Directors

Image via BBC The good times keep on rollin’ for Doctor Who fans. Following the mind-blowing Thirteenth Doctor finale “The Power of the Doctor” airing at the weekend, and revealing that David Tennant is our new Time Lord — at least for a handful of specials — the BBC has unveiled a game-changing partnership that should open out the show to a bigger audience than ever before. Plus, the series has got itself a spiffy new logo. Although the internet has only got one thing to say about it. The Doctor is coming to…

Angelina Jolie is set to play opera singer Maria Callas in a new drama from Chilean film-maker Pablo Larraín.Maria will tell “the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris” with a script from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who last collaborated with Larraín for Princess Diana drama Spencer.“I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie said in a statement. “I will give all I can…

WASHINGTON—Board members at Udemy Inc., UDMY -0.97% SolarWinds Corp. SWI -1.92% and three other public companies resigned in recent weeks because they simultaneously served as directors of competing companies, the Justice Department said.The moves came after DOJ officials signaled earlier this year that they would enforce a law that bars people from serving on the boards of rival companies, an arrangement that could lead to illicit…

Image: Amblin Entertainment It’s taken more than twenty years, but a sequel to Twister is finally in development. Albeit, likely without its stars returning for the follow-up. Amblin Entertainment and Universal are currently scouring Hollywood for some talent to join a potential sequel, with the 1996 disaster movie struggling to have its sequel hit any sort of solid ground. The death of star Bill Paxton in 2017 already cut off two options, with the actor also known for his directorial work on pictures like…

My Best Friend's Wedding was a charming romantic comedy hit when it was released in 1997. It's okay if you don't remember the almost three-decades-old film because, if you ask Russell Crowe, the film's director barely does. Or at least, according to the actor, he has a skewed memory of the pre-production process. In a recent interview, director P.J. Hogan asserted that he initially wanted Crowe in the part of the best friend and romantic lead, playing opposite Julia Roberts. Hogan, however, claimed that Crowe gave a poor…

Russell Crowe is denying a claim that his audition to star in My Best Friend’s Wedding went terribly. In fact, he is denying that the audition ever happened at all.The 1997 romantic comedy starred Julia Roberts as a woman who realises she is in love with her best friend when he gets engaged to somebody else. While the best friend in question was ultimately played by Dermot Mulroney, Crowe was one of the actors who auditioned for the role.In an excerpt of the book From Hollywood With Love, published in February, the film’s…

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Some directors go away forever, or eventually get tired and retire from making movies. John Carpenter, for example, last directed in 2010 with The Ward. But the Pope of Trash, the Duke of Dirt himself, John Waters, is coming back with a new movie, his first as director since 2004. An article published in Deadline Hollywood today reveals that the 76-year-old, who infamously has pushed the limits of what can be shown on screen while still making relatively family-friendly fare like the…

Image: Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Lionsgate Action hero Keanu Reeves could go behind the camera for his next project, as a much-anticipated comic book adaptation nears production. Reeves’s own comic book BRZRKR saw near instant appeal for a live-action adaptation, with Netflix purchasing the rights to produce a film version just three weeks after the first issue was released. The twelve issue series follows an immortal warrior (designed to look like Reeves) who battles his way through different…

Joyce Carol Oates, who wrote the book on which Blonde is based, has given her verdict on the controversial adaptation.The film stars Ana De Armas as Marilyn Monroe and features many imagined scenes from the star’s life.Oates has since weighed in on the Netflix adaptation of her 1999 book, which presents a fictionalised take on the American icon’s life. The author – who was not involved in the movie’s production – deemed it a “brilliant work of cinematic art obviously not for everyone”.Since then, she has also defended…

Elon Musk has served August 22, 2022 former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey with a subpoena in a hunt for material to help him get out of buying the giant social media platform for $44 billion as agreed.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesBefore the current legal saga between Twitter and billionaire Elon Musk played out in public, ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wanted Musk on the social media company's board. But he didn't see the other directors going along with him, a court filing Thursday revealed.In a text message to Musk on March…