Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette And Mark Ruffalo Join Robert Pattinson In Bong Joon Ho’s Next Film At Warner Bros

in a tweet. “The film is dazzling, bold and moving. Austin Butler absolutely nails it- all the shades: voice, moves, emotion.

EXCLUSIVE: Shamier Anderson (John Wick 4) has joined the cast of Brad Furman’s Tin Soldier which is currently shooting in Greece.

Dropping names. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s high-profile defamation trial has not only focused on their messy marriage — multiple A-listers have also been dragged into the legal drama.

EXCLUSIVE: Bong Joon-Ho’s follow-up film to Oscar winner Parasite is currently in pre-production at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden.

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Rolling applause, and lots of it, greeted Ruben Östlund and the cast of Triangle Of Sadness as they entered the Cannes press conference this morning.

Pete Davidson is making his final appearance on Saturday Night Live!

Netflix yesterday unveiled an episode of its talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction taped prior to the 2022 Oscars, which saw disgraced actor Will Smith sit down with former late-night host David Letterman to discuss his 2021 memoir Will, his Oscar-winning King Richard role, “pain” stemming from his childhood and more.

Loose Women panelist Saira Khan has once again wowed fans as she was spotted wearing a sleek fitted leather dress on a night out in London. The 51 year old star, who recently underwent a £2.5k bum lift, looked phenomenal as she struck a pose at the Oscars nightclub in London, while attending White Management’s annual party for clients and friends.

Ever since “Parasite” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2019 and then swept that season’s Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and more, Hollywood has wondered what Bong Joon-Ho‘s next project would be. Well, things are beginning to take shape as Warner Bros.

Deadline first reported the news.

Clayton Davis Toni Collette has asserted herself as one of the most versatile actresses of her generation, proven once again by her phenomenal work in the HBO Max limited series “The Staircase.”Variety has confirmed that Collette has been submitted for an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited series for her turn as Kathleen Peterson, the dead wife (accidental or murdered?) of Michael, played by Emmy nominee and Oscar winner Colin Firth.Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions HubThe miniseries, based on the documentary of the same name that steamed on Netflix in 2018, tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist, who is accused of bludgeoning his wife Kathleen to death after she is found at the bottom of a staircase in their home. As the clues and investigation unravel, a French documentary team begins filming the events, creating unexpected consequences.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCNN Digital editor in chief Meredith Artley is exiting the news organization after more than 12 years, coming a little over a month after the close of the deal creating Warner Bros. Discovery.Artley, who joined CNN in October 2009, announced her departure in a memo to staff Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) will lead cast alongside Being The Ricardos and Arrested Development star Alia Shawkat in Anthony Chen’s (Ilo Ilo) English-language debut Drift.

Gallery: Lashana Lynch's Modest Column Dress at Cannes Comes With Two Thigh-High Slits (PopSugar)Earlier on Wednesday, the pair were in attendance at Madison Square Garden for Warner Bros. Discovery's first united upfront presentation after the two companies merged last May.  Ahead of their presentation, Chip and Joanna posed for fun snaps on the red carpet with Shaquille O'Neal and Mindy Kaling.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe CW closed out this week’s parade of upfront presentations on Thursday morning with an event that put the emphasis on the strength of the network’s brand as a filter of young adult-focused dramas.“Our digital strength speaks for itself,” CW chairman Mark Pedowitz declared from the stage at New York City Center. In a sign of the times, CW’s presentation included a tour of its new enhanced app.Pedowitz also made an oblique reference to the deal that is deep in negotiations for station group giant Nexstar to acquire a majority stake in the network that has been jointly owned by Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Following festival favourite and Oscar shortlisted drama Night Of The Kings, Ivory Coast director Philippe Lacôte is developing his new feature film 7 Golden Thieves (Les 7 Voleurs D’Or) with his producing and co-writing partner Delphine Jacquet and Memento’s relaunched Paradise City banner.

