Ridley Scott Chooses Vanessa Kirby To Play Josephine Opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon In Apple Epic ‘Kitbag’

EXCLUSIVE: After notching, what I hear, is the best test scores in MGM history, Ron Howard’s Thai cave rescue movie Thirteen Lives is moving from Easter weekend this year, April 15-17 to Friday, Nov. 18 into the aorta of awards season.

Martin Dale ContributorOver recent years France has established itself as a key hub for VFX work, driven by the talent and creativity of local players and extensive public support schemes.In 2020, the VFX sector was given a further boost by the change to France’s Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) scheme, which now offers a 40% rebate on all eligible production expenses for international projects whose VFX expenses in France surpass €2 million ($2.27 million).PIDS Enghien – the Paris Images Digital Summit in Enghien-les-Bains – runs from Jan. 26-29, including a series of presentations, round-tables and case studies, and presentation of the Genie Awards.Yann Marchet, founder and managing director of PIDS Enghien, provides an overview of the key trends that will be discussed during the event.

Netflix thriller Stay Close. The character is so scary that the flame-haired Brit’s friends and family are no longer certain they trust her! Poppy, 23, told the Sunday People how the hitwoman was inspired by fellow femme fatale Villanelle played by Jodie Comer in Killing Eve and – less predictably – Britney Spears. Stay Close was the most watched show on Netflix earlier this month and fans have called for Barbie and her sidekick Ken to have their own spin-off.

Lady GaGa wants you to know the hottest scene in House of Gucci was left on the cutting room floor!

Lady Gaga caught everyone off guard when she described some steamy scenes that didn‘t make it into House of Gucci.During a U.K. cast conversation for the film, Gaga revealed that she pushed for a sex scene with her costar, Salma Hayek.The “Bad Romance” singer--who stars as Patrizia Reggiani--admitted in the clip that the sex scene with Hayek--who played TV psychic Giuseppina “Pina” Auriemma in the movie--never made it to the final cut of the movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Marton Csokas (The Last Duel) are joining John Cena, Alison Brie and Juan Pablo Raba in director Pierre Morel’s (Taken) action-comedy Freelance.

Zack Sharf Lady Gaga revealed during a U.K. cast conversation for “House of Gucci” that one cut of the movie included a sexual relationship between her character, Patrizia Reggiani, and Salma Hayek’s Giuseppina “Pina” Auriemma. Patrizia and Pina were co-conspirators in the murder of Maurizio Gucci, played in Ridley Scott’s film by Adam Driver.

didn’t disappoint enough viewers, star Lady Gaga recently revealed that the crime drama’s overseers cut a steamy sex scene involving the pop icon and co-star Salma Hayek. The Grammy winner dropped the bombshell during a panel discussion.“There is a whole side of this film that you did not see,” divulged Gaga, 35, who plays Patricia Reggiani, a real-life swindler who was convicted of conspiring to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver).The “Poker Face” singer claimed that the unused footage depicted her character developing a “sexual relationship with Giuseppina ‘Pina’ Auriemm” played by Hayek, 55, who was also present on the interview panel.“I remember being on set with Selma and going ‘so….after Mauricio dies, maybe it gets hot'” recalled the New York native, to which Hayek responded, “you think she’s kidding.” Gaga also gave props to “House of Gucci” director Ridley Scott for “allowing us to go there.”And while the on-screen fling never made the film, the “A Star Is Born” actress hinted that it could be included in the “director’s cut.”However, the fan-servicing scene might not have been enough to save the fashion thriller, which The Post called “abysmal,” and holds a middling 63% fresh rating among critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Director Ridley Scott is coming off an impressive run in 2021, with both “The Last Duel” and “House of Gucci” receiving awards buzz. While it remains to be seen how those two films will fare at the Academy Awards ceremony, Scott likely doesn’t even care and is prepping his very next film project at Apple Studios.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis Images Online, an industry showcase promoting locations in the French capital, has lured some of France’s top dogs, including Federation Entertainment’s Pascal Breton, “Sing 2” producer Jacques Bled, and “Notre Dame on Fire” filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud. The conference is taking place on Jan.

Gucci fashion has made many appearances in Hollywood, both in movies and on the red carpet. The actual story of Gucci is worthy of a movie of its own, and it finally got one in House of Gucci.

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.

This shimmering wisp of a drama — in theaters and on VOD this Friday — offers a breezy pre-pandemic portrait of the city, following an author who wanders its crowded sidewalks and falls in with its young minds after inexplicably losing her memory. As hazily directed and ever so slightly written by Adam Leon (“Gimme the Loot,” “Tramps”), “Italian Studies” is less about solving the mystery of Alina’s sudden amnesia than asking how her surroundings might fill the wiped-clean slate of her identity in with vivid details (read our review here).

Ridley Scott sure does enjoy his existential sci-fi, huh? From his early days with “Blade Runner” and then in his polarizing ‘Alien’ prequels, it’s clear Scott has a love of trying to use sci-fi to explain humanity and its origins. And this is seen again in the HBO Max series, “Raised by Wolves.” READ MORE: Noah Hawley Says ‘Alien’ TV Series Is A “Reinvention” & Will Focus On Corporations Trying To Create Immortality Season 2 of “Raised by Wolves” is right around the corner, and HBO Max has released its full trailer for the new episodes.

House of Gucci actor Jared Leto said that taking on family outcast Paolo Gucci for Ridley Scott’s crime drama came with its own set of risks. But now a contender for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a  Supporting Role at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards, it seems it that taking on the late fashion designer continues to pay off.

“Alien” is inarguably one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time. Actually, many would consider it the gold standard of that specific subgenre.

Ridley Scott released two major films in 2021, including “House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel.” The latter of which marked the first time the filmmaker worked with actress Jodie Comer. They enjoyed the situation so much, the two were scheduled to reteam for the upcoming Napoleon epic, “Kitbag.” Well, it would appear Comer and Scott are going to have to wait a bit longer for an eventual reunion.