Lawrence Kasdan News

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: THE LION KING celebrates 15 years, FLASHDANCE gets its cast, Andrea McArdle joins NEWSICAl, and so much more!

Fans have revealed the first image from London Theatre's THE BODYGUARD - MUSICAL, starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen. Check it out below!

Grammy Award and Tony Award-Winner, and soon-to-be turning heads on the West End stage in London, UK, Heather Headley held her first Google Hangout on Oct. 4th, 2012 from London, celebrating her birthday. Check it out in the video below!

Deschanel took time out of her busy production schedule last week to speak with BWW and other media outlets about the upcoming second season of NEW GIRL. Check out the interview below!

Following the partnership on Ron Howard's RUSH, also to be released through Cross Creek's distribution deal with Universal Pictures, the first film being produced and financed under this new far reaching arrangement is the thriller A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES starring Liam Neeson (TAKEN).

Thea Sharrock is to direct The Bodyguard, a new musical opening at the Adelphi Theatre in Autumn 2012 based on the Warner Bros. film of the same name with screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Starring Heather Headley as Rachel Marron and Lloyd Owen as Frank Farmer in the roles made famous on film by the late Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, tickets for The Bodyguard go on sale today (1 May 2012) taking bookings until 27 April 2013 for the production's first booking period. Previews begin on 6 November 2012, twenty years after the release of the Oscar nominated film. Opening night is 5 December.

In celebration of two-time Golden Globe® winner, Academy Award® & Tony Award® nominee Kathleen Turner and her upcoming engagement in the National Tour of Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, Carlton Cinema will present a free Mini Film Festival. The festival will feature four of Kathleen Turner's most memorable performances on screen on Saturday April 28th at the Carlton Cinema, (20 Carlton Street at Yonge).

Tony Award-winning ensemble member Frank Galati returns to the helm at Steppenwolf Theatre Company with his stage adaptation of The March, Pulitzer Prize-finalist E.L. Doctorow's novel about General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia.

As one of Hollywood's most beloved actresses, Diane Keaton has seen her share of remarkable Hollywood romances and unimaginable successes.

Tony Award-winning ensemble member Frank Galati returns to the helm at Steppenwolf Theatre Company with his stage adaptation of The March, Pulitzer Prize-finalist E.L. Doctorow's novel about General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia.

Bring home the adventure and share Star Wars™ with your whole family - when STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA comes to Blu-ray Disc from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment!

According to The Sun, X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has been offered the role that Whitney Houston made her acting debut playing- 'Rachel Meron' in the upcoming stage adaptation of THE BODYGUARD. A source told The Sun that she 'is torn, but she also has her second album to think about.'

According to What'sonstage.com, producer David Ian has acquired the rights to a musical adaptation of the 1992 film, 'THe Bodyguard.' ian, who recaently produced West End's FLASHDANCE, is aiming for a West End run in 2012. The musical will most likely featurethe iconic 'I Will Aways Love You' along with other songs from Whitney Houston's repitoire.

Highline Ballroom located at 431 West 16th Street between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue is pleased to announce it's upcoming shows. Tickets may be purchased through Ticketweb, online at ticketweb.com or at the Highline Box Office from noon until doors close at 866-468-7619.

Golden Globe nominee Jason Lee, who was the lead character on HOPE creator Greg Garcia's 'My Name is Earl,' has signed on to guest-star in the upcoming 'Burt Rocks' episode of RAISING HOPE.

Golden Globe nominee Jason Lee, who was the lead character on HOPE creator Greg Garcia's 'My Name is Earl,' has signed on to guest-star in the upcoming 'Burt Rocks' episode of RAISING HOPE.

Werc Werk Works, the independent production and finance company helmed by CEO Elizabeth Redleaf, and Likely Story, the New York based production company headed by Anthony Bregman, jointly announced today that they will produce DARLING COMPANION, written by Meg Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan and to be directed by Lawrence Kasdan.

According to a report by Variety, Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, and Elizabeth Moss are set to star in the upcoming indie comedy, Darling Companion. The film will be directed by Lawrence Kasdan, with a screenplay by him and Meg Kasdan. The movie is about a woman who is more affectionate towards her dog than her husband. Then, the husband loses the dog at their vacation home in the Rockies.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present an encore screening of 'The Maltese Falcon,' the 1941 Best Picture nominee that kicked off the Academy's 'Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood's Dark Side' series, on Monday, September 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

At a press conference yesterday the Oregon Shakespeare Festival provided a comprehensive picture of the scope of new work underway over the next several season supported by grants totaling more than $800,000. OSF recently received a grant of $600,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation over three years (2010-2012) for the decade-long commissioning, production, and public dialogue initiative American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. The Edgerton Foundation of Los Angeles, California awarded OSF a four-year $200,000 grant to support the commissioning of five new American musicals, putting OSF in the unique position of creating new American musicals with a resident acting company.