Joaquin Phoenix News

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel is currently in talks with Joaquin Phoenix to lead their upcoming live-action DOCTOR STRANGE film. As previously reported, Scott Derrickson will direct.

Parkey Posey and Jamie Blackley have signed on to the cast of Woody Allen's yet-to-be titled next picture.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced yesterday that Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice will make its World Premiere as the Centerpiece selection for the upcoming 52nd New York Film Festival (September 26 - October 12) on Saturday, October 4.

Part puppetry, part performance art, Marsian De Lellis' Object of Her Affection is a visual narrative about Object Sexuals - humans who form intimate relationships with inanimate objects. Full-length workshop performances will be presented Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19 at 8pm and Sunday, July 20 at 3pm at Automata, 504 Chung King Court, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-819-6855. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.automata-la.org/tickets.

The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce its July "Finest in World Cinema" Series! Back by popular demand, Andrew Botsford of Quogue, visiting professor and communications consultant for the graduate arts program at Stony Brook Southampton and co-host of the annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, will introduce our summer films each Tuesday night and discuss the films afterwards with guest commentators, followed by an informal audience discussion. An actor with the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue since 1985, Andrew has written extensively about film and theater and was for 20 years the associate editor of The Southampton Press and editor of its Arts & Living section.

There's no better way to beat the heat of summer than by viewing a great film in the cool comfort of the Music Hall Historic Theater on Chestnut Street, or in the Loft on Congress Street. Continuing the Music Hall tradition of singular cinema, July screenings span a wide range, including indies, international films, and documentaries exclusive to the Seacoast.

Earlier this year the Broadway musical adaptation of the original 1976 Academy Award-winning film Rocky (which aired on Reel 13in February), made its debut on The Great White Way. The 1979 sequel Rocky II picks up where the first film (and the musical) leave off, with Sylvester Stallone reprising his iconic role as underdog fighter Rocky Balboa, the small-time boxer who gets a rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja 'magnificently impersonates' his idol Enrico Caruso in the feature film The Immigrant, which opens today, May 16, in New York City and Los Angeles.

Woody Allen has tapped Joaquin Phoenix, star of the Oscar-winning movie Her, to lead his next feature. According to Deadline, filming will begin in July.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today additions to the popular year-round Free Film Society Talks with The Immigrant director James Gray on May 7 and Night Moves director Kelly Reichardt

Idris Elba, who starred in Off-Broadway's Troilus & Cressida in 2001, turned to Twitter to announce the birth of his first son with girlfriend Naiyana Garth.

Award-winning vocalist Julie Budd stars in Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, kicking off Surflight Theatre's 65th Season of 'Broadway at the Beach' from June 11-15.

The film, directed by Jon Favreau, is based on the Kipling classic, which follows an orphaned boy who was raised by wolves and other animals. The animals act as protectors for the boy from the evil tiger Shere Khan (Elba).

Written and directed by Spike Jonze, HER stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix ('The Master,' 'Walk the Line'), Amy Adams ('The Master,' 'Doubt'), Rooney Mara ('The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'), Olivia Wilde (upcoming 'Rush') and Scarlett Johansson ('Lost in Translation'). Click below to watch a new, extended featurette going behind the scenes of the Oscar-nominated film!

The Pink Room: David Lynch Burlesque's 3rd Annual The Miss Twin Peaks Pageant is set for Joe's Pub tonight, January 25, 2014.

A new trailer created by Vimeo's Richard Trammell gives movie goers an idea of what the hit film 'Her' might be like if award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman voiced Theodore Twombly's OS, rather than Scarlett Johansson.

This year's LACOSTE SPOTLIGHT AWARD will be presented to five-time Academy Award® nominated actress, Amy Adams.

According to the New York Post, Idris Elba, who starred in Off-Broadway's Troilus & Cressida in 2001, hopes to return to the stage following his hit film, 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.'

Recent Golden Globe winner Amy Adams stopped by a gay karaoke bar in L.A. and 'enchanted' the crowd as she belted out 'Defying Gravity' from Broadway's 'Wicked.'

The telecast kicks off at 8 p.m. EST, and BroadwayWorld will be bringing you live-updates of the winners all night!