The lineup of musical acts at the 2020 Oscars has finally been unveiled.  The list of performers for this year’s ceremony was announced in a statement on Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and it includes Elton John who will sing “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”...
Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions inks a multi-year nonexclusive deal with Netflix. Deadline was first to report that the production company, which produces the Christina Applegate-led dark comedy Dead to Me, has teamed with the streaming giant, signing a three-year first-look TV deal.  "We're thrilled to continue to...
The iconic fawn is getting a live-action remake.  Multiple outlets report that a remake for Bambi is officially in the works from Captain Marvel and Chaos Walking writers.  Screenwriters Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer will pen the screenplay for the remake of the classic 1942 animated feature. Depth of Field’s Chris...
The streaming giant has acquired the rights to Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein film. The film, which has yet to be titled, is about the marriage between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. Cooper and Josh Singer, the Oscar-winning writer of Spotlight co-wrote the film and Cooper will star, direct, and...
When the Golden Globes nominations were announced at the end of 2019, Netflix celebrated 34 nominations across a host of categories. They were sure to dominate the event and when Ricky Gervais gave his opening speech at the ceremony, he joked that they may as well skip the whole...
Cate Blanchett is officially the eighth woman in history to be named president of the Venice Film Festival jury.  Multiple outlets confirm that Oscar-winning actress will preside over the jury at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival.  The appointment was announced by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia on Friday.  Blanchett...
The Hustlers director is eyeing Broadway.  Lorene Scafaria revealed Sunday night on the Golden Globes red carpet that she’s already working on a stage adaptation for her hit crime drama.  The film starred Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Cardi B, Lizzo, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart as a tight-knit clan of strip club...
Timothee Chamalet is in talks to play Bob Dylan in a new film from Fox Searchlight.  The yet-to-be-titled feature about the folk icon hails from Ford v Ferrari filmmaker James Mangold.  Per Entertainment Weekly, the film is set in 1965 and will follow the Dylan “as he made his controversial shift...
The Batman helmer took to social media Monday to confirm the casting.  Matt Reeves confirmed that actor Colin Farrell is on board the forthcoming superhero pic as Oswald Cobblepot, better known as Penguin. Reeves tweeted a gif of Farrell from the movie In Bruges captioned with: “Wait — is that you, #Oz?”...
The box-office hit starring a stellar cast already has a sequel in the works.  News that a Knives-Out sequel is officially in development was confirmed by writer-director Rian Johnson to The Hollywood Reporter during Lionsgate's pre-Golden Globes party on Saturday night.  Per the outlet, the filmmaker is already developing a sequel...