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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emily Mortimer Taps Alison Oliver & Yura Borisov To Lead ‘Dennis,' Her Feature Directorial Debut For A24 & Fruit Tree
EXCLUSIVE: Alison Oliver (Saltburn) and Anora Oscar nominee Yura Borisov have signed on to star in Dennis, a romance marking the feature debut of BAFTA-nominated actress Emily Mortimer, for A24 and Fruit Tree. Written and directed by Mortimer, the film follows a British student (Oliver) and a Russian poet (Borisov) who fall in love in 1990s Moscow. More from Deadline Jonathan Daviss To Star As Snoop Dogg In Universal's Craig Brewer-Directed Biopic Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh & Jamie-Lynn Sigler To Star In Thriller 'The Man Across The Street' Monumental Imagery, Explosive Visuals: Catch Trailer For 'Architecton' That Everyone's Watching The project marks a reunion for A24 and Fruit Tree following their work on two Jesse Eisenberg projects: his forthcoming untitled comedy, starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, on which we were first to report, and his feature directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World. Previously, the companies have also collaborated on Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow, as well as The Curse, the Showtime series from Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, starring Fielder and Fruit Tree's Emma Stone. Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting will produce Dennis through Fruit Tree alongside Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola and Lizzie Nastro Adler for King Bee Productions. Exec producers include Joshua Horsfield for Intake, Viktória Petrányi for Proton Cinema, and Jacob Epstein for Lighthouse. A24 will finance the film and handle its worldwide release. Perhaps best known for a striking supporting turn in Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, Oliver has subsequently reunited with the filmmaker on her Warner Bros adaptation of literary classic Wuthering Heights, which is slated for release on February 13, 2026. Also recently seen in Justin Kurzel's The Order, she'll next be seen starring alongside Mark Ruffalo in HBO's buzzy crime drama Task from Mare of Easttown's Brad Ingelsby. She's represented by Curtis Brown and CAA. Since garnering an Oscar nomination for his turn as Igor in Sean Baker's Anora, Borisov has been tapped to star opposite Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro in Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's new AI-themed film for Amazon MGM Studios. He is represented by UTA, ColorCreative, and Gang Tyre Ramer. Breaking out as a filmmaker with The Pursuit of Love, a limited series she wrote and directed for the BBC and Amazon, where she starred alongside Lily James, Andrew Scott, and Dominic West, Mortimer also co-wrote, created, starred in, and showran the HBO series Doll and Em opposite Dolly Wells. Most recently, she co-wrote Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach's new film for Netflix, where she stars alongside Adam Sandler and George Clooney. As an actress, Mortimer has also worked with top filmmakers including Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom), Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, Hugo), Woody Allen (Match Point), Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins), and Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl), among others. She is represented by UTA, Tavistock Wood, Lighthouse Management & Media, and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More Men of Steel: Every Actor Who Has Played Superman - Photo Gallery 'Michael' Cast: Who's Who In The Michael Jackson Biopic
News.com.au
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Inside Emma Stone's $41 million renovated estate
Emma Stone has listed her newly renovated Texas estate for a hefty $US26.5 million ($A41.1 million). Located in the upscale Tarrytown neighbourhood, the 1.25-acre property will be among the most expensive on the market in Austin, Realtor reports. According to Eric Moreland of Moreland Properties/Forbes Global Properties, one of the listing agents, the actress and her husband, comedy writer Dave McCary spent more than three years renovating and restoring the home. Moreland said the couple's New York business interests have expanded since they started the remodel, and while they hope to live in Austin eventually, it doesn't make sense for now. The couple, who are co-founders of the production company Fruit Tree, own a roughly $US12 million ($A18 million) apartment in lower Manhattan, according to property records. Stone is slated to star in the upcoming contemporary Western film 'Eddington.' It's unclear what Stone and McCary paid for the Austin property, since Texas is a nondisclosure state. The Georgian-style brick house dates to around 1940, making it one of the oldest estates in the area. The roughly 10,000-square-foot estate includes a main house with four bedrooms and a two-bedroom guesthouse. The property also has a