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  • Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017
Collette's Vocab Films partners with RadicalMedia to develop series based on "Invisible City"
Toni Collette (photo by Christian Hogstedt/courtesy of Vocab Films)
NEW YORK -- 

Actress Toni Collette (“The Sixth Sense,” “Little Miss Sunshine”) and her newly formed production shingle, Vocab Films, have partnered with RadicalMedia (“MARS,” “Abstract: The Art of Design,” What Happened, Miss Simone?”) to develop Julia Dahl’s “Invisible City.”

Collette optioned the psychological murder mystery that delves into Brooklyn’s old-world, ultra orthodox, Hasidic Jewish community. She will serve as executive producer and has written the pilot. Jen Turner will executive produce with Jon Kamen, Jon Doran, and Justin Wilkes serving as executive producers for RadicalMedia.

The first of the wildly popular Julia Dahl novels, “Invisible City” (Minotaur Books) follows Rebekah Roberts, an aspiring young journalist new to New York City, whose mother, a wayward Hasidic Jew from Borough Park Brooklyn, abandoned her and her Christian father shortly after she was born in order to return to her religion and community. Neither Rebekah nor her More

  • Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017
Vietnam, Scarlett Johansson, Putin part of PBS' new season
In this Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, file photo, Ken Burns, from left, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Lynn Novick speak at PBS' "The Vietnam War" panel at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. The public TV service said its fall lineup will be anchored by Burns' "The Vietnam War," a 10-part documentary debuting Sept. 17. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

PBS is mixing it up next season with programs about Vietnam, Scarlett Johansson and Vladimir Putin.

The public TV service said its fall lineup will be anchored by filmmaker Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War," a 10-part documentary debuting Sept. 17.

The genealogy series "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr." is returning Oct. 3. Besides Johansson, celebrities who will learn about their ancestors include Aziz Ansari, Bryant Gumbel and Garrison Keillor.

Russian President Putin will get a different kind of scrutiny on "Frontline." A two-part documentary on his rise and his rule will air Oct. 25 and Nov. 1.

In January, PBS will air a music special honoring the legendary Tony Bennett. The tribute, "Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize," is to be taped this fall.

The season kicks off with "an array of terrific programming in all the genres that made PBS great in the first place," said PBS programming More

  • Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017
Men who stopped train attack to star in Clint Eastwood film
In this Aug. 24, 2015 file photo, French President Francois Hollande bids farewell to U.S. Airman Spencer Stone as U.S. National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg, Ore., second from left, and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, right, look on after Hollande awarded them with the French Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The three Sacramento-area men who thwarted a terror attack on a French train in 2015 will play themselves in a Clint Eastwood-directed film about their heroic feat. Sadler, Skarlatos, and Stone will star in "15:17 to Paris," which began production this week. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- 

The three California men who thwarted a terror attack on a French train in 2015 will make the rare move of playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood-directed film about their heroics, a studio announced Tuesday.

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and civilian Anthony Sadler, all childhood friends from California, will star in "The 15:17 to Paris," a film based on the book they co-wrote about taking down a terrorist, Warner Bros. said in a statement.

The film, which began production this week, follows the lives of the three friends from childhood to the evening when they helped subdue the man who opened fire inside a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

The Sacramento-area men were vacationing in Europe when they tackled Ayoub El-Khazzani, a man who authorities said has ties to radical Islam. El-Khazzani had boarded the Paris-bound train with a Kalashnikov rifle, pistol and box cutter.

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  • Tuesday, Jul. 11, 2017
Tom Hanks to be honored by National Archives Foundation
In this April 26, 2017 file photo, Tom Hanks attends "The Circle" premiere during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 

Actor Tom Hanks is being honored by the National Archives Foundation in Washington.

The National Archives Foundation, the nonprofit partner to the National Archives, announced Monday that Hanks will receive its 2017 Records of Achievement Award. The foundation says the honor will recognize Hanks' career supporting history through both acting and filmmaking.

In a statement, the foundation says it is honoring Hanks for "for his powerful illumination of the American story through his vast body of work in film and television during the past four decades."

The foundation says Hanks will receive the award at the foundation's annual gala on Oct. 21 at the National Archives Museum in Washington. The gala will include a question and answer session with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

 

  • Monday, Jul. 10, 2017
Barry Jenkins to adapt James Baldwin for "Moonlight" follow-up
Barry Jenkins
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Writer-director Barry Jenkins' feature-film follow-up to his Oscar-winning "Moonlight" will be an adaptation of James Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk."

Annapurna Pictures announced Monday that Jenkins will start shooting the film in October.

Jenkins said adapting Baldwin's 1974 novel about love and injustice in 1970s Harlem is "a dream I've long held dear." He penned the screenplay in the same 2013 summer during which he wrote "Moonlight" from Tarell Alvin McCraney's play.

