LuckyChap, Vertigo Entertainment Producing ‘The Sims’ Movie From Kate Herron and Briony Redman

Beau Willimon (Andor) has been tapped to co-write Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi (working title) alongside the film’s director James Mangold, Deadline can confirm.

Noah Kahan leading the way on both lists.The US singer-songwriter’s 2022 single ‘Stick Season’ enjoyed a viral resurgence towards the end of last year, and has earned 850,000 chart units in 2024 alone (via Official Charts).Additionally, the seven-week Number One is the most-streamed song of the year so far – having registered 99million plays since the start of 2024. ‘Stick Season’ has accumulated 1.4million chart units in total.Kahan achieved a second entry in the top 40 songs of the year so far run-down, with his Sam Fender-featuring version of ‘Homesick’ landing at Number 24.The musician’s 2022 third studio record, also titled ‘Stick Season’, has been named the UK’s biggest album of 2024 so far.

Ellise Shafer Charli XCX has dropped two new singles, “Club Classics” and “B2b,” from her upcoming sixth album “Brat.” The avant-pop singer also revealed the official release date for “Brat” — June 7 — alongside the record’s 15-song tracklist. With artwork that appears to feature the back of fiancé and the 1975 drummer George Daniel, “Club Classics” and “B2b” are a pair of rave-ready bangers.

We’re finally getting an update on the future of Pirates of the Caribbean!

With nearly five decades of popular cinema under his belt, Jerry Bruckheimer remains one of Hollywood’s heavyweight billion-dollar producers. The mega-producer is still basking in the afterglow of the massive box office and critical reception of “Top Gun: Maverick,” and a third film in the works.

Sharon Stone almost brought a Barbie movie to the world much sooner than the Margot Robbie hit film!

got her start when she was five, which makes her one of the few actors who has successfully transitioned from child star to adult actor without any sort of break during her formative years.And yet, even though Grace has achieved critical and professional acclaim in her mid-teens (she was nominated for an Emmy in 2021 for her role as Esther Keyes in The Handmaid's Tale), most fans—and even some of her peers—still see her as a young kid, best known for when she starred in Gifted with Chris Evans and Octavia Spencer, or I, Tonya, with Allison Janney and Margot Robbie. She's as likely to get “You've grown up before our eyes!” or “Stop growing up so fast” as much as “How do I know you?” or “You've been in everything!”"I'm like, ‘What do you mean?’ and 'What do you want me to do [about it]?" Grace tells Glamour from a New York City hotel room the night after the premiere of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, where she reprises her role as Phoebe Spengler for the second time.

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.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director It looks like we haven’t seen the last of gangster Tommy Shelby after all. Speaking to Birmingham World at the premiere of his new BBC drama “The Town,” “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight confirmed that recent Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will be reprising his beloved role in the upcoming film version of the British crime drama. Knight said Murphy is “definitely” coming back, and filming on the “Peaky Blinders” movie kicks off this September.

Margot Robbie‘s production company LuckyChap had an all-around stellar 2023, thanks to the success of “Barbie” and “Saltburn.” But what does the future hold for the hottest banner in Hollywood? THR reports that LuckyChap has another new project to announce: an adaptation of the hit gaming series “The Sims.” Sound like a “Barbie” redux to anyone else? READ MORE: Director Kate Herron Stalked Marvel To Land ‘Loki’ & We Are All Better For It [Interview] That’s because, on a certain level, it is.

The Sims, is reportedly in production.The film adaptation is set to be produced by LuckyChap Entertainment, with principals Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara to produce alongside Vertigo Entertainment.The screenplay is set to be co-written by Briony Redman and the film’s director, Kate Herron, best known for directing the first season of Loki.The game’s publisher, Electronic Arts, is also set to have some involvement in the creation and production of the feature film.The Sims is a life simulation video game, in which the player controls an avatar, making them work, build houses, develop relationships, skills and personality traits.The first version of the game was released in 2002, and within two years had sold more than 6.3million copies world wide.Several expansion packs and sequel games later, the franchise has sold nearly 200million copies world-wide, becoming one of the best-selling video games of all time.

Margot Robbie has lined up an exciting new production project following the blockbuster success of Barbie.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Longtime TCM host Ben Mankiewicz will be returning for more in-depth tête-à-têtes with noted filmmakers. Mankiewicz’s “Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast” has been renewed for Season 2 by TCM and Max. He announced the renewal on the Season 1 finale featuring guest Bill Hader, star, co-creator and director of HBO’s “Barry” and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member.

Nominations are out for the 21st Irish Film & Television Awards with Lisa Mulcahy’s thriller Lies We Tell leading the pack on the feature side at 13, and crime drama Kin heading up the TV fields with 11 (scroll down for the ful list of nominees). The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will hand out its prizes on April 20 in Dublin.

Max has made it official that New Line’s feature take of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel Salem’s Lot isn’t going in theaters, but on the OTT service this year. No exact date has been announced.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Salem’s Lot,” the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel about vampires, will debut on streaming instead of premiering in theaters. New Line, the studio behind the horror film, officially announced that “Salem’s Lot” will appear on Max in 2024. Variety previously reported that the movie was forgoing a traditional theatrical rollout in favor of a streaming bow.

Angelique Jackson As the clock inched toward midnight at the Vanity Fair Oscars party (and on the eight-month long “Barbie” press tour), Greta Gerwig gleefully danced the night away. With an In-N-Out burger in one hand and a cocktail in the other, Gerwig grooved to Dua Lipa’s hit “Dance the Night” with another one of her Barbies, Hari Nef, who sported a pink feathered Balenciaga jacket with a sizable train.

2024 Oscars were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10, airing on ABC (in the new earlier time slot of 7 p.m.). The Christopher Nolan flick starring Cillian Murphy was this year’s frontrunner, with a staggering 13 nominations — including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., respectively. The Best Actor race was a battle between Murphy, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).Murphy took home the expected win, and Nolan and Downey Jr.

Fans of the Oscars had their minds blown when actor Ryan Gosling took to the stage for a surprise performance of I'm Just Ken, alongside legendary guitarist Slash. The live broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and aired straight from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, saw fans buzzing with excitement as Ryan, who played Ken in the Barbie movie, delivered the hit song.

Ryan Gosling took the Oscars stage to perform the “I’m Just Ken” from the Warner Bros. film Barbie.