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Jon Burlingame editorThere will be a lot of music in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI telecast, and no, we’re not talking about the halftime show — rather, the music at the start of the show and throughout the game itself.John Williams’ “Sunday Night Football” march is expected to open the broadcast. “That’s our theme,” says Super Bowl executive producer Fred Gaudelli.

“Jaws” will never, ever forget composer John Williams’ famous musical score. The iconic theme from director Steven Spielberg’s shark flick is chilling and ominous, yet all too familiar. However, the 75-year-old filmmaker initially thought Williams — who turned 90 on Tuesday, Feb.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has taken both worldwide rights (excluding North America) and Israeli distribution rights to “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” by Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim and narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films will handle North American distribution on the film, which follows the making of Norman Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Jon Burlingame editorJohn Williams turns 90 years old on Feb. 8.

Chris Willman Music WriterKenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams’ films dating back to the late 1960s, died Jan. 27 at his home in Florence, Oregon.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 6-12:Feb. 6: Actor Mamie Van Doren is 91.

Rachel Zegler had the ultimate New Jersey experience.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian’s score for Redeeming Love, which is set for release tomorrow via Milan Records, as the Universal Pictures title hits theaters.

Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll, The Knick), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead, Air Force One), Rachel Keller (Legion, Fargo) and Oscar nominee Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) will join Nicolas Cage and Fred Hechinger in Butcher’s Crossing, the Western directed by Gabe Polsky, which has just wrapped production.

EXCLUSIVE: Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus, Pam & Tommy) has landed a lead role opposite Nicolas Cage in Gabe Polsky’s Western, Butcher’s Crossing, adapted from John Williams’ 1960 novel of the same name.

Nicolas Cage has been set to star in Butcher’s Crossing, an adventure adapted from John Williams’ seminal 1960 novel about the rugged frontier of the American West. Gabe Polsky (Red Army, Red Penguins) is set to direct. Altitude Film Group, which is producing and financing, has landed UK and Irish distribution rights and also will handle selling international at the Cannes Virtual Market that kicked off today. Shooting is set to begin in October in the U.S.

Manori Ravindran International EditorNicolas Cage is lined up to play a buffalo hunter in an adaptation of John Williams’ novel “Butcher’s Crossing,” directed by “Red Army” helmer Gabe Polsky.The film, which is being shopped to buyers at this week’s Cannes virtual market by sales agent and financier Altitude, is set in the 1870s and finds the “Mandy” star playing Kansas buffalo hunter Miller, who takes on a young Harvard dropout seeking his destiny out West.

When you talk about the best film composers working today, you always hear about those legendary folks like John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Yes, they are two people that will undoubtedly go on the Mt.

Thomas Kretschmann. Plot details are still being kept under wraps, and it’s unclear what roles the new additions will play in the fifth Indy film.

German actor Thomas Kretschmann, best known to audiences for playing Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” has joined the cast of “Indiana Jones 5” in an undisclosed role, TheWrap has exclusively learned.Harrison Ford is set to return to the role of the legendary swashbuckling archaeologist in “Indiana Jones'” fifth installment.

Following the news that Phoebe Waller-Bridge had landed the female lead in the next "Indiana Jones" movie, Lucasfilm has found Harrison Ford’s next co-star in Mads Mikkelsen, who is set to join the next installment. James Mangold is taking over directing reins from Steven Spielberg, who still is serving as a producer and is very much involved in various elements of the film.

Mads Mikkelsen is the latest actor to join the upcoming “Indiana Jones” movie. His casting news comes a week after “Fleabag” phenom Phoebe Waller-Bridge was announced as the female lead opposite Harrison Ford in the fifth instalment of the franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the news Phoebe Waller-Bridge had landed the female lead in the next Indiana Jones movie, Lucasfilm has found Harrison Ford’s next co-star as Mads Mikkelsen is set to join the next installment. James Mangold is taking over directing reins from Steven Spielberg, who still is serving as a producer and is very much involved in various elements of the film.

Indiana Jones franchise to write the score for its next instalment.The 89-year-old, who composed the music for all four previous Indiana Jones movies, has slowed down his output in recent years, but made a return for Star Wars films, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise Of Skywalker.The announcement that he would be making a return to the franchise came alongside news that Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been cast in the upcoming sequel.The Fleabag writer and star will be joining the film

Though it seemed at one point like “Indiana Jones 5” was going to be a priority project for Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford a couple of years ago, the film ultimately has had a rough go trying to come together. Eventually, writers were changed, Spielberg handed the reins to filmmaker James Mangold, and everything now seems like it’s on track.

“Fleabag” phenom Phoebe Waller-Bridge is reportedly set to star opposite Harrison Ford in the next instalment of the “Indiana Jones” franchise.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge will star alongside Harrison Ford, who is returning to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist, for the fifth installment of “Indiana Jone,” Lucasfilm announced on Friday.Legendary composer John Williams is also set to return.More to come…-

Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park, had a total nine entries in the latest Classic FM ‘Hall of Fame’ poll, from a total of 300 entries.Williams’ nine entities in the poll were Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 273, Saving Private Ryan at 242, Jaws at 239, E.T.

Grammys 2021 upon us Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBS, here are the top 10 nonclassical winners of music’s biggest night.Not only was Jones, 88, a part of Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” sweep in 1984 as producer of that classic LP, he also won Album of the Year for his own “Back on the Block” in 1991.

Kelly Ripa‘s son, Joaquin Consuelos, is another year older! The All My Children alum’s youngest celebrated a major milestone birthday on February 24, as he turned a whopping 18 years old. Kelly, of course, was caught-up in the emotion of the day, as her youngest child with husband Mark Consuelos officially became an adult. She marked the occasion with a touching tribute on Instagram, which you can see below!

Writing the script for 1977's Star Wars, George Lucas drew inspiration from late-romantic symphonies by Richard Wagner and Antonín Dvorák and the ravishing film scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood).

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine For the first time ever on Christmas Day, will kick off the nation's afternoon celebrations in style as he serves up a fantastic feast of festive food and entertainment. confirmed that the celebrity chef will be joined by the likes of , The Ritz's head chef John Williams and Bake Off Creme De La Creme winner Mark Tilling.

Strictly Come Dancing after the judges’ scores were combined with the results of the viewers’ votes to decide the lowest scoring two couples facing the dance-off.

coronavirus pandemic through April 5.The decision announced Thursday leaves only the possibility of performances at the very tail end of the hall’s 2020-21 season.Carnegie has been closed since March 12 and last June has canceled performances through Jan.