Olivia Colman is reuniting with her “Favourite” screenwriter, Tony McNamara. The former wrote the screenplay for Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Best Picture-nominated dramedy which won Colman an Oscar and now has a new adaptation of Warren Adler‘s novel “The War of the Roses” ready for Jay Roach to direct. Benedict Cumberbatch will play the other half of the warring couple in the Searchlight Pictures release.

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Patricia Arquette and Ben Stiller already have something good going on at Apple TV+ with “Severance.” Will they catch lightning in a bottle twice with “High Desert“? Arquette stars in the dark comedy series, set for a premiere next month, about a down-and-out addict who decides to become a private investigator. Both her and Stiller serve as executive producers on the series.

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One of the more perplexing yet, exciting projects on the horizon is a live-action film based on the iconic Mattel doll, “Barbie.” The film hails from “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig with a script co-written by herself and Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”). It also has an impressive cast led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

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Margot Robbie‘s busy shooting Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” with Ryan Gosling at the moment, but she already has her next project after that lined up. And she’s teaming up with Jay Roach, who directed her in 2019’s “Bombshell,” for her next assignment: a prequel to the “Ocean’s Eleven” series.

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According to THR, Robbie will star in the 1960s-set prequel to Steven Soderbergh‘s 2001 film, itself a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack classic. 

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Most of the drama concerning the history of late-night television has been largely relegated to Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O’Brien all clawing behind the scenes to host the “Tonight Show.” But, there is plenty of interesting material to explore from its quintessential former host Johnny Carson, who took the reigns from Jack Paar in 1962. A new high-profile series is in the works aiming to tackle Carson’s life.

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We’re on the precipice of a million different shows and films taking the COVID-19 pandemic and turning it into fodder for plot and entertainment. And though that’s to be expected whenever a major world event happens, it’s pretty insane that we’ve seen something like “Coastal Elites” not only be conceived, written, and produced in such a short time, but it will actually get released while the US is still dealing with the pandemic on a day-to-day basis.

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“Sushi is not a liberal food.”

“Ask yourself what would scare your grandmother and piss off your grandfather. That’s a Fox story.”

“I’m not a feminist, I’m a lawyer.”

These are just a few of the comically trigger-inducing character lines you will hear in “Bombshell,” Jay Roach’s fast-paced probe into the bowels of Fox News and the sexual harassment scandal that ousted Roger Ailes, the media behemoth’s Chairman and CEO, in July 2016.

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While the buzz surrounding “Bombshell” has been growing more and more as we approach the release date, it’s interesting to look back and realize that there was a point in time, not that long ago, that the film about Roger Ailes and his sexual misconduct was almost completely killed. And according to star Charlize Theron, the fact that Annapurna dropped out of the production weeks before it was to begin filming was shocking and disappointing.

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After hitting it big thanks to the “Austin Powers” franchise, filmmaker Jay Roach has decided to go in a very different direction with his more recent projects. And that can best be seen by the fact that he’s fully shed his slapstick comedy past to embrace a much more serious, true story in “Bombshell.”

READ MORE: Charlize Theron Admits That Playing Megyn Kelly In ‘Bombshell’ Was “Harder” Than Portraying A Real-Life Serial Killer

As seen in the new trailer for “Bombshell,” the film follows the highly-publicized true story of Roger Ailes and his alleged misconduct while being the head of Fox News.

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BEVERLY HILLS – On Friday night a number of former and current colleagues of Charlize Theron were invited to salute her as she received the 33rd American Cinemateque Award. The honor has been bestowed on such notable names as Steven Spielberg, Bette Midler, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, George Clooney, Samuel L. Jackson, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others. While the event absolutely celebrated Theron’s already storied career, it also turned into something of a quite brutal and hilarious roast.

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Hollywood sure does love a good scandal. Well, not the people involved in the scandal. Those folks normally end up with no job, public shame, and well, a cushy house hidden in the Hollywood hills. But for the rest of the industry, scandals are great! Why? Well, when there’s a really juicy one, you get to make a film such as “Bombshell.”

