Starz Picks Up Stripper, Opioid-Crisis Dramas to Series
Starz has ordered to series its adaptation of Katori Hall’s stripper play “Pussy Valley” as well as Jerry Bruckheimer’s opioid crisis show “Hightown.” “Hightown,” formerly called “P-Town,” comes from...
View ArticleCBS and a Pattern of Toxic Masculinity: Protecting the Predators, Not the...
The bodies and the settlements at CBS keep piling up. There were two on Thursday alone. Actress Eliza Dushku was secretly paid $9.5 million to settle her contract after she complained about sexual...
View Article‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Sequel With Eddie Murphy Jumps to Netflix in Licensing...
Netflix has acquired the rights to shoot a new sequel to “Beverly Hills Cop” from Paramount, with star Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer attached, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish announced Thursday....
View ArticleThe Luck of ‘The Irishman': How One Man’s Bookstore Visit Led to Producing...
To get a book turned into a film takes tenacity. Sometimes, it takes serendipity. In the case of “The Irishman,” it took both. “This project was born under a lucky star,” says my friend, Gerald “Jerry”...
View ArticlePlan B’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner to Receive PGA’s 2020 David...
Plan B’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will receive the 2020 David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 31st annual Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 18, the Producers Guild of America (PGA)...
View Article‘Top Gun: Maverick’ High-Flying Trailer Shows Tom Cruise Teaching New...
Tom Cruise’s Maverick is back in the cockpit teaching some rookie Navy aviators how to dogfight in the high-flying new trailer for this summer’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” After more than 30 years of service...
View Article‘Bad Boys for Life’ Film Review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Go Over the...
Is it possible to just appreciate a “Bad Boys” movie for what it is — Will Smith blasting away, Martin Lawrence bugging out, Miami beaming bright — without actually finding it very good? That’s the...
View Article‘Hightown’ Renewed for Season 2 by Starz
Starz has renewed crime drama “Hightown” for Season 2, the pay TV channel announced Thursday. Set on idyllic Cape Cod, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series, which premiered May 17, “follows one...
View ArticleMargot Robbie, Christina Hodson to Partner on New ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’...
Margot Robbie and her “Birds of Prey” screenwriter Christina Hodson are once again teaming up, this time for a new, female-fronted “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie for Disney, an individual with...
View ArticleMartin Lawrence, Snoop Dogg to Co-Star in Political Drama ‘Game’ From Jerry...
Martin Lawrence and Snoop Dogg will headline a political drama, “Game,” from Jerry Bruckheimer. The two co-wrote the script for the project with Patrick Aison, which is set up at CBS TV Studios and...
View ArticleWhat Fox Had to Change About ‘LA’s Finest’ to Make Spectrum Original...
The first season of “L.A.’s Finest” premieres Monday on Fox, more than two years after the now-Spectrum Originals drama’s pilot was passed on at NBC. And when the Gabrielle Union- and Jessica Alba-led...
View ArticleDiane Warren on Which of Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs She Absolutely Thought...
This story about Diane Warren first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. When she landed a nomination this year for writing the song “Io sì (Seen)” from “The Life...
View Article‘American Gigolo’ Series Starring Jon Bernthal Gets Series Order at Showtime
Showtime has given a series order to the TV adaptation of “American Gigolo” starring Jon Bernthal, the premium cabler announced Tuesday. The drama, a modern-day reimagining of the 1980 film starring...
View ArticleJerry Bruckheimer Says Johnny Depp Will Not Be Playing Jack Sparrow Again ‘at...
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Top Gun" producer reveals he's trying to get Margot Robbie to star in a sixth "Pirates" film
View Article‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Film Review: Tom Cruise Flies the Familiar Skies
This Gen X fantasy revives everything great and terrible about the 1986 original
View Article‘Pirates 6’ Will Be ‘More of an Ensemble,’ but Jerry Bruckheimer Says Margot...
"We developed two scripts at once," the producer told TheWrap
View Article‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Producer Jerry Bruckheimer on His First Best Picture...
"I feel great," the legendary producer told TheWrap
View ArticleBrad Pitt Will Drive a Real Racecar Alongside Actual Racers in Formula One Movie
The actor will be part of an "11th team" at Silverstone for new film from "Top Gun: Maverick" director Joseph Kosinski
View ArticleKerry Condon Joins Brad Pitt in Apple’s Formula One Movie
The original feature will be directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
View ArticleFirst ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ Trailer Sees Eddie Murphy Engaging in Some...
“Beverly Hills Cop” is back. The fourth installment of the classic film series, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” will once again star Eddie Murphy as the rascally Detroit cop causing trouble in Los...
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