Netflix Orders 'Troll' from 'Tomb Raider' Director Roar Uthaug

For Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, doing what’s best for their family turned out to be best for their relationship, too.

Richard Natale Contributing WriterOscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84.“With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Kate Aurthur editorFarrah Forke, who co-starred on the long-running NBC sitcom “Wings,” died of cancer on Feb. 25 in her Texas home, a family friend confirmed to Variety.

Naman Ramachandran Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich is selling his Chelsea FC Premier League soccer club, with the proceeds going to Ukraine war victims. “I would like to address the speculation in media over the past few days in relation to my ownership of Chelsea FC. As I have stated before, I have always taken decisions with the Club’s best interest at heart.

Sports Team this month.Today (March 2), the band took to Twitter to share a screenshot of an email, the subject of which was “Album masters from Randy.”They accompanied it with a tweet which said: “Hits only. New music before the month’s out.”Sports Team followed it up with another Tweet which said: “Might be A few surprise features on the record.

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic biopic.Daniel Radcliffe’s lead role as the titular musician and actor in WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story was confirmed last month (January 14), with production already underway.Now Wood is set to join the cast as Madonna, whose 1984 hit ‘Like A Virgin’ became a hit parody for Yankovic in the form of ‘Like A Surgeon’, which the pop star herself praised upon its release.The Office star Rainn Wilson has also been cast as Dr.

Lizzo is tired of defending her body.

Fox has announced its second TV show renewal of the 2022/2023 season!

Closing the chapter. Kim Kardashian is legally single one year after filing for divorce from Kanye West, a source confirms to Us Weekly.

The Chase star Jenny Ryan has wowed fans with a make-up free selfie that showcases her natural beauty.The TV quizzer, 39, is best known for her persona of The Vixen on the ITV game show, where she can be seen with bright red hair and heavy glasses. However, outside of her TV fame, Jenny often takes on a more casual appearance.Taking to Instagram, the star posted a fresh faced selfie on Wednesday that had fans praising her make-up free look. Gazing into the distance, the star’s face can be seen in close-up as her auburn hair falls around her face, with Jenny joking that the photo looks like the cover of a folk album.

Randy Newman is recovering from surgery.

David Beckham had a lot of fun celebrating Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday.

A judge on Wednesday said he would declare Kim Kardashian single in her divorce with Ye.

Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa are waiting for the right time to start a family.

Apple TV+ just dropped the new trailer for “Slow Horses”, starring Gary Oldman.

Kanye West. Kanye's new lawyer of less than a day did not object to the judge restoring Kim's single status.The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star attended the hearing via a video call, TMZ reported, but Kanye was MIA, which was somewhat expected.

“With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Oscars ceremony.During his acceptance speech for the Filmmaking Achievement Award from the Hollywood Critics Association, del Toro called out the decision to move eight categories to a slot an hour before the live broadcast and re-edit them into the show.Speaking at the ceremony, the director said: “We don’t do [movies] alone, we do them together, and the people that made them with us, they were risking everything in a pandemic.“If any year was the year to think about it, this is not the year not to hear their names live at the Oscars. This is the year to say it – and say it loud.”Encouraging others to speak out against the change, he added: “Many of you that have a voice and that can say it should say, ‘We should not do that.’ We shouldn’t do it this year.

