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Laura Dern (Jurassic World Dominion) and Liam Hemsworth (Poker Face) have signed on to star in the film Lonely Planet, which Susannah Grant (Unbelievable) is writing and directing for Netflix.

Lonely Planet is billed as a love story set in Morocco. Specifics with regard to its plot are being kept under wraps. Grant is also producing alongside Sarah Timberman and Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, with VP Studio Film Kira Goldberg serving as creative lead for Netflix.

The film continues the creative partnership between Netflix and 3dot, which has thus far produced the streamer’s upcoming thriller series, Anatomy of a Scandal, based on the book by Sarah Vaughan. 3dot entered into a multi-year, first-look film deal with Netflix in 2019, with adaptations of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Diane Cardwell’s memoir Rockaway also upcoming.

Grant is an Oscar- and three-time Emmy nominee...

Exclusive: Mark Amin’s U.S. based Sobini Films (Good Kill), Japanese producer Motoko Kimura (L.D.K), and Lifeng Wang’s (Skiptrace) Yintai Investment are teaming up to launch the Acj Film Fund.

Acj is a joint venture to develop and finance wide-release theatrical films that will appeal to the American, Chinese, and Japanese markets. The $3M development fund is focused on contemporary action, suspense, science fiction, and commercial romance, with a strong emphasis placed on acquiring completed scripts. Acj will also develop select projects based on IP and original concepts. The three partners plan to co-finance the films that Acj develops.

Amin most recently produced and directed Civil War drama Emperor, starring Dayo Okeniyi, Kat Graham, Bruce Dern, James Cromwell and Mykelti Williamson. The film will be released through Briarcliff Entertainment later this year. He also produced the Universal release Jt Leroy starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern,...

Julia Garner in ‘The Assistant.’

In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.

However the end of the company’s presence in Oz after more than 20 years does not signal any reduction in acquisitions for multiple-platform release.

“We have gained much-needed economies of scale with Kevin Gordon, our Australia/New Zealand sales and distribution manager, selling in directly,” CEO Kelly Rogers tells If.

“This is going very well and Australian exhibitors are receptive to our strong line-up. We expect to release approximately 30 titles in 2020, mainly digital titles and select strong theatrical films.”

Former Myriad Pictures and Icon Film Distribution marketing executive Lisa Garner, who joined Rialto as Sydney-based head of film in February 2018, expects to soon announce her next venture.

Currently Rialto has a hit with Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson...

Under the new partnership, the duo has already acquired 15 titles for release in Anz this year.

Vertigo Releasing and Rialto Distribution have joined forces on a new distribution venture for Australia and New Zealand.

The partnership has been forged to give the two independent companies more clout in the international market and will see London-based Vertigo co-acquire and co-release films in Anz with Australasia’s Rialto. Vertigo’s UK releasing strategy will remain separate.

Under the new partnership, the duo has already acquired 15 titles for release in Anz this year including Harvey Weinstein-inspired drama The Assistant from Us director Kitty Green,...

Actress Laura Dern and FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner are set to receive tributes at the upcoming Ifp Gotham Awards, the Independent Filmmaker Project announced Thursday.

Dern will receive the Actress Tribute, and Basner will receive the Industry Tribute from the awards ceremony that takes place on Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. They join Ava DuVernay and Sam Rockwell as the previously announced honorees, who are receiving the Director and Actor tributes.

“We are thrilled to be honoring the extraordinary talents of one of our most beloved actors, Laura Dern, with this year’s Actress Tribute. From her early roles in ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ to her more recent performances in ‘Big Little Lies,’ ‘Little Women’ and ‘Marriage Story.’ Laura transcends the screen and imbues each and every one of her characters with a deep intelligence and warmth,” Jeff Sharp, executive director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center,...

Laura Dern and FilmNation CEO Glen Basner are the latest recipients of the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards tributes, with Dern set to receive the actress tribute and Basner receiving the industry tribute.

Dern will next be seen on the big screen in Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, followed by a role in Greta Gerwig's latest version of Little Women. The actress earlier this year appeared in the films Jt Leroy and Trial by Fire while reprising her role as Renata Klein on the small screen on HBO's Big Little Lies. She has received two Oscar nominations and won four Golden Globes (from ...

