Olivia Wilde to Direct Kerri Strug Biopic 'Perfect' for Riverstone, Pulse

By Anthony D'Alessandro

It’s handled! Kerry Washington was preparing for her role as Olivia Pope on Scandal years before the actress starred on the hit ABC series.

Searchlight Pictures has emerged as the frontrunner for the Olivia Wilde-directed gymnastics movie “Perfect,” amid a days-long bidding war out of Berlin’s EFM.

South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold director Yeon Sang-ho’s upcoming action filmPeninsula, a sequel to the 2016 cult zombie action flick Train to Busan, to 15 territories, including North America (Well Go USA) and U.K. (Studio Canal).


While the world appreciated the Academy for recognising talent beyond boundaries and language barriers when they presented Parasite with Best Picture award at Oscars 2020, US President Donald Trump did not think it was a good idea. While delivering a speech at a rally on January 20, Trump mocked Oscars for the South Korean film’s historic win, Variety reported.

The upcoming survival thriller The Beast, co-produced by Japanese internet giant Rakuten and The H Collective, has found its director and star.Norwegian filmmaker Espen Sandberg, best known for Kon-Tiki and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, has signed on to direct, while Morena Baccarin is set to play the lead. The casting was announced in Berlin ahead of the start of the Berlin International Film Festival and European Film Market.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu has been tapped by Paramount Pictures to direct the thriller “American Son,” which is based on the critically acclaimed French film “A Prophet.”

By Andreas Wiseman

By Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater

Federal prosecutors submitted an alleged fake resume that lied about the athletic achievements of Olivia Jade Giannulli, 20, on Feb. 7 as part of the ongoing national college admissions scandal.

Oscar-winner Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard are toplining The Lost Daughter, a psychological drama written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in what will be her feature directorial debut.Endeavor Content and Charlie Dorfman, through his Samuel Marshall Productions banner, are financing the movie, and Endeavor will begin shopping The Lost Daughter to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin.The Crown star Colman will play an elegant college professor on a

Olivia Jade Giannulli, 20, was allegedly such an accomplished crew team member that she won multiple gold medals in famed competitions, according to a rowing resume released by the US Department of Justice. Olivia’s parents, Fuller House star Lori Loughlin, 55, and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, 56, accused of paying bribes to get Olivia into USC as part of the rowing team, and this allegedly forged resume alleges that she has years of experience under her belt.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Olivia Culpo is doing her part to help Lexi Altobelli, a young woman who lost both her parents and younger sister in the tragic helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and four others.

"Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project," Byrne says.