‘The Phantom Menace’: Ewan McGregor Remembers How “Hard” It Was When People “Hammered” The First ‘Star Wars’ Prequel

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Berlin Film Festival hosted the 10 young European actors selected for the Shooting Stars program, run by European Film Promotion, at a gala event Monday. The presentation of the Shooting Stars took place prior to the screening of Claire Burger’s “Langue Étrangère,” which plays in competition.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Focus Features has bought international rights to Brady Corbet‘s “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn, Variety has learned. Corbet, who sits on the Berlinale jury, penned the film with Mona Fastvold (“The World to Come”), a Swedish filmmaker who is also his wife. The film charts 30 years in the lives of visionary architect László Toth and his wife, Erzsébet, who flee post-war Europe in 1947 and witness the birth of modern America.

Joey King is keeping in touch with Gypsy Rose Blanchard!

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Joey King says she and Gypsy Rose Blanchard have recently been in touch. “She and I have privately talked a little bit, which has been really nice,” King told Variety on an upcoming episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. King portrayed Blanchard, a woman sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the death mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in Hulu’s limited series “The Act.” Blanchard was recently released from prison on parole in late December after serving eight years for the 2015 crime.

The Traitors star Amanda Lovett has landed a part on the BBC show Pilgrimage, alongside Spencer Matthews and Christine McGuinness. Pilgrimage is returning for its sixth series, which sees its stars take a on challenging journey as they traverse North Wales.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Christopher Nolan recently proclaimed that the decision to hire Robert Downey Jr.

 EXCLUSIVE: Independent Artist Group has signed actor Laz Alonso (The Boys) for representation.

It’s been about a year since we heard about David Robert Mitchell’s untitled new film starring Anne Hathaway. And since then, it was reported that Mitchell was going to do a new “It Follows” sequel at some point, leaving many to wonder what was going on with the Hathaway collab.

EXCLUSIVE: Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) has signed on to star opposite Anne Hathaway in Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s currently untitled new film from David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind titles like It Follows and Under the Silver Lake.

Bleeding Love, a new film with Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor leading the cast. The feature is currently set to arrive on UK screens this March through Icon.Bleeding Love hits screens in the UK on 29th March.

Liam Neeson has revealed that he and Ewan McGregor were “personally hurt and offended” by the backlash to Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks.The character (played by Ahmed Best) received a hugely negative reception after making his debut in 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace.Speaking to Empire about working with McGregor and Best, Neeson looked back fondly, recalling: “Ahmed was so funny and inventive. Myself and Ewan were personally hurt and offended by the critical reaction to the character.”Last year, Best opened up about the backlash to his character, revealing that he was afraid to leave his apartment after receiving death threats when his phone number was leaked online.“It was terrible.

Princess Catherine is on the mend — and on the move!

Well this is nothing short of AWKWARD!

Christopher Nolan had a Shakespearian moment when he came to The Late Show. In a reverse of Marc Antony, he came to praise Robert Downey Jr., his Oppenheimer star, not to bury him.

Mr Bungle appear to be teasing their live return to the UK.The Mike Patton-fronted band has not played in the UK since 2000, having performed their last show in Nottingham before splitting up. The band then reunited almost two decades on, but have not played in the UK since.Now, it appears that might be changing.

Erin Moriarty is calling out Megyn Kelly and announcing she is leaving Instagram after all the negativity she’s received following criticism from the former Fox News anchor.

Erin Moriarty is responding after Megyn Kelly alleged that she had plastic surgery.

EXCLUSIVE: Tyriq Withers is set to star alongside Marlon Wayans in Monkeypaw’s Goat for Universal with Justin Tipping.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Norwegian director Thea Hvistendahl’s zombie movie “Handling the Undead,” premiering at Sundance and to be released in the U.S. by Neon, sees the reunion of Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, the stars of Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” in a poetic, visually-charged chronicling of a hot summer’s day in Oslo when the dead mysteriously come back to life.

The US Sun on Friday. “I would certainly show up,” the actress enthused about a possible reboot.