Film Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Naman Ramachandran U.K.-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights, excluding Canada, to 1980s-set wrestling action-horror “Dark Match.” The film is headlined by professional wrestler and rock musician Chris Jericho and written and directed by Lowell Dean (“Wolfcop”). The film will launch later this year with its festival premiere to be announced imminently. Blue Finch will begin sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

Alex Ritman Multi award-winning Filipina actress Ruby Ruiz has landed her first major screen role following her appearance in Amazon’s “Expats.” She will lead “First Light,” the feature directorial debut of James. J.

Carolyn Giardina “The Imaginary,” an upcoming hand-drawn animated fantasy film from Japan’s Studio Ponoc that will play in competition at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, is set to debut July 5 on Netflix. An Oscar-qualifying run is also planned.

French director Olivier Marchal has begun filming new police thriller Bastion 36 for Netflix, billed as contemporary cop drama adapted from Michel Tourscher’s novel Flic Requiem.

EXCLUSIVE: British actor and screenwriter Jamie Bacon has signed with UK agency United Agents.

Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has been flooded with support after she was seen breaking down in tears over being away from her family to be able to do the job she loves. Fans know the actress for playing Tracy Robinson in the ITV soap, having joined back in 2014.

A new 9 to 5 movie is in the works!

Michaela Zee Jennifer Aniston is ready to pour herself a cup of ambition. Aniston and her Echo Films partner Kristin Hahn are producing a “9 to 5” reimagining for 20th Century Studios, Variety has confirmed. The film is currently in development, with Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Lisa Frankenstein”) working on the latest draft of the “9 to 5” reimagining.

Video footage of an accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film The Pickup was released today by the New York Times.

The Twilight film franchise left behind a legacy that still lives on today, and it introduced us to a talented (and very wealthy) cast of stars.

Michaela Zee Rebel Wilson‘s memoir “Rebel Rising” will be published in the U.K. with redacted passages about her experience working with Sacha Baron Cohen. “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the U.K.

Emma Stone is revisiting that moment she went viral during this year’s Oscars… You know, besides her big win we mean.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Rachel Stavis, billed as the “Hollywood Exorcist,” is channeling her creativity for a number of upcoming scripted projects.Stavis is an author and filmmaker whose day job — as a “non-denominational exorcist on a mission to create global change by eradicating darkness from one person or place at a time,” per her bio – has put her in the employ of studio chiefs, movie stars and global political figures.Stavis’ work ranges from the personal and therapeutic to paranormal investigations, and content makers are taking notice. Stavis is currently in the casting phase for her feature directorial debut “Da Wee Do Wa,” for which she also wrote the script.

Jack Dunn UFEG’s Make It Universal and Rotten Tomatoes have partnered to create the new “Seen on Screen” podcast hosted by Rotten Tomatoes awards editor Jacqueline Coley. The bi-weekly podcast offers a behind the scenes look into Universal productions and conversations with Universal employees about the impact of film on their lives. “Seen on Screen” also aims to demystify the interworkings of the film industry to listeners.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Korean comedy action film “The Roundup: Punishment” destroyed all competition in local theaters on its Wednesday opening day. The film earned $4.92 million from 821,000 ticket sales, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That represented a crushing 97% share of the day’s theatrical market. Including a smattering of previews over the latest weekend, the film finished Wednesday with a cumulative of $5.26 million earned from 862,000 spectators. Earlier, it was reported that the film had broken the Korean record for advanced ticket sales.

The stars of Only Murders In The Building are hard at work on the Hulu show’s next season!

Chris Pratt suited up for another day on the set of his upcoming movie Mercy!

Lisa Vanderpump is sharing her thought on Jax Taylor‘s recent comments about Vanderpump Rules!

Travis Kelce looked back on a time when Taylor Swift was pranked by Justin Bieber for an old episode of Punk’d.

After finding himself an unwilling major selling point of Rebel Wilson‘s memoir Rebel Rising, Sacha Baron Cohen is feeling a bit of vindication tonight. When the UK version of the book is published tomorrow, the chapter about him will be largely redacted, this after Baron Cohen’s attorneys threatened to sue Harper Collins over allegations his camp has maintained were provably false. She has been beating on Baron Cohen like he owed her money for the past month, alleging outrageous treatment by him toward her on the set of the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby. Wilson has not relented in public comments, but it looks like the publisher wasn’t taking any chances.

Three-time Emmy winner Julia Garner is boarding New Line’s Weapons opposite Josh Brolin. The pic comes from writer-director Zach Cregger. who made the 2022 New Regency horror film Barbarian.

There’s some big drama in the YouTube world involving Connor Franta and Daniel Preda.

Brenda Blethyn, known for her portrayal of the beloved detective Vera, recently took to social media to express her heartfelt sentiments as the iconic series approaches its end. With filming for the 14th season set to begin soon, Brenda thanked fans for their unwavering support and shared her bittersweet feelings about bidding farewell to the role. She posted: “Many thanks to everyone for your good wishes.

EXCLUSIVE: Wattpad/Webtoons has hired Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken (10 Cloverfield Lane, Horizon Line) to adapt I’m The Grim Reaper from the Webtoon created by Grave Weaver. 

Stephen Cognetti, the writer-director behind the cult classic horror movie franchise Hell House LLC, has signed with Anonymous Content for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: The new 28 Years Later trilogy from director Danny Boyle and Sony Pictures is gaining momentum, and some serious star power. Sources tell Deadline that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes have boarded the first pic, a sequel to the original 28 Days Later.

EXCLUSIVE: ACE Entertainment has optioned TV rights to New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young‘s In Nightfall, a young adult horror novel that was sought after by a number of production companies, sources tell Deadline.

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway) has signed on to star alongside Kelvin Harrison Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Halle Bailey in Universal’s untitled coming-of-age musical from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams.

Ben Stiller has said that the Zoolander 2 flop affected him “for a long time” in a new interview.Stiller, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 2016 sequel reflected on the experience with X-Files actor David Duchovny’s upcoming podcast, Fail Better.Stiller said: “I thought everybody wanted this…And then it’s like, ‘Wow, I must have really fucked this up. Everybody didn’t go to it.

Ryan Gosling has blamed The Angry Birds Movie for killing The Nice Guys sequel with Russell Crowe.There were plans for a sequel to the Shane Black-directed 2016 comedy but according to Gosling, the release date of the film clashed with The Nice Guys and resultantly the film didn’t perform well enough at the box office to secure a sequel.“So much of a sequel, I think, is decided by the opening weekend of a movie, and we opened up against Angry Birds,” Gosling told Comic Book. “So Angry Birds just destroyed us. Angry Birds got a sequel.”On its opening weekend,The Angry Birds Movie earned $38million (£30million) at the box office compared to The Nice Guys’ earnings of $11.2million (£8.9million).