Emma Thompson News

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS™ - PARTS 1 AND 2: ULTIMATE EDITION arrives on November 13 from Warner Home Video.

Universal Pictures and Focus Features today announced that Kelly Marcel will write the screenplay to the highly anticipated film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey." Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti will produce the film based on E L James' #1 Bestselling book, alongside James. The announcement was made by Universal Pictures Co-Chairman, Donna Langley and Focus Features' Chief Executive Officer, James Schamus.

ABC Family gives thanks with new holiday programming during the "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" from November 18 - 30, 2012.

It was announced today, 2 October 2012, that The National Theatre's award-winning production of WAR HORSE begins a ten month, nine-venue tour of the UK and Ireland in the autumn of 2013. A highlight of Birmingham Hippodrome's exciting autumn season, WAR HORSE performances run from Thursday 17 October to Saturday 9 November 2013, presented in partnership with Pertemps.

Osip Theatre presents Celebrity Night at Café Red, written and directed by Lily Bevan, at Trafalgar Studios 2, now through 6 October, 2012. Celebrity Night at Café Red is being co-produced by Osip Theatre and Lucy Pattison, with assistant direction from Hamish MacDougall, lighting design by Christopher Nairne, sound design by Emma Laxton, set design by Giuseppe Belli and costume design by Emma Belli. The press night is tonight, 21 September at 7pm. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

A supernatural love story set in the South, 'Beautiful Creatures' tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. Oscar(R) nominee Richard LaGravenese ('The Fisher King,'P.S. I Love You') directs from his adaptation of the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The film stars Alden Ehrenreich ('Tetro'), newcomer Alice Englert, Academy Award(R) winner Jeremy Irons ('Reversal of Fortune') Oscar(R) nominee Viola Davis ('The Help,' 'Doubt'), Emmy Rossum (TV's 'Shameless') and Academy Award(R) winner Emma Thompson ('Howard's End,' 'Sense and Sensibility').

The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live coast to coast on Sunday, September 23 (8:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC and originated from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The telecast was produced by Don Mischer Productions and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. This was Kimmel's first time hosting the Primetime Emmy telecast. And the winners are...

The official teaser trailer for BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, based on The Caster Chronicles Trilogy of books has been released. The film stars Jeremy Irons, Emmy Rossum, Viola Davis and Emma Thompson. Check out the trailer below!

Disney began production today on Saving Mr. Banks, the account of Walt Disney's twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to P.L. Travers' popular novel, Mary Poppins, and the testy partnership the upbeat filmmaker develops with the uptight author during the project's pre-production in 1961.

Get ready for a groovy, out-of-this-world 3D adventure when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases MEN IN BLACK™ 3 as a Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD -- all with UltraViolet™ -- on November 30th. Earning more than ?$624 million in box office worldwide, this sci-fi, action-packed comedy will be released for the first time in 3D for the home.

Osip Theatre presents Celebrity Night at Cafe Red, written and directed by Lily Bevan, at Trafalgar Studios 2 from 20 September - 6 October 2012. Celebrity Night at Cafe Red is being co-produced by Osip Theatre and Lucy Pattison, with assistant direction from Hamish MacDougall, lighting design by Christopher Nairne, sound design by Emma Laxton, set design by Giuseppe Belli and costume design by Emma Belli. The press night is on 21 September at 7pm.

The Laguna Playhouse welcomes back Rita Rudner, one of the country's top comediennes, for an exclusive three-day stand-up engagement, aptly titled Rita Rudner: Act 3, tonight, August 24 - Sunday, August 26, 2012. Performance times are 7 p.m. each evening.

Disney Pixar proudly announces the Blu-ray™ hi-def debut of BRAVE, the year's #1 animated movie and Pixar Animation Studio's 13th consecutive hit, on November 13, 2012.

According to a report by The Sun, the new Annie film starring Willow Smith will begin production in Spring 2013 in New York City. The film is being developed by Sony Pictures and produced by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's Production Company, Overbrook Entertainment. In January of 2011, Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad said in a statement, 'The time is right to bring back 'Annie' to the big screen. Of course, we're true believers in Willow's talent and believe she will be perfect in this role.' Emma Thompson has signed on to write the screenplay.

The Laguna Playhouse welcomes back Rita Rudner, one of the country's top comediennes, for an exclusive three-day stand-up engagement, aptly titled Rita Rudner: Act 3, Friday, August 24 - Sunday, August 26, 2012. Performance times are 7 p.m. each evening.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aline Brosh McKenna has been chosen to rewrite Columbia Pictures upcoming film adaptation of ANNIE. A previous script of the remake had been penned by Emma Thompson.

According to Variety, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti and Jason Schwartzman have joined the cast of Disney's SAVING MR. BANKS film, about Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers.

Broadway stars and theater-related shows were strongly represented in this year's list of the 2012 Emmy Nominations including Bobby Cannavale, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Modern Family and Christine Baranski - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife.