‘Wicked’: Everything to Know About the Ariana Grande-Led Film Based on the Broadway Musical

Before he wowed Broadway with Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared in a production of tick, tick… Boom!

Manori Ravindran International EditorBrett Morgen, the freewheeling director behind “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” “Jane” and “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” is finalizing a top-secret David Bowie project based on thousands of hours of rare performance footage of the musician, most of it previously uncirculated, sources confirm to Variety.Morgen has been at work on the Bowie film, for which an official title has not been disclosed, for the last four years.

It doesn’t take long for the Real Housewives to get heated! When travelling via private jet to a Caribbean getaway for the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, famed Bravolebrities Ramona Singer and Kenya Moore hit some turbulence, as Kenya accused Ramona of flirting with another man while she was still married to then-husband Mario Singer.

Lucy Fallon has celebrated her 26th birthday in style.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThirty years ago, Billy Crystal brought the story of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comic whose talent can’t outrun his self-destructive tendencies, to the big screen with “Mr. Saturday Night.” The film, which Crystal co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in, was a modest critical success but a box office bomb.

, and it wasn't the happy reunion either of them wanted.

James Corden in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked.The big screen version of the long-running stage musical confirmed its major castings last week, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo set to play its leads.However, Corden’s prevalence for appearing in movie musicals in recent years, including Cinderella, The Prom and Cats, has drawn the ire of many fans.In a new Change.org page created in the wake of the Wicked news, creator Mikel Miller declared: “James Corden in no way shape or form

Yungblud is set to release his first short film – Mars “an uncensored, unfiltered portrayal of youth” based upon the singer’s 2020 song of the same name.The story for the film, which is a collaboration between Mercury Studios and Interscope Films, is based around Charlie Acaster, a young fan Yungblud met on tour who was struggling to convince her parents that she was transgender.Speaking of the film, which is set to come out in spring 2022, Yungblud said: “This story is an uncensored, unfiltered

New-Release WallFor all the standard reasons physical media matters — the exclusive extras, the permanence compared to many streaming platforms — 2021 has added yet another: Audiences who for various reasons don’t feel secure about going into theaters can enjoy big-screen releases in the safety of their homes. After a hybrid release for “Black Widow,” Disney/Marvel went theatrical-only with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” and it’s a gamble that paid off at the box office.

wrote on her page along with a series of photos of her looking elated about her upcoming role. Meanwhile, Grande, 28, posted a screenshot of herself and her “Wicked” co-star receiving the good news via Zoom from the film’s director Jon M.

EXCLUSIVE: BET Studios has teamed with Rich Paul and Klutch Sports Group on Klutch Academy, its first original unscripted series, from Kenya Barris and Mike Tollin and Jon Weinbach, the creative team behind the award-winning docuseries The Last Dance.

Ephraim Sykes, the Tony-nominated actor of Broadway’s Ain’t Too Proud and Hamilton, will join Brandon Victor Dixon, Lillias White and Walter Bobbie in the world premiere Off Broadway musical Black No More in January.

very substantial increase, more than doubling, around the viewing that we would normally get on the movie catalogue that we offer,” Griffin told TheWrap.