Peter Facinelli To Direct Crime Thriller ‘Headhunter’

Kate Aurthur editorSixteen years after “Revenge of the Sith” completed George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequel trilogy, with Ewan McGregor playing Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, the actor has returned to the franchise for the highly anticipated Obi-Wan series on Disney Plus. When McGregor and Pedro Pascal, the star of “The Mandalorian,” talked for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, they compared notes about “Star Wars.”For one thing, McGregor noted, the prequels relied heavily on CGI.

Ewan McGregor and Pedro Pascal are finding out they have a lot in common in Variety‘s latest “Actors on Actors” discussion.

Kate Aurthur editorWhen Pedro Pascal and Ewan McGregor sat down for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, they had a lot to discuss. But one unique thing the two of them share is they have both acted with Yoda — or at least, members of Yoda’s species.

Noted high schooler, Ben Platt, is shedding his youthful look to join a film, “Broken Diamonds,” that has him shockingly play a character that is actually age-appropriate. (Sorry, you know we have to joke about the ‘Evan Hansen’ stuff as long as it’s relevant.) But the surprising transition from teen to grown man is helped along by the fact that he stars opposite noted adult, Lola Kirke.

Coronation Street star became the seventh actor to take on the role of Peter Barlow in 2000.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comVariety and PBS SoCal are gearing up for the 14th season of their Emmy-winning series “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.”The new season, which premieres on June 18 on PBS SoCal, features Kaley Cuoco and Elizabeth Olsen, Ewan McGregor and Pedro Pascal, and Emma Corrin and Regé-Jean Page among the pairs.This season’s conversations are: Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) with Elizabeth Olsen (“WandaVision”) Ewan McGregor (“Halston”) with Pedro Pascal

Star Trek's Zachary Quinto is teaming up with The Kissing Booth and Euphoria star Jacob Elordi on a new true-crime thriller. The actors will join forces to film He Went That Way, a movie based on serial killer Larry Lee Ranes and his three-day encounter with celebrity animal trainer Dave Pitts in 1964.

, James Harris and Mark Lane of Teashop Productions, Hugh Broder and Jeremy Kotin with Phil Hunt of Head Gear Films. Bohemia Media is executive producing. Production hopes to begin this fall in California.

EXCLUSIVE: The Kissing Booth and Euphoria star Jacob Elordi will star with Star Trek and American Horror Story star Zachary Quinto in the road-trip crime thriller He Went That Way, which Mister Smith Entertainment is launching ahead of the virtual Cannes market.

A 10-year-old boy shocked the judges with his big voice during an audition on the season premiere of America’s Got Talent!

Michele Amabile Angermiller Amnesty International celebrates its 60th anniversary today by releasing a new visual titled “Freedom Flight 60.” Narrated by Nazanin Boniadi (“Homeland”) and musician Angelique Kidjo, the film was shot entirely by drones and features landmarks and personalities from throughout Amnesty’s history and around the globe.

EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s (Independence Day) Electric Entertainment has sold new series Leverage: Redemption to Bell Media in Canada and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland in Germany.

Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns directing Apple’s upcoming thriller series Shining Girls.

HBO Max has just dropped the first trailer for “No Sudden Move”, the star-studded new crime thriller from director Steven Soderbergh.

With Line of Duty finished for another season, we need a gripping new drama to help us through the next few weeks and we think we might have found the perfect one.

For The Crown‘s fourth season, Peter Morgan brought his decades-spanning royal drama into more familiar territory for many of its viewers. Starting with the election of famously abrasive Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) in 1979, Netflix’s The Crown also saw the debut of newcomer Emma Corrin, playing the young Lady Diana Spencer.

He is the one-time England international who scored goals for fun over two decades. She is the catwalk queen who won Strictly Come Dancing.Together Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy have become one of the country's most famous couples, characterised by their zest for life.