EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott’s production company has a new UK television chief.
06.03.2024 - 22:29 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s female-driven John Wick spinoff Ballerina has added David Castañeda (The Umbrella Academy) and Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Sex Education) to its cast amid reshoots abroad, Deadline can reveal.
Word of the castings comes at a newsy time in the world of John Wick, as word has emerged of a Wick series in the works, alongside an animated series adaptation of Twilight, with prequel miniseries The Continental set to launch on Peacock September 22nd.
Ballerina watches as a young female assassin (Ana de Armas) trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma seeks revenge against the people who killed her family — as did Wick against those who have did him wrong, in films released between 2014 and 2019. After signing a new deal with Lionsgate expanding his oversight of the John Wick franchise, of which he was the architect, Chad Stahelski is working with Ballerina helmer Len Wiseman to shape new action sequences for the film.
Written by Shay Hatten, based on characters created by Derek Kolstad, the film will also star Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, the late Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing for Thunder Road, alongside Chad Stahelski for 87Eleven Entertainment. Pic’s now slated for release on June 6, 2025 after being delayed recently by a year.
Castañeda stars opposite Tom Hopper, Elliot Page, and more on Netflix’s hit series The Umbrella Academy, which returns for its fourth and final season on August 8th. Recently seen opposite Natasha Lyonne and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Peacock’s Poker Face, the actor prior to that appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s Netflix pic The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Other notable film credits
EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott’s production company has a new UK television chief.
Louis Walsh didn't want to share his phone number with Celebrity Big Brother champ David Potts, even after David won the show on ITV last Friday.The famous music manager from Ireland, who is 71 years old, chatted to Angellica Bell and the hosts James and Matt on Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Tuesday about his time in the famous house. During Friday's final, David got the top prize, and Nikita Kuzmin from Strictly Come Dancing came in second - meanwhile, Louis came in fourth place. Since leaving the house, Louis has been addressing the various comments he made on the show, and on Monday, he apologised to Ronan Keating for calling him "talentless" while talking to Sharon Osbourne.
Celebrity Big Brother winner David Potts made a huge mark during his time in the house, which saw him go on to win the first re-boot of the show on ITV this year.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone surprised fans in January when she revealed on Instagram that she tried and failed to pitch a “Barbie” movie in the 1990s, decades before Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie would make their own “Barbie” movie to the tune of $1.4 billion worldwide (the highest-grossing film of 2023) and eight Academy Award nominations. Stone said she got “laughed out of the studio” back then, and she recently dropped some new info about her axed “Barbie” movie while visiting Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly On The Wall” podcast.
Dana Carvey, 68, has apologized to Sharon Stone for a 1992 “Saturday Night Live” skit in which she took her clothes off.Stone, 66, was a guest on the podcast “Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade” when Carvey brought up the sketch, which occurred when Stone hosted “SNL” in the wake of her hit movie “Basic Instinct.” Carvey said Stone “was such a good sport” because “the comedy we did in 1992 with Sharon Stone, we would literally be arrested now.”The skit in question was called the “Airport Security Sketch,” in which male airport security officers, including Carvey playing an Indian security guard, had Stone remove one item of clothing at a time — to see if she was carrying anything dangerous on her person.“I want to apologize publicly for the security check sketch where I played an Indian man and we’re convincing Sharon, her character, or whatever, to take her clothes off to go through the security thing,” Carvey told Stone — as Spade added that it was “so offensive.”Carvey cited the year of the sketch, 1992, as being “from another era,” while the “Sliver” actress chimed in that it didn’t really bother her at the time.“I know the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony,” she said. “And I think that we were all committing misdemeanors [back then] because we didn’t think there was something wrong then.
Once again, life has imitated art. A billboard in Los Angeles has been vandalized in an homage to Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Will Best jokingly let slip one of the potential reasons that Sharon Osbourne's stay in the Celebrity Big Brother house was so short.The former X Factor judge, 71, who left the show on Tuesday, had been a "celebrity lodger" rather than a full housemate and was even given a private bedroom. Sharon is believed to have been paid a huge £500,000 for just one week in the house. She had previously shared that she didn't want to stay for the entire series as she didn't want to be away from her husband Ozzy for that long.
