‘Murder 101’: Jon Watts To Direct Thriller Based On True-Crime Podcast

“A Quiet Place: Day One” hits theaters tomorrow, the third entry in Jon Krasinski‘s alien invasion franchise and the first one he doesn’t direct.  But Krasinki tapped Michael Sarnoski, who takes his place behind the camera for this one, to succeed him for one major reason: he loved Sarnoski’s debut film “Pig.” READ MORE: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Final Trailer: Lupita Nyong’o & Joseph Quinn Star In Horror Prequel And Krasinski isn’t the only “Pig” fan out there.

Longtime BFFs Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts are making fashion week a family affair… just ahead of the release of Nicole‘s movie A Family Affair!

Selome Hailu Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of Paramount+ With Showtime‘s upcoming political thriller series “The Agency.” As exclusively reported by Variety, the series is led by Michael Fassbender as Martian, a covert CIA agent. George Clooney serves as executive producer. Wright will play Henry, the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents, and a mentor to Martian.

Naman Ramachandran The Royal Court Theatre has unveiled the full cast and creative team for “Giant,” a new play by Mark Rosenblatt exploring a pivotal moment in Roald Dahl‘s career, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Tony and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow will take on the role of Roald Dahl, as previously announced, joined by Olivier Award winner Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish publisher. The ensemble cast includes Rachael Stirling as Dahl’s fiancée Felicity Crosland, Romola Garai as Jewish American publisher Jessie Stone, Tessa Bonham Jones as housekeeper Hallie and Richard Hope as handyman Wally Saunders.

Michael Fassbender is set for his first lead role in a television series!

Brent Lang Executive Editor It’s a whodunit with a whole lot of drama. Jennifer Lawrence will get to feud, day-drink and access oodles of disposable income, at least until a body turns up, in “The Wives,” a murder mystery that is in the vein of “The Real Housewives.” Apple Original Films acquired the project in what it is describing as a “highly competitive situation.” Lawrence will produce the film alongside Justine Ciarrocchi for her company, Excellent Cadaver.

In a highly competitive situation, Apple Original Films has acquired The Wives, a murder mystery film to star Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, who will also produce.

Michael Chernus (Severance, Dead Ringers) has been tapped for the title role in Peacock’s limited drama series Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy.

EXCLUSIVE: Never Mind, a new comedy special from renowned comedian, musician, author and actor Reggie Watts, has been set to premiere on the streaming platform Veeps at 5 p.m. PT on Saturday, July 20.

EXCLUSIVE: David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice), Daniel Mays (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget) and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Killing Eve) are joining Amblin and Netflix’s movie The Thursday Murder Club.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Brad Pitt‘s upcoming feature about Formula 1 racing has gotten a release date from Apple Original Films. The untitled movie will race into cinemas on June 27, 2025. Apple is partnering with Warner Bros.

Glass Entertainment has managed to turn a number of its podcasts into TV documentaries including Betrayal for Hulu and Burden of Guilt on Paramount+.

The director of Interview With a Vampire opened up about the initial blowback he received after casting Tom Cruise in the classic movie.

In Hulu limited series Under the Bridge, adapted from the book by Rebecca Godfrey, Riley Keough plays journalist Godfrey, as she returns to her hometown to look into the real-life murder of a local girl, 14-year-old Reena Virk. Opposite Keough, Lily Gladstone stars as investigating police officer Cam Bentland, with whom Godfrey has a complicated history. Here, Keough explains how together, the actors explored Godfrey’s “radical empathy” around the murder, and how Keough and her producing partner Gina Gammell collaborated with creator Quinn Shephard and showrunner Samir Mehta to tell a complex and nuanced story.

Neil Jordan‘s “Interview With the Vampire” film adaptation released in 1994, Tom Cruise was already a worldwide star. He had led the highly successful “Risky Business” and “Top Gun” and received an Oscar nomination for “Born on the Fourth of July.” But, not everyone was convinced he could play the titular vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt, and his casting caused a considerable amount of backlash among fans of Anne Rice’s original book. In an excerpt from his new memoir published in The Telegraph, director Jordan reflected on his decision to cast Cruise opposite Brad Pitt and the outrage that followed, recalling how he originally offered the role to Daniel Day-Lewis.

It may only be the middle of June, but Oscar season planning is in full effect. The Academy Museum recently revealed its honorees for the next Academy Museum Gala and today, The Academy announced the recipients of honorary Oscars at the 2024 Governors Awards.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Quincy Jones, the first Black producer to be nominated for best picture, and legendary casting director Juliet Taylor will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Wednesday. Screenwriter and director Richard Curtis will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will be bestowed with the Irving G.

For only the second time in its 15 year history there is no actor among the honorees for this year’s select group receiving the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Governors Awards. The AMPAS Board Of Governors have chosen to give Academy Honorary Awards to music legend Quincy Jones and veteran Casting Director Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to British writer/director Richard Curtis, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The awards ceremony, always a highlight in the very long Oscar season will take place on Sunday November 17, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

K.J. Yossman Despite its title, “How to Rob a Bank” is not an instructional video on how to commit crime. Instead, as its co-director Stephen Robert Morse tells Variety, it’s a documentary about “the consequences of crime.” The doc, which dropped on Netflix last week, focuses on a prolific ‘90s Seattle bank robber called Scott Scurlock, whom the FBI soon nicknamed Hollywood due to his penchant for elaborate disguises.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s nascent true crime producing body has urged broadcasters and indies to “recognise the additional burdens” placed on people making true crime in the wake of the tragic death of John Balson.