• MNPP Jamie Bell is going to make a Fred & Ginger biopic with Margaret Qualley...
• TFE we're elated for Bell because if you recall our interview two years back he said playing Astaire was his dream role
• Variety Steven Soderbergh working on a Sex Lies and Videotape sequel with Andie MacDowell and Laura San Giacoma both returning. Yes, ma'am. Sold
More after the jump including live concerts to stream tonight, Wong Kar Wai, pandemic grief, Disney proejcts, and more Warner Bros/HBO Max fallout...
• Observer a complete list of new Disney projects announced at their big investors event. We didn't do an article on it because it's so depressing. It's 95% franchises. Their two divisions dedicated to originals, Fox and Searchlight, are noticeably absent
• Guardian "Magic Mike Live" had been a smash touring hit, pre-COVID of course, surely lining Channing Tatum's pockets considerably. What's next for it?
• NPR FKA Twigs has sued Shia Labeouf accusing him of domestic abuse
• Variety Denis Villeneuve is *pissed* at Warner Bros about dumping Dune on HBOMax. He pens a scathing but kind of beautiful op-ed about the importance of cinemas (while also praising streaming's place in the new ecosystem in a smart aside). Between this and Chris Nolan's anger, Warner Bros looks to be absolutely decimating their reputation as a studio for film artists. Hopefully lots of other studios steal their stable of talent!
• Time names President-Elect and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris the "Person of the Year"
• YouTube Time also names BTS "Entertainers of the Year" with a new performance of "Dynamite"
• Criterion offering up a box set of remastered Wong Kar Wai films
• CBC Five stages of pandemic grief through the pop music of 2020. Fun memoir article from Peter Knegt
LIVE $ EVENTS TODAY
• Taylor Mac, the incredible performance artist, has a show called "Holiday Sauce Pandemic" with three shows today $10
• Kelli O'Hara Broadway's incredible voice in concert tonight (sans audience of course) at 8 PM EST $20
FINALLY
Variety names their annual 10 Directors to Watch citing two famous actresses among them.
- Prano Bailey-Bond (“Censor”)
- Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (“Wild Indian”)
- Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”)
- Sian Heder (“Coda”)
- Regina King (“One Night in Miami”)
- Philippe Lacôte (“Night of the Kings”)
- Roseanne Liang (“Shadow in the Cloud”)
- Pascual Sisto (“John and the Hole”)
- Ricky Staub (“Concrete Cowboy”)
- Robin Wright (“Land”)