‘The Iron Claw’ Breakout Star Stanley Simons Signs With Gersh

EXCLUSIVE: Sons of Anarchy and Mayans M.C. star David Labrava has signed with The Green Room for representation.

It’s been awhile since Matthew McConaughey last appeared onscreen: four years, in fact. The last time?  Guy Ritchie‘s London gangster caper-comedy “The Gentlemen.” Now Deadline reports McConaughey is ready for a live-action role again, and will star in “The Lost Bus.”  Paul Greengrass will direct the film, with Jamie Lee Curtis co-starring.   READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2024 Curtis develops the project through her Comet Pictures banner with Jason Blum through Blumhouse.

The Iron Claw, a new wrestling themed film from A24 has just been released. The film tells the true story of famous wrestling family, the Von Erichs and is directed by Sean Durkin, the filmmaker behind the likes of Martha Marcy May Marlene and The Nest.Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Stanley Simons, Brady Pierce, and Lily James make up the main cast of the film, which opens soon.The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, Kevin, Kerry and David, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports. The film starts rolling out in the US on 22nd December with other territories set to follow.Here’s the trailer.When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.@ THN - The Hollywood News 2023

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jemele Hill has signed with WME for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. Hill currently serves as contributing writer for The Atlantic and a creative consultant for Meadowlark Media. She is also a co-founder of Lodge Freeway Media.

What’s in a name, Shakespeare once asked. British actor Tom Hollander found out unexpectedly that a name can mean millions of dollars, as he accidentally received fellow actor Tom Holland‘s paycheck for a box-office bonus payment for The Avengers.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The 2024 Oscar nominations have arrived, and it was a huge morning for the likes of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” as predicted. Nolan’s atomic bomb epic led the pack with 13 nominations, further cementing its status as a best picture frontrunner after winning top prizes at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Awards earlier this season. As is always the case on Oscar nominations morning, dozens of critically-acclaimed films found themselves with zero nominations.

Dancing on Ice fans have jumped to the defence of one of the show's professional skaters following her first performance of the series. The hit ITV skating competition returned to screens on Sunday night (January 21) for week two.

Call the Midwife fans will recognise actress Annabelle Apsion as the lovable shop owner, Violet Buckle, but she's also appeared in a string of other TV shows. Annabelle joined the BBC drama during season four when Fred Buckle (Cliff Parisi) visited her haberdashery which saw the pair quickly fall in love, reports MyLondon.They started a life together in Poplar, East London and Violet won the local council elections to represent Poplar North - she's also become a mum to Reggie Jackson (Daniel Laurie).

Game of Thrones is the sort of industry dominating, pop culture titan that comes around every so often and totally changes the game. And while the characters fought for the Iron Throne, the show made its stars very wealthy in real life.

With their upcoming pic Ghostlight premiering this weekend at Sundance, filmmaker duo Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson have landed new reps as the two have signed with Gersh.

The Bear stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson toasted their Emmys win with a kiss.The show’s cast and crew took to the stage at the event in Los Angeles on Monday (January 15) to accept the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.Matheson, the real-life chef who plays Neil Fak in the series, was mid-speech when his co-star, Richie actor Moss-Bachrach, interrupted him with a prolonged kiss on the lips – to cheers and applause from the audience.After the kiss, Matheson replied: “I love you Ebon.” Check out the moment below.Matty Matheson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach share a kiss on stage after #TheBear wins the award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the #Emmys pic.twitter.com/lHT3Iu8ffd— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 16, 2024Picking up his speech afterwards, Matheson added: “I just love restaurants so much. The good, the bad, it’s rough.

Toho International’s sleeper hit Godzilla Minus One grossed an estimated $853k this weekend for a cume of $50.9 million at 605 locations in week seven as arctic blasts buffet much of the nation.

Charles Melton has had a good year; although saying farewell to Riverdale hit him hard, he went head-to-head with Natasha Lyonne for an episode of Poker Face and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Todd Haynes’ May December. Sandwiched between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, the U.S.-born actor with Korean roots handled himself impeccably, playing the husband of Gracie (Moore), an older woman once sent to prison for molesting him as a minor. Melton brings a diffident grace to the part, which is crucial to the film’s unfolding when actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman) turns up.

Michelle Trachtenberg first made a name for herself way back in 2000, when she was cast as Dawn Summers in the American supernatural drama, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. At the time of joining the show, Michelle was just 15 years old, however, she had already starred in an array of TV shows and films before her big break in Buffy. From her starring role in the Nickelodeon series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, plus, the network's 1996 comedy film, Harriet the Spy, Michelle was also cast in the 1997 CBS sitcom, Meego.

Grey’s Anatomy fans better tune in for the 75th Emmy Awards next week because there’s going to be an exciting reunion on stage!

4-minute sketch began with Fallon, 49, skipping onto the stage in a blue striped sweater, white pants and a bowl-haircut wig. “Everybody’s talking about my tight pants, I got my tight pants, I got my tight pants on,” he sang, dancing around onstage alone. McConaughey came out from behind him, also sporting a silly unflattering wig, dancing with tight white pants and sunglasses, singing about being the only one wearing tight pants.

Stuart Miller Sean Durkin doesn’t typically think about actors while writing a screenplay, but while he was working on “The Iron Claw,” his movie about the tragedy-riddled pro wrestling Von Erich family, he checked out the David Fincher series “Mindhunter.” “When I saw Holt I thought immediately, ‘I want this guy,’” Durkin recalls of Holt McCallany, who plays the domineering patriarch, Fritz Von Erich, whose signature move from his time in the ring was the Iron Claw, and who oversees a brood of four sons each of whom follows him into the wrestling ring. “If I didn’t get Fritz right the whole movie would fall apart and Holt had the presence and an intensity we needed.” McCallany knows fighting, but a very different sport: he played boxing trainer Teddy Atlas in “Tyson,” appeared in “Fight Club” and starred as a heavyweight champion in the FX series “Lights Out.” He even did some amateur fighting.

For Zac Efron, A24‘s The Iron Claw was the most challenging project in a career of more than two decades, but “in the best ways possible.”

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with The Iron Claw, which tells the saga of the wrestling Von Erich family in two hours.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer expressed an optimistic view of the movie business – at least the way it is approached by his cost-conscious executive team.