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EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Jennifer Lopez is reteaming with Netflix again, this time she will star and produce the action feature The Mother which Mulan director Niki Caro is in talks to direct. Lopez will play a deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years…

On Monday night, Disney had the world premiere of their forthcoming live-action version of the classic animated feature Mulan in Los Angeles and while some were expecting it to follow the lead of major festivals and events closing due to coronavirus fears, the premiere went on as planned and it was filled with red…

Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience, Mad Max: Fury Road) will star as Daisy Jones in the upcoming Amazon original series Daisy Jones & The Six. Director Niki Caro has also joined the show, based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. She will direct multiple episodes, including the first, and also will…

New Zealand native Yoson An has joined Disney’s live-action Mulan film as the titular character’s (played by Liu Yifei) love interest, Chen Honghui, a military recruit. Niki Caro is at the helm of this pic, which will feature a predominantly Chinese cast with Jet Li, Gong Li, Ron Yuan, and Donnie Yen already attached…

EXCLUSIVE: International action star Donnie Yen has been set to star in the live action Mulan based on Disney’s classic animated film and the legendary ballad. Yen will play Commander Tung, a mentor and teacher to Mulan. The Chinese actress Liu Yifei had previously been set to play the title role. The film will be…

EXCLUSIVE: The Time’s Up movement and organization has been steadily progressing over the past 60 days, using the power of Hollywood to help women across all industries so they don’t have to struggle to have a voice to end sexual harassment and inequality in the workplace. The problem is pervasive across all…

EXCLUSIVE: Niki Caro, the Whale Rider helmer who’s in post on the Jessica Chastain-Daniel Bruhl-starrer The Zookeeper’s Wife, has been set to direct Exposure. The film tells the story of scientist Rosalind Franklin, and her critical role in the discovery of DNA's structure. The script is by Hayley Schore & Roshan…

Netflix has joined with Canada’s CBC and Miranda de Pencier’s Northwood Entertainment on upcoming drama series Anne. From showrunner Moira Walley-Beckett, it’s based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic novel Anne Of Green Gables and now has Niki Caro (Whale Rider) aboard to direct the two-hour premiere episode. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Niki Caro has signed with UTA. Caro, whose breakthrough came on Whale Rider, is in post-production on Focus Features' The Zookeeper's Wife starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl, set for a 2017 release. She also directed McFarland for Disney, starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Caro…

Noomi Rapace is set to play iconic opera singer Maria Callas in the feature biopic Callas. Niki Caro (McFarland USA) is attached to direct from a screenplay she adapted from Alsfonso Signorini's biography Too Proud, Too Fragile. Content Media has come aboard to handle world sales. The biopic focuses on the passionate…

In his latest strong turn in a notable late-career resurgence, Kevin Costner stars in McFarland, USA. Yes, it’s another Costner film about sports (though this is nothing like Bull Durham, Tin Cup or Draft Day). And yes, this is another inspirational sports-minded film based on a true story that can appeal to an entire…