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EXCLUSIVE: Fans of The Office look to be getting a long-awaited reunion as Steve Carell is set to join former Office cohort John Krasinski in the Quiet Place helmer’s next directing gig IF at Paramount Pictures. Alan Kim , Cailey Fleming and Louis Gossett Jr. also are on board, joining Ryan Reynolds and Krasinski, who will star in the pic. Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Fiona Shaw are also on board. Details are being kept under wraps, but the story is based on Krasinski’s original idea about a child’s journey to rediscover their imagination. Krasinski will direct, write and produce the original film via his company, Sunday Night, with partners Allyson Seeger and Andrew Form producing. Reynolds also will produce via his company, Maximum Effort, and George Dewey will executive produce. The film is set to bow on November 17, 2023. Sunday Night and Maximum Effort recently signed first-look deals with the studio, with this film being spotlighted in the Sunday … [Read more...] about Steve Carell, Alan Kim, Cailey Fleming & Louis Gossett Jr. Join Paramount And John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ Starring Ryan Reynolds

EXCLUSIVE : Former BBC News correspondent Owen Bennett-Jones is to front a podcast exploring some of the world’s biggest unanswered questions. The Future Of… with Owen Bennett-Jones from podcast producer New Books Network will launch on Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts late next month, tackling everything from consciousness and delusion to race and sleep. In each of the nine episodes, Bennett-Jones will sit down with a leading academic to address the big topics and discuss the future of their disciplines, starting with an interview with Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum, who has conducted 20 hours of interviews with Donald Trump’s former aide Steve Bannon. Bennett-Jones is a former host of BBC World Service’s Newshour and has reported from several countries on global affairs. New Books Network Founder Marshall Poe said the podcast is a “perfect addition to our line-up.” “I love the BBC and listen to the World Service every day but they are constrained in what they … [Read more...] about Former BBC News Correspondent Owen Bennett-Jones To Front ‘The Future Of…’ Podcast

DNEG, the visual effects and animation company behind Dune, F9, Venom and other high-profile productions, has agreed to merge with a SPAC called Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. in a deal that aims to take the group public with a stock listing on the Nasdaq (symbol DNEG ). The combined company will be led by Namit Malhotra , DNEG’s chairman and CEO. The transaction, expected to close by midyear, implies a combined company enterprise value of approximately $1.7 billion. DNEG is a leading VFX group that works with Hollywood studios, streaming services and production companies worldwide with operations in North America (Los Angeles, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London) and Asia (Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai and Mumbai). The two-decade old firm has been awarded six out of the last ten Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects. Upcoming projects include Uncharted , Death on the Nile , Moonfall , Stranger Things S4 , Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom , … [Read more...] about ‘Dune,’ ‘No Time To Die’ VFX/Animation Group DNEG To Go Public In $1.7 Billion SPAC Deal

Main Offender, the second solo effort from Keith Richards , is set to receive an expansive 30th anniversary reissue on March 18. The release will feature previously unreleased recordings from the musician’s 1992 Winos Live in London concert and a collection of archival material dating back to the album’s initial release. First released in October 1992, Main Offender came four years after Richards’ solo debut Talk Is Cheap . He recruited the X-Pensive Winos for recording, made up of drummer Steve Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboard player Ivan Neville, singer Sarah Dash, and backing vocalists Bernard Fowler and Babi Floyd. The Main Offender anniversary reissue will be released as a two-CD set and will be available on vinyl in limited red, black, and smoke-colored LPs. Winos Live in London ‘92 will also be released on CD and LP for the first time. The remainder of the package features an 88-page leather-bound book featuring notes and … [Read more...] about Keith Richards’ ‘Main Offender’ Gets 30th-Anniversary Reissue With Bonus Tracks

The American Society of Cinematographers on Tuesday unveiled nominations for its 36th annual ASC Awards , honoring the year’s best in feature film, documentary and television cinematography. The society’s marquee Feature Film nominees include Bruno Delbonnel for The Tragedy of Macbeth , Greig Fraser for Dune , Dan Laustsen for Nightmare Alley , Ari Wegner for The Power of the Dog and Haris Zambarloukos for Belfast . Last year, the ASC awarded Mank ‘s Erik Messerschmidt with the Feature Film trophy, on his way to winning the Cinematography Oscar for the black-and-white film. This year, Belfast and Macbeth are also both black and white, along with for that matter Guillermo del Toro’s alt-version of Nightmare Alley . The ASC film winner historically goes on to win the Oscar about half the time — 16 times in the past 35 years. In TV, there were no repeats from last year’s shows on today’s list. Jon Joffin, who won last year in the One-Hour TV category … [Read more...] about ASC Awards Nominations Include ‘Dune’, ‘Nightmare Alley’, ‘Belfast’

Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford has been tapped to star opposite Kumail Nanjiani in Hulu limited series Immigrant (working title), from Pam & Tommy creator Robert Siegel. Written and executive produced by Siegel, Immigrant (wt) is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales. The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon. Ashford will play the series regular role of Irene. An accountant by trade, Irene is the wife of Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani), falling in love over a shared passion for tax loopholes and revenue expansion. Shy and unassuming at first, she steadily finds her footing within the company, growing into a formidable behind-the-scenes powerhouse. Murray Bartlett also stars as producer-choreographer Nick De Noia. Siegel and Nanjiani executive produce alongside Dylan Sellers, … [Read more...] about Annaleigh Ashford Joins Kumail Nanjiani In Hulu Limited Series ‘Immigrant’

Fox is expected to have at least two new drama series on the fall schedule , Filthy Rich and , along with a full slate of animated comedies, while ABC is considering holding multi-camera comedy series United We Fall for fall. It is part of an effort by the broadcast networks to stockpile original content for next season as coronavirus-related Hollywood production is entering its third month with no end in sight. For that reason, CBS recently changed its scheduling plans for the latest season of The Amazing Race, leaving it in the can for fall. When March rolled around, Fox still had its two high-profile midseason drama series, Tate Taylor’s Filthy Rich , starring Kim Cattrall, and the AI-themed NeXt, headlined by John Slattery, on deck with no scheduled premieres. Then the coronavirus outbreak escalated, shutting down all filming. In fact, NeXt became the first Hollywood production with a confirmed COVID-19 case when a crew member tested positive after Season 1 … [Read more...] about Fox’s ‘Filthy Rich’ & ‘NeXt’, ABC’s ‘United We Fall’ Eye Fall Premieres As Nets Look To Secure Originals For 2020-21 Season Amid Pandemic

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features keyboardist Don Airey. During the past 50 years, whenever a major British hard-rock or heavy-metal band needed a genius-level keyboardist, they knew they could call Don Airey. He’s the guy that Rainbow and Black Sabbath hired in the Seventies to help them with albums like Never Say Die! and Down to Earth . In the Eighties, Ozzy Osbourne brought him in to finish off Blizzard of Ozz and bring it out on the road. In the years that followed, he worked with Judas Priest , Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Whitesnake, Jethro Tull, Brian May, UFO, Gary Moore, and many, … [Read more...] about Keyboardist Don Airey on His Years With Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath