COVID. Monkeypox. Pac-Man Fever? We sure are living in some strange times and they're about to get stranger now that Pac-Man, the beloved video game that's been chomping up fans since 1980, is getting his own live-action movie. A joint venture between Wayfarer Studios and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., the film is based on an idea by producer Chuck Williams, one of the minds behind 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog, which, unlike many failed adaptations, proved that video game nostalgia can actually make money. Read More...
Married filmmaking duo Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson are collaborating together for the first time since 2009. EW has confirmed the Golden Globe-winning Nocturnal Animals star and his Fifty Shades of Grey-directing spouse will team for an adaptation of James Frey’s controversial book A Million Little Pieces, originally published in 2003 and featured prominently as part of Oprah’s book club. THR broke the news. Initially touted as a tell-all memoir about a 23-year-old man’s recovery from years of drug and alcohol abuse, that claim was later debunked after The Smoking Gun exposed the piece as an embellished account loosely based on true events, with portions of the story completely fabricated by the writer. Read More...
The selling point for Trayf, now making its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, is Louisa Jacobson, Meryl Streep's youngest daughter fresh off a sunny television debut on HBO's The Gilded Age. It's lucky for the production there's a star to draw audiences in, as Lindsay Joelle's script offers rich rewards that transcend any star power (plus, Jacobson is only in one scene anyway). The play, which takes its title from the Jewish word for something unfit to be eaten/used under religious laws, probes questions of community, belonging, and identity as it challenges the lines between secularism and Orthodox Judaism. Read More...
