Netflix Jerry Seinfeld‘s near-obsession with breakfast cereals on Seinfeld was channeled into his directorial debut, Unfrosted, the Netflix film about the birth of the Pop Tart. The trailer for Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story, also starring Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, Christian Slater, Hugh Grant as Tony the Tiger and Bill Burr, among many others, has …
Florence Pugh gives fans a sneak peek of Marvel Studios’ ‘Thunderbolts’ movie
Disney/Scott Kirkland Dune: Part Two star Florence Pugh gave Marvel fans a behind-the-scenes peek of her next MCU movie, the star-studded Thunderbolts, on Instagram. Dressed as her character, former assassin Yelena Belova, Pugh begins by exiting her studio trailer with a friendly “Hey guys!” As she walks, she explains she’s been off Insta partly because …
Shonda Rhimes reveals daughter started watching ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Shonda Rhimes‘ daughter is in for the ride of a lifetime. The famed TV producer shared in an Instagram post that one of her three daughters recently started watching Grey’s Anatomy for the first time. “My not so tiny human started watching @greysabc for the first time yesterday,” she wrote. “My brain …
Kenan Thompson discusses ‘Quiet on Set’ and working with Dan Schneider
Disney Entertainment Television/Jeff Neira Kenan Thompson, who starred in the Nickelodeon shows All That and Kenan and Kel as a teen, is speaking out about allegations made about his former producer Dan Schneider in the documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. “I think it’s a good thing that the doc …
In Brief: Austin Butler ‘Caught Stealing’ for ‘The Whale’ director Aronofsky, and more
Deadline reports Dune: Part Two‘s Austin Butler has been tapped to star in The Whale filmmaker Darren Aronofsky‘s crime thriller Caught Stealing, for Sony Pictures. The film, adapted from Charlie Huston‘s book of the same name, centers on, “a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the …
Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively returning for ‘A Simple Favor 2’
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in 2018’s ‘A Simple Favor’ – Lionsgate A sequel to the 2018 film A Simple Favor is officially in the works. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that director Paul Feig and stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will reprise their roles for A Simple Favor 2, a co-production with Lionsgate. …
Steven Spielberg puts ‘Dune’ franchise director up with filmmaking’s greats
Monica Schipper/Getty Images In the latest installment of the Director’s Guild of America’s Director’s Cut podcast, Steven Spielberg put Dune franchise director Denis Villeneuve up with some of the most famous filmmakers of all time. Spielberg called it “an honor” to sit and talk with the director and showed that by immediately heaping historic praise …
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ gets season 5 renewal
Starz Good news for fans of Starz’s Power universe: The network announced Wednesday it has given an early fifth season renewal to Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The show explores the early life of fan-favorite character Kanan Stark, originally played by 50 Cent in the flagship series. Season 4 of Raising Kanan is currently in production in New …
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe featured in teaser to Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Kinds of Kindness’
Searchlight Pictures A teaser debuted Wednesday for Kinds of Kindness, the follow-up to Poor Things from its director, Yorgos Lanthimos, and producer/star Emma Stone. Their fellow Poor Things alums Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley also star, as do Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn and Mamoudou Athie. The teaser opens on Stone recklessly driving a sports car, followed …
Glee: Lea Michele expecting baby #2
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Lea Michele announced on Instagram Wednesday that she is expecting her second baby with husband Zandy Reich. “Mommy, Daddy and Ever are overjoyed,” the actress and singer captioned a profile photo of her cradling her exposed baby bump; the latter refers to their son, who was born in 2020. The post got …