Steven Spielberg
David Leitch in Talks to Direct New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie
Filmmaker David Leitch is in talks to direct the next installment in the Jurassic World franchise, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Universal Pictures announced Monday that it plans to release the dinosaur-focused film on July 2, 2025. THR broke the news last month that David Koepp, who penned Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park […]
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Austin Butler on Tom Hanks’ ‘Masters of the Air’ Pitch and “Deeply” Loving ‘Dune: Part Two’
As Austin Butler put the finishing touches on his eventual Oscar-nominated performance as Elvis Presley, his Elvis co-star Tom Hanks was already envisioning the budding superstar’s next move. In early 2021, just weeks before Elvis was scheduled to wrap, Hanks took Butler to dinner and pitched him Masters of the Air, the spiritual follow-up to […]
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Martin Scorsese Nominated for Record 10th Director Oscar, Passing Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese has now earned more Oscar nominations for best director than anyone alive. The Academy nominated the 81-year-old icon for his film Killers of the Flower Moon on Tuesday. Scorsese now has 10 best director nominations, surpassing Steven Spielberg, who has nine. Scorsese has won the category just once — for 2006’s The Departed. […]
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Sony Renames Music Building After John Williams as Hollywood Legends Turn Out to Pay Tribute
On Thursday afternoon, the history-filled Sony lot in Culver City — which was the MGM lot during Hollywood’s Golden Age, home to “more stars than there are in heaven” — welcomed film composer John Williams, after whom the studio’s musical building was being renamed. Williams, 91, who is best known for the scores of Star Wars and […]
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Terry Press Named President of Strategy & Communications at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners (Exclusive)
Terry Press is officially reuniting with Steven Spielberg. Amblin Partners has tapped the veteran and widely regarded Hollywood studio executive in the newly created role of president of strategy and communications. The announcement was made jointly by Amblin founder Spielberg and CEO Jeff Small. In the newly created role, Press will join the executive team […]
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Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson Extend TCM Collaboration
As Turner Classic Movies celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the beloved cable channel is extending its partnership with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. The announcement was made Friday at a TCM 30th anniversary party at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, with Spielberg and Anderson in attendance. Warner Bros. co-film chief Pamela […]
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Peter Berkos, Oscar-Winning Sound Effects Editor on ‘The Hindenburg,’ Dies at 101
Peter Berkos, the Universal Pictures sound effects maestro and champion of sound editors everywhere who shared a special achievement Oscar for his work on the Robert Wise-directed disaster epic The Hindenburg, has died. He was 101. Berkos died Tuesday in Rancho Bernardo, California, his friend Brae Wyckoff told The Hollywood Reporter. While president of the […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Leads New Year’s Waltz as ‘Aquaman 2’ Continues to Sink
Wonka is winning the long New Year’s weekend box office race as a tumultuous 2023 comes to a close. The Warner Bros. origin pic — starring Timothée Chalamet as young candymaker Willy Wonka — is on course to gross an estimated $29.5 million for the four-day holiday weekend, putting its domestic tally at a sweet […]
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Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Emerges as Christmas Winner, Crosses $100M in U.S. as ‘Aquaman 2’ Drowns
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka has emerged as this year’s Christmas box office winner, while DC superhero pic Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom drowns. Overall, this holiday season isn’t so joyous for Hollywood studios and theater owners. Case in point: Wednesday revenue was down 52 percent from the same Wednesday in 2019, the last year before the […]
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The Making of ‘Maestro’: Bradley Cooper Studied Conducting for Six Years to Portray Leonard Bernstein
It’s one thing to screen your feature directorial debut for Steven Spielberg. It’s another thing to screen your feature directorial debut for Steven Spielberg as part of a job interview. But that’s where Bradley Cooper found himself in 2018, when he was attached to star as famed composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein. It was in the spring of […]
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‘The Color Purple’ Review: Fantasia Barrino Is the Molten Heart of Spirited Musical Remake
Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Colman Domingo also star in Blitz Bazawule’s retelling of the beloved Alice Walker novel, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway show.
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Steven Spielberg Tells Bradley Cooper He Did a “Mitzvah” by Telling Leonard Bernstein’s Story in ‘Maestro’ (Exclusive Video)
“Well, I can guarantee you right now that Leonard Bernstein is here with us, giving you a big kiss on the mouth, and saying, ‘Thank you for what you did for me; what you did for Felicia [Montealegre, Bernstein’s wife]; what you did for Alexander, Nina and Jamie [their children]; and for everybody who loves […]
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