Innholdsfortegnelse for Wednesday November 14 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

FILM 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford (WME, the U.K.’s Independent, Brillstein, Sloane Offer) has joined Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery Knives Out. Greg Berlanti (WME, Felker Toczek) will direct a Rock Hudson biopic based on Mark Griffin’s book All That Heaven Allows for Universal. Fox 2000 has acquired The League of Wives, Heath Lee’s upcoming nonfiction book about military wives turned Vietnam War lobbyists, for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine banner. John Boyega (WME, the U.K.’s Identity, Hansen Jacobson) and Letitia Wright (WME, the U.K.’s Identity) will star in 21 Laps’ adaptation of Katie Khan’s sci-fi love story Hold Back the Stars. The Lego Batman Movie’s Chris McKay (UTA, Rise, Morris Yorn) will direct Warner Bros.’ Jonny Quest. TELEVISION The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield (WME, Hansen…

Until the Last Star Fades (KIRKWALL BOOKS, NOV. 8) BY Jacquelyn Middleton AGENCY Kirkwall Middleton’s adult romance could do well in a Hollywood that is falling back in love with rom-coms. Riley Hope is in her senior year at NYU and engaged to her NHL-bound boyfriend, when a struggling British actor comes crashing into her life. “Stealing Time” (GQ, OCT. 31) BY Amy Wallace AGENCY UTA From GQ’s November issue, the contemporary spin on a classic heist tale is a true story that centers on the hunt for a group of thieves, headed by a former professional baseball player, that stole millions of dollars’ worth of watches from SoCal malls.…

“For one day, the left and the right finally came together to agree on something: that I’m a dick.”PETE DAVIDSONThe comedian, on SNL, apologizing (in person) to newly elected Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw for mocking the fact that he lost an eye while fighting in Afghanistan. “Yap, yap — go back to your kennels.”ANONYMOUSAn unnamed Hollywood filmmaker, in The New York Times, complaining in a lengthy story about the “malaise” in Hollywood post-#MeToo. “People in L.A. don’t believe numbers as much as people in Silicon Valley.”BOB HELDTThe former Netflix engineer, in The Wall Street Journal, discussing the “tension” between the entertainment and tech industries. “I haven’t had a smoothie that delightful since I was, like, 10 years old.”HILARY DUFFThe actress, on the Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy podcast, giving a thumbs-up…

John Legend stopped by Alta Adams. … Olivia Munn lunched at Soho House West Hollywood. … Jamie Dornan was at Mr Chow. On a different day, Beny Alagem and Bert Salke were also in. … At Sunset Tower, Ryan Murphy shared a table with Joan Collins for dinner. … Bob Iger, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Malcolm Gladwell lunched at Farmshop. … Busy Philipps popped by NoMad L.A. … Jennifer Meyer had lunch at La Scala Beverly Hills. … Paris Hilton and Petra Ecclestone stopped by Doheny Room. … Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson enjoyed date night at NYC’s Polo Bar. HOT NEW RESTAURANT Dama The Quick Pitch The team behind Venice’s Scopa has branched into downtown L.A.’s Fashion District with a pan-Latin concept across from Rossoblu (as well as…

Kevin Hart kept promising Will Packer that he would get him a watch. The year was 2012, the movie was Think Like a Man. After the fairly low-budget romantic comedy made more than $90 million, its director, Tim Story, bought Packer, the film’s producer, a limited-edition Breitling Chronospace Blacksteel, which combines mechanical and digital displays. “Tim’s the guy who got me started,” says Packer, 44, of his love of luxury timepieces. “I said, ‘Wow, you know what, I like having an upscale watch.’ It’s the gentleman’s accessory.” Adds Story, “I consider watches, like shoes, to be the two greatest first impressions of a man’s style. And Will already had the shoes!” Soon after, recalls Packer, “Kevin told me, ‘You know what, Will, you did a great job with this movie.…

