Last month, BWW reported that Emma Watson was in talks to star in Disney's upcoming live film adaptation of the classic fairytale CINDERELLA. According to Comingsoon.net, the 'Harry Potter' actress has decided to bow out of the film.
GIRL RISING, Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins' new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world, premiered last night in New York at the Paris Theatre.
Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that THE MONUMENTS MEN, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany.
HARRY POTTER star Emma Watson has her eye on the title role in director Kenneth Branagh's new live-action feature film adaptation of CINDERELLA and Disney is in early talks with her to star in the soon-to-be-shot fairy tale.
Emma Watson may soon be putting down her magic wand and putting on her glass slippers. Variety reports that the 'Harry Potter' star is in early talks to star in Disney's upcoming film adaptation of the classic fairytale CINDERELLA.
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen's next film, BLUE JASMINE from Gravier Productions.
I know exactly what the awards season red carpet has been missing: Cate Blanchett! The beautiful, statuesque star always takes fashion risks, wears something that most women can't pull off and always looks stunning. Oscars 2011 red carpet anyone? That Givenchy Couture moment was like a breath of fashion fresh air that evening and Blanchett did not let that creation wear her.
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.
According to Variety, Jessica Chastain has been confirmed as the lead in Liv Ullmann's film adaptation of Miss Julie, alongside Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
Following a hugely acclaimed and record-breaking sell out run at Hampstead Theatre, Neil Armfield's production of David Hare's The Judas Kiss just transferred to the West End. The cast features Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox in the lead roles of Oscar Wilde and Lord AlFred Douglas, performances which won them universal acclaim, they are joined by Cal Macaninch in the role of Robert Ross. The cast also includes Ben Hardy, Kirsty Oswald, Alister Cameron and Tom Colley.
Check out photos from opening night below!
Veteran writer, director, producer and actor Carl Reiner, along with seven-time SAG Award winner and 18-time nominee Alec Baldwin, will present the SAG 49th Life Achievement Award to Dick Van Dyke at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced today.
I hoped to enjoy the World Premiere of Elizabeth: Heart of a King, now playing Austin's Vortex Theatre as it had many elements I generally gravitate towards. However, though Queen Elizabeth may be one of the most successful monarchs in history, Elizabeth: Heart of a King does not fare so well.
Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Oscar for Best Picture in 1989, "Driving Miss Daisy" is opening at the Alhambra Theatre on February 5. Appropriate for a play of such esteem, the Alhambra has brought in not one, as has been its custom of late, but two stars to carry the show: four-time Emmy Award Winner, Michael Learned will star as Daisy Werthan and Lance Nichols, star of the HBO series TREME, as her chauffeur, Hoke Coleburn. This will be the fourth time Learned and Nichols will star together in "Driving Miss Daisy." Rounding out the three-person cast is Michael Edward Hodge, a New York actor who plays Daisy's son, Boolie Werthan.
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen's next film, BLUE JASMINE from Gravier Productions.
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Germany in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
As we move into the last days of December, we asked our team of reviewers to give us their highlights - and lowlights - of 2012. Here are the thoughts of two of our team - Jenny Antill and Becky Brewis!
Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters today, December 14, 2012. Check out the trailer for the highly-anticipated film below!
One of Scotland's most successful talents of all time, Billy Connolly discussed his life and career at a very special public event last night (Monday 10th December) in Glasgow, entitled ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures', sponsored by Deutsche Bank.
This New Year's Eve, the 'Indestructible' Andrew Dice Clay returns to television with his first stand-up special in 17 years. Laugh through the last remaining hours of 2012 with ANDREW DICE CLAY: INDESTRUCTIBLE! on Monday, December 31 at 10:00PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME. From the moment he takes the stage to the closing credits, the "Diceman" is on fire. Filmed at the Arcada Theatre in Chicago, Clay takes on everything from racial stereotypes to gay marriage and from sexual exploits to his own aging anatomy. True to his notorious persona, Clay is outrageously shocking and offensive - but always hilarious.