Justin Kroll-Senior Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After tapping Kat Coiro as director, Marvel Studios looks to have found its star to take over the title role in its She-Hulk series. Sources tell Deadline that Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany is the choice to play the title character in Marvel’s She-Hulk series for Disney+.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterLionsgate has acquired the North American rights to Tara Miele’s critically acclaimed film Wander Darkly starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: With her next film landing the coveted Valentines Day Weekend slot, director Kat Coiro is now headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Coiro is in negotiations to direct the pilot and several other episodes of Marvel’s She-Hulk series for Disney Plus.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following the news of its launch and the announcement of its new name, Range Media Partners looks to have made a major splash with its first round of signings to its roster.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After a star-making turn in HBO’s hit series Lovecraft Country, Jonathan Majors is now ready to make his mark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a big way. Majors has been tapped for one of the lead roles in the next Ant-Man movie opposite Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After launching his acting career in Dunkirk, Harry Styles looks to have found his follow-up. He is has landed one of the lead roles in the New Line thriller Don’t Worry Darling, the next directing outing for Olivia Wilde.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Talia Ryder, who had her breakout role in the Broadway’s adaptation of Matilda, is set to star in the indie Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between.To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You producer Matt Kaplan will produce through Ace Entertainment with Michael Lewen directing.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterFollowing their hit TV show Workaholics and Netflix film Game Over Man, Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck are now looking to take their talents to the podcast world with their new weekly show This Is Important. It was first mentioned by Anderson on the Barstool Sports podcast KFC Radio and made official today.The podcast will launch this fall and be available on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: LBI Entertainment has signed award-winning Emmanuel Adjei for management. Adjei most recently co-directed Beyonce’s virtual album Black Is King, along with Beyonce, Ibra Ake and Blitz Bazawule.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterAfter launching their careers together on Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are reuniting on the spy thriller Five Eyes. Statham will star and Ritchie will direct and produce from a screenplay written by The Gentlemen scribes Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies with revisions by Ritchie.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterDirector Alexandra LaRoche has signed with The Gersh Agency for representation.With more than 20 years in the business, she has worked on such shows as Legends of Tomorrow, MacGyver, Magnum PI and the upcoming movie based on the VC Andrews book, Pearl in the Mist.Prior to the pandemic, she had spent a lot of her time on the CW series The Flash, directing several episodes of the hit series.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterOscar winner Julianne Moore is set to join the ensemble cast of Universal’s movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg.The story follows Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who died by suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment’s Lullaby is set to start production in Toronto on Sept. 8.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterJack Quaid, whose hit Amazon show The Boys returns for a second season this Friday, has found his next film role as We are hearing he is set to star in Paramount and Spyglass’ new Scream pic. He joins franchise castmembers David Arquette and Courteney Cox who’ll reprise their respective roles as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, as well as newcomer Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: With the Star Wars franchise in his rear-view, Adam Driver is continuing to build out his future slate of projects, with the Oscar-nominee set to star in Sony’s 65. A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods will write and direct.The duo will produce under their newly formed Beck/Woods banner along with Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi, who will produce for Raimi Productions along with Debbie Liebling.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterDanny Pino has signed on to join the ensemble of the studio’s adaptation of the Broadway hit, Dear Evan Hansen  joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg.The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: If Beale Street Could Talk star Stephan James is in final negotiations to co-star with Russell Crowe in Paramount’s thriller American Son, which is based on the critically acclaimed French film A Prophet.Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu is on board to direct the movie from a screenplay by Dennis Lehane. Neal H.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterUniversal’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to add some A-list talent. Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has signed on to join the ensemble of the studio’s adaptation joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg.The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated actress and producer Caitriona Balfe, together with Ocean Independent, the production arm of Talent Agency Emptage Hallett, have secured the rights to adapt and produce Sarah Crossan’s acclaimed novel Here Is The Beehive.

Justin Kroll Senior Film Reporter42West execs Bianca Bianconi, Michael Gagliardo and Whitney Tancred have been promoted to executive VP and have also been named Co-Heads of the company’s talent division.The trio will report to 42West CEO Amanda Lundberg and also work closely with company Presidents Susie Arons, Susan Ciccone and Tom Piechura.