according to a Deadline report.“Failed Experiment,” which Maher is producing, will premiere Jan. 9 on Amazon Prime.“We’ve all lost loved ones to diseases, but did you ever wonder why there are so few cures?” Maher told the trade.
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts has joined the cast of “Emmanuelle,” Audrey Diwan‘s highly anticipated erotic drama, Variety has confirmed. Diwan’s follow-up to the Venice-prizewinning “Happening,” the film is inspired by Emmanuelle Arsan’s novel and is based on a script co-developed by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski (“Other People’s Children”).
The book centers on a woman and the series of erotic fantasies that she entertains. It was previously made into a 1974 film of the same name, directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Sylvia Kristel, which became a cult hit.
Watts revealed the news when she posted a now-deleted Instagram Story with “Emmanuelle” co-star Noemie Merlant, a critically acclaimed French actor who broke through in Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and made her English-speaking debut in Todd Field’s Oscar-nominated film “Tar.” Merlant plays the titular role in “Emmanuelle.” The rest of the cast comprises of Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”), Chacha Huang (“Money Heist”) and Anthony Wong (“Infernal Affairs”). Diwan is best known for “Happening,” her sophomore outing which received critical raves and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
“Happening” tells the story of a woman obtaining an illegal abortion in the 1960s. After its Venice premiere, the film went on to win the César Award for best female newcomer for star Anamaria Vartolomei and earned nominations at BAFTAs and at DGA Awards, among others.
“Emmanuelle” is produced by Chantelouve, Rectangle Productions and Goodfellas. Deadline was first to report the film’s casting news.
.according to a Deadline report.“Failed Experiment,” which Maher is producing, will premiere Jan. 9 on Amazon Prime.“We’ve all lost loved ones to diseases, but did you ever wonder why there are so few cures?” Maher told the trade.
Where the Dark Universe failed before it even started—you know, the big shared universe with Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Angelina Jolie, etc.—Blumhouse has shown they have the Midas Touch with horror. Look at what they did, for example, with Leigh Whannell’s terrific and inventive traumatic gaslighting horror, “The Invisible Man,” starring Elisabeth Moss.
Stalybridge MP Jonathan Reynolds has joined a series of senior Labour figures to pay tribute to former political adviser Derek Draper. Mr Draper, who was married to TV presenter Kate Garraway, has died aged 56 after suffering long-lasting symptoms from coronavirus.
Angelique Jackson Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julia Garner has set her next role, signing on to star in Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man.” The movie reunites Garner — playing a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator — with Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in 2011’s “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene,” her first professional acting role. Since then, Garner has gone on to become a major player in both film and television, winning three Emmy awards for her standout performance as Ruth Langmore in “Ozark,” and garnering multiple nominations for her portrayal of real-life con artist Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited series “Inventing Anna.” In film, Garner earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her impressive lead turn in Kitty Green’s “The Assistant.” Last year, the pair teamed up again for another critically acclaimed feature, “The Royal Hotel,” which Garner also produced through her Alma Margo production banner.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Samuel L. Jackson is set to star in the upcoming Peacock true crime limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” Variety has learned. The show was ordered to series at Peacock in December with Kevin Hart attached to star and executive produce with Will Packer also executive producing.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Sarah Personette, who quit as Twitter’s head of ad sales after Elon Musk bought the social network in the fall of 2022, has landed a new gig as CEO of digital news startup Puck. Personette will start at New York-based Puck on Jan. 7, assuming the role at the company that has been vacant since the exit of Puck co-founder Joe Purzycki in May 2023.
EXCLUSIVE: Olivier Award nominee Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) has been tapped for a major recurring role in the first season of Noah Hawley’s Alien series for FX, Deadline has learned. Details as to his characters are under wraps.
Naomi Osaka is back on the tennis court. Osaka gave her last appearance on September 2022, taking a break to prioritize her mental health and grow her family, having a daughter in July of last year. Osaka made her comeback in Brisbane, winning her first match against Tamara Korpatsch, yet losing her second, against Karolina Pilskova.
