Luca Guadagnino on Creating His HBO Series, Trump’s America, and Why He’s Remaking ‘Scarface’

The director behind the Oscar-winning drama Call Me By Your Name and the comedy duo behind Pineapple Express are teaming for an Old Hollywood biopic. Luca Guadagnino will helm from a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg a movie about Scotty Bowers, the supposed "male madame" to stars like Rock Hudson, Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis.

In a surprising announcement – from an otherwise quiet company as of recent – Searchlight has slated “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino to direct the dramatic adaptation of the Matt Tyrnauer-directed documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.” Searchlight also set Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan to adapt and write the screenplay.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino will direct Searchlight’s untitled Scotty Bowers project with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg writing the script.Matt Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser are producing through Altimeter Films, with Rogen and Goldberg producing through their Point Grey Pictures.The project is based on the 2017 documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” by Tyrnauer, a portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Bowers, whose memoir chronicled his

Also Read: 'Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood' Review: Sex Abounded in Hollywood's Golden AgeTyrnauer is also a producer on the new film along with Corey Reeser for Altimeter Films. Rogen and Goldberg will also produce via Point Grey Pictures.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Searchlight, which last year acquired rights to make a narrative film from the Matt Tyrnauer-directed documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, has set Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write the script and Luca Guadagnino to direct the film.Tyrnauer and his Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser will be joined as producers by Point Grey Pictures.The film focuses on Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the

depict the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is up for 26 awards, including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for King’s acclaimed performance, making it the most-nominated program of the year.

Not long after its announcement as part of the Out of Competiton Documentary programme at this year’s forthcoming 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the first clip from the new Luca Guadagnino documentary “Salvatore, Shoemaker Of Dreams” has appeared online, with a guest appearance from none other than Martin Scorsese.

The world’s oldest film festival will be the first to happen physically since the coronavirus pandemic began. This morning in Rome, the line-up of the forthcoming 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival was announced in full, six weeks ahead of its planned opening.

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Off the back of a string of award-nominated films about romance and angst in the Italian countryside (with the notable exception of “Suspiria”), Luca Guadagnino is bringing his sunny, sentimental cinematic style to television for the first time, with the eight-episode series “We Are Who We Are.” A story about two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy, the series explores friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAcademy Award-nominated Luca Guadagnino’s TV series We Are Who We Are is to premiere on HBO on September 14, and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.Starring Chloë Sevigny and newcomers, including Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamón, We Are Who We Are is a coming of age story about two American teenagers who, along with their military and civilian parents, are living on an American military base in Italy.The eight-part drama is produced by The

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Peter White Television EditorRoom 104 returns for its fourth and final season on HBO this evening, Friday July 24.

American Tabloid, the working title, will show a weekly publication across different decades.The project is expected to be a fictional place “where political correctness, morals and ethics are left firmly at the door”.Burning Wheel said it was “positive” the deal would be firmed up shortly, with development to begin soon.Producer Shelley Hammond said: “To do this production justice we always knew we would require writers who don’t hold back and go way further than most would dare.“We are just

HBO documentary series has provoked a backlash in the doc community due to a lack of above-the-line diversity on the project.The “Tiger” series is being co-helmed by Oscar-nominated “City Of Ghosts” and “A Private War” filmmaker Matthew Heineman and the Emmy-nominated Matthew Hamachek.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe announcement this week that golfing icon Tiger Woods would be the subject of a two-part HBO documentary series has provoked a backlash in the doc community due to a lack of above-the-line diversity on the project.The Tiger series is being co-helmed by Oscar-nominated City Of Ghosts and A Private War filmmaker Matthew Heineman and the Emmy-nominated Matthew Hamachek. The pair previously collaborated on Cartel Land.

Luca Guadagnino isn’t scared of remakes. One look at his filmography shows that clearly.

In some majorly upsetting news, Glee star Naya Rivera, who fans loved as Santana Lopez, is missing and presumed dead after her four-year-old son, Josey Hollis, was found alone on a boat in Lake Piru, California, according to Daily Mail. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department had revealed via Twitter, "Happening now: Search for a possible drowning victim at Lake Piru.

The trailer for the upcoming HBO series We Are Who We Are starring Kid Cudi premiered yesterday (July 7).