Entertainment Weekly reports that Emma Watson will be starring opposite Tom Hanks in The Circle. “Emma Watson is one of my favorite actors, and her incredible talent, sensitivity, and deep intelligence will bring an electric energy to The Circle,” [producer, James] Ponsoldt said.
Watson will play a young woman who is hired for a big job in an Internet company called the Circle, which links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. The novel turns into a contemporary thriller about the perils of life in a digital age where personal data is collected, sifted and monetized and used for surveillance, rendering privacy obsolete.
The Circle is being produced by Ponsoldt, Hanks and Gary Goetzman for Playtone and Anthony Bregman for Likely Story. Filming is due to begin this September in California.
Bloomsbury has just announced that Harry Potter Book Night will be returning in February 2016. According to the press release: Find out more over at harrypotterbooknight.com.
If you’re a fan of the Harry Potter books, then this is the news you’ve been waiting for! Make a date in your diary now, as Bloomsbury Children’s Books are delighted to announce that Harry Potter Book Night returns for a second year on Thursday February 4th 2016.
Once again, fans of all ages will have the chance to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s wonderful novels – and pass the magic on to young readers who haven’t yet discovered these unforgettable books.
For the first Harry Potter Book Night in February 2015, there were an amazing 10,500 parties and celebrations held all over the world, and we were overwhelmed by your fabulous pictures – so we can’t wait to see where your imaginations take you next.
There will be masses of magical ideas, events and activities for you to get involved with, which we will be announcing over the coming months, so please do accept this as your official invitation to join the fun and start your own planning. Sign up at www.harrypotterbooknight.com to make sure you’re one of the first to hear all the latest Harry Potter Book Night news. If you’ve already registered, you will carry on receiving our exclusive news bulletins.
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Evanna Lynch’s film, Dynamite, has been acquired by Breaking Glass Pictures, renamed and will have a theatrical release in October 2015! It has now been renamed as “Dynamite: A 60’s Love Story.” The film’s synopsis and trailer are below:
Based on a true story, Max Bornstein had the wit, looks, and charm that would carry him beyond the typical man’s troubles. Yet, the typical man’s troubles were the least of Max’s worries: He was a full-time dope fiend and a part-time father working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry.
Even in the wake of a federal investigation, Max’s truest worry was his wife and two young children: A family kept in the dark about Max’s reality and the walls of it caving in around him.
“We are thrilled to partner with Breaking Glass on the release of such a special film to us, with a very important and relevant message. Max has an unbelievable story that the world should learn about and from, and it’s wonderful knowing that our distributor recognizes this importance,” said Levine, who negotiated the deal with Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff.
J.K. Rowling’s charity, Lumos, has won the Charity of the Year award at the 2015 UK Charity Awards. They sent out an email message on the win, which can be read below:
Lumos is honoured and delighted to have won the overall Charity of the Year award at the prestigious UK Charity Awards 2015, held in London on 18 June. It is still sinking in that we have won the top prize in a competition that attracted initial entries from nearly 200 of the UK’s best charities.
Our entry was based on our long-running project to create a new and truly inclusive education system in Moldova for thousands of children with disabilities. That project, and our wider European work, so impressed the judges that they chose Lumos not only as the best charity in the International Aid and Development category but also as the best overall in a finals event featuring a shortlist of 30 excellent UK charities.
Lumos CEO Georgette Mulheir and Lumos Moldova team director, Dr Irina Malanciuc received the awards. You can read a report about the event, with pictures and comments from Dr Malanciuc, whose team have worked tirelessly for years to improve the lives of Moldova’s children, on the website of the organisers, Civil Society Media here.
Thank you to everyone for supporting our work. You have recognised the importance of transforming the lives of eight million children worldwide living in orphanages and institutions. This award is further recognition of this vital issue and we hope it will help us to be even more successful in helping those children.
Georgette Mulheir from Lumos said:
“We are utterly delighted!There are 8 million children living in institutions around the world they are forgotten. Most of those children more than 80% have living parents who love them and want them but have been forced to give their children up because of poverty disability and discrimination. This is a completely solvable problem and by 2050 we are confident that there will be no more children in institutions”
Alan Rickman was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his new film A Little Chaos, which he directed and starred in alongside Kate Winslet. A Little Chaos, will be released in theaters on June 26, 2015. The short description of the film is as follows: Two talented landscape artists become romantically entangled while building a garden in King Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles.
The full interview can bet watched here, but it is not official so it may get taken down:
The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Monday that Katherine Waterston has been cast as Porpentina, aka Tina, in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Queenie who, as we shared in this post, is Tina’s younger sister has yet to be cast.
According to Warner Bros., Porpentina meets magizoologist Newt Scamander (Redmayne) when he stops in New York City on his travels to find and document magical creatures.
J.K. Rowling posted the following comment on Twitter:
