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  • Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Costner to Star in ‘Honeymoon with Harry’

    (Left) Kevin Costner for 'Horizon: An American Saga' at CinemaCon 2024. Photo: Warner Bros. (Right) Jake Gyllenhaal arrives on the red carpet of the 94th Oscars® at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    (Left) Kevin Costner for ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ at CinemaCon 2024. Photo: Warner Bros. (Right) Jake Gyllenhaal arrives on the red carpet of the 94th Oscars® at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

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    • Jake Gyllenhaal and Kevin Costner are to lead ‘Honeymoon with Harry’.
    • ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa will direct.
    • Amazon MGM Studios is backing the latest version.

      There are movies that spend a little bit of time floating around development limbo before eventually being picked up and pushed into production.

    Then, we have concepts like ‘Honeymoon with Harry’, which has been waiting for its moment for so long, it could legally drink were it human.

    Now Amazon MGM Studios has announced that ‘Road House’ star Jake Gyllenhaal and ‘Yellowstone’ veteran Kevin Costner are aboard the latest attempt to make it a reality.

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    Overseeing this one? ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’. directing duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who will work from a script by regular collaborator (and powerhouse ‘This is Us’ TV showrunner) Dan Fogelman.

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    What’s the story of ‘Honeymoon with Harry’?

    Jake Gyllenhaal arrives on the red carpet of the 94th Oscars® at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
    Jake Gyllenhaal arrives on the red carpet of the 94th Oscars® at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Credit/Provider: Mark Von Holden / A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

    The plot for this one has its roots in a novel by Bart Baker, which follows a man (Gyllenhaal) as he decides to go on a honeymoon with his would-be father-in-law (Costner) after his fiancée dies unexpectedly two days before their wedding.

    Though the two men dislike each other, they find common ground in their shared grief.

    But enough about the story. It’s the history of the project that’s interesting: this one has been in the works since 2004, when Baker’s novel was still unpublished (it finally saw shelves in 2012).

    Producer Mike Karz first set up ‘Honeymoon’ at New Line Cinema 21 years ago, and the project attracted top name talent through the years, but nothing came to fruition. ‘Crash’ filmmaker Paul Haggis wrote a draft and was going to direct a version that had Vince Vaughn and Jack Nicholson circling.

    Jonathan Demme also flirted with it when it had a script by Jenny Lumet, the writer of ‘Rachel Getting Married’ and, more recently, co-creator of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.

    Fogelman first came on board to write it in 2015, when New Line had Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro as the intended leads. And in 2017, Nick Cassavetes was attached to direct.

    Finally, Karz has moved it to Amazon MGM Studios, which has attached its ‘Road House’ star Gyllenhaal and Costner, who has been ploughing much of his time, energy and no small amount of money into his epic ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ Western movies.

    When will ‘Honeymoon with Harry’ be on screens?

    While this project has seemingly been cursed with bad luck, its fortunes may finally be changing. Amazon has yet to announce a release date, though, so we’ll have to wait and see if this one finally makes it to either theaters or streaming.

    Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison in New Line Cinema's Western drama 'Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One', a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
    Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison in New Line Cinema’s Western drama ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Richard Foreman. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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  • ‘Rabbit Hole’ Interview: Kiefer Sutherland Talks New Series

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    Premiering on Paramount+ March 26th is the new spy thriller series ‘Rabbit Hole,’ which was created by ‘Focus’ directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra.

    What is the plot of ‘Rabbit Hole?’

    In ‘Rabbit Hole,’ John Weir (Kiefer Sutherland), a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations.

    Who is in the cast of ‘Rabbit Hole?’

    ‘Rabbit Hole’ stars Kiefer Sutherland (’24,’ ‘Designated Survivor’), Charles Dance (‘The Golden Child’) as Dr. Ben Wilson, Meta Golding (‘Empire’) as Hailey Winton, Enid Graham (‘Mare of Easttown’) as Josephine “Jo” Madi, Jason Butler Harner (‘Ozark’) as Valence, Walt Klink (‘Arctic Circle’) as The Intern and Rob Yang (‘The Menu’) as Edward Homm.

    Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Kiefer Sutherland about his work on ‘Rabbit Hole,’ the new series, his character, working with the writers, and why he wanted to do the show.

    Kiefer Sutherland stars on Paramount+'s 'Rabbit Hole.'
    Kiefer Sutherland stars on Paramount+’s ‘Rabbit Hole.’

    You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Sutherland, Charles Dance, Meta Golding, Walt Klink, Enid Graham, Rob Yang, and series creators John Requa and Glenn Ficarra.