Music has a way of worming its way into the listener’s heart. Without any effort on the listener’s part, a song can become inextricably linked to an emotion, place, person, or period.
Victoria and David Beckham could be adding 'BAFTA winner' to their sprawling list of accolades, as a moment in their Netflix documentary has been nominated for a gong at the TV BAFTAs.The fashion designer, 49, and her former footballer husband, 48, gave fans an insight into their life with the documentary, titled Beckham, last October - looking back at David's football career and their family life. And while the mini-series as a whole went down a hit with viewers, there was one moment in particular which fans found hilarious.
Celebrity Big Brother fans have been left wondering the same thing about former Love Islander Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu after Tuesday night's live eviction show (March 12).
Celebrity Big Brother viewers are calling for Louis Walsh to be 'removed' from the house. It follows his controversial statements towards his housemates sparking online backlash.
Sharon Osbourne has revealed who she thinks is the biggest game player on Celebrity Big Brother, after leaving the famous house following an eight-day stint.The X Factor icon, who was in the house as a 'temporary lodger', chatted with hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best about her experience on the show after leaving on Tuesday (13 March) evening. When asked who she thought was "playing the game'' the most, Sharon initially tried to avoid answering.
Sharon Osbourne has spoken out about her dramatic weight loss journey after shedding 42lbs by using Ozempic.
Fern Britton, Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh will be the next Celebrity Big Brother housemates to face the public vote before the live eviction on Tuesday, 12 March. On Monday's episode of Celebrity Big Brother, the housemates found out that Lauren, Louis and Zeze received the most nominations from their fellow Housemates. But in a twist, Celebrity Lodger Sharon Osbourne got to choose one of them to be saved from the public vote and potential eviction.
Sharon Osbourne has addressed her bitter feud with former X Factor co-judge, Danni Minogue, 14 years on from working together. On Celebrity Big Brother, Sharon and Louis Walsh, both 71, spoke about what it was like working with Dannii.
David Potts had Celebrity Big Brother viewers stunned during Sunday's episode after he unveiled a huge change to his look. The reality star, 30, usually shows off his pins in a range of shorts he's taken into the house, but during a challenge, he was forced to swap his usual clobber for something else entirely.
Sharon Osbourne has slammed the "very bad" behaviour of the women on the reality TV show, The Real Housewives.The 71 year old, who is a celebrity lodger on ITV1's Celebrity Big Brother, said she doesn't like the way the women "represent themselves" on the show. During Sunday night's (10 March) episode of the series, former X Factor judge Louis Walsh asks Sharon about the show's popularity in the US, while talking to The Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Lauren Simon.This leads Sharon to say: "I honestly, honestly don't watch them because I don't like the way the women are.
Expanding their canvas with their John Wick filmmaker even further, Lionsgate has signed a second production deal with Chad Stahelski that will see the filmmaker and his 87Eleven Entertainment label producing original action fare for the studio. It’s a multi-year first look.
Sharon Osbourne made her Celebrity Big Brother debut tonight, becoming the first famous face to enter the iconic ITV house - and Sharon wasted no time in bringing the drama.The former X Factor star was given the task of watching her fellow housemates arrive from a secret room and wasn't afraid to share her opinions. When Ibiza Weekend star David Potts entered the house, Sharon was quick to criticise him, describing him as "disturbing".
Marta Balaga Imagine “Deal or No Deal” set on an exotic island, with its 13 participants facing extreme challenges, testing their limits and literally crawling through mud. Except you don’t have to – it’s already here. “What if the Banker had a private island and decided to put his contestants through an extreme game to find one winner? The craziness of the idea is, I think, what we and NBC rallied around,” says Sharon Levy, CEO at Endemol Shine North America.