Can one adapt Herman Melvilles Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street for the big screen? And if so, how? Austrian writer-director Angela Summereders new film, B for Bartleby, uses the famous short story as an inspiration for a broader cinematic reflection. The film explores the impossibility of translating written language into images and sounds, notes a synopsis on...

The scariest clown in Hollywood history appeared on the streets of several major cities on Wednesday. Pennywise the Dancing Clown from the It films was spotted in locations around the globe as part of a promotion for HBOs spinoff TV series It: Welcome to Derry. The cities included New York, Los Angeles,Paris, Warsaw, Madrid, Manila, Mexico City, So Paulo and...

Elizabeth Olsen knows the type of projects she wants to be part of, and she revealed she will not sign onto a studio movie without a guaranteed theatrical release. If a movie is made independently and only sells to a streamer, then fine. But I dont want to make something where [streaming is] the end-all, Olsen told InStyle for the...

Two-time Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett will be honored with this years Icon Award at the Camerimage film festival, which highlights the art of cinematography. Blanchett will attend Camerimage in Toru, Poland, to receive the honor at the festivals closing gala. Camerimage 2025 runs Nov. 1522. Blanchetts astounding 30+ year career on screen has been accompanied by some of cinemas...

David Chase has set up his next series project at HBO one thats a world away from The Sopranos. Chase has optioned John Lisles nonfiction book Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA to adapt as a limited series. The drama, titled Project: MKUltra, is in development at the premium outlet. Should it go to...

Jimmy Kimmel thinks Jon Stewart shouldve been hired for his job hosting ABCs late night slot. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host appeared on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast Wednesday, where he recounted his pathway to securing the gig. He shared that ABC was about to hire Jon Stewart when they made a sudden pivot. They wanted a traditional...

The TCM Classic Film Festival is headed back to Hollywood for its 17th edition on April 30-May 3 with the theme The World Comes to Hollywood, meant to celebrate the immigrant pioneers of the big screen, it was announced Wednesday. Movies showcased will honor gifted and vital artists, innovators and craftsmen who arrived from other lands to Hollywood to establish...

You probably arent a big fan of the new HBO Max price, but maybe this will make up for it? (Spoiler: it wont.) On Wednesday, Oct. 22, HBO Max rolled out a new feedback system, inviting users to Love, Like or declare a title as Not for Me. It is the first such system across HBO Max and its preceding...

Three years after Austin Butler played Elvis Presley in 2022s Elvis, he and Jeremy Allen White discussed the boundaries they had to navigate while playing real people in light of the latters portrayal of Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. During a conversation for Interview magazines fall 2025 cover story, published Tuesday, Butler brought up...

Mariska Hargitay may be known for her more serious roles, but she always aspired to star in a comedy. While looking back on the early days of her career during Tuesdays episode of Amy Poehlers Good Hang podcast, she revealed she auditioned to star on Friends so many times. I did a lot of comedy auditions, Hargitay told Poehler while...

Cameron Diazs action comedy Bad Day has rounded out its cast with several bold-faced funny people. Sam Richardson, Ben Schwartz, K Callan as well as Ayden Mayeri, Mark Duplass and Rob Corddry have boarded the project, which is in production in New Jersey and being directed by Jake Szymanski (Jury Duty). Ed ONeill, Danielle Brooks, John Higgins, Rhenzy Feliz, Jessica...

Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Peaky Blinders,Daisy Jones the Six) stars opposite Bill Nighy in Harlan Cobens Lazarus, the new original series from the master of twists and turns that released on Amazons Prime Video Wednesday. Based on an original script by best-selling author Cobenand BAFTA winnerDanny Brocklehurst, the six-episode Harlan Cobens Lazaruspromises another wild ride for the onscreen characters...

CBS and The Good Wife and The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King are going back to court. The network has given a series order to the couples legal drama Cupertino for the 2026-27 season. The pickup comes after CBS announced in May that it would open a writers room for the show and commissioned 13 scripts. Cupertino will...