Vanessa Kirby On ‘Italian Studies,’ Memory Plays & Ridley Scott [Interview]

Manori Ravindran International EditorEvan Rachel Wood, Eliza Scanlen, Rufus Sewell and Vanessa Redgrave are set to lead an adaptation of World War II-era book “All That I Am,” Variety can reveal.AGC Studios is fully financing the film, which will be shot in Berlin and Sydney in late summer. The studio, led by Stuart Ford, introduced the project to buyers this week as part of the virtual European Film Market, which generally runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.

One of the surprise series of 2020, HBO Max’s “Raised By Wolves” is finally returning for its second season. Created by Aaron Guzikowski, the first two episodes were directed by executive producer Ridley Scott who brought a stunning cinematic aesthetic to the proceedings.

guest star Elizabeth Mitchell), after more than a decade. It turns out, those texts he had been receiving all episode were sent by her.Their tense reunion at the bar in Transnistria, where Scott is recovering after a particularly difficult case comes, at a crucial time. In the clip of that exact moment, which you can watch above, Scott is taken aback when his mom arrives in the episode's final moments.

From playing tennis royalty to former First Daughter Sasha Obama, Saniyya Sidney is making her mark in Hollywood this year.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— If you missed Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” in theaters, you can bask in all the gaudy decadence from the comfort of your own home starting Tuesday, when it becomes available on VOD. Lady Gaga gives a committed performance as Patrizia Reggiani, a local beauty who married into the Gucci family and helped her husband, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), wield power and influence in the family business.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Bana (Munich) and Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina) have been set to star in Ridley Scott-produced thriller Berlin Nobody, which Protagonist and Augenschein will be launching sales on at the virtual EFM next month.

Drew and Johnathan Scott poked fun at Kim Kardashian while filming their popular HGTV series "Property Brothers." On Monday, Drew, whose long list of celebrity clients include the former "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star, took to TikTok and Instagram to share a video montage of him and Johnathan dancing. In the clip, an audio voiceover of Kardashian speaks to how immensely dedicated she is to her career after "KUWTK" had drawn to a close following 14 years and 20 seasons.

Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) and Jake Gyllenhaal (“The Guilty”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.Lady Gaga hasn’t added “movie critic” to her résumé yet — but she can’t help raving about Jake Gyllenhaal’s latest film, “The Guilty.” When she sees Gyllenhaal at our photo shoot for Actors on Actors, her praise is as effusive and passionate as fans who’ve watched her recent red-carpet run-ins might expect. “It was phenomenal,” Gaga says about Gyllenhaal’s 2021 Netflix film.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTrailblazing host and producer B. Scott has signed with WME in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively.Last March, the longtime media personality became the first out, trans non-binary personality in the history of BET. They anchor and executive produce an after-show companion to the network original “Twenties,” created by Lena Waithe.B.

Lady Gaga and Salma Hayek have a kissing scene that may never see the light of day. During an appearance on onMonday evening, Gaga, who plays Patrizia Reggiani in the film, spilled on how she asked Hayek to kiss her on camera.  In the film, Hayek portrays Pina Auriemma, the woman commissioned to kill Patrizia's husband, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver).“I’ll never forget, I was like, 'OK, listen, so before we do this scene I just want your consent to do something together,'" Gaga said she told Hayek, while channeling her character’s Italian accent.  “And she’s like ‘OK, what do you want to do?'"“I said ‘OK, so I was thinking after the hit gets put out on Maurizio, and you get the phone call that he’s dead, that I will walk over to you and kiss you.’ And she’s like, ‘What?’” Gaga hilariously quipped in Hayek’s voice.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorVanessa Kirby didn’t go all Method for “Italian Studies,” but she didn’t need to in order for her character to seem a little out of sorts.“The Crown” actor filmed the Adam Leon-directed indie drama — she stars as Alina, a successful writer who finds herself wandering around New York City with a group of teens after she suddenly suffers severe memory loss — while doing a play in London.“Adam said, ‘I don’t want you to have a process. I want you to come as you are. If you are knackered, you come knackered,’” Kirby, who earned an Oscar nomination for her work in “Pieces of a Woman,” tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.When she was jet-lagged, which she was many times after coming to the New York set straight from a transatlantic flight, Leon told her to lean in.

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Zack Sharf Lady Gaga revealed during a U.K. cast conversation for “House of Gucci” that one cut of the movie included a sexual relationship between her character, Patrizia Reggiani, and Salma Hayek’s Giuseppina “Pina” Auriemma. Patrizia and Pina were co-conspirators in the murder of Maurizio Gucci, played in Ridley Scott’s film by Adam Driver.

Director Ridley Scott is coming off an impressive run in 2021, with both “The Last Duel” and “House of Gucci” receiving awards buzz. While it remains to be seen how those two films will fare at the Academy Awards ceremony, Scott likely doesn’t even care and is prepping his very next film project at Apple Studios.

Gucci fashion has made many appearances in Hollywood, both in movies and on the red carpet. The actual story of Gucci is worthy of a movie of its own, and it finally got one in House of Gucci.

EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott didn’t have to look far to find a new president of his film company Scott Free. He has elevated Michael Pruss, who until now has been co-president of the company’s film division alongside Kevin Walsh, who left for a first-look producing deal at Apple.

After spending the past five years as president of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, Kevin Walsh is leaving for a multi-year deal with Apple TV+ to produce film and television for the streamer.

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