Emma Thompson News

Megan Mullally is a two-time Emmy-winning star of TV's Will & Grace, and recent star of Broadway's Young Frankenstein. On April 6, she makes her New Orleans debut in the acclaimed Broadway @ NOCCA series for two shows only, at 7:30PM and 9:30PM, joined by Seth Rudetsky at piano. For tickets please visit http://www.broadwaynola.com/. Megan will also attend a special Meet and Greet reception directly following her 9:30 show that will benefit The NOCCA Institute. Tickets to the reception, which will take place at Reilly Hall at NOCCA, are also available at the above link. The Broadway @ NOCCA series is also announcing that it will initiate a new, $2,500 per-year scholarship.

Sony Pictures announced today that it will be 'getting a new deal for Christmas' when it releases the highly-anticipated remake of ANNIE on December 25, 2014.

Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.

According to the Daily Mail, Anne Hathaway will sing a specially written song in the new film Song One, set to begin production later this year for release in 2014. Song One is written and directed by Kate Barker-Froyland.

A brand new featurette, titled 'Forbidden Romance,' from the upcoming film BEAUTIFUL CREATURES has just been released. The film is coming to theaters on Valentine's Day, February 14th. Check it out below!

Willow Smith, the 'Whip My Hair' tween hitmaker daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has withdrawn from the forthcoming feature film remake of ANNIE. Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin's Tony Award-winning stage musical ANNIE has previously been filmed twice, the first time in 1982 with John Huston in the director's chair and later in a made-for-TV adaptation produced by Disney and helmed by CHICAGO director Rob Marshall in 1999.

Five new clips from the upcoming film BEAUTIFUL CREATURES have just been release. The film is coming to theaters on Valentine's Day, February 14th. Get a first look below!

Vulture reports that Disney has found the director to take on its impending CINDERELLA remake. Just a few weeks after original director Mark Romanek dropped out, the studio has reportedly tapped Kenneth Branagh to replace him. Inside sources confirmed to the site that the Brit director is entering late negotiations in order to keep the film on schedule.

Deadline reports that Sony Pictues has hired Will Gluck to take on directing duties for its upcoming reboot of the Broadway musical ANNIE. While Will and Jada Smith's daughter Willow was in line to take on the title role, she is no longer attached to the project.

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it has signed vocalist and award-winning actress Emmy Rossum to its roster. The New York City native will release her first album for the label, a collection of covers of classic songs that span the '20s to the '60s entitled SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, today, January 29th, 2013.

Critically acclaimed thenewno2 have announced the release of their debut original score and soundtrack for BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. Beautiful Creatures Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (WaterTower Music) will be available February 12 both digitally and through all major retailers.

Tom Sturridge, the British stage and film actor whose credits include Being Julia and On The Road, will make his Broadway debut this spring in Orphans.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a brand new clip from their upcoming film BEAUTIFUL CREATURES to Yahoo! Movies. The film is coming to theaters on Valentine's Day, February 14th. Check out the clip, featuring Emmy Rossum, below!

Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Timberlake and Sigourney Weaver will be presenters at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Timberlake and Sigourney Weaver will be presenters at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

Gap will debut a limited-edition babyGap collection inspired by Beatrix Potter's 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' today at The Grove in Los Angeles. The collection will then launch worldwide in stores and on gap.com on January 14th. The event will feature actress Elizabeth Banks reading Emma Thompson's sequel, 'The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit,' to an invite-only crowd of celebrities and their children.

Gap will debut a limited-edition babyGap collection inspired by Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" this Saturday at The Grove in Los Angeles. The collection will then launch worldwide in stores and on gap.com on January 14th. The event will feature actress Elizabeth Banks reading Emma Thompson's sequel, "The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit," to an invite-only crowd of celebrities and their children.