Jane Campion Will Never Direct a Superhero Movie: ‘I Hate Them’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association is hoping that top talent will participate in the announcement of Golden Globe nominations on Dec. 13.Variety has obtained a letter, signed by HFPA president Helen Hoehne, that was sent last week inviting celebrities to participate in the announcement.

season 21 are going to feature some star-studded performances! ET can exclusively announce the exciting lineup, which kicks off on the live semifinal results show on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

Janey Godley has left fans in stitches with another one of her famous voiceovers.

Producer Tanya Seghatchian and cinematographer Ari Wegner took to the stage Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event to discuss how they put together Netflix’ The Power of the Dog.

The men in Jane Campion’s films and TV shows often know how to fuck, and they know how to hurt, and the space between those extremes isn’t very wide. These are rough and tumble men—sailors and foresters, drug dealers who survived Thai prison time, homicide detectives—and the way they look would imply certain things about them.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Talk about a warm welcome. Brian d’Arcy James tells me that Steven Spielberg surprised him during his first day of shooting on the much-buzzed-about “West Side Story” remake.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNaya Rivera’s “Glee” co-stars are reuniting for their second annual fundraiser in her memory.The Snixxmas Charity, named after the late actor’s annual holiday party, raises money for Alexandria House, transitional housing program in Los Angeles for women and children in emergency shelter.A livestream event with several cast members, including Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Heather Morris, Vanessa Lengies, Harry Shum Jr.,

The Piano, was asked about her thoughts on the genre during a screening of her new film, The Power Of The Dog.Speaking to Variety, Campion said: “I hate them. I actually hate them.”Asked if she’d ever consider directing a superhero film, she added: “I think It’s safe to say that I will never do that.

With Marvel Studios dominating the box office (and now, streaming), we are constantly seeing directors get asked if they’d be willing to dip their toes in the superhero world. Some say yes.

Wyclef Jean had an unfortunate incident on Monday (November 15) at the Range Rover Leadership Summit, where he was seen lifting and then dropping the company’s President & CEO Joe Eberhardt on his head.The corporate event in Los Angeles hired Jean as the evening’s entertainment.

Netflix Dec. 1) and Dunst’s code word for awards.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorKaia Gerber is dipping her toe into some more acting.The model, who appeared on Ryan Murphy’s FX series “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” stars as Daisy in an upcoming table read of “The Great Gatsby.” The Acting for a Cause reading will benefit amfAR.“Having the opportunity to play Daisy was such an honor,” Gerber told me Monday.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNot only did Benedict Cumberbatch undergo dream analysis to prepare for his role in “The Power of the Dog,” but so did the film’s director and co-screenwriter Jane Campion.“It gives you so much confidence because whatever you find in that work it comes through you and it just feels grounded in something very real inside yourself,” Campion told me Thursday at the AFI Fest screening of her new Netflix film, “The Power of the Dog,” at TCL

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNicole Ari Parker has signed with CAA.The actor will next be seen in “And Just Like That…,” HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” reboot with original stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis. The series premieres Dec.

Writer-director Jane Campion and star Benedict Cumberbatch said Paul Newman was one of the previous stars who tried to adapt Power of the Dog before them, relating the history of their new film based on Thomas Savage’s book during Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel Sunday at the DGA Theater.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIt’s been 14 years since Kirsten Dunst last played Mary Jane Watson in the “Spider-Man” franchise.Dunst now says that she’s open to returning to the web-slinger’s world. “I would do it.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAs Hollywood grapples with the accidental shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, I had the chance to talk with “Squid Game” writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk about the safety precautions taken on the set of his intensely violent series. “We of course have a prop master, but also in Korea, we’re not really a gun-owning country, so only the police can have and own a gun,” he said.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNot long after Missy Elliott’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Monday, the hip-hop icon was feted with a starry afternoon after-party at the Ardor at The West Hollywood Edition hotel.The intimate get-together of about 50 people included LL Cool J, Janelle Monáe, Lizzo, Ciara, MC Lyte, CeCe Peniston, Cheryl “Salt” James, JoJo and more.After Missy entered the party to cheers and applause, Mona Scott-Young played a video

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPenélope Cruz will be honored at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2021 Film Benefit.The event, presented by Chanel, will return as an in-person gala on Dec. 14 at the New York City museum.“Penélope Cruz has mesmerized cinema audiences since 1992 as an artist who is as compelling in action-adventures as she is in auteur-driven pictures,” Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film at MoMA, said in a statement Tuesday.