As of this writing Viola Davis is the predicted Oscar front-runner for Best Actress for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with 19/5 odds, according to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. If she wins, she’ll be following an eerily similar trajectory to Renée Zellweger (“Judy“), who won this category last year.
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Back in the early 2000s, Zellweger was Oscar-nominated three years in a row. Her first two bids were in Best Actress for 2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and 2002’s “Chicago.” The latter won her a Golden Globe and SAG Award, but she ended up losing the Oscar to Nicole Kidman for “The Hours.” But in 2003, Zellweger swept the season with wins at the Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Awards for her performance in “Cold Mountain,” which resulted in her very first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Back in the early 2000s, Zellweger was Oscar-nominated three years in a row. Her first two bids were in Best Actress for 2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and 2002’s “Chicago.” The latter won her a Golden Globe and SAG Award, but she ended up losing the Oscar to Nicole Kidman for “The Hours.” But in 2003, Zellweger swept the season with wins at the Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Awards for her performance in “Cold Mountain,” which resulted in her very first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
- 1/23/2021
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Fresh off her Independent Spirit and BAFTA Awards in the past week, Renee Zellweger became a two-time Oscar winner tonight, taking home the Best Actress prize for her portrayal of Judy Garland in musical biopic Judy. Zellweger previously won in the Supporting Actress category for 2003’s Cold Mountain. Her two other nominations were for Chicago and Bridget Jones’s Diary.
For Judy, Zellweger transformed herself into Garland at a time when the legendary actress/singer was struggling with addiction, money woes and her own fading star. Set in winter 1968, the story takes place 30 years after Garland played the iconic role of Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz. When she arrives in Swinging London to prepare for a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town, she battles with management, finds new love and reminisces with friends and adoring fans. Yet Garland is fragile after working for 45 of her 47 years, haunted by...
For Judy, Zellweger transformed herself into Garland at a time when the legendary actress/singer was struggling with addiction, money woes and her own fading star. Set in winter 1968, the story takes place 30 years after Garland played the iconic role of Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz. When she arrives in Swinging London to prepare for a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town, she battles with management, finds new love and reminisces with friends and adoring fans. Yet Garland is fragile after working for 45 of her 47 years, haunted by...
- 2/10/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Renée Zellweger has won the Best Actress Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars Sunday night in Los Angeles for her celebrated turn as Judy Garland in “Judy.” Zellweger beat out Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet,” Scarlett Johansson in “Marriage Story,” Saoirse Ronan in “Little Women,” and Charlize Theron in “Bombshell” for tonight’s win. Her victory marks Zellweger’s second Academy Award win, as she previously received Best Supporting Actress for “Cold Mountain” in 2004. She also previously received Oscar nominations for “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2002 and “Chicago” in 2003.
Zellweger’s Oscar win arrives on the heels of a virtual awards-season sweep, having previously picked up the Ee BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, amid myriad other accolades along the way. Her...
Zellweger’s Oscar win arrives on the heels of a virtual awards-season sweep, having previously picked up the Ee BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, amid myriad other accolades along the way. Her...
- 2/10/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Liza Minnelli graces the cover of Variety magazine’s annual Oscar edition, but anyone expecting the Hollywood icon to open up about Renée Zellweger’s performance as Judy Garland in the film “Judy” will be disappointed. Minnelli, a Best Actress Oscar winner herself for Bob Fosse’s “Cabaret” film adaptation, tells Variety she has no interest in seeing the film. The only comment Minnelli will make regarding Zellweger and “Judy” is the following: “I hope [Zellweger] had a good time making it.”
Zellweger is considered the frontrunner to win the Best Actress prize for playing Garland, mother of Liza Minnelli. The latter appears briefly in the Rupert Goold-directed drama, played by actress Gemma-Leah Devereux at the moment that Minnelli, in her 20s, had already launched a successful Broadway career. Zellweger has swept awards season this year by winning Best Actress trophies at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the BAFTA Awards,...
Zellweger is considered the frontrunner to win the Best Actress prize for playing Garland, mother of Liza Minnelli. The latter appears briefly in the Rupert Goold-directed drama, played by actress Gemma-Leah Devereux at the moment that Minnelli, in her 20s, had already launched a successful Broadway career. Zellweger has swept awards season this year by winning Best Actress trophies at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the BAFTA Awards,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Renee Zellweger bagged the leading actress Bafta award for late film director Judy Garland's biopic 'Judy' at the recently held 73rd British Academy Film Awards. It is Zellweger's second BAFTA award.
