'Mulan' Director Niki Caro to Helm 'Beautiful Ruins' for Amblin Partners

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lesley-Ann Brandt, who plays Maze on Netflix’s drama series Lucifer, has signed with ICM Partners. The news comes as Lucifer preps its return for a fifth season on August 21.The Cape Town, South Africa-born Brandt began her career in New Zealand after her family immigrated there when she was in her teens.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDave Franco has long struggled against being labeled the “kid brother” type, from the time he was an unknown growing up in Palo Alto, Calif. “My first job was at a mom-and-pop video store when I was 14, and I’ve always looked young for my age,” says Franco. “People would come in wondering why this 9-year-old-looking boy was renting them ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Basic Instinct.’”Deceptive looks aside, he still was not of legal age to work.

Emmy-winning Jean Smart, fresh off of HBO's Watchmen, is set to star in Miss Macy, a feature from director Tate Taylor and Amblin Partners. The movie is based on the true story of Trisha Mitchell Coburn, a small town girl from Alabama who attended the Miss Macy charm school before being launched as a successful model.

for success by an eccentric woman and mentor who sees something special in her. Smart will star as the title character.Also Read: 'Ma' Director Tate Taylor on What Scared Octavia Spencer During Shooting of Horror MovieProducing alongside Taylor is Denise Di Novi, president of Di Novi Pictures, and Margaret French Isaac.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Amblin Partners is reuniting with Tate Taylor, who directed the studio’s box office and award-lauded hits The Help and The Girl on the Train. The new feature project is Miss Macy and it’s based on the true story of Trisha Mitchell Coburn and her life after she meets her mentor “Miss Macy”. Three-time Emmy winner Jean Smart will star as Miss Macy and serve as EP.

Sadly, this week brought news that “Halloween Kills,” which was scheduled to arrive in theaters this October, has been delayed until 2021. This news especially hurts because the last feature in the franchise, 2018’s “Halloween,” was such a shot in the arm for the series, the anticipation for the sequel has been immense.

Chutney Popcorn followed the attempts of a young Indian lesbian to reconnect with her mother by acting as her sister’s pregnancy surrogate.

Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation after the success of an initial ‘From Milan With Love’ event.The Serie A side joined forces with the £75 million management agency for an event that hailed the efforts of key workers in Italy.It was hosted by DJ Khaled and featured performances from the likes of Alicia Keys and Kelly Rowland.

Tom Grater, Andreas Wiseman EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Winstanley, the Oscar nominated producer of Jojo Rabbit and What We Do In The Shadows, has arrived back in her native New Zealand to begin filming on feature documentary Toi Tu Toi Ora – Visual Sovereignty.The pic will follow the final year of preparation for the first international showing of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s forthcoming exhibition, Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art; the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Māori art to

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe New Zealand government is to inject $48 million (NZ$74.4 million) of cash to help the film and TV industries recover from the economic effects of the coronavirus and the country’s strict lockdown measures.

Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, the banner behind successful teen dramaFive Feet Apart and upcoming Disney+ feature Clouds, has tapped Andrew Calof as president of production and development, across both film and television. Calof spent five years at Amblin Partners, where he most recently served as vp creative affairs.

As the world waits for Niki Caro’s big-budget, live-action remake of “Mulan,” it appears the filmmaker is already bracing herself for her next project, the upcoming film “Beautiful Ruins.” According to Variety, Caro has signed on to direct the new romantic drama which finds the filmmaker teaming up with Amblin Partners.

Also Read: Disney's 'Mulan' Pushed to Late August as New COVID Cases Continue to RiseAmblin Partners’ President of Production, Jeb Brody, will oversee for the studio, along with Mia Maniscalco, VP of Creative Affairs.Caro’s next movie is Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Mulan,” now opening August 21 as COVID-19 infections continue to rise in cities across the U.S.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterAmblin Partners has closed a deal with Niki Caro to direct “Beautiful Ruins,” sources tell Variety.The story is set in an Italian seaside village in 1962, where a charming young man runs a hotel with no guests, until one day an American starlet, fresh from the set of “Cleopatra,” appears and captures his heart.

Another day, another release date domino effect in the face of growing Coronavirus concerns, spiking positive COVID-19 results and a pandemic that never really went away and is biting the entire country in the ass (thanks, jackasses). One of those industries effected, obviously is the theatrical industrial complex and with COVID on the rise again, and L.A.

While filmmaker Ciro Guerra might not be a household name such as Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, and Roman Polanski, he does currently find himself the subject of horrific sexual assault allegations. The accusations, published via Volcanicas, come from eight separate women who claim that the Colombian director sexually harassed them, while one of them claims that Guerra actually raped her.