Jonathan Levine Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Scrambled, written by and starring Leah McKendrick, who makes her feature directorial debut on the comedy, which just wrapped filming.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran TV executive Jeremy Gold, who has been at Blumhouse Television for eight years, most recently as President of Production, is stepping down. He is transitioning to a production deal with the indie studio for his newly launched Gold Company.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is pushing the theatrical releases of this August’s White Bird: A Wonder Story and next year’s Dirty Dancing sequel from director Jonathan Levine due to the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike, we hear.

Addie Morfoot Contributor The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have selected six finalists for the fifth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. Notably, veteran filmmaker Sam Pollard received two of the six noms.  The award, established in 2019, recognizes late-stage documentaries that use original research and a compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life through archival materials. The six projects that were selected are: Barak Goodman’s “Buckley,” Nicole London’s “The Disappearance of Miss. Scott,” Sam Pollard’s “The Harvest,” Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn’s “Drop Dead City – New York on the Brink in 1975,” Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro’s “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes,” and Jason Cohn’s “Modernism Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story.”

Hulu has officially renewed “Nine Perfect Strangers” for a second season.Nicole Kidman will return as star and executive producer, along with a new cast nearing deals to join in the Swiss Alps-set installment that includes “White Lotus” star Murray Bartlett, Liv Ullman, Dolly de Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Aras Aydin. Kidman stars as Masha, the lead counselor at Tranquillum House, who has her own traumatic past involving a dead daughter.

Production is underway on the new Prime Video series “The Sticky,” with Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos and Guillaume Cyr leading the cast of the true-story heist comedy. Inspired by the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” the story follows the 2011 theft of 70% of the global maple syrup supply – about $13 million U.S.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Newly-minted Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is set to guest star in the upcoming Amazon comedy series “The Sticky.” It was previously announced that Curtis would executive produce the series, which was ordered at Amazon in April 2022. In addition, Guillaume Cyr (“Louis Cyr,” “The New Life of Paul Sneijder”) has joined the show in one of its lead roles alongside Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos. Production is now underway on the series in and around Montreal. As previously announced, the series is inspired by the true story of the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” in which 70% of the world’s global maple syrup supply was stolen.

Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Guillaume Cyr are set to star in The Sticky, Prime Video’s Canadian comedy series from Blumhouse Television, Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures, Jonathan Levine’s Megamix and Sphere Media. Newly minted Oscar winner Curtis will guest star in the series, inspired by the true story dubbed the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” which made headlines around the world in 2011 when 70% of the global maple syrup supply—about $18 million (CAD) worth—was stolen.

Hulu has ordered a second season of Tell Me Lies.

Woody Harrelson is in negotiations to lead the ensemble of “Sailing,” a new comedy musical by “Rock of Ages” creator Chris D’Arienzo, for Lionsgate.Taking place in the late seventies, the film will chronicle the adventures of a group of musicians as they make their way into the sounds and lifestyle of “yacht rock,” a variation of soft rock that came to prominence on FM radio during that era.Jeremy Plager, who worked with D’Arienzo to sell the pitch, will develop and produce with Harrelson and Megamix’s Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer as part of the production banner’s first-look deal with Lionsgate.“Everything about the yacht rock vibe, ethos and lifestyle will be brought on board this fun and hilarious nostalgic comedy,” said Lionsgate president of production Erin Westerman in a release. “We’re thrilled to be working with Jeremy, Jonathan, Gillian, Chris, and Woody, and we’re confident that it will not only have a phenomenal soundtrack, but it will also put you in a summertime mood.”Harrelson, who starred in last year’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” adds to a slate that includes “The Man From Toronto” opposite Kevin Hart and Cannes’ 2022 Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness.” Prior to “Rock of Ages,” D’Arienzo wrote “Jordeys,” “Hot,” and “Barry Munday,” which he also directed.

EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson is in talks to join Lionsgate’s ensemble 1970s jukebox musical Sailing from Rock of Ages creator Chris D’Arienzo.

Lionsgate announced this afternoon that their Dirty Dancing sequel starring Jennifer Grey will hit theaters on Feb. 9, 2024.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Nine Perfect Strangers” is nearing a deal to return for Season 2 at Hulu, Variety has learned from sources.With the announcement, Season 1 of the series will now compete in the drama series category in this year’s awards race. The move will avoid the controversy that arose from fellow Nicole Kidman-David E. Kelley series “Big Little Lies,” which won multiple statuettes in the limited series category before a second season was announced.At this time, no casting or plot info is available about Season 2.

It’s hard to argue that one of the most beloved movies of the 1980s is “Dirty Dancing” and Lionsgate has been developing a direct sequel for years. Production is now expected to begin this year as the project is headed to the Cannes Market.

sequel to 1987’s “Dirty Dancing” have recently emerged, and according to Deadline, the story will involve some ’90s hip-hop music.Jennifer Grey will be reprising her role as Frances “Baby” Houseman and will also produce the feature, which is set in the Catskills Mountains.“50/50” director Jonathan Levine is directing the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Elizabeth Chomko, Deadline reported.While music from the original film will also pop up, the sequel will incorporate hip-hop as well as the likes of Alanis Morisette and Liz Phair — though Levine promised that “we will not ruin your childhood.”“While the original ‘Dirty Dancing’ has always been one of my favorite films, I never imagined I would direct the sequel,” Levine said in a statement. “Through co-writing it, I fell in love with the characters (new and old), the world of 1990s Catskills New York, and the music, which will range from songs from the original movie to ‘90s hip-hop.”He added, “I can’t wait to collaborate with Jennifer to bring this beautiful story of summer and romance and dancing to a generation of new fans.

