Billy Elliot: Celebs Rumors

Brian Tufano, the veteran British cinematographer who lensed films such as Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, and Billy Elliot, has died. He was 83.

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Disney has commissioned an original musical feature from Bend It Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history.

Los Angeles home for AUD$7. 5 million ($US4. 8 million).

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorIn British director Eddie Sternberg’s feature debut “I Used to Be Famous” – produced by Collie McCarthy at Forty Foot Pictures for Netflix – two sides of the music world clash with each other. Netflix released the trailer for the film Monday (below), and Variety has been given the first-look images, exclusively. The film is one of the first to come out of Netflix’s U.K.

Two new cast members have been announced for season 7 of Outlander and it appears the much-anticipated arrival of two characters from the books is on its way.

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Hall has signed with CAA for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Fickman (One True Loves) will direct the fish-out-of-water feature My Dad’s A Famous Movie Star for Brick Lane Pictures, Convoke Media, Film Roman and Kranzmedia—also producing through his Oops Doughnuts Productions banner.

Stranger Things’ creators the Duffer bothers are making a new live action adaptation of Death Note for Netflix.Netflix previously released a live-action Death Note movie in 2017, directed by Adam Wingard and starring Nat Wolff.Now, Netflix have announced that the Duffer brothers will make a new live adaptation of the Manga story.While details of the project are sparse as yet, it will be a live-action television adaptation of the manga and anime classic.An all-new live-action television adaptation of the renowned Japanese manga and anime series Death Note.— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022The brothers recently announced a new production company called Upside Down Pictures, which will create more film and television projects for Netflix.Some of those unveiled include a new original series from the creators of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman in partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Paramount TV.There are also plans for a new stage adaptation set in the Stranger Things universe and a live-action Stranger Things spin-off based on an original idea by the brothers.An original series from creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022A series adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s The Talisman to be created by Curtis Gwinn.— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022A new stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things, produced by prolific and multi award-winning producers Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader), and Netflix.

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have announced that a TV spin-off and stage play based on the Netflix series are officially in the works.Netflix announced on Wednesday (July 6) that the duo have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company where they’ll develop film and TV projects as part of their overall deal with the streaming service signed in 2019.Along with the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, there’s five other projects in development at the company. These include a live-action spin-off based on an original idea by the Duffer Brothers, which they recently described as being “1000 per cent different” to the main series.A stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things is also in the works, directed and produced by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) alongside producer Sonia Friedman (The Book Of Mormon, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child).The Duffer Brothers have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company through which they will develop film and television projects as part of their overall deal with Netflix.

Hot on the heels of the record-breaking conclusion of the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” creators Matt and Ross Duffer have formed a new shingle called Upside Down Pictures and have recommitted to their current streaming home. The ambitious inaugural slate for Upside Down Pictures includes a live-action spin-off of the flagship series created and developed by the Duffers; an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s “The Talisman,” which they will produce alongside their hero Steven Spielberg; a British stage play set within the world of “Stranger Things;” and a new adaptation of Japanese manga/anime “Death Note” (previously adapted by Netflix into the underrated 2017 Adam Wingard live-action movie).

Preston-born star, who attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School, has spoken about the ordeal ahead of a new documentary. The 44-year-old Top Gear host said he "got so much stick for playing cricket" and likened it to the fictional working class lad Billy Elliot who discovered a passion for ballet. However, the television and radio presenter said Billy "he had it easier".

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the West End and Broadway’s biggest productions are making their debuts on Indian TV.

Cameron Mackintosh ,the London theatre owner and impresario, nixed the idea of having a host introduce artists performing at Tuesday’s one-night only Old Friends tribute show ,honoring the legacy of musical theatre genius ,Stephen Sondheim who died ,aged 91 last November.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Fellner, Working Title co-chairman, and the creators of the hit Billy Elliot musical, have given their support to a non-replica production that will run at UK regional theatre, The Curve, Leicester, from July 7.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStephane Celerier, a veteran French film executive whose former banner Mars Films co-produced “La Famille Belier,” is joining forces with PGS Entertainment to create a new production company.Celerier is launching Gemma Pictures with Philippe and Guillaume Souter, the founders of PGS Entertainment, a thriving family-owned business specialized in financing and licensing worldwide youth entertainment.The new Paris-based company will look to produce French and English-language films, TV series and TV movies and is already developing a slate of 10 projects with well-known French and international talent. A resourceful and deep-pocketed company, PGS Entertainment will fully finance the development of Gemma Pictures’ roster over the next three years and will handle the back office, while giving Celerier the full reins of the company.

