Film Reporter • brian.welk@thewrap.com • Twitter: @brianwelk
Experience:
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Cynthia Erivo to Star in Film About African Princess Offered as ‘Gift’ to Queen Victoria
True story of Sara Forbes Bonetta will be executive produced by Benedict Cumberbatch
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AMC Theatres Seeks to Raise $800 Million in Cash by Selling New Shares Amid Pandemic
The nation’s largest theater chain will sell 200 million new shares
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Rotten Tomatoes Revamps Top Critics Classification to Boost Inclusivity
Of 170 new film and TV critics added, 60% are women and a quarter are people of color
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NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant to Lead Docuseries ‘Promiseland’ (Exclusive)
Dexton Deboree directs the six-part series that will focus on other rising athletes in future installments
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Lena Waithe to Produce ‘A Thousand and One,’ Directorial Debut of Sundance Fellow AV Rockwell
Focus Features, Sight Unseen, Makeready and Hillman Grad Productions will begin production on the crime drama next year
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Margot Robbie in Talks to Replace Emma Stone in Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’
“La La Land” actress exited the picture for scheduling reasons
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Julianna Margulies Joins ‘The Morning Show’ Season 2
“The Good Wife” star will play an anchor at UBA News alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon
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Anne Hathaway and Ben Stiller Heist Film ‘Lockdown’ Swiped by HBO Max
Doug Liman directs the movie that will now premiere in early 2021
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John Mulaney Faced Secret Service Investigation After ‘SNL’ Monologue Joke About Julius Caesar (Video)
The comedian made a silly joke about the Leap Year and Julius Caesar
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Director Rian Johnson Almost Brought Back Anakin
“Yoda felt like the more impactful teacher for that moment,” the director says
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19 Music Biopics in the Works, From Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin (Photos)
The Bee Gees, Madonna, Whitney Houston and more are looking for their “Bohemian Rhapsody” moment
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Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette Survival Sci-Fi Film ‘Stowaway’ Ships to Netflix
Daniel Dae Kim and Samier Anderson co-star in the film from director Joe Penna
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Jodie Foster Defends Accused 9/11 Terrorist in ‘The Mauritanian’ Trailer (Video)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tahar Rahim and Shailene Woodley co-star in film opening Feb. 19
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1091 Pictures and Streamwise Name Former Netflix, HBO Exec Greg Scott SVP of Marketing (Exclusive)
Scott led marketing efforts for shows such as “Mindhunter,” “13 Reasons Why” and “The Haunting of Hill House”
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Slamdance Film Festival Goes Virtual, Adds Section for Disabled Creators
Festival’s 27th edition will run Feb. 12-25, 2021
