‘Thirteen Lives’ Director Ron Howard & Star Joel Edgerton On The Commitment To Cultural Authenticity And Painting An Intimate Portrait Of This Harrowing Journey — Contenders LA3C

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (or, in 2018, before the likes of “The Mandalorian” and “Andor“), Ron Howard‘s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” was a big deal to “Star Wars” fans. The film did alright commercially, taking in $393 million at the box office off a $300 million budget, but critics didn’t care for it.

One of global cinema’s big surprises in 2022 was S.S. Rajamouli‘s Indian action epic “RRR.“  It’s the most expensive Indian film to date, with a budget of $72 million, and won over critics and audiences worldwide on its way to grossing $175 million worldwide.

Coming into a franchise as storied as the Shrek series, director Joel Crawford was thrilled at the opportunity to show a new side of the iconic Puss in Boots. A sequel to the 2011 Puss in Boots film, DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish takes place after Shrek Forever After, when Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is accidentally killed by a bell and discovers he is down to his ninth, and final, life. After a brush with a mysterious wolf who is determined to take his last life, Puss decides to live the rest of his life in hiding. However, he soon learns about a wishing star that could help them get his lives back. Crawford wanted to take the story of Puss in Boots into a darker direction than the other films in the Shrek franchise, using inspiration from Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

Johnny Depp was trying to make a point!

If this is a sign of things to come, this war of words will probably never end.

The Hallmark family’s newest addition! Andrea Brooks and her husband, Riley Graydon, have welcomed their second child together, a son named Levon.

Gabrielle Beaumont, who may have directed more primetime hours of television than any other women in history, died peacefully on October 8th at her home in Spain, her brother Christopher Toyne confirmed to Deadline.

very reluctantly. The only reason Darby agrees to help is because Capri quickly figures out that she can use her ghostly powers to draw a lot of attention to Darby, in ways that the latter can’t easily explain off. (This includes a moment at the end of the film, when Capri terrorizes her own party guests by making a ouija board fly around the room and deliver messages).But, like we said, there are rules.

Darren Aronofsky is getting a lot of buzz for his latest film The Whale and is now looking to create a musical based on Black Swan.

One step closer. Julia Haart’s ex-husband Silvio Scaglia has dropped his lawsuits pertaining to misappropriation of funds ​against the My Unorthodox Life star.

Feeling good in your skin! Bryce Dallas Howard doesn’t have time for body shaming or Hollywood weight-loss pressures — and that goes for her kids, too.

The Smithsonian last week debuted its long in the works Entertainment Nation, an entire wing at the National Museum of American History devoted, for the first time, to pop culture.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever co-writer/director Ryan Coogler joined Deadline’s Contenders LA3C panel to reflect on the impact of the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman and the sensitive display of Black motherhood. 

“I had never heard of this guy, and I would be the kind of person who would know about the most prolific serial killer in the U.S.,” The Good Nurse director Tobias Lindholm said of the real-life Charles Cullen, played by Eddie Redmayne in the Netflix film.  

one tampon joke. And we were like, ‘Are we going to make this character trans for one joke? Yeah.”For Howard, who has directed four feature films now and a whole lot of television, it was a moment of “complete freedom,” and one that he didn’t take lightly.“I think this is the first time I just had the, the complete freedom with myself and the actor to decide,” Howard told TheWrap.

Cookie champs! Bryce Dallas Howard and her family — including father Ron Howard — take their holiday traditions very seriously.