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With the cast finally settled and financing in place, Mann is finally gearing up to shoot his passion project in Italy this July. While various iterations of the film have come close to being greenlit, this is by far the closest Mann has come to seeing his vision become reality. And today, Deadline has reported that the director is currently in Italy, immersing himself in pre-production for the shoot. “Ferrari” will take place in the summer of 1957, when Enzo Ferrari’s increasingly expensive racing endeavors had led his company to the brink of bankruptcy....

Fortunately, “Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the titular role in the mega-hit Disney musical, doesn’t have that problem — though she may need a little help reminding people who she is. She’s not worried, though. Still, fans of the fearless Hawaiian princess may be surprised by her latest big on-camera role: a scrappy tomboy who rides a skateboard in Hulu’s new queer rom-com “Crush.” Led by an all LGBTQ creative team that consists of writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham and director Sammi Cohen, “Crush” is a charming queer rom-com for the Disney Channel generation....

2. “The G Word with Adam Conover” (available May 19) Best Reason to Watch: Executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama through their company, Higher Ground Productions, “The G Word” is a six-part comedic docuseries meant to better explain how the United States government affects people’s lives. Investigative comedian Adam Conover (“Adam Ruins Everything”) hosts (and is reason enough to watch), but adding to the impressive talent bringing “The G Word” to life is Michael Lewis, whose 2018 book “The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy” serves as inspiration for the show....

Disney has been shrinking the MCU across streamers, making Disney+ the ultimate hub for all things Marvel. Since the Marvel Defenders series left Netflix at the end of February, Disney+ will now be rolling out the respective shows instead. “Disney+ has served as the home for some of the most beloved brands in the industry, and the addition of these live-action shows brings more from the Marvel brand together, all in one place,” Michael Paull, President of Disney Streaming, said....

The viral series starred Anya Taylor-Joy as an orphan chess prodigy. The Emmy-winning show was based on a 1983 novel of the same name and ends with Taylor-Joy’s character Beth Harmon besting male Russian players in the 1960s. Gaprindashvili claimed that the series was defamatory to her own career, citing that the “only unusual thing” about lead character Beth is her gender. “And even that’s not unique in Russia. There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men,” the suit read, via The Hollywood Reporter....

The company announced that it added 8.5 million subscribers in the last quarter of 2020 during its Q4 earnings report on Tuesday, surpassing its projected gains of 6 million new subscribers. The company reported $6.64 billion in revenue, which slightly exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Netflix, which raised the price of its standard and premium subscription plans in October 2020, made most of its Q4 subscriber gains outside the United States: The company stated that 83 percent of its 2020 subscriber gains hailed from outside North America....

“Spider-Man,” at $52.7 million, continues its spectacular run ($610 million domestic, $1.37 billion worldwide so far) with one of the best three-weekend results ever. It sold 56 percent of the domestic tickets. Add in #2 “Sing 2” (Universal), also having a stellar run ($89.7 million), and the two successes sold three-quarters of tickets. The rest come in at mediocre or worse. The overall result is a weekend, despite the big numbers at the top, that did only 67 percent of the same period two years ago....