Brad Pitt to star in, produce action film ‘Heart of the Beast’
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Brad Pitt has found his next starring role.
The actor will star in and produce the film Heart of the Beast for Paramount Pictures, Deadline first reported on Friday. David Ayer will direct the action adventure movie, marking his and Pitt’s first collaboration since they worked together on the 2014 film Fury.
Cameron Alexander wrote and will executive produce Heart of the Beast, which follows the story of a former Army Special Forces soldier and his retired combat dog who have to survive after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness.
La La Land director Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton will also work as producers on the film, along with Ayer and Richard Raymond, who is co-producing.
Anora was the big winner at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.
The independent, Neon-distributed film, directed by Sean Baker, took home the biggest award of the evening with best picture. It also won best actress, best director, best editing and best original screenplay.
After the ceremony, Baker and the film’s star, Mikey Madison, spoke to press backstage about how surreal it was for the film to have won five Oscars.
“I never thought anything like this would happen in my life,” Madison said. “I love making movies and I’ve dreamed of being an actress that would be able to be in a film like Anora my entire career as an actress. It’s a huge honor, one that I think will soak in later down the line, hopefully.”
The film follows a young sex worker from Brooklyn who marries the son of a Russian oligarch after a whirlwind romance. While speaking to press after his four Oscar wins, Baker said he thinks sex work should be decriminalized.
“It’s our oldest profession, yet it has an incredible, unfair stigma applied to it,” Baker said. “What I’ve been trying to do with my films is sort of chip away at that very unfair stigma. Personally, I think it should be decriminalized, and I guess through my work, through hopefully humanizing my characters that are usually seen as perhaps caricatures in most film and television, it will help do that.”
Everybody wants to know the new season 2 cast of Nobody Wants This. Adrian Moayed and Alex Karpovsky are joining the second season of the popular Netflix show, Deadline reports. Moayed will play Dr. Andy, a charming psychotherapist who will serve as a love interest for Morgan, played by Justine Lupe. Karpovsky, however, will play Big Noah, a rabbi who will be a new work rival for Adam Brody‘s Noah …
Season 4 of Hacks will feature several new faces. Julianne Nicholson, Michaela Watkins, Bresha Webb, Robby Hoffman and Eric Balfour have joined the cast in guest starring roles in the fourth season of the Max comedy series, according to Variety. The new season will follow a tug-of-war between Deborah and Ava as they try to get their late night show off the ground …
We now know who will star in Jesse Armstrong‘s much anticipated followup to Succession. Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef will star in Armstrong’s feature directorial debut, Deadline reports. The film will air on HBO this spring. Its plot follows a group of billionaire friends who get together amidst a rolling international crisis …
The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards took place Friday night, hosted by Chelsea Handler. The show aired on E! and is now available to stream on Peacock. Here’s the list of winners:
Film categories:
BEST PICTURE Anora
BEST ACTOR Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
BEST ACTRESS Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS Maisy Stella – My Old A**
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Conclave
BEST DIRECTOR Jon M. Chu – Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Peter Straughan – Conclave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
BEST EDITING Marco Costa – Challengers
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Paul Tazewell – Wicked
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Wild Robot
BEST COMEDY (TIE) A Real Pain Deadpool & Wolverine
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Emilia Pérez
BEST SONG “El Mal” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille – Emilia Pérez
BEST SCORE Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Series categories:
BEST DRAMA SERIES Shōgun
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Kathy Bates – Matlock
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun
BEST COMEDY SERIES Hacks
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Jean Smart – Hacks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Michael Urie – Shrinking
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
BEST LIMITED SERIES Baby Reindeer
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Rebel Ridge
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Colin Farrell – The Penguin
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Squid Game
BEST ANIMATED SERIES X-Men ’97
BEST TALK SHOW John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
