Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix Director Joe Carnahan, who came to fame with the 2002 gritty crime drama Narc, is reteaming with his Smokin’ Aces supporting player Ben Affleck and Ben’s longtime friend and fellow Oscar winner Matt Damon for a crime thriller called RIP. The film is being released through Damon and Affleck’s profit-sharing …
Alan Ritchson “dropping weight,” losing “pearly whites” for role in ‘Motor City’
Ritchson in ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ – Lionsgate/Daniel Smith Alan Ritchson came to fame as the hulking title character in the Prime Video hit Reacher, but he’s apparently doing some downsizing. The actor seemed to (impossibly) bulk up even more for his role as “mad dog” WWII hero Anders Lassen in the buzzy action …
Lupita Nyong’o found her ‘Quiet Place’ character’s struggles “therapeutic” after loss of Chadwick Boseman
Paramount Pictures Lupita Nyong’o is now in theaters in the hit prequel thriller A Quiet Place: Day One, and she found portraying her character, Sam, had a “therapeutic” effect on her in light of the unexpected loss to cancer of her Black Panther co-star and friend Chadwick Boseman in 2020. Sam is being treated for cancer, but in the midst of her …
Awkwafina and Cena team up to cash in in trailer to ‘Jackpot!’
Prime Video Awkwafina and John Cena appeared on YouTube on Tuesday to introduce the trailer to their new action-comedy Jackpot!, which debuts on Prime Video Aug. 15. Awkwafina plays Katie, a struggling actress who accidentally wins a rather unique lottery: a digitized ticket unexpectedly announces her as the prize-holder. But the catch is, everybody else knows, too, and …
It’s showtime! ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel to open Venice Film Festival
Warber Bros. Pictures Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will make its theatrical debut at the opening night of the 81st annual Venice Film Festival on Aug. 28. The screening at the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema will mark the world premiere for the film, which hits theaters and IMAX stateside on Sept. 6. The …
Universal to conjure ‘Wicked’ into theaters five days earlier than expected
Universal Pictures Wicked will hit theaters sooner than expected. Director Jon M. Chu and Universal Pictures announced that the release date for Wicked: Part 1 has moved up five days earlier from its original date and will now shift to Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Chu shared the news on X, writing, “5. DAYS. EARLIER!!!! Let’s …
In Brief: New ‘Hellboy’ trailer drops, and more
Deadline reports that Chicago Med‘s S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt and Marlyne Barrett have all signed on to return for the NBC medical drama’s 10th season. Merkerson plays Gaffney Chicago Medical Center’s chief administrator Sharon Goodwin, Platt plays Dr. Daniel Charles, the center’s chief of psychiatry, Barrett plays Maggie Lockwood, charge nurse of the emergency …
‘Cobra Kai’ season 6, part 1 trailer shows the team preparing to take on the world
Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix Netflix has released the trailer for the first part of Cobra Kai‘s sixth and final season, and this time, the team has its sights set on Sekai Taikai — “the world championships of karate.” However, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, played respectively by Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, can’t seem to agree on …
Scoreboard roundup — 7/1/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUEHouston Astros 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1 NATIONAL LEAGUENew York Mets 9, Washington Nationals 7Milwaukee Brewers 7, Colorado Rockies 8 WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONConnecticut Sun 83, Phoenix Mercury 72Dallas Wings 71, Seattle Storm 95 Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. …
Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock to star in Netflix’s dark comedy series ‘Sirens’
Natasha Campos/Getty Images for Netflix Oscar winner Julianne Moore, House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock and The White Lotus‘ Meghann Fahy are teaming up for Sirens, an “incisive, sexy limited series” for Netflix. According to the streamer’s blog, Tudum, the show comes from Molly Smith Metzler, the writer/showrunner of Netflix’s hit show Maid, which was …