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Voting yes is NOT a vote to strike. It gives the board the POWER to strike if the AMPTP doesn’t agree to the essential contract improvements our members need.We’re a union, and a union stands together! pic.twitter.com/aSdTvb23WNThe guild is set to begin talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on June 7.

EXCLUSIVE: Duplass Brothers Production recently wrapped production on the Katie Aselton-directed feature Magic Hour, starring Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting, Hamilton). Aselton (Old Dads, Legion) stars alongside Diggs in the project which she co-wrote with Mark Duplass.

While he’s obviously famous for his celebrated acting career, Ethan Hawke is still a notable writer/director, as well as an author, stage actor, and more. Having just finished up the docuseries, “The Last Movie Stars,” in 2022, Hawke’s latest narrative directorial effort is “Wildcat,” based on the short stories of writer Flannery O’Connor.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Ethan and Maya Hawke‘s Flannery O’Connor biopic “Wildcat” has found a distributor. Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to the film and plans to release it theatrically in the spring.

Loki is back with Season 2, and the numbers are in!

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Tom Hiddleston is back and ready for more mayhem in Season 2 of “Loki,” which returns to Disney+ on Thursday night. In the new season, Hiddleston reprises his titular role as the god of mischief, sharing the screen with returning actor Owen Wilson and new cast member Ke Huy Quan.

Kevin Feige made an appearance at the Loki Season 2 launch event in Hollywood where fans got to see the first two episodes.

Loki Season 2 is coming!

Ethan Hawke is a big Toronto fan.

Ethan Hawke wasn’t missing his “Wildcat” TIFF premiere on Monday for anything.

Nothing was going to stop Ethan Hawke from being at the TIFF premiere of his new movie Wildcat, not even an incoming hurricane!

assured Variety. Not so much co-stars Rafael Casal, 38, and Cooper Hoffman, 20, however. “I think it was weird for them, said Hawke, 52, to Variety.

Ethan Hawke and his daughter are really ‘comfortable’ around each other… Like, REALLY comfortable.

Maya Hawke in sex scenes.The pair have collaborated together on the upcoming Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, where Maya plays the late author as well as six other characters from O’Connor’s short stories.Two of these short stories feature sex scenes, where Maya stars opposite Cooper Hoffman and Rafael Casal. Despite the potential for awkwardness with her father Ethan directing the project, the pair insisted they were “so comfortable” when it came to tackling those scenes.“We needed to take care of Rafael and Cooper,” Ethan said with a laugh to Variety. “I think it was weird for them.

Disney+ dropped a new trailer for Loki Season 2 and the god of mischief is trying to understand what is happening around him.

“Loki” is back, and the God of Mischief is breaking some major records.

The first trailer for the second season of Marvel Studios’ Loki, released Monday morning, has quickly hit a new milestone with it becoming the biggest online trailer debut ever for any series on Disney+ with 80 million views. The new season of Loki debuts on October 6. Season 1 remains Marvel Studios’ most watched series on Disney+.

Tom Hiddleston is back as Loki in the season 2 trailer for the Disney+ hit!

The timeline is in chaos.

Katie Reul editor Tom Hiddleston is back and ready for more mayhem in the official trailer for Season 2 of the Disney+ original series “Loki.” The trailer sees Hiddleston reprising his titular role as the god of mischief, sharing the screen with returning actor Owen Wilson and new cast member Ke Huy Quan. Set after the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” the series will continue to follow the antihero as he works with the Time Variance Authority to track down superhero variants stoking chaos in different timelines of the multiverse. Wilson reprises the role of Mobius M.

is a superhero, returning to the red carpet only a few short months since his terrifying accident. Meanwhile, at the TCM Classic Film Festival, Angie Dickinson proved that 91 is still young; and at the “Schmigadoon!” Season 2 Premiere, Jane Krakowski brought shock and awe (and squad goals) to everyone over 50.

BreAnna Bell “Blindspotting” executive producer and star Daveed Diggs hit the red carpet for the Starz series’ Season 2 premiere on Tuesday night, alongside fellow cast members Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt and star and executive producer Rafael Casal. The premiere was punctuated with a Q&A interview moderated by “Star Trek” alum LeVar Burton, who also stars in the recent season, doing a turn as Earl’s (Benjamin Earl Turner) father. Tuesday night’s premiere was held at Hollywood’s Neuehouse, but it was a special occasion for Diggs because it was the first time the Tony Award winner attended a “Blindspotting” premiere in person. The show first premiered in 2021, but Diggs was forced to skip due to scheduling reasons.

Jasmine Cephas-Jones strikes a pose with Jaylen Barron at the season two premiere of Blindspotting during the 2023 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday (March 17).

Blindspotting,” which will return with a two-episode premiere on April 14 at 9 pm. Created by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, the series stars Casal as Miles, the recently imprisoned husband to wife, Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones) and father to Sean (Atticus Woodward), who at the beginning of Season 2, are readjusting to their “new normal.”

Blindspotting makes its long-awaited return next month, and Starz released the first trailer for Season 2 on Wednesday.

We’re getting a quick peek at Disney+’s 2023 slate with a sizzle reel that includes footage (albeit lightning quick) of Loki Season 2 and first looks at new series Star Wars: Ahsoka, American Born Chinese, Marvel’s Secret Invasion, Peter, Pan & Wendy, and Pixar’s Win Or Lose, among others.

EXCLUSIVE:Game of Thrones alumna Kate Dickie quietly joined the Season 2 cast of Disney+ series Loki, sources tell Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Jaylen Barron, star of the Starz series Blindspotting, has signed with Innovative Artists and Gilbertson Entertainment for representation.

Rafael Casal is headed to Marvel.

EXCLUSIVE: Rafael Casal (Blindspotting) is set for a major role in the upcoming second season of Disney+’s Marvel series Loki, sources tell Deadline.

Star Trek: Picard,” reuniting him with several of his “Star Trek: Next Generation” castmates.Season 1 “Blindspotting” recurring cast members Margo Hall, who plays Nancy, April Absynth (Jacque), Lance Holloway (Cuddie), Andrew Chappelle (Scotty) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Niles Turner) are returning in expanded recurring roles for the second season. The series, based on the 2018 film of the same name, stars Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt, Benjamin Earl Turner, Atticus Woodward, Jaylen Barron, Candace Nicholas-Lippman and Rafael Casal.“Blindspotting” is co-created by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, who both executive produce and write on the series, with Casal serving as showrunner.

LeVar Burton (Star Trek: Picard), Katlynn Simone Smith (Empire) Tamera Tomakili (Winning Time) and Tim Chantarangsu (Laid in America) are set for recurring roles on the second season of Starz’s Blindspotting. Additionally, rappers E-40, P-Lo and Too $hort will guest star as themselves in the TV spin-off sequel from Lionsgate TV. Production on Season 2 is currently underway in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA.

Blindspotting co-creators Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs initially thought that a series spinoff of their 2018 film wouldn’t work when Lionsgate first brought up the idea.

Daveed Diggs picked out the most colorful suit ever for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday afternoon (March 6) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMichael Yezerski composed the music for the film “Blindspotting” and was invited back for the series currently airing on Starz, this time collaborating with fellow musician Ambrose Akinmusire.

Blindspotting creators Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal joined writers Priscila García-Jacquier, Alanna Brown, Nijla Mumin and actor Benjamin Earl Turner on Saturday to talk about the unique challenges adapting a film for television.