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Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are uniting on screen!

EXCLUSIVE: Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly and Oscar nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, And Good Luck) are in final negotiations to join Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Boyd Holbrook (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) in Last Meals.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor With “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson, best known for penning television episodes of “Succession” and “Watchmen,” helms one of the finest directorial debuts seen since Sam Mendes’ “American Beauty.” In the style that feels like an audacious blend of the screenplays of Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” and Nicole Holofcener’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me,” he shepherds an audacious dramedy anchored by a career-best and Oscar-worthy performance from star Jeffrey Wright. After debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s a movie that could be a contender for the coveted TIFF Audience Award, and it would be deserved.

The O.C.‘s Adam Brody has revealed the major Marvel role he once lost out on.The actor – who stars in new film River Wild, a reimagining of the 1994 thriller starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn – shared in a new interview that he once had a shot at the potentially career-changing role.Speaking to Variety, Brody said that he read for the role of Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in Guardians Of The Galaxy, which ended up going to Chris Pratt.“I wanted that one,” he said, but agreed that Pratt was a “better” fit. “He is bigger, stronger, but tonally, I really dug it,” he said.Brody rose to fame for his role as Seth Cohen in the teen drama series The O.C., which ran from 2003 to 2007.Elsewhere in the interview, the actor reflected on some other unsuccessful auditions, including for the 2003 romantic comedy crime film Gigli starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.“I remember liking the script,” Brody said, having auditioned for the role that went to Justin Bartha.“I remember in the end, [Affleck] died in a way that it still stays with me.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor The new “River Wild” is a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s classic 1994 thriller starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn about a rafting trip that takes a deadly turn. In the new version, Adam Brody plays a heavily-tattooed ex-convict who will stop at nothing to make sure he never returns to prison. The movie also stars Brody’s wife Leighton Meester and Taran Killam, and it was directed and co-written by the trio’s longtime friend Ben Ketai.

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect triology) has joined the cast of Peacock’s coming-of-age thriller Hysteria ! as a series regular.

Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer have welcomed their first child together. The music producer and actress were spotted going for a walk in New York City over the weekend and the 47-year-old had a baby strapped to his chest. At one point, he buttoned the newborn inside his coat to keep it warm.

Angus MacLachlan wrote 2005’s terrific indie Junebug, which put Amy Adams on the big-time map and earned her a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination in a heartbreaking performance. It also put MacLachlan on the map with his first screenplay, and it was an auspicious start. Since then he has added directing to his credits including Goodbye to All and Abundant Acreage Available but tonight returned to the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, A Little Prayer, shot and set in his hometown of Winston-Salem, NC.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Pally (Happy Endings) will play a major role in the sci-fi dramedy O Horizon, from O.G. filmmaker Madeleine Sackler, which wrapped production last fall. He’s set to star alongside a previously announced pair of Oscar nominees: Maria Bakalova and David Strathairn.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominees Maria Bakalova (Bodies Bodies Bodies) and David Strathairn (Nomadland) will topline O Horizon — the second narrative feature from Emmy winner Madeleine Sackler (O.G.), which wrapped production last fall. 

EXCLUSIVE: Kanoa Goo (The Rookie) has signed on to star in the indie Chaperone, written and to be directed by Zoë Eisenberg in her solo feature debut.

Good Night, And Good Luck, the 2005 feature film directed by and starring George Clooney, is being adapted for the small screen.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead, Supernatural) has joined the cast of Amazon’s for Season 4 as a recurring guest star. Details regarding the character he will play remain under wraps.

In an encouraging sign for specialized product, Sony/3000 Pictures/Hello Sunshine’s Where the Crawdads Sing has crossed the $100M benchmark globally. Getting there on Tuesday, the feature adaptation of the Delia Owens novel sits at $78.8M domestic and $21.5M from the international box office.

wildly popular murder-mystery book, Where the Crawdads Sing, is now a Reese Witherspoon-produced movie starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and David Strathairn.WATCH: Where The Crawdads Sing - Official TrailerBut as the film hit cinemas this month, there came another stunning twist to the author’s remarkable life.A Zambian official revealed that the 73-year-old retired scientist and conservationist, her ex-husband Mark, and Mark’s son Christopher were all wanted for questioning over an alleged murder in Zambia in 1995 – which was caught on camera.The author is not in any way suspected of involvement in the incident, and there have been no charges laid in the case. Through their lawyers, Mark and Christopher have always denied any wrongdoing.However, the director of public prosecutions in Zambia, Lillian Shawa-Siyuni, told The Atlantic, “They are all wanted for questioning in this case, including Delia Owens.”Delia Owens, author of wildly popular murder-mystery book, Where the Crawdads Sing.The alleged murder was shockingly televised to a nationwide audience in 1996.

