According to the series’ official synopsis, the new version of Cape Fear will be a “tense, contemporary thriller that examines America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century” that revolves around a pair of married attorneys forced to confront their past when a notorious killer is released after spending years behind bars.

Scorsese’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s book The Executioners came out in 1991 and featured Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, and Juliette Lewis. It was the second iteration of the story, following the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, who briefly appeared in Scorsese’s version.

Details about the TV adaptation of Cape Fear are few and far between, but we know that Nick Antosca (The Act) is attached to this project as showrunner and creator. He’ll also executive produce the series alongside Scorsese, Spielberg, and their partners Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey from Amblin Television and Alex Hedlund from Eat the Cat.

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Spielberg released an official statement thanking festival representatives and the audience for giving him this accolade. He said that the warm reception from everyone in Toronto made his first visit to TIFF intimate and personal to the entire Fabelman family.

The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical film, inspired by the famed director’s childhood as a young aspiring filmmaker. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role, while the rest of the cast includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.

The film’s big win in Toronto marks the start of its race for the Oscar because many of the previous winners of the People’s Choice Award went on to win the best picture, most recently Green Book and Nomadland.

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 8 and 18. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery were first and second runner-ups for the People’s Choice Award. The Midnight Madness award went to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, while Black Ice was named the best documentary.

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Sources close to the acclaimed director have confirmed that for the first time in the Indiana Jones’ almost four-decade-long history, he won’t take his place in the director’s chair. 

According to a source, “The decision to hand over directing duties was entirely Steven’s,” adding that, “he felt now was the perfect time to let a new director and a new generation give their perspective to the overall story and this film.”

In talks to helm the fifth installment of the adventure franchise is James Mangold, whose directorial titles include Ford v Ferrari, Wolverine, and Logan. 

Indiana Jones 5 is set to hit theaters on July 9, 2021.

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The Masters of the Air WWII miniseries has found a new home in Apple’s forthcoming streaming service. Based on the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, the miniseries focuses on American bombers during the war. 

Unlike the first two parts, which aired on HBO, the network decided to pass on the project. “After careful consideration, HBO decided not to move forward with Masters of the Air. We look forward to our next collaboration with Playtone and Amblin,” a statement issued by the premium cabler read. 

Gary Goetzman, Spielberg and Hanks’ collaborator on the two previous installments, will also executive produce, with Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television producing the series with Apple.

Apple TV+ launches November 1.

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The prolific director took to social media to post a letter of gratitude upon the official wrapping up of production on September 28. 

“This has been a journey without precedence: a joyful, stunning, moving, endlessly surprising encounter with the story and score of one of the world’s greatest musicals,” Spielberg wrote. “My brilliantly talented, fiercely committed, generous and apparently inexhaustible cast and crew of hundreds have given our film everything they’ve got, and already I can say that the film we’ll be releasing on December 18, 2020, owes everything to them as does its immensely grateful director.”

He went on to thank Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim for their  “insight, guidance, and support” throughout the project. 

West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort (Tony) and Rachel Zegler (Maria) as well as Ariana DeBose (Anita) and David Alvarez (Bernardo). 

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Another first look from the adaptation of the original Broadway hit is here and we’re excited! This time, we get to see actress Ariana DeBose’s transformation into Anita from the classic musical, which explores love and rivalry in 1957 New York.

Playing the part of Anita in the 1961 classic was Rita Moreno, who won a best-supporting actress Oscar for the role. Moreno is also part of the remake and is set to play Valentina. She is also executive producing the film.

The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); and Curtiss Cook (Abe). 

The forthcoming West Side Story feature is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by award-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Tony Award-winner Justin Peck will choreograph and conductor Gustavo Dudamel will helm the recording of Leonard Bernstein’s iconic score from a score arranged by composer and conductor David Newman.

The highly anticipated remake is scheduled for a December 2020 release. 

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The image was unveiled by 20th Century Fox via social media on Monday. 

The new musical hails from Steven Spielberg stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria in the story about young love and gang rivalry set in 1957 New York. 

The image of the highly anticipated adaptation of Broadway classic features rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks. On the left are Jets members Anybodys (Ezra Menas), Mouthpiece (Ben Cook), Action (Sean Harrison Jones); Jets leader Riff (Mike Faist); Baby John (Patrick Higgins); on the right is Maria’s brother and Sharks leader Bernardo (David Alvarez) and other Sharks’ members Quique (Julius Anthony Rubio), Chago (Ricardo Zayas), Chino (Josh Andrés Rivera), Braulio (Sebastian Serra) and Pipo (Carlos Sánchez Falú).

Spielberg is directing from a script by Tony Kushner. Gustavo Dudamel will helm the recording of Bernstein’s iconic score and composer David Newman (Anastasia) who will be arranging the score for the new adaptation.

