Posted on Friday, September 6th, 2019 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Helen Mirren doesn’t need to play an empress to prove that she rules. But it doesn’t hurt. Mirren stars as the legendary Catherine the Great, one of history’s most powerful — and according to this HBO limited series, most passionate — monarchs. Watch the Catherine the Great trailer below.
Posted on Friday, July 26th, 2019 by Chris Evangelista
We tend to devote entire posts to trailers for big movies around here. But sometimes, smaller films need love too. And that’s where our trailer round-ups come in. Here we’ve gathered together trailers for several under-the-radar films (and TV shows) that you might want to check out when they head your way. Watch them all below!
Posted on Monday, September 3rd, 2018 by Chris Evangelista
In this edition of TV Bits:
Posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Jason Clarke and Helen Mirren will reunite for an HBO/Sky limited series centered around Catherine the Great. The Catherine the Great series cast now includes Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) starring opposite Dame Mirren, who had already come on board to play the long-reigning Russian empress.
Posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 by Chris Evangelista
In this edition of TV bits:
Posted on Friday, February 19th, 2016 by Ethan Anderton
Last December, we got word that Barbra Streisand was considering a return to directing for the first time in 20 years, after helming The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996. The project that was calling the singing icon and actress back behind the camera was Catherine the Great, a biopic about titular Russian empress. It appears Streisand has stuck with the project since then, and now Pride and Prejudice and Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley is in talks for the lead role. Read More »
Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2015 by Ethan Anderton
After keeping busy in the 1970s with films such as A Star is Born and The Way We Were, singer-turned-actress Barbra Streisand has been very selective over the past 20 years, opting to only star in four movies: The Mirror Has Two Faces, Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers and The Guilt Trip. But one of those films also had Streisand behind the camera, and it looks like she’s finally ready to get back in the director’s chair after nearly 20 years with a biopic about famed Russian empress Catherine the Great. Read More »
Posted on Monday, December 15th, 2014 by Peter Sciretta
The Black List 2014 has been released. The annual list is compiled with a poll of over 250 development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2014 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. Basically, The Black List is a list of the hottest projects in Hollywood that you haven’t heard of yet.
