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BREAKING: Though his adaptation of West Side Story is not set to make its premiere till later this year, Steven Spielberg looks to have found his next directing gig, one of which is very close to home. Sources tell Deadline that Spielberg is coming on to direct an untitled pic at Amblin Partners that is loosely based…

EXCLUSIVE: The long-in-development Peggy Lee biopic Fever not only looks to have found a new studio to call home, but also a new star to play the legendary singer. Sources tell Deadline that MGM is in talks to come aboard the Peggy Lee biopic, with Academy Award nominee Todd Haynes set to direct and four-time Academy…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is turning into quite a successful partnership, Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt look to have found their next project together.  A24 has come on to Reichardt's next film Showing Up with Williams attaching herself to star. The news was confirmed via a new episode of The A24 Podcast, which drops…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Chastain will reunite with Oscar Isaac to star in Scenes From A Marriage, the HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s miniseries. Deal came together after Michelle Williams exited the lead female role over scheduling issues. Limited series comes from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai…

HBO has given a green light to Scenes From a Marriage, a limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic miniseries, starring and executive produced by Michelle Williams and Oscar Isaac. It comes from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Endeavor Content. Written and…

Michelle Williams used her time onstage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night to advocate for a woman’s right to choose. The Fosse/Verdon star devoted her speech to the necessity of preserving a woman's right to choose, after picking up the Best Actress in a Limited series award. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of…

UPDATED with speech and backstage video: An emotional Michelle Williams praised FX and Fox 21 Television Studios, thanking them for their support and for “paying me equally” in her acceptance speech for her Emmy win for outstanding actress in a limited series or movie for Fosse/Verdon. This was the four-time…

There will be some surprises and maybe even a record broken on September 22 at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards when they start handing out hardware in the top acting categories. Emmy Predictions: Final Drama, Comedy, Limited Series & Movie Winner Picks Yesterday, we handed out our final Emmy predictions for Outstanding…

“When you're walking backwards, and you roll your shoulder backwards, it's not a seduction—it's a con." It's one of the first impressions we get of Michelle Williams' Gwen Verdon as she dispenses advice to a group of tired dancers performing "Big Spender" during her husband Bob Fosse's 1969 film Sweet Charity. It's a…

Monday night at the Zanuck Theatre on the Fox lot, Fosse/Verdon stars Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams shared stories of the making of their brilliant eight-part limited series which has been nominated for a whopping 17 Emmy Awards – and deservedly so – including Lead Actor for Rockwell and Lead Actress for Williams…

An inside look at the partnership between choreographer/director Bob Fosse and legendary dancer Gwen Verdon—two of the most influential artists of the 20th century—FX limited series Fosse/Verdon covers five decades of American history over the course of its eight episodes. Given the scope of the story at hand, the…

If you are going to remake an Oscar-nominated film from a world-class, Oscar-winning director like Susanne Bier, you might as go all in and really remake it. That is what writer-director Bart Freundlich has done with After the Wedding, pulling off a compelling gender switch from the Danish original and casting two…