Richard Linklater Developing Film ‘Blue Moon’ On Famed American Songwriters Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, Their Parting Of Ways

What’s going on with Academy Award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Star Wars” movie centering on Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley)? Rumored to be called, “Star War: A New Jedi Order” and then more recently, “Star Wars: Episode X – A New Beginning” (who knows if any of that’s true), for months, all Daisy Ridley has said is she’s been waiting to read a script from Academy Award-nominated writer Steven Knight, the creator of “Peaky Blinders,” and writer of “Eastern Promises,” “Spencer” and more.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director A new Batman is here to save Gotham City. Amazon Prime Video has released a cast announcement teaser for its upcoming animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and with it comes confirmation that Hamish Linklater will be voicing the Dark Knight. The teaser also includes a first listen at the actor’s Batman voice.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Writer/directors Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, who were behind the recent critically acclaimed FX limited series “A Murder At the End of the World,” have struck a deal with indie production shingle Sister to develop, write and produce original film and television projects. The deal, described as a “multi-year creative partnership,” reunites Marling and Batmanglij with Cindy Holland, the global CEO of Sister.

EXCLUSIVE: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the filmmaking duo behind BAFTA-nominated Nick Cave pic 20,000 Days on Earth, have just wrapped filming a new performance film dubbed The Extraordinary Miss Flower. The project brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. 

Filmmaker Richard Linklater is on a tear. Earlier this month, he released his “Hit Man” film on Netflix, and just a few weeks ago, according to recent interviews, he finished shooting his French New Wave movie, “Nouvelle Vague,” which should be ready for some time in 2025, but there’s more: a new project called, “Blue Moon” which will reunite him with longtime collaborator Ethan Hawke.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to Blue Moon, the new film from Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater (Hit Man), on which we were first to report, and which will be his next effort after all, with production commencing in Dublin, Ireland this summer.

Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen, and Lucasfilm Creative Chief Dave Filoni were on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to discuss the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” this week (read our review). And while all eyes are on season two of “Ahsoka,” which Filoni says he’s writing, so it’s presumably on the way at some point, many fans are wondering what’s going on with the feature-length film.

Steve Coogan‘s 2022 film about the search for King Richard III’s remains was defamatory to a man portrayed by actor Lee Ingleby, a UK High Court judge has ruled.

Ben Croll French animation outfit Blue Spirit (the studio behind Netflix sensation “Blue Eye Samurai”) will introduced an in-house digital creation and development label under the moniker Blue Spirit Creative. Offering full-service creative and graphic development for features, series, ads and games, the creative label will be run by the Paris-based team behind Digital Banana, which Blue Spirit acquired last year. “We can now offer a one-stop-shop,” says Blue Spirit CEO Olivier Lelardoux.

Angelique Jackson It’s a “Hot Glen Summer” at the movies. Just like the immortal words of Megan Thee Stallion, who’s billed every summer since 2019 the perfect time to do “hot girl shit,” Glen Powell is heating up movie screens. Summer 2024 firmly establishes him as a power player with Netflix’s “Hit Man,” the Prime Video documentary “The Blue Angels” and Universal “Twisters” dropping in rapid succession.

Tributes have been paid to the Indian media baron Ramoji Rao, who has died at the age of 87.

Ellise Shafer Richard Linklater is opening up about the hurdles to producing his latest movie, “Hit Man,” saying that studios initially “really didn’t want to make the film.” In a new interview with the BBC, the celebrated director of “Dazed and Confused” and the “Before” trilogy said that he and Glen Powell — who stars in the film and co-wrote the script — worked on the film “very independently.” “Glen and I wrote it speculatively and we didn’t get paid anything, we just tried to get the film made,” he told the BBC. “We really felt we were onto something, we felt we had written a film noir, a crime film that’s also a screwball comedy about a couple that you’re rooting to be together, but I think they wanted it to be just one thing.” Based on a true story, “Hit Man” stars Powell as Ron, a part-time police staffer who ends up going undercover as a hitman to arrest those that hire him.

Hamish Linklater (Manhunt, Abraham Lincoln) has been cast as a series regular in Prime Video‘s Gen V for Season 2, Deadline has confirmed. He will portray Cipher, the newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University who is described as “charismatic and charming.” Trained as a scientist, he’s politically brilliant and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Hamish Linklater has joined Season 2 of “Gen V” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. Linklater will play the character Cipher, described as “the charismatic and charming newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University. Trained as a scientist, he’s politically brilliant, and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level.” The series, a spinoff of the popular Prime Video series “The Boys,” follows the students of Godolkin University as they train to become superheroes.

We are mere days away from Richard Linklater’s latest film, the acclaimed “Hit Man,” arriving on Netflix, and it appears the filmmaker already has his next film lined up. Apparently, Linklater is going to dive into the world of music with “Blue Moon.” READ MORE: Zoey Deutch Cast As Jean Seberg In Richard Linklater’s Upcoming French New Wave Film According to Deadline, Richard Linklater is developing a film called “Blue Moon,” which will likely serve as his next directorial outing.

Selena Kuznikov Netflix has released the teaser trailer for the fourth and final season of its superhero series “The Umbrella Academy.” The footage, set to the tune of Europe’s 1986 song “The Final Countdown,” sees the Hargreeves siblings stepping out of their regular lives, prepping to band together one last time. Based on the graphic novel series written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, the beloved series follows a family of adopted siblings with superpowers working to prevent the end of the world. This season, the Hargreeves are confronted with a new trial: living a normal life.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The 15th anniversary edition of the London Indian Film Festival will open on June 26 with the European Premiere of U.S. indie, tear-jerker drama “Paper Flowers,” directed by Mahesh Pailoor (“Brahmin Bulls”), starring “Deadpool’s” Karan Soni. It will close on July 7 with a screening of ultra-violent Indian actioner “Kill,” which is produced by Karan Johar and Guneet Monga and which represents Lionsgate’s first foray into South Asian film production.

Tim Allen to get out of shooting another season of the hit ABC show.The 73-year-old made it clear at the time that Season 8, which they filmed in 1998, would be her last.“I told everybody, there’s not enough money in the world to get me to do a ninth year. This show is over.

Renowned American musician Richard M Sherman, best known for his work on Mary Poppins, has passed away at the age of 95 due to age-related illness.

Joe Hart admits it means everything to end his playing career at 'special' Celtic with a double.