In an interview with The Daily Beast, Simon Monjack, husband of the late actress Brittany Murphy, announced plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Warner Bros. in connection with his wife’s fatal heart attack on Dec. 20. Monjack claims in the interview that Murphy’s death was due to stress caused by WB’s alleged decision last month to cancel a contract for a voice role in the sequel to 2006’s animated musical Happy Feet. Read More...
Broad Green Pictures announced Wednesday that it is working on an adaptation of Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel Orphan Train. Michael London is set to produce, and Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin) will adapt the screenplay. Orphan Train is a historical novel based on the “orphan trains” of the early 20th century that would take abandoned children from East Coast cities to Midwestern farms. It follows the modern-day encounter between Vivian Daly, a 91-year old immigrant who once rode an orphan train from New York to Minnesota, and 17-year old Molly Ayer, who is about to age out of the foster care system in Maine. Read More...
Heart don't fail me now, courage don't desert me… EW is going to take you on journey to the past cast, the Anastasia cast album that is, with the debut of the the original Broadway cast recording of the new musical based on the 1997 animated film and the 1956 Ingrid Bergman-led production. The album features a score from Tony winners Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), including Academy Award-nominated tune " Read More...