She has previously won the award for the best-supporting actress for 'Cold Mountain'.
Also Read:?Renee Zellweger opens up about playing Judy Garland
The 50-year-old actress won the award beating her fellow nominees Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose), Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) and Charlize Theron (Bombshell).
"This is very humbling. Saoirse, Charlize, Scarlett, Jessie, it's an honour to share this evening with you. Jessie Buckley, you are a superstar. I'm so proud of you for this evening, you are such a special person, you elevate everything you do and I am so grateful for our friendship," she said as she acknowledged her fellow nominees in her acceptance speech.
Zellweger portrays the...
She has previously won the award for the best-supporting actress for 'Cold Mountain'.
Also Read:?Renee Zellweger opens up about playing Judy Garland
The 50-year-old actress won the award beating her fellow nominees Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose), Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) and Charlize Theron (Bombshell).
"This is very humbling. Saoirse, Charlize, Scarlett, Jessie, it's an honour to share this evening with you. Jessie Buckley, you are a superstar. I'm so proud of you for this evening, you are such a special person, you elevate everything you do and I am so grateful for our friendship," she said as she acknowledged her fellow nominees in her acceptance speech.
Zellweger portrays the...
- 2/3/2020
- GlamSham
Director Rupert Goold's Judy, a biopic of the famed American actress, singer and dancer Judy Garland, is based on the play "End Of The Rainbow" by playwright Peter Quilter. It gives us an insight into the last few months of the singer's life.
The film concentrates mainly on the last few months of 1968, when the legendary Judy Garland travelled to London for a series of sold-out stage performances, where she is shown to be in a financial mess, and addicted to drugs and alcohol. Battling a tough, lonely life, she is trying to reunite with her kids. It is her financial desperation that leads her to accept an offer for a series of concerts in London.
Laid in a non-linear narrative, the film zips through the singer's past and present in a fluid manner, with not much of a plot. The film oft flashbacks to one of her biggest triumphs,...
The film concentrates mainly on the last few months of 1968, when the legendary Judy Garland travelled to London for a series of sold-out stage performances, where she is shown to be in a financial mess, and addicted to drugs and alcohol. Battling a tough, lonely life, she is trying to reunite with her kids. It is her financial desperation that leads her to accept an offer for a series of concerts in London.
Laid in a non-linear narrative, the film zips through the singer's past and present in a fluid manner, with not much of a plot. The film oft flashbacks to one of her biggest triumphs,...
- 1/23/2020
- GlamSham
The official trailer of Judy is here. It is the adaptation of End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. Jury Garland was an American singer and actress who attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, The movie is based on her life.
The story of Judy is a musical drama as she struggles between showbiz??and looking after her kids.
Also Read:?Golden Globes 2020: Renee Zellweger wins award for her biographical film
The makers released the trailer and captioned, ?Watch the musical world of Judy Garland come to life as she juggles between showbiz and looking after her kids.??
The film follows Judy Garland's career during the last year of her life when she relocated her stage career to Britain. After some initial success for a run of sell-out concerts at the Talk of the Town in London, her efforts eventually stop making progress...
The story of Judy is a musical drama as she struggles between showbiz??and looking after her kids.
Also Read:?Golden Globes 2020: Renee Zellweger wins award for her biographical film
The makers released the trailer and captioned, ?Watch the musical world of Judy Garland come to life as she juggles between showbiz and looking after her kids.??
The film follows Judy Garland's career during the last year of her life when she relocated her stage career to Britain. After some initial success for a run of sell-out concerts at the Talk of the Town in London, her efforts eventually stop making progress...
- 1/21/2020
- GlamSham
"Judy" is the Brit-produced biographical drama feature, following the life of singer, actress 'Judy Garland' circa 1969, starring Renée Zellweger, directed by Rupert Goold, adapting the 'Tony'-nominated West End and Broadway play "End of the Rainbow" by Peter Quilter:
"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."
Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.
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"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."
Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.
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- 1/20/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Updated with video from speech: Tonight at the Beverly Hilton, Renée Zellweger won her fourth Golden Globe, for her turn as Judy Garland in Rupert Goold’s Judy.
