The trailer for Anne Hathaway‘s new thriller has been released.
29.09.2023 - 12:31 / variety.com
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S. actor Elena Kampouris (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”) is set to star in the Sicily-set “Here Now,” a romantic thriller marking Italian director Gabriele Muccino‘s return to English-language filmmaking.
Muccino’s Hollywood credits include the Will Smith-starrer “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Kampouris’ recent efforts comprise Netflix series “Jupiter’s Legacy” and the 2020 remake of “Children of the Corn.” In “Here Now” she plays Sophie, a young Californian who is traveling in Italy with her sister. During her last day of vacation in Palermo, Sicily, Sophie meets a boy named Giulio and his group of friends with whom she winds up spending “the most unpredictable, crazy, shocking, exciting, romantic and terrifying night of her life,” according to the film’s provided synopsis.
The movie’s other cast members include Saul Nanni, who starred in Netflix Italian original “Love & Gelato”; Lorenzo Richelmy, who toplined Netflix’s “Marco Polo” show and more recently appeared in PBS-ITV period drama “Hotel Portofino”; and Enrico Inserra (Netflix series “Summertime”). Muccino co-penned “Here Now” with Paolo Costella, who is a writer on “Perfect Strangers,” the Italian megahit dramedy that has been remade in countless countries around the world.
Cameras are now rolling in Palermo on the film for which a seven-week shoot is planned, all in locations within the Sicilian capital. Muccino broke out in Italy and internationally with the 2001 Rome-set dramedy “The Last Kiss,” about Italian 30-somethings who don’t want to grow up.
The trailer for Anne Hathaway‘s new thriller has been released.
Michelle Salas and Danilo Díaz took place at the Il Borro estate, located in Tuscany, Italy on Saturday, October 14, during a romantic ceremony in a dreamy setting. The wedding was a dream come true for the 34-year-old model, as it was attended by her loved ones and closest friends, especially her two parents: Stephanie Salas and Luis Miguel.
Chris Evans is sharing his first comments after tying the knot!
Caroline Brew editor Mark Goddard, known for playing Major Don West on the CBS series “Lost in Space,” died in Hingham, Mass. on Oct. 10 of pulmonary fibrosis.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian distribution and production company Notorious Pictures is expanding into the TV series sphere by snapping up rights to buzzy literary property “Forbidden Notebook,” a 1952 novel by Italian-Cuban writer Alba de Céspedes that has been recently rediscovered and successfully republished in English. De Céspedes has been described by the New York Times as “a bestselling novelist and political activist in her native Italy” admired for her sensitive depictions of women whose recently rediscovered work “has lost none of its subversive force.” She is considered a source of inspiration for Elena Ferrante, the Italian writer with legions of fervent fans around the world and whose four “Neapolitan Novels” have been adapted into the long-running “My Brilliant Friend” TV series by Italy’s RAI and HBO.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian genre specialist Stefano Sollima, who is known for gritty TV series “Gomorrah” and Hollywood movies “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “Without Remorse,” is shooting Netflix original limited series “Il Mostro” about the string of sex-related murders that took place outside Florence from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. “Il Mostro,” which translates as “The Monster,” is the moniker given to the alleged serial killer who committed eight double murders, preying on couples parked in cars in secluded places around Florence. The still unsolved case marks one of the longest investigations into the most brutal serial killings in Italy’s history.
Grey’s Anatomy is confirmed to return for season 20, which will be the first full season without Ellen Pompeo in the title role, but thankfully several major stars are coming back.
Fans of My Mum, Your Dad couple Roger Hawes and Janey Smith have said that they are “obsessed” after the duo shared a heartwarming video on social media platform TikTok. The loved-up couple hit things off when they appeared on the ITV dating show, which is fronted by Davina McCall, in a bid to attempt to find love again after being nominated by their children Jess and William. And four months after filming, the pair appear to be stronger than ever and have recently shared a video of themselves dancing to If It’s Lovin’ That You Want by Rihanna - much to the delight of their fans.
Selena Gomez at their concert in the Rose Bowl, with them performing “Let Somebody Go,” their collaboration released in 2021. Selena Gomez is obsessed with corsets and these stunning looks are here to prove itLionel Messi donates signed jersey to Selena Gomez’s Rare Fund CharitySelena Gomez and Nicola Peltz-Beckham spotted on a second night out in ParisA post shared by Coldplay (@coldplay)The moment was shared on Coldplay’s Instagram. The clip shows Gomez joining in for the song, as the crowds loose their minds when they spotted Gomez onstage.
