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UPDATED with trailer: Hulu today unveiled a trailer for its original film The Valet, starring Eugenio Derbez (CODA) and Samara Weaving (Nine Perfect Strangers), which will premiere globally across Disney’s streaming services on May 20th. In The Valet, world famous movie star Olivia (Weaving) faces a PR disaster when a…

EXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving, who most recently appeared in Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers and just wrapped starring opposite Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, has signed with CAA. The agency just dropped a memo to its teams announcing the deal. It’s a busy time for Weaving, with starring roles to…

EXCLUSIVE: An enticing-looking package is coming together for Boy Kills World, an action movie set in a dystopian fever dream reality that is gearing up to shoot in South Africa. Bill Skarsgard (Deadpool 2, It Chapter Two) will lead the cast as protagonist Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family…

Damien Chazelle’s 1920s Hollywood-set movie Babylon has rounded out a bulk of what is expected to be its final casting. Of those set to head back in time are Max Minghella, Flea, Samara Weaving, Rory Scovel, Lukas Haas, Eric Roberts, P.J. Byrne and Damon Gupton. All of them join the previously announced cast of Margot…

Holly Madison's bestselling memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, is in the works for the small screen. Sony Pictures Television has optioned the tell-all book for development as a limited series with Samara Weaving (Hollywood) set to star as Madison…

EXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving (Hollywood) is set as a lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Hulu's tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty's latest book, from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, Kidman's Blossom Films and Endeavor…

Comic-Con@Home is set to bring the most excellent panel to its virtual confab with the cast and filmmakers from the forthcoming Bill & Ted Face The Music. Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves who play the titular time traveling band members of Wyld Stallyns are set to appear on the panel alongside actors Samara Weaving, Briget…

Deadline has confirmed that Ready or Not Australian actress Samara Weaving will play the role of counter-intelligence officer Scarlett in Paramount/Skydance/All Spark/MGM’s G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes. The red-haired soldier, who was known to carry a crossbow as her choice of weapon, was originated in the 1980s Hasbro…

Dylan McDermott, Samara Weaving, Jim Parsons, Maude Apatow, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier and Jake Picking have joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix limited drama series Hollywood. They join previously announced Jeremy Pope, Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Patti LuPone and Holland Taylor. Few details are…

Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo drags the gladiator fight into the modern world, with an anonymous hacker group abducting civilians and forcing them to fight to the death in a live-streamed action game. The film is, "about a normal guy that gets thrust into this world of social media, televised violence," says…

One of the first images to appear for Daniel Radcliffe's TIFF pic Guns Akimbo featured the actor in a bathrobe, with giant, furry monster slippers on his feet, being held at gunpoint by police on the sidewalk of some major urban area. In his hands, two guns appeared to have been strapped in place, and the look on his…

Fox Searchlight, home to smart adult specialty films and Best Picture Oscar winners, takes a complete left turn into genre with the often very funny, often very bloody new horror film Ready Or Not. I am not sure if Searchlight’s regular art house audience will be ready or not, but fans of this kind of thing are in for…