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Manori Ravindran International EditorIFC Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights from HanWay Films on Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s “Hot Milk,” starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps.Streaming service MUBI has also agreed a multi-territory deal for the film in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Latin America and Turkey.

Johnny Depp said he felt the need to "clear the record" for the sake of his children. Lily-Rose and Jack.MORE: Johnny Depp: Daughter Lily-Rose's comments amid Amber Heard trialWhile Lily-Rose is well-known to the public thanks to her blossoming acting career and her work as a Chanel brand ambassador, far less is known about her younger brother.

Never Let Me Go, the Kazuo Ishiguro novel that was adapted as a film starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield, is being adapted as a TV series.

Selome Hailu FX is developing a series based on “Never Let Me Go,” the 2010 Searchlight Pictures film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name, Variety has learned. Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich, who run DNA Films & TV in the U.K.

“The Essex Serpent”Friday, May 13, Apple TV+How many prestige costume dramas have you watched and thought, This would be a lot more entertaining if there was a giant monster in it? (For me, the answer is: almost all of them.) “The Essex Serpent” serves to scratch that particular (and incredibly specific) itch. Based on the acclaimed 2016 novel by British author Sarah Perry, “The Essex Serpent” stars Claire Danes (in a role originally earmarked for Keira Knightley, who left due to “family reasons”) as a London widow who moves to the titular town to investigate several reported attacks by a giant serpent.

The chorus of calls for an Independent Standards Authority (ISA) that tackles bullying and harassment in UK entertainment is growing louder. Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and several high-profile industry figures are among the those supporting a cross-industry group working to create the new body.

K.J. Yossman Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and singer Rebecca Ferguson are among those who have voiced their support for the establishment of an independent body to tackle harassment and bullying in the creative industries.Time’s Up U.K. and Creative U.K.

Parminder Nagra made a welcome return to TV screens recently, with the actress taking centre stage in new ITV drama DI Ray. The 46 year old stars as DI Rachita Ray in the four-part series which focuses on Birmingham’s ­criminal underworld, with the first episode airing on Monday 2 May. Parminder shot to fame as Jess Bhamra in the 2002 hit film Bend It Like Beckham, starring alongside Keira Knightley.

The AMC+ streaming service will be host to new movies every Friday. Films on the service will feature an array of titles from distributors IFC Films, IFC Midnight, RLJE Films and Shudder, serving as the streaming home following the theatrical releases of films from these distributors, AMC Networks announced on Tuesday.Films will be streaming on AMC+ 90 days after they first hit theaters thanks to a new agreement with AMC Networks Film Group (IFC Films, IFC Midnight and RLJE Films) through which AMC+ is the exclusive streaming home of the company’s full slate of films following their theatrical and digital distribution.While most titles will be streaming 90 days after their theatrical release, select titles will be premiering day-and-date in theaters and on AMC+.The first film to kick off this new agreement is the IFC Films feature “Clean,” starring Adrien Brody, which will be streaming on AMC+ on Friday, May 6.

“Wizards of Waverly Place” fans, this one’s for you! Selena Gomez and her “Wizards of Waverly Place” co-star, Jennifer Stone, teamed up Saturday night for a reunion that was too good to miss. The pair took to TikTok for an impromptu performance of their signature song, “Crazy Hat” song from the long-running Disney show.

Selena Gomez and Jennifer Stone are together again!

Reunion magic! Selena Gomez, whose TikTok parodies have broken the Internet several times over, enlisted her former Wizards of Waverly Place costar Jennifer Stone to recreate their iconic song.

fans, this one's for you! Selena Gomez and her  co-star, Jennifer Stone, teamed up Saturday night for a reunion that was too good to miss. The pair took to TikTok for an impromptu performance of their signature song, «Crazy Hat» song from the long-running Disney show.In the cute clip, Gomez and Stone doled out some «Crazy, Funky, Junky Hat» dance moves while mouthing the words to the catchy track.«What's that? A hat? Crazy, funky, junky hat,» the actresses lip synched.

Keira Knightley‘s daughters are going to get some incredible hand-me-downs!

