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Where will Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis” have its world premiere, and who will distribute it in theaters later this year? Those are just two of several questions swirling around the director’s self-financed epic, a project over two decades in the making. After last night, those questions are one step closer to having answers.

“The Outsiders” at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.Described as “breathtakingly visceral” by the New York Post’s critic Johnny Oleksinksi, other reviewers have singled the scene out as “one of the most impactful moments of this, or any, Broadway season” and (the Washington Post), “a spectacular ballet of violence” (New York Magazine).And if you want to see the stunning sequence in the buzzy new coming-of-age musical about rival gangs from different socioeconomic backgrounds in Tulsa — adapted from S.E.

Angelina Jolie has debuted a new tattoo on her arm. The actress, producer, and director attended the premiere of the Broadway play “The Outsiders,” where she revealed the tattoo that was inspired by the story. Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt preview her new musical ‘The Outsiders’Vivienne Jolie-Pitt looks just like Brad at ‘The Outsiders’ premiere with Angelina JolieJolie is one of the producers of the play, which is an adaptation of the beloved book written by S.E.

Eleanor Coppola, who won an Emmy for the Apocalypse Now documentary Hearts of Darkness, directed Paris Can Wait and Love Is Love Is Love and was married to Francis Ford Coppola for 61 years, diedFriday at her home in Rutherford, CA. She was 87.

Eleanor Coppola has sadly passed away.

J. Kim Murphy Eleanor Coppola, an American filmmaker who won an Emmy for chronicling her husband Francis Ford Coppola‘s taxing 238-day production of “Apocalypse Now” in her documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse,” died Friday at her home in Rutherford, Calif. She was 87.

Angelina Jolie’s new musical, ‘The Outsiders,’ is now on Broadway! Opening night was April 11, and Angelina, who serves as producer, walked the red carpet with her daughterVivienne Jolie-Pitt, who took on the job as her assistant. The 15-year-old looks like a mini version of both her parents, but there is no denying she has many of her father, Brad Pitt’s features.Vivienne is no stranger to red carpets, and she has supported her mom in the past with her siblings, but this is the first time she has gone alone, playing a role in the production.

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Dustin Hoffman has signed on to star in a currently untitled Peter Greenaway movie alongside Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman). 

Naveen Kumar Tough guys with a soft side have long held a firm grip on the American imagination. S.E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders,” about a cadre of down-and-out boys, has been read by millions of restless adolescents since it was published in 1967, when the author herself was a teenager.

the musical “The Outsiders,” which opened Thursday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, would include a song called “Stay Gold,” I laughed.Wouldn’t you? The words “Stay gold, Ponyboy,” from author S.E.

The Apprentice” has been teased, showing Sebastian Stan playing a young version of Donald Trump. The film, which will explore Trump’s ascent to power and the formation of his real estate empire, will premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.Melania and Donald Trump attend a birthday bash in Mar-a-LagoSolar Eclipse 2024: Donald Trump shares unusual solar eclipse campaign adThe photo shows Stan and Jeremy Strong in the backseat of a car. Stan wears a suit and a yellow wig, and is speaking on the phone, looking a lot like Trump in the ‘80s.

Immediately off the back of its inclusion in the Cannes competition line-up, Ali Abbasi‘s The Apprentice has dropped a first look of Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will bring together several iconic filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” starring Adam Driver, George Miller with “Furiosa” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as George Lucas who will be feted with an honorary Palme d’Or. Kevin Costner will also be on hand with the first installment of his Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga.” Hollywood may have a lighter presence due to a combination of factors – including last year’s actors and writers strikes, which created production delays, as well as a tough economy — but this year’s festival will see no shortage of glamor and stars on the red carpet.

Alex Ritman Rwandan actress Eliane Umuhire (“Augure by Baloji,” “My New Friends”), French producer Sylvie Pialat (“Timbuktu,” “Staying Vertical”), Belgian cinematographer Virginie Surdej (“The Blue Caftan,” “Our Mothers,” “Casablanca Beats”) and Canadian film critic, journalist and frequent Variety contributor Ben Croll have been named on the jury for the Critics’ Week section of the Cannes Film Festival. The four will now join Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who last week was named Critics’ Week jury president, with the group set to choose the sidebar competition’s award winners, including the Grand Prize for best feature film, the French Touch Prize of the Jury, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star award for best actor or actress and the Leitz Ciné Discovery Prize for best short film.

Oscar-nominated “Maestro” in New York last November.Turner, 69, wore a long black overcoat and used a cane as she walked downtown on Canal Street at the beginning of the week. Turner’s heyday at the movies was during the 1980s, when the actress was propelled to superstardom by the thriller “Body Heat.” She then made a slew of films over that decade, such as “Prizzi’s Honor” and “The Accidental Tourist.” But she’s perhaps best remembered for playing an adventuring novelist in 1984’s “Romancing the Stone,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, and its sequel “The Jewel of the Nile” a year later.

The Broadway musical The Outsiders will celebrate its official opening night this week and the production has released a stunning set of photos.

Rumored to be in the mix for several festivals, Francis Ford Coppola’s expensive, long-gestating “Megalopolis” is expected to premier at the Cannes Film Festival this May. According to Deadline’s The Dish, Coppola’s film, which he funded himself to the tune of over 100 million, will play in competition on the Croisette on May 17.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent George Lucas, the iconic filmmaker behind the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” franchises, will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or on May 25 during the Closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. “The Festival de Cannes has always held a special place in my heart,” said Lucas in a statement.

