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Netflix series, despite identifying as straight.The actor will be playing the titular role in the forthcoming limited series, following the designer’s hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970s and 1980s.In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, McGregor responded to comments made in 2019 by gay actor Billy Porter, who discussed the narrow range of roles often given to gay actors.“If ‘flamboyantly’ wasn’t in the description of the character, no one would see me ever for anything,” Porter said at

Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion designer Halston in a new Netflix series. The Trainspotting star will star in Halston as the titular influential designer best known for designing the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at her husband’s inauguration.

Ewan McGregor is speaking up amid backlash.

Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff series saying it will feel “so much more real” than the franchise’s prequels.The actor, who last portrayed the legendary jedi in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), will reprise his role in the Disney+ show, which currently has no release date.Speaking about the prequels in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he criticised George Lucas for making them too CGI based.“He [Lucas] wanted more and more control over what we see in the

Ewan McGregor is dishing about his upcoming series.

It’s been more than 15 years since George Lucas released “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” the final film in his Prequel Trilogy and the most recent feature to showcase Ewan McGregor in a major role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. But soon enough, Disney+ is going to change that by giving McGregor his own event series, aptly titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which will take place years after ‘Sith,’ and the actor is more excited about this project than he was working with Lucas on the films.

When Ewan McGregor met Halston executive producer and director Daniel Minahan to discuss starring in the Netflix series, he was not familiar with the 1970s fashion revolutionary. "To find out that he was so massively famous in his time," says McGregor, "and I had never heard of him — that didn't make much sense to me.” McGregor was quickly brought up to speed, however, by Minahan, who had been trying to turn Halston's life into a project for nearly 20 years.

Ewan McGregor is looking back at his career and what lies ahead in a new in-depth cover story for The Hollywood Reporter.

Ryan Murphy, the creator of shows like Glee, Ratched, Pose and American Horror Story is back with a brand-new show that is taking one of the most divisive designers in American fashion.

Netflix has shared the first look of Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming Halston limited series starring Ewan McGregor.

Netflix has shared a first look of Ewan McGregor as fashion designer Halston – check it out below.The actor will be playing the main role in Ryan Murphy’s forthcoming limited series Halston, following the designer’s hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970s and 1980s.The show is set to look at Halston’s journey with his name, and the battle he faced when it was threatened to be taken away from him.Take a look at the first photos here:He would do anything to make a name for himself.

and, Ryan Murphy is once again going back in time with.

After shows like “Feud” and “Hollywood”, Ryan Murphy is once again going back in time with “Halston”.

Today, on what would have been legendary fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick’s 89th birthday, Netflix honors the visionary icon by announcing the May 14 global premiere date for the limited series “Halston,” starring Ewan McGregor and revealing its first look at the series. READ MORE: The 65 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2021 In case you’re unaware, Halston was the creator of the ultra-chic ’80s Ultrasuede look and a late ’70s and ’80s fashion icon.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAntoine Fuqua will direct and produce a new film adaptation of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning look at greed, family, death and sexual repression.The “Training Day” and “Magnificent Seven” director will join forces with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, who backed a 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out 19-week run as the first all-African American production on Broadway.

Also Read: 'Soul' Director Pete Docter on How Pixar 'Thinks of Our Work as Indie Films'Those 17 guilds and professional organizations, all of which include Oscar voters among their membership, are considered the clearest indicators of the movie industry’s sentiment toward the Oscar nominees. None are infallible, and in a year as strange as this one they’re probably more suspect than usual.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHulu has acquired the “Changing the Game,” Michael Barnett’s look at transgender athletes, and will premiere the film on June 1 as part of its celebration of Pride Month.The film, which debuted at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, follows three high school students at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Wyatt Rockefeller’s “Settlers.” The film, which marks Rockefeller’s feature narrative debut, stars Sofia Boutella or “Kingsman: The Secret Service” fame, and Brooklynn Prince, who first captured audiences’ hearts in “The Florida Project.” Ismael Cruz Córdova, Nell Tiger Free, and Jonny Lee Miller round out the cast. IFC Midnight will release the film in summer 2021.

Matt Willis has claimed the Church of Scientology tried to break up his marriage to Emma Willis after he joined the religious organisation following a stint in rehab. The Busted bassist secretly became a Scientologist for three months when he was "fresh out of rehab" in 2008, with him going to its London headquarters every day, taking courses, buying books and getting "fully invested" in the religion, which has celebrity followers including Tom Cruise, Elisabeth Moss, and John Travolta.

­Trainspotting star Ewan has revealed she’s helped write a “deeply personal” script and her dad has been involved with the movie. The story, about a daughter forced into a road trip with her estranged father as he drives her to rehab, has meant she has been working closely with Ewan, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels.