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Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult are set to return for a third season of Hulu’s The Great following a successful sophomore season currently available to stream in its entirety. The series, one of the streamer’s top-performing original comedies, has now been renewed for a 10-episode third season. In Season 2, Catherine…

EXCLUSIVE: Awkwafina is set to join Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage Universal Pictures' Renfield, a monster movie centered on Dracula's familiar henchman with Hoult playing the title role. No word yet on what Awkwafina’s role would be. The Tomorrow War director Chris McKay is on board to helm the pic, which is based…

Nicolas Cage has been tapped to play Dracula in Universal Pictures' Renfield, a monster movie centered on Dracula's familiar henchman starring Nicholas Hoult in the title role. The Tomorrow War director Chris McKay is on board to helm the pic, which is based on an original story outline from Robert Kirkman. Ryan…

On Friday, the creators and stars of The Great stopped by TCA to tease the second season of their acclaimed Hulu comedy, which is set to premiere on November 19. Creator, writer and EP Tony McNamara, EP Marian Macgowan, and EP-actor Nicholas Hoult were joined on the panel by EP-actor Elle Fanning, who touched on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Less then a week after landing a starring role in Searchlight’s The Menu, Nicholas Hoult looks to have found another project to add to his dance card. Sources tell Deadline that Hoult is on board to star in Universal Pictures' Renfield, a monster movie centered on Dracula's familiar henchman. The Tomorrow Wa…

Nicholas Hoult is set to join Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes in Searchlight’s dark comedy The Menu. Hong Chau is also on board. Mark Mylod, who has played a major part in the success of HBO's Succession, will direct. Adam McKay will produce through his Hyperobject Industries banner along with Betsy Koch. The film…

It has been more than a decade since Angelina Jolie last took on a singular action role (in Salt), but with the movie adaptation of Michael Koryta’s novel Those Who Wish Me Dead from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, she has found a vehicle that lets her show her stunt ability (she did most of them) as well as…

EXCLUSIVE: Following critical acclaim that recently earned him multiple accolades including a SAG nomination, Nicholas Hoult is looking to stay in business with The Great producers for the long haul. Hoult has signed a first-look television deal with MRC Television and Civic Center Media via his newly formed…

When it came to playing the hijinks of Russian empress visionary Catherine the Great and her buffoon husband Peter III in Hulu and MRC’s period series The Great, Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult “threw out the history books.” More specifically, rather than have their performances become bogged down by all the…

While promoting his Oscar-nominated work on 2018's The Favourite, writer Tony McNamara expressed a dissatisfaction with period drama. Industry insiders were surprised, then, when his follow-up project turned out to be Hulu's The Great, a darkly comic satire charting the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the…

David and Nathan Zellner will direct Alpha Gang, with Andrea Riseborough, Jon Hamm, Nicholas Hoult, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mackenzie Davis, Sofia Boutella and Steven Yeun starring. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales with CAA Media Finance handling North American sales. Pic will be unveiled at virtual C…

“I only wanna be a knight to help people in need,” the semi-valiant Patrick says, “because the king is a terrible ruler.” Sounds innocent enough. But this is a king who smiles as he asserts, “We need a public execution! You go down to the dungeon for me and pick out a real all-star.” Here is the first full trailer…