Dennis Harvey Film CriticFew victims of the Holocaust left behind such a methodical and memorable record of their life as Charlotte Salomon, a native Berliner who died in Auschwitz at age 26. As if anticipating that premature end, she’d spent much of the preceding two years painting about a thousand gouaches composing the illustrated autobiography “Life? Or Theater?,” which fortunately survived the war.

It’s been 20 years since Bend It Like Beckham graced movie screens, making stars out of its cast in an instant.The 2002 smash hit which followed a group of football-crazed teenage girls began impressive careers for the actors featured — from reaching Hollywood heights à la Keira Knightley, to top tier TV stardom like onscreen best friend in the film, Parminder Negra. And Bend It Like Beckham paved the way for great successes for the names starring in it — along with personal failures in the years that followed as love interest in the film, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, publicly went through drinking and relationship problems.

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Free Productions has optioned the rights to the acclaimed thriller Outside from bestselling Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson for feature adaptation. Acclaimed commercial director Henrik Hansen from Scott’s RSA Films is in talks to direct the project. The novel will be released in the UK on April 28, 2022 and in the US in June 2022.

How do you convey a life story? For most, the answer would be an autobiography or biopic. Charlotte Salomon chose a different path by using painting to portray the love, loss, and pain surrounding her.

Keira Knightley had a role in one of the biggest Star Wars blockbusters — but she’s not exactly sure who she played! While her memory may not be clear, the rabid fans of the iconic sci-fi films will undoubtedly recall the British beauty taking on Sabé, a handmaiden and body double of Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo (played by Natalie Portman) in 1999’s Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. “Was I not Padmé?” Keira sincerely asked during a discussion with ComingSoon.net in 2020. “Oh, I was Sabé,” she hilariously corrected herself.

K.J. Yossman Keira Knightley-voiced animated biopic “Charlotte” has an official trailer.The feature, from Good Deed Entertainment, the studio behind “Loving Vincent,” tells the story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist who was murdered in Auschwitz at the age of 26.“Charlotte” is directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana and features the voices of Jim Broadbent (“Downton Abbey,” Brenda Blethyn (“Pride and Prejudice”), Sam Claflin (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), Eddie Marsan (“Ridley Road”), Sophie Okonedo (“Death on the Nile”) and Mark Strong (“1917”).It also features one of the last performances from “Peaky Blinders” star Helen McRory, who died of cancer in 2021.A French version of the film stars Marion Cotillard (“Inception”) as Charlotte.

K.J. Yossman Tome Hiddleston and Claire Danes starrer “The Essex Serpent” has confirmed its release date.The series, based on Sarah Perry’s novel of the same name, will debut globally on Apple TV Plus on May 13.

Megan Park, the director of the SXSW award winner “The Fallout,” has set her second feature film called “My Old Ass” that will be produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Indian Paintbrush. Park is writing and directing “My Old Ass,” which is described as a modern coming-of-age comedy, though any other plot details are being kept under wraps.

Gangs of New York), to choices that are more controversial (Hugh Grant in Love Actually? Yes, really!)And while you’re here, why not also sample the inverse of this strange occurrence – brilliant performances in otherwise terrible movies…Gyllenhaal is guilty of too much acting in Denis Villeneuve’s grimy child-abduction thriller. While the other A-listers that surround him (including Hugh Jackman and Viola Davis) bury themselves in grief and rage, Gyllenhaal seems to be in a different film entirely. He’s all twitches and facial tics, injecting off-putting weirdness in a movie that absolutely doesn’t need it.

Gangs of New York), to choices that are more controversial (Hugh Grant in Love Actually? Yes, really!)And while you’re here, why not also sample the inverse of this strange occurrence – brilliant performances in otherwise terrible movies…Gyllenhaal is guilty of too much acting in Denis Villeneuve’s grimy child-abduction thriller. While the other A-listers that surround him (including Hugh Jackman and Viola Davis) bury themselves in grief and rage, Gyllenhaal seems to be in a different film entirely. He’s all twitches and facial tics, injecting off-putting weirdness in a movie that absolutely doesn’t need it.

faberge eggs that supposedly belonged to Cleopatra, as introduced in “Red Notice,” never existed. But “Uncharted” is a bit different.Granted, it doesn’t deviate much from the standard treasure hunt plot.