Machine Gun Kelly has added a new EP to streaming services that features three songs from his recent lockdown sessions  – you can check it out below.Back in 2020, the rapper/rocker delivered a series of cover songs recorded while the world was in self-isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak.Some of the songs MGK has covered as part of his #LockDownSessions included Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, The Beatles‘ ‘Here Comes the Sun’, John Mayer‘s ‘Waiting On The World To Change’,  and KiD CuDi‘s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’.Today (March 2), he’s dropped off a trio of tracks from the sessions including ‘Roll The Windows Up’, which pays homage to Mike Posner’s ‘Smoke and Drive’; ‘Pretty Toxic Revolver’, which samples Shawn Mendes‘ ‘Mercy’; and a PVRIS mash-up, ‘In These Walls (My House)’.“It’s been two years since ‘lockdown sessions’ hit youtube, finally time to upload on streaming platforms,” MGK tweeted, announcing the EP. “All this in celebration of Mainstream Sellout coming 3.25.2022.”You can listen to MGK’s ‘Lockdown Sessions’ below:Kelly’s new album ‘Mainstream Sellout’ is set for release on March 25; it was previously titled ‘Born With Horns’.The most recent single he shared from the project is ‘Emo Girl’ featuring Willow. It marks Kelly’s first new single of 2022, and follows on from his August single ‘Papercuts’.

Crushing coparenting. Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko have a cordial dynamic while raising their 7-year-old daughter, Kaya.

Prince Charles and his wife and future queen consort, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall showed their support for the Ukrainian community during a visit to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London on Wednesday. A day after the first in line to the throne spoke out against Russia and President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, he and his wife were greeted by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Ukrainian Ambassador, Vadym Prystaiko, and his wife, Inna Prystaiko.

Chelsea Clinton, 42, isn’t sure if her mom has any plans to return to politics! The activist and author said that she was in the dark about rumors that former First Lady Hillary Clinton, 74, would make another run for public office after her 2016 presidential run, during a Wednesday March 2 interview on The View. Regardless of whether or not Chelsea knows anything about another run for office, she said she’d undoubtedly support her mom.

Utensils down, beauty up! Gail Simmons is busy getting ready for the season 19 premiere of Top Chef, but the Bravo personality took some time to show Us Weekly how she gets her Beauty Sleep on after a long day of being on set. Watch the exclusive video above to see the Canada native wind down with Us. 

Evan Rachel Wood (HBO’s Westworld, Phoenix Rising) will star alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Roku announced today, stepping into the role of Madonna.

“Outlander” has really been through it all, as one does when you’re a romantic period-piece time-traveling series. Throughout its run, show protagonists, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe), have been through the wringer time and time again, facing the ravages of time travel, multiple wars, more than a few brutal assaults and imprisonments, and the basic shittiness of living in the 1700s.

EXCLUSIVE: LA management and production firm Grandview has brought on Laila Alsabah and Quinn Crum as Talent Managers. The pair were most recently Talent Coordinators at ICM.

Salma Hayek was her usual stunning self at the SAG Awards over the weekend, but her evening was far from flawless. On March 1, the "House of Gucci" actress shared an Instagram video that showed her and Fran Drescher in the bathroom in the midst of a wardrobe snafu: Salma's glove somehow got stuck in Fran's dress!A post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)"It's stuck," the Oscar-nominated actress told Fran as another woman worked feverishly to get them unstuck."I can't even believe it," Fran said while the Instagram video was being recorded.

Roar Uthaug, the director of “The Wave” and the “Tomb Raider” reboot with Alicia Vikander, will next direct a monster movie about Norwegian folklore called “Troll” for Netflix.The Norwegian language action and adventure film is set deep inside the mountain of Dovre as something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterRoar Uthaug, the Norwegian filmmaker whose credits include the 2018 Alicia Vikander-starring Tomb Raider and hit disaster film The Wave, has been set to helm Troll, a Netflix original feature from the SF Studios-owned and Oslo-based Motion Blur.The Norwegian-language action-adventure pic is set deep inside the mountain of Dovre, where something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix will exclusively release Norwegian action-adventure feature “Troll” from “Tomb Raider” director Roar Uthaug in 2022.Deep inside the mountain of Dovre, Norway, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway, with city-dweller struggling to stop something they thought existed only in Norwegian folklore.Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud from Motion Blur, also the production company behind Norwegian Netflix film “Cadaver,” will produce.Uthaug said: “‘Troll’ is an idea that has been developing in the back of my mind for over 20 years.