Laura Dern and FilmNation CEO Glen Basner are the latest recipients of the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Awards tributes, with Dern set to receive the actress tribute and Basner receiving the industry tribute.

Dern will next be seen on the big screen in Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, followed by a role in Greta Gerwig's latest version of Little Women. The actress earlier this year appeared in the films Jt Leroy and Trial by Fire while reprising her role as Renata Klein on the small screen on HBO's Big Little Lies. She has received two Oscar nominations and won four Golden Globes (from ...

In a new interview with Deadline, Kristen Stewart is right to say that she wears her feelings. With each of her performances, from Olivier Assayas’ Gen-y ghost story “Personal Shopper” to Justin Kelly’s “Jt Leroy” and, now, Benedict Andrews’ “Seberg,” it feels like the actress is revealing another facet of her real self.

She’s currently at the Venice Film Festival to promote Amazon Studios’ “Seberg,” where the film will have its world premiere. In the politically charged thriller, Stewart plays ’60s New Wave icon Jean Seberg, complete with blond pixie cut, best known as New York Herald Tribune girl Patricia in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless.”

However, Seberg was equally notorious at the time for her association with Black Power advocate Hakim Jamal (played here by Anthony Mackie), turning her into a target of the FBI, which already had tabs on Seberg illegally in the Hoover days through its surveillance program Cointelpro.

Kristen Stewart transforms into “Breathless” actress Jean Seberg in the first look at Amazon Studios’ “Seberg.” Previously titled “Against All Enemies,” the historical drama is the latest directorial effort from theater director and “Una” filmmaker Benedict Andrews.

“Seberg” stars Stewart as the French New Wave icon during the 1960s, when she was targeted by the FBI because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. In addition to Stewart, the “Seberg” cast includes Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Colm Meaney, Margaret Qualley, Vince Vaughn, Zazie Beetz, Stephen Root and Yvan Atta. The film is based on a true story.

For Stewart, “Seberg” is the latest entry in her list of filmmaker-driven independent films. The actress last appeared opposite Laura Dern in “Jt LeRoy,” which opened in the U.S. this past April. “Seberg” is world premiering at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival in an out of competition slot.

David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jody Hill on board as executive producers.

Mel Gibson is attached to play Santa Claus in the action comedy Fatman, which Fortitude will introduce to buyers in Cannes next week.

Ian and Eshom Nelms (Small Town Crime) will direct the story about a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus whose business is in decline. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf will produce. The Nelmses wrote the...

David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jody Hill on board as executive producers.

Mel Gibson is attached to play Santa Claus in the action comedy Fatman, which Fortitude will introduce to buyers in Cannes next week.

Ian and Eshom Nelms (Small Town Crime) will direct the story about a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus whose business is in decline. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf will produce. The Nelmses wrote the...

“Charlie’s Angels” has made the jump to 2019.

Kristen Stewart, who stars in the Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot as one of the Angels, says the classic ’70s franchise has been updated to modern times without losing its pulpy action.

“At one point I think we said it was woke and grounded, and everyone was like, ‘Wait, is it still fun?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah dude, obviously, it’s ‘Charlie’s Angels,'” she told Variety on Wednesday at the premiere of her film “Jt LeRoy” in Hollywood.

Banks is the first woman to helm a “Charlie’s Angels” movie. Ella Balinska and Naomi Scott make up the crime-fighting trio, along with Stewart, who alluded to the idea that more women could appear in the film.

“If you were to make that movie right now, there needs to be more than three girls. We’re all in it together. There...

Kristen Stewart says her new film Jt LeRoy, which is out Friday, can help teach about the journey of gender identity.

The film, based on a true story, follows author Laura Albert (played by Laura Dern) who writes books under the pen name Jt LeRoy, the son of a truck stop hooker. When the popularity of the books grows, Laura enlists her sister-in-law Savannah Knoop (Stewart) to pretend to be the male persona and make public appearances. (Knoop, who uses they/them pronouns, released their memoir in 2008 titled Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt Leroy, which is the basis for the film)....

