Austin Abrams wasn’t intimidated when he found out his role in “Wolfs” would require him to wear only underwear and crew socks for the first half of the film. After all, he had previously stripped down to gold spandex shorts for a memorable homoerotic dance number on the HBO hit “Euphoria.” “I didn’t really care,” […]

Marissa Bode thought she lost out on her dream role of Nessarose in “Wicked.” After a self tape and a series of callbacks, she stopped hearing back from casting. “I was like, ‘It’s dunzo for me.’ I was sad, so I made a little short film to distract myself,” Bode tells Variety. Because it was […]

Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to the drama “My Home Unknown” starring, written and produced by first time feature director Yaz Canli (“Monster Hunter”). The film co-stars and is produced by WallyBird Productions founder Diane Foster, and is executive produced by Threshold Entertainment’s Lawrence Kasanoff (“Mortal Kombat” franchise) and Oscar winner Jimmy […]

Director James Cameron has purchased the rights to Charles Pellegrino‘s upcoming book “Ghosts of Hiroshima,” which will be published by Blackstone Publishing in August 2025 (the 80th anniversary of the bomb’s dropping in 1945). Cameron will combine and adapt “Ghosts” and Pellegrino’s 2015 book “Last Train From Hiroshima” into a single film, which he will […]

Entertainment-focused brand management company Foundation Media Partners has set a first look deal with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to develop and produce film and television projects mined from the giant’s expansive library spanning a century. Foundation will focus on developing and adapting a multi-title slate from Simon & Schuster’s Little Simon Chapter Books & […]

Author Scott Westerfeld never thought his 2005 novel “Uglies” would get the film treatment, for one simple reason: “There’s nobody in Hollywood who’s gonna want to make a movie abut ugly people.” Still, he had a message for the young fans of his book who hoped to see Tally Youngblood’s coming-of-age story on the big […]

CAA and Wasserman Foundation have joined efforts to announce School Day 2024, a Los Angeles county-wide call to action for entertainment industry partners to provide additional resources to teachers, students and classrooms. Kicking off Saturday, companies are encouraged to adopt an L.A. school for a day of service, mentor program, and/or provide essential financial resources. […]

Gersh has signed technology-forward golf company Newton Golf as a client. The announcement of the signing comes in the same month that Newton Golf announced a strategic rebrand, having previously been known as Sacks Parente. Gersh will provide media, event and athlete/celebrity-driven support, as well as develop plans that drive innovation and growth for Newton […]

Gersh has announced the launch of Gersh Gives, a new initiative under which the agency’s philanthropic work will be strategically united. Gersh Gives is a comprehensive philanthropic initiative, supporting high-impact nonprofit organizations that drive meaningful and sustainable social change. By fostering collaboration and strategic partnerships, Gersh Gives will amplify their efforts to build a more […]

Producer Chris Miller says all is well in the Spider-Verse. Miller took to X on Tuesday to deny a claim from The InSneider about problems with the third film in the Oscar-winning franchise, “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.” The newsletter reported on Monday evening that Sony had “scrapped most” of the movie for creative reasons, and […]

Brianna Middleton and Stella Everett have been cast in leading roles for the feature adaptation of “Ride or Die,” the short film by filmmaker Josalynn Smith. Smith serves as writer and director for the feature, executive produced by Datari Turner of Foxxhole Productions. Smith will also produce alongside Matthew Keene Smith. The film follows Paula […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” now playing in theaters. When Tim Burton asked to speak with “Wednesday” scribes Al Gough and Miles Millar after a long day of filming the series in Romania, the duo assumed they were in big trouble. “After wrap, he usually was in his car and gone,” Gough […]

Sony and Columbia Pictures are expanding their release rollout for Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night.” The film, which was previously scheduled to solely release wide on Oct. 11, 2024, is now getting a three-step platform release. It will first land exclusively in L.A., N.Y. and Toronto on Sept. 27, followed by a limited release on Oct. […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” now playing in theaters. It’s been 36 years since Michael Keaton’s foul-mouthed demon first terrorized audiences in Tim Burton’s 1988 film “Beetlejuice,” but his legacy lives on. Especially now that a sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” is finally in theaters. Keaton returns to reprise his role as the ghost […]

Disney is hitting pause on its adaptation of “The Graveyard Book” in the wake of sexual assault allegations leveled against the book’s author Neil Gaiman. The film from director Marc Forster hasn’t been thrown out entirely, but development was halted for a variety of reasons, including the claims about Gaiman. Published in 2008, “The Graveyard […]

Simon West’s “Old Guy,” starring Christoph Waltz, Cooper Hoffman and Lucy Liu, will make its world premiere as the opening night film at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival. West and Waltz are expected to attend the screening on Oct. 17, kicking off the 25th edition of the Festival from Oct. 17-24. The Avenue will […]