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Leslye Headland Will Adapt Stage Hit ‘Cult of Love’ for Film, Kiss ‘Evelyn Hugo’ Goodbye and Remember ‘The Acolyte’ as a Teenage Dream

The past year of Leslye Headland’s work has been a love letter to her teenage self. The multitalented screenwriter-director-showrunner-playwright is on the eve of closing her acclaimed Broadway debut “Cult of...

Sundance Comedy ‘Atropia’ is One of the Craziest True Stories You’ve Never Heard

The village is small and dense, lined with crumbling structures and the exploded remains of cars. The women, hanging laundry or selling American movies on DVD out of dusty briefcases, are...

Rebel Wilson’s ‘Bride Hard’ Sells to Magenta Light Studios for U.S. Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

The Rebel Wilson-led action comedy “Bride Hard” has bagged a domestic release from Magenta Light Studios. Bob Yari’s upstart production and distribution venture will roll out the feature from Simon West...

If Donatella Versace Leaves Her Namesake Fashion House, Will Hollywood Follow?

There’s a scene in “The Devil Wears Prada” where Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is fighting to keep her top fashion magazine job. Over coffee in Paris, Priestly slips a piece of...

WME Signs Director Sierra Falconer Ahead of Sundance Debut ‘Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)’

Director Sierra Falconer, whose debut feature will premiere next week at the Sundance Film Festival, has signed for representation at WME. The UCLA grad’s “Sunfish (& Other Stories on...

Studio Veteran Mia Ammer Details ‘Pure Chaos’ of Escaping Wildfire as She Mourns Enormous Loss in Pacific Palisades: ‘No Better Place to Raise a...

Mia Ammer had been through plenty of fire drills before. The seasoned Hollywood publicist spent a decade raising her kids in the Pacific Palisades, where blazes would often threaten her home...

Adrien Brody Nears Tears During Golden Globe Win: ‘I Felt This May Never Be a Moment Afforded to Me Again’

Adrien Brody has more gilded hardware to add to his mantle, taking the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama on Sunday night for his role in “The Brutalist.” Brody...

‘The Mummy’ Reboot Set at Blumhouse With ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Director Lee Cronin

Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, the newly converged horror producers, will unwrap yet another iconic movie monster. “The Mummy” is coming from Lee Cronin, director of the campy and cult-approved “Evil...

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