“Well hi, everybody. It’s nice to see you. You all look pretty good, 17 years later. Thank you to the HFPA for inviting me back to the family reunion, especially with all these extraordinary ladies this year,” Zellweger said. “Your work moves me, and I’ve been cheering for y’all from theater seats for a long time.”
In her acceptance speech, the actress gave thanks to her “partners in crime”—the people who have reminded her, she says, that “the top doesn’t matter. It’s the journey that matters, and the work that matters.”
Also thanking Goold and her Judy co-stars, including Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock and Rufus Sewell, Zellweger called the drama “one of my great life blessings”—an...
“Well hi, everybody. It’s nice to see you. You all look pretty good, 17 years later. Thank you to the HFPA for inviting me back to the family reunion, especially with all these extraordinary ladies this year,” Zellweger said. “Your work moves me, and I’ve been cheering for y’all from theater seats for a long time.”
In her acceptance speech, the actress gave thanks to her “partners in crime”—the people who have reminded her, she says, that “the top doesn’t matter. It’s the journey that matters, and the work that matters.”
Also thanking Goold and her Judy co-stars, including Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock and Rufus Sewell, Zellweger called the drama “one of my great life blessings”—an...
- 1/6/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Roadside Attractions' Judy stars Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in her final months in 1968 as she mounts a comeback with a series of London concerts. It's the first big-screen attempt to depict Garland's reckoning, 50 years after her death. It all began with British playwright Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow, which had an unwieldy path from a London Fringe show about a boozy singer not named Judy to a biopic that could earn Zellweger her second Oscar.
Quilter's play Last Song of the Nightingale, an even earlier iteration, premiered in 2001 in "one of the typical ...
Quilter's play Last Song of the Nightingale, an even earlier iteration, premiered in 2001 in "one of the typical ...
Roadside Attractions' Judy stars Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in her final months in 1968 as she mounts a comeback with a series of London concerts. It's the first big-screen attempt to depict Garland's reckoning, 50 years after her death. It all began with British playwright Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow, which had an unwieldy path from a London Fringe show about a boozy singer not named Judy to a biopic that could earn Zellweger her second Oscar.
Quilter's play Last Song of the Nightingale, an even earlier iteration, premiered in 2001 in "one of the typical ...
Quilter's play Last Song of the Nightingale, an even earlier iteration, premiered in 2001 in "one of the typical ...
Renee Zellweger stars as Judy Garland in Judy, a biopic about the troubled singer-actress' final year before her death.
The Rupert Goold-directed film, currently in theaters, was adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow.
Judy chronicles Garland’s last few performances in London, the romance she embarks on with musician Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) and her struggles with depression and addiction.
Rufus Sewell, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Fenella Woolgar, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon round out the cast, with Darci Shaw playing a young version of Garland.
Zellweger is already getting awards attention for her ...
The Rupert Goold-directed film, currently in theaters, was adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow.
Judy chronicles Garland’s last few performances in London, the romance she embarks on with musician Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) and her struggles with depression and addiction.
Rufus Sewell, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Fenella Woolgar, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon round out the cast, with Darci Shaw playing a young version of Garland.
Zellweger is already getting awards attention for her ...
- 11/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Renee Zellweger stars as Judy Garland in Judy, a biopic about the troubled singer-actress' final year before her death.
The Rupert Goold-directed film, currently in theaters, was adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow.
Judy chronicles Garland’s last few performances in London, the romance she embarks on with musician Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) and her struggles with depression and addiction.
Rufus Sewell, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Fenella Woolgar, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon round out the cast, with Darci Shaw playing a young version of Garland.
Zellweger is already getting awards attention for her ...
The Rupert Goold-directed film, currently in theaters, was adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow.
Judy chronicles Garland’s last few performances in London, the romance she embarks on with musician Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) and her struggles with depression and addiction.
Rufus Sewell, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Fenella Woolgar, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon round out the cast, with Darci Shaw playing a young version of Garland.
Zellweger is already getting awards attention for her ...
- 11/4/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It’s been exactly 50 years since Judy Garland’s death from an accidental drug overdose, an event so devastating for the gay community, legend tells it sparked the Stonewall riots. Now, in 2019, the beloved singer and show-woman known for her turbulent past is undergoing a long overdue reputation rehabilitation.