    Moviefone: To begin with, can you talk about returning to the espionage thriller genre after ’24,’ and what was it that Glenn Ficarra and John Requa told you about the series to get you excited about doing it?

    Kiefer Sutherland: Well, they referenced movies that I really admired and loved growing up watching as a young person. Those movies were ‘Three Days of the Condor’ with Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman in ‘Marathon Man,’ ‘The Parallax View,’ and ‘The Fugitive.’ So once they told me about that, the thriller is a genre that I love working in, and I’m a huge fan of them as writers and directors. They started describing John Weir as a character, and then the thing they touched on almost out of the gate was that this character would go from being the hunter to the hunted in a matter of moments, and that he was then spending the rest of the series running for his life and trying to prove his innocence. That was a very dynamic shift, and any time you can take someone and make them go 180 degrees in the other direction, it gives an actor a lot of room to work and makes that character very vulnerable. So just in that first discussion, I knew it was something that I really wanted to do and I was grateful that they called me first because I don’t think anybody would’ve said no. I was just thrilled to be a part of it, and when I got the script, I was certainly not let down. I thought it was fantastic and couldn’t wait to get started making it. Now I’m finally at a place where I can’t wait for people to finally see it. But we’re very proud of it.

    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series 'Rabbit Hole.'
    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series ‘Rabbit Hole.’ Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ © 2022 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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    MF: Did you receive scripts for the entire season, or are you going one script at a time while you’re building your character?

    KS: We got about half the season up front and then got the other half as we went, which was a lot better than any other experience I’ve had before because television, normally you’re writing as you’re working, which makes making the show very complicated. So it was very nice actually to have half of the material in advance. Then they’re just really beautiful writers in the sense that they can deliver the plot lines and the big ideas, but they’ve also got such subtlety and nuance. One of the really nice benefits for me with this character is that he has a sense of humor, finally. So the romantic, kind of sarcastic banter between Meta (Golding), who plays opposite me is just really special. It’s also something that I don’t normally get asked to do. So it was a lot of fun for me.

    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series 'Rabbit Hole.'
    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series ‘Rabbit Hole.’ Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2022 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

    MF: Finally, can you talk about John Weir’s background and how he got to the place where we find him at the beginning of this series?

    KS: Well, I think he has a number of skills, but I think his understanding of the human psyche is really important. So it allows him to run scams on people that allow them to believe that the market is going in one direction, when in fact it’s not. He can manipulate technology so that the truth is what he wants the truth to be, and he uses that to his advantage to help the companies that are employing him. Very quickly in the first episode, that is turned on him and he again goes from the hunter to the hunted and is literally running for his life.

    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series 'Rabbit Hole.'
    Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir of the Paramount+ series ‘Rabbit Hole.’ Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ © 2022 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Anne Hathaway Talks ‘WeCrashed’

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    Anne Hathaway for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed.’

    Premiering on Apple TV+ beginning March 18th is the new drama series ‘WeCrashed,’ which was created by Lee Eisenberg (‘Bad Teacher’) and Drew Crevello, and directed by John Requa (‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’) and Glenn Ficarra (‘Focus’).

    The series stars Oscar winner Jared Leto (‘Dallas Buyers Club’) as Adam Neumann, co-founder of WeWork, and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (‘Les Misérables’) as his wife, Rebekah Neumann. The series follows the rise and fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups at the time.

    In addition to Leto and Hathaway, the series also features America Ferrera (‘End of Watch’), Kyle Marvin (‘The Climb’), O.T. Fagbenie (‘Black Widow’), and Anthony Edwards (‘Top Gun’).

    Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Anne Hathaway about her work on ‘WeCrashed.’

    You can read our full interview with Anne Hathaway below, or watch a video of our interviews with Hathaway, Jared Leto and Kyle Marvin in the video player above.

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    You can read our full interview with Anne Hathaway below, or watch a video of our interviews with Hathaway, Jared Leto and Kyle Marvin in the video player above.

    Moviefone: To begin with, can you talk about your approach to portraying Rebekah Neumann in this series?

    Anne Hathaway: Well, thank you very much. It was fun. I did the same amount of work that I always do preparing a character. The fact that I had a voice recording of Rebekah and that she’s a real person definitely helped in terms of giving me an aim for what I wanted the voice to sound like. But I have to say she didn’t drop in until I met Adam Neumann, played by Jared Leto. There was something about the strength of their relationship and the love story that we were trying to tell that she came alive inside of me when her partner was there. That was really cool and felt very right for who they are.

    MF: Can you talk about the process of fleshing out the character of Rebekah Neumann’s backstory in order to figure out who she was at the time that this story takes place?

