Deadline reported that Hulu has tapped Lily James and Sebastian Stan to play Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, respectively, in an event series centered on the duo’s relationship and the scandal that resulted from their stolen sex tape. Seth Rogen is also slated to appear in the project, which is going by the working title “Pam & Tommy,” as the man who stole the sex tape. Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya”) is slated to direct the project and Rob Siegel will serve as writer....

“As someone who considers herself a pretty dependent person, I’m truly honored to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards,” said Villaseñor in an official statement. Added Film Independent President Josh Welsh, “We’re thrilled to welcome Melissa Villaseñor into the club of smart, funny film lovers to host the Spirit Awards. The time to laugh has definitely arrived, and not a moment too soon.” Said Blake Callaway, Executive Director, IFC and SundanceTV in a nod to the host’s wide-ranging knack for celebrity impressions, “Melissa and the unique circumstances of now will make this year’s ceremony like no other....

In its previous incarnation as Fox Searchlight, the distributor won three of the last seven Best Picture awards (“12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman,” and “The Shape of Water”). Those wins, and strong contenders like “The Favourite” and “3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” shared strategic theatrical release patterns aimed at maximum attention and box office success. This year, circumstances demand that Searchlight change course — and find a way to be inventive that lets the film stand out....

In reporting on the Cameron MasterClass, /Film writes: “[The director] does say that if he could go back and do one thing differently in his career, it would be to improve the nature of the working relationships he had with his cast and crew members. ‘I could’ve listened more,’ he says. ‘I could’ve been less autocratic. I could’ve not made the movie more important than the human interaction of the crew....

Godard’s celebrity mystique was defined by the image of the enigmatic chain-smoking auteur, adorned in sunglasses while indulging in existential insight, revolutionary politics, and radical ideas about art. But his career never rested on that cartoonish brand. Though he would remain most famous for his first feature, the 1960 meta-noir “Breathless,” that iconic debut kickstarted a lifetime of ambitious, often confrontational work. His filmography consists of everything from genre deconstructions to political screeds and avant-garde gambles designed to confuse and provoke new avenues for an evolving art form....

But “Cats” does have its defenders, and one of them turns out to be Jennifer Hudson, who plays the lonesome and decrepit Grizabella the Glamour Cat, who sings the fan-favorite “Memory.” In a recent interview with Total Film while promoting her new film “Respect,” in which she stars as Aretha Franklin, Hudson said that she thinks future generations will look back on “Cats” differently. “You know what? I think it was a bit overwhelming....

While “mother!” flopped and “Red Sparrow” and “Joy” certainly didn’t pop, one movie Lawrence definitely regrets? “Passengers,” the 2016 sci-fi two-hander she starred in opposite Chris Pratt as colony-bound spacecraft riders traveling 60 lightyears from Earth — only to become the only two to emerge from hibernation 90 years before their co-travelers. Reviews were bad, and the relationship bordered on creepy in how Pratt’s character manipulates Lawrence’s into becoming his lone companion in space....