Kristen Stewart says her new film Jt LeRoy, which is out Friday, can help teach about the journey of gender identity.

The film, based on a true story, follows author Laura Albert (played by Laura Dern) who writes books under the pen name Jt LeRoy, the son of a truck stop hooker. When the popularity of the books grows, Laura enlists her sister-in-law Savannah Knoop (Stewart) to pretend to be the male persona and make public appearances. (Knoop, who uses they/them pronouns, released their memoir in 2008 titled Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt Leroy, which is the basis for the film)....

Kristen Stewart is about to get roped into a major scam.

In a People exclusive clip of Justin Kelly’s upcoming film Jt LeRoy, Stewart, 29, portrays Savannah Knoop, a young woman who poses as a popular author while her sister-in-law writes the material.

In the clip, Savannah visits her brother Geoffrey (Jim Sturgess) and his wife Laura Albert (Laura Dern). Bombastic and eccentric, Laura overwhelms Savannah when she greets her.

“Savannah, Geoffrey’s baby sister! Look at this creature. Just as you said,” Laura tells Geoffrey as she cradles Savannah’s face in her hands.

Looking uncomfortable, Savannah remains silent...

Universal Pictures has released the trailer for “Jt LeRoy,” writer-director Justin Kelly’s take on one of the most infamous literary scandals of the last 20 years. Formerly known as “Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy,” it stars Laura Dern as the writer who made up the pseudonymous persona and Kristen Stewart as the sister-in-law who portrayed LeRoy in public — and if that sounds confusing, just imagine how everyone who bought the books felt. Avail yourself of the trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis: “Laura Albert (Dern) writes tough, insightful fiction under a pseudonym, Jt LeRoy. Her Jt is not just a pen name but a whole persona, a teenage boy from West Virginia living a dangerous life as a truck stop sex worker. Laura was born in Brooklyn a generation earlier, and grew up in New York’s punk scene. Writing books such as ‘The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things’ as Jt...

Sneak Peek writer/director Justin Kelly's romantic drama feature "Jt LeRoy", based on the memoir "Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt Leroy" by Savannah Knoop starring Kristen Stewart, opening April 26, 2019:

"...'Savannah Knoop' (Stewart) spends six years masquerading as 'Laura Albert' and her literary persona 'Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy'.

"In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked 'it boy' wunderkind 'Jt LeRoy', whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. 

"It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco housewife, 'Laura Albert' (Laura Dern) whose epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows and fashion events, ultimately revealing that channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was her only possible path to self-expression..."

Cast also includes Diane Kruger as 'Eva', Jim Sturgess as 'Geoffrey Knoop',...

Sounds like Bella and Edward are both on board for a Twilight reboot! After Robert Pattinson said he was "ready" to reprise his role as the teenage vampire earlier this month, his former costar Kristen Stewart gave her thoughts on playing Bella again. While promoting her film Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy at Tiff, the actress dished on whether or not she would ever consider returning to the Twilight universe. "Yeah, sure," Stewart nonchalantly told Et before enthusiastically adding, "Yes, absolutely. Honestly, start sending scripts my way. Let's start building this."

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While it's pretty clear Stewart's comments were all in good fun, it's apparent that the franchise still holds a special place in the actress's heart. During her interview, Stewart also reflected on the film's upcoming 10th anniversary. "On one hand, it's 10 years ago - it's wild, it's...

Justin Kelly’s “Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy,” the closing-night film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, occupies a difficult slot at the mammoth festival. Tiff’s closing-night films typically don’t go on to enjoy significant commercial or critical success, more often destined for quick obscurity in the U.S. market.

Last year’s closing film, for instance, was the French comedy “C’est La Vie!” Before that, “The Edge of Seventeen” and “Mr. Right” at least made a little noise at the box office, “A Little Chaos” and “Life of Crime” less so.

But there’s good news and bad news for “Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy,” which stars Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart and had its first press screening on Monday in advance of Saturday’s closing-night gala.

Also Read: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Review: Barry Jenkins Delivers Stunning Romance With Aftertaste of Injustice

The good news is that current...

