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EXCLUSIVE: Hallmark has found the lead stars for its new Ireland-set romcom As Luck Would Have It . Sweet Magnolia ‘s actress JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Downtown Abbey ‘s Allen Leech will star in the film directed by Clare Niederpruem. “JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Allen Leech are both immensely talented actors and we are delighted to welcome them to the Hallmark Channel family,” said Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming, Crown Media Family Networks. “Between its charming leads and lushly-authentic Irish setting, viewers are sure to be captivated by this sweet, lighthearted romance.” Lindsey (Swisher) travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort. She decides to enter the town’s matchmaking festival to prove her investment and win over a handsome local (Leech). The all-new movie, which will be part of Hallmark Channel’s “Spring Fling” programming event this spring, has kicked off production with on-location filming in … [Read more...] about ‘As Luck Would Have It’: JoAnna Garcia Swisher & Allen Leech To Star In Hallmark Rom-Com

I really liked the autopsy scene.” Jodie Foster spears some fat, glistening cannellini beans from the antipasto plate and describes a satisfying day’s work on her upcoming film. “There’s a body on the table, murdered, with grotesque mutilations,” she says. “So there’s a certain basic horror, of course. And compassion for the victim. But the more my character gets into the work, she experiences a kind of – I know this sounds weird – a kind of exhilaration. She’s excited . She wants to get inside the skull of the man who did this. Particularly when they discover that, um, thing inside the body.” “Oil and vinegar, miss?” Over the pretheater blare of this jammed Manhattan trattoria , Foster is assessing the grisly leavings of psycho killers. Amid the gaunt models in cat suits, the clipped and pomaded men in J. Press, she sits drinking red wine and chatting knowledgeably – con brio – about cannibalism, sexual psychosis and ritual dismemberment. Jodie Foster’s … [Read more...] about Jodie Foster Makes It Work

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures rolled out their highly-anticipated Spider-Man: Homecoming in Thursday previews last night, and it got off to quite the impressive box office start. The superhero adventure starring Tom Holland opened with $15.4 million, which puts it on track for a first weekend that is tracking between $90 million and $100 million. Given the positive critical and fan response thus far, it's certainly possible that Spidey could in fact exceed those projections, since it opened higher than both Deadpool and Wonder Woman . Deadline reports that the $15.4 million tally for Spider-Man: Homecoming , directed by Jon Watts , easily beat the Thursday tallies for Deadpool ($12.7 million), Guardians of the Galaxy ($11.2 million) and Wonder Woman ($11 million), along with Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($10.2 million), Spider-Man 3 ($10 million), Doctor Strange ($9.4 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($8.7 million). It did come up just short … [Read more...] about Spider-Man Beats Wonder Woman & Deadpool in Thursday Night Previews

A word to wise film producers: Start tracking the racial, gender and disability status of your employees now. The film Academy’s Aperture 2025 inclusion program is closer than you think. Because once again, an important point is tucked in the fine print . When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its plan to require that Best Picture contenders meet at least two of four inclusion standards aimed at increasing screen depictions or employment of underrepresented groups—women, specified racial and ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with cognitive and physical disabilities, and those hard of hearing—it was careful to put full implementation far in the future. New standards will be imposed for the 96 th Academy Awards. Those occur in 2024. Given more immediate concerns with the Covid -delayed 2021 Oscar show, it all seems very distant. Related Story 'Croods 2' Crosses $50M; Searchlight Staying Quiet On 'Nomadland' B.O. & What That … [Read more...] about Coming Soon: The Film Academy’s ‘Inclusion Standards’ Form