EXCLUSIVE: Fat City, the nascent production company set up by Licorice Pizza producer Sara Murphy and War Pony producer Ryan Zacarias, has a new director of development.
In just a few short weeks, Paris and Tyson Fury have become TV's new golden couple.Their Netflix TV show, At Home With The Furys, was only released back in mid-August, but it seems everyone's fallen in love with the latest reality stars after they opened up their Morecambe mansion – complete with six children – to the cameras.The docu-series may have given an insight into the family's hectic and chaotic life, but one thing is clear for all to see – the huge amount of love that exists between Loose Women star Paris, 33, and her boxing world champion husband Tyson, 35, who recently welcomed their seventh child, adorably called Prince Rico Paris Fury, known as Rico. The pair met at a mutual friend's wedding, when Tyson was 17 and an unknown boxer, and Paris was 15.They were introduced by Tyson's Aunt Theresa, who's known as the matchmaker in the family.
The People’s Choice Country Awards made its debut on Thursday night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. On this night at least, the people’s choice was Jelly Roll, aka Jason Bradley DeFord, who was a winner in four categories.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian star Luisa Ranieri, who played the emotionally troubled Aunt Patrizia in Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” has joined the cast of the Johnny Depp-directed film “Modì,” about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. The film has started shooting in Budapest. Ranieri is starring in “Modì” alongside fellow Italian Riccardo Scamarcio, who plays the bad boy painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France and became famous for the groundbreaking modern style of his portraits and nudes.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic I saw “Reptile,” the new Netflix homicide thriller, at home on a link and decided to watch it with subtitles, since this is the sort of moody cop noir about life in the shadows where there’s a lot of murmuring going on. And I didn’t want to miss a clue.
Chris Evans and Alba Baptista were spotted by fans on a flight from Portugal to Boston amid rumors that they were having a second wedding abroad.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent French multi-hyphenate Lou Doillon, who is Jane Birkin’s daughter, is set to star in Italian comedy “Quasi a casa” directed by Carolina Pavone, a former assistant director on several Nanni Moretti films. Shooting is underway in Rome on the sophisticated comedy, in which Doillon — a model, actor and singer-songwriter, like her half-sister Charlotte Gainsbourg — plays an eclectic, successful singer who strikes up a turbulent friendship with a younger female musician who idolizes her.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music “As much as I love the United States, I am always appalled at the ease with which anyone can get a weapon,” says Peter Gabriel in a new video from Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence, the coalition of musicians — also including Billie Eilish, Sheryl Crow, Nile Rodgers, Bootsy Collins, Sofi Tukker, Rufus Wainwright, Bush and many more — designed to inspire people to volunteer, donate and vote to end the epidemic of gun violence plaguing the United States. The video arrives in a week of gun control activism in the music community: Migos rapper Quavo, whose nephew and bandmate Takeoff was shot to death as an innocent bystander during an argument outside a Houston bowling alley last year, met with Vice PresidentKamala Harris at the White House on Wednesday, spoke on a panel about combating the issue during the Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference in Washington, and appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday morning talking about gun violence in the U.S.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian multi-hyphenate Ilaria Borrelli’s Arabic-language feminist drama “The Goat” – featuring Mira Sorvino and John Savage, alongside a stellar Egyptian cast – is set for back-to-back launches at Egypt’s upcoming El Gouna Film Festival, followed by the closing film slot at the Rome Film Festival. A rare, if not unique, case of an Arab production directed by an Italian, “The Goat” stars young Egyptian TikTok star Jessica Hosam as an 11-year-old pregnant orphan named Hadya who after being forced into marriage becomes the target of a western corporation that seeks to control the only water source in her village.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Guillermo del Toro confirmed on X/Twitter that he planned to direct a “Star Wars” movie around four years ago from a script by David S. Goyer, best known known for writing superhero movies such as “Batman Begins,” “Man of Steel” and more. The project never made it past development, but Goyer confirmed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that “a lot of cool art work” was produced for it.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s Indiana Production – which has just become part of pan-European studio Vuelta Group – is staying true to its roots with production kicking off this month on gender swap movie “Romeo is Juliet,” directed by quality comedy specialist Giovanni Veronesi, just as the company expands its horizons. This latest title in Indiana’s slate stars A-lister Sergio Castellitto and Pilar Fogliati (“Romantiche”) who plays an actress named Vittoria who after being brutally rejected by a cynical stage director when she auditions to play Juliet in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” decides to reinvent herself as a man to audition for Romeo and gets the part.