| | | | What's news: True Detective S4 has added some heavyweight talent to its cast. Peacock has canceled Queer as Folk. Apple's Spirited will get a limited theatrical run. Cloverfield 2 has a director, as does Final Destination 6. Netflix has lost its chief accounting officer — Abid Rahman |
Constance Wu Alleges Sexual Harassment, Intimidation on 'FOTB' ►"I kept my mouth shut for a really long time." Constance Wu says she faced sexual harassment and intimidation from an unnamed producer during her time working on the ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The actress opened up during an appearance at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., saying she kept quiet for years for fear of sullying the reputation of a groundbreaking show starring Asian Americans. The story.
—"Abortion rights affect all of us." Actress and author Jenny Mollen has opened up about her own abortion procedure and she’s crediting Chrissy Teigen for inspiring her to share her personal story. In an Instagram post published Thursday, the Crash and Girls actress revealed that she experienced two miscarriages while married to her husband and fellow actor Jason Biggs. The story.
—Great start. Olivia Wilde's much talked about Don’t Worry Darling started off its domestic box office run with a solid $3.1m in Thursday previews and special Imax screenings on Monday. Tracking and Warner Bros. are projecting a $17m opening weekend. But based on advance ticket sales, exhibitors are saying the weekend gross could fall between $20m and $24m (some think even higher). The movie cost a relatively modest $35m to make. The story.
—Miss Flo rises above it. Don’t Worry Darling star Florence Pugh took a moment to thank the cast and crew of the film, and shared photos from set, including one with her co-star and director, Olivia Wilde. The film's box office debut comes after a bumpy PR rollout that included rumors of acrimony on set, including reports of tension between Wilde and Pugh. The story. |
Netflix Releases Previously Unseen 'Squid Game' Clip ►K-drama feast. Netflix’s Tudum global fan event is taking place across the streamer’s many YouTube channels this weekend, and there are plenty of goodies for K-drama fans. Among the many sneak peaks shared by the streamer are exclusive first looks at returning Korean hit series like Hellbound, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area and Singles Inferno — and a previously unseen clip from the first season of Squid Game. The clip.
"It’s a rare gift in these times, and in this country, to be able to make a show as fearless and unapologetic." Peacock’s Queer as Folk reimagining will not return for any more episodes after its first season on the streamer. Creator Stephen Dunn announce the news that the series would not continue on social media. Dunn's reimagining followed a group of friends in New Orleans and used a Pulse-like nightclub shooting at a gay bar as a way of exploring how the city’s LGBTQ+ community rebuilds itself. The story.
—Elite acting talent. Season four of HBO's True Detective is rounding out its cast. John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett and Anna Lambe have been added to the roster for the fourth edition of the crime drama anthology, which is currently in pre-production. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, as has already been announced, lead the upcoming season, called Night Country. True Detective last aired in 2019. The story.
—Limited run. Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s upcoming holiday film Spirited — a musical retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — will open in theaters on Nov. 11 before making its global debut on Apple TV+ Nov. 18 ahead of Thanksgiving. It’s not yet clear how many cinemas Spirited will play in, since many exhibitors aren’t keen to carry a film that’s hitting streaming so quickly. The story. |
How Cameron and Landau Remastered 'Avatar' For Rerelease ►"We drive the studio operations team crazy." Starting this weekend, and ahead of the release of The Way of Water later this year, James Cameron and producer Jon Landau are reintroducing audiences to Avatar, their groundbreaking movie with a stunning, newly-remastered version for today’s cinemas. THR's Carolyn Giardina spoke to Landau about how they went about remastering the film and the lengths they went to achieve the best possible presentation quality. The story.
—It's happening. Paramount has a new Cloverfield movie in active development, with Babak Anvari attached to direct the next installment of the franchise. Joe Barton was earlier brought on board to pen the screenplay for the sequel. J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions banner is producing the franchise sequel along with Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. Matt Reeves, director of the 2008 film, is involved in the sequel as an exec producer. The story.
