Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s press tour for the A24 weepie “We Live in Time” rolls on with the Oscar-nominated actors appearing as “substitute teachers” in a new digital series, hosted by “Recess Therapy’s” Julian Shapiro-Barnum. Pugh and Garfield are set to be the first guests on “Celebrity Substitute,” a digital-first series featuring celebrities who […]

Yorgos Lanthimos has added Alicia Silverstone to the star-studded cast of “Bugonia,” his upcoming sci-fi conspiracy movie led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. Best known for her iconic role as Cher in “Clueless” (which she reprised last year during the Super Bowl), Silverstone memorably appeared in Lanthimos’ 2017 psychological thriller “The Killing of a […]

Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures has added veteran producer Anne Carey as president of film and TV. In 2020, Variety exclusively announced that Purple Pebble Pictures, which has been behind projects including the Academy Award-nominated films “The White Tiger” and “To Kill a Tiger,” inked a first look TV deal with Amazon MGM Studios. […]

M88 has signed actor, producer and photographer Lance Gross (“House of Payne,” “Our Kind of People”) for representation. Gross starred in the Fox TV series “Our Kind of People,” produced by Lee Daniels, opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and Joe Morton. He also won four NAACP Image Awards for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy […]

Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will tell the story of her rise and evolution in a feature-length documentary for Amazon MGM Studios. The documentary, titled “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words,” captures an inside look at the three-time Grammy-winning artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur with “unprecedented access to the multi-faceted woman behind the persona.” A synopsis […]

When Lamorne Morris was cast as Garrett Morris (no relation) in “Saturday Night” — the movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the first 1975 broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” — he ignored explicit instructions from director Jason Reitman by reaching out to the man he was to portray. Garrett Morris’ place in “SNL” […]

Jamie Foxx made his long-awaited return to the standup comedy stage in Atlanta over the weekend, where he opened up about his 2023 medical emergency in a humorous, but emotional one-man show. “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King was backstage at the special, which was filmed for Netflix, and captured Foxx’s immediate reflections in an impromptu […]

As ‘Brat’ summer raged, Charli XCX snuck away to Poland for a couple weeks in August to make a secret movie with playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris and filmmaker Pete Ohs. The film’s title “ERUPCJA” is the Polish word for “eruption” and refers to, of course, the type of violent explosion of molten rock […]

Veeps, the live-streaming platform co-founded by Joel and Benji Madden, will soon be the home of “Improbably Poppy,” a new video series from singer-songwriter and performance artist Poppy. The project is described in a press release as “a complex knot of comedy, subversive commentary, and music, unabashedly introduced by Poppy as ‘a show where we’ll […]

Miracles happen! Development on “Princess Diaries 3” is moving along with Adele Lim (“Joy Ride,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Raya and the Last Dragon”) signing on to direct. “As a diehard fan of the original ‘Princess Diaries,’ I’m beyond excited to be a part of bringing the third iteration of this beloved franchise to life,” Lim […]

Jax Media, an Imagine Entertainment company, has hired veteran production executive Yolanda T. Cochran as the new head of production. In her new role, Cochran will oversee the sales, strategy, and execution of Jax Media’s production services and also offer production support and consultation to Imagine Entertainment’s scripted divisions, advising on film and television productions […]

John Boyega and Danielle Deadwyler are set to portray late soul legend Otis Redding and his widow Zelma Redding in Fifth Season’s forthcoming biopic “Otis & Zelma.” Directed by breakout filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples and produced by Fifth Season, Homegrown Pictures and Kinfolk Management + Media, the music-based film chronicles the life of Otis Redding, […]

Range Media Partners has signed multi-hyphenate talent Rita Ora for representation in all areas, including music, film/TV, endorsements and more. As a musician, Ora has accumulated more than 10 billion global streams and scored 13 top 10 U.K. singles, including 4 No. 1 hits in the U.K. In TV and film, Ora just began her […]