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EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Polk (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Billions) will star alongside Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, Emmy winner Jeremy Strong and Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway in Armageddon Time, James Gray’s coming-of-age film for Focus Features, which has now wrapped production.

Anne Hathaway looks like she’s mourning.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong are set to join the cast of Focus Features Armageddon Time with James Gray writing and directing. Anne Hathaway is also on board as are newcomers Banks Repeta along with Jaylin Webb and Ryan Sell. The film is currently in production in New York.

A Conservative MP has been asked to step back from his role at a top charity after confusing two Asian Cabinet ministers.

Jay Weissberg Mama’s in the slammer but she’s running the show in “Ida Red,” a proficiently made crime family drama that sees director John Swab return to his Oklahoma roots.

Cate Blanchett‘s role in Armageddon Time has finally been revealed.

Since its announcement, there’s been a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming film from James Gray, “Armageddon Time.” Though the title of the film might make you think it’s a post-apocalyptic action film, Gray’s new feature is a drama that pulls from his own life as a kid in New York City, attending the Kew-Forest School in Queens, which happens to be the same school that former POTUS, Donald Trump attended.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Doha Film Institute has recruited a mix of prominent film directors comprising Claire Denis, James Gray and Jessica Hausner, as well as other top notch talents, to act as mentors during its upcoming Qumra Arab industry incubator which will be held online.Ace cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (“Ford v Ferrari”), and Oscar-winning sound designer Mark Mangini (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) will join the trio of auteurs for the creative workshop event.

James Gray isn’t afraid of taking big risks. Hell, his most recent feature, “Ad Astra,” is a family drama disguised as a space epic starring Brad Pitt.

Also Read: Focus Features Closes Deal for James Gray's 'Armageddon Time' (Exclusive)Storyteller Productions and producers P.J. van Sandwijk and Michael Lesslie conceived of the story, and after approaching Knight and Liman, the project went from concept to filming within just 90 days.AGC Studios is fully financing “Lockdown.” P.J.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCreative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed João Paulo Miranda Maria, writer-director of “Memory House,” the only Latin American feature chosen for this year’s Cannes Official Selection.In further news, Miranda Maria is preparing two new feature films, one his English-language debut, with Rodrigo Teixeira’s Sao Paulo-based RT Features, producer of Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name,” James Gray’s “Ad Astra” and Karim Aïnouz’s “The Invisible

Also Read: Focus Features Closes Deal for James Gray's 'Armageddon Time' (Exclusive)Additional casting is underway on “Wash Me In The River,” and rapper Quavo of the group Migos is also in talks to join the cast.Emmett will also produce along with his partner at Emmett/Furla George Furla, as will Tim Sullivan. The executive producers on “Wash Me In the River” are Alex Eckert, Nicholas D’Angelo and Lydia Hull.De Niro is represented by CAA.

Also Read: Focus Features Closes Deal for James Gray's 'Armageddon Time' (Exclusive)During Walak’s four-year run, the studio’s films have garnered an impressive 28 Academy Awards nominations from prestige pics like Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet.”Walak, who was based in London for much of his time at the studio, was instrumental in championing the move of “Downton Abbey” to the

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmAs Deadline revealed would happen July 7, Focus Features has finalized a worldwide deal on James Gray’s Armageddon Time, the coming-of-age film written and set to be directed by Gray, led by Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett.

Inevitably, when a new space-set film or TV series arrives, there are a ton of scientists and other folks that want to critique the project based on its scientific accuracy. Sometimes, this is a valid thing to look at, especially when you’re talking about a feature like “The Martian,” where the science is at the forefront of the story.

Focus Features strikes again.The indie film company continued a torrid acquisitions streak, nabbing rights to Paul Schrader’s revenge thriller “The Card Counter,” one of the hottest titles available at this year’s Cannes Film Festival virtual market.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In another deal that demonstrated the vibrancy of the Virtual Cannes Market, Focus Features is in final talks to fund and distribute worldwide Armageddon Time, the James Gray-directed drama that has Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett poised to star.

Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater The unprecedented Cannes virtual market is underway and there are a surprisingly large number of pre-sale titles on offer.Big-canvas projects such as Will Smith starrer Emancipation and Michael Mann movie Ferrari will be on sale alongside action-thrillers like Gerard Butler movie Kandahar and Nick Jonas title The Blacksmith, adventure pics like Arthur The King, dramas such as James Gray’s starry Armageddon Time and genre fare like Elisabeth Moss movie Run Rabbit Run.

Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, and Anne Hathaway have joined Cate Blanchett on the period drama film Armageddon Time.The star-studded cast will team with writer and director James Gray for the production, which is based on his childhood memories growing up in America before Ronald Reagan became President and his experiences among the rich kids at a private school, which Donald Trump also attended.“It’s symbolic about what the school represented at the time, entrenched in this

Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, and Anne Hathaway have joined Cate Blanchett for the period drama Armageddon Time.The star-studded cast will team with writer/director James Gray for the production, which is based on his childhood memories growing up in America before Ronald Reagan became President and his experiences among the rich kids at a private school, which Donald Trump also attended.“It’s symbolic about what the school represented at the time, entrenched in this white

Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland and Anne Hathaway are joining Cate Blanchett in James Gray’s Armageddon Time for RT Features. The semi-autobiographical film recounts Gray's 1980s upbringing in the New York borough of Queens, where the Ad Astrahelmer attended a private school that counts Donald Trump among its alumni.

Cate Blanchett has lined up another movie to star in alongside Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway.

Even though the film might not have been the blockbuster that the studio was hoping for (given its inflated budget), James Gray’s sci-fi epic “Ad Astra” is still one of the best films of last year and definitely deserves the attention of film fans. But that film was carried by the performance of one person—Brad Pitt.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, and Anne Hathaway are set to join previously announced Cate Blanchett in Armageddon Time, the period drama that James Gray will next direct for RT Features.Wild Bunch International will introduce the film to buyers at the virtual Cannes market and represent the film’s international rights. CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, represents the film’s domestic distribution rights.

Cate Blanchett is lining up two new movies for after the Hollywood shutdown is over.

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James Gray first met his Ad Astra star Brad Pitt at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995. His debut feature, Little Odessa, had played there on a road that started at the Venice Film Festival in 1994, and Pitt responded instantly to it, setting up a meeting with Gray that, while it took more than 20 years to bear collaborative fruit, nevertheless resulted in a friendship that endures to this day.