    AH: Well, I worked with an amazing researcher who I work with on different projects called Amy Hammond. I worked with Amy for the first time on ‘Les Misérables.’ Every time I get the opportunity to work with her, I find that it just raises everyone’s game on the project. She did at a lot of background information.

    Not a lot about Rebekah is known. So, I made sure I really understood her world and the world that she came up in and what would’ve been normal for her, that maybe is not the same as the way I was brought up. To understand that certain things that might seem unusual to most of us, to her, might not have been remarkable, because my goal with playing this woman was not to judge her, but to understand her.

    That research really helped me get insight into her. I also took a lot of the interviews that she gave, where she speaks very openly about her spirituality and the books that have had a huge influence on her. I made sure that I read those too.

    MF: Finally, the series really focuses on the relationship between Adam and Rebekah Neumann. Can you talk about developing the dynamic of that relationship with Jared Leto?

    AH: You would think that we sat down, and we had meetings and we strategized about how to do this love story, but the truth is he’s just a really fantastic actor and it just sort of happened. He came in and I just believed everything that he was, and I was in my character as well. It was just there, there was just this chemistry that I think exists between Adam and Rebekah in real life. So, we just kind of tapped into it. Then Jared and I, we never really talked about it. There was never a strategy to it, but we just kind of kept it going, you know?

    Every once in a while, we would check in over text and I was just really grateful. It was a really positive, crazy, fun experience. Whenever we would kind of come up for air and check in with each other, it was just always, “I’m so grateful to be doing this with you. I’m having such a great time.” So, we just kind of supported Adam and Rebekah’s love by keeping it very loving between the two of us.

    ‘WeCrashed’ premieres March 18th on Apple TV+.

    Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway 'WeCrashed.'
    (L to R) Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed.’

  • Jared Leto Talks ‘WeCrashed’

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    Jared Leto for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed.’

    Premiering on Apple TV+ beginning March 18th is the new drama series ‘WeCrashed,’ which was created by Lee Eisenberg (‘Bad Teacher’) and Drew Crevello, and directed by John Requa (‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’) and Glenn Ficarra (‘Focus’).

    The series stars Oscar winner Jared Leto (‘Dallas Buyers Club’) as Adam Neumann, co-founder of WeWork, and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (‘Les Misérables’) as his wife, Rebekah Neumann. The series follows the rise and fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups at the time.

    In addition to Leto and Hathaway, the series also features America Ferrera (‘End of Watch’), Kyle Marvin (‘All Wrong’), O.T. Fagbenie (‘Black Widow’), and Anthony Edwards (‘Top Gun’).

    Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jared Leto about his work on ‘WeCrashed.’

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    You can read our full interview with Jared Leto below, or watch a video of our interviews with Leto, Anne Hathaway and Kyle Marvin in the video player above.

    Moviefone: To begin with, is there a scene in ‘WeCrashed’ that you shot that is completely different than the way it was written in the script, that you were able to make better on the day of filming?

    Jared Leto: Well, I don’t know how brilliant it is, but the food fight wasn’t scripted at all. I think it’s in the show. There was one point we were in a boardroom meeting, and I just, for some reason, I looked over at Kyle and I just had this instinct to start throwing the food, the platters, the stuff, and that we were in such a crazy moment of abandon and energy. I looked at his face, then at the food. He looked at me, and we just started hocking the food. I think at one point there was a salami flat on his eyeball, but it was quite unexpected and fun.

    MF: Can you talk about your approach to playing Adam Neumann and how you discovered the voice for the character?

    JL: That’s a great thing about telling such a modern story. There was so much material. I was really just buried in it. So, I love that. I love the research. I love to learn. I’m fascinated by the characters that I plan and being part of this was really fun because there was so much to draw from including incredible podcasts, and a couple of books. There’s a documentary, there’s all kinds of stuff, and I was just buried in it. I also worked with a great team of Israeli people developing the accent and the voice. The voice is a really important part of who he is, who he was, and how he communicated his ideas and he interacted with people.

    I love a weird start. When I’m on set and especially on ‘WeCrashed,’ I often try to break scenes, you know? You try and fail because from those moments, you can build back together something with an enormous amount of truth and magic. So, it’s always good to start off with something quite a little broken.

    MF: Finally, when you break a scene like that, are you doing it because you want to see what you can get out of the other actor, or because you want to see what you can do differently in that moment?

    JL: It’s a very astute and smart question. Sometimes both. Sometimes if a scene’s not working, you could try that sometimes. I always just think it’s a good habit in general, but to surprise yourself is a beautiful thing, too.

    ‘WeCrashed’ premieres March 18th on Apple TV+.

    Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in 'WeCrashed'
    (L to R) Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed.’