Back when the CW launched in 2006 with the combined assets of the WB and UPN, it had five half-hour comedies on the air, the multi-camera Reba, Girlfriends, The Game and All of Us and single-camera Everybody Hates Chris. That genre quickly disappeared as the CW focused on the coming-of-age dramas and subsequently added superhero series for the slate that it is known for today.

EXCLUSIVE:  NEON has taken the North American distribution rights to Mark Jenkin’s horror feature Enys Men, starring Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. The deal was hatched before Cannes, ahead of the pic’s world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAidan Gillen, who played Littlefinger in “Game of Thrones,” and Sandrine Bonnaire, a best actress winner at Venice for “La cérémonie,” have joined Gabriel Byrne in Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” directed by Oscar-winner James Marsh.Film Constellation has closed pre-sales on the film in Australia/New Zealand (Icon), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Greece (Filmtrade), Hungary (Vertigo Media), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Taiwan (Cai Chang). Pay TV outlet Sky developed the film as a Sky Original in the U.K.Marsh, best-known for “The Theory of Everything,” for which Eddie Redmayne won an Oscar, and Oscar-winner “Man on Wire,” will start shooting the film on May 30 in Budapest.

While viewers of this year’s Oscars were understandably shocked to see Will Smith smack Chris Rock across the face with an open-handed slap, for Dame Joan Collins it was a case of been there, done that.

Jennifer Hudson, host of the forthcoming eponymous Warner Bros. Unscripted TV daytime talk show kicked things off at Warner Bros. Discovery’s Upfront with some help from Discovery and CNN stars.

Marvel has released the first trailer for upcoming Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney Of Law.Starring Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) as lawyer Jennifer Walters, the cousin to Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), the series follows her transformation into She-Hulk after receiving an emergency blood transfusion.As shown in the trailer, the show is pitched as a straight-up comedy – with She-Hulk taking advantage of her powers in her career – as a lawyer who specialises in superhuman-orientated legal cases – and dating life.Alongside Ruffalo’s return as the Hulk, Tim Roth reprises his role as Emil Blonsky aka Abomination from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Benedict Wong also returns as Wong from Doctor Strange.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Killing Eve star Sandra Oh are set to star in hot Cannes market package Stone Mattress, which Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) will direct from the acclaimed New Yorker short story by The Handmaid’s Tale scribe Margaret Atwood.

EXCLUSIVE: The starry indie film packages keep on coming in Cannes with news we can reveal that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Oscar winner Robert De Niro (Joker), Scott Eastwood (The Fate of the Furious) and John Leguizamo (John Wick) are set for under-the-radar action movie Tin Soldier, which begins filming next week in Greece.

new cast members Cara Delevingne, Amy Schumer and Shirley MacLaine, but it also uncovers how the main trio (Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short) are coping with their newfound notoriety as they frantically attempt to clear their names.The teaser opens following the immediate aftermath of the Season 1 finale, where Mabel (Gomez), Charles (Martin) and Oliver (Short) were handcuffed and placed in a cop car after being found with the recently killed body of building manager Bunny Folger (Jayne Houdyshell). As the amateur podcasters leave the police department’s interrogation room, they’re mobbed by dozens of reporters, prompting exclamations of horrified “Oh, my God’s” from everyone in hilarious succession (that is, exempting Oliver, who is thrilled by the attention).Despite being released from jail, the trio receives a less than warm welcome from their understandably disgruntled neighbors.

The 2022 Academy Awards ended with controversy, but ABC is already looking towards the future.