The deservedly forgotten 2004 feature, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, has been in the news lately due to allegations of sexual misconduct against director and star Asia Argento, years after shooting wrapped, with her still-underage co-star Jimmy Bennett. The development and production of that project, along with an inflated depiction of its Cannes premiere, are central to Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, with Diane Kruger stepping in as a deliciously opportunistic actress-filmmaker, here named Eva. That salacious connection to recent headlines should give Justin Kelly’s pedestrian account of the literary hoax behind it all an extra frisson. But deceit is heartless,...

Hard-living rocker and actress Courtney Love isn’t known as being a particularly good steward of some of her homes. Photographs from the early 1990s of a Los Angeles apartment she shared with late husband Kurt Cobain show they lived in virtual squalor. And, in 2011, she was evicted from a $27,000-per-month rented townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village after she made significant unauthorized decorative alterations and the property was damaged in a small fire started by a candle that set curtains in the master bedroom ablaze. So it’s not a total surprise that a pastoral property she owns on the semi-rural western outskirts of Olympia, Wash., now available at roughly $320,000, is in a total state of neglect. (Digital listings show the property is now pending sale.)

The Hole front woman, who earned critical accolades for her 1996 role in “The People vs. Larry Flynt” and will appear in the upcoming bio-drama “Jt Leroy,...

New York City-based Tinseltown couple Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus cemented their two-year-long romance with the $11.75 million, off-market acquisition of a handsome 19th-century townhouse in the bustling heart of New York City’s historic, charming and profoundly pricey West Village.

Prominently sited across a postage-stamp sized island parklet from a reliably traffic thronged avenue, the four-story Federal-style red-brick townhouse wasn’t listed on the open market. However, marketing materials from when the property was previously for sale indicate the semi-detached townhouse measures in, as was first noted in The Wall Street Journal, at around 3,800-square-feet with eight fireplaces, three exposures that fill the house with natural light throughout the day, and a roof terrace from which there are panoramic city views. And, though it’s quite possible and probably highly likely it’s been substantially altered, the townhouse was at one time configured with up to five bedrooms and four...

As July and the start of the second half of the year progresses, Academy Award hopefuls are beginning to make their moves. Just in the past days, we’ve gotten a whole host of Trailers (we didn’t even have time to share the new Welcome to Marwen one), as well as certain contenders making fall film festival moves. In case you missed it, Damien Chazelle’s First Man will open the Venice Film Festival, while just today we learned that Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born will also play at that fest. Throw in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma ad the Centerpiece Selection of the New York Film Festival, and movies with awards aspirations are beginning to set themselves up for success. As such, isn’t it a perfect time to update predictions? What I’ve done today is expand the Best Picture rankings to 30. The update next month...

Diane Kruger is one of the six names in entertainment being celebrated at the inaugural IndieWire Honors on Nov. 2. Her leading role in Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” won her best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.

There is a scene in “In the Fade” when Diane Kruger, playing a woman whose husband and son are killed in a suicide bombing, completely melts down. She doesn’t remember it. “It was such an out-of-body experience,” said Kruger, who won best actress at Cannes for role in the German-language production. “There are scenes in the movie where I feel like I’m not acting; I’m reacting to what’s happening in front of me. I was desperately searching for the truth.”

Kruger spent six months preparing for the role, meeting with nearly 30 relatives of murder victims to get inside the headspace, and the trauma stayed with her months after shooting was completed.

With Sony finally moving forward with their Charlie's Angels reboot, after languishing in development for a few years, a new report claims that stars Kristen Stewart and Lupita Nyong'o are being eyed to play two of the three Angels in this reboot. We reported in May that actress Janelle Monae was at the top of the studio's "wish list" to play one of the Angels, but the actress isn't mentioned in this latest report, so it's possible that she's not in contention for the role anymore. Regardless, with casting starting to heat up, production could begin sooner rather than later.

Variety broke this news today, revealing that the studio is interested in several other "big names" for the reboot, although no specific actors were mentioned. Director Elizabeth Banks came aboard just over two years ago, but our report from May revealed that the script was undergoing a rewrite from Narcos...

Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus recently took a break from their busy schedules to escape to Costa Rica for a romantic getaway. On Aug. 10, the couple were spotted enjoying a little R&R while soaking up the sun on the beach. Diane showed off her toned physique in a black one-piece, while Norman wore a wetsuit for his surf session. Diane has been busy shooting her upcoming film, Jt Leroy, in Canada, and Norman has been filming The Walking Dead in Georgia, so it only makes that the pair would want to get away for a few days. RelatedJoshua Jackson Puts All Ex-Boyfriends to Shame With Beautiful Note For Diane Kruger Diane and Norman first sparked dating rumors in 2015 after meeting on the set of their movie Sky. While Diane was still technically dating Joshua Jackson, they eventually announced their split in July 2016. A few months later, Diana supported Norman...

The Academy Board of Governors convenes Tuesday night to pick their next president. Three major candidates have emerged from the 54-member body, although anything can happen.

Dern would be the first actress since Bette Davis’s notoriously short two-month 1941 tenure. (She quit when she realized the all-male board would give her no power.) While movie stars like Gregory Peck and Douglas Fairbanks have served as president, only two women have served since Davis: Screenwriter Fay Kanin presided effectively from 1979 to 1983, and publicity executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs (the first African-American to hold the post) is exiting at the end of a tumultuous four-year term. During that time, she and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson spearheaded a concerted drive to add more diversity to the Academy, urging the 17 branches to actively recruit a younger and more inclusive membership from all over the world.

Isaacs also presided over the infamous last Oscar show, with...

The Academy Board of Governors convenes Tuesday night to pick their next president. Three major candidates have emerged from the 54-member body, although anything can happen.

Dern would be the first actress since Bette Davis’s notoriously short two-month 1941 tenure. (She quit when she realized the all-male board would give her no power.) While movie stars like Gregory Peck and Douglas Fairbanks have served as president, only two women have served since Davis: Screenwriter Fay Kanin presided effectively from 1979 to 1983, and publicity executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs (the first African-American to hold the post) is exiting at the end of a tumultuous four-year term. During that time, she and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson spearheaded a concerted drive to add more diversity to the Academy, urging the 17 branches to actively recruit a younger and more inclusive membership from all over the world.

Isaacs also presided over the infamous last Oscar show, with...

Exclusive: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love and James Jagger have signed on to join Justin Kelly-directed biopic Jt, about the Jt Leroy literary scheme orchestrated by Laura Albert and her sister-in-law Savannah Knoop. Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern and Diane Kruger also star in the film, which is currently in production in Canada. Kelly wrote the script based on Knoop's book Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy. Knoop took on the boy-wonder-author persona of Leroy for six…...

When Kristen Stewart goes to Cannes, she’s usually promoting a movie directed by someone else — like Olivier Assayas’ “Personal Shopper,” which debuted on the Riviera last year. The actress’s Cannes anxiety usually derives from wanting to represent her director correctly, to get out the right message. But this year’s different.

“I’m not working for anyone but myself,” she says, beaming. “Ask me anything!”

Stewart came to Cannes this year as the director of her first short, the 17-minute “Come Swim.” She and her producers at Starlight Studios pitched the film to women’s website Refinery29, which also backed her chum Chloe Sevigne’s short “Kitty: The Movie.” They helped Stewart to develop her rough outline, in which she described an image of a giant wave “getting bigger and bigger” that “never breaks.” Stewart already knew just the Australian underwater photographer to shoot it. Indeed, the film...

When Kristen Stewart goes to Cannes, she’s usually promoting a movie directed by someone else — like Olivier Assayas’ “Personal Shopper,” which debuted on the Riviera last year. The actress’s Cannes anxiety usually derives from wanting to represent her director correctly, to get out the right message. But this year’s different.

“I’m not working for anyone but myself,” she says, beaming. “Ask me anything!”

Stewart came to Cannes this year as the director of her first short, the 17-minute “Come Swim.” She and her producers at Starlight Studios pitched the film to women’s website Refinery29, which also backed her chum Chloe Sevigne’s short “Kitty: The Movie.” They helped Stewart to develop her rough outline, in which she described an image of a giant wave “getting bigger and bigger” that “never breaks.” Stewart already knew just the Australian underwater photographer to shoot it. Indeed, the film...

