Akiva Schaffer on Directing Disney’s ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ and if There’s a ‘Popstar’ Sequel Coming: ‘Never Say Never’

Hot Chip have shared a new single called ‘Eleanor’ – you can listen to it below.The punchy, synth-heavy track is the latest preview of the group’s eighth album ‘Freakout/Release’, which is due to arrive on August 19 via Domino.“It’s about the world smashing into you, waves crashing into you, all-encompassing pain, and how you have to walk through it,” frontman Alexis Taylor explained of ‘Eleanor’ in a statement.“The verses are about separation when families are divided against their will. It’s about strong friends.

Nick Cave is requesting footage from fans for an upcoming collaborative film to accompany his recent ‘Seven Psalms’ project.Released last month, the collection comprises seven spoken word cuts set to music that was created in collaboration with Warren Ellis as well as a concluding 12-minute piece, ‘Psalm Instrumental’.The record, which was produced by Cave alongside Luis Almau, came together during the sessions for Nick Cave & Warren Ellis‘ 2021 studio album ‘Carnage’.“While in lockdown I wrote a number of psalms, or small, sacred songs—one a day for a week,” Nick Cave explained in a statement.“The seven psalms are presented as one long meditation—on faith, rage, love, grief, mercy, sex and praise. A veiled, contemplative offering borne of an uncertain time.

EXCLUSIVE: Cara Santana (Vida) has signed on to star alongside Marcia Gay Harden, Halston Sage, Andrew Richardson and Aidan Quinn in Annette Haywood-Carter’s indie comedy Daughter of the Bride (w/t) for MarVista Entertainment and Particular Crowd.

Just weeks after “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes” added Rachel Zegler to its cast list, another Hollywood up-and-comer joins the cast, too. And this time, it’s Hunter Schafer, one of the stars of Sam Levison‘s hit HBO teen drama, “Euphoria.” READ MORE: Rachel Zegler Cast As Lucy Gray Baird In ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Variety reports that Schafer joins Zegler and Tom Blyth as the newest cast member of the upcoming “The Hunger Games” prequel.

which the Wrap first reported.The prequel film in the franchise, which has grossed over $3 billion globally, is based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins and is slated to hit theaters on Nov. 17, 2023.Francis Lawrence returns to the series, having directed the sequels “Catching Fire” and both parts of “Mockingjay.”Collins, Tim Palen, and Jim Miller will serve as executive producers on the new project.

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific film and television writer-producer-director Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road Picture have signed with TFC Management, the boutique lit management company launched in 2020 by WME’s David Stone and UTA’s Ben Jacobson.

Nick Cave has laid out his argument that listening to opposing ideas makes for a healthier society and that free speech isn’t a right but is a tool to “liberate the soul of our world”.In the latest instalment of his The Red Hand Files fan Q&A website, the singer-songwriter responded to two fans about questions on freedom of speech and religion.One fan named Lorraine, who wrote from Berlin, asked him: “What are your thoughts on free speech? Do you think it is a right?”, while Jason from London sought a response about Christianity, writing: “For fuck’s sake, enough of the God and Jesus bullshit!”Cave, who is a defender of free speech including those of Morrissey’s, wrote in his answer to Lorraine that he’s “not so sure free speech is a right” but that it’s “something we, as a community, can use to enliven, embolden and liberate the soul of our world”.He explained that he sees each person possessing “individual sovereignty, their specialness” that is “a distinctiveness that is the very thing that should be prized”.

Anthony and Joe Russo’s AGBO announced the winners of its 48-hour filmmaking competition, “No Sleep ‘til Film Fest” today.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nina Kravitz and more.Put together by the organisers of Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live, the inaugural edition of the Spanish festival takes place September 1-3, 2022 in the town of Mijas, just south of Malaga.Arctic Monkeys, Liam Gallagher, Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk were previously confirmed as headliners, with other names on the bill including Marc Rebillet, Röyksopp, Hot Chip, Chet Faker and Blossoms.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will now headline alongside Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk on the Friday (September 2).

Selome Hailu After three weeks in a row in the No. 1 position on Nielsen Streaming Top 10 due to the release of Part 2 of the show’s fourth and final season, “Ozark” has finally ended its reign. Now at No.

Nick Cave is set to appear as an animated version of himself alongside Swedish rocker Thåström in new TV series Before They Were Gods.The show will be directed by Swedish director and writer Måns Mårlind (The Bridge) and is being developed by the Yellow Bird production company from Banijay.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Before They Were Gods is set “in an imaginary world, in which the two musicians were close friends as 14-year-olds, before they would turn into major rock gods.”The report adds that “the series sees the two search for the ultimate truth, everlasting beauty, and cheap wine. Sometimes they find it, but mostly not.

Film fans might have already forgotten, but almost 25 years ago, Martin Scorsese was looking at Tom Hanks to star as Dean Martin in a biopic about the iconic performer. The film was said to be written by Paul Schrader and would pull back the curtain on Martin’s time in the Rat Pack and, of course, in his comedic duo with Jerry Lewis.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Warner Bros. Development Executive Paul Perez has inked a production deal at the Burbank, CA lot.

Changing every day! HGTV star Erin Napier gave fans a sweet update on daughter Mae’s milestones while commemorating the little one’s first birthday.