‘Lowriders’ Ricardo de Montreuil Signs On To Direct Social Thriller ‘Daniel’ For ‘Split’ Producer Steven Schneider And Tetrad Studios

Matthew Carey For more than a year and a half the documentary American Factory has been on the kind of awards run that dreams are made of.It’s now in contention for three Emmys, earning nominations late last month for directing, cinematography and editing. At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where American Factory premiered, it won the documentary directing award for filmmaking couple Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.

Angelique Jackson A film adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s YA fantasy novel “The Upper World” is in the works at Netflix, with Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya on board to star and produce.Kaluuya will play Esso, who is at the center of the film’s time-bending tale, producing the movie alongside Screen Arcade’s Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless. Newman brought the novel to Netflix, which has acquired the worldwide rights to adapt it into a feature film.

The first trailer for Warner Bros. Judas and the Black Messiah traces the rise and assassination of Black Panther Fred Hampton by the FBI.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Jonas Cuaron has been tapped to direct an untitled feature film for Netflix with Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures producing. He is also penning the most recent draft of the script based on the original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.The film follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: In what is sure to be one of the bigger directing jobs to be taken off the table in recent months, we are hearing that Nia DaCosta, who directed the anticipated reboot of Candyman, has been tapped as director on Marvel’s sequel to Captain Marvel.Disney and Marvel Studios had no comment.DaCosta takes over for Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who directed the first pic to massive box office success.

Simone Biles, 23, is the epitome of the Fifth Harmony song “Miss Moving On” right now and we are here for it! The decorated gymnastics star has a new man in her life who she finally showed off on Instagram on Sunday, August 2. She posted the cutest photos of her and Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens, 25, cuddling up to one another which her millions of fans ate up.

As the scandal surrounding claims of a “toxic work environment” behind the scenes at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” continues to rage, speculation has emerged that the show could be on the verge of cancellation.

“Grey’s Anatomy” is welcoming two of its cast members back as series regulars.

Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen’s final rose wilted? The season 14 Bachelorette couple have raised questions about their status in recent months.Kufrin, 30, and Yrigoyen, 31, got engaged on the August 2018 finale of The Bachelorette, but their season wasn’t without controversy.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorApple has given a series order to Shining Girls, a metaphysical thriller based on Lauren Beukes’ 2013 best-selling novel The Shining Girls, starring and executive produced by Elisabeth Moss, and executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentWhen pioneering rock ’n’ roll artist Little Richard died recently, fellow ’50s pop music icon Pat Boone’s name was prominently noted in many of the obituaries. One of Boone’s biggest records of the era was a cover version of Little Richard’s rock classic “Tutti Frutti,” but the references to Boone weren’t all positive, and the term “cultural appropriation” once again figured into the recollections of rock’s early days.

"major structural changes" after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the California garage rock label and record store's artists and employees emerged on social media. Burger co-founder and president Lee Rickard stepped down, co-founder Sean Bohrman moved into a "transitional" role, and Jessa Zapor-Gray became interim label president, with plans to rename the label BRGR RECS and launch an all-woman imprint, BRGRRRL.Those plans have been scrapped.

Burger Records co-founder and president Lee Rickard has stepped down and divested from the garage rock imprint, which announced "major structural changes" after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the Fullerton, California, label's artists and employees emerged on social media over the weekend.