Robin Wright, Like Her ‘Land’ Character, Found Isolation ‘Therapeutic’

Dalian Wanda, which acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012, surrendered control of the struggling exhibitor as it issued and sold tranches of new stock to raise cash — diluting the stake of the Chinese conglomerate.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety”…We’re just a couple days away from Liza Minnelli’s birthday, which is March 12. As I first told you, the Hollywood legend — and Variety cover star — will be feted that night with “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration,” a virtual extravaganza benefiting The Actors Fund.

After it was announced that Piers Morgan has quit Good Morning Britain, Mark Wright has weighed in on the show's future and questioned if it can survive without the outspoken star at the helm.The presenter, who admitted it's 'tough' helping pal James Argent, showed his support for Piers, 55, and said he can't imagine the show without him. Piers broke his silence after his exit by posting a picture alongside his late former manager on his Instagram page.

Wright had previously helmed a few episodes of her Netflix series “House of Cards,” which she compared to a “mini cinema school” that allowed her to learn on the job. That, coupled with her decades of experience as an actress, made her finally feel ready to step behind the camera for her first feature film.“I didn’t think I could do it.

Carole Horst “Land,” which premiered at Sundance, tells the story of a broken woman who discovers hope, resilience and human kindness, all in the remote Wyoming mountains.

Over the past few years, specifically, when Disney purchased Marvel a decade ago, the company has been trying its best to keep all the characters’ rights under one roof. While there is still the whole ‘Spider-Man’ situation with Sony, the only other outliers that are left are the ‘Defenders’ characters that were lent to Netflix for the multi-year run of series.

Ricki Lake wasn’t expecting a proposal quite like this.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDemián Bichir says he didn’t mince words when he told Robin Wright that he had to play Miguel in her feature film directorial debut “Land.”“When I read the script, it was so powerful and it talked to me right away. And I felt the need to do it because of the times we live in.

Gallery: 14 soap stars currently planning weddings: Ryan Thomas, Mark Jordan, Louisa Lytton and more (Hello!)Lisa also shared her 'best present' of the day, which was from her daughter Billie, 14, and consisted of a box of tokens such as a blow-dry, head massage or cup of tea.   The former Holby City actress adopted her daughter Billie with her first husband Chris Coghill back in 2008.

Edgar Wright is in negotiations to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.King first published the futuristic novel under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRing them bells! Liza Minnelli will be celebrating her 75th birthday on March 12 with a dancing and singing streaming shindig.The virtual “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration” will include appearances and performances by Joel Grey, Lily Tomlin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chita Rivera, Joan Collins, Harry Connick, Jr., Ben Vereen and the dancers from the Verdon-Fosse Legacy, Ute Lemper, Billy Stritch, Charles Busch, Kathie

Robin Wright used to joke that her directorial debut had already been made. It was called “Blue Valentine,” it starred Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling as a couple falling apart, it came out in 2010 and it was directed by Derek Cianfrance, not her.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith the Super Bowl behind us and the Oscars looming (and a pandemic-dampened Valentine’s Day as a marketing peg), American distributors are releasing their most robust slate of new releases in months this weekend.Awards contenders “Judas and the Black Messiah” (about the FBI-sanctioned murder of Fred Hampton) and “Land” (starring and directed by Robin Wright) arrive in theaters, hot off their premieres at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival.

her directing debut, however, is its soulfulness. Her character, Edee, isn’t some spoiled brat stranded in the woods like Tea Leoni in “Six Days Seven Nights”; she is a traumatized woman trying to rebuild her life from the ground up.Edee’s reality has been shattered by a family tragedy, so she packs up the car and leaves the city behind for a cabin deep in the Wyoming wilderness far removed from civilization.

Robin Wright used to joke that her directorial debut had already been made. It was called “Blue Valentine,” it starred Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling as a couple falling apart, it came out in 2010 and it was directed by Derek Cianfrance, not her.

“My plan was to die before the money ran out” has become the anthem and tagline of the Sony Pictures Classics’ French Exit starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite — a role that has been earning her plenty of awards season buzz.

After wrapping up five seasons of Greenleaf for OWN, creator Craig Wright said he and his creative team were ready to tackle a larger project.