Tyler Perry Sets ‘Black, White, & Blue’ at Amazon

EXCLUSIVE: The Teamsters Union has been supporting the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for the last 75 days across Hollywood and the scribes have returned the favor.

In a twisted turn of events, the Scottish man behind one of 2015’s most viral and head-scratching internet phenomena is now accused of a heinous crime.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Casey McQuiston’s romance novel “Red, White & Royal Blue” was an instant New York Times bestseller when it first came out in 2019 and it’s topping bestseller lists once again ahead of Prime Video’s film adaptation which premieres on August 11.

It’s a secret romance like no other.

Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine go from enemies to friends to lovers in the trailer for their upcoming Prime Video movie Red, White & Royal Blue.

“Red, White, & Royal Blue.” The trailer certainly makes a point of laying out the various peaks and valleys of the plot, introducing Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the President of the United States (Uma Thurman) and Britain’s Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine). After an international incident involving a wedding cake happens the two are forced to engage in a staged friendship.

In rom-coms, the game is simple: opposites attract. But in the case of “Red, White & Royal Blue,” that trope gets an international facelift, with the scions of the US President and the British Royal family falling for each other.

is finally here! And the extended look at the R-rated, gay royal romance starring Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine did not disappoint, serving up all the sexual — and romantic — tension fans have been clamoring for since the film adaptation was first announced. Adapted for Prime Video from Casey McQuiston's 2019 best-selling novel, tells the story of two high-profile young men, Alex Claremont-Diaz (Perez) and Henry (Galitzine), whose ongoing public feud leads to an unexpected, secret romance. As the progeny of two major political families, with Alex the son of U.S.

McKinley Franklin editor The United States and Great Britain seem to be caught in a star-crossed love affair in the first official trailer for Prime Video’s upcoming political romance “Red, White & Royal Blue,” which is set to premiere on August 11.  The footage unveils a first look at Taylor Zakhar Perez’s portrayal of the U.S.’s First Son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, and Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry of Britain set to Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want.” As the dashing son of the President of the U.S. (played by Uma Thurman with a thick southern accent), Alex knows he has an image to live up to. Thurman gives her son one instruction before he attends a royal wedding — “Don’t cause an international incident.” But conflict arises when Alex and his longtime nemesis, Prince Henry, get in a fight that causes the wedding cake to fall onto them, a feud the tabloids coin “The Buttercream Summit.”

Brittany Snow’s divorce from Tyler Stanaland has been finalized, five months after the “Pitch Perfect” actress first filed.

Brittany Snow's divorce from Tyler Stanaland has been finalized, five months after the actress first filed.According to court documents obtained by ET, the presiding judge ruling over their divorce proceedings approved the dissolution of their marriage. Both Snow and Stanaland will be considered legally single as of Aug.

Sparks secretly fly in this love story of power and prestige, and it’ll all be playing out on Amazon Prime Video this summer.

Tyler Labine is in recovery mode after being hospitalized to treat a scary blood blot in his intestines and liver.

EXCLUSIVE: Just a day after announcing Black, White, & Blue as his first film under a four-picture deal with Amazon inked back in November, Tyler Perry has named Divorce in the Black as his second. Starring in the pic, which Perry will direct and produce from his script, are Meagan Good (Harlem), Cory Hardrict (All American: Homecoming), Joseph Lee Anderson (Young Rock), Taylor Polidore (Snowfall), Shannon Wallace (City on a Hill), Richard Lawson (For Colored Girls) and Debbi Morgan (Power Book II: Ghost). 

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Tyler Perry is directing the movie “Black, White & Blue,” a police brutality drama that will be released by Amazon. It’s the first film at Amazon Studios under the filmmaker’s four-picture deal that was forged back in November. In addition to directing, Perry will write and produce “Black, White & Blue,” which is set to star Kat Graham (“The Vampire Diaries”), Tyler Lepley (“Harlem”), Meagan Tandy (“Batwoman”), Josh Adeyeye (“Ruthless”), RonReaco Lee (“First Wives Club”), Jimi Stanton (“Your Honor”), Shannon LaNier (“God’s Not Dead 3”) and Nick Barrotta (“The Oval”). The story follows a woman named Fela Blackburn (Tandy), whose life is shattered when she loses her husband, Rodney Blackburn (Adeyeye), at the hands of a police officer.

After taking domestic to William Oldroyd’s thriller Eileen out of Sundance, NEON has set a December theatrical release for the pic.

Tyler Perry is making the movie Black, White & Blue at Amazon Studios. It’s the first title under a four feature film deal he inked with the streamer back in November.

Mia Wasikowska To Head Sarajevo JuryActress and director Mia Wasikowska (Bergman Island) will head the Competition jury at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival. Wasikowska will be joined by actor Zlatko Burić, actress Danica Ćurčić, director and actor Juraj Lerotić, and Josh Siegel, curator of MoMA’s Department of Film. “I’m thrilled to serve as Jury president for the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival alongside such wonderful members of the international arts community,” Wasikowska said. “It seems a particularly poignant time to reflect on the origins of the festival, and to celebrate the importance of coming together to promote a diverse range of cultures, perspectives, and experiences through art.”

chronicles one beleaguered woman’s journey to healing and self-discovery after being betrayed by her philandering husband. The film features all the classical elements of Perry productions. It’s set in a predominantly Black area of the South, there are theatrical church scenes and plenty of the over-the-top histrionics extracted straight from his plays.

EXCLUSIVE: Swept Away, the Broadway-aimed musical with music and lyrics by roots rock band The Avett Brothers, has announced principal cast for its fall-winter 2023 production at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., with John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening), Stark Sands (& Juliet), Adrian Blake Enscoe (TV’s Dickinson), and Wayne Duvall (the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?) will play the four survivors of a whaling ship disaster.