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Saban Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Hannibal Classics to John Luessenhop's action thriller Speed Kills, starring John Travolta. Written by by Luessenhop (Takers) and David Aaron Cohen, Speed Kills is based on the true story of speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Don Aronow (Travolta), who…

Jimmy Fallon brought a couple of his best characters and impressions back to his old Saturday Night Live stomping grounds, chief among them a young John Travolta (this time facing off against his aging Travolta) and, in another sketch, Boston Sully, with his wicked Sox loyalty and chowder-thick Southie accent. First…

EXCLUSIVE: John Travolta will star as speedboat racing champion Don Aronow in Speed Kills, the John Luessenhop-directed drama backed by Hannibal that will film in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Miami Beach starting May 30. Hannibal's Richard Rionda Del Castro is producing with Oscar Generale and Luillo Ruiz of the…

“Movies originally attracted the artist because of the freedom, and now all that freedom is on TV,” said The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’s John Travolta, holding the show’s Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series. In addition to playing Simpson legal meister Robert Shapiro, and being nominated for the…

Jonathan D. Krane, producer of the Look Who’s Talking series of films who had a long working relationship with John Travolta and was married to Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kellerman for 36 years died suddenly in his home on Monday, Kellerman has announced. He was 65. “So sorry to report the sudden passing on Monday…

Emmet/Furla/Oasis and director Kevin Connolly have started production on The Life And Death Of John Gotti, and found some actors to play the literal and figurative family around John Travolta’s John Gotti, with Kelly Preston playing his wife, Victoria. Stacy Keach is playing Neil Dellacroce, the famed underboss for…

EXCLUSIVE: John Travolta has signed with CAA. The two-time Oscar nominee and two time Globe-winning actor is coming off his performance as attorney Robert Shapiro in the FX series American Crime Story: The People Vs O.J. Simpson. It was Travolta’s first TV stint in two decades. Travolta had been with WME. The…

EXCLUSIVE: After a series of false starts, the movie about notorious New York City crime boss John Gotti and his relationship with the son who followed in his footsteps is back on solid footing. Kevin Connolly has been set to direct, with John Travolta still aboard to play Gotti Sr. The financing has been firmed by…

Summer TV Press Tour 2015, or TCA as it's often called in honor of the TV Critics Association whose members swarm the semi-annual confab, promises to be especially yeasty. Sure, it has its usual post-Comic-Con challenges. What with that San Diego fan-fest having wrapped two full weeks earlier, TCA organizers…

Image Entertainment acquired the North American and UK rights to Criminal Activities, the Jackie Earle Haley-directed and Robert Lowell-scripted film that stars Haley, John Travolta, Dan Stevens, Michael Pitt, Christopher Abbott, Rob Brown and Edi Gathegi. Film will be released in the fall. Pic tells the story of four…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.  FLEMING: Before we get going here, I want to let readers know we won’t file a column next week. I’ll be away on a long trip and ask…

A star is born: With the run at the Public Theater sold out and arrival on Broadway this summer assured, the producers of Hamilton unveiled their striking new logo for the show. Striking because Lin-Manuel Miranda, the unofficial mayor of Washington Heights who wrote the book and hip-hop score and plays the title role…