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| Sophie Nyweide, former child actress who starred in 'Noah,' dies at 24 | Sophie Nyweide, a former child actress who starred in Noah and Margot at the Wedding, has died at the age of 24, according to an obituary published online. Nyweide's family wrote that the young actress died on April 14. "Sophie was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, friend and new aunt," the family wrote. "Creative, athletic and wise beyond her years, Sophie accomplished so much in the time she danced upon Earth." "She seemed happiest on a movie set, becoming someone else. It was a safe place for her and she relished from the casts and crews, who nourished her talent and well being," the obituary reads. Nyweide appeared in her first major film Bella, when she was six-years-old. |
| Steve Carell, Ramy Youssef play 'presidents of tech' in 'Mountainhead' teaser | Max is teasing Mountainhead, a new film starring Steve Carell and Ramy Youssef. The pair, along with Cory Michael Smith and Jason Schwartzman, play four friends and "presidents of tech" who gather at a luxury home in the mountains amid global crises. A teaser trailer released Tuesday shows the group receiving a call from the U.S. president. When they consider what president might say, Youssef's character suggests, "That your platform has inflamed a volatile situation, circulating unfalsifiable deep fakes, massive fraud, market instability." According an official synopsis, the group is worth a combined $371 billion and have "zero culpability." Mountainhead is written and directed by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. |
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge takes viewers under the sea in 'Octopus!' trailer | Prime Video released a trailer for Octopus!, a two-part documentary special narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The documentary, which starts streaming May 8, "transports viewers into the otherworldly depths of one of the most intelligent and mysterious life forms on earth as it follows the giant pacific octopus from birth to death," Prime Video said in a press release. The documentary also features appearances from scientists, conservationists and even comedian Tracy Morgan, who is "obsessed" with the creatures. The documentary is directed by Niharika Desai and executive produced by Jenny Robins and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Wells Street Films, Stacey Offman and Richard Perello for Jigsaw Productions and showrunner Melissa Wood. |
| 'Song Sung Blue' gets first look image, Christmas release date | Focus Features offered a first look at Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a pair of musicians who form a Neil Diamond tribute band, and announced the film's Christmas release date. The photo shared Tuesday on Instagram shows Jackman and Hudson in costume performing on stage. The post also announced the film will release on Christmas Day. Song Sung Blue, based on the 2008 documentary of the same name by director Greg Kohs, tells the true story of "two down-on-their-luck musicians" who find success in forming a Neil Diamond tribute band, "proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams," an official synopsis reads. |
| Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly run into 'monster rivalry' in 'Zombies 4' teaser | Disney+ is teasing Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, starring Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly and arriving on Disney Channel July 10. Manheim portrays zombie Zed while Meg Donnelly is his cheerleader girlfriend, Addison. The "power couple" embark on a summer road trip, but things don't go as planned and they encounter "yet another monster rivalry" between daywalkers and vampires. "Tensions flare when Zed and Addison find themselves acting as camp counselors between the two opposing supernatural factions," an official synopsis reads. The film also stars Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Kylee Russell, Chandler Kinney, Julian Lerner, Swayam Bhatia, Mekonnen Knife, Lisa Chappell and Jonno Roberts. |