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Selome Hailu Apple TV Plus has greenlit “Mrs. American Pie,” a new comedy series starring Kristen Wiig. Laura Dern executive produces and is eyeing a key role.Set in the early ‘70s, “Mrs.

When released in 2011, The Help became an instant classic that had audiences laughing and crying around the globe. The film was adapted and directed by Tate Taylor and is based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett.

In the middle of the closing credits for Tate Taylor's new film, the director inserts a minute-long postscript scene. It's an exchange between the lead character, played by Allison Janney, and a talk show host portrayed by Juliette Lewis.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNeglected banker’s wife Sue Buttons (Allison Janney) finds all the attention she’s been missing from her marriage in the glow of the local media in “Breaking News in Yuba County.” A surprisingly violent small-town satire from director Tate Taylor that feels every bit as much a period piece as his 2011 hit “The Help,” despite taking place in the present day, “Breaking News” suggests a cross between such dark comedies as “To Die For” and “Fargo,” minus those films’

Octavia Spencer‘s 2019 horror movie Ma has become a cult classic and now the film’s director, Tate Taylor, is talking about sequel ideas!

You had to know it was going to happen eventually. Someone in a small town was going to watch “Gone Girl” and try to figure out how to stage a crime scene and become a local celebrity after their spouse goes missing.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterMGM is relaunching American International Pictures and making Tate Taylor’s Breaking News in Yuba County it’s first acquisition. The newly launched AIP label will release the film, starring Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin, Samira Wiley, Bridget Everett, Clifton Collins, Jr., Jimmi Simpson and Juliette Lewis beginning January 29, 2021.

Also Read: Will 'Mom' Remain a Ratings Hit After Anna Faris Divorced Herself From CBS' Current Longest-Running Sitcom?“Breaking News in Yuba County” is a crime drama and thriller that stars Janney as an overlooked pencil pusher who catches her husband cheating on her, only for him to die of a heart attack from the shock of being caught. She then buries her husband and passes him off as missing, reveling in the celebrity and attention of having a missing husband.

Also Read: Tate Taylor to Direct Jean Smart in Biopic 'Miss Macy' at Amblin PartnersHer violation of protocol gets her in trouble with her handler Duke (Malkovich), but it’s a nearly-botched job in Saudi Arabia that makes her a target for her shadowy organization, run by another of Duke’s protegés, Simon (Farrell).So yes, it’s the hired-killer-becomes-prey story, and while the action sequences are serviceable (this is nowhere near “Atomic Blonde” territory), it’s all fairly familiar.

While Chadwick Boseman was able to play a myriad of incredible roles over the course of his relatively short career, the actor’s legacy will probably be for his role as King T’Challa in the “Black Panther” franchise at Marvel Studios. And with the actor’s tragic passing over the weekend, everyone who worked with Boseman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come out to share their memories and love.

Tate Taylor “Get on Up” director Tate Taylor pays tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Aug. 28 of colon cancer at age 43. Chadwick and I were on our way to Augusta, Georgia to meet James Brown’s family.

Guy Lodge Film CriticOnce loaded with connotations of exoticism and movie-star glamor, Ava now ranks annually among the most popular girls’ names in America, and it seems its ubiquity is extending to the film world: Tate Taylor’s female-starring shoot-’em-up “Ava” is the third film bearing that title to crop up in as many years. It, too, has the air of something that may once have been unusual in conception only to emerge as rather generic.

Viola Davis is continuing to explain why she regrets taking on the role of Aibileen Clark in The Help.

Since the murder of George Floyd and the many Black Lives Matter protests that have spawned as a result, renewed attention has been placed on Tate Taylor’s Oscar-winning film, “The Help.” The discussion hasn’t been kind to the 2011 film, with critics and even actress Bryce Dallas Howard talking about how it isn’t a great example of a film that tackles racism, due to its filmmakers largely being white.

Emmy-winning Jean Smart, fresh off of HBO's Watchmen, is set to star in Miss Macy, a feature from director Tate Taylor and Amblin Partners. The movie is based on the true story of Trisha Mitchell Coburn, a small town girl from Alabama who attended the Miss Macy charm school before being launched as a successful model.

for success by an eccentric woman and mentor who sees something special in her. Smart will star as the title character.Also Read: 'Ma' Director Tate Taylor on What Scared Octavia Spencer During Shooting of Horror MovieProducing alongside Taylor is Denise Di Novi, president of Di Novi Pictures, and Margaret French Isaac.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Amblin Partners is reuniting with Tate Taylor, who directed the studio’s box office and award-lauded hits The Help and The Girl on the Train. The new feature project is Miss Macy and it’s based on the true story of Trisha Mitchell Coburn and her life after she meets her mentor “Miss Macy”. Three-time Emmy winner Jean Smart will star as Miss Macy and serve as EP.

“The Help” is back in the news, but not in the most complimentary way. Sure, the film became a big trending program on Netflix, but the reaction to that news has really taken over the conversation, with various folks talking about how Tate Taylor’s Oscar-winning film is definitely not one that white people should watch to learn more about racism.

Bryce Dallas Howard, who took to social media to say that while she's grateful for the friendships she made on the movie, " is a fictional story told through the perspective of a white character and was created by predominantly white storytellers." (It was written and directed by white director Tate Taylor and based off the novel by white author Kathryn Stockett.)«We can all go further,» she wrote.

“Filthy Rich” creator and showrunner Tate Taylor grew up in the Presbyterian church, but his new Fox drama is not designed to convince the audience that one family’s religious beliefs are better than any others.