The 2018 Sundance Film Festival is coming into focu , and major stars will head to Utah in January to roll out this year’s competitive slate and world premieres. Chloe Sevigny and Krsiten Stewart’s will bring ax-murdering intrigue with the Lizzie Borden drama “Lizzie,” Rupert Everett is stepping up as writer-director on an Oscar Wilde biopic with Academy Award winner Colin Firth, Steven Spielberg documentarian Susan Lacy examines Jane Fonda and “Get Out’ and “Atlanta” breakout star Lakeith Stanfield will get a leading man turn in films this year. And those are just four of the 110 feature-length selected titles, with.

After a yearlong worldwide search, Mulan has been found.

Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, is set to star as the title woman warrior in Disney's live-action adaptation of the classic Chinese tale.

A team of casting directors visited five continents and saw nearly 1,000 candidates for the role, which requires credible martial arts skills, the ability to speak English and the most ineffable requirement of all: star quality. In deference to cultural accuracy, the studio focused on locating an ethnically Chinese young woman to play Hua Mulan, who disguised herself as a man to take her...

NBC News has fired longtime Today show anchor Matt Lauer after Monday night receiving a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. The stunning news was announced on the program this morning by an emotional Savannah Guthrie, who was seated with Hoda Kotb at her side. Guthrie read a statement from NBC News Chairman Andy Lack, in which the honcho said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer since he was named in 1997…

Warner Bros. Television has cut ties with “The Flash” and “Supergirl” EP Andrew Kreisberg following allegations of sexual harassment made against the producer.

Greg Berlanti will be taking over some of Kreisberg’s responsibilities on the two CW superhero shows in his absence, working with “The Flash” co-showrunner Todd Helbing and “Supergirl” co-showrunners Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller.

“After a thorough investigation, Warner Bros. Television Group has terminated Andrew Kreisberg’s employment, effective immediately,” Wbtv said in a statement. “We remain committed to providing a safe working environment for our employees and everyone involved in our productions.

Berlanti also issued a joint statement with.

Oscar winning actor Geoffrey Rush has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior during his run starring in the Sydney Theatre Company’s (Stc) production of King Lear in 2015 and 2016, as originally reported by the Daily Telegraph.

The Telegraph reported on Thursday (local time in Australia) that the Stc had “received a complaint alleging that Mr. Geoffrey Rush had engaged in inappropriate behavior,” quoting an Stc spokeswoman. The story did not detail what the alleged inappropriate behavior was and did not say that it was sexual in nature.

The spokeswoman for the Stc said the theater company had received...

Kathryn Newton, who appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies, has nabbed the female lead for Legendary’s live-action movie adaptation of Pokemon.

Get Down star Justice Smith was picked as the male lead for the movie based on the gaming franchise and the project, titled Detective Pikachu, just wrapped an intense session of reading and testing actresses who would appear opposite him.

Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer, Haley Lu Richardson, who broke out earlier this year with M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, and 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford were also in the running for the role.

Newton, who had a big...

Following “Today” co-host Matt Lauer’s ouster from the NBC morning program, Ann Curry is ripe for a return to show. At least, that’s what a new online petition is hoping for. On Wednesday, following news that Lauer had been canned from “Today” over a complaint of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace,” a petition called for NBC to “at least extend an offer” to Curry to come back on the show, which she exited in 2012. Also Read: Ann Curry Double Indignity: Cruel TV Chyron, Ironic Magazine Cover “Since NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer has been fired for sexual misconduct,

Matt Lauer, who was fired from NBC’s “Today” after accusations of sexual harassment surfaced, has made light of the issue in the past. Back in 2012, he joked in a “Today” segment that he was the victim of sexual harassment from his “Today” colleague Willie Geist. Savannah Guthrie threw it over to investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen as though the story and Lauer’s victimhood were real. In the sketch, surveillance camera footage captures Geist spanking Lauer on the buttocks, launching a full-scale “Today” investigation. Throwback to 2012 when Matt Lauer was the “real victim” of sexual harassment on the Today show ???? pic.

It was already a daunting task, but Ridley Scott looks to pull it off with time to spare.

On Nov. 20, the director set out to reshoot scenes from “All the Money in the World” with actor Christopher Plummer replacing Kevin Spacey in the wake of Spacey’s disastrous fall from grace amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Just two weeks later, on Dec. 4, a rough version of the film will be screened in New York for members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. in order to qualify for Golden Globes consideration, Variety has learned.

Filmmakers don’t typically screen unfinished films for the HFPA, but this is a unique situation. Sony and TriStar Pictures still plan to have a completed film ready to screen for domestic press in mid-December, as previously expected, perhaps even earlier than the original Dec. 15 date. But Monday is the deadline for screening to HFPA members, who received

Shares of Regal Entertainment Group have risen 3% on news of a potential $3.1 billion buyout by British chain Cineworld, which saw its shares plunge 16%.

Regal confirmed Tuesday after the market closed that it was in talks for an all-cash acquisition at a price of $23 per share — a 17% premium over its closing share price of $19.63, which had risen by $1.38 during the session on first word of the merger discussions. The offer would be worth about $3.1 billion. Regal also said it would not comment further until negotiations conclude.