Time is a cruel mistress, even — especially — to legends. But just when pop culture had nearly forgotten about the little girl with the voice like raw honey, or the more mature force of nature with a silver-tongued wit, Hollywood has finally done right by Judy. This year has produced two tender and finely-tuned films worthy of bearing her name, each telling a version of the truth re Judy’s life, something even her own daughter admits she can never fully understand. Both films make her immense talent decadently clear, proudly proclaiming via glittering ruby marquee: They just don’t make ’em like they used to.
Time is a cruel mistress, even — especially — to legends. But just when pop culture had nearly forgotten about the little girl with the voice like raw honey, or the more mature force of nature with a silver-tongued wit, Hollywood has finally done right by Judy. This year has produced two tender and finely-tuned films worthy of bearing her name, each telling a version of the truth re Judy’s life, something even her own daughter admits she can never fully understand. Both films make her immense talent decadently clear, proudly proclaiming via glittering ruby marquee: They just don’t make ’em like they used to.
- 10/18/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Growing up in a Catholic country where we were instructed to say our prayers each night before going to sleep, I always found myself dreading the moment when I had to address a man in the sky to help me forget my troubles and get happy. As a queer child, I wondered how a straight man, holy or not, would understand my concerns when the very essence of who I was represented something meant to be eradicated from their organization and from society.
Things changed after I watched The Wizard of Oz. In the young Dorothy’s search for friendship, community, and a road to follow back home, I found a kindred spirit. In her tremulous determination, I found the courage to be myself. In her witty problem solving I came to terms with the idea that brains are best put to use when they’re at the service of improving society.
Things changed after I watched The Wizard of Oz. In the young Dorothy’s search for friendship, community, and a road to follow back home, I found a kindred spirit. In her tremulous determination, I found the courage to be myself. In her witty problem solving I came to terms with the idea that brains are best put to use when they’re at the service of improving society.
- 9/29/2019
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
The actor is generating awards buzz for her performance as Judy Garland. She opens up about handling fame, Harvey Weinstein and the future of Bridget Jones
No one could accuse Renée Zellweger of not giving everything she’s got. Watching her portray Judy Garland in her new film, Judy, it’s as though she dissolves, molecule by molecule, into the role. Directed by the renowned British stage director Rupert Goold and adapted from the Olivier and Tony-nominated play by Peter Quilter, Judy is set in 1969, when Garland, 46, broke, fraught, separated from her children, did a run of shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub in London. Garland is depicted drinking, pill-popping, impetuously getting married, hanging out with gay fans, sometimes wowing audiences, other times getting booed. There’s Zellweger’s physical transformation with contact lenses and prosthetics, but it’s also in her insolent swagger over to the microphone...
No one could accuse Renée Zellweger of not giving everything she’s got. Watching her portray Judy Garland in her new film, Judy, it’s as though she dissolves, molecule by molecule, into the role. Directed by the renowned British stage director Rupert Goold and adapted from the Olivier and Tony-nominated play by Peter Quilter, Judy is set in 1969, when Garland, 46, broke, fraught, separated from her children, did a run of shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub in London. Garland is depicted drinking, pill-popping, impetuously getting married, hanging out with gay fans, sometimes wowing audiences, other times getting booed. There’s Zellweger’s physical transformation with contact lenses and prosthetics, but it’s also in her insolent swagger over to the microphone...
- 9/29/2019
- by Barbara Ellen
- The Guardian - Film News
Famous people playing other famous people can be a tricky business. At its worst, the exercise yields nothing but an embarrassing impersonation, but there’s always the hope for that moment of transcendence, in which one legend disappears into the skin of another. In recent years, Michael Douglas managed it, playing Liberace in “Behind the Candelabra,” and a pre-“Black Panther” Chadwick Boseman accomplished it twice, as Jackie Robinson in “42” and James Brown in “Get On Up.”
To that list, we must add Renee Zellweger in “Judy,” giving the kind of masterful performance that requires that we forget everything we think we know about Zellweger as an actor. For 118 minutes, she becomes Judy Garland, which is no easy task — Garland is one of the 20th century’s greatest icons, and while any number of drag queens over the years have paid her varying degrees of homage, she was a...
