Manchester United are considering signing Marko Arnautovic this summer window and the transfer revelation has raised eyebrows at Old Trafford and beyond.
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“The Graveyard Book,” based on Neil Gaiman’s bestselling book of the same name (which was a spooky reworking of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”), is back from the great beyond. The Disney project, which has been developed by various filmmakers since 2009, has a new director in Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace,” “World War Z”), TheWrap has confirmed.Forster’s producing partner Renée Wolfe will produce through their 2Dux2 banner along with Gil Netter.
Ben Browning is also producing. David Magee is the latest writer who has been brought on to adapt Gaiman’s book.Originally published in 2008, Gaiman’s book was widely praised and won several prestigious awards including England’s Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Almost immediately after its release the story, which follows an orphan who grows up in the graveyard and instead of a chatty panther and boisterous bear, is raised by various supernatural creatures, was intended for adaptation. In 2009 the rights were secured by the then-Weinstein-led Miramax, who hired Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan to write and direct.
In 2010 Chris Columbus’ 1942 Pictures joined the production to help with international distribution.In 2012 Walt Disney Pictures acquired the rights and tasked Henry Selick, the director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” to adapt it as an ambitious stop-motion project. After Selick fell out with Disney over his costly stop-motion animated project “The Shadow King” (earmarked to be Pixar’s first stop-motion feature at its new Cinderbinder offshoot), “The Graveyard Book” was orphaned once again.
Manchester United are considering signing Marko Arnautovic this summer window and the transfer revelation has raised eyebrows at Old Trafford and beyond.
Caitriona Balfe is in mourning after it was reported that her beloved father, James 'Jim' Balfe, suddenly passed away this week.MORE: Outlander star Caitríona Balfe reveals the surprising reason she decided to have a babyThe Outlander star and her family have been inundated with heartfelt tributes after news of Jim's death was revealed. The retired garda sergeant died "suddenly" in the Mater Hospital in Ireland on Tuesday.WATCH: Inside Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan's real-life friendshipAccording to RIP.ie, Jim of Mullantimore, Tydavnet, Co Monaghan, and formerly of Blessington, Co Wicklow, is predeceased by his father Walter, mother Kathy, sisters Margie, Bridie and Angela."Jim will be lovingly remembered by his wife Anne, children Deirdre, Kevin, Anne-Marie, Caitriona, Francis, Lorraine & David, daughters-in-law Catherine & Cathy, sons-in-law Paul, Shaun & Tony, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, extended family and friends," the online death notice reads.MORE: Outlander prequel title and plot details revealed - and it sounds amazingMORE: Outlander star Sam Heughan admits he thinks Jamie will be killed off soonWhile Caitriona has yet to comment on her father's death, plenty of tributes flooded in for Jim and his family in the condolences section.
A man who stabbed a burglar to death has been found guilty of manslaughter but avoided a charge of murder.
James Martin paid tribute to his pal, chef Alastair Little, after he passed away at the age of 72.
Paramount+ is performing “above expectations” in the UK, Ireland and South Korea, according to Bob Bakish, who forecast a “big year” for Western Europe to come and talked up local language content.
While not all is well in the world of the “Rocky” franchise—Sylvester Stallone is currently warring with producer Irwin Winkler, incensed that Winkler won’t give him back the rights to the character he created— the spin-off “Creed” franchise is seemingly pretty healthy. The sequel was successful enough for the studio to move forward with a third pic in the sports drama series.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon have brought on Gennifer Hutchison to serve as showrunner on the series “Victories Greater Than Death.”Variety has learned exclusively that Hutchison, in addition to showrunning, will also write and executive produce on the series, which is based on the Charlie Jane Anders novel of the same name.