Tapping into the recent popularity of men’s tailoring for women among stars including Blake Lively, Claire Foy, Evan Rachel Wood, Jessica Chastain and Tracee Ellis Ross, British designer Paul Smith is releasing a limited-edition women’s tuxedo collection. Just in time for the holiday and awards seasons, it’s available only at his iconic pink-hued L.A. store. The 13-piece capsule, $395 to $1,495, ranges from a tuxedo coat dress and slim-fit jacket to slouchy trousers and a satin blouse with tie. Smith (who founded his menswear company in 1970, adding womenswear in 1993) says he’s seen “trends come, go and then come back again” and designed the collection to be limited to classic black and white. His menswear, loved by Armie Hammer and Daniel Day-Lewis, is more distinct for its vibrant hues…

The Man Who Laughs 1928 This silent film adaptation of a Victor Hugo novel follows the story of a mysterious man in the court of Queen Anne (played by Josephine Crowell) whose face has been disfigured into a permanent smile. A possible precursor to The Joker? The First Churchills 1969 PBS’ very first Masterpiece Theatre series had Margaret Tyzack playing Queen Anne and Susan Hampshire in Rachel Weisz’s role (although Ssarah Churchill was originally going to be played by a young actress named Judi Dench). A Glass of Water 1979 In this semi-comic Soviet-era production, Russian actress Natalya Belokhvostikova portrayed Queen Anne as a decadent daydreamer who spends her days reading romance novels and pining for her true love. Yellowbeard 1983 Bulldog-faced British character actor Peter Bull played her majesty…

We met Stan in San Diego after sneaking into a Comic-Con party in 2003. Or rather, we forced him to meet us. He was as gracious and inspiring then as he was years later when we met him at his POW! offices. He did the meeting as a favor to a friend — we clearly had nothing to offer him. But we had made Clone High at that point and met with him to see if there was anything we could do together in TV animation. When we came in, we thought we were going to pitch him ideas, but he ended up pitching us no less than seven ideas in a 45-minute meeting. That’s just the kind of guy he was — an idea machine. He seemed to be…

What does love sound like? Composer Nicholas Britell was tasked with answering that question while creating the score for Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk. “I remember Barry’s first thought on what the world of the music might be was brassy: ‘I’m hearing horns,’” says Britell, 38, of creating the sound of the 1970s in Harlem, where author James Baldwin’s story of a pregnant woman whose boyfriend is falsely accused of rape takes place. In response, Britell, who worked with Jenkins on 2016’s Moonlight, wrote a piece that had trumpets, flugelhorns and French horns, but “it felt like it was missing something.” Britell decided to add strings after realizing that the overall theme of the film was love in its many forms. “The strings represent love and the brass…

Chris Meledandri The animation guru’s The Grinch restarts Universal’s Dr. Seuss franchise with a $67.6 million domestic debut and could play through the holidays. Brian Roberts President Trump backs the American Cable Association’s effort to break up Comcast over antitrust concerns, saying it hurts consumers “much worse” than AT&T-Time Warner. Marti Noxon The Sharp Objects and Dietland alum inks a rich overall deal with Netflix for four years, taking home eight figures per year. Nick Bell The Snapchat content chief exits after five years as CEO Evan Spiegel struggles to grow revenue and user numbers. Showbiz Stocks $32.57 (+1%) VIACOM (VIAB) The conglomerate’s MTV expands its live-events business by purchasing the SnowGlobe Music Festival, which hosts a multiday event that ends with a New Year’s Eve concert in Lake Tahoe,…

In December 2016, when Lionsgate completed its $4.4 billion acquisition for Starz in order to bet on the success of an over-the-top service, the prospects were less than rosy. But now the premium TV channel had seen its OTT subscribers jump past the 3 million mark amid a crowded market, putting its streaming service on competitive footing with CBS All Access and Showtime OTT, offerings that research firm eMarketer estimates had 2.5 million subscribers apiece at the end of 2017. (CBS does not disclose separate numbers for All Access and Showtime.) How’d that happen? Brahm Eiley, president of Convergence Consulting Group, says that ensuring a stream of popular originals like Power, Outlander and Counterpart has enabled the Chris Albrecht-led Starz to nab new OTT subscribers — either via a $9…

