Netflix acquires Adam McKay’s asteroid comedy ‘Don’t Look Up,’ Jennifer Lawrence will star – TechCrunch

By Andreas Wiseman

In 2016, the actress Haley Bennett was positioned as the Next Big Thing: this Jennifer Lawrence look-alike, with plump porcelain cheeks blushed by the softest rosacea. She was hailed as a total star, a babe. Bennett costarred in The Magnificent Seven, The Girl on the Train with Emily Blunt, and a handful of other films that year. Then—professionally, anyway—she appeared to slow down.

Netflix is bringing its comedy brand to Los Angeles comedy clubs and stages with an inaugural Netflix is a Joke Fest. Having already signed stand-up talent like Ali Wong, Dave Chappelle and Amy Schumer as one of the largest buyers of comedy specials, the streaming giant now plans to put its comedy performers, and brand, on stage at the weeklong Netflix Is a Joke event in Los Angeles from April 27 to May 3.

Two legends, one place. Brita had quite the iconic moment happen in March 2019 when both Adele, 31, and Jennifer Lawrence, 29, made a guest appearance at Pieces, a gay bar the RPDR queen happened to be hosting when they were there.

Celtic star Leigh Griffiths has handed Neil Lennon a huge fitness boost ahead of today's match against Kilmarnock after being declared fit - according to a report.

Jennifer Lawrence has ended her acting hiatus by taking a role in director Adam Mckay’s upcoming Netflix comedy.

The drama is coming on season 10 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills! During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Erika Jayne teased — without spoilers — what’s coming on the next season.

NEW YORK -- Jennifer Lawrence will star in the Adam McKay comedy “Don't Look Up” for Netflix.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay actress Jennifer Lawrence is back in action post her acting sabbatical. The news reports suggest that the 29-year-old actress is all set to play a comic role in the upcoming Hollywood film titled, Don't Look Up.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to star in Don’t Look Up, a comedy that Adam McKay, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated movies Vice and The Big Short, wrote and will direct.Netflix on Monday finalized the deal for the project after it was shopped around over the weekend. The package has a budget in the $75 million range, according to sources who were involved in the bidding.

Netflix has acquired global rights to The Life Ahead, starring Sophia Loren.The global streamer will release the film, directed by Edoardo Ponti and written by Ugo Chiti and Ponti, later this year.

Michael B. Jordan has joined Christian Bale and Margot Robbie in David O. Russell’s untitled new film at New Regency.

No one will ever forget Ellen Degeneres' epic 2014 Oscars selfie. The talk show host, who doubled up as the 86th Academy Awards host, captured Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Lupita Nyong'oa in a single frame and broke the internet.

Remember that epic selfie from the Oscars in 2014? 

As any former Girl Scout worth her salt will tell you, it's always good to make new friends, but keep the old. 

Mark Ruffalo has been tapped for a leading role in a new television spin-off of director Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film Parasite.