“The Power of Love” is coming to the stage: a new stage musical inspired by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News is in the works, it was announced on Thursday. Heart of Rock and Roll will feature hits such as “Stuck with You,” “Hip to Be Square,” “If This Is It,” and more. The book is written by Jonathan Abrams, based on a story by Abrams and Tyler Mitchell, and will be directed by Gordon Greenberg. Read More...
The New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi specializes in a unique strain of deadpan absurdity that can be a bit of an acquired taste. When it works, it really works. When it doesn’t, well, the crickets can be deafening. His latest, the Kiwi coming-of-age comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople, falls somewhere in between. Best known for his work on HBO’s brilliant Flight of the Conchords and his sharp 2015 vampire spoof What We Do in the Shadows, Waititi has earned enough fans in high places that he was recently handed a gigantic sack of Marvel money to make the next Thor installment, which should definitely be interesting if nothing else. Read More...
The layers surrounding Jennifer Lopez's stripper dramedy Hustlers are slowly peeling off. EW can exclusively reveal the first official poster for the Lorene Scafaria-directed film, which features the cast basking in the soft glow of sensual neon lights. Among those featured on the poster is Crazy Rich Asians' Constance Wu, who leads the film as Destiny, a young woman who turns to stripping to support her grandmother. Lopez anchors the one-sheet as Ramona, a strong-willed veteran dancer who enlists Destiny's help in concocting a plan to drug and scam their wealthy Wall Street clients out of untold sums of cash, while rising music star Lizzo and real-life ex-stripper-turned-rapper Cardi B appear as well, playing small roles as Ramona's strip club colleagues named Liz and Diamond, respectively. Read More...
