, as part of the cast of Fast X, Deadline can confirm. He joins an ensemble that also includes Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson Jason Momoa, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson, Alan Ritchson, Nathalie Emmanuel, Michael Rooker, Daniela Melchior, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris and Cardi B, as previously announced.
revealed that Brie Larson was set to join the “Fast” family for the new film, and in a recent interview with TheWrap, Helen Mirren hinted that she was hoping that she could return to the franchise as well.Portuguese actress Daniela Melchior, who broke out playing Ratcatcher 2 in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” is in talks to join the cast of “Fast 10,” as TheWrap exclusively reported.One actor who won’t be in “Fast X” is Dwayne Johnson, who made his lack of presence official last summer. “I wish them well on ‘Fast 9,’” the actor said.
Manchester City will honour midfielder Jill Scott, who is leaving the club after eight-and-a-half years, as key figures at the Etihad crowned her a club legend.