By Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda says he’s open to making a “Hamilton” movie, but is waiting to hear from “a director with a great take”. He goes on to say: “if someone’s got an idea, holla at me.” The stage musical, a biographical take on Alexander Hamilton and became a cultural phenomenon, released in 2015. A filmed version of the Broadway production was released on Disney+ in 2020. [Source: Variety]
Sofia Coppola
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola has begun the “very early stages” of writing her follow-up to 2023’s “Priscilla” – but specifics are under wraps. She says she “got distracted with making books” and one of her goals for early 2025 is “to get back to writing… I have the beginning figured out, but I don’t quite know where it’s going yet and if it’ll turn into something. But I’m excited about it.” [Source: Vogue]
R.I.P. Charles Shyer
Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter, producer and director who worked on films like “Private Benjamin,” “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Irreconcilable Differences,””I Love Trouble” and the remakes of “Father of the Bride,” “The Patent Trap” and “Alfie” has died at the age of 83. No cause of death was given. [Source: Deadline]
Willem Dafoe
Having starred in “The Lighthouse,” “The Northman” and “Nosferatu,” actor Willem Dafoe will reportedly re-team with filmmaker Robert Eggers for his next two films. Eggers revealed the news during a video store visit via Konbini saying he’d offered Dafoe roles in his next two movies last week.
Eggers recently confirmed he has “five things” that could potentially turn into his next project with four of those things revealed – a western, a “Rasputin” mini-series, a medieval tale called “The Knight,” and a remake of “Labyrinth”. [Source: WoR]
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