Morris Chestnut To Exec-Produce Movie ‘Greenwood Avenue’ About Tulsa Race Massacre

Alexander Rodnyansky (“Beanpole,” “Leviathan,” “Loveless”), Variety can reveal.The deal is for a slate of both Russian-language and multilingual shows for Apple TV Plus, set both inside and outside Russia, and creatively led by both Russian and international writers and directors.Although the pact is with Rodnyansky’s L.A.-based AR Content, which he set up three years ago to finance the development of feature films and television, it is his production expertise and experience in Russia that

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Doug Belgrad, director-producer Rod Lurie, and writer Scott Conroy have teamed up for an untitled film based on the true story of how independent journalist and blogger Clare Rewcastle Brown blew the lid off of the Malaysian 1MDB financial swindle, which became one of the biggest public corruption scandals in history.

He may be barred from leaving Russia and thus unable to travel to Cannes, but arthouse cinema favorite Kirill Serebrennikov is refusing to let that dampen his spirit ahead of the premiere of his latest movie, Petrov’s Flu, in the French fest’s Competition.

Rosario Dawson, the 41-year old, Puerto Rican/Afro-Cuban actress and activist invited HOLA! to spend a very special day with her, in a very loving setting surrounded by family and friends. Rosario opened up to us about her childhood memories and of her grandmother, her recent challenges, and her passion for her social enterprise, Studio 189, which she co-founded with her friend Abrima Erwiah.The photoshoot took place at the beautiful N.J.

Moscow-based Ilya Stewart is one of the international film industry’s rising stars. After founding production co Hype in 2011 with Murad Osmann, the pair have rapidly grown the outfit into one of the hottest names in Russia across commercials, music videos, and feature films. Unsurprisingly, TV is also now in the company’s sights.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorTop Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky, who was Oscar nominated for Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films “Leviathan” and “Loveless,” is reteaming with Zvyagintsev for his first English-language film, and with Kantemir Balagov, who directed “Beanpole,” best director winner in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2019.

Christopher Vourlias Hype Film, the production company behind Kirill Serebrennikov’s Cannes competition title “Petrov’s Flu,” has signed a first-look deal with IVI, the largest Russian VOD platform.As part of the two-year deal, Hype Film will develop 10 and produce at least two Russian-language scripted shows exclusively for IVI, which boasts more than 59 million unique visitors per month.Vadim Sokolovsky, head of IVI Originals, said: “Hype Film is a recognizable brand name in the Russian and

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIt’s always been telling that Batman, one of the only superheroes not graced with superpowers, may be the most popular superhero. Masses of comic-book fans identify with his humanity, imagining that they could be him (though he does, of course, have all those toys to make up for his lack of steel muscles, etc.).

Cata Balzano From Cardi B to Maroon 5 to Selena Gomez, artists are seeking out urban Latin music producer Tainy and his team at Neon16. And it’s no wonder: the Puerto Rican artist, who last year was featured in Variety‘s 10 Latinxs to Watch, has had a presence on the Billboard charts for 85 consecutive weeks and kicked off 2021 with a Grammy nod for the Dua Lipa-J Balvin-Bad Bunny collaboration “Un Dia (One Day,)” which he produced.

LOS ANGELES -- Anne Rice's “Interview with the Vampire” is rising again on screen, this time for TV.The bestselling novel, which was adapted for the 1994 Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise film, will be the basis for a new AMC and AMC+ series set for 2022, AMC Networks said Thursday.The announcement follows the company's 2020 acquisition of 18 works by Rice, including 1976's “Interview with the Vampire," its sequels and the Mayfair Witches series.Producer Mark Johnson ("Breaking Bad," “Halt and Catch Fire”)

Disney+ has released the full list of movies and TV shows that will be debuting on the streaming service beginning on July 2, 2021.

Kate Hudson, 42, took in the joys of the sunny weather in Greece by spending time at a beach on June 19. The actress hung out on the island of Skiathos with her partner Danny Fujikawa and two of her three children, including daughter Rani Rose, 2, whom she shares with Danny, and son Bingham, 9, whom she shares with ex Matt Bellamy, 43, and showed off her toned physique in a strapless blue bikini. She also wore white-framed sunglasses that went perfectly with the swimsuit choice.

Sophia Bush has a big smile on her face while out with boyfriend Grant Hughes on a walk around New York City on Friday (June 18).

Lisa Kennedy “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer” begins with workers marking off patches of green grass with orange paint. The beeps of a bulldozer sounded as excavation at the Oaklawn cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, got underway last summer.

Cortney M. Wills “The truth about Tulsa … was systematically ignored, perhaps because it was regarded as too honest, too painful a lesson for our young white ears,” Tom Hanks wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on June 4 calling for schools to teach about the 1921 race massacre — one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in U.S.