The Baldwin estate has given its blessing to the film, which follows Raoul Peck's Oscar-nominated Baldwin documentary "I Am Not Your Negro." ''If Beale Street Could Talk" will return much of the production team behind "Moonlight," including producer Adele Romanski and Plan B.

Jenkins is also developing a series for Amazon based on Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad."

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  • Monday, Jul. 10, 2017
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" returning to HBO on Oct. 1
In this Feb. 28, 2016, file photo, Larry David arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

You can curb your skepticism. HBO has locked down Oct. 1 to start a new season of the Larry David comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

HBO said Monday that the 10 episodes will bring back regulars Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and JB Smoove, among others.

This long-awaited ninth season was announced in June 2016 for some time in 2017. The eighth season had aired in 2011, and, until a year ago, David remained tight-lipped about whether there would ever be more.

Premiering in 2000, the series was created by and stars David in a fictionalized version of himself as he stumbles through socially awkward situations.

Among David's projects since curbing this series: a hit Broadway play, "Fish in the Dark," and repeated appearances on "Saturday Night Live" impersonating Sen. Bernie Sanders.

 

  • Sunday, Jul. 9, 2017
Man who died in Texas skydiving accident was voice actor
Randy Schell
HOUSTON (AP) -- 

An experienced skydiver who was also a longtime voiceover actor has died after a midair collision during a jump at a Southeast Texas skydiving center.

The Houston-area center, Skydive Spaceland, says in a statement that two seasoned skydivers deployed parachutes normally during a planned group jump on Saturday, but that they later collided and fell to the ground, killing one and injuring the other.

The man who died was identified by his longtime agent as Randy Schell, who worked as a voiceover actor for more than 25 years. Schell's voice could be heard on commercials for different television shows, including "Fear the Walking Dead," and for various companies, including Geico.

His agent, Jenny Bosby, on Sunday described Schell as a "generous, spirited man" who mentored many in his industry.

  • Saturday, Jul. 8, 2017
"True Blood" actor Nelsan Ellis dead at 39
In this Monday, July 21, 2014 file photo, actor Nelsan Ellis attends the world premiere of "Get On Up" at the Apollo Theater in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Actor Nelsan Ellis, best known for his memorable portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's "True Blood," has died at the age of 39.

Ellis' manager, Emily Gerson Saines, confirmed the actor's death in an email Saturday. The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report Ellis' death, quoted her as saying the actor died from complications of heart failure.

The Illinois-born actor, who studied at Juilliard, played the role of Lafayette, a gay short order cook, on the HBO drama from 2008 to 2014, and more recently appeared in the CBS detective series "Elementary." He also was a playwright and a stage director.

Ellis appeared as Martin Luther King, Jr. in Lee Daniels' "The Butler," and as singer Bobby Byrd in the James Brown biopic "Get On Up."

He also appeared in "The Help," and his castmate Octavia Spencer mourned his death on Instagram. "My heart breaks for his kids and family," the actress wrote.

On Twitter, some fans More

  • Saturday, Jul. 8, 2017
"Dunkirk" director Christopher Nolan didn't know extent of Harry Styles' fame
In this May 9, 2017 file photo, Harry Styles performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
By Nicole Evatt
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Director Christopher Nolan and actor Mark Rylance didn't know quite how famous Harry Styles was before "Dunkirk." The young people in their lives certainly did.

"I don't think I was that aware really of how famous Harry was" before casting the pop star in the upcoming World War II epic, Nolan said Friday. "I mean, my daughter had talked about him. My kids talked about him, but I wasn't really that aware of it. So the truth is, I cast Harry because he fit the part wonderfully and truly earned a seat at the table."

Styles, 23, who gained fame with One Direction and recently launched his solo career, plays a British soldier in Nolan's suspense-thriller about the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France, in May and June of 1940.

Rylance, also featured in the film, said he learned of Styles from his 11-year-old niece.

"She was just more excited than anything I've ever done because I was going to More

  • Saturday, Jul. 8, 2017
"Little Crusader" wins Karlovy Vary film fest's top prize
A scene from "Little Crusader"
PRAGUE (AP) -- 

Czech director Vaclav Kadrnka's "Little Crusader" has won the top prize at the 52nd edition of an international film festival in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary.

The movie was chosen from 12 contenders for the Crystal Globe by the Karlovy Vary Film Festival's five-member grand jury. Saturday's award also comes with a $25,000 cash prize.

Described by organizers as a "meditative drama on fatherhood," ''Little Crusader" tells the story of a medieval knight searching for his son and his way of coping with loss after his only descendant runs away from home to find the Holy Land.

It's Kadrnka's second feature after "Eighty Letters."

Kadrnka's win represented a somewhat rare triumph for Czech films. Petr Zelenka was the last Czech director to win the prize in 2002.

 

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