‘Wicked,’ ‘Pippin’ Creator Stephen Schwartz Getting Documentary Treatment (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA and Kraft-Engel Management have signed Helen Park.Along with Chris Curtis and Marjorie Duffield, Park penned the songs for “Over the Moon,” an upcoming animated feature from Netflix. Glen Keane, who previously oversaw “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast,” directs the film, which debuts on Oct.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLuke Bracey has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” an upcoming biopic about the King of Rock and Roll.The actor will play Jerry Schilling, who started out with Elvis Presley as young football buddies in Memphis.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Pose” co-creator Steven Canals has set up a drama project for development at ABC.The show is currently titled “In the End.” Incapable of living life to the fullest, Kiona Brown makes the only logical choice – to embrace death as an end-of-life doula.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has written the script for Lockdown, a film set during the coronavirus pandemic that is set to star Anne Hathaway.Per Deadline, Lockdown is an under-$10 million budget film described as “a heist movie/romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the pandemic lockdown”.The film is set to be directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), who is also set to helm Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s NASA movie that is due to film in outer space.Both Lockdown and the untitled

Woody Allen’s latest film, “Rifkin’s Festival,” has a first trailer, which Variety can share exclusively.Produced by Spain’s The Mediapro Studio, Allen’s own Gravier Productions and Italy’s Wildside, the comedy will world premiere at Spain’s 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, opening the event on Sept.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSandbox Films, a new production company that will back documentary films about scientific inquiry, is launching at the Toronto Intl.

Tom Hanks traveled to Australia for the first time since contracting COVID-19 there in March — and he is seemingly getting special treatment when it comes to the country’s quarantining policy.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe 2020 Horton Foote Prize has been awarded to Lloyd Suh for his play “The Chinese Lady,” a penetrating drama that looks at racism and the immigrant experience.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNick Cordero, the Broadway actor who died in July of coronavirus at the age of 41, was remembered Sunday as a mega-talent with a commanding presence and husky baritone, who remained humble about his many successes when not taking center stage.The Tony-nominated star of “Bullets Over Broadway,” “The Toxic Avenger” and “Waitress” was honored at a special memorial tribute that streamed on Broadway on Demand.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUtopia Distribution has acquired “Turning Point,” a documentary that follows researchers in their quest to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s. It will premiere on Altavod, Utopia’s new distribution platform on Sept.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC dishes up dozens of short news segments to its viewers over the course of a single day. Now the network may have a chance to go long.The cable-news outlet will air “The Way I See It,” a documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza (above, pictured), on Friday, October 9 at 10 p.m.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres will pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the “Black Panther” star who died last week of colon cancer at the age of 43, by screening “42.”The baseball drama featured Boseman as Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman who broke the color line when he became first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947. Warner Bros.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLeslie K. Barry’s upcoming novel “Newark Minutemen” has been optioned by Fulwell 73, the independent production company behind “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” John Niven and Nick Ball are attached to pen the screenplay.“Newark Minutemen” is based on an incredible true story.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHolland Taylor thought it was only natural that she be cast as the Great Leader, the most powerful person in the universe, in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” After all, Taylor has made a career out of playing imperious figures who bend the world to their wills in everything from “Two and a Half Men” to “Legally Blonde.”As the film got ready to hit theaters and on-demand platforms on Aug.

Some of the biggest icons of the music industry have teamed up to pay tribute to Jimmy Carter in a brand new documentary.