—Relaunch team set. THR's Borys Kit has the scoop on Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the filmmakers behind 2018 sci-fi thriller Freaks, nabbing the coveted gig of directing Final Destination 6, the relaunch of the New Line’s horror franchise. Craig Perry, the original franchise producer, is producing with Sheila Hanahan Taylor. Jon Watts, the director behind the Spider-Man movies, is also producing alongside Dianne McGunigle. Watts also wrote the treatment for the reboot. The story.
—🎭 Casting news 🎭 Borys also has the scoop on Euphoria star Storm Reid securing the lead role in The Nun 2, the sequel to the surprise 2018 hit that's part of New Line’s The Conjuring Universe. Michael Chaves will direct The Nun 2 following his outing helming The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the most recent entry in that horror franchise. The story. |
'Riverdale' Actor Gets Life in Prison for Killing Mother ►Life sentence. Canadian actor Ryan Grantham, 24, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his mother. In March, Grantham pleaded guilty to using a handgun to shoot his 64-year-old mother, Barbara Waite, on March 31, 2020. He had roles in a number of Vancouver-shot TV series and telefilms, including Riverdale, Supernatural and iZombie. The story.
—This is fine. Netflix is on the hunt for a new chief accounting officer after Ken Barker, who had joined the company June 27, tendered his resignation, effective Oct. 7. The streamer said Friday that Barker's resignation was "a personal decision and is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s financials, operations, policies, or practice." CFO Spencer Neumann, will assume the role of the company’s principal accounting officer until it identifies a permanent replacement. The story.
—Moon landing. Mike Moon, who spent nearly five years overseeing adult animation at Netflix, is headed to Minions studio Illumination Entertainment. Moon will launch his own label, Moonlight, with the aim of creating projects beyond the family fare Illumination is known for. He will assume the title president of Moonlight, and will serve as senior creative advisor to Illumination, which has a distribution deal with Universal Pictures. The story. |
Louise Fletcher 1934 - 2022 ►Legendary performance. Louise Fletcher, the sweet actress from Alabama who won an Academy Award for her turn as the heartless Nurse Ratched — one of the most reviled characters in movie history — in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died. She was 88. Fletcher died Friday of natural causes at her home in Montdurausse, France. The obituary. In other news... —Oscars: France picks Saint Omer as international feature submission —Montclair Fest announces She Said as closing film, The Good Nurse and The Whale screenings —Joe Biden surprises Elton John with National Humanities medal —John Cena sets Guinness world record What else we're reading... —Gerry Smith reports that there won't be beer ads on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football [ Bloomberg] —This story is so gross and offensive: "How a WWE wrestler, corrupt Mississippi officials, and Brett Favre allegedly siphoned money away from poor people" [ Vox] —Stuart Heritage wonders if Ryan Murphy’s Jeffrey Dahmer series is the most exploitative TV of 2022 [ Guardian] —This is a fun read: "Alan Rickman’s secret showbiz diaries: the late actor on Harry Potter, politics and what he really thought of his co-stars" [ Guardian] —Great Meg James interview with producers Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman who discuss their Lakers doc Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers [ LAT] Today... Today's birthdays: Ben Platt (29), Nia Vardalos (60), Brad Bird (65), Joe Locke (19), Harriet Walter (72), John Logan (61), Spencer Treat Clark (35), Jackie Sandler (48), Yetide Badaki (41), Jessica Lucas (37), Ian Bohen (46), Justin Bruening (43), Megan Ward (53), Ryan Paevey (38), Brit Morgan (35), Joyful Drake (46), Clare Foley (21), Ross Mathews (43), Kristina Wayborn (72), Joe Kelly (50), Randall Duk Kim (79), Stephanie McMahon (46), Paul Sutera (43), Kieran Mulroney (57), Benedikte Hansen (64) |
| George Ward, a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race series in the U.K. with the stage name Cherry Valentine, has died. He was 28 years old. Ward died Sept. 18 of unspecified causes. The obituary. |
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