West Side Story is set for release on December 18, 2020.

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Multiple outlets report that the acclaimed director is writing a horror series for Quibi (Quite Bites streaming service) only that will be available for viewing only when it’s dark.

Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg tells Variety, “Steven Spielberg came in, and said, ‘I have a super scary story I want to do. He’s writing it himself. He hasn’t [written anything in a while] so getting him to write something is fantastic.”

According to Katzenberg Spielberg has already penned “five or six episodes of a 10 or 12 chapter story.” The twist, however, is that the episodes will only be viewable after midnight. An in-app clock will count down until the sun goes down, giving viewers a limited window to watch the series each night.

Get ready to be spooked!

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We’re bringing you five most promising Apple TV+ originals that are coming our way.

The Morning Show

An inside look at the lives of morning show anchors, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Steve Carell? Sign us up!

Amazing Stories

Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories was one of the most beloved sci-fi anthology shows of the ‘80s, and it’s about time to bring them back.

Oprah Winfrey’s Series

We’re on board with whatever Oprah might be brining to Apple TV+, but she’s apparently working on two docu-series and revival of her famous book club.

See

We can’t get enough of Jason Momoa, so we won’t miss seeing him in this sci-fi drama taking place in a future where the human race has lost sense of sight.

Little America

After giving us one of the most refreshing rom-coms in recent memory with The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon are finally ready to join their forces again.

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The three have joined forces to adapt the hit book, turned hit movie, turned hit musical to the big screen. Deadline confirms that the feature will be based off the Tony-winning Broadway musical.

The 1982 Alice Walker novel about a black woman named Celie, who suffers abuse from her father, husband, and others over the course of four decades set in the American South, is heading back to the silver screen by Winfrey, Jones, and Scott Sanders, who produced the Broadway version. The three will now produce the big-screen musical with Spielberg as a producer.

Spielberg’s 1985 version starred Whoopi Goldberg as Celie. It earned 11 Oscar nominations, including a nom for Best Supporting Actress for Winfrey who made her acting debut. The original Broadway musical debuted in 2005 and scored 11 Tony Award nominations. 

The project is still looking for a writer.

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According to the series’ official synopsis, the new version of Cape Fear will be a “tense, contemporary thriller that examines America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century” that revolves around a pair of married attorneys forced to confront their past when a notorious killer is released after spending years behind bars.

Scorsese’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s book The Executioners came out in 1991 and featured Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, and Juliette Lewis. It was the second iteration of the story, following the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, who briefly appeared in Scorsese’s version.

Details about the TV adaptation of Cape Fear are few and far between, but we know that Nick Antosca (The Act) is attached to this project as showrunner and creator. He’ll also executive produce the series alongside Scorsese, Spielberg, and their partners Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey from Amblin Television and Alex Hedlund from Eat the Cat.

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Spielberg released an official statement thanking festival representatives and the audience for giving him this accolade. He said that the warm reception from everyone in Toronto made his first visit to TIFF intimate and personal to the entire Fabelman family.

The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical film, inspired by the famed director’s childhood as a young aspiring filmmaker. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role, while the rest of the cast includes Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.

The film’s big win in Toronto marks the start of its race for the Oscar because many of the previous winners of the People’s Choice Award went on to win the best picture, most recently Green Book and Nomadland.

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival took place between September 8 and 18. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery were first and second runner-ups for the People’s Choice Award. The Midnight Madness award went to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, while Black Ice was named the best documentary.

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Sources close to the acclaimed director have confirmed that for the first time in the Indiana Jones’ almost four-decade-long history, he won’t take his place in the director’s chair. 

According to a source, “The decision to hand over directing duties was entirely Steven’s,” adding that, “he felt now was the perfect time to let a new director and a new generation give their perspective to the overall story and this film.”

In talks to helm the fifth installment of the adventure franchise is James Mangold, whose directorial titles include Ford v Ferrari, Wolverine, and Logan. 

Indiana Jones 5 is set to hit theaters on July 9, 2021.

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The Masters of the Air WWII miniseries has found a new home in Apple’s forthcoming streaming service. Based on the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, the miniseries focuses on American bombers during the war. 

Unlike the first two parts, which aired on HBO, the network decided to pass on the project. “After careful consideration, HBO decided not to move forward with Masters of the Air. We look forward to our next collaboration with Playtone and Amblin,” a statement issued by the premium cabler read. 

Gary Goetzman, Spielberg and Hanks’ collaborator on the two previous installments, will also executive produce, with Hanks and Goetzman’s Playtone and Spielberg’s Amblin Television producing the series with Apple.

Apple TV+ launches November 1.

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The prolific director took to social media to post a letter of gratitude upon the official wrapping up of production on September 28. 

