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UPDATED with producer’s statement, 9.50 AM PT: Florence Foster Jenkins producers Pathe and Qwerty Films have issued a response to Monday’s court verdict that saw opera singer Julia Kogan granted a co-writer credit on the movie and compensation. “We regret that Julia Kogan's dispute with Nick Martin over authorship of…

Hugh Grant was recently nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award for his role as St. Clair Bayfield, devoted partner and protector of Meryl Streep’s title character in Florence Foster Jenkins. Simon Helberg, of The Big Bang Theory fame, showed off his musical talents and also is nominated for a Golden Globe playing…

An eight-time Oscar nominee, who finally won for The Grand Budapest Hotel in 2015, prolific composer Alexandre Desplat composed scores for four of this year’s Oscar contenders, including Illumination’s animated feature The Secret Life of Pets and the Meryl Streep-starring Florence Foster Jenkins. If more than one of…

Hugh Grant is back with Florence Foster Jenkins, coming out of semi-retirement to act opposite Meryl Streep in another surprising true tale from director Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Program). In the case of Florence, the facts are particularly startling and difficult to believe—starring Streep as the title…

EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has signed writer Nicholas Martin, who penned the script for Paramount’s awards-season pic Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. Martin, who began his career writing feature pieces about his travels and contributing to British…

FINAL UPDATE, Monday: As studios misfire with reboots and sequels this summer and scratch their heads as to why certain formulas didn’t work, along comes Sony/Annapurna’s Sausage Party, a risky, R-rated animated film –a genre which doesn’t really have a history at the B.O. — and blows away its weekend projections with…

No dragon, dirty sausage or New York heiress with a terrible singing voice will be able to take down Warner Bros’ DC villains pic Suicide Squad, which is expected to rake in $51M-$54M in its second weekend. That’s a 60%-61% decline from its August-record debut of $133.7M, and while that descent isn’t as steep as Batman…

I have to confess I had never heard of Florence Foster Jenkins before this new movie from director Stephen Frears began production. But as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and that is what we have here in this true story about a New York society…

At Paramount’s CinemaCon panel tonight, the studio announced that Stephen Frears’ Meryl Streep-Hugh Grant period piece Florence Foster Jenkins will open on Aug. 12. As a result, MGM co-production Ben-Hur, which was previously set for that date, moves to Aug. 19. That’s good for Par since Aug. 12 is crowded with Disney…

“If you truly loved me, you’d let me sing,” says Meryl Streep as the talentless diva manque in this new trailer for Florence Foster Jenkins, the second movie inspired by the real-life story of the socialite who bought her way to Carnegie Hall. Judging by the international trailer ahead of the movie’s May 6 bow in the…

Here’s one of the most coveted grabs out of Toronto: Viacom’s Paramount Pictures will distribute Academy Award-nominee Stephen Frear’s Florence Foster Jenkins starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. The film is a Pathe and BBC Films presentation with the participation of Canal Plus and Cine Plus of a Qwerty Films…

Stephen Frears is currently shooting Florence Foster Jenkins in the UK. Pathé today has released the first look (see below) at Meryl Streep in the eponymous role and Hugh Grant as her partner and manager, St Clair Bayfield. This has been a hot seller for Pathé International since it was unveiled just prior to the AFM…