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After a first look image of Depp transforming into King Louis XV for “Jeanne du Barry,” The Hollywood Reporter announced the Oscar winner will be helming his second feature film, 25 years after Depp directed himself and Marlon Brando in 1997’s “The Brave.” Depp directs upcoming biopic “Modigliani” inspired by the life of painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, with the film co-produced by fellow Academy Award winner Al Pacino and Barry Navidi....

“No,” Favreau answered. “The story unfolded as I wrote it. ‘The Mandalorian’ inherits a great deal from existing ‘Star Wars’ stories, and when I write, that context is always a consideration. It became clear that, within the established continuity, certain things were likely to transpire.” According to Favreau’s answer, the inclusion of Luke Skywalker in “The Mandalorian” might not have been considered until after the show’s writers decided upon a storyline that saw Grogu being placed upon a seeing stone and reaching out to an unknown Jedi....

“Superbad” co-screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg remembered how lead actor Jonah Hill “hated” newcomer co-star Christopher Mintz-Plasse at first on set. Casting director Allison Jones had put up flyers at local Southern California high schools to cast the 2007 teen comedy, leading Mintz-Plasse to audition. “Jonah immediately hated him. He was like, ‘That was fucking with my rhythm. I couldn’t perform with that guy,’” Rogen, who also starred in the film, told Vanity Fair as part of the 15th anniversary oral history for the iconic film....

“Shang-Chi” has been bombarded with nationalist complaints for months now because of the character Fu Manchu, who is Shang-Chi’s father and primary nemesis in the comic books. Fu Manchu has been widely seen through the years as being racist and an embodiment of the Yellow Peril stereotype. Feige stressed that Fu Manchu is not involved in the film in any capacity. While Shang-Chi’s father is a major role in the movie played by Tony Leung, the character is not Fu Manchu....

The founder of critically acclaimed production company LuckyChap Entertainment has starred in some of the biggest auteur films of the decade (“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”) and produced independent feminist films “I, Tonya” and “Promising Young Woman,” all while making at least one movie per year since 2013. Robbie landed Oscar nominations for her respective turns in 2017’s Olympic biopic “I, Tonya” and 2019’s “Bombshell,” inspired by the true story of the sexual harassment lawsuit against former FOX News exec Roger Ailes....

A bulk of the film club was curated by none other than Martin Scorsese, who sent Wright a recommendation list of nearly 50 British films that Scorsese considers personal favorites. In the five months Wright spent in lockdown before resuming production on “Last Night in Soho” — and before he received the list from Scorsese — he started watching movies and then searching for any Scorsese commentary about those films via essays online or YouTube videos....

The animated series centers on the titular big-headed supervillain (voiced by Patton Oswalt), who must juggle his plans for world domination with his crumbling family life. The end result of that synopsis is a string of uninspired comedy routines where M.O.D.O.K. & Co. spew third-rate referential humor and otherwise tired gags for 5 hours. Nary a scene goes by in “M.O.D.O.K.” without a quip or broader cultural reference, but the jokes are so uninspired that even the most devout Marvel fans will struggle to justify any of the going-ons in this addition to the superhero genre....