Jake Johnson’s Directorial Debut ‘Self Reliance’ Lands at Hulu
Jake Johnson’s feature directorial debut, Self Reliance, is heading to Hulu after debuting at the South by Southwest Film Festival earlier this year. The streaming service said Thursday that it has...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick, Michael Keaton, Ethan Hawke Films to Premiere at Toronto Film...
The Toronto Film Festival is betting on a “star-studded” event with a strong U.S. presence in September as it unveiled 60 films for its highest-profile Gala and Special Presentations programs amid...
View ArticleTIFF CEO Cameron Bailey Talks Strong U.S. Film Lineup Amid Strikes: “We’re in...
After naysayers predicted the SAG-AFTRA strike would greatly limit U.S. titles and Hollywood A-listers from walking up the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival in September, an upbeat TIFF CEO...
View ArticleToronto: Netflix Nabs Anna Kendrick’s Directorial Debut ‘Woman of the Hour’
Netflix has picked up Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, for around $11 million after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The...
View ArticleToronto: Netflix Picks Up Lucy Walker’s ‘Mountain Queen’ Doc
Netflix has nabbed the worldwide rights to Lucy Walker’s documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa after presenting a work-in-progress screening at the Toronto Film Festival. “It’s...
View Article‘Woman of the Hour’ Review: Anna Kendrick’s Directorial Debut Is Chilling...
The actress helms and stars in a dramatization of a serial killer's appearance on a dating game show in the middle of his murder spree.
View Article‘Trolls Band Together’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick Helps Justin Timberlake Reunite...
The rainbow-colored family is having a reunion like no other in the newly released trailer for Trolls Band Together. The trailer also features ‘N Sync’s first song together in 20 years, “Better Place,”...
View ArticleSeptember Letter’s Brittany Snow and Jaspre Guest Toasted at Backyard Party...
Brittany Snow and Jaspre Guest did not let the month close without toasting the three-year anniversary of their mental health platform September Letters. They did so with the help of lifestyle website...
View Article‘Trolls Band Together’ Review: Groan-Worthy Threequel Mines Justin...
The third installment in the hit animated franchise features returning voice cast member Anna Kendrick as well as new additions Amy Schumer and Zosia Mamet.
View Article‘A Simple Favor 2’ Is a Go: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively Returning for Paul...
It’s time to raise an Aviation gin martini to toast Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively returning for another glamorous mystery with A Simple Favor 2 from director Paul Feig. Amazon MGM Studios announced...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick Picks the Wrong Guy in Trailer for Netflix’s True-Crime...
Kendrick makes her directorial debut with the film that hits the streamer next month after debuting at TIFF.
View ArticleAnna Kendrick on How She Pitched Herself as a Director for ‘Woman of the Hour’
At the film's L.A. premiere, Kendrick recalled giving "perhaps the most ambivalent pitch in the history of Hollywood" to nab the job and explained why Paul Feig was the first person she called after...
View ArticleHow Anna Kendrick’s ‘Woman of the Hour’ Finally Made It to Netflix After...
Screenwriter Ian McDonald tells The Hollywood Reporter why he had to change dialogue from the 'Dating Game' episode at the center of the movie and explains his failed efforts to meet contestant Cheryl...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick Donated All of Her ‘Woman of the Hour’ Pay to Anti-Violence...
“This was never a money-making venture for me," Kendrick said of directing and starring in the film.
View ArticleBlake Lively, Anna Kendrick Face Off in ‘Another Simple Favor’ Trailer
Director Paul Feig's Amazon follow-up to his 2018 original is set to start streaming this spring.
View ArticleBlake Lively Returns to the Red Carpet for ‘Another Simple Favor’ Premiere at...
Lively appeared in Austin on Friday night amid her ongoing legal battle with 'It Ends With Us' director and co-star Justin Baldoni.
View Article‘Another Simple Favor’ First Reactions Praise Anna Kendrick and Blake...
The Paul Feig film opened the South by Southwest film and television festival.
View ArticleBlake Lively Debuts New ‘Simple Favor’ Movie to a Warm Welcome at SXSW Amid...
The movie from director Paul Feig acted as the opening night premiere at the festival, where Lively called her role “my favorite character I have ever been fortunate enough to play.”
View Article‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively Return for Paul...
In the follow-up to campy mystery 'A Simple Favor,' Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers reunite for a wild adventure in Capri.
View ArticlePaul Feig Tried to Kill ‘Simple Favor’ Sequel “Many Times”
“We threw out a whole script that was greenlit,” the filmmaker said, in a conversation that also touched on Blake Lively's wardrobe assists ("Such a fucking movie star") and studio distrust: "They...
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