“Pose” star Michaela Jaé “Mj” Rodriguez will be honoured at the GLAAD Media Awards for her efforts to advance acceptance for LGBTQ people of colour.
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Emmy and Golden Globe winner Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) has been set to lead pandemic-themed thriller Rich Flu, we can reveal. Producers include Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula banner which produced Spencer, Jackie and No.
Sierra/Affinity is handling international sales and launching to buyers for the first time at the virtual European Film Market. CAA Media Finance is representing domestic.
In Rich Flu, a strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively….Then it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune. With the whole world panicking, people try to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants. The movie asks how far people would go to save their skin when the wealth that made the world go round suddenly becomes its most dangerous commodity.
Pic is to be directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia from a script written by Pedro Rivero and Gaztelu-Urrutia. Principal photography is slated to commence in fall of this year.
Gaztelu-Urrutia recently directed The Platform which was also co-written by Rivero. The film was originally released in Spain in 2019 and subsequently by Netflix internationally in early 2020. It went on to become one of the streamer’s most-watched original films with 56 million households viewing it over its first four weeks of release.
Also producing are Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls via the Nostromo Pictures banner; Carlos Juárez; Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and Albert Soler.
Pike earned an Oscar nomination for David Fincher’s Gone Girl and she won the Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance in the dark comedic thriller I Care A Lot. She is currently starring
“Pose” star Michaela Jaé “Mj” Rodriguez will be honoured at the GLAAD Media Awards for her efforts to advance acceptance for LGBTQ people of colour.
LOS ANGELES -- “Pose” star Michaela Jaé “Mj” Rodriguez will be honored at the GLAAD Media Awards for her efforts to advance acceptance for LGBTQ people of color.Rodriguez, the first transgender woman to receive a lead actress Emmy nomination, will receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award given to LGBTQ media professionals who counter anti-LGBTQ bias.“Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is an undeniable talent who is changing the way audiences understand trans people while breaking down barriers for the trans community and LGBTQ people of color within the entertainment industry,” GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement.Rodriguez, who earned a Golden Globe Award for her role of Blanca on “Pose,” stars in Netflix's Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed film “tick…tick…BOOM!” and is to appear with Maya Rudolph in the announced Apple TV+ series “Loot.'' She also has an upcoming album release.Rodriguez will be honored at the April 2 awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
Ed Meza @edmezavarZDF Enterprises has struck further deals for the first season of post-apocalyptic disaster thriller “Sløborn,” including sales in the U.K., Russia and Japan.The eight-part series is produced by Christian Alvart’s Berlin-based Syrreal Entertainment in co-production with ZDF, Tobis, Nordisk Film and ZDF Enterprises. Alvart, who also penned and helmed the Netflix series “Dogs of Berlin,” co-wrote and directed “Sløborn” along with Adolfo J.
EXCLUSIVE: Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi (The Last of The Mohicans, Hostiles) and SAG Award, NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach (Smoke Signals, The Power of the Dog) have signed on to star in the thriller American/Indian from writer-director Peter Curtis Pardini.
Tom Hanks, Gerard Butler, Evan Rachel Wood and Rosamund Pike headline projects being brought onto Berlin’s virtual European Film Market.Just how large its top-tier offers may be is, and the volume of deals, are still open for debate.“Very compact,” Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz said mid-last week of the EFM, which swelled somewhat thanks to a flurry of title announcements on Feb. 4, followed by a steady trickle of big unveils.“The EFM does not look like it will have the comparable volume of the AFM,” Mister Smith’s David Garrett said.
EXCLUSIVE: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal, Army of the Dead) has set Diamondback as his feature directorial debut, and will also star in the thriller based on true events.
Amazon has unveiled via social media a very quick teaser for a teaser. It reveals (sort of) that Amazon Studios will debut the (real) first teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power during Super Bowl LVI, this Sunday, February 13. You can see the show’s Instagram post below.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe first trailer for the TV series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Amazon Prime Video announced on Monday.The teaser will cap off the first wave of promotion for the massively ambitious show, which launched Jan.
One of the most anticipated series this spring is HBO’s “Winning Time,” a look at the 1980s LA Lakers Dynasty based on the book “Showtime” by Jeff Pearlman. With Adam McKay directing, that’s bound to be a rollicking comedic look at the Showtime era of Lakers basketball and its most familiar face, Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Rosamund Pike has booked a new role!
The government will help around 28 million households this year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said, as energy bills skyrocket.
Margaret Qualley (Maid, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to exec produce and star in The End of Getting Lost, an Amazon Studios thriller from Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, which also has Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter, Normal People) in talks to co-star, Deadline has confirmed.
Ryan Phillippe and Kat Graham are teaming up for a new movie.
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto is full-steam ahead with filming set to begin next month in on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we can reveal.
Rege-Jean Page is posing for a new Armani commercial!
Martin Dale ContributorHiventy-Monal, one of France’s leading post-production companies, is seeing rising demand across its range of services, including film processing, dubbing and subtitling, post-production, film restoration and BluRay mastering. It has operations in France, Poland, Singapore, Vietnam, Kenya and Nigeria.Hiventy has one of the few film lab services in Europe.
Tracee Ellis Ross has given fans a right old treat as she shared a promo video for her episode of Hot Ones, a YouTube series that sees celebrities eat a variety of hot sauces and try to answer questions.MORE: Black-ish fans all saying same thing after Michelle Obama joins Tracee Ellis Ross in season 8 premiere"My episode of #hotones is out! Time to see if I go down in flames," Tracee captioned the hilarious video which sees her making a series of noises as she tries to control her breathing. "Now I feel really frightened," she jokes at one point before getting serious and adding: "I'm so scared… it's out of control."WATCH: Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross surprises fans with 'Hot Ones' video"This was hilarious," commented one fan as others left laughing emojis."I didn’t think it was possible to enjoy you even more… yet here we are," shared another fan as one follower added: "This is amazing and I am here for it! What a great sport you are!"MORE: Tracee Ellis Ross steps out in statement dress with a twistMORE: Everything you need to know about Black-ish star Tracee Ellis RossThe video comes as Tracee's hit comedy show Black-ish comes to an end.The series is on its eighth season and the cast recently celebrated the incredible news that it has been nominated for eight NAACP awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for Anthony Anderson and Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for Tracee.