‘The Last Movie Stars’: Ethan Hawke To Direct A New Doc About Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward; Martin Scorsese To Produce

Many of us know Willem Dafoe, 66, from his slew of character-driven performances and memorable roles. The actor, who has received various accolades and award nominations, is perhaps best know for roles like the supervillain Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in the Spider-Man franchise as well as his work with various auteurs like Wes Anderson, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Julian Schnabel, and more.

EXCLUSIVE: APB alumna Tamberla Perry has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming CW spinoff All American: Homecoming. Written by All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and directed by Michael Schultz, All American: Homecoming follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) and an elite baseball player from Chicago, Damons Sims (Peyton Alex Smith) as they contend with the high stakes of college sports, while also navigating the highs, lows and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood at a prestigious Historically Black College. Perry will play Keena Sims, the always on momager who wants her future MLB star son back on track to The Show after choosing Bringston. However, once she sees how much Bringston is changing her son for the better, she’s forced to re-examine their relationship and choices she’s made. Perry can next be seen in Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone and has appeared as a series regular on Fox’s A. P. B. and Netflix’s The Jamz as well as recurring on CBS’ The Good Fight, USA’s Dare Me, Amazon’s Bosch, and How To Get Away With Murder. She also can be seen on Showtime’s series The Good Lord Bird opposite Daveed Diggs and Ethan Hawke. Perry is repped by Stewart Talent & Authentic Talent and Literary Management.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA long-gestating movie about The Who’s late drummer Keith Moon is finally moving ahead, with plans in place to shoot in Britain this summer, Variety can reveal.The project, which is tentatively titled “The Real Me” (the title of a song on Who album “Quadrophenia”), has Moon’s former band members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend on board as executive producers. The pic is directed by Paul Whittington (“The Crown,” “White House Farm”) with a script from prolific British screenwriter Jeff Pope, who was Oscar-nominated for “Philomena.”Los Angeles-based White Horse Pictures is producing.

EXCLUSIVE: Trioscope, the company behind Netflix’s The Liberator, is working with former Roblox exec Keith Lucas as it looks to expand its animation technology.

Mortal Kombat is getting a sequel!

We all know Martin Scorsese is a film fan. Like many other filmmakers, the legendary director has an encyclopedic knowledge of the medium.

Knives Out 2 is expected to be released this autumn.The actor, who will reprise his role as private detective Benoit Blanc in the sequel to the 2019’s Knives Out, said in a new interview that the film is in the editing stage.He told Variety: ‘We did the second one [in 2021] in Greece, and then we filmed studio work in Serbia. It’s in the can. Rian [Johnson – director] is editing now, and it’ll be out, I think, in the fall of this year.”Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick and Ethan Hawke will also star in the film.Last year Craig said that he thinks the sequel is “very different” from the original.

Daniel Craig is opening up about his upcoming movie, Knives Out 2, which just wrapped production in Europe late last year.

Amber Dowling “Euphoria” continues to reign over Variety’s Trending TV chart, hitting the top spot for the week of Jan. 17 – 23.

party tradition — an hourslong affair with infinite supply of seafood, pizza, dessert and Veuve Clicquot Champagne set to pulsing music known simply in this city-state as “Friday brunch.”But starting this year, the United Arab Emirates shifted its weekend from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday — a move to align with global markets and Western schedules.Now, Emirati government employees work a half day with time for worship and family gatherings on Islam's holy day. Most of the nation's expatriate-dominated private sector, however, works the full day.That has thrown Dubai’s beloved Friday brunch — a key revenue source for COVID-19-battered restaurants that revel in Instagram-worthy, booze-soaked buffets — into disarray.“The traditional 12 p.m.

Joseph Reidy will receive the DGA’s Frank Capra Achievement Award and Garry Hood will receive the guild’s Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award at the 74th annual DGA Awards on Jan. 27 in recognition of their “extraordinary contributions” to the guild.

Gaspard Ulliel, one of the most best-known stars of French cinema, died at 37, following a tragic ski accident in France.The actor’s family confirmed his death after being hospitalized for brain trauma, suffering a series of injuries when he collided with another skier on the slopes of the Savoie region in the Alps.Ulliel portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in the 2007 film ‘Hannibal Rising’ and fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the 2015 biopic ‘Saint Laurent.’ He also plays Midnight Man in the upcoming superhero series ‘Moon Knight,’ as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The highly anticipated series premieres March 30 on Disney+ and he can be seen acting alongside Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke.Born in Paris on November 25, 1984.

Spike Lee will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction at this year’s DGA Awards, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter announced today.

Sidney Poitier has been revealed, with Los Angeles County coroners reporting it to be due to a mix of heart failure, Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer. The death certificate from the LA County Department of Public Health was published by TMZ on Tuesday.

There have been some new additions to the cast of Netflix’s upcoming thriller, Leave the World Behind.

Oscar Isaac is the newest MCU superhero! The Star Wars alum has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Moon Knight. The first trailer for Marvel Studios’ upcoming series Moon Knight debuted on Monday during the NFL Super Wild Card game between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams.The upcoming live-action series follows Steven Grant (Oscar), “a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life,” according to Marvel.

Disney+ has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac in the title role.

Marvel‘s Phase 4 finally launched last year, and the driving force of this sequence of films/shows is to introduce lesser-known superheroes into the fold. So far, that’s included the likes of Shang-Chi, the titular team in “Eternals,” and Kate Bishop and Echo in “Hawkeye,” among others.

A pained observation: The only intriguing stories on Hollywood this week consisted of obits – all kinds of obits. There were obits reminding us of the remarkable lives of Sidney Poitier, Peter Bogdanovich and Betty White. Also speculative obits about the Golden Globes, sentimental obits about the extinct 20th Century Fox and even speculative obits about MGM and ICM.