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HBO Picks Up Gillian Flynn Drama ‘Sharp Objects’ Starring Amy Adams [UPDATED] We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. UPDATE:Deadlinereports today that HBO has givenSharp Objectsan eight-episode straight-to-series order, with Amy Adams still set for the lead. Jean-Marc Vallée will direct and Gillian Flynn and Marti Noxon are writing. Original story from June 17, 2025 follows. Following in the footsteps ofDaniel Craig heading to the small screenfor an adaptation of Purity, an Oscar-nominated actress is heading to television for a series project....

How Did This Get Made? Theodore Rex (An Oral History) (Whoopi Goldberg+ Police Dinosaur) x Lots of Lawsuits = How Did This Get Made?!?! Nobody sets out to make a bad movie. But the truth is, it happens all the time. And every time it does, there’s a fun misadventure and cautionary tale lurking somewhere behind the scenes. This is that story for the most expensive movie that ever went straight to video:THEODORE REX....

Kathryn Bigelow Recruits ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Hannah Murray For Her Next Film Oscar winnerKathryn Bigelow’s next movie may not have a title, but it certainly has my attention. I’m already fully prepared to watch anything directed by the woman behindThe Hurt Locker,Zero Dark Thirty,Near Dark, and yes,Point Break, but when she partners up with Annapurna Pictures, screenwriterMark Boal, and subject matter that will surely rile up a fair number of people, you know that she’s working on something special....

Korean-Flavored Remake Of John Woo’s ‘The Killer’ Moves Forward There has long been talk of a remake ofJohn Woo’s standard-setting 1989 action filmThe Killer. The movie was one of the pictures that focused international attention on both the director and his star Chow Yun-Fat, and it had great influence on action movies that followed. It’s a film that I can vividly remember seeing for the first time, even twenty years later....

Learn The Voice Actors Behind Your Favorite Cartoon & Video Game Characters [Infographic] The field of voice acting is a wholly unique one. In some ways, voice acting can be more difficult than acting on-camera, mostly because so much emotion has to come purely from the voice, without the assistance of facial expressions or body language. Many times it’s the voice that informs how a character is depicted, and that’s why it’s so surprising to learn that the same actors are behind the voices of many different cartoon and video game characters we know and love....

Let’s Talk About The Ending Of Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ Netflix’sRussian Dollreally surprised me. At first I thought it was just a warmed overGroundhog Dayrehash with characters that I wasn’t really a fan of, but episodes three and four throw into focus the true arc of the series. From that point on, I was hooked and couldn’t stop until I got to the end. Let’s discuss the themes ofRussian Dolland try to interpret that crazy ending....

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’ Cast Adds Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland, and…David Gordon Green? This week,Call Me By Your NamedirectorLuca Guadagninobegan production on his first movie shot in the United States. It’s calledBones and All, and it starsTimothée Chalamet(Little Women,Dune) andTaylor Russell(Waves,Lost in Space) as two lovers traveling across the country. But Guadagnino has just added a whole slew of additional actors to the cast, and while there are some terrific names among them, one name stands out as a slightly odd choice:David Gordon Green, the director of movies likePineapple Expressand 2018’sHalloween....

Martin Scorsese To Produce Rolls Royce Biopic ‘Silver Ghost’ The Rolls Royce is largely considered one of the most luxurious and desirable cars in the world. It’s so elegant that, today, most people who own them don’t even drive them. They have drivers to drive them. But how exactly did this company develop into such a well-respected and high quality brand? Apparently, the story is much more dramatic and secret than you’d expect....

Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan & More Filmmakers Implore Congress To Help Save Movie Theaters Movie theaters are among the industries being hit hardest due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite making a desperate attempt to come back as businesses around the country began to reopen, the release ofChristopher Nolan’sTenetwasn’t the savior they were counting on. Since its lackluster box office, studios have sent their movies running for the safety of either the winter of 2020, or perhaps more wisely, sometime in 2021....

Matt Reeves Unites With ‘Searching’ Team For HBO Max Series ‘The Future’; ‘Searching 2’ Finds Directors HBO Max is developing a sci-fi tech drama calledThe Future, which is based on authorDan Frey’s upcoming book.Matt Reeves(The Batman) is set to executive produce the series alongsideAneesh Chaganty,Natalie Qasabian, andSev Ohanian, the trio behind films like 2018’s innovativeSearchingand last year’s thrillerRun. Plus, Sony’s Stage 6 has announced that it has found a pair of directors to helmSearching 2, which will be set in the same universe as the first film but follow a whole new cast of characters....

MGM Developing Ray Bradbury’s ‘From The Dust Returned,’ About A Boy Adopted By Ghouls Ray Bradbury’s work has been adapted for dozens of projects over the years. Most of those adaptations, however, are for short films and television; there are only a few feature films written by Bradbury or based on his work. Producers keep trying to make Bradbury-based features, however. There has long been a version ofThe Martian Chroniclesin development, for instance....

Michelle Rodriguez Returning For ‘Fast And Furious 9’ After Settling Screenwriter Dissatisfaction Back in 2017,Fast and Furiousfranchise starMichelle Rodriguezworried fans with talk of potentially not returning forFast and Furious 9unless producers chose to"show some love to the women of the franchise on the next one." Apparently she stuck to her word, because Michelle Rodriguez is returning for the forthcoming sequel, but she didn’t sign her deal until a female screenwriter was brought on board to help give the female characters a little more depth....

Movie Teaser: Will Smith Talks About Men In Black 3D Yeah, that’s right:Men in Black 3D. No, the film hasn’t started shooting yet, but Sony has already shot a teaser (of sorts) for the movie that will reunite directorBarry Sonnenfeldand starsWill SmithandTommy Lee Jones, with newcomers likeJosh BrolinandJemaine Clement. The ‘teaser’ — which is really just Will Smith talking to the camera while standing either on the Sony lot or in a similar location — was presented at the Sony 3D TV launch event which took place this week at Sony Pictures Studios....