Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy Lands Amandla Stenberg to Star

The Eddy lands Amandla Stenberg

Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy lands Amandla Stenberg to star

Damien Chazelle’s upcoming Netflix musical series The Eddy has cast Amandla Stenberg in a starring role. Variety reports that Stenberg will play Julia, the teenage daughter of Elliot Udo, who’ll be played by Andre Holland.

The Eddy is a musical drama set in contemporary Paris that revolves around a failing jazz club, its part-owner, the house band, and the city that surrounds them. As a celebrated jazz pianist from New York living in Paris and the part-owner of a failing jazz club, Elliot is hiding from everyone. That changes when Julia shows up, forcing him to confront his past, accept his weaknesses and learn to become a responsible adult.

RELATED: Cold War’s Joanna Kulig Joins Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy

Executive produced by Chazelle, who will direct two of the episodes, and written by five-time BAFTA Award-winning and Olivier-winning writer Jack Thorne (National Treasure, This is England, Wonder), The Eddy is an eight-episode series that will be shot in France and feature dialogue in French, English and Arabic. Emmy-winning producer Alan Poul (Six Feet Under, The Newsroom), will also executive produce the Endeavour Content series, and original music will be written by six-time Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, Michael Jackson’s Bad).

Stenberg was recently seen as the lead in last year’s The Hate U Give, which was directed by George Tillman, Jr.

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New TOY STORY 4 TV Spot Shows the Birth of Forky, and There’s a Series of Character Posters

We’ve got a fun new TV spot here for you to watch for Toy Story 4. This one focuses on the birth of the new character Forky, which Bonnie creates on her first day of school. It’s a magical moment for Bonnie but a terrifying experience for Forky and Woody.

I also include a new series of character posters for the film featuring Buzz (Tim Allen), Woody (Tom Hanks), Bo Peep (Annie Potts), Ducky (Keegan-Michael Key), Bunny (Jordan Peele), Duke Caboom (Keanu Reeves), and Forky (Tony Hale).

Here’s the synopsis for the film:

Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. So when Bonnie’s beloved new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky (voice of Tony Hale), declares himself as “trash” and not a toy, Woody takes it upon himself to show Forky why he should embrace being a toy. But when Bonnie takes the whole gang on her family’s road trip excursion, Woody ends up on an unexpected detour that includes a reunion with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (voice of Annie Potts). After years of being on her own, Bo’s adventurous spirit and life on the road belie her delicate porcelain exterior. As Woody and Bo realize they’re worlds apart when it comes to life as a toy, they soon come to find that’s the least of their worries.

Toy Story 4 was directed by Josh Cooley (Riley’s First Date) and hits theaters on June 21st, 2019.

DC Universe’s Swamp Thing Wraps Production

DC Universe's Swamp Thing Wraps Production on Season One

DC Universe’s Swamp Thing wraps production

Following previous reports on Swamp Thing‘s delayed production, series regulars Virginia Madsen and Henderson Wade took to Instagram to reveal that production has officially wrapped on the first season of DC Universe‘s upcoming live-action series. The series is scheduled to make its debut on May 31.

It was revealed last month that the series was shutting down production as the end of the series was being retooled with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the episode count for the series has been reduced from 13 episodes to 10 episodes. The ending of the season will be reworked for the new episode count.

RELATED: DC Universe’s Swamp Thing Teaser Trailer Released!

The live-action DC Universe adaptation of the classic antihero originally created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson will be executive produced by Len Wiseman (Sleepy Hollow) who will also direct the pilot. Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, Netflix’s Daredevil) and Gary Dauberman (It) are attached to co-write the series and act as showrunners, with James Wan (Aquaman) set to executive-produce the series alongside Verheiden, Dauberman, and Michael Clear.

The series will star Andy Bean as Alec Holland, Will Patton as Avery Sutherland Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane, Maria Sten as Liz Tremayne, Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, Jennifer Beals as Sheriff Lucilia Cable, Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland, Henderson Wade as Matt Cable, Kevin Durand as Jason Woodtrue/Floronic Man and Leonardo Nam (Westworld) as Harlan Edwards. Committing to the lead role of the titular monster is The Flash‘s Derek Mears.

