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Jean Smart is joining the Stone family for the holidays. On the heels of her fifth Emmy win for her portrayal of Deborah Vance in Hacks earlier this month, Smart has been cast in Searchlight Pictures’ sequel to the 2005 holiday classic The Family Stone, which sees much of the original cast set to return. Titled The Families Stone, the sequel will see Claire Danes return as Julie Morton, Rachel McAdams as Amy Stone, Dermot Mulroney as Everett Stone, Craig T. Nelson as Kelly Stone, Sarah Jessica Parker as Meredith Morton, Luke Wilson as Ben Stone, Tyrone Giordano as Thad…

As Jack Nicholson’s daughter, Lorraine Nicholson had a unique upbringing that included frequent childhood visits to the Playboy Mansion during one of Playboy’s peak eras. Now Nicholson is tapping into that mansion past in order to make her feature directorial debut with Playmates, a coming-of-age drama acquired by Searchlight Pictures. Lily-Rose Depp, the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, will star in the project along with rising actress Indiana Elle, who made her feature debut as Amanda Seyfried’s daughter in The Housemaid. Bill Pullman, who is no stranger to Hollywood dynasties as the father of actor Lewis Pullman, is…

Some stories refuse to stay on the page. The Hollywood Reporter’s Beyond the Book column explores what happens when books make the leap to screen and beyond — unpacking what stayed, changed, how it was done and why it matters with the creatives who made it.  *** “You can tell by my talking about this, I’m still nervous,” director Claire Scanlon admits while on a Zoom with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the release of Prime Video‘s The Love Hypothesis. The filmmaker is alluding to a much-discussed moment of the bestselling book (Chapter 16 — a rather, ahem, steamy sequence) in the new film adaptation,…

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s gay epic La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) picked up the top People’s Choice honor Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival as its 2026 edition wrapped. Getting wind behind its award season sails, the sweeping Spanish-language drama that Netflix acquired out of the Cannes Film Festival for an awards season push picked up the top audience award after also screening in Telluride. La Bola Negra, which recounts the story of three generations of queer men whose lives are connected through love and loss, was written (with Alberto Conejero), directed and produced by Los Javis, the…

Resident Evil has hit the ground running in its box office opening as the reboot reaches unprecedented heights for the franchise. Director-co-writer Zach Cregger‘s horror-survival video game adaptation grossed $26.3 million on Friday, including $8.8 million in Thursday previews. Sony Pictures now expects a launch in the $53 million to $55 million range for its three-day opening weekend, but it could get closer to an eye-popping $60 million. Earning a B+ CinemaScore from audiences, the movie is debuting far above the $40 million that the studio had initially projected. Resident Evil opened in 3,684 North American theaters and carries a…

Nicole Wallace has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios‘ Throttled, an upcoming film based on the book from Lauren Ashers’ Dirty Air series. The actress, known for the Culpa Mia trilogy and The House of Spirits, will play the female lead role opposite Off Campus star Josh Heuston. Wallace will play Maya Alatorre, described as “an ambitious young woman who joins her brother on the racing circuit and falls into a forbidden, high-stakes romance with her brother’s ruthless teammate and fiercest racing rival, Noah Slade (played by Heuston).“ Wallace said in a statement, “Maya is smart and ambitious and…

Thunderbolts* and Disclosure Day star Wyatt Russell has joined the cast of John Carroll Lynch’s upcoming comedy Happy. He will appear as Roger alongside Sex Education alum Asa Butterfield and 1917‘s Mark Strong, with Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Brittany O’Grady (The White Lotus) and Patti Harrison (Together Together) also starring. The feature follows Myles (Butterfield) into a “spectacularly dysfunctional introduction to his girlfriend’s family,” a plot synopsis reads. “A shotgun fired at a birthday cake, a voyeuristic mother, a seductive sister, a disarmingly decent ex-boyfriend, way too much booze and nowhere near enough boundaries. What starts as an awkward introduction…

“There are survivors“ but “there are no winners“ in the Hunger Games. In the new trailer released Wednesday, Lionsgate offered another look at the return to the dangerous games of Panem in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer. The film, adapted from Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, centers on fan favorite Haymitch (portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Hunger Games films), who later acted as a mentor in the Hunger Games to heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). As with the book, the film revisits the world of Panem 24 years before the events…

The still waters and intriguing depths conveyed by Chase Infiniti in The Julia Set offer proof positive that the magnetic One Battle After Another discovery has the goods to carry a movie. She also has robust support from an ensemble that includes Christopher Briney, Nina Hoss, Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson, an impressive assembly, especially for a first-time writer-director. Niki Byrne provides each of them with incisive characterizations and sharp dialogue, but her film fails to bring the psychological weight necessary for us to invest much in the mismatched central relationship. The dynamic at the heart of the movie is…

When the White House was looking for a way to attack Richard Gere this summer, they went low. Very low — even for this administration. Gere, the politically active 77-year-old actor and philanthropist, had criticized President Trump’s “ignorance” for cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development. At an event promoting an educational partnership on migration, Gere remarked, “He has idiots around him.” Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, fired back in a July 21 post on X, “Not going to listen to a guy who may have put a gerbil up his ass.” And there it was. Again!…