George Clooney
Apple Picks Sony to Release New George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Movies
Apple Original Films has selected Sony Pictures Entertainment to release a pair of star-studded movies in cinemas around the globe following their distribution partnership on Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. Project Artemis and Wolfs will be given an exclusive theatrical run before they hit Apple TV+ no earlier than 45 days later. The two movies are likely […]
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‘The Boys in the Boat’ Star Callum Turner Says Actors “Were Awful” When Began Rowing for Film, Could See “Pain and Fear in George Clooney’s Soul”
In turns out, the biggest challenge of The Boys in the Boat was making sure the boys actually looked like they belonged in the boat. The Amazon MGM Studios film, directed by George Clooney, tells the inspirational true story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics […]
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George Clooney Jokes That Batman Cameo in ‘The Flash’ Was a One-Time Occurrence: “Somehow There Were Not A Lot of Requests”
George Clooney shocked the DC Universe this summer when he returned to the role of Bruce Wayne, after 25 years, for a cameo appearance in The Flash — and is now confirming that was a one-and-done reprisal. Clooney infamously played Bruce Wayne/Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin, the 1997 movie that was considered one of the […]
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Inside the A-List Pressure Campaign and Powerful Call That Brought SAG-AFTRA and Studios Back to the Table
A call from Disney CEO Bob Iger to SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on Saturday, Oct. 21, set in motion the long-awaited return to negotiations between the union and Hollywood studios later this week. During that conversation, Iger expressed the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ desire to get back to bargaining and […]
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SAG-AFTRA’s Fran Drescher Responds to George Clooney-led Plan to Accelerate End to Actors Strike: It “Does Not Impact the Contract”
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher welcomed a George Clooney-led proposal on taking caps off union dues but said the offer wouldn’t be legally compatible with the union’s contract with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, saying, “That does not impact the contract that we’re striking over whatsoever.” Earlier this week, Clooney and a group […]
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SAG-AFTRA’s A-Listers Try Gambit to Help End Actors Strike
George Clooney and a group of other A-listers have brought a bold proposal to SAG-AFTRA leaders suggesting that the union remove the cap on dues for high-earning members in order to infuse more funds into the union’s coffers over the course of three years. The idea behind the proposal is for major stars like Clooney […]
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Callum Turner Grabs Olympic Glory in George Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ Trailer
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore star Callum Turner goes on an epic quest for Olympic gold in the trailer for director George Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat, which Amazon MGM Studios dropped on Wednesday ahead of a Dec. 25 theatrical release. Turner plays Joe Rantz, a Depression-era outsider who discovers joining the rowing […]
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George Clooney Meets With SAG-AFTRA Leadership About State of Negotiations
SAG-AFTRA A-lister George Clooney met with his union’s leaders Tuesday in a bid to further understand how contract negotiations broke down on Oct. 11. Clooney spoke with union national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland as well as president Fran Drescher over Zoom about why studios suspended discussions the previous week. Deadline, which was […]
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Clintons Producing Doc on Clooney Foundation Probe Into Russian War Crimes in Ukraine (Exclusive)
HiddenLight Productions, the production outfit co-founded by Hillary Clinton, Sam Branson and Chelsea Clinton, is backing a new documentary on efforts by George and Amal Clooney’s Clooney Foundation for Justice to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The feature doc, The Swallows Will Return (working title), will follow the investigative work of Anya Neistat, a […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Killers of the Flower Moon, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and the Versace Icons Dinner. Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards The third annual LABA Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly […]
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Kim Cattrall and Five Actors Who Made Surprising Returns to a Role
Call it an un-retirement. An actor makes a splash with a role, and makes an equally big splash retiring from that character or franchise only to return years later. Below, The Hollywood Reporter looks at some of the actors who have been most vocal in their opposition to returning to a role or franchise before […]
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George Clooney, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio Donate to SAG-AFTRA Foundation to Help Performers Amid Strike
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has raised over $15 million from Hollywood’s top-paid actors for an emergency financial assistance program for journeymen performers facing economic hardship during the ongoing actors strike. Those giving $1 million or more to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation include George Clooney, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hugh Jackman, Dwayne Johnson and Nicole Kidman. “Thanks to […]
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