‘Thelma’ review: Dir. Josh Margolin [Sundance]

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Scarlett Johansson is assembling the cast of her directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great.” June Squibb, the Oscar-nominated actor of “Nebraska” will be joined by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Broadway veteran Jessica Hecht and Erin Kellyman. The movie, formerly titled “Eleanor, Invisible,” follows Eleanor Morgenstein (Squibb), a 90-year-old woman trying to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

Josh McDermitt is entering the Suits world!

Caroline Brew editor “The Walking Dead” actor Josh McDermitt is set to star opposite Steven Amell in NBC’s “Suits” spinoff, “Suits: LA.” The new series sees Amell star as Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York who built an L.A. law firm, Black Lane Law, specializing in criminal and entertainment law.

EXCLUSIVE: The Walking Dead alum Josh McDermitt is set as a lead opposite Steven Amell in NBC drama pilot Suits L.A., a new extension of the Suits universe from Aaron Korsh, creator and writer of the original series. Production is scheduled to start in late March in Vancouver.

EXCLUSIVE: Sugarcane has become the latest big documentary deal out of the Sundance Film Festival.

A brand new trailer for the upcoming film Challengers has been released!

The press tour for the Dune sequel continues!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Both Sydney Sweeney and Josh Brolin are set to host upcoming episodes of “Saturday Night Live.” Sweeney will make her hosting debut on the long-running NBC sketch comedy series on March 2. She will be joined by musical guest Kacey Musgraves, who will be appearing on the show for the third time. Sweeney recently starred in the Spider-verse film “Madame Web” and has the new film “Immaculate” opening in theaters on March 22.

The Love Island: All Stars final has come to an end, and Molly Smith and Tom Clare were crowned the winners of the 2024 series.The first to be dumped in the nail biting finale episode was Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk followed by Georgia Steel and Toby Aromolaran. Sophie Piper and her beau Joshua Ritchie were the third to leave the villa, and as is customary, headed straight to the sofa to chat with host Maya Jama about their romance and time on the show.

Carole Horst Highland Film Group shared a first look at “London Calling,” an action-comedy that reunites director Allan Ungar with star Josh Duhamel after the success of the action heist thriller “Bandit.” Film also stars Jeremy Ray Taylor (“It,” “and “It: Chapter Two”), Rick Hoffman (“Billions,” “Suits”) and Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) Written by Omer Levin Menekse and Quinn Wolfe, “London Calling” sees mediocre hit man Tommy Ward (Duhamel) go on the run and get stuck in L.A. after mistakenly killing a relative of London’s biggest crime boss (Gillen).

If you watched the recent “Deadpool & Wolverine” trailer, which brought the whole “Deadpool” gang back together, mostly, you’ll have noticed three absent players critical to the “Deadpool” franchise. One is easy to explain.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to thriller “Cold Wallet.” In the film, after losing everything in a cryptocurrency scam, a ragtag team of vigilante Redditors attempt to kidnap the kingpin who cheated them But when the home invasion takes a turn for the worst, they become victims in a sadistic game. The cast includes Raul Castillo (“Cassandro”), Melonie Diaz (“The First Purge”), Tony Cavalero (“The Righteous Gemstones”) Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) and Zoe Winters (“Succession”).

Love Island fans were left in shock after This Morning's Rochelle Humes made a surprise appearance on the show. On Thursday's episode, 15 February, the guys went out of the villa for the day, whilst the girls got chance to video call some of their nearest and dearest at home. First up was Sophie, 25, who spoke to her big sister, Rochelle, 34, who gave her brutal opinion on Sophie's romance with Joshua Ritchie.

Focus Features will open its Sundance Film Festival acquisition Didi on July 26.

A row erupts in the Love Island: All Stars villa as Georgia Harrison and Anton Danyluk confront their fellow Islanders about comments made about their romance, a new teaser shows. Georgia, 29, and Anton, also 29, gather their co-stars at the fire pit for a chat, with Joshua Ritchie, 29, and Tom Clare, 24, both beginning to clash with the couple.

Dune co-star Timothée Chalamet that will be published as part of a companion book for the movie.Excerpts of the coffee table book – titled Dune: Exposures and documenting the shooting of director Denis Villeneuve‘s sci-fi franchise – were shared with Variety last week. One of the poems, alongside a black-and-white image of Chalamet, sees Brolin refer to his co-star’s “cheekbones,” “youth-laden eyes,” and “lips of a certain poetry.”Brolin also wrote of Chalamet’s youth and its impact on his own thoughts of mortality.

Selome Hailu Adam Sandler has set a new comedy special at Netflix — this time directed by Josh Safdie. The project continues Sandler’s string of collaborations with Safie, who co-directed him in 2019’s “Uncut Gems” alongside his brother Benny Safdie.

In this uncertain world, one thing remains very clear when it comes to the filmmaking duo of the Safdie Brothers and their ongoing collaboration with Adam Sandler. While the filmmakers Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie, who directed Sandler in the film “Uncut Gems,” have parted ways to direct their own solo movies, their friendship and collaboration with the Sandman remains strong.

Adam Sandler is teaming up with his Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie on a new comedy special for Netflix.

Bill Bryson bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything is being reimagined as an animated TV series by former The Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Paddington scribe Jason Hazeley, with Richard Ayoade narrating.