READ MORE: ‘Bombshell’ First Reactions Praise Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie & The Rest Of The Star-Studded Cast

As seen in the new trailer for “Bombshell,” the latest film from director Jay Roach tackles the scandal surrounding now-deceased, former Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

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Every year, like clockwork, there’s a film that has a ton of hype that doesn’t screen at any of the fall film festivals but shows up at the last minute and drops a bomb on the entire Oscars race. Last year, we saw “Vice” do just that, as the Adam McKay film came in at Christmas and cemented itself as a major awards contender. This year, that film seems to be “Bombshell,” with early reactions pointing to one of the best films of the year, featuring some Oscar-worthy performances.

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Why were Diane Lane, Andie MacDowell, Cara Delevingne and Gloria Allred at the Pacific Design Center theater in West Hollywood on Sunday evening? Those AMPAS and SAG members were on hand along with numerous industry dignataries and members of the media for the first “public” screening of Jay Roach’s “Bombshell.” And, yes, the movie’s title is more than appropriate not only for the subject matter but a trio of performances that more than live up to the hype.

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Given how Fox News dominates the airwaves as the mouthpiece for the right and President Trump, it’s not surprising how Fox and its propaganda fascinates us all. But “Bombshell,” a new movie by Jay Roach from Lionsgate,is more interested in the legacy of Roger Ailes, the man who launched Fox News off the ground and made it become what it is today.

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Set photos, by and large, are garbage. They are out of context, feature bad lighting, and don’t have any of the post-processing that makes characters look their best on the big screen. All that being said, sometimes actors just defy logic and look incredible, even in set photos. That’s exactly the case with Charlize Theron and her role as Megyn Kelly in the upcoming Roger Ailes film from director Jay Roach.

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Today has been an odd day for Annapurna Pictures, as the studio surprised many and deleted two films from its upcoming slate of projects and got rid of one its highest executives.

The news began with a report that the studio decided to part ways with the upcoming Fox News/Roger Ailes project that was set to go before cameras in two weeks. The untitled film, which would tell the story of the fall of Ailes after sexual harassment allegations, is set to star Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, John Lithgow, and Margot Robbie.

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UPDATE: THR is reporting that Margot Robbie has also joined the film, in an unnamed role. Wow, this cast keeps getting better and better.

Original story follows…

We first heard about Jay Roach’s upcoming film, “Fair and Balanced,” back in May, when it was revealed that the director was working on a film about disgraced Fox News Chief Roger Ailes.

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Remember when Jay Roach directed comedies? The director hit it big with the first two films in both the ‘Austin Powers’ and ‘Meet the Parents’ franchises. But lately, the filmmaker has left the mainstream comedy world in the dust as he focuses on more serious efforts like the films “Game Change” and “Trumbo.” And according to a new report, he’s sticking to the world of drama for his next film.

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In these tumultuous times, something like Michael Wolff’s incendiary, detailed account of the chaos in Trump’s administration, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” was sure to light up the news cycle, and it went off like a megaton bomb. Wolff, who recently said he’s barely a journalist, that his job has “nothing to do with truth” (jfc), essentially pitched a fake misleading, supposedly flattering book to the White House, and in doing so, gained unprecedented access to Trump, the senior staff, and all the surrounding bedlam.

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Jay Roach might be best known for directing the “Meet the Parents” and “Austin Powers” franchises, but more recently, he’s also dipped his toes into drama with films like “Trumbo” and “Recount.” Now, according to Variety, he might try his hand at sci-fi by rewriting and perhaps directing Amblin’s “Intelligent Life.”

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Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner, Derrick Connolly, wrote the script for “Intelligent Life,” which tells the story of a United Nations worker who is monitoring outer space and meets a beautiful and mysterious woman, who just may or may not be of this world.

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Watch: Politics Is War In First Trailer For 'All The Way' Starring Bryan Cranston As Lyndon B. Johnson

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Review: 'Trumbo' Starring Bryan Cranston Is An Incredibly Fun Leap Back To Old-Fashioned Hollywood

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Watch: Bryan Cranston Is Blacklisted As 'Trumbo' In New Trailer For Hollywood Biopic

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TIFF Review: Jay Roach's 'Trumbo' Starring Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane & Louis C.K.

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Watch: Bryan Cranston Is A Blacklisted Hollywood Writer In The First Trailer For Jay Roach’s ‘Trumbo’

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