Well, this is interesting. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig‘s Martin Luther King Jr.
21.09.2023 - 02:07 / variety.com
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic I’m a fan of Chris Pine: the early Shatner-smooth charisma, the powerful chops he’s displayed in movies like “Hell or High Water,” the authoritative snap of his performance as the cult-leader heavy in “Don’t Worry Darling.” So I take no vicious pleasure in saying that “Poolman,” a movie that Pine co-wrote, directed, and stars in, is not only the worst film I saw during the fall festival season but would likely be one of the worst films in any year it came out. Okay, maybe I’m taking a bit of vicious pleasure in saying that, since I had to sit through the goddamn thing.
At the Toronto Film Festival showing I attended, there were a lot of walkouts. “Poolman,” to the extent that you can discern the ragged crayon scrawl of a design in it, wants to be one of those daffy, rambling, sick-soul-of-Los-Angeles detective noir comedies, like “The Long Goodbye” or “Under the Silver Lake.” Pine, with scraggly hippie hair and a graying beard, padding around in salmon-colored swim trunks and cool shades, plays Darren Barrenman (check the existential last name!), a swimming-pool attendant who lives in a Tiki shack next to a dilapidated L.A.
apartment complex. His job consists of taking care of the apartment pool — no other pools in the city, just that one! He’s an eccentric lazybones who speaks in wispy stoned wannabe epigrams, so the idea seems to be that he’s playing some variation on the Dude from “The Big Lebowski.” But the Dude was fun, the Dude had a sharp tongue, the Dude abided.
Darren just irritates. Early on, he sits down at the small manual typewriter in his shack and dashes off one of the civic-minded crank letters he regularly writes to Erin Brockovich, whose photograph hangs on his wall
.Well, this is interesting. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig‘s Martin Luther King Jr.
Soap star Chris Gascoyne has been photographed in Manchester ahead of his upcoming departure from hit ITV soap Coronation Street after playing Peter Barlow in 23 years.The actor, 55, cut a casual on Thursday as he strolled in the city while puffing on an e-cigarette. Chris sported blue jeans and a grey jumper, along with a Carhartt denim waistcoat and an orange baseball cap. He is set to leave his role on Coronation Street at the end of 2023 as he sets his sights on new opportunities, including a panto role which will see him reportedly rake in a six-figure salary during the festive period.
Well, this is interesting. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig‘s Martin Luther King Jr.
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is gearing up to tell a definitive cinematic biopic about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The studio has optioned the rights to adapt Jonathan Eig’s critically acclaimed biography King: A Life. Chris Rock is in final talks to direct and produce, and Steven Spielberg will be executive producer.
Ellise Shafer Though the third “Frozen” installment is in early stages, Disney Animation chief creative officer Jennifer Lee — who co-directed the first two frosty films alongside Chris Buck — told BFI London Film Festival attendees on Thursday that she is “blown away” by what she’s seen so far. “Every morning last week they carved out space for me to work with the creative team on it, and I am blown away and I am so excited,” Lee said during a Spotlight conversation with Tricia Tuttle, head of directing fiction at the National Film and Television School.
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wed his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate, at-home ceremony on Saturday surrounded by close friends and family. According to Page Six, Evans, 42, and Baptista, 26, asked the star-studded assembly — which reportedly included Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner — to sign NDAs as well as forfeit their phones before entering the “locked down” event.
Chris Evans is now a married man! The Hollywood heartthrob has tied the knot during an intimate wedding with Alba Baptista. The bride and groom celebrated their union surrounded by their closest friends and family members on Saturday at their home in Boston, Massachusetts, as reported by Page Six.And while many details of their private ceremony have yet to be revealed, as all the guests reportedly had to sign NDAs to avoid media attention, the ceremony was attended by many of the actor’s celebrity friends, including his Marvel co-stars, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner.Guests were also told not to use their phones, which is why photos and videos from the ceremony have not been shared online.
and are married! The wedding took place at the acting power couple's Boston-area home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 9, per . Attendees were reportedly asked to sign NDAs and phones were “forfeited” prior to the ceremony. The guest list featured several of Evans's costars from the Marvel universe, including Robert Downey Jr.