A24 and Plan B Entertainment are teaming again for “Wizards!,” the new film from acclaimed Australian writer and director David Michôd (“The King,” “Animal Kingdom”), which has Pete Davidson, Franz Rogowski, Naomi Scott and Sean Harris set to star, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.The screenplay is written by David Michôd, based on a story by Joel Edgerton and David Michôd.Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B Entertainment will produce the film alongside Liz Watts.“Wizards! centers on two hapless pothead beach-bar operators played by Davidson and Rogowski, who run into trouble when they stumble across stolen loot that they really should have just left alone.“Wizards!’ marks the fourth collaboration between A24 and Plan B Entertainment following films as “Moonlight,” “Minari” and “The Last Black Man” in San Francisco. This is Plan B Entertainment’s third collaboration with Michôd after “War Machine” and “The King.” “Wizards!” will also reteam Michôd and Watts with A24 for the first time since 2014’s “The Rover.” Watts recently joined See-Saw Films who she will be producing the film through.A24 will handle the global release of the film.“Wizards!” will be filmed in Queensland, with the support of AUD$3.6 million from the Morrison Government’s Location Incentive program and the Queensland Government via Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.Davidson is repped by ICM Partners, Scott is repped by WME and M88, Rogowski is repped by CAA and B-Side Management and Harris is repped by B-Side Management and Management 360.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) has revealed his next directorial venture after “Le Musk,” his debut which premiered at the Cannes Film Market’s Cannes XR program.The project will be another film in the VR space, titled “Confessions.” “Now this [“Le Musk”] is finished and we’re happy about it, we just want to do something which is much more simpler, but more deeper in emotion,” Rahman told Variety.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 and Plan B Entertainment re-team for Wizards! the new film from acclaimed Australian writer and director David Michôd with Pete Davidson, Franz Rogowski, Naomi Scott and Sean Harris starring. Michôd also penned the script, which is based on a story by Joel Edgerton and Michôd. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B Entertainment will produce alongside Liz Watts.

ABC will air the 95th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday March 12, 2023 and Craig Erwich promises that the Disney-owned network will make the telecast “even better” than this year.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterChip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network has ordered four new original series as part of its Summer/Fall 2022 slate, including a new edition of “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home” set at the couple’s Cottonland Castle in Waco, Texas and a baking competition hosted at their own Silos Baking Co., Variety has learned exclusively.Additionally, the Magnolia Network, which is a co-venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, has picked up a renovation series starring Annie Hawkins and Brittany Baker, a Casey Corn-hosted family-recipe docuseries and new seasons of “The Lost Kitchen,” “Restoration Road With Clint Harp” and “Zoë Bakes.”While “Silos Baking Competition” is the only food competition on the new lineup, Variety is told it is planned as the first of many at Magnolia Network with more coming later this year.

Oscars have set a date for their 2023 ceremony – see all you need to know below.After this year’s Academy Awards, which hit headlines following Will Smith’s notorious onstage slap of Chris Rock, the Oscars will return next year on March 12 and take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.The submission deadline for general entry categories will be November 15 this year, with preliminary shortlists being announced on December 21.Voting for nominations will then take place on the week of January 12-17, 2023 after the eligibility period ends on New Year’s Eve.The nominations for the 2023 Oscars will then be revealed on January 24 next year, with final voting taking place in the week before the ceremony (March 2-7).In an incident that has since gone down in history, Smith struck Rock onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony this March following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.Following numerous apologies over the incident, the actor resigned from the Academy. He was later banned from all Academy events for 10 years.Jada Pinkett Smith has said her family have been “focusing on deep healing” following her husband’s altercation with Rock.Jada originally shared a post on Instagram seemingly in response to the incident, writing: “This is the season of healing and I’m here for it.”Then, as her show Red Table Talk returned on Wednesday (April 20), a message was displayed on the screen promising to share more information about their family’s “healing” at a later date.The message read: “Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing.

Ukrainian filmmaker Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi wrote and will direct the feature adaptation of John Valliant’s book The Tiger, in which Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winner Alexander Skarsgard will star alongside Oppenheimer actor Dane DeHaan.

banned him from attending the Oscars (and any Academy events) for a period of 10 years, while Smith himself apologized and resigned from the Academy before the group took disciplinary action.Even beyond Smith’s actions, the Academy’s decision to not air all the awards live during the telecast and to include a “fan-favorite” category (which may or may not have been co-opted by bots) have left a sour taste in many longtime Oscar viewers (and voters’) mouths.All of this to say, plenty are curious to see how the 2023 Oscars roll out.