pool, a hot tub, and a garage with a screening room and entertaining space above. As part of the renovation, the couple removed, cleaned and reused all the exterior brick. The pair also reconfigured some of the living spaces, opening the kitchen to the living room for a more modern layout. It took more than a year just to install the millwork in the screening room, said Moreland. The contractors are now putting the finishing touches on the property, he said. The 'La La Land' actress has a track record of buying and selling her homes for significantly more than she paid. In 2022, she sold her blufftop Malibu, Calififornia, home for $US4.425 million after buying it for $US3.25 million in 2018, according to property records. Last year, she sold her home in L.A.'s Comstock Hills neighbourhood for $US4.3 million, significantly more than the $US2.3 million she paid in 2019.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A24 Boards Jesse Eisenberg's Untitled New Comedy From Topic Studios and Fruit Tree
A24 has landed Academy Award-nominated writer/director Jesse Eisenberg's next untitled comedy project, the studio announced Tuesday. Along with Eisenberg, the film stars Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu and Bernadette Peters. In addition, Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Lilli Cooper and Maulik Pancholy also join the cast. Production began in April. The film follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a community theater musical production, going to extremes as she loses herself in the role. Eisenberg wrote the original music and lyrics for the film's musical, with music supervisor Steven Gizicki ('A Complete Unknown,' 'La La Land') and executive music producer Bill Sherman ('In The Heights'), choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler ('Hamilton') and cinematography by Drew Daniels ('Anora'). Fruit Tree's Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting will produce with Topic Studios serving as executive producers. This film reteams Fruit Tree and Topic Studios with Eisenberg, as the companies were behind his critically acclaimed film 'A Real Pain,' which earned Kieran Culkin an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Eisenberg a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. This project continues Eisenberg's partnership with Fruit Tree and A24, following his directorial debut 'When You Finish Saving the World,' as well as Fruit Tree and A24's previous collaborations on 'I Saw the TV Glow' and 'The Curse.' Topic Studios is also teaming with A24 on several upcoming films, including co-financing David Lowery's epic pop melodrama 'Mother Mary,' starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel; and 'Peaked,' a new comedy written by Molly Gordon and Allie Levitan, that Gordon will direct and star in. CAA Media Finance, WME Independent, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP negotiated the deal. The post A24 Boards Jesse Eisenberg's Untitled New Comedy From Topic Studios and Fruit Tree appeared first on TheWrap.
The Independent
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor at the Oscars, completing his sweep
Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor Sunday at the 97th Academy Awards, completing a sweep of the category that followed his dominance in television awards last season. The award, for portraying the chaotic but endearing Benji in Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain," marked his first win and nomination. Culkin thanked his manager, his mom, Eisenberg and his wife, Jazz Charton — taking the moment to remind his wife that he wants more kids. 'About a year ago, I was on the stage like this, and I very stupidly, publicly, said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award, she would give me the kid," he said, recalling his speech at the Emmys last January. After the show, 'She goes, oh, God, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid. And I turned to her and I said, really? I want four.' 'She said, I will give you four when you win an Oscar,' Culkin, who has two kids with Charlton, said to a chorus of laughs from the audience. 'Jazz, love of my life. Ye of little faith. No pressure, I love you.' Culkin triumphed over nominees Guy Pearce for 'The Brutalist,' Edward Norton for 'A Complete Unknown,' Yura Borisov for 'Anora' and his fellow 'Succession' alum Jeremy Strong for 'The Apprentice.' The category was one of few with a clear favorite ahead of this year's ceremony, after Culkin picked up the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Independent Spirit Award, SAG Award and a slew of critics awards earlier this month. Written and directed by Eisenberg, 'A Real Pain' follows cousins — played by Culkin and Eisenberg — on a trip through Poland for a Holocaust tour to honor their late grandmother. Culkin's Benji is introduced as unfiltered but quick to connect. Eisenberg's David is his rule-following, guarded foil. Oscillating between serious reflections on Jewish identity, generational trauma and mourning and the inherent comedy of mismatched relatives, Eisenberg's script deftly navigates heavy themes with humor that lands because of Culkin's ability to deliver it earnestly. ' Jesse Eisenberg, thank you for this movie. You're a genius," Culkin said on stage. "I would never say that to your face. I'm never saying it again. So soak it up.' It wasn't a sure bet that Culkin's Benji would make it to screens. When production on the final season of 'Succession' ran long, Culkin considered dropping out of the film to spend time with his family. Emma Stone, last year's best actress Oscar winner whose company Fruit Tree produced the project, convinced him to stay on — by reassuring him that they could make it work without him, knowing that wasn't necessarily true. 