To that list, we must add Renee Zellweger in “Judy,” giving the kind of masterful performance that requires that we forget everything we think we know about Zellweger as an actor. For 118 minutes, she becomes Judy Garland, which is no easy task — Garland is one of the 20th century’s greatest icons, and while any number of drag queens over the years have paid her varying degrees of homage, she was a...
- 9/25/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Renée Zellweger performs miracles playing Judy Garland: singing her heart out, baring her bruised soul and acting with a ferocity that ultimately rises to a state of grace. Yes, Judy, the well-meaning but wobbly biopic that can barely contain her take on the late Star Is Born star, is pure Oscarbait — ready made for an Academy campaign and rarely soaring to the level of a portrayal that’s a dazzling, deeply felt tribute from one artist to another.
Garland died of an accidental drug overdose in 1969 when she was...
Garland died of an accidental drug overdose in 1969 when she was...
- 9/24/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
After surprising audiences at the Telluride Film Festival, Rupert Goold’s biographical drama “Judy” exploded onto the scene at the Toronto International Film Festival with a three-minute standing ovation for star Renée Zellweger after the movie’s screening. The rapturous applause for Zellweger left the actress in tears. If the “Judy” premiere at Telluride signaled Oscar buzz for Zellweger, then the “Judy” screening at Tiff was a full blown confirmation that the actress is a favorite to land her fourth Oscar nomination. Zellweger was nominated for Best Actress with “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and “Chicago” and won the Best Supporting Actress trophy for “Cold Mountain.”
“Judy, ” an adaptation of Peter Quilter’s musical “End of the Rainbow,” stars Zellweger as famed actress and singer Judy Garland during the final months of her life as she is forced to put on a five-week, sold-out concert run at London’s Talk of the Town.
“Judy, ” an adaptation of Peter Quilter’s musical “End of the Rainbow,” stars Zellweger as famed actress and singer Judy Garland during the final months of her life as she is forced to put on a five-week, sold-out concert run at London’s Talk of the Town.
- 9/11/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“I was born at the age of twelve on the MGM lot,” Judy Garland once said. Adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter’s stage play “End of the Rainbow,” director Rupert Goold’s big-hearted (yet semi-conventional) Garland biopic “Judy” follows the screen icon in the late-’60s through her final, troubled year of life, with a sensational Renée Zellweger in the lead. And yet, it starts with the very tearing of the cocoon Garland has famously spoken of.
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- 8/31/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Playlist
Director Rupert Goold’s “Judy,” which had its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on Friday as part of a tribute to Renee Zellweger, contains what is easily the best performance of Zellweger’s career. The film itself works best as a showcase for the actress’ extraordinary turn, as she transforms herself into Judy Garland, focusing on the last performances of the singing legend’s career in the months leading up to her tragic death at the age of 47.
Zellweger has always been good — probably better than many of the roles she’s been given, especially the ones early in her career. In “Judy,” she gets to the core of Garland with a raw intensity of a woman in a spiral. Zellweger’s Judy seems to move through the film in a kind of trance, due in large part to the drugs and the booze, but also as someone who...
Zellweger has always been good — probably better than many of the roles she’s been given, especially the ones early in her career. In “Judy,” she gets to the core of Garland with a raw intensity of a woman in a spiral. Zellweger’s Judy seems to move through the film in a kind of trance, due in large part to the drugs and the booze, but also as someone who...
- 8/31/2019
- by Sasha Stone
- The Wrap
If it’s taken so long for a bigscreen biopic of Judy Garland to come to fruition, perhaps it’s because the lady herself warned off any attempts with one of her most famous quotes: “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” It is not, admittedly, a saying that has deterred Hollywood from its ongoing fascination with famous people playing other famous people, though it’s a practice that yields more successful Oscar campaigns than for-the-ages performances: Prosthetically enhanced impersonation, for the most part, isn’t a repeatedly dazzling trick. Yet director Rupert Goold and resurgent star Renée Zellweger have pulled off something unusual and affecting in “Judy”: a biographical portrait in which performer and subject meet halfway, illuminating something of each other in the process.
Set in the final year before Garland’s death in 1969, “Judy” covers the shambolic London...
Set in the final year before Garland’s death in 1969, “Judy” covers the shambolic London...