Exclusive: Fortitude closes deals on Justin Kelly project.

UK actor Jim Sturgess has joined Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger and Laura Dern in Justin Kelly’s upcoming Jt Leroy biopic, which is shooting preliminary footage here in Cannes. Fortitude International is handling sales on the project and has struck a multi-territory deal with a studio, which can’t be announced yet, as well as a deal with Pony Canyon for Japan.

Cassian Elwes is financing and producing the film with Julie Yorn, Patrick Walmsley, Mark Amin, and Thor Bradwell. Executive producers are Fortitude’s Nadine de Barros, with Cami Winikoff, Tyler Boehm, as well as Wayne Godfrey and Robert Jones of the Fyzz Facility, which is fully financing the feature.

It’s based on the true story of two women who created a fake child author persona, tricking the literary community and the Hollywood elite before the hoax was exposed. Kelly adapted the script from a book by...

Exclusive: Diane Kruger has joined the cast of Justin Kelly’s Jt Leroy, the feature film based on the true story of a pair of woman who created the persona of a boy-wonder author, fooling the literary community, the fashion world, and the Hollywood elite for six years before the hoax was finally revealed. Kristen Stewart early on boarded the project to play Savannah Knoop, who dressed up as Leroy who was a fabrication of writer Laura Albert, Knoop’s sister in law. Laura De…...

With their pulpy, entertaining sci-fi film Life now in theaters, star Jake Gyllenhaal and director Daniel Espinosa are already set to re-team for another cinematic outing. According to The Tracking Board, the pair are set to adapt an article by Rolling Stone about a group of Americans who fight alongside the Ypg against Isis. Titled The Anarchists vs Isis, Gyllenhaal will lead the project, along as joining the film as a producer. Espinosa is set to direct and they are still on the hunt for a writer to adapt the article, hopefully one that adapts such a recent set of events in compelling form.

Next up, after crafting one of the wildest movies of last year with Swiss Army Man, Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan (aka Daniels) have found their next project and it looks like they are expanding their scope in a big one. They’ve teamed with Joe...

Laura Dern is preparing for a literary hoax.

The Big Little Lies actress is in talks to join Kristen Stewart in Jt Leroy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Justin Kelly is directing from a script he wrote, based on the life rights of Savannah Knoop and her book Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy.

The film will recount the true story of the Jt LeRoy hoax, in which a female writer pretended to be a man who identifies as transgender, tricking the rich and famous in Hollywood, the fashion world and elite literary circles. After six years, The New...

Exclusive: Laura Dern is in talks to co-star in director Justin Kelly’s biopic JT Leroy, the true story behind writer Laura Albert’s made-up literary persona JT Leroy. If the deal closes, Dern will be joining Kristen Stewart, who was attached to the project early on.

Kelly wrote the screenplay, which is based on Savannah Knoop’s book Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy. Knoop spent six years pretending to be the enigmatic Jt Leroy, a man who identified as transgender. In…...

Laura Dern is preparing for a literary hoax.

The Big Little Lies actress is in talks to join Kristen Stewart in Jt Leroy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Justin Kelly is directing from a script he wrote, based on the life rights of Savannah Knoop and her book Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt LeRoy.

The film will recount the true story of the Jt LeRoy hoax, in which a female writer pretended to be a man who identifies as transgender, tricking the rich and famous in Hollywood, the fashion world and elite literary circles. After six years, The New York Times revealed ...

The North American premiere of Amazon Studios’ Cannes-bound opening night film from Woody Allen will kick off the festival on May 19.

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart star in Café Society, Allen’s period piece about a man who heads to Hollywood in the 1930s in search of fame and fortune and finds love in the café society.

Steve Carell, Parker Posey, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, Paul Schneider, Anna Camp, and Judy Davis round out the key cast. Café Society will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 11.

In his new role as festival director and chief curator, Carl Spence said: “Woody Allen delivers a delightful, vibrant, and entertaining tale that continues to expand his repertory of acting talent.

“Combining the power of Siff, which boasts the largest audience of any film festival in the country, with an emerging Seattle-based film distribution powerhouse that firmly believes in the theatrical experience, along with one of our most acclaimed directors, is a perfect...