Jacki Weaver News

WHAT happens when you take a manic depressive, junkie, mute, overeater, doped-up musician, obsessive compulsive and pyromaniac and try to get them to perform a Mozart opera?

It was announced today that Academy Award winning producer Cathy Schulman ("Crash") will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Dodge College's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 24, where Schulman will deliver the keynote address.

WHAT happens when you take a manic depressive, junkie, mute, overeater, doped-up musician, obsessive compulsive and pyromaniac and try to get them to perform a Mozart opera?

Docklands Studios Melbourne will celebrate its 10th anniversary in April 2014 as the major international film The Moon and the Sun, starring Pierce Brosnan and acclaimed Chinese star, Fan Bing Bing, begins shooting in its sound stages.

Baz Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY was among the big winners at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Thursday, January 30th.

Benaroya Pictures has promoted Ben Sachs from Senior Vice President to President.

In advance of the highly-anticipated season premieres of the hit series SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and EPISODES, SHOWTIME will be offering full-season catch-up marathons of all three series

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nick Nolte has signed on to the cast of FOX' s highly anticipated event series GRACEPOINT, set to premiere during the 2014-15 season.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival continues its tradition of honoring the year's standout performers by presenting The 2014 Virtuosos Award to Daniel Brühl (Rush), Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Color), Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station), Brie Larson (Short Term 12), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) and June Squibb (Nebraska)

Set in an American town, GRACEPOINT is the American version of the U.K.'s most-watched new drama of the year, 'Broadchurch.' The gripping crime series follows the tragic and mysterious death of a young boy found dead on an idyllic beach surrounded by rocks and a jutting cliff-face, from where he may have fallen. Although the cause of his death remains unsolved, the picturesque seaside town where the tragedy occurred is at the heart of a major police investigation and a nationwide media frenzy.

Emmy Award-winning actress Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) and two-time Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver will join Welsh BAFTA winner David Tennant in the highly anticipated event series GRACEPOINT

According to Deadline, John Cusack, Ryan Philippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman have boarded the film, which hails from Paradox, with Arclight Films on international sales.

November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. And a new movie is shedding new light on the chaotic aftermath of that tragic day. BroadwayWorld Movies' Audra Stafford has a sneak peek at PARKLAND.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the stage and screen star is set to guest star on Wilson's upcoming ABC comedy SUPER FUN NIGHT, which chronicles what happens when a group of homebodies decide to live life outside their comfort zone.

PARKLAND is hitting theaters on September 20, 2013 from Open Road Films, Directed and written by Peter Landesman, the film stars Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Paul Giamatti and Colin Hanks, David Harbour. Yesterday, the film premiered at TIFF - check out the starry red carpet arrivals below!

PARKLAND is hitting theaters on September 20, 2013 from Open Road Films, Directed and written by Peter Landesman, the film stars Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Paul Giamatti and Colin Hanks, David Harbour. Get a first look below!

According to Variety, Broadway veterans Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamisch Linklater and Simon McBurney have all joined the cast of Woody Allen's new, untitled comedy. Also starring are previously announced Colin Firth, Jeremy Shamos, and Emma Stone. The Gravier Productions film is produced by Allen's longtime associates, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum.

Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom - 2011 and Silver Linings Playbook - 2013) and Julian Sands have been added to the cast of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, the feature film based on Richard Alfieri's international hit play of the same name. Sands' previous films include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Killing Fields and A Room with a View.