Few films have had a more transformative impact on their local industry than Four Weddings And A Funeral, which was released twenty five years ago this week.

Grossing a remarkable $245M off a $4M budget, the film about a committed bachelor who unexpectedly finds love, helped pave the way for a string of globally succes…

The cast and creators of iconic Brit comedy Four Weddings And A Funeral are reuniting to make charity short film One Red Nose Day And A Wedding.

Richard Curtis, who wrote the original film and is the co-founder of charity telethon Red Nose Day, has written the short for the 2019 edition of the charity fundraiser. It…

UPDATED: Universal we hear is stoked from what they’ve seen in the early clips from Danny Boyle’s untitled musical comedy and are moving the pic from its Sept. 13, 2019 release to June 28 next year.

Another reason for the Boyle pic move: Focus Features’ Downton Abbey movie which will roll out on Sept. 13 abroad, Sept…

EXCLUSIVE: The cast for Universal and Working Title’s untitled Danny Boyle-directed, Richard Curtis-scripted comedy keeps expanding with Sophia Di Martino (Channel 4's Flowers), Joel Fry (Paddington 2, HBO's Game of Thrones) and Harry Michell (Chubby Funny) joining the already announced Lily James, Himesh Patel, Kate…

EXCLUSIVE: Ana de Armas has joined Universal/Working Title’s Danny Boyle untitled romantic comedy scripted by Richard Curtis.

The Blade Runner 2049 actress will play the role of Roxanne and joins Lily James,  Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran in the upcoming feature. The plot is still under wraps.

De Armas can…

Here’s a hot one. Deadline has learned that Danny Boyle is teaming up with fellow UK stalwart Richard Curtis on a music-themed comedy feature for Universal Pictures and UK powerhouse Working Title.

Currently in development at Universal, the project is being written by Love Actually scribe Curtis with Slumdog Millionair…

The Paper Mill Playhouse will host the world premiere of Unmasked, the musical celebrating the career of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The New Jersey theater said today it will open the 2018-2019 season with a limited run of the brand-new production starting September 27 and running through October 28, 2018.

The news comes as W…

British charity Comic Relief is getting the Love Actually band back together for a short film that will revisit the characters from Richard Curtis' 2003 romantic comedy and see what they're up to in 2017. The short, Red Nose Day Actually, is being made in support of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day fundraiser, which airs…

Richard Curtis, one of the industry's greatest humanitarians and one of its most gifted writers of romantic comedies, will be this year's recipient of the WGA West's Valentine Davies Award in recognition of his charitable and humanitarian endeavors. His writing credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually…

The upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid set to star Chloë Grace Moretz in the title role is close to finding a captain to steer the ship. Rebecca Thomas, who recently lined up Looking for Alaska for Paramount, is in early talks to direct the adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale.

Sofia Coppola was orig…

Universal and Working Title have tapped Kick Ass‘s Chloë Grace Moretz to star in a new live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, if the film tracks the original story, expect a far more bittersweet tale than the one that has filtered into popular culture thanks…

It’s become a billion-dollar fundraising fixture on British TV, but now NBC says it will collaborate with Comic Relief U.K. and Funny Or Die to bring Richard Curtis‘ Red Nose Day charity special to the United States. Curtis will serve as an executive producer for the NBC telecast, which will feature sketch comedy…