Frank is set to adapt Mary Doria Russell’s 1996 debut novel “The Sparrow,” which followed a group of Jesuit priests and scientists who make contact with an alien species in the near future. Their mission ends in disaster and the lone human survivor returns to Earth to face the Vatican as a scandal ensues. Casting details and a premiere date are under wraps. “The Sparrow” will be directed by Johan Renck (“Chernobyl,” “Breaking Bad”)....
Still, two decades is a long time in sponge years, and even basal metazoa who live in pineapples under the sea and earn their parent companies billions of dollars in licensing deals aren’t immune to the pressures of a superficial industry that only tends to care about what’s above the surface. In other words, SpongeBob has gotten some “work” done. And he’s not alone. In fact, literally every single creature (and building!...
Included among those entrants are two substantial Emmy contenders that made their bow this week. The two series couldn’t be more different if they tried, but both seem primed to make a mark on Emmy races that heretofore seemed all but locked up. Related Emmys Sink to Record-Low Ratings ‘Succession’ Wins Best Drama Series at 2022 Emmys Related Oscars 2023: Best Documentary Feature Predictions Oscars 2023: Best Sound PredictionsAnd for good reason....
Also known as OMM, the organization launched campaigns to boycott “Thor: Love and Thunder” due to its “blatant LGBTQ content.” “One Million Moms needs your help to make sure as many people as possible are aware that Marvel Studios is pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families in their newest superhero movie,” the online petition states. “Rated PG-13, ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ includes many LGBTQ innuendos and an abundance of euphemisms, but a few scenes are not downplayed at all....
Per HBO, “Tiger” highlights never-before-seen-footage and interviews with those who know Woods best, including his former caddy and close friend, Steve Williams; golf legend Sir Nick Faldo; his father Earl Woods’ friend and biographer, Pete McDaniel; Tiger’s first true love, Dina Parr; and Rachel Uchitel, the woman at the center of the sex scandal that forever altered Tiger’s world, breaking her silence for the first time. The documentary will premiere in January 2021....
The “Bones and All” star spoke out regarding the contemporary social emphases on Twitter and Instagram during a press conference at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Chalamet stars as one half of a cannibal couple alongside Taylor Russell in “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagino’s latest 1980s-set film. “To be young today…I can’t imagine what it is to grow up without the onslaught of social media,” Chalamet stated, via Variety....
Filmed in Kansas City, Missouri over the course of five years, “Transhood” shrewdly focuses its lens on families and kids in America’s so-called “heartland.” While the kids are all white or white-passing (without assuming anyone’s racial identity), the families range from working- to middle-class. The film addresses ostracization from religious family members, parental fatigue, and the financial burdens of trans-affirming healthcare, which isn’t covered under many insurance plans. For the most part, the parents in “Transhood” are normal, everyday people doing their best to love and support their children....
