Lionsgate Buys Black List Screenplay ‘Homecoming’ Penned By Murder Ink; Scribes To Produce Adaptation With Mandeville Pictures, Mike Jackson And John Legend’s Get Lifted

MGM and The Black List have selected Jennifer Grand as the second recipient to receive a two-step guild minimum blind script deal.

Hear’Say on tables.The end of the report read: “Please forward any queries to my email [email protected].”This is an actual series of messages I have received from someone who works for a cabinet minister. Source is verified.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesBeing the RicardosProducer: Todd Black, p.g.a.BelfastProducers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar ThomasCODAProducers: Philippe Rousselet, p.g.a., Fabrice Gianfermi, p.g.a., Patrick Wachsberger, p.g.a.Don’t Look UpProducers: Adam McKay, p.g.a., Kevin Messick, p.g.a.DuneProducers: Mary Parent, p.g.a., Cale Boyter, p.g.a., Denis Villeneuve, p.g.a.King RichardProducers: Tim White, p.g.a., Trevor White, p.g.a., Will Smith, p.g.a.Licorice PizzaProducers: Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam SomnerThe Power of the DogProducers: Jane Campion, p.g.a., Tanya Seghatchian, p.g.a., Emile Sherman, p.g.a.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix shares — after dropping 30% over the past week — rose more than 4% in after-hours trading Wednesday after Bill Ackman, head of the Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund, disclosed that his firm had bought more than $1 billion worth of the streamer’s stock.Starting last Friday (Jan. 21) and over the next several days, Pershing acquired more than 3.1 million shares of Netflix, “making us a top-20 shareholder in the company,” Ackman wrote in a letter to the hedge fund’s investors.Click here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial news, and more.The hedge fund scooped up the stake in Netflix after the stock took a nosedive following its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings report, in which it forecast a much smaller-than-expected subscriber gain in the first quarter of 2022 — fueling investor fears that the category leader was losing steam.

Mary J. Blige is more than ready to «turn that Dre track way up high» when the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show kicks off next month. Yes, that's a hint at what she's cooking up as far as her performance goes, but the 51-year-old singer's even more ecstatic about the «major» vibes she and her legendary counterparts will send when they soon take the stage.In an interview for s February 2022 issue, the nine-time GRAMMY-winning singer opened up about the significance of joining the likes of Dr.

Mary J. Blige graces the cover of Elle magazine’s “State of Black Beauty” issue.

SAG-AFTRA and the producers of the Super Bowl Halftime Show have worked out an agreement in which “no professional dancers will be asked to work for free” as part of the show, the union said in a statement today.

Jack Black has honoured the late actor and musician Meat Loaf, who died from reported complications due to COVID last week (January 20).Black, also an actor and musician, paid tribute to the artist who starred in his band Tenacious D‘s film The Pick Of Destiny in 2006.“I think I was 9 years old when my big sister took me to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Meat Loaf rocked the hell out of that movie,” Black began his post on Instagram.“25 years later I begged him to play my father in my band’s movie The Pick Of Destiny and by god he rocked the hell out of that one too.

Blake Lively, 34, and Ryan Reynolds, 45, prove that couples who twin together stay together. The lovebirds strutted the streets of New York City wearing matching navy blue coats. The Gossip Girl actress’ coat was made out of wool and went down to her knees while the Deadpool actor wore a shorter puffy jacket. They twinned from head to toe as they had matching wool hats and jeans.

Gavin Rossdale was spotted on a cozy stroll with a mystery brunette in Beverly Hills on Saturday (January 22). The 56-year-old lead singer of the band Bush looked to be enjoying himself as he linked arms with the unidentified woman while they did a little window shopping. Gavin rocked a short-sleeved shirt covered in a floral motif and black jeans, while sporting dark sunglasses and a pair of fresh sneakers. His companion dared to impress with a royal blue top, a set of designer daisy dukes and a sleek black leather jacket. With her raven hair held in place by white sunglasses, she stomped the pavement in open-toed stilettos.

Clayton Davis Jennifer Hudson’s name is already written in the Academy Awards history books. At 25, she became the youngest Black woman to ever win an acting Oscar for her turn as Effie White in “Dreamgirls” (2006). She’s also the first to do it for a debut role.

Mary J. Blige has unveiled the tracklist for her upcoming new album, ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ – see it below.The legendary R&B singer announced her 14th studio album last month, alongside the release of two new singles, the DJ Khaled-featuring ‘Amazing’ and the LP’s title track.The album – which Blige wrote with D’Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas – is made up of 13 tracks and features the likes of Anderson .Paak, Usher and Fivio Foreign.Another collaboration sees Blige team up with Harlem rapper Dave East, who appears on the track ‘Rent Money’. Produced by D’Mile, the track hears the singer get a few things off her chest about a former lover she’s ready to walk away from.“I spent everything on ya/ Spent my energy on ya/ Put that loyalty on ya/ I ain’t got nothing left/ I’m in over my head/ Now I’m barely breathing/ You know you the reason/ Just tryna break even/ You must be used to me spending,” she sings on the track.You can listen to ‘Rent Money’ below:1. ‘No Idea’2. ‘Love Will Never’3. ‘Here With Me’ (Feat. Anderson .Paak)4. ‘Rent Money’ (Feat. Dave East)5. ‘Amazing’ (Feat. DJ Khaled)6. ‘GMG Interlude’7. ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’8. ‘Come See About Me’9. ‘On Top’ (Feat. Fivio Foreign)10. ‘Love Without The Heartbreak’11. ‘Failing In Love’12. ‘Enough’13. ‘Need Love’ (Feat. Usher)‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ is set to be released on February 11, two days before Blige takes part in this year’s star-studded Super Bowl Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. She’ll perform alongside Dr.

Angelique Jackson Will Packer Productions has tapped Leon Chills to adapt Stan Parish’s “Love and Theft” into a new movie for Universal Pictures.Based on Parish’s novel, which was published in 2020 by Penguin Random House through its imprint at Knopf Doubleday, “Love and Theft” is a global romantic heist film set in Las Vegas, Mexico, and Spain.Chills has previously written episodes for Netflix’s “Spinning Out” and Amazon’s “The Wilds,” where he was a story editor. On the feature side, Chills’ first spec sale was “Shadow Force,” an action drama sold to Lionsgate.Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the movie, while Alvie Hurtado will oversee the production for WPP.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has taken in for development Guys We F****d , a multi-camera comedy based on Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson’s Guys We F****d: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast, from Eric and Kim Tannenbaum’s The Tannenbaum Company (Two and a Half Men), and Lionsgate TV, where The Tannenbaum Co. is under a deal. The project is a co-production between Lionsgate TV and Fox Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Lil Rel Howery is set to join Zachary Levi in Sony Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, with Academy Award nominee Carlos Saldanha directing.

It’s a bit overwhelming when you sit back and really try to take inventory of everything Netflix will likely release in 2022. Dozens of films.