- 8/31/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Zellweger rises to the challenge superbly in a standard-issue heartwarmer, premiering in Telluride, that sugarcoats the sadness
For Judy Garland fans, the final station of the cross in the ordeal of her last years was a five-week booking at the Talk of the Town nightclub in London in 1969, which she desperately needed for the money. In those famous and often chaotic concerts she appeared frail, unwell, tipsy or bleary-eyed: mannerisms that she had long since semi-consciously incorporated into her live act. But they were real at some level. Also real were the many flashes of the old magic; emotional arias made more glorious for having been wrenched from her battered heart. This movie is about that troubled period: a defiant last stand in full view of her passionately supportive fans. It was Judy’s emotional Alamo in the face of parasitic husbands, spiteful press and misogynist showbiz overlords – beginning with studio chief Louis B Mayer,...
For Judy Garland fans, the final station of the cross in the ordeal of her last years was a five-week booking at the Talk of the Town nightclub in London in 1969, which she desperately needed for the money. In those famous and often chaotic concerts she appeared frail, unwell, tipsy or bleary-eyed: mannerisms that she had long since semi-consciously incorporated into her live act. But they were real at some level. Also real were the many flashes of the old magic; emotional arias made more glorious for having been wrenched from her battered heart. This movie is about that troubled period: a defiant last stand in full view of her passionately supportive fans. It was Judy’s emotional Alamo in the face of parasitic husbands, spiteful press and misogynist showbiz overlords – beginning with studio chief Louis B Mayer,...
- 8/31/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
We’re in the home stretch. The final quarter of the year brings with it some mega blockbusters, Oscar hopefuls and indie darlings. As part of our fall movie preview, here are the 35 movies we’re most excited for in the coming months.
“It: Chapter Two” – Sept. 6 (Warner Bros./New Line)
Andy Muschietti’s first “It” film brought in $700.3 million worldwide at the box office on the back of a terrifying performance from Bill Skarsgård as the monster clown Pennywise. And the excitement of that film spurred the new film’s A-list cast, including Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader as grown-up members of The Losers Club. The sequel though clocks in at two hours and 49 minutes.
“Ad Astra” – Sept. 20 (Fox)
Director James Gray’s sumptuous, yet slow burn character dramas have always found an audience with critics and cinephiles. His latest puts him into the sci-fi realm and...
“It: Chapter Two” – Sept. 6 (Warner Bros./New Line)
Andy Muschietti’s first “It” film brought in $700.3 million worldwide at the box office on the back of a terrifying performance from Bill Skarsgård as the monster clown Pennywise. And the excitement of that film spurred the new film’s A-list cast, including Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader as grown-up members of The Losers Club. The sequel though clocks in at two hours and 49 minutes.
“Ad Astra” – Sept. 20 (Fox)
Director James Gray’s sumptuous, yet slow burn character dramas have always found an audience with critics and cinephiles. His latest puts him into the sci-fi realm and...
- 8/27/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers and Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland are among the actors who will appear on screen at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff organizers announced on Tuesday.
For its first large batch of programming announcements, Tiff unveiled a star-studded slate of more than 50 films, many of them highly anticipated works from such celebrated directors as Noah Baumbach, Steven Soderbergh, Taika Waititi, Armando Iannucci, James Mangold, Fernando Meirelles, Pablo Larrain, Rian Johnson and the Safdie brothers.
Phoenix stars in Todd Phillips “Batman” spinoff “Joker” alongside Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. Hanks plays Fred Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” a film from “Can You Ever Forgive Me” director Marielle Heller based on an Esquire profile of Rogers by writer Tom Junod, who is portrayed by Matthew Rhys. And Zellweger plays Garland in “Judy,” a biographical drama adapted...
For its first large batch of programming announcements, Tiff unveiled a star-studded slate of more than 50 films, many of them highly anticipated works from such celebrated directors as Noah Baumbach, Steven Soderbergh, Taika Waititi, Armando Iannucci, James Mangold, Fernando Meirelles, Pablo Larrain, Rian Johnson and the Safdie brothers.
Phoenix stars in Todd Phillips “Batman” spinoff “Joker” alongside Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. Hanks plays Fred Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” a film from “Can You Ever Forgive Me” director Marielle Heller based on an Esquire profile of Rogers by writer Tom Junod, who is portrayed by Matthew Rhys. And Zellweger plays Garland in “Judy,” a biographical drama adapted...