EXCLUSIVE: Single Parents alums Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody are reuniting for The River Wild—a reimagining of Uni’s 1994 adventure film of the same name, which is currently in production in Hungary. (The first image from the set of the reboot can be found below.)

A film of Where The Crawdads Sing, the best-selling murder mystery novel by Delia Owens, is out this summer.

Carolina” as a means of attracting young audiences, the film is also the first targeting a largely female crowd since “Downton Abbey: A New Era” earlier this year. That movie opened to $16 million after it brought in $1 million in its Thursday preview screenings.

“Where the Crawdads Sing” has gathered quite a list of names associated with the film adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel, which was published in 2018. Reese Witherspoon spotlighted the book as one of the earliest picks in her book club, and then her production company Hello Sunshine signed on to adapt the book for the big screen.Directed by Olivia Newman, the story weaves together several complex themes, including coming of age, survival and a murder mystery. Taylor Swift even wrote a song for the film after reading Owens’ novel because she was so inspired by the story: “Carolina,” which released June 23, echoes Owens’ naturalistic writing with a haunting melody.Fans of the book, Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift and/or actress Daisy Edgar Jones may be wondering how to watch the upcoming film adaptation.

controversial author Delia Owens’ popular novel, when the dialogue isn’t sanitizing abuse and rape, it’s waxing poetic about sea creatures, grass and owls. Long stretches of floral language is OK in a book. Onscreen, however, it’s pretentious.

Marta Balaga Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its 75th edition, sticking to its promise of discovering new talent.A slew of debuting filmmakers will showcase their works, from Italy’s Nicola Prosatore with “Piano Piano” to Caterina Mona, focusing in “Semret” on an Eritrean single mother working at a Zurich hospital and dreaming of becoming a midwife.Thomas Hardiman’s U.K.’s proposition “Medusa Deluxe,” a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition — boarded by New Europe Film Sales — is also bound to generate some excitement.“‘Medusa Deluxe’ is one of the coolest debuts of the year,” the company’s CEO Jan Naszewski enthused to Variety. “I’m sure it will rock the Piazza Grande and give the festival a great spark.”But Locarno will also bring in heavyweights, starting with a screening of the much-anticipated Brad Pitt vehicle “Bullet Train,” directed by “Atomic Blond” helmer David Leitch, and Olivia Newman’s “Where the Crawdads Sing” with Daisy Edgar-Jones and David Strathairn.Anna Gutto’s “Paradise Highway” packs star power as well, starring the likes of Morgan Freeman, “Captain America’s” Frank Grillo and Juliette Binoche, cast as a truck driver forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a prison gang.In an interview with Variety earlier this year, the French actor described the role as a “worthwhile challenge.”“I never imagined I’d play a truck driver! I was drawn to incongruity and the prospect of embarking on a new adventure.

Reese Witherspoon is stepping out to promote the new movie she’s producing!

Where The Crawdads Sing star Daisy Edgar-Jones shipped out DJ decks and put on shows for the cast, according to one co-star.The Normal People actress takes on the lead role in the upcoming adaptation of Delia Owens’ 2018 bestselling novel.However, fellow star Taylor John Smith has spoken on Edgar-Jones’ love for DJing, revealing she taught him how to spin decks.“It was phenomenal,” he told the PA news agency at the MTV Movie and TV Awards (via Irish News). “[Daisy’s] so funny when you’re not working that you forget how brilliant of an actor she is.“It was a great experience.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAudible will immerse listeners in “The Big Lie,” an original drama series based on the FBI’s real-life infiltration of Hollywood during the 1950’s Red Scare.“The Big Lie,” premiering June 16 on Audible, stars Jon Hamm as FBI special agent Jack Bergin, who sets out to shut down production of “Salt of the Earth” — the only movie named to the so-called Hollywood Blacklist — after he becomes convinced that it’s really a recruiting tool for the Communist Party. The seven-episode “The Big Lie” will premiere exclusively on Audible, available at this link.“I don’t want to see somebody get killed over this movie,” Hamm’s FBI agent says threateningly in the series trailer, which was just released by Audible.

The brand new trailer for Where the Crawdads Sing, starring Daisy Edgar Jones, just debuted online (and it features some new Taylor Swift music, too!)

EXCLUSIVE: British-American filmmaker Sacha Gervasi (My Dinner with Hervé) has signed with Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment for management.

EXCLUSIVE: Garret Dillahunt (Ambulance) is the latest addition to the cast of the action-thriller Red Right Hand, from brother directors Ian and Eshom Nelms (Fatman). He joins an ensemble that also includes Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell and Scott Haze, as previously announced.

Jon Hamm is to star as an FBI agent trying to shut down Salt of the Earth, the only movie named to the Hollywood Blacklist, in a new scripted podcast series.