“This has been a journey without precedence: a joyful, stunning, moving, endlessly surprising encounter with the story and score of one of the world’s greatest musicals,” Spielberg wrote. “My brilliantly talented, fiercely committed, generous and apparently inexhaustible cast and crew of hundreds have given our film everything they’ve got, and already I can say that the film we’ll be releasing on December 18, 2020, owes everything to them as does its immensely grateful director.”

He went on to thank Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim for their  “insight, guidance, and support” throughout the project. 

West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort (Tony) and Rachel Zegler (Maria) as well as Ariana DeBose (Anita) and David Alvarez (Bernardo). 

The post “West Side Story” Wraps Production appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Another first look from the adaptation of the original Broadway hit is here and we’re excited! This time, we get to see actress Ariana DeBose’s transformation into Anita from the classic musical, which explores love and rivalry in 1957 New York.

Playing the part of Anita in the 1961 classic was Rita Moreno, who won a best-supporting actress Oscar for the role. Moreno is also part of the remake and is set to play Valentina. She is also executive producing the film.

The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); and Curtiss Cook (Abe). 

The forthcoming West Side Story feature is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by award-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Tony Award-winner Justin Peck will choreograph and conductor Gustavo Dudamel will helm the recording of Leonard Bernstein’s iconic score from a score arranged by composer and conductor David Newman.

The highly anticipated remake is scheduled for a December 2020 release. 

The post “West Side Story” Releases Anita’s First Look From Reboot appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The image was unveiled by 20th Century Fox via social media on Monday. 

The new musical hails from Steven Spielberg stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria in the story about young love and gang rivalry set in 1957 New York. 

The image of the highly anticipated adaptation of Broadway classic features rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks. On the left are Jets members Anybodys (Ezra Menas), Mouthpiece (Ben Cook), Action (Sean Harrison Jones); Jets leader Riff (Mike Faist); Baby John (Patrick Higgins); on the right is Maria’s brother and Sharks leader Bernardo (David Alvarez) and other Sharks’ members Quique (Julius Anthony Rubio), Chago (Ricardo Zayas), Chino (Josh Andrés Rivera), Braulio (Sebastian Serra) and Pipo (Carlos Sánchez Falú).

Spielberg is directing from a script by Tony Kushner. Gustavo Dudamel will helm the recording of Bernstein’s iconic score and composer David Newman (Anastasia) who will be arranging the score for the new adaptation.

West Side Story is set for release on December 18, 2020.

The post See the First Look of the “West Side Story” Remake appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Multiple outlets report that the acclaimed director is writing a horror series for Quibi (Quite Bites streaming service) only that will be available for viewing only when it’s dark.

Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg tells Variety, “Steven Spielberg came in, and said, ‘I have a super scary story I want to do. He’s writing it himself. He hasn’t [written anything in a while] so getting him to write something is fantastic.”

According to Katzenberg Spielberg has already penned “five or six episodes of a 10 or 12 chapter story.” The twist, however, is that the episodes will only be viewable after midnight. An in-app clock will count down until the sun goes down, giving viewers a limited window to watch the series each night.

Get ready to be spooked!

The post Steven Spielberg is Writing A Horror Series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

We’re bringing you five most promising Apple TV+ originals that are coming our way.

The Morning Show

An inside look at the lives of morning show anchors, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Steve Carell? Sign us up!

Amazing Stories

Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories was one of the most beloved sci-fi anthology shows of the ‘80s, and it’s about time to bring them back.

Oprah Winfrey’s Series

We’re on board with whatever Oprah might be brining to Apple TV+, but she’s apparently working on two docu-series and revival of her famous book club.

See

We can’t get enough of Jason Momoa, so we won’t miss seeing him in this sci-fi drama taking place in a future where the human race has lost sense of sight.

Little America

After giving us one of the most refreshing rom-coms in recent memory with The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon are finally ready to join their forces again.

The post 5 Apple TV+ Originals We Can’t Wait to See appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The three have joined forces to adapt the hit book, turned hit movie, turned hit musical to the big screen. Deadline confirms that the feature will be based off the Tony-winning Broadway musical.

The 1982 Alice Walker novel about a black woman named Celie, who suffers abuse from her father, husband, and others over the course of four decades set in the American South, is heading back to the silver screen by Winfrey, Jones, and Scott Sanders, who produced the Broadway version. The three will now produce the big-screen musical with Spielberg as a producer.

Spielberg’s 1985 version starred Whoopi Goldberg as Celie. It earned 11 Oscar nominations, including a nom for Best Supporting Actress for Winfrey who made her acting debut. The original Broadway musical debuted in 2005 and scored 11 Tony Award nominations. 

The project is still looking for a writer.

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