When one thinks of women and Elvis Presley, it’s either his widow, Priscilla; his late daughter, Lisa Marie; or the legion of ladies left weak in the knee when the badass kid from Tupelo, MS began shaking that moneymaker.
Eight-time Oscar-nominated film Elvis' front men are writer/director Baz Luhrmann and stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. Behind the camera, the film was entirely made possible by a chorus of women, many of whom are nominated. They include Luhrmann’s partner, Catherine Martin, who’s up for the Production Design Oscar with cohorts Beverley Dunne and Karen Murphy; Mandy Walker, for Cinematography; Gail Berman, for Best Picture with Martin, Luhrmann, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss; and Martin again, for Costume Design.
Here, Berman, Martin and Walker talk about pitching the film to Luhrmann, Elvis' Faustian bargain with Colonel Tom Parker, Tom Hanks getting Covid during production and recreating the '50s, '60s and '70s the Baz Luhrmann way. >>>Q&A
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'Dune' TV Series Hits Quicksand - HBO Max‘s Dune prequel TV series’ long journey to the screen is taking another turn. Dune: The Sisterhood (wt), which started production in late November, is undergoing a creative shift, with director Johan Renck, co-lead Shirley Henderson and creator Diane Ademu-John departing. >>>Major Rewrites On The Fly
The Fatal Flaw In Disney's FL Dream - Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District was conceived by Walt Disney as part of a Utopian construct and endowed with special powers — including the right to generate nuclear power — in order to build a functional Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow. >>>Michael Cieply's Column
Downshifting - After spending the past decade-plus directing some of the biggest tentpoles in town, Fast & Furious director Justin Lin is returning to his indie roots. He is set to direct The Last Days of John Allen Chau as his next film. >>>Based On Outside Magazine Article
'Nothing' Ventured - Amazon Studios is developing Assume Nothing, a limited series based on Tanya Selvaratnam’s memoir of the same name, from Joanna Coles, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures — with Chopra Jonas also in talks to star — and ABC Signature. >>>Harrowing Story
In Brief - The Stephen King documentary King On Screen has been acquired by Dark Star Pictures... HBO Documentary Films acquired Oscar-nominated How Do You Measure a Year?, a unique father-daughter collaboration from director Jay Rosenblatt... Kat Coiro will direct & exec produce CBS' Matlock reboot pilot. |
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Sarah Polley joind Deadline's Pete Hammond for our "Behind the Lens" video series to talk about what her Oscar nomination means to her, why she takes so much time between films, her disappointment that in a very good year like this one no women were nominated for Best Director and the unique style she brought to the making of Women Talking and casting that remarkable ensemble. >>>The Interview |
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Exclusive Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is set to make his feature acting debut, teaming with Waves helmer Trey Edward Shults on an untitled film that also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Heroes star Zachary Quinto is returning to NBC as the titular character in Wolf, a one-hour medical drama pilot from writer-producer Michael Grassi, producer-director Lee Toland Krieger and executive producer Greg Berlanti. Exclusive The Whale Oscar nominee Hong Chau is set to join Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in in The Instigators for Apple Original Films which Doug Liman is directing. Exclusive Jenna Fischer is boarding the ensemble cast of Paramount Pictures’ new Mean Girls film based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical in the role of Ms. Heron. In Brief - Broadway's the upcoming musical adaptation of Back to the Future has found its Marty McFly: Almost Famous star Casey Likes has landed the role, opposite Roger Bart as Doc Brown...Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle are on board to star in Ley Line Entertainment and FirstGen Content’s On Swift Horses… Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard have locked deals to star in feature comedy Summer Camp… Natalie Dormer will lead thriller White Lies for South African network M-Net |
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👽 Netflix has confirmed plans for a stage adaptation of Stranger Things, to be directed on London's West End by Stephen Daldry. The play is set in Hawkins in 1959 -- "before the world turned upside down," a teaser explains.
✊ BBC staff will stage their first 24-hour strike from 11AM on March 15, which has been timed to coincide with the UK’s government’s Budget. The National Union of Journalists has confirmed that King Charles' coronation and Eurovision are also targets for industrial action.
💔 Vanessa Bryant has reached a settlement of $28.85 million with Los Angeles County over the leaked photos from the helicopter crash scene where her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna died. The settlement includes the $15 million a jury awarded Bryant back in August.
🦚 Peacock and independent network Reelz have struck an unusual carriage deal putting the linear channel and on-demand programming onto the NBCUniversal streaming service, including Reelz non-scripted hit On Patrol: Live.
⚕️ There is a major change in the WGA negotiating team ahead of the March 20 start of talks with studios on a new contract. WGAW Executive Director David Young, who has spearheaded multiple bargaining campaigns on behalf of the writers, began a medical leave of absence on Tuesday, the guild’s leadership told members in an email Tuesday afternoon.
🎟️ AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron argued the new Sightline ticket pricing regime the chain is trying out in three markets has the potential to expand the moviegoing market and prevent future price hikes.
💰 On Broadway, Sweeney Todd and Parade are selling out (the latter despite some loudmouthed neo-Nazi protesters), and A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella are coming close.
In Brief - Disney’s Dana Walden will serve on President Joe Biden’s export council... The Super Mario Bros. movie will be opening domestically two days earlier than planned. |
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Trending  Creed III is now projected to have the biggest opening of the series
🔻 Shares in Dish Network slid to a 14-year low after the pay-TV and wireless provider confirmed its systems were hit by a cyberattack which compromised some users' personal information. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Ricou Browning, the underwater stuntman who portrayed the Gill-man in the 1954 horror classic Creature from the Black Lagoon and its sequels and went on to co-produce the dolphin tale Flipper for both the big screen and television, died quietly Sunday of natural causes at his home in Southwest Ranches, FL. He was 93. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Wed - The Mandalorian S3 premiere; CPAC begins
Thu - Steven Spielberg and John Williams on Colbert
Sat - Independent Spirit Awards; Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage special on Netflix
Sun - WGA Awards
Mon - Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference begins |
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Right Hook - The first trailer for Disney+'s Peter Pan & Wendy revealed an appropriately sinister-looking Jude Law in full regalia as the film's Captain Hook. |
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