The Dirty Dancing sequel is moving forward.

EXCLUSIVE: Long Shot and Warm Bodies filmmaker Jonathan Levine has been set to direct the buzzed-about sequel to beloved 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, which Lionsgate is launching for next week’s Cannes market.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Levine (Nine Perfect Strangers) has been tapped to direct the pilot and executive produce Hulu limited series Tell Me Lies, based on Carola Lovering’s novel. Additionally, Gabriella Pession (Station 19), Edmund Donovan (Gossip Girl) and Natalee Linez (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) have been cast in recurring roles opposite Grace Van Patten in the series executive produced by Emma Roberts.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has commissioned a new Canadian original comedy series titled “The Sticky,” Variety has learned.The series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The English language half-hour series will be set in Quebec.It revolves around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to manifest destiny.

Prime Video announced The Kids in the Hall is set to premiere on May 13 followed by the companion docuseries The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks on May 20.

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, which saw more than $14M of Quebec’s national maple syrup reserves stolen a decade ago, is the basis for a new comedy series.

Fox is going its own way with Mick Fleetwood.

As we try to avoid that leaked ‘No Way Home‘ trailer that is making the rounds online, let’s take a trip back to the beginnings of the Tom Holland-led ‘Spider–Man‘ trilogy. Several years ago, when Marvel Studios and Sony were on the hunt for the right filmmaker to reboot the “Spider–Man” franchise in the MCU, Jonathan Levine was one of the few left towards the end of the search.

Jonathan Levine admits that he’s typically known for directing comedy features. However, when you watch his new limited TV series, “Nine Perfect Strangers,” you are going to see the filmmaker spread his wings a bit more by taking on his most ambitious project to date.

Fans of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing” will naturally be drawn to the reunion of talent on Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers,” but they should prepare for a very different kind of late summer vacation. Much less of a mystery and much more of a soap opera, this collaboration between David E.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorCasey Wasserman has raised the curtain on Wasserman Music, a new powerhouse player in music built on the back of Paradigm’s former music division.Wasserman on Wednesday completed the complicated transaction that saw Paradigm sever off its music operation for sale as the company faced a spiraling financial crisis last year amid the hardships imposed by the pandemic.Wasserman Music will be headed by music business veterans Marty Diamond, Jonathan Levine, Jackie

coronavirus has delayed many of the productions, so it might be a while before any of them hit the small and big screens. But here’s an exhaustive list of everything slated to make a comeback soon, whether we asked for it or not.Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer called this sequel “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood,” after rumors first swirled in July.

Lionsgate boss Jon Feltheimer has confirmed “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood” – Jennifer Grey is starring in and executive producing a new Dirty Dancing movie.Jonathan Levine has been attached to oversee the film, which Feltheimer tells Deadline will be just like the 1987 original, which raked in almost $220 million at the global box office.“It will be exactly the kind of romantic, nostalgic movie that the franchise’s fans have been waiting for and that have made it the

If you had a childhood anything at all like mine, you’re well aware of the 1987 romance film, “Dirty Dancing.” Not because you’re obsessed with dance and/or Patrick Swayze (“Roadhouse” is still incredible, FYI), but only because your parents (my mom, in this case) played the hell out of the film during your formative years.

They say nobody puts Baby in a corner. But it turns out they do… a lot.

Dirty Dancing with its original star Jennifer Grey been announced.The follow-up, set to be released more than 30 years after the first, has been ordered by Lionsgate with Grey, who portrayed Baby in the 1987 film, also serving as an executive producer.Warm Bodies‘ Jonathan Levine and Gillian Bohrer will direct the new film.

It’s time for Baby to come out from the corner.

A new “Dirty Dancing” movie is in the works at Lionsgate that will bring back the 1987 original’s star Jennifer Grey to both star and executive produce and that will be directed by Jonathan Levine, Lionsgate announced on its earnings call Thursday.The studio also announced a fifth “John Wick” movie, this one arriving after the planned “John Wick 4” hitting theaters in 2022.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorLionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed what we first told you back in mid-July, in what he billed as “one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood”: Jennifer Grey is starring and executive producing a new Dirty Dancing movie at the mini-major.The new addition here is that Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine has become attached.

Jonathan Levine is returning to TV with “Nine Perfect Strangers,” an upcoming star-studded Hulu limited series based on Liane Moriarty‘s book of the same name. READ MORE: ‘Helstrom’ First-Look Photos: The Last Remnant Of Marvel TV’s Run Arrives On Hulu In October Levine will direct a cast which includes Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, and more.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWarm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine is set to direct all eight episodes of Hulu’s anticipated tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten and Tiffany Boone. Levine also will executive produce the series, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s book, which hails from David E.