Timothy Spall, Leanne Best Commence ‘Bolan’s Shoes,’ Featuring Music by Marc Bolan’s T-Rex (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAbby Quinn will star in an upcoming Blumhouse and Epix movie set in Nashville opposite Shiloh Fernandez and Joshua Leonard. They join the previously announced Alexxis Lemire and Katey Sagal in the film, which has the working title of “Tattered Hearts.” The movie centers on a promising up-and-coming country duo who seek out the secluded mansion of their idol (Sagal), a former country music star and “Music City” royalty turned recluse.

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Model and actor Leyna Bloom has made history by becoming the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Angelique Jackson Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, CJ Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook.“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ managing partner and head of music, said announcing the signing.

This is 58! Lisa Rinna celebrated another year around the sun in Mexico with husband Harry Hamlin this week — and shared a sizzling birthday selfie in a plunging white swimsuit on Instagram on Monday, July 12. To celebrate 58, the actress rocked a white one-piece from designer Norma Kamali and yellow-tinted aviator sunglasses from Tom Ford, captioning the post: “This is 58,” complete with celebratory emojis.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Musical biopic “Rebellion” has wrapped after a four-week shoot in Bogota, Colombia, making it one of the few pics to have filmed in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic breakout in 2020.

Christopher Vourlias Moroccan producer Khadija Alami and Nigerian producer and Africa Intl.

Manori Ravindran International EditorFilmmaker/producer Steven Soderbergh is on board to executive produce a feature-length adaptation of buzzy Directors’ Fortnight short film “The Vandal,” Variety can reveal.Directed by American helmer Eddie Alcazar, the Quinzaine-premiering film — which is presented by filmmaker/producer Darren Aronofsky — is being tipped as an early contender for the best animated short Oscar.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s iconic Cinecittà Studios are set for a major overhaul involving many new state-of-the art soundstages, a bigger backlot and ambitions to become continental Europe’s top filming facilities thanks to a multi-million euro cash injection provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.In June, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Italian premier Mario Draghi (pictured above) jointly visited the Cinecittà lot and held a

EXCLUSIVE: Westbrook Studios, Netter Films, and PalmStar Media have locked a September start date in Morocco for The Alchemist, the seminal Paulo Coelho novel that PalmStar principal Kevin Frakes will direct. Sebastian de Souza, Tom Hollander, and Shohreh Aghdashloo have been set to star. Pic will be ready for release in late 2022.

Warner Bros. TV will have panels for their DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Roswell, New Mexico during San Diego Comic-Con@Home which runs July 23-25.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCristina Gallego, producer-director of 2018 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight hit “Birds of Passage,” is set to produce “Kings of the World,” the second feature by Colombia’s Laura Mora.

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