Vincent J. Sainato, a visual designer whose ad campaigns for Rent and Avenue Q helped launch those musicals as long-running Broadway stalwarts, died Jan. 8 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, following a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 55.

A Spider-Man reunion? Tom Holland hopes to work with Zendaya again on HBO’s Euphoria — but he hasn’t been asked yet.

Since his debut as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have wondered about Tom Holland‘s net worth and how much he makes for the Spider-Man movies and other Marvel films.

NO ONE gave Tom Holland a second glance when I first met him on a floodlit golf course in Atlanta five years ago. Back then, when he posed for some of his first press shots, the young Brit’s CV consisted of being one of many young actors to play Billy Elliot in the stage musical and appearing as one of Ewan McGregor’s sons in tsunami movie, The Impossible.

Daniel Craig gave his swan song performance as James Bond in the recently released No Time To Die. The British actor played 007 for five films over the course of 15 years, but the time has come for a new star to take over.

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, the lockdown drama from Bleeker Street, opens on 250 screens this weekend in a specialty market treading water and with little visibility on box office amid daily Covid headlines.

Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to Stephen Daldry’s latest film “Together,” a dramedy filmed during the pandemic that stars James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”). McAvoy and Horgan play a couple pushed to reflect on both themselves and their relationship amid the abundance of time and stress that the COVID-19 lockdown has presented them.

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Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has revealed he “f**ked up” his chance of Hollywood super-stardom. The David Platt actor, 33,  missed out on a part in smash movie Billy Elliot to Jamie Bell after bombing in his audition as a kid.

James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan are to star in a lockdown relationship drama for the BBC, which will be helmed by Emmy and BAFTA-winning director Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot).

Marcia Gay Harden is speaking out with an apology for legendary actress Judi Dench after a comment she made in a recent interview was misinterpreted by the media.

Marcia Gay Harden is getting candid about winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2001.

Harry Potter actress is one of the nation's most beloved stars and returns to TV screens tonight in the ITV show For The Love Of Britain. She rose to fame in Educating Rita in the Eighties before forging an impressive career with films including Billy Elliot, Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia!.

DANI Dyer shared an adorable video of her baby son last night as she played with his "sausage toes". The Love Island star looked lovingly at her newborn after welcoming him into the world with boyfriend Sammy Kimmence at the end of January.

DANI Dyer has revealed her dream of baby son Santiago "being Billy Elliot in the West End" as she admitted to planning his career years in advance. The 24-year-old star and boyfriend Sammy Kimmence welcomed their little boy at the end of January.

Tom Holland is getting honest!

It has been more than 12 years since Tom Holland made his West End theatre debut as Billy Elliot in the musical adaptation of Stephen Daldry’s modern classic film; a half lifetime for the 24-year-old actor who has spent the time since forging a career as a major star. Of course, his trajectory was helped along by his casting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, but it was his spirit and energy that breathed new life into a superhero who had already weathered two big-screen adaptations.

Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will be lacing up their dance shoes ahead of a new biopic based on the lives of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Also Read: 'The Prom' Film Review: Ryan Murphy Revisits a Midwest High School for a Musical Lesson in ToleranceAstaire and Rogers starred in 10 films together — nine of them with RKO and all between 1933 and 1939 — including such classics as “Top Hat,” “Swing Time” and “Roberta.”Photo by RKO/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesBoth Bell and Qualley have deep roots in dance, either on stage or on screen. Bell is returning to the dance floor after his breakout role in 2000’s “Billy Elliot,” and Qualley has dance experience in FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” and in a viral Kenzo perfume ad directed by Spike Jonze.