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20 years after making audiences laugh with his Scary Movie franchise, Marlon Wayans is making a return to his everyone’s favorite frightening holiday as sources say he is set to star and produce and untitled Halloween pic for Netflix. The adventure-comedy will be directed by Jeff Wadlow with Rob Rugan, Todd Berger…

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T.” That is the name of one of Aretha Franklin’s best-known hits, and it also happens to be the word I would use to describe my admiration not only for the Queen of Soul but now also for the Oscar-winning star who portrays her in the new film that is indeed titled Respect. No matter what flaws there are…

A little over a year ago, actor, writer and producer Marlon Wayans struck an overall deal with HBO Max. Included in the pact was a show in development called Book of Marlon. Wayans also signed for a stand-up special and another multi-act special for the service. On Wednesday, details about the stand-up special came…

Over the course of decades, Marlon Wayans admired the work of director Sofia Coppola and actor Bill Murray from afar, finally getting the chance to collaborate with both on Apple TV+ drama, On the Rocks. Debuting on the streaming platform in October, the film tells the story of Laura (Rashida Jones), a novelist and…

The New York Film Festival may have opened last week with the first part of Steve McQueen’s new series of films for Amazon, but with tonight’s world premiere of Sofia Coppola’s dazzling new comedy On the Rocks, it feels like the fest really has something to shout about. Maybe it has been because 2020 is such a…

In Apple and A24’s first trailer for Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks, we get to see Bill Murray and Rashida Jones go on a very interesting adventure through New York while bonding as father and daughter under very interesting circumstances. As seen in the trailer, Jones plays Laura, a model mother and wife who thinks she…

Marlon Wayans is getting into business with HBO Max. The actor and comedian has struck an overall deal with the WarnerMedia streaming service and has set a number of projects. The digital platform is developing a pilot for Book of Marlon, where he plays a fictionalized version of himself as he attempts to reconcile…

Refresh for updates Tributes to John Witherspoon continued throughout the night after news broke that the actor and comedian had passed. “RIP my brother,” tweeted David Alan Grier. “You will be missed.” Chance the Rapper called him “the definition of an icon.” “The world is a little less funny today,” wrote Samuel L…

MGM and Bron Creative have finalized the cast for its Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, who was previously announced in the lead role. Pic follows the rise of Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom. Production begins Nov. 1. Pic will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has signed with WME. The news comes as he most recently took on seven lead roles in Netflix's Sextuplets, a comedy he also wrote and produced that bowed on the streaming service in August. He next will be seen in Sofia Coppola and Apple-A24's On the Rocks, opposite Bill Murray and Rashida…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has been set to host the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards, which recognize the year’s best in movie marketing trailers, commercials and posters. This year’s ceremony is May 29 at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Netflix leads this year's nominations announced last week…

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans has joined Bill Murray and Rashida Jones in Apple-A24’s first movie On the Rocks from Oscar-winning director Sofia Coppola. As previously announced, On the Rocks follows a young mother (Jones) who reconnects with her larger than life playboy father (Murray) on an adventure through New York…