TV News Roundup: Elizabeth Banks to Host ABC’s Game Show ‘Press Your Luck’
In today’s roundup, Elizabeth Banks is set to host ABC’s new game show “Press Your Luck,” and HBO’s released the first trailer for its upcoming series “The Righteous Gemstones.” CASTING Elizabeth Banks...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Brightburn’
“Superman” meets “The Omen” in “Brightburn,” a watchable but super-silly mix of superheroics and evil-child horror that mashes together singularly uninspired ideas from both. Offering R-rated fantasy...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks Joins Cate Blanchett’s FX Limited Series ‘Mrs. America’
Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of the upcoming FX limited series “Mrs. America,” Variety has learned. The series tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks to Develop Series Based on Podcast ‘Over My Dead Body’ for...
A series adaptation of the Wondery podcast “Over My Dead Body” is in development at the WarnerMedia streaming service from Elizabeth Banks, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Banks is...
View ArticleFilm News Roundup: Elizabeth Banks Honored as Pioneer of the Year by Will...
In today’s film news roundup, Elizabeth Banks will receive the Pioneer of the Year Award, “The Great Hack” launches a festival, Women In Media launch the CAMERAderie Initiative and UCLA, University of...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Teases ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Collaboration with Ariana Grande and...
Three of the biggest female pop stars have joined forces in a new song for the Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot of “Charlie’s Angels.” In a tweet posted Wednesday, Miley Cyrus hinted at a collaboration...
View Article‘Charlie’s Angels’: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska Team Up in...
Good morning, Angels. Sony dropped a first look at the upcoming “Charlie’s Angels” movie from director Elizabeth Banks. The action-packed trailer, set to a new single from Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande...
View ArticleNew ‘Flintstones’ Series in the Works From Warner Bros. Animation, Elizabeth...
Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions are teaming up for a new “Flintstones” series, Variety has learned exclusively. The project, which is in early development, is...
View ArticleFox Gives Put Pilot Order to Legal Drama From Amanda Green With Elizabeth...
Fox has given a put pilot commitment to legal drama series “The Twelve.” Based on the Belgian series “De Twaalf,” the show examines one high-stakes case each season through the perspective of the...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks on Missing Rom-Coms and ‘Making Sure That Women Matter’
Receiving the 2019 Pioneer of the Year award from the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, Elizabeth Banks is leading in a new field. In addition to her achievements as an actor, director,...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks on Female Filmmakers and Why Directing Wasn’t Always Her Goal
Despite becoming the first female director to receive the 2019 pioneer of the year award from the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, “Charlie’s Angels” helmer Elizabeth Banks told Variety...
View Article‘Charlie’s Angels’ Sets China Release Date
“Charlie’s Angels” is set to land in China on Nov. 15. The new movie iteration of the 1970s TV show stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinksa as the three gun-toting, karate-chopping...
View ArticleIssa Rae, Elizabeth Banks, Mindy Kaling Set Comedy Projects at HBO Max
Issa Rae, Elizabeth Banks, and Mindy Kaling are all teaming up with HBO Max for three new half-hour comedies. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, both Rae and Banks’ projects...
View Article‘Charlie’s Angels’ Director Elizabeth Banks on Living Up to Franchise’s...
Is Elizabeth Banks ready for the world to experience “Charlie’s Angels”? “It’s a lot of pressure,” Banks told Variety at Monday’s premiere of the film in Los Angeles. “It’s very scary. I’ve seen the...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Charlie’s Angels’
Most reboots are meaningless (time to rev that franchise back up!). But the new “Charlie’s Angels,” whether it turns out to be a glittering hit or the latest expensive package to get tossed by the...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks Hopes ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Convinces Studios to ‘Trust Women...
When it comes to female empowerment, “Charlie’s Angels” has always been a franchise ahead of its time, bringing a group of butt-kicking women to the screen in the 1970s. But Elizabeth Banks’ version of...
View ArticleHow Costume Designer Updated Looks for ‘Charlie’s Angels’ While Nodding to Past
The costumes that the “Charlie’s Angels” trio have worn over the years have always been functional but fashionable. In the TV show starring Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson, which ran from...
View ArticleChina Box Office: ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Kept Earthbound by Local Romcom
The new “Charlie’s Angels” reboot was no match for a local romantic comedy or a 20-year-old Giuseppe Tornatore film at the Chinese box office, bringing in just $7.6 million in its debut weekend,...
View ArticleHow Laverne Cox Landed a Cameo in Elizabeth Banks’‘Charlie’s Angels’
Laverne Cox officially earned her wings, scoring a role in Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels.” But she revealed her cameo almost didn’t happen. When the Emmy-nominee heard that Elizabeth Banks was directing the...
View ArticleElizabeth Banks to Direct, Star in ‘Invisible Woman’ for Universal
Elizabeth Banks is set to direct and star in “Invisible Woman” for Universal, which is based on her own original pitch. “The Girl on the Train” scribe Erin Cressida Wilson penned the script with Banks...
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