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UPDATE, with Broadway relief agreement The Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's new comedy Hangmen will not resume performances when the coronavirus shutdown is lifted. The producers of the Olivier Award-winning play, starring Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens and Game of Thrones‘ Mark Addy, said today that they do not…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: I’ve heard from sources that Martin McDonagh has a title ready for his next movie, the one he’ll shoot this summer with In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in the lead roles. The film is titled The Banshees of Inisheer. PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, 8:07 AM: Martin McDonagh’s untitled next film…

Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens and Game of Thrones‘ Mark Addy will head up the Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy Hangmen, arriving at the Golden Theatre Friday, Feb. 28, for a limited 20-week engagement and an opening night of Thursday, March 19. Stevens will play Mooney, a mysterious newcomer to the…

Martin McDonagh's Olivier Award-winning comedy Hangmen is headed to Broadway. The Royal Court Theatre/Atlantic Theater Company production will begin performances in February 2020 for a strictly limited twenty-week engagement through Saturday, July 18. Previews begin at Broadway's Golden Theatre on Friday, February 28…

UPDATED with video: Sam Rockwell has won his first Oscar, taking the Best Supporting Actor tonight for his role in the darkly comedic, politically resonant drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in the first award of the evening at the 90th Academy Awards. Besting The Florida Project‘s Willem Dafoe, long…

EXCLUSIVE: Best Picture Oscar nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has driven past the $100M signpost worldwide. From Fox Searchlight and the UK’s Film4, the Martin McDonagh-helmed dark comedy is, much like its protagonist Mildred Hayes, proving its mettle with $105.1M globally through Wednesday. From…

Martin McDonagh is riding high. This coming Sunday he is nominated for no less than four BAFTA Awards for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and two weeks later will be at the Oscars where the film is up for seven Academy Awards including writing and Best Picture for McDonagh himself. Rather shockingly, he was…

Martin McDonagh is riding high. This coming Sunday he is nominated for no less than four BAFTA Awards for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and two weeks later will be at the Oscars where the film is up for seven Academy Awards including writing and Best Picture for McDonagh himself. Rather shockingly, he was…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Martin McDonagh finds himself in rarefied territory this season after the Academy’s directors branch rather shockingly “snubbed” him and failed to nominate him in their category for his much-acclaimed Golden Globe winner and Oscar Best Picture…

There was a 7.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska this morning, but for many in Hollywood the real rumble was the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards. The roughly 6,000 AMPAS voters took some like Gary Oldman, Jordan Peele and Allison Janney to higher ground. However, for the overlooked Tom Hanks, James…

EXCLUSIVE: Every distributor arriving in Park City today faces challenges, but none comes here with a more intriguing narrative than Fox Searchlight and its long time leaders and stalwart Sundance buyers Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley. Just as Disney ended 2017 by leaving Hollywood gobsmacked with the announcement it…

Martin McDonagh took two trips to the stage at last night’s Golden Globe Awards, collecting the Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture trophies as part of a 4-awards-strong haul for the movie that puts it in prime position as awards season trundles on. His dark horse contender, which previously won the coveted…