Marcus Mumford has shared a new song called ‘Grace’ – you can listen to it below.The track is the second taste of the Mumford & Sons frontman’s debut solo album ‘(Self-Titled)’, which is due for release on September 16 via Island (pre-order here).The rough-and-ready, country-tinged song serves as the first official single from the upcoming record, following on from this month’s ‘Cannibal’.“Well, how should we proceed?/ Without things getting too heavy/ Even though I’d never tell you everything/ I could’ve sworn I’d dropped that bomb on you already,” Mumford belts out in the first verse.‘Grace’ is accompanied by an official video directed by Diane Martel (Miley Cyrus), which reflects the “cathartic themes” of the singer-songwriter’s first LP. Tune in here:Produced by Blake Mills, ‘(Self-Titled)’ will feature Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo and Monica Martin.Mumford will showcase the album on a UK and Ireland headline tour in November – you can find any remaining tickets here. It’ll follow an extensive run of North American concerts this autumn (buy tickets here).Earlier this week, Marcus Mumford confirmed that Steven Spielberg had directed the official video for ‘Cannibal’.
hired Palmer, 28, to host “Are We There Yet?” — a video series that explains the metaverse.The series will hype the “boundless possibilities” of Meta’s virtual reality platforms, according to Variety.The first episode of the series was released Tuesday and shows the star of Jordan Peele’s latest film behind the wheel of a car alongside Vishal Shah, Meta’s VP of metaverse. “Could I reconstruct the Titanic, sail past an iceberg and scream, ‘Not this time, suckers!’?” Palmer asks Shah, 39.“You can do a version of that now,” Shah responds.“Are We There Yet?” is a “road trip into the metaverse” where Palmer will chat with “creators, educators and experts to find out where the metaverse stands now — and what’s coming in the future.”With Palmer as host, she’ll have different guests in the virtual passenger seat in every episode. Shah, the first guest, told Palmer that “the metaverse is the next phase of the internet.“And the main difference between the internet we use today and the next phase is that we can feel like we are there with other people in a way we can’t feel in our digital experiences today,” he continued.Before the premiere of Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” Meta launched a VR experience for the movie.
A film about the life and death of Emmett Till – the 14-year-old whose gruesome lynching in 1955 helped galvanize the civil rights movement – had been in the works for decades before it found its way to Chinonye Chukwu, but all it took was an empowering thumbs up from James Bond film franchise producer Barbara Broccoli to convince her to take on the task.Writer-director Chukwu had just premiered her 2019 film “Clemency” when Broccoli approached her with a new project. Three years later, Chukwu recalled Broccoli’s 10 “magic words” that sealed the deal: “‘You can take this in whatever creative direction you want.'”Granted full artistic license, she chose Emmett’s mother Mamie Till Mobley as the film’s narrative vessel, and thus “Till” was born.“The story I was interested in telling is the person who was responsible for telling this story,” Chukwu said of the mother’s viewpoint during a virtual event on July 21.Till Mobley refused to endure her son’s historic death in silence, insisting on an open-coffin funeral so that people would have to bear witness to what he had suffered.
Declan Donnelly has announced the birth of his newborn son with wife Ali Astall. The Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity host has hailed his second child as a 'welcome ray of light' shortly following on from the death of his brother earlier this month. He also went on to say that his eldest daughter, Isla, is 'beyond excited to be a big sister'.
A 14-month-old baby has been found dead after being left alone in a sweltering hot car.
Jon Burlingame editorDirector Jordan Peele launched Michael Abels’ film composing career five years ago with “Get Out.” Now, for Peele’s “Nope,” the two-time Emmy nominee has written his most ambitious score to date.“It has all these different elements,” says Abels. “There’s the awe and wonder that the characters experience, but then there’s also the satire.
The body of a man has been found on a Scots beach, police have confirmed.
The doctor is out! New Amsterdam star Freema Agyeman revealed she is not returning for the fifth and final season of the medical drama.
Khloé Kardashian returns to social media a week after confirming she was expecting another baby via surrogate with Tristan Thompson. Kardashian shared several photos of her and her 4-year-old daughter True Thompson on the beach.“Me and my best girl making the best memories,” she captioned the photos.