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Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo actually got nominated for an Academy Award with 2011’s Bridesmaids as Best Original Screenplay. That hilarious comedy also made a mint at the box office for Universal and sparked numerous imitators. Wiig, who also starred in it, steadfastly has resisted turning out a sequel, so I guess…

Jamie Dornan (A Private War) has been tapped as the lead of The Tourist, the six-episode limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures. HBO Max has come on board to co-produce and be the US streaming home for the mystery thriller, which also has cast Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin'), Shalom…

Oscar winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley says he had a simple reason for wanting to turn his play, Outside Mullingar, into a movie: location, location, location. "Sometimes you are doing a play and you want to make it into a movie and people don't think it is a good idea. But when you are doing a play set in…

Wild Mountain Thyme is an Irish charmer of the tallest order and the most winning romantic comedy of 2020, not that there is a whole lot competition for that title in this strange year. Prepare to be swept away for two glorious hours to an idyllic place that will make you forget the woes of the real world, and I…

The girl loves the boy on the next farm over, but he doesn’t get it. Now the grown woman loves the grown man on the farm next door, and … he’s still clueless. Here is the trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme. Set amid the 40 shades of green in rural Ireland, it follows Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt), whose unrequited love…

Joshua Jackson (Little Fires Everywhere, The Affair) has been tapped for the title role in Peacock's Dr. Death. He will star opposite Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater in the UCP-produced limited series based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name. Jackson replaces Jamie Dornan, who was cast in the role in August…

UPDATED: Well Go USA has set an October 23 release date in theaters and drive-ins for Synchronic, the sci-fi thriller starring Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie that the distributor picked up at last year’s Toronto Film Festival in a seven-figure deal. A digital release is also in the works for January. The pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Blue chip UK talent agency Troika, which reps 300+ clients, is going through a significant transition following the announced departure of co-founders Conor McCaughan and Michael Duff after 15 years at the helm. In his first interview in the role, we spoke to new Executive Chairman Ben Hall about the…

After modest quirky early indie features like Douchebag and Spooner, director-writer Drake Doremus won well-deserved critical acclaim for his breakthrough 2011 romance Like Crazy that featured Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. Since then, his record has been more inconsistent, including meh detours…

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has struck a deal with XYZ Films for UK and Irish rights to the sci-fi film Synchronic starring Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless), the Toronto and London film fests title follows two New Orleans paramedics who encounter a…

After cult favorites Spring (2014) and The Endless (2017) Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson are starting to break out from under the radar with their trippy TIFF entry Synchronic. "It's about two paramedics in New Orleans who have been friends for a really long time," Moorhead explained when the directing duo stopped…

Drake Doremus’s Endings, Beginnings is a coming-of-age story of sorts. The pic stars Shailene Woodley as Daphne, a thirtysomething woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. In an attempt to get her life on track financially and romantically, but gets caught in a love triangle with a…