'Five Days At Memorial': Vera Farmiga To Star In Apple TV+ Hurricane Katrina Series
Vera Farmiga set to star in th Apple Original Hurricane Katrina limited series Five Days At Memorial from creators John Ridley and Carlton Cuse.
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'Shirley': Regina King To Star In John Ridley's Biopic About Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) is writing a film about Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, and it's found its star. Read about the Regina King Shirley movie.
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BlumNews: More 'Welcome To The Blumhouse' On The Way; John Ridley Directing New Paranormal Movie
More Welcome to the Blumhouse, plus a new paranormal horror movie from John Ridley, are on the way from Blumhouse.
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'Tron' TV Series Developed By '12 Years A Slave' Writer John Ridley Scrapped At Disney+
Disney+ has officially scrapped a Tron TV series that was once being developed by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley.
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John Ridley To Write And Direct Blumhouse Superhero Movie 'The American Way'
Having conquered horror, Blumhouse now wants in on the superhero game. John Ridley will write and direct the Blumhouse superhero movie The American Way.
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'Guerrilla' Trailer: John Ridley's New Miniseries Starring Freida Pinto And Idris Elba
John Ridley's (12 Years a Slave) new six-part miniseries, Guerilla, stars Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay, and producer Idris Elba. Watch the Guerrilla trailer.
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Why ABC Passed On 'Marvel's Most Wanted' And 'Agent Carter' Season 3 [TCA 2016]
What's next for the ABC Marvel shows? The network discusses passing on Marvel's Most Wanted and Agent Carter season 3, and teases what's in development.
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Idris Elba And John Ridley Team For Six-Part Miniseries 'Guerrilla'
This summer John Ridley will begin shooting 'Guerrilla,' a new miniseries for Showtime and Sky Atlantic. Idris Elba will star in the John Ridley TV project.
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Weddings Are Going Retro — Pinterest Predicts '70s-Inspired Ceremonies In 2024
While the rest of the world may be rolling into 2024, those getting married this year might have another decade on their mind: the 1970s.
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Marvel Sets '12 Years A Slave' Scribe John Ridley For TV Series
Read all about the John Ridley Marvel Studios series brewing at ABC. Ridley is the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave.
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'All Is By My Side' Clip Shows Off Andre Benjamin As Jimi Hendrix
Here's a clip from All Is By My Side in which you can see some of the work done by Outkast's Andre Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix.
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George Clooney, Julie Delpy, Jonas Cuaron And More Discuss Screenwriting In 50-Minute Video
One of the highlights of each new Oscar season is the set of roundtable discussions created by THR. In each of these, the trade gathers a set of people involved in various films likely to be highlighted in the awards season, and just allows them to talk about making movies. They can be pretty great,…
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Biopic Casting Bits: Ashley Charles As Keith Richards; Donal Logue Helps Out At 'CBGB;' Colin Farrell In 'Saving Mr. Banks'
It seems like biopics and other similar true life stories are exploding in development right now, and we've got casting for three big ones. First up, the Jimi Hendrix film All is By My Side has just added a young Keith Richards. British actor Ashley Charles will play the Rolling Stones songwriter and guitarist. John…
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Andre Benjamin's Hendrix Biopic Adds Imogen Poots; Hendrix Estate Says No Music Rights Have Been Granted
Earlier this week we passed on the rumor that All is By My Side, a long-simmering biopic of the amazing and groundbreaking guitarist/singer/songwriter Jimi Hendrix, would finally shoot this month with Andre Benjamin of OutKast in the lead role. (Benjamin has an acting resume, in films like Idlewild, Be Cool and Four Brothers.) Now we've…
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André Benjamin's Jimi Hendrix Biopic To Shoot This Month?
For years now, André Benjamin has been talking about playing the lead in a biopic of Jimi Hendrix's life. But between the Hendrix estate's notoriously tight hold on the late musician's work and the fact that we haven't heard of much forward movement on the film, we couldn't help but be skeptical. According to a…
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Brad Pitt Joins Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years A Slave'
Here's an update to the developing news on Steve McQueen's third film, Twelve Years a Slave, that is pretty minor in terms of word count, but potentially huge for the movie. We know that Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Solomon Northrup, a free black man kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and made to serve as a…
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'Hunger' Director Steve McQueen Making '12 Years A Slave' With Chiwetel Ejiofor
Steve McQueen followed his debut film Hunger with Shame, which reunites him with actor Michael Fassbender and will premiere shortly at the Venice Film Festival. Now he's got his post-Shame project set: a film called 12 Years a Slave, in which Chiwetel Ejiofor will star. McQueen wrote the film with Red Tails screenwriter John Ridley,…
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Spike Lee And 'Entourage' Creator Team Up For HBO Boxing Drama Based On Mike Tyson
Although he's currently best known as that guy whose tattoo artist tried to sue Warner Bros. for reproducing his design on Ed Helms' face, Mike Tyson was once famous for being one of the best boxers of his day. It's true! I read about it on Wikipedia. Now HBO has ordered a pilot for a…
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Kevin Tancharoen Directing Sci-Fi Actioner Arcana
Moviehole yesterday scored a nice little scoop from their interview with Kevin Tancharoen, choreographer and director of the new Fame. Afterwards, that story appeared in Variety with absolutely no reference to the Moviehole story but a rather set of info. You're probably not surprised to read this much. If you want to e-mail Dana Harris…
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Anthony Hemingway To Direct George Lucas' Red Tails
Red Tails is one of those projects that I've never been interested in. George Lucas has been developing the film since 1989, and was originally going to direct the movie himself. He infamously put the project aside to helm the Star Wars prequels. It has now been officially announced that Anthony Hemingway (The Wire, CSI:…
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