Deal of the Week As more small-screen franchises are created in an attempt to stand out in the ever-growing “peak TV” era — 520 originals and counting — those expanded television universes also are increasingly taking a multipronged storytelling approach. AMC is making three big-budget, feature-length Walking Dead TV movies starring Andrew Lincoln, as Sony Pictures TV plots a Breaking Bad sequel, rumored to be a two-hour project, with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, sources say. And Michelle Yeoh joins Patrick Stewart as another Star Trek captain who may get a series in a CBS All Access universe that includes an animated comedy and shortform entry Short Treks. “The franchise strategy in many respects is an extension of the spinoff strategy but done on a grander scale,” ICM Partners co-managing…

THR’s Next Gen Los Angeles, Nov. 7 Baby2Baby Gala Culver City, Nov. 10 Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration Los Angeles, Nov. 7 Patron of the Artists Awards Beverly Hills, Nov. 8 ACLU Bill of Rights Awards Beverly Hills, Nov. 11 Party Crawler Class of 2018 THR cover star Noah Centineo (2) (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), Jovan Adepo (9) (Overlord) and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (7) (The Land) were among the fast-rising Hollywood stars and executives celebrated at THR’s annual Next Gen party at 40 Love. “I feel very grateful first and foremost to be included on this list. It’s affirmation for something I’ve been working toward for 14-plus years,” said Centineo, who brought his father to the party, which also welcomed past Next Gen-ers. “I would put a…

Weddings Lisa Filipelli, partner at Select Management Group and a member of THR’s Next Gen class of 2015, married photographer Daniel Prakopcyk on Oct. 20 at Foxfire La Colina in New Hampton, New York, in front of 165 guests. The couple honey-mooned throughout Italy, with stops in Venice, Tuscany, Capri and Rome. Births Hilary Zaitz Michael, a literary packaging agent at WME, and husband Max Michael, head of Asian business development at UTA, welcomed son Bear Gerald Michael on Nov. 6 at Cedars-Sinai. Howie Tanenbaum, TV literary agent at ICM Partners, and wife, Lian Teicher Tanenbaum, welcomed son Tate Nathaniel Tanenbaum on Oct. 30 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Gabrielle Union and her husband, Dwyane Wade of the NBA’s Miami Heat, welcomed a daughter Nov. 7 via surrogate.…

If Netflix’s ‘four-wall’ theatrical release yields a best picture nomination for Roma, it will likely be the lowest-grossing modern film to get that nod — but there have been other limited earners in the mix. Three nominees since 2009, the year the Academy expanded the category to as many as 10 finalists, took in less than $10 million at the box office.…

To pitch a project Where do you go for that meeting that can change your life? Nine out of 10 times, I go to that mansion on the hill — yes, Chateau Marmont. There is something about the walk up that long driveway to the hostess stand that allows me to think, “I got this. I fucking got this!” It doesn’t matter if you sit in the garden or inside one of the most romantic rooms in our city, you have the wind of the mighty Chateau at your back. I always get a salad and fries, a sparkling water and a cappuccino. If you get a “yes,” great, if you get a “no,” fuck it. I’ve had and given both. To impress Whenever I want to hang with an…

$30B Worldwide grosses from 53 movie releases based on Stan Lee characters, including more than $2 billion from Avengers: Infinity War alone. $0 Box office for 1994’s Fantastic Four, which was never released. Some believe Roger Corman produced the project only to retain the rights to the property. 35 Appearances by Lee in wide-release films based on Marvel characters, starting with 2000’s X-Men and including a voice role in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. 362 Characters Lee created. For every name-brand hero (like, say, Daredevil) there were scores of lesser known crime fighters (Cat-Man, Junior Juniper). 12 Spider-Man TV series — three live action, nine animated — dating to ABC’s Spider-Man (1967-70). Lee voiced himself on multiple shows. 11 Total X-Men movies — soon to grow to 13. Dark Phoenix and The…