'She let me off the hook completely,' Culkin told The Associated Press of his ex-girlfriend. 'And I think it was the moment I got off the phone that I was like 'Oh (expletive), I'm doing this movie.'' Culkin's film debut came at age 7 in 'Home Alone,' where he played the soda-slurping younger cousin of his older brother Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister. His first major award nomination was a Golden Globe nod for the 2002 film 'Igby Goes Down.' But it was his turn as Roman Roy, on 'Succession' nearly two decades later that brought Culkin widespread fandom and acclaim, including a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for the series' final season. 'Sometimes people will say like, oh, you're a lot like that character. I wasn't until I did it," Culkin said in the press room after his win. 'But I'd like to think that I'm a little more together than that. I'd like to think that I've figured some stuff out." ___ For more coverage of the Oscars, visit:
Chicago Tribune
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor at the Oscars, completing his sweep
LOS ANGELES — Kieran Culkin won the Oscar for best supporting actor Sunday at the 97th Academy Awards, completing a sweep of the category that followed his dominance in television awards last season. The award, for portraying the chaotic but endearing Benji in Jesse Eisenberg's 'A Real Pain,' marked his first win and nomination. Culkin thanked his manager, his mom, Eisenberg and his wife, Jazz Charton — taking the moment to ask for a fourth child. 'About a year ago, I was on the stage like this, and I very stupidly, publicly, said that I want a third kid from her because she said if I won the award, she would give me the kid,' he said, recalling his speech at the Emmys last January. After the show, 'She goes, oh, God, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid. And I turned to her and I said, really? I want four.' 'She said, I will give you four when you win an Oscar,' Culkin said. 'Jazz, love of my life. Ye of little faith. No pressure, I love you.' Culkin triumphed over nominees Guy Pearce for 'The Brutalist,' Edward Norton for 'A Complete Unknown,' Yura Borisov for 'Anora' and his fellow 'Succession' alum Jeremy Strong for 'The Apprentice.' The category was one of few with a clear favorite ahead of this year's ceremony, after Culkin picked up the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Independent Spirit Award, SAG Award and a slew of critics awards earlier this month. Written and directed by Eisenberg, 'A Real Pain' follows cousins — played by Culkin and Eisenberg — on a trip through Poland for a Holocaust tour to honor their late grandmother. Culkin's Benji is introduced as unfiltered but quick to connect. Eisenberg's David is his rule-following, guarded foil. Oscillating between serious reflections on Jewish identity, generational trauma and mourning and the inherent comedy of mismatched relatives, Eisenberg's script deftly navigates heavy themes with humor that lands because of Culkin's ability to deliver it earnestly. 'Jesse Eisenberg, thank you for this movie. You're a genius,' Culkin said on stage. 'I would never say that to your face. I'm never saying it again. So soak it up.' It wasn't a sure bet that Culkin's Benji would make it to screens. When production on the final season of 'Succession' ran long, Culkin considered dropping out of the film to spend time with his family. Emma Stone, last year's best actress Oscar winner whose company Fruit Tree produced the project, convinced him to stay on — by reassuring him that they could make it work without him, knowing that wasn't necessarily true. 'She let me off the hook completely,' Culkin told The Associated Press of his ex-girlfriend. 'And I think it was the moment I got off the phone that I was like 'Oh (expletive), I'm doing this movie.'' Culkin's film debut came at age 7 in 'Home Alone,' where he played the soda-slurping younger cousin of his older brother Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister. His first major award nomination was a Golden Globe nod for the 2002 film 'Igby Goes Down.' But it was his turn as Roman Roy, on 'Succession' nearly two decades later that brought Culkin widespread fandom and acclaim, including a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for the series' final season.
