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The remarkable true story of Harry Haft is made even more pertinent by the simple fact that his story has not been the subject of a large-scale feature film — until now. It took a script from a young Australian, Justine Juel Gillmer (who also boxes), to generate interest for Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson (Rainm…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Critical Thinking) is in final talks to join Searchlight’s The Menu from producers Adam McKay and Betsy Koch. The film, directed by Mark Mylod, is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centering on a…

EXCLUSIVE: John Leguizamo (John Wick) crime movie Dark Blood has been picked up for distribution in North and South America by FilmRise. Spanish-language film Dark Blood, directed by Colombian filmmaker Harold Trompetero (Diastole y systole: Los movimientos del Corazon), follows a father who is imprisoned after…

Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo will star in an Off Broadway streaming production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Scott Elliott and premiering online Tuesday, May 6. The New Group production will co-star Wallace Shawn, Tarik Trotter and Drake Bradshaw. Hawke will play Vladimir, and Leguizamo will…

Movies set in the classroom with inspiring stories about teachers and their students has been a staple of Hollywood films from Goodbye Mr. Chips and To Sir, with Love to Up the Down Staircase and Dead Poet’s Society. A new one, Critical Thinking, has more in common with the grit and outsider spirit of the likes of Lean…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to John Leguizamo's feature directorial debut Critical Thinking, which he also stars in and produced. Written by Dito Montiel, Critical Thinking tells the 1998 true story of five LatinX and Black teenagers from Miami Jackson Senior High School…

NGL Collective (New Generation Latinos), a media company founded by actor John Leguizamo and David Chitel, has launched #UnidosTogether, a new initiative that will utilize various cross-platform brands and celebrities in order to unite, empower and entertain diverse communities with content while they shelter-in-place…

Amazon unveiled Tuesday that John Leguizamo, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Halle Bush, Heather Agyepong, Nico Hiraga and Daniela Vega have joined the 10-part global thriller The Power. Emmy Award-winning casting directors Nina Gold (Game of Thrones) and Carmen Cuba (Stranger Things) have brought together this…

Danny DeVito, Phantom Thread actress Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Saro Emirze, and Dar Zuzovsky are set for Harry Haft, the Barry Levinson-directed film based on the novel Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano by Alan Scott Haft. The group joins previously announced titular…

John Leguizamo, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., who next appears opposite Hailee Steinfeld in Paramount’s standalone Bumblebee film, and The Wire alum Michael K. Williams will star in the indie film Critical Thinking, with Leguizamo also directing. It’s a true story, set in 1998, of how a group of disparate kids from a…

A three-time Emmy nominee recognized this year for the first time in almost 20 years, Waco's John Leguizamo dove head first into Paramount Network's limited series, investigating the psychology of David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and those who fell under their spell. With this true-crime series from John Erick Dowdle…

EXCLUSIVE: As the hours tick away until the 2018 Primetime Emmy nominations are announced later this week, the 2019-launching Central Park Five from Ava DuVernay cast some likely major contenders for next year in the Netflix limited series today. Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo have all joined the…