CICELY TYSON At 93, she will be lauded after a career that has included a best actress nom for 1972’s Sounder and Emmys for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. KATHLEEN KENNEDY & FRANK MARSHALL The married couple will receive the Thalberg Award for their prolific producing careers. Kennedy, 65, is president of Lucasfilm, while Marshall, 72, recently produced Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. LALO SCHIFRIN The 86-year-old composer behind the Mission: Impossible theme has accrued six Oscar noms and scored movies from Cool Hand Luke to Bullitt.…

BEST PICTURE On the Basis of Sex AFI alumna Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrait, starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer, opened the AFI Fest on Nov. 8 — the same day that news broke that the seemingly indestructible justice had fallen and broken three ribs — and was warmly received, especially for the resilient Ginsburg’s cameo. The Front Runner The idea of opening Jason Reitman’s account of Gary Hart’s failed 1988 presidential campaign in exclusive engagements on the day of the Nov. 6 midterms may have seemed like a good publicity gimmick, but it backfired — few showed up, with the politically attuned preferring to watch election returns. ACTOR Viggo Mortensen Green Book Although he quickly apologized — and his co-star Mahershala Ali accepted the apology — the actor’s…

Big Deal How to maintain independence in an M&A age? Aardman Animations, the Oscar-winning U.K. studio behind Wallace & Gromit, has found a solution by transferring a 75 percent stake in the company to its employees. Founders Peter Lord, 65, and David Sproxton, 64, — who set up Aardman as teenagers in 1972 — tell THR they faced three options as they contemplated the future of the studio: a trade sale, a management buyout or employee ownership. “We thought this would be the best way to preserve as much as possible of what’s best about the place,” says Lord, who admits Aardman had rejected the advances of Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks when they worked together on 2000’s Chicken Run. “You start thinking, ‘What’s going to happen to the company?’” says…

Guest Column When I was asked to write this reflection on being evacuated from the fires in Malibu, I thought I’d fill it full of black comedy since that’s how my brain has worked since I was a child. But hearing the growing list of neighbors who lost their homes, plus not knowing if my own house is still there, has turned my sense of humor into a sick stomach. I’m a seasoned L.A. fire veteran — this is the second time I’ve had to leave, not counting the time we packed up the car and sat in a tension-filled state of catatonia for 24 hours, watching live coverage of what might as well have been an invasion by ISIS as we sat helplessly listening to periodic updates. “They’ve mowed…

Dawn Olmstead’s brightly lit corner office has almost none of the usual trappings of a Hollywood work lair. There’s no desk, nor is there a computer or bank of TVs airing what’s come of the 50-plus series the president of Universal Cable Productions (scripted) and Wilshire Studios (unscripted) has in active development. And that, Olmstead says, is by design. Before shifting to the executive side in 2014, the longtime producer (Prison Break, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) had grown accustomed to set life, where her iPhone was command central. So she created a space to foster collaboration. An assistant brings in a laptop if something needs to be screened, but Olmstead, 49, a mom of five (ages 10 to 19) with showrunner Matt Olmstead, prefers sitting comfortably on the couch with…

Most Americans’ understanding of politics doesn’t come from high school social studies classes but from Hollywood movies and television dramas, which is about as useful as learning about dating from watching Bachelor in Paradise. In both cases, the oversimplification and romanticizing of the process has led us to where we are today: some voters blindly supporting candidates who betray every principle they say they are for, and a generation of young people paralyzed by gilded relationship expectations. The optimistic lesson propagated by Hollywood political movies is that the American people always eventually sort the wheat of sincerity from the chaff of duplicity due to some innate B.S. detector. However, despite some significant and history-making gains in the midterm elections, there is overwhelming evidence from the Nov. 6 election results that…

This awards season, what it means to be “best dressed” is being redefined by a new crop of activist-talents. They prize their individuality and social values above the latest fashion trends and see the red carpet as a platform to speak out for issues. “My clients are very conscious about what a brand stands for,” says stylist Jason Bolden, who works with Yara Shahidi, 18, Storm Reid, 15, and Sasha Lane, 23. He notes that Dolce & Gabbana, whose designers made controversial statements on social media about same-sex families, has fallen out of favor among the activist set, while the more inclusive Calvin Klein, Chanel and Tory Burch and rising labels like Preen, Off-White and Pyer Moss are in. “At Paris couture week, options were sent from [Russian designer] Ulyana…

