OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Pope’s Exorcist 2’ is reportedly in development.
The horror blockbuster – which stars Russell Crowe as real life exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth – has so far made $52 million at the worldwide box office from an $18 million budget, and now Sony is pushing on with plans for a sequel.
As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Crowe is expected to return as Father Amorth, although no further details are available at the moment.
The 59-year-old actor recently admitted he “got caught up” in his new role as the chief exorcist for the Vatican in the horror flick and explained that taking on the role of a real person was just “perfect” for him as a movie star.
He told ScreenRant: “I did ‘The Mummy’ with Tom Cruise nine years ago. So, I did dabble a little bit in the genre, but what caught me up man was the reality and the truth of this guy’s life.
“This is a real man, Father Gabriele Amorth, he had this incredible life with all these different experiences, but left behind 12 books that document his first person experience as the chief Exorcist for the Vatican.
“From an actor’s perspective, to be handed a treasure chest like that was just perfect.”
Crowe starred alongside 11-year-old Peter DeSouza-Feighoney in the movie and admitted his young co-star “scared” the adults on set with his performance.
He added: “I think Peter was fantastic. As a young actor, little boy, it’s his first ever job. It was interesting to watch him develop, because he’s obviously very nervous and stuff to start with.
“Over time, the course of production, I think he began to relish the days that he had the makeup on, and he was doing the extreme stuff, because of the sense of power he brought with him when he came onto the set.
“And he was scaring all the adults. Some days you’d be just dressed as the normal kid doing the scenes prior to possession, and I would notice you’d be a bit glum. And I would say to him, ‘You okay? What’s up?’ And he’d say, ‘I just prefer being the demon.’ ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Beetlejuice 2′ is officially in development.
The news was confirmed during Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon 2023 panel on Tuesday (25.04.23), following reports that Jenna Ortega is rumoured to be in the running to star in the upcoming sequel.
The actress stars in Tim Burton’s Netflix series ‘Wednesday’ – which is based around the Addams Family character Wednesday Addams – and last month, The Hollywood Reporter suggested she could be taking on another project with links to the director.
Burton helmed the 1988 film – about a couple of ghosts who enlist a spirit named Beetlejuice to help them rid their home of its new inhabitants – and the report suggested he will be back to take charge of the sequel which is now expected to begin filming in London in early May or June.
Rumours of ‘Beetlejuice 2’ have been swirling for years but they intensified in 2022 with reports original stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder could be returning, and now it’s been suggested that Ortega could be lined up to play the daughter of Winona’s character.
However, Burton recently sidestepped rumours suggesting he might be in line to direct the next ‘Beetlejuice’ movie.
When asked whether he would be involved in a sequel, he told Deadline: “Nothing is out of the question”.
He added: “I only know if I’m making a film when I’m actually on the set shooting. I try to go back to the root of everything. It springs from a seed and then it grows, rather than out of these statements. I am working on ideas and things but it’s all very early days. We’ll set how it goes. How’s that for a non-answer?”
Last May, it was rumoured that Johnny Depp would be making his post-trial film comeback by starring in ‘Beetlejuice 2’.
Fans flooded social media with the claim after they noticed the 59-year-old actor’s name seemed to appear on a call sheet found when they searched for the movie on Google.
Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B were reported in March 2022 to be making the sequel for Warner Bros., though there was no confirmed news on casting or plot at the time.
In the original, Michael played the titular role, with the cast also including Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis.
The cult classic followed Alec’s Adam Maitland and his wife Barbara (Geena) who die in a car accident and find themselves haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house.
When Charles and Delia Deetz (Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O’Hara) move in with their daughter Lydia, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success and their efforts attract a spirit called Beetlejuice, whose help quickly becomes dangerous for everyone involved.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alec Baldwin is working on a documentary about the ‘Rust’ shooting.
In October 2021, the 65-year-old actor and producer was holding a Colt .45 handgun during rehearsals when it accidentally discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
Now, Baldwin – who resumed shooting the movie at Yellowstone ranch in Montana last week – is working on a documentary about the film with ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ and ‘Ethel’ director Rory Kennedy, Variety reports.
This is the second documentary about the tragic incident, as director Rachel Mason and producer Julee Metz are also shooting a documentary about Hutchins with the cooperation of her husband Matthew Hutchins.
Production on ‘Rust’ is expected to finish by the end of May.
Attorney Melina Spadone said: “The production will continue to utilize union crew members and will bar any use of working weapons and any form of ammunition. Live ammunition is — and always was — prohibited on set. Each and every one of us is wholeheartedly dedicated to sharing Halyna’s vision and paying tribute to her artistry.”