The Darkness is descending in Iceland.
Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the global home of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama series starring Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho.
Naomi Osaka is back in Brisbane, Australia, as she prepares to make her highly anticipated return to tennis. The former world number one welcomed her daughter Shai into the world in July with her boyfriend, Cordae.Less than six months later, the four-time grand slam champion is competing in the Australian Open, and she looks amazing.On Wednesday, the athlete shared a video from her time at practice with her 2.7 million followers on Instagram.
Luis Suárez is the new Inter Miami player. His joining the club is very special because he is reuniting with his friends from FC Barcelona: Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba. Inter Miami shared a sweet post on Friday showing the players together as if they were kids in the Inter Miami jerseys. “Nothing more beautiful than playing with friends,” they wrote in Spanish over the photo.In an earlier post, they shared a photo shoot of Suárez on his new stomping grounds at the Inter Miami stadium.
When it comes to creating a glowing, hydrating skincare routine, there are few people in the world who know what they’re talking about quite like supermodels.Thanks to how often their skin has to tolerate heavy makeup application, they know better than anyone how important it is to create a skincare regimen that keeps your skin clean, hydrated and nourished at all times, which is why when they recommend a holy grail skincare product, we sit up and take notice. That’s why when arguably the biggest supermodel in the world, Naomi Campbell, has been raving about La Roche-Posay’s Serozinc Toner, £9.20 here (was £11.50), for the last few years, we knew it must be good.
EastEnders' Keanu Taylor's secret is about to be revealed in a Christmas wedding shocker, with fans on the edge of their seats as Keanu will finally be exposed during the festive nuptials. Recently, Phil Mitchell spilled the beans about Karen Taylor and her son Keanu's kidnap plot to a shocked Sharon Watts.This happened while she and Keanu were celebrating their upcoming wedding at the Queen Vic on Christmas Day. Karen was caught out for planning to kidnap Sharon's son Albie and even made a fake ransom note for £50,000., but Sharon still doesn't know that Keanu was also involved in the plan.
Caroline Brew editor FX has released the first teaser for Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming series “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.” The second season of Murphy’s anthology series chronicles the literary scandal that sparked a fallout between writer Truman Capote and a high-society group of women, known as his “Swans.” Tom Hollander portrays Truman Capote, the “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” author who betrayed his close circle of powerful women by publishing a story titled “La Côte Basque, 1965” in Esquire. The “Swans” include Babe Paley (Naomi Watts), C.Z.
French President Emmanuel Macron has come out in support of Gérard Depardieu whose star has fallen in France in recent days following the airing of a documentary investigating multiple allegations of sexual assault against the actor.
new cast member. Fans will see a familiar face enter Salem in the upcoming months, and it seems that she’ll be in action for at least a year.According to Us Weekly, actress AnnaLynne McCord is joining “Days of Our Lives” in 2024. The initial casting news had some viewers wondering if the star was set to be a recast in the role of Abigail Deveraux.
Shouldn’t it be called “Wolves”? Regardless, one of 2024’s Most Anticipated movies is an incredible powerhouse team-up in the drama “Wolfs.” From director Jon Watts (Marvel’s “Spider-Man” trilogy, plus the upcoming “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Key”), the film stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney and follows two lone wolf fixers who are assigned to the same job. READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2024 The film was shot earlier this year (there are good set photos all over IMDB), and as an Apple TV+ project, there’s already talk about it receiving a big theatrical push through Sony Pictures Releasing the same way “Napoleon” did.
Another Ghostbusters movie is on the way!
EXCLUSIVE: In a tense moment during the protracted SAG-AFTRA strike when guild negotiators weren’t talking to studios/streamers as film workers faced home foreclosures with no paychecks for six months and no end in sight, George Clooney led other top A-listers in offering to uncap dues and contribute $150 million over three years to guild coffers to help qualify more actors for health benefits and other things. While he has long enjoyed the spoils of an above the line life, Clooney has never forgotten the struggling showbiz underclass he was part of before ER changed his life.