Angelina Jolie’s new musical, ‘The Outsiders,’ is on Broadway and ready for the world to see. Opening night is April 11, and the show is currently in previews.

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since her bitter divorce from Pitt, not appearing in many movies since 2019’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” About Vivienne producing the play, Jolie told People, “Viv reminds me of my mother in that she isn’t focused on being the center of attention but in being a support to other creatives,” she said, referring to actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died of cancer in 2007 at 56. “She’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute,” Jolie added. Based on the 1967 novel by S.E.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent With one week to go before the press conference unveiling the 77th Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, director Thierry Fremaux is pledging to remain zen — despite wrestling with submission delays, reverberations of Hollywood’s double strikes and high expectations after last year’s edition unveiled Oscar winners “The Zone of Interest” and “Anatomy of a Fall.” This year’s edition is already heating up, with George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” confirmed to premiere at the festival and Quentin Dupieux’s “A Second Act,” starring Léa Seydoux, set as the opening night film. In his first and only interview ahead of the lineup reveal, Fremaux tells Variety all about this year’s edition, including his hopes to welcome back Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” and Yorgos Lanthimos with “Kinds of Kindness,” his appeal to Ted Sarandos to lure Netflix back on the Croisette, his stance on France’s new #MeToo reckoning, the presence of female directors at the festival and how geopolitical turmoil may shape the Official Selection. Last year was a milestone year for the Cannes Film Festival. How did you approach this year’s lineup, and how many films have been selected so far? The unanimous feedback we got is that 2023 was a really great year.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has rounded out the cast of Vicious, its horror film starring Dakota Fanning. New additions include Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things), Tony Award nominee Mary McCormack (The West Wing), Rachel Blanchard (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Devyn Nekoda (Scream VI), Klea Scott (Millennium), and Emily Mitchell (Ordinary Angels).

EXCLUSIVE: Some 20 years after it was took root in the imagination of Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis screened this morning for the very first time. Held at the Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater, the epic film screened for buyers, and had every distributor in attendance. Also in tow were family friends and filmmakers, a list included Angelica Huston, Nicolas Cage, Andy Garcia, Spike Jonze, Al Pacino, Jon Favreau, Colleen Camp, Roger Corman, Darren Aronofsky, Cailee Spaeny and cast members Shia LaBeouf and Talia Shire.

Broadway’s first salvo of spring newcomers was more than holding its own last week, with recent arrivals drawing strong audiences.

Francis Ford Coppola kicked off 2024 by confirming that his self-financed magnum opus “Megalopolis” will reach audiences this year. “It’s only going to be a few months and it’ll be out,” Coppola said in January.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Indie streamer Mubi has acquired worldwide streaming rights to South African artist William Kentridge’s prestige series “Self-Portrait As a Coffee Pot” which explores how art is made in the digital age. The nine-episode series by Kentridge – who is celebrated around the world for his influential works comprising animation, installations, theater, opera and films – first previewed as a rough cut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.

David Seidler has sadly passed away.

Naman Ramachandran India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close respectively the first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival. Tran Anh Hung won best director at Cannes 2023 for “The Taste of Things,” which was subsequently submitted as France’s official entry to the Oscars’ international feature category.

William Earl administrator From its first frames, “Dead Mail” feels dangerous. Grainy footage shows a chained man desperately crawling out of a house to a mailbox, trying to mail a blood-soaked letter alerting someone to his address. Hazy synth notes dot the soundtrack.

David Heuring At the inaugural American Society of Cinematographers awards almost four decades ago, about 100 attendees saw host Gregory Peck give a single award, acknowledging the artistry of Jordan Cronenweth on Francis Ford Coppola’s “Peggy Sue Got Married.” Today, the ASC Awards is an annual event with global reach where 10 major awards are presented, this year including recognition of music video cinematography. On March 3 at the Beverly Hilton, the 105-year-old organization will honor Spike Lee with its Board of Governors Award, in recognition of his career contributions to the art of visual storytelling.

EXCLUSIVE: Toby Kebbell (Servant), Shia LaBeouf (Fury) and James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) have been set to star in boxing-world crime-drama Salvable, which Metro International is launching ahead of the EFM next week.

“The Offer,” Paramount‘s limited series about the making of Francis Ford Coppola‘s “The Godfather,” came and went in 2022 to barely any fanfare. So why does the studio want to do a similar project for another Coppola classic from the ’70s? World Of Reel reports (via a tweet from Daniel Richtman) that Paramount wants to do a series remake of “The Conversation” for Paramount+.

Keanu Reeves has been set to receive the inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award at the 51st annual Saturn Awards ceremony, which has itself been dedicated to the memory of Reddick, a friend and former host of the show, who could be seen opposite the John Wick star in the entire franchise, passing away in March at the age of 60.

Killers of the Flower Moon confirmed today, Martin Scorsese has become the living director with the most Oscar nominations.The Academy included the 81-year-old on their Best Director shortlist, giving him his tenth nomination in total, and overtaking Steven Spielberg’s nine.Scorsese’s nominations go back to 1980’s Raging Bull, but he has only won the prize once, for 2006’s The Departed. His other recent nominations include The Irishman, The Wolf of Wall Street and Hugo.