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While the creators of IT: Welcome to Derry had their work cut out for them after the Hollywood strikes, star Stephen Rider benefitted from the downtime. The actor, who plays wrongfully convicted movie projectionist Hank Grogan in the HBO series, noted that during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, he and his onscreen daughter Amanda […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/7ZB3RdT

While the Back to the Future romantic lead changed hands for Parts II and III, one other actress almost portrayed Jennifer Parker. In his recent memoir Future Boy, Michael J. Fox explained that when he replaced leading man Eric Stoltz as time-traveling teen Marty McFly, co-star Melora Hardin was suddenly too tall to play the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/qaBwMop

Though Rian Johnson has noted there’s no performer he counts as a “white whale” for his budding Benoit Blanc/Knives Out universe, there is one seasoned actress he’d love to work with. “There are so many great actors I’d like to work with,” the Academy Award nominee told our sister publication IndieWire recently. “But, yes, if […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/oTyV5Ej

Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Judi Dench detailed the realities of her eye condition, which has led to a loss of sight and her stepping back from the stage and screen. “No, you don’t [see me on camera], because I can’t see anymore,” she told an ITV News reporter in a recent joint interview with […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/q9Fnrbw

Two veteran producers, Singapore’s Leonard Lai and Vietnam’s Hang Trinh, are spearheading the launch of a $3M investment venture, Triple Green CineCapital (TGC), to finance and produce commercially-driven features for the fast-growing Southeast Asian market.  The launch is being announced today at JAFF Market, which is running alongside the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF).  TGC […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/5UEFrMq

Kleber Mendonça Filho is in the thick of the awards season trail as he campaigns with his Brazilian Oscar entry The Secret Agent, but he is already thinking about his next film. The Brazilian director told Deadline on the red carpet at the opening night of Marrakech that it will be a drama set in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/RAnuDl7

High school, as the Stranger Things gang can attest, is no walk in the park (Upside Down or not). And in a sweet gesture paying homage to their artistic beginnings, co-creators of the Netflix phenomenon, the Duffer Brothers, chose to cast their high school drama teacher in a key role. “Miss Harris is played by […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Q5yb2uR