Regal shares closed up another 54 cents at $20.17 on Wednesday after hitting $21 early in the session. The $23 offer price is near Regal’s all-time high closing price of $24.45 in November of 2016.

The deal comes amid declining box office revenues in North America, with forecasts of a drop of at least 2% in 2017 despite what’s expected to a blockbuster opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in mid December. London-based Cineworld

Netflix will launch the new documentary about feminist attorney Gloria Allred, Seeing Allred, on its service in early 2018, following its world premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, which announced its lineup today.

Directed by Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman, the film traces the life of the nation’s most visible women’s rights attorney, who has taken on President Trump, Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein and has become a force within the #MeToo movement of victims speaking out about being abused by powerful men. Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends, who also produces Netflix’s...

Check out the week’s most emotionally reacted-to TV personalities and characters The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, an iconic R&B artist and Miss Jamaica had viewers talking passionately on social media over the past seven days. The Wrap has partnered with Canvs, the emotion measurement company, for a weekly look at some of the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up on social media. The data below covers Nov. 22-28 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to television programs, including broadcast, cable, streaming and PPV. Also Read: 'This Is Us' Creator Dan Fogelman

Tiffany Hines has got a baller new gig. The “24: Legacy” actress has been cast as a series regular on Bet’s ​”Hit The Floor.” Hines will portray Eve “a mystery woman with deep and surprising ties to the basketball league.” “A political power player who knows her way around the boardroom, she​ ​trades​ ​her​ ​brilliance,​ ​psychological​ ​acumen,​ ​and​ ​sexuality​ ​to​ ​get​ ​what​ ​she​ ​wants,” the character description reads. “Hit The Floor,” which boasts an all-female writing staff, follows the La Devil Girls, the professional dance squad for the fictitious Los Angeles Devils. The drama takes place both on and off the.

“Stranger Things” star Dacre Montgomery arrived in Hawkins, Indiana, only to rile everyone and everything up — but what’s in store for his character in Season 3? During TheWrap’s interview with the Australian actor, Montgomery was asked whether Billy will become a vessel of sorts for the monster in the third season of the hit Netflix show. “That’s really interesting — you mean using my body as a host?” he responded. “I don’t know, I don’t want to speculate too much. I feel like the Duffers are so great, that they’re going to have all kind...

Doug Jones can clearly recall his first day filming The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's hand-crafted aquatic fairy tale in which the 57-year-old actor plays a nameless amphibian man who falls for Sally Hawkins' mute cleaning lady in 1960s Baltimore. "We started with a scene in which … I'm chained to a cement block on my knees and being tortured and prodded by Michael Shannon," Jones says. "My first day on set was going through the makeup and costume process, then ending up on my knees on concrete

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has been having an eventful week. On Tuesday, his band picked up its fourth career Grammy nomination for Platinum-selling third album, “Evolve.” And today, he’s announcing a Sundance-bound documentary of which he is both an executive producer and subject, “Believer.”

Directed by Don Argott and produced via Live Nation Productions, “Believer” is no typical rock doc. Following up on Imagine Dragons’ August LoveLoud Fest benefit concert in Orem, Utah – which benefited gay rights orgs GLAAD and the Trevor Project, among others – the film takes a broader look at the Church of Latter Day Saints’ treatment of Lgbtq members.

“Mormonism is more than just a religion, it’s my culture, it’s my life, it’s my whole family,” Reynolds tells Variety. “So this is something that’s weighed on my heart and mind for a long time, and I’ve seen how destructive and harmful it is to teach our children

Today, Matt Lauer was fired from “Today” following a “detailed complaint” about “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” As anchor of the morning show for 20 years, it will sure be weird for viewers to flip to NBC and not see Lauer’s face. But will they miss him? Not that much, according to Lauer’s Q Score. As of September 2017, Lauer had a Positive Q Score of 11, according to the eponymous market-research company that measures a celebrity’s likability. That’s a full six points below the average for a host, and is generally not great. Some context: Lauer’s rating means of the.

You’d think it would take a lot to depress “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman — seeing as he’s a guy who makes millions of people cry week after week — and it did. Following the news on Tuesday that New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning had been benched by the team, the producer sat down to pen an open letter to fellow fans and vent his frustration over the decision. “It is 11 p.m. on Tuesday night and I’m supposed to go to sleep now, but I can’t. I can’t because I’ve had two vodkas and just announced to my.

Holly Hunter will receive the Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Awards Gala, Psiff organizers announced on Wednesday. Hunter is a strong Best Supporting Actress candidate this year for her role in “The Big Sick.” The film is based on the real-life courtship of co-writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, with Hunter playing the mother of Emily (Zoe Kazan), a young woman who develops a mysterious illness that puts her in a coma. She is visited in the hospital by her ex-boyfriend, Kumail (Nanjiani, playing a version of himself), who arouses the suspicion of Hunter’s.

What started out as only vague accusations of sexual misconduct against broadcast icon Matt Lauer became more detailed on Wednesday with the publication of a long anticipated and devastating exposé in Variety. As the co-host of NBC’s “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present, according to an accuser covered in the Hollywood trade outlet’s exclusive article. “It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified,” wrote the magazine’s New York bureau chief Ramin Setoodeh. “On another day, he summoned a different female employee to his.