EXCLUSIVE: George Berman, the boss of Smile producer Temple Hill’s UK office, is moving to Adolescence director Philip Barantini’s It’s All Made Up Productions. Berman has taken on the Head of Development role and will run development for the company co-run by Barantini with Boiling Point exec Samantha Beddoe. Berman joined Temple Hill in 2019 […]
With his unique brand of elusive, analog filmmaking, Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin has cultivated a devoted band of followers, none more loyal than those who work with him. “He’s an artist,” actor Callum Turner (The Boys in the Boat) exclaims with a defiant tone. “This film is like a painting meets a poem. Reading the […]
Despite a rough sinus infection, George Clooney put on a brave face to be at the red carpet world premiere of his new movie, Jay Kelly, in Venice last night. The infection knocked him out of the festival’s press conference and other media duties, however, and we now understand from sources that he also won’t […]
Leila George is set to join Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming sequel to Amazon MGM Studios reboot of Road House. Dave Bautista also recently joined the cast with Ilya Naishuller directing the pic. Will Beall wrote the script. Producers include Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, and Nine Stories Productions’ Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh […]
[This story contains major spoilers from the season three Gilded Age finale.] George Russell (Morgan Spector) cheats death and survives being shot, thanks to Peggy’s Dr. Kirkland (Jordan Donica), but Team Russell takes a huge hit. Just when everything looks like it might be coming together for Bertha, her whole world falls apart. Gladys [Taissa […]
If there’s one thing we’re a sucker for here at Empire, it’s movies. And if there’s two, then it’s movies about the movies, too. Babylon, The Fabelmans, Hail, Caesar!, Stan & Ollie — you name it, we’re in. So as you can imagine, the prospect of George Clooney, Laura Dern, and Adam Sandler (now in […]
George Clooney is hitting back at critics who question his range as an actor. Speaking to Vanity Fair for a preview piece on Noah Baumbach‘s Jay Kelly, the two-time Oscar winner didn’t mince words when addressing criticism that his characters are tantamount to playing versions of himself onscreen. “Do people say that I only play […]
Forget dragons and dire wolves. In George R.R. Martin‘s corner of the realm — otherwise known as Santa Fe, New Mexico — power looks more like a movie theater, a short-haul railway line, a bookstore and a bar. And while winter may not be coming anytime soon, a surprising number of business ventures are. Over […]
To close out San Diego Comic-Con with a bang, George Lucas made his first appearance at the long-running pop culture fest alongside filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and award-winning Lucasfilm designer Doug Chiang. But the panel topic wasn’t a new Star Wars project; it was the importance of keeping art accessible to the public, especially during […]
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