The magical, fun-loving, umbrella-wielding nanny is back. Disney is set to develop a sequel to the 1964 film, which will again be a musical. It is yet to be announced who will take Julie Andrews’s much-loved, Oscar-winning role. According to Nylon, Hollywood’s “go to guy for big-budget, high-profile musicals, [Rob Marshall] has already signed to direct.” Marshall directed Disney’s Into the Woods (2014) film adaptation, which earned $199 Million worldwide. The film will feature an original score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, responsible for the music of the Broadway shows Hairspray and Catch Me If You Can. Songwriter Richard Sherman, who co-composed some …
Rudyard Kipling’s classic story, The Jungle Book, has already been turned into a beloved Disney animated movie featuring the jungle-loving human boy, Mowgli the Man Cub. Now, actor, director, and producer Jon Favreau has chosen to revitalize the tale in a live-action version starring some big name actors, including Scarlett Johansson as ‘Kaa,’ Bill Murray as ‘Baloo,’ Ben Kingsley as ‘Bagheera,’ Idris Elba as ‘Shere Khan,’ Lupita Nyong’o as ‘Raksha,’ Giancarlo Esposito as ‘Akela,’ and Christopher Walken as ‘King Louie.’ This all-star cast will be providing their vivacious voices to Kipling’s computer generated characters, while newcomer Neel Sethi will be the only actor seen …
The longlist of nominees for the National Book Award for Poetry have been released by the National Book Foundation. The nominees include two previous award winners, Terrance Hayes and Marilyn Hacker; the latter won forty years ago. The list also features Robin Coste Lewis, a debut poet. The nominees are: Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay Scattered at Sea by Amy Gerstler A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems,1994-2014 by Marilyn Hacker How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes The Beauty by Jane Hirshfield Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón Elegy for a Broken Machine by Patrick Phillips Heaven by Rowan Ricardo Phillips Mistaking Each Other for …
In celebration of Agatha Christie’s 125th anniversary, the Agatha Christie Estate polled readers to find the world’s favorite Christie book. The “Queen of Crime,” as dubbed by The New Yorker, is one of the highest-selling crime and mystery novelists, with over two billion copies of her various books sold world-wide. Which book was dubbed the world’s favorite Agatha Christie novel? And Then There Were None (1939) is the winner, which has sold more than 100 million copies. Agatha Christie is known for her meticulous attention to detail and plot points, and stated that this particular book needed “a tremendous amount of planning” in her autobiography. The story …
A new, trendy bar called The Lockhart, named for the infamous Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor who used Memory Charms in order to take credit for other wizards hard work, is up and running in Toronto, Canada. The bar’s Potter appeal is only apparent to die-hard Harry Potter fans; those unfamiliar with the series would never know that their cocktails are references to the magical books. Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/1EYWkpI Co-owners Matt Rocks and Paris Xerx created The Lockhart with the intention of appealing to Potter fans and non-fans alike. “Without knowning any of the Harry Potter stuff, you already will think of …