EXCLUSIVE: The Gilded Age and The Plot Against America star Morgan Spector has rounded out the cast of 20th Century’s Boston Strangler, written and to be directed by Matt Ruskin. He joins an ensemble that includes Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola and Chris Cooper. Ridley Scott, Kevin Walsh and Michael Pruss of Scott Free will produce alongside Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap Entertainment. Pic begins shooting in December in Boston.

Sony Pictures Classics has pushed back the release for Roger Michell’s film The Duke, starring Academy Award winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, by a month—from March 25 to April 22, 2022. It will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on the latter date before expanding to additional cities over the following weeks.

Valentine’s Day 2022 is right around the corner — and that means we're now in the thick of the year's most romantic season. Streaming services like HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Peacock and Netflix have hundreds of romantic movies available to watch and help you get in the mood of this lovey holiday. For this romantic movie list, we’ve curated the hottest new releases, along with unforgettable classics for your viewing pleasure — and available to stream right away.These films will make you laugh, cry, tingle, sweat and fall in love all over again.

On Tuesday, AMC+ and RLJE Films announced they have acquired worldwide rights to “Christmas With the Campbells,” a new holiday comedy based on an original idea by Vince Vaughn, who also co-wrote and co-produced.The film, which per the official description takes the traditional holiday romance and “executes it with unfiltered adult humor,” will debut in theaters and and exclusively on AMC+ in the U.S. on the same day in late fall.Vaughn, Peter Billingsley (“Couples Retreat”) and Dan Lagana (“American Vandal”) produce under Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show banner.It’s the second project Vaughn Billingsley have sold to RLJE, after 2021’s black Christmas comedy, “Silent Night,” which starred Keira Knightley.“We couldn’t have asked for a better cast and a group of filmmakers with whom to work,” said RLJE Films Chief Acquisitions Officer Mark Ward in a statement.

K.J. Yossman Jessie Buckley, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps have signed on to star in “Hot Milk,” the debut directorial feature from “Colette” screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz.The film is based on Deborah Levy’s best-selling novel about a mother and daughter, Rose and Sofia, who travel to a Spanish clinic in the hoping of finding a cure for Rose’s paralysis.Shaw (“Killing Eve”) will play Rose, while Buckley, who recently appeared in “The Lost Daughter,” will play her daughter Sofia.

Keira Knightley is hard at work on the set of Boston Strangler!

EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott didn’t have to look far to find a new president of his film company Scott Free. He has elevated Michael Pruss, who until now has been co-president of the company’s film division alongside Kevin Walsh, who left for a first-look producing deal at Apple.

After spending the past five years as president of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, Kevin Walsh is leaving for a multi-year deal with Apple TV+ to produce film and television for the streamer.

READ MORE: Love Actually star Keira Knightley revealed fate of JulietAnother unamused fan wrote: "Rewatched #LoveActually the other day, it really hasn't aged well; I couldn't believe how much fat shaming was going on, the fact that it was aimed at people not even overweight. " (sic) The criticisms didn't just stop at McCutcheon's character, however.

Rebecca Davis editorKeira Knightley was “incredibly pregnant” the first time she read writer-director Camille Griffin’s script for the comedic holiday horror-drama “Silent Night,” and recalls finding the unusual tale of a Christmas Eve gathering the night of a coming apocalypse “absolutely, hysterically funny.”She read it again months later — sleep deprived and with her six-week-old daughter in tow — and still found it hilarious.But by the time production started, her daughter was five months

Rebecca Davis editorKeira Knightley was “incredibly pregnant” the first time she read writer-director Camille Griffin’s script for the comedic holiday horror-drama “Silent Night,” and recalls finding the unusual tale of a Christmas Eve gathering the night of a coming apocalypse “absolutely, hysterically funny.”She read it again months later — sleep deprived and with her six-week-old daughter in tow — and still found it hilarious.But by the time production started, her daughter was five months