John Leguizamo, Marvel villain? The actor revealed to ComicBook.com while promoting the home release of “Violent Night” that he “negotiated” to star as the Vulture in the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpole “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” While the role was played by Michael Keaton, apparently conversations with him went back and forth enough for Marvel to want…
‘The Last of the Savages’ Adaptation Greenlit as APX Group Inks First-Option Deal With XIIIthirteen Co (EXCLUSIVE)
New York Times bestseller “The Last of the Savages” by Jay McInerney is set to be adapted into a film, Variety can exclusively reveal. The project is the first to come out of APX Group’s brand-new first-option deal with XIIIthirteen Co, the production company set up by Daniel Michael Siyoum and Brandon Schinaman. The three-year…
Carlos Saura, Celebrated Spanish Auteur, Dies at 91
Spanish auteur Carlos Saura has died, the Film Academy of Spain confirmed on Friday. He was 91. In a statement, the org stated: “The Film Academy deeply regrets to announce the death of Carlos Saura, Goya de Honor 2023. Saura, one of the fundamental filmmakers in the history of Spanish cinema, died today at his…
Anonymous Content Signs Laura Poitras, Director of ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Anonymous Content has signed Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker and journalist Laura Poitras, the director behind “Citizenfour” and “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” which was recently nominated for an Academy Award. “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” premiered in competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion for best…
‘Your Place or Mine’: Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher on Meeting Over Red Bull, Returning to Rom-Coms and Finally Working Together
Somewhat surprisingly, Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher had never worked together before Netflix’s new rom-com “Your Place or Mine.” “I had always wanted to make a romantic comedy with Reese,” Kutcher tells Variety over Zoom. “Like, always.” Though both are icons of the genre who rose to fame in the early 2000s — Witherspoon captured…
White House Nixes Super Bowl Interview With Fox News
It’s official: President Joe Biden will not take part in a pre-game interview leading up to this year’s Super Bowl. “We offered an interview with our top news anchors with no strings attached — they’re walking away from a huge audience and it’s a major missed opportunity,” said a Fox News executive familiar with discussions….
‘Walking Dead’ Daryl Spinoff Adds Five to Cast
“The Walking Dead” spinoff series starring Norman Reedus has added five new cast members. Anne Charrier (“The Last Deadly Mission”), Eriq Ebanouey (“Fox Hunt”), Laika Blanc Francard (“My Night”), newcomer Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, and Romain Levi (“The Tunnel”) have all been cast as series regulars alongside Reedus and previously announced cast member Clémence Poésy. The…
No. 1 an underdog? Alexander Volkanovski on why we shouldn’t doubt him
The world’s No. 1 fighter is an underdog, but Volkanovski details why he’s prepared to take on another big challenge.
Source: Burke to join Ryans’ staff as Texans DC
Matt Burke, who served as the Cardinals’ defensive line coach in 2022, has agreed to be the Texans’ new defensive coodinator, a source told ESPN.
Zelenskyy: ‘No place’ for Russia at Paris Games
Russian athletes have “no place” at next year’s Paris Olympics while their country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from about 30 countries.