RELATED: Len Wiseman Reveals Video from the Set of Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing made his comic book debut back in 1971 and has maintained his position as a staple of the DCU since then, including seminal runs written by Alan Moore, Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Millar, and Scott Snyder. The character was previously adapted into a feature film from Wes Craven in 1982, which spawned a sequel seven years later, and a USA Network series that ran for three seasons in the early ’90s. Dick Durock took on the role in both the films and the series. An animated Swamp Thing series also debuted in the early ’90s but only aired five episodes.

 

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Russo Brothers Talk About the Choice in the Final Scene of AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Avengers: Endgame’s final scene featured a moment that I’ve been waiting for in the MCU. If you have not seen the movie yet, be ye warned!

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The final scene in Endgame features Captain America going back to the past to put the Infinity Stones back in their proper places. However, Steve Rogers never comes back. Instead, Bucky Barnes spots an old man on a bench nearby and tells Sam Wilson (aka Falcon) to go talk to him, knowing full well who it is. That’s when we find out that Steve got his happy ever after, and then much to my joy, gave Sam Captain America’s shield. I have been wanting this moment since Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I love Sam. Well, some people were a little surprised that it wasn’t Bucky, Steve’s best friend. Well, the Russo’s recently told USA Today their reasoning for the choice. Joe Russo told them:

“So far as matching the level of integrity of Captain America, Sam is pound for pound as morally forthright as anyone in the Marvel universe. And Bucky’s a damaged character.”

After which, Anthony Russo added:

“Sam spends his time trying to repair other people who are broken by war, and it just feels like he has the same values as Captain America.”

I love the choice, and it makes me excited for that Disney+ show Falcon and the Winter Soldier. What did you think of that choice?

Every Nicholas Stoller Movie Ranked

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Every Nicholas Stoller movie ranked

ComingSoon.net is counting down the scripts of Nicholas Stoller, who has had many seminal comedies throughout the 21st century. Check out our choices in the gallery below!

A British-American writer, director, and producer, Nicholas Stoller has made a name for himself by taking the sense of humor and the type of filmmaking established by Judd Apatow and adding his own unique twist to it. Instead of keeping things loose and improvisational (and, as a result, frequently overlong) like Apatow, Stoller puts out tightly-polished scripts that put an equal amount of energy into plotting and laughs. This is especially apparent in Stoller’s frequent collaborations with Apatow alum Jason Segel.

In the years since his trifecta of Segel collabs, Stoller has moved onto bigger, more expensive productions with just as much acclaim. From kids movies to adult comedies, Stoller never fails to put out really solid feature films. With plenty of great success across his career as a scriptwriter, here are the ones he’s written that we’d consider to be the best of the best.

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New Tolkien Featurette Highlights the Life of the LOTR Author

New Tolkien Featurette Highlights the Life of the LOTR Author

New Tolkien featurette highlights the life of the LOTR author

Fox Searchlight has released a new featurette for their upcoming film Tolkien, the biopic of Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien, featuring stars Nicholas Hoult (Dark Phoenix) and Lily Collins. Check out the video below!

RELATED: Latest Tolkien Trailer Shows the Inspiration for Middle-Earth

Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.

Nicholas Hoult (Rebel in the Rye, Mad Max: Fury Road) stars as J.R.R. Tolkien, writer of such classic works as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, with Lily Collins (The Last Tycoon, Rules Don’t Apply) as his wife Edith. It’s directed by Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland), with a script from David Gleeson (Cowboys and Angels) and Stephen Beresford (Pride).

RELATED: Tolkien Trailer: Nicholas Hoult Stars as Author J.R.R. Tolkien

The film also stars Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Craig Roberts (Red Oaks), Anthony Boyle (The Lost City of Z), Patrick Gibson (The OA), Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk), Genevieve O’Reilly (The Legend of Tarzan), Laura Donnelly (Outlander), Pam Ferris (Holmes and Watson) and Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express). Producers are Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready of Chernin Entertainment, along with Kris Thykier of Archery Pictures.

Tolkien will open in theaters everywhere May 10.

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