15 STARS AND THE LOOKS THAT LAUNCH TRENDS How important are a hairstylist and makeup artist, who comprise two-thirds (minus the stylist) of a star’s glam squad? Quite, as it turns out. Nailing a look on the red carpet leads to global style press coverage, increased awareness of the film being promoted, trends that catch fire and lucrative beauty deals. “What we put out there is responsible for setting trends within the beauty business,” says Keira Knightley’s makeup artist, Kate Lee. Adds Lady Gaga’s hairstylist Frederic Aspiras: “Creating showstopping looks helps frame that celebrity as a beauty powerhouse. It puts them on brands’ radars and ultimately helps them to land deals” worth millions over time (just ask Knightley, who has one of the longest-running beauty contracts, with Chanel). THR presents…

My strongest memory was the first time he called me. I started working for Marvel in August 2000, and it was a few years after that. I had a voicemail, and the light was blinking on my phone. And it was Stan Lee. Fearless Feige, he called me. “Fearless Feige! Stan Lee here.” And I couldn’t believe it. It was just a voicemail, he just needed something from me, but I was like, “I think Stan Lee gave me a nickname!” I saved that voicemail for years. Every encounter, which primarily was based on his cameos over the years, was amazing. It would be like a holiday when he came on a set. That’s how much he inspired people. Whether it was the beginning of the shoot, the middle of…

Forty years ago, I’m 16 years old. I’m a Canadian kid living as far away from New York as you could be. I didn’t think I had a chance to break into comics, but I became enamored with the medium. I happened to go down to Florida for baseball camp. By coincidence, the Holiday Inn I was staying in that night had a sign that said, “Down the Hall, Comic Convention.” As I walked down the hall, they had a couple of artists sitting outside, and at one of the small booths was Stan Lee. It was like meeting the pope of comics. I introduced myself like a normal fan. I asked, “Would you mind if I hang out here and ask you some questions?” He pulls over a chair,…

After I did Darkman, Stan Lee called me and was like, “Hey, kid, I liked your movie.” He took me out to lunch and said we should work together. I said I’d like to make a movie about Thor. We worked together writing treatments and took it to Fox and pitched it. And they said, “Absolutely no. Comic books don’t make good movies.” This was in 1991. I got the job for Spider-Man in 1999. And [Marvel head] Avi Arad said, “I want you to put Stan in the movie.” And I was like, “No. I know Stan, and he can’t act.” And Avi was, “I want him in the movie. We did it for X-Men, we’re doing it here.” Now imagine you’re a minor director in England doing Macbeth…

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Julian Day ensured Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s iconic style didn’t bite the dust, from rocking vintage Biba to Jimi Hendrix’s white jacket. COLETTE Andrea Flesch revolutionized period-drama darling Keira Knightley’s fine dresses to sophisticated pantsuits worthy of the Parisian Belle Epoque. FANTASTIC BEASTS After winning the Oscar in 2017 for her work on the first film, Colleen Atwood returned to the wizarding world to transport Fantastic Beasts to 1920s Paris. FIRST MAN Mary Zophres, who worked on Damien Chazelle’s La La Land as well, was no stranger to the wardrobe of astronauts after working on Interstellar in 2014. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Caroline Eselin transferred the warmth of Fonny and Tish’s love to her sartorial color palette in the James Baldwin ode.…

Before Silkwood, Cher Starred on Broadway in ’82 Cher, whose life is portrayed in The Cher Show — now in previews on Broadway and opening Dec. 3 — had her own Broadway debut when she was directed by Robert Altman in Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, which ran for 52 performances in 1982. “I was a little taken aback when Cher’s name was suggested, as she’d never been in a stage production before and Altman had never directed a play, either,” recalls playwright Ed Graczyk. “I thought, ‘This is going to be interesting.’ But at the first reading, she was wonderful and so relaxed. She made the character her own and in doing so brought more to it than even I had.” Jimmy Dean…