Souza said, “Though bittersweet, I am grateful that a brilliant and dedicated new production team is joining former cast and crew to complete what Halyna and I started. My every effort on this film will be devoted to honoring Halyna’s legacy and making her proud.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ben Schwartz says it was “awesome” working with Nicolas Cage on ‘Renfield’.
The ex ‘Parks and Rec’ star loved working with the “incredible” star – who plays Count Dracula in the Chris McKay-helmed movie – alongside Awkwafina, 34, and Nicholas Hoult, 33, who plays the titular character.
The 41-year-old actor told HeyUGuys.com: “He’s so into it. Before the scene, he would go up to the side and get himself real pumped up, and then he’d walk on and it’d be so intimidating. He was amazing.
“So, he’s crazy that guy that I saw, you know, do ‘Raising Arizona’ when I was a kid is still so committed to doing these movies. He’s incredible. He gives it everything he has. It’s awesome.”
Ben – who plays mobster Teddy Lobo – admitted that his role was tough as he needed to be both the villain and funny.
He said: “It was so fun. I think it was all on the page and all what I had to do like, they had the drum part there and all I had to do is kind of push into the comedy a little bit more.
“It’s a fine thread to needle where it’s like, let’s not get too waka waka and let’s not get too serious.
“When you have those moments of pathos and you have those moments of this is a really bad dude, you feel it. And then on the inverse, when you have the moments of comedy, it’s just you know, it breaks. It gives you some levity in terms of what’s going on in the movie.”
The ‘Space Force’ star was allowed the “amazing” chance to flex his well-tuned improv muscle with the ‘Pig’ star.
Ben said: “So even in the audition for the role, if it’s not on offer, and I’m auditioning, I will ask the director, ‘Hey, is it okay to play with the words or whatever?’
“And there are some directors who are like, ‘No, it has to be word perfect’, and then there are some directors like, ‘Please, yes, we’re figuring out this character like anything you could do to like to add.’
“And so I love that and with Nic Cage, I even got to improvise when we’re doing scenes. I would lean him one way and he would follow me and he’d be amazing.
“So it’s like heaven. My improv background has really helped me int the projects I’ve done. It’s been really exciting.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dexter Fletcher was advised to step in to direct ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ so he knew what to avoid on ‘Rocketman’.
The 57-year-old filmmaker stepped in to helm the last few weeks on the Queen biopic after Bryan Singer was fired and though he had begun pre-production on the Sir Elton John movie, producer Matthew Vaughn could see the benefit of him working on both projects.
Dexter – who was only credited as executive producer on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because of DGA rules – told The Hollywood Reporter: “The truth was that I’d been involved with Bohemian Rhapsody a couple of years earlier when it was at Sony, with a different actor attached. I got a long way through the process, in fact, and I was pretty much in the first week of pre-production when it fell apart.
“So I knew that material well, and I knew that Queen knew me, which was obviously very important for them because Freddie [Mercury] was their friend and dearest loved one…
“So when they had issues there, that opportunity came. I had just made ‘Eddie the Eagle’ for Fox, so Fox also knew me and understood how I worked. My friend Matt Vaughn brokered that idea as well.
“Matt had me in pre-production on ‘Rocketman’, and he candidly said to me, ‘You should go and do this, because then you can see what they’re doing and make sure we don’t do it on ‘Rocketman.’
“I knew they were different films, but the opportunity to stretch my legs as it were and have a foot in that world was too good to be true in a lot of ways. It was a real gift.
“So I committed as much as I could and took the time out of prep for ‘Rocketman’, but Matthew Vaughn really gave me the trust and the faith to do that and not undermine what we were doing so importantly on ‘Rocketman’.”
The former ‘Press Gang’ actor is still “somewhat bemused” that Taron Egerton didn’t receive an Oscar nomination for the movie, particularly after Rami Malek won for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Austin Butler was shortlisted for ‘Elvis’.
He said: “I don’t have the answer for that. I’m somewhat bemused as well, but that’s the nature of it, isn’t it? It’s what the competition was that year, and what other things were going on at the time.
“These things don’t necessarily follow an understandable or regulated pattern, and taste is subjective.
“So I’m not the best person to answer this because I genuinely believe that he should have been nominated, and I don’t think I’m alone in that opinion. So it’s a difficult one.”
Dexter also worked with the actor on ‘Eddie the Eagle’ and the pair are planning to make a third movie together.
