The Mr. Rogers film You Are My Friend starring Tom Hanks has just gained Chris Cooper (Coming Through The Rye) in the project, according to Variety. He’ll star alongside Hanks and Mathew Rhys (The Americans) in the Marielle Heller-directed film. You Are My Friend is inspired by a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers (Hanks) and award-winning journalist Tom Junod […]
First trailer for Can You Ever Forgive Me? starring Melissa McCarthy
Fox Searchlight has debuted the first poster and trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Lee Israel’s memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Directed by Marielle Heller, the comedy drama stars Melissa McCarthy as author and biographer Israel alongside Richard E. Grant; take a look below… Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU […]
Tom Hanks to star as Mr. Rogers in biopic You Are My Friend
Tristar Pictures have announced the casting of Tom Hanks to play Fred Rogers, the children’s television icon who created Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, in a biopic titled You Are My Friend. Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) will direct the film from a script by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (Transparent, Beautiful Ruins). You Are My Friend is inspired […]
Daisy Ridley and J.J. Abrams reuniting for fantasy thriller Kolma
The Wrap is reporting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens helmer J.J. Abrams is set to reunite with star Daisy Ridley for the fantasy thriller Kolma. Abrams is producing the project, which has Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) in talks to direct. Based on a 2003 Israeli movie of the week entitled All […]
Movie Review – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015. Directed by Marielle Heller. Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni and Abby Wait. SYNOPSIS: A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend. Opening with the line “I had sex today, holy shit”, it’s clear that Marielle Heller’s […]