- 7/23/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This week in the wide, wide world of trailers: a first look at Disney’s next big live-action adaptation of an animated classic for next year and an extended preview on a revisionist take regarding on of their old-school villains; a taste of what HBO’s aristocratic-bastards-behaving-badly hit has in store during its sophomore season; a peek at a brand new sketch show; and more on one clang-clang-clang of a biopic coming this fall.
A Black Lady Sketch Show
You don’t always need a fancy-pants name for your sketch show,...
A Black Lady Sketch Show
You don’t always need a fancy-pants name for your sketch show,...
- 7/13/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Judy (2019) Movie Trailer 2: Judy Garland Struggles to Support Herself in the Twilight of Her Career
Judy Trailer 2 Roadside Attractions has released the second movie trailer for Judy (2019) has been released. The first movie trailer for Judy can be viewed here. Plot Synopsis Judy‘s plot synopsis: based on the play by Peter Quilter, “Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out [...]
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- 7/9/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Judy" is the new Brit biographical drama feature, following the life of singer, actress 'Judy Garland' circa 1969, directed by Rupert Goold, adapting the 'Tony'-nominated West End and Broadway play "End of the Rainbow" by Peter Quilter, starring Oscar winner Renée Zellweger, opening theatrically September 27, 2019:
"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."
Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.
"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."
Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.
- 7/8/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Tony Sokol Jul 8, 2019
The official trailer for the upcoming Judy film shows Renée Zellweger in what might be her next Oscar nominated role.
The first official trailer for the upcoming biopic Judy looks like it might pull an Academy Award for Renée Zellweger, who channels the The Wizard Of Oz star at the close of her career.
"Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town," reads the official synopsis. "It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans,...
The official trailer for the upcoming Judy film shows Renée Zellweger in what might be her next Oscar nominated role.
The first official trailer for the upcoming biopic Judy looks like it might pull an Academy Award for Renée Zellweger, who channels the The Wizard Of Oz star at the close of her career.
"Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town," reads the official synopsis. "It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans,...
- 7/8/2019
- Den of Geek
Judy Garland is over the rainbow and across the pond yearning to be reunited with her children in a new trailer for the upcoming biopic Judy.
The film, which stars Renée Zellweger as the legendary performer, chronicles Garland’s journey to London in the winter of 1968 for a series of sold-out concerts she performed despite her exhaustion and deteriorating health. The Wizard of Oz star died in London in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose just months after the tour ended. She was 47.
The trailer kicks off with daughter Lorna Luft (Bella Ramsey) pleading with her mother as she downs pills...
The film, which stars Renée Zellweger as the legendary performer, chronicles Garland’s journey to London in the winter of 1968 for a series of sold-out concerts she performed despite her exhaustion and deteriorating health. The Wizard of Oz star died in London in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose just months after the tour ended. She was 47.
The trailer kicks off with daughter Lorna Luft (Bella Ramsey) pleading with her mother as she downs pills...
- 7/8/2019
- by Rachel DeSantis
- PEOPLE.com
Renée Zellweger’s big 2019 started with a juicy role in Netflix’s guilty pleasure “What/If” and is set to continue with a starring role as Judy Garland in the upcoming biographical drama “Judy,” her first major awards vehicle in over a decade. The film marks the directorial debut of English theater director Rupert Goold and is an adaptation of Peter Quilter’s musical “End of the Rainbow.” The production played on Broadway and the West End and earned multiple Olivier and Tony Award nominations.
“Judy” focuses on the final months of Judy Garland’s life before her death in 1969. The story takes place in London as the iconic singer and actress prepares for her five-week sold-out concert run at The Talk of the Town. As she preps for the show, Garland battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans. Garland even embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans,...
“Judy” focuses on the final months of Judy Garland’s life before her death in 1969. The story takes place in London as the iconic singer and actress prepares for her five-week sold-out concert run at The Talk of the Town. As she preps for the show, Garland battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans. Garland even embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans,...
- 7/8/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The first full-length trailer for the Judy Garland biopic Judy dropped Monday.
Beginning in the winter of 1968, the film follows Garland (Renee Zellweger) as she performs a five-week run of her sold-out concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London. The biopic picks up with the late actress and singer 30 years after her career-defining role in The Wizard of Oz as she battles with her management, charms fellow musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans about her career. Judy was adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow and explores Garland's final days ...
