Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions Acquire TIFF Midnight Madness Movie ‘Boy Kills World’ Starring Bill Skarsgård, Michelle Dockery

Following a thorough search to find its new Karate Kid, Sony Pictures has tapped Ben Wang to star in the next installment in the franchise, Deadline has confirmed.

Katcy Stephan Ben Wang is the next Karate Kid. Wang, who previously starred opposite Michelle Yeoh in the Disney+ series “American Born Chinese,” landed the sought-after role after a worldwide search that saw thousands of young actors from around the globe vie for the title role in Sony’s new “Karate Kid” movie, which unites Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio. Per studio insiders, Wang delivered a standout audition performance that demonstrated his deep connection to the character.

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment and Bleecker Street have set a June 14 U.S. theatrical release date for Julia von Heinz’s drama Treasure, which will world premiere as Special Gala presentation at the Berlin Film Festival on February 17.

The first trailer for the Wicked movie has arrived!

A first trailer for Universal‘s anticipated Twisters update has dropped during the Super Bowl. You can check it out above.

trailer—or at least part one—is finally here after just a few sneak peeks and first looks (squint, and maybe you can see in ).Debuting at the very beginning of viewers were treated to a real, full-length trailer, featuring actual words(!), music(!!), and belting(!!!) courtesy of Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and the rest fo the star-studded cast.Watch the first official Wicked movie trailer here:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Based on the long-running Broadway musical—which originally starred Kristin Chenoweth and —Wicked is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz focusing on the unlikely friendship between prissy Galinda (Grande) and the very green, very misunderstood Elphaba (Erivo), before they became the respective “good” and “wicked” witches we know from Oz. The original Broadway production—which opened in 20023—scored three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, and a Grammy Award for its original cast recording.The films are directed by Jon M.

Bill Roache has played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since 1960 and reportedly earns more than £250,000 per year from his role, making him one of the highest paid stars on the show.The 91 year old also thought to be the highest-paid member of the cast. From his bankruptcy battle to his co-star sons, let's take a look at the veteran actor's life off screen... Corrie star sons Bill's real-life sons have also acted alongside him on the soap, adding a personal touch to his career.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Bill Nighy and “Jojo Rabbit” breakout Roman Griffin Davis are lined up to star in “500 Miles,” directed by BAFTA winner Morgan Matthews. Beta Cinema has acquired international sales rights to the film, and will launch sales at next week’s European Film Market.

Academy Award nominee Bill Nighy and rising teen actor Roman Griffin Davis are set to co-star in road movie 500 Miles from BAFTA Award-winning director Morgan Matthews.

Coronation Street favourite Bill Roache reportedly has "no choice" but to continue to work on the ITV soap, despite being 91 years old, following claims he's facing bankruptcy. Actor Bill has portrayed Ken Barlow on Corrie since the soap began airing in 1960, making him the longest-serving soap star in the world. He reportedly takes home £250,000 per year for his role, making him one of the highest paid actors on Coronation Street.

Soap star Bill Roache, famed for his role on Coronation Street, is facing bankruptcy after HMRC filed a petition against him. It is understood Roache, 91, who has played Ken Barlow in the soap since 1960, is the highest-paid member of the cast, earning around £250,000 a year.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights to “Accidental Texan,” a comedy about a Harvard grad and actor stranded in the “Lone Star State” where he stumbles into the role of lifetime. The film, which stars Thomas Haden Church and Rudy Pankow, will open in theaters on March 8, 2024. According to the official plot description, “Accidental Texan” kicks off when Erwin (Pankow), a recent Ivy League student, flames out of his first professional acting gig when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set.

RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Alaska is making a claim about Lea Michele following an interaction that happened at the Grammys in 2017.

Cillian Murphy will open the Berlin International Film Festival this year.Small Things Like These, directed by Peaky Blinders’ Tim Mielants, is based on the 2021 book by Irish author, Claire Keegan, and the screenplay has been written by Enda Walsh.The Oppenheimer star plays a devoted father and coal merchant named Bill Furlong. Set in 1980s Ireland, he discovers unsettling truths about the Magdalene Laundries, which were dreadful asylums run by the Roman Catholic church, said to house “fallen women”, mainly sex workers.The cast includes Belfast‘s Ciaran Hinds, Emily Watson (Chernobyl), Game Of Thrones’ Michelle Fairley, and Irish actor, Eileen Walsh, who also starred in a 2002 movie about the infamous asylums, titled The Magdalene Sisters.Murphy produced the film with Alan Moloney through their company, Big Things Films, alongside Catherine Magee.

Alex Ritman Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to “Unicorns,” the romance drama co-directed by BAFTA nominee Sally El Hosaini (“The Swimmers”) and her long-standing collaborator James Krishna Floyd, who starred in both “The Swimmers” and her directorial debut “My Brother the Devil.” From a script written by Floyd, “Unicorns” is described as a “visually daring and heartfelt portrayal of modern masculinity” and follows a queer South Asian club performer living a double life who meets a straight, single-father mechanic, with whom unexpected sparks begin to fly.

Will Friedle, who starred as Eric Matthews in the early 1990s sitcom “Boy Meets World,” revealed Monday that he used to resell porn to his buddies as a side business at age 11.During an appearance on the podcast “Hey Dude … The 90s Called!,” the former child actor explained that he would often buy the X-rated magazines whenever he would go to New York to audition for roles. “I’d get off at Port Authority, and my manager would pick me up — most of the time — and I would walk the streets at 11 years old,” Friedle, 47, said.

EXCLUSIVE: Straight off her second Primetime Emmy win for HBO’s The White Lotus, Jennifer Coolidge is boarding Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take of videogame Minecraft which is shooting in New Zealand.

A 'controlling' boyfriend sent a mum-of-two a manipulative text hours before killing her - while still on bail for attacking another woman. Jason Gowan smothered Fiona Robinson at their home in Chorley, Lancashire, before making a video in which he mocked her.

Valerie Wu Intern Chad Verdi’s VMI Releasing has acquired the opioid crisis drama “Junction,” which is the directorial debut of “How to Make It in America” actor Bryan Greenberg. Greenberg stars in the film along with Josh Peck, Sophia Bush and his wife Jamie Chung. Under VMI releasing, “Junction” is slated for a theatrical and VOD release on Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a March 29, 2024, global launch for Homeless World Cup movie The Beautiful Game, which stars Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living) and BAFTA nominee Micheal Ward (Top Boy).