The director revealed: “Taron and I actually have an agreement that we’re gonna do three films together, so we’ve gotta find a third one. We don’t know what that is yet, but there’s something out there for us.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Hugh Grant rejected “big blockbuster special-effects-type” films before agreeing to do ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’.
The 62-year-old actor – who is best known for his roles in the ‘Bridget Jones’ and ‘Paddington’ films – portrays Forge Fitzwilliam, an ambitious rogue and con artist in the fantasy comedy heist flick, and he found it to be unexpectedly “charming and funny”.
Asked about it being an unusual role for him, he told SFX magazine: “I suppose I was a bit surprised as well. I have occasionally been sent big blockbuster special-effects-type things, but they’ve never struck a chord in me.
“So I wasn’t expecting much, but I found it completely charming and funny.”
The ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ star also confessed to being “slightly frightened” of his co-star Michelle Rodriguez, who plays a barbarian who was exiled from the Uthgardt Elk Tribe, but says she’s “a good hugger”.
Asked what he thought of his co-stars, he replied: “I’m slightly frightened of Michelle. I don’t know why.
“I think she’s gonna beat me up. No one has ever worn a costume better than she wears that costume. She’s from the streets of New York and I’m from the cloisters of Oxford … So she frightens me, but she couldn’t be nicer. Good hugger.”
The flick also stars the likes of Chris Pine, Rege-Jean Page and Justice Smith.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Matthew Rhys missed out on playing James Bond after he suggested the suave spy had “a limp” or an “eye patch”.
The 48-year-old actor was invited to meet the Broccoli family, who produce the franchise, after Piers Brosnan had left the franchise but Daniel Craig hadn’t been cast, and things went badly wrong when the ‘Perry Mason’ star was asked what he would do with the character.
Asked if he had ever been approached about the iconic movie series, he recalled to The Times magazine: “I do remember a time just before Daniel [Craig] got it.
“[I went to the Broccolis’ office by Hyde Park], this incredible office, looks over the park. Very intimidating.
“We were just told to wear a dark suit and read ‘Casino Royale’.
“[It was] terrifying.”
Matthew told how the producers were sitting behind a table “with Hyde Park behind them”, which he described as a “power move” because he had to take a seat facing them all.
He continued: “Right, totally. ‘Ah, Mr Bond, come in.’
“And they said, ‘What would you do differently with Bond?’ And I just remember going, ‘Ah.’ I was so not anticipating that question. And then I was like, is it a trick question? Are they waiting for people to go, ‘I wouldn’t do anything. He’s perfect’?
“[I didn’t want to say] ‘Oh, it’s been a bit one-note for a few decades, hasn’t it? I think we can drop the misogynistic jokes.’
“[So I joked] I’d give him a limp. I said, ‘Limp?’ Nothing. ‘Eye patch?’ Nothing.”
He was then ushered out and the job went to Daniel, who starred in five Bond films until 2021’s ‘No Time to Die’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joaquin Phoenix spent at least four days discussing his latest movie, ‘Beau is Afraid’ – before agreeing to portray the titular role.
The ‘Joker’ actor stars as Beau Wassermann in Ari Aster’s new surrealist black comedy horror, and although he found the script to be unlike anything else he’s done before, he needed the director, writer and producer to pitch him further.
Speaking to Collider, the Hollywood star said: “The script was like wholly original, and that’s always exciting, right? I think I’m always looking for something that feels unique. But really, it was the conversations with Ari that I think made the difference between me doing it or not.
“I think more often than not, I make my decision, not based on a filmmaker’s previous work, but based on how they talk about the film that they want to make. And really, we spoke for, like, four days in a row or something, right? [To Aster] When you first sent it to me I feel like we talked for hours.”
Aster, 36, replied: “Yeah, but I mean, we had so many conversations that went over the course of months.”
Phoenix agreed: “Right, but I mean, there was this initial…”
Aster – who has also helmed the horror movies ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar’ – interjected: “No, no, no, you’re right. That first week we got on every day.”
Phoenix insisted that if a script doesn’t spark further conversation it’s not worth doing.
The 48-year-old movie star added: “Like every day. In some ways, you don’t make a decision because you figure it out and it’s a guarantee, and you know how it’s gonna work. You make a decision because you have more questions and you’re still curious. I think if I had a conversation with a filmmaker and I felt like, ‘Oh okay, I get it. I know what this is’, I wouldn’t want to make the movie. I think because those conversations and those questions lead to more questions, that’s what makes me ultimately want to have the experience.”
The dark tale sees Beau told by his mom that his late father died during an orgasm and that it’s hereditary and passed down to him.
The blurb reads: “Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.”

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