Wicked, a big-screen adaptation of the famous theater production that regularly makes waves throughout New York City, is finally coming to theaters this November. From the few early critic previews of the film floating around, we know that anyone even remotely interested in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or the theater…
Wicked, a big-screen adaptation of the famous theater production that regularly makes waves throughout New York City, is finally coming to theaters this November. From the few early critic previews of the film floating around, we know that anyone even remotely interested in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or the theater…
Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) will star in The Last Druid from director Will Eubank (Underwater, Land of Bad). Will Eubank penned the script with Phil Gawthorne and Carlyle Eubank. 42’s Ben Pugh is set to produce alongside Range Media Partners’ Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, with Adrián Guerra also producing for Nostromo. Felix Farmer’s Brandon Millan and Sam Wasson will executive produce alongside George Hsieh. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios will introduce the film during AFM next week.
The Last Druid tells the story of a Roman Emperor who discovers a secluded Druid stronghold in the mountains of Caledonia. A peaceful Celtic elder must awaken the warrior within to protect his family and people from total annihilation.
Crowe will next be seen in Sony’s Spider-Villain-Verse film Kraven the Hunter and the historical drama Nuremberg. He is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Meanwhile, it was recently reported that a prequel to Crowe’s Master and Commander film is still in the works.
Eubank made his directorial debut in 2011 with the science fiction drama Love, which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and later earned him the “Best Director” award at the Athens International Film Festival. He has also directed The Signal for Focus Features, starring Brenton Thwaites and Olivia Cooke; Underwater, starring Kristen Stewart and Vincent Cassel for Twentieth Century Fox; Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin starring Emily Bader for Paramount+; and Land of Bad with Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe. Eubank will next direct thriller The Epiphany, starring Sylvester Stallone.
Range Media Partners and CAA Media Finance arranged financing for the picture with Nostromo and are representing the U.S. rights.
42 is a leading management and production banner, whose upcoming projects include the thriller The Bet for Warner Bros.; Andrew Sodroski thriller Off Seasons for Apple TV+; Rupert Wyatt’s Boxman for Lionsgate; and The Penguin Lessons starring Jonathan Pryce and Steve Coogan which made its world premiere last month at TIFF and was acquired by SPC.
Eubank is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Gawthorne is repped by Range Media Partners and Ziffren Brittenham.
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The spooky season may be over but we still love us some Jamie Lee Curtis, forever the most iconic scream queen to emerge from ‘70s horror. Sure, she’s gone on to Oscar glory but we’ll always love her as Laurie Strode, even if she has hung it up on the character…or has she?
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jamie Lee Curtis seemed to assure us that Laurie Strode is no more, saying, “I have hung up my bell-bottoms and my pale blue button-down shirt, and I have relinquished [Laurie] to the ages with a warm, ‘aloha,’ and a thanks for all the years and memories.” Then she added a quick, cryptid farewell: “And yet, if I’ve learned anything in my 65 years on the planet, it’s never say never. Goodbye.”
OK, so it’s highly doubtful that Jamie Lee Curtis would actually play Laurie Strode ever again, so maybe it’s just wishful thinking on our part that her “never say never” is a legitimate tease. Then again, with how David Gordon Green’s trilogy ended — narratively, because you know we’re not talking about quality… — it wouldn’t make sense to bring her back. What are we going to watch her do all day? That said, Scout Taylor-Compton — who played the character for Rob Zombie — has actually expressed an interest in reprising her take, which might work out better in terms of story.
With Laurie Strode moving on, we’d still love to see Jamie Lee Curtis return to the horror genre. Instead, it looks like the closest we’ll get is the Freaky Friday sequel. But her work in the genre can’t be understated, with movies like Prom Night and Terror Train with its share of fans. But for me, her best performance — in horror or not — has always been in 1981’s Roadgames, a terrific Aussie thriller that you have to see if you haven’t already.
Can you see Jamie Lee Curtis returning as Laurie Strode or is that one knife that doesn’t need to be sharpened? Which performance do you think was the strongest? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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The spooky season may be over but we still love us some Jamie Lee Curtis, forever the most iconic scream queen to emerge from ‘70s horror. Sure, she’s gone on to Oscar glory but we’ll always love her as Laurie Strode, even if she has hung it up on the character…or has she?
In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jamie Lee Curtis seemed to assure us that Laurie Strode is no more, saying, “I have hung up my bell-bottoms and my pale blue button-down shirt, and I have relinquished [Laurie] to the ages with a warm, ‘aloha,’ and a thanks for all the years and memories.” Then she added a quick, cryptid farewell: “And yet, if I’ve learned anything in my 65 years on the planet, it’s never say never. Goodbye.”
OK, so it’s highly doubtful that Jamie Lee Curtis would actually play Laurie Strode ever again, so maybe it’s just wishful thinking on our part that her “never say never” is a legitimate tease. Then again, with how David Gordon Green’s trilogy ended — narratively, because you know we’re not talking about quality… — it wouldn’t make sense to bring her back. What are we going to watch her do all day? That said, Scout Taylor-Compton — who played the character for Rob Zombie — has actually expressed an interest in reprising her take, which might work out better in terms of story.
With Laurie Strode moving on, we’d still love to see Jamie Lee Curtis return to the horror genre. Instead, it looks like the closest we’ll get is the Freaky Friday sequel. But her work in the genre can’t be understated, with movies like Prom Night and Terror Train with its share of fans. But for me, her best performance — in horror or not — has always been in 1981’s Roadgames, a terrific Aussie thriller that you have to see if you haven’t already.
Can you see Jamie Lee Curtis returning as Laurie Strode or is that one knife that doesn’t need to be sharpened? Which performance do you think was the strongest? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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