Beginning in the winter of 1968, the film follows Garland (Renee Zellweger) as she performs a five-week run of her sold-out concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London. The biopic picks up with the late actress and singer 30 years after her career-defining role in The Wizard of Oz as she battles with her management, charms fellow musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans about her career. Judy was adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow and explores Garland's final days ...
The first full-length trailer for the Judy Garland biopic Judy dropped Monday.
Beginning in the winter of 1968, the film follows Garland (Renée Zellweger) as she performs a five-week run of her sold-out concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London. The biopic picks up with the actress and singer 30 years after her career-defining role in The Wizard of Oz as she battles with her management, charms fellow musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans about her career. Judy was adapted from Peter Quilter's musical End of the Rainbow and explores Garland's final days ...
Beginning in the winter of 1968, the film follows Garland (Renée Zellweger) as she performs a five-week run of her sold-out concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London. The biopic picks up with the actress and singer 30 years after her career-defining role in The Wizard of Oz as she battles with her management, charms fellow musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans about her career. Judy was adapted from Peter Quilter's musical End of the Rainbow and explores Garland's final days ...
Judy Trailer Rupert Goold‘s Judy (2019) teaser trailer has been released by Roadside Attractions and stars Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Michael Gambon, and Rufus Sewell. Plot Synopsis Judy‘s plot synopsis: based on the play by Peter Quilter, “Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run [...]
Continue reading: Judy (2019) Teaser Trailer: Renée Zellweger is Judy Garland in a Biopic that Takes You “Over the Rainbow”...
Continue reading: Judy (2019) Teaser Trailer: Renée Zellweger is Judy Garland in a Biopic that Takes You “Over the Rainbow”...
- 5/12/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger is making a major return to the big screen this fall, playing none other then Hollywood icon Judy Garland. Based on the play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter, Judy details the final days of Garland’s life while performing at a residency in London’s infamous Talk of the Town.
Her children and much-younger fiancé Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) are shown throughout the trailer while Zellweger gently croons Garland’s classic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” Directed by Rupert Goold (True Story), Judy is currently slated for a United Kingdom release on August 4 and a United States debut on September 27, which makes it seems primed for Tiff.
Also starring Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, and Michael Gambon, see the trailer and poster below.
Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town.
Her children and much-younger fiancé Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) are shown throughout the trailer while Zellweger gently croons Garland’s classic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” Directed by Rupert Goold (True Story), Judy is currently slated for a United Kingdom release on August 4 and a United States debut on September 27, which makes it seems primed for Tiff.
Also starring Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, and Michael Gambon, see the trailer and poster below.
Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town.
- 5/10/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Biopic, slated for autumn release, revolves around a trip to London in 1968 for Wizard of Oz star
Cannes kicks off next week, and with it the start of an awards conversation that looks likely to stretch until the 2020 Oscars. Judy, a new biopic of the singer Judy Garland is not officially screening on the Croisette, but timing of a first teaser trailer suggests its producers hope it to pick up buzz during the festival.
Directed by Rupert Goold and adapted from Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow, the film unfolds during Garland’s final year before her death aged 47. In financial trouble and reeling from recent divorces, Garland embarks on a series of concerts in London during the winter of 1968.
Cannes kicks off next week, and with it the start of an awards conversation that looks likely to stretch until the 2020 Oscars. Judy, a new biopic of the singer Judy Garland is not officially screening on the Croisette, but timing of a first teaser trailer suggests its producers hope it to pick up buzz during the festival.
Directed by Rupert Goold and adapted from Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow, the film unfolds during Garland’s final year before her death aged 47. In financial trouble and reeling from recent divorces, Garland embarks on a series of concerts in London during the winter of 1968.
- 5/10/2019
- by Guardian Film
- The Guardian - Film News
Renée Zellweger is unrecognizable as screen legend Judy Garland in the first trailer for the anticipated biopic Judy.
The 50-year-old star stars as Garland as she arrives in London in the winter of 1968 for a series of sold-out concerts despite her exhaustion and deteriorating health. Garland died of an accidental barbiturate overdose months after the tour ended in June 1969 in London. She was 47.
The film is an adaptation of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter.
To prepare for the role, the Oscar winner took music lessons, studied choreography and read up about the actress and singer,...
The 50-year-old star stars as Garland as she arrives in London in the winter of 1968 for a series of sold-out concerts despite her exhaