Pauly Shore’s Richard Simmons biopic to break a sweat with Jordan Allen-Dutton penning the script

Like a sweaty workout routine, Pauly Shore‘s Richard Simmons biopic continues to gain momentum. The Wolper Organization says it’s hiring Jordan Allen-Dutton (Robot Chicken) to pen the screenplay. The biopic comes after the success of The Court Jester, a short film starring Shore as the fitness guru and sunny cheerleader for people struggling with weight control … Read more

Director Maureen Bharoocha on Rita Moreno’s Two Requests Before Signing on for Campy Horror The Prank, Watching the EGOT Winner Break Bad | Features

As a viewer, perhaps the biggest joy of the schoolyard-hijinks-gone-wrong film is that the 92-year-old actress seemed to be having so much fun being bad. “And she’s never played anything like this,” Bharoocha continued. “I was thinking, maybe if we can get her the script, she’d be like, ‘Oh, I want do something that I’ve … Read more

WGA Suggests Studios Break From the AMPTP to Negotiate Deal

Amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the union’s leaders are suggesting that the studio member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) break from the organization and negotiate with them individually. “[D]uring individual conversations with legacy studio executives in the weeks since SAG-AFTRA went on strike, we have … Read more

Matt Damon was going to take acting break before Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer star Matt Damon told his wife that he would take a break from acting… unless Christopher Nolan came calling. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is absolutely packed with stars, including Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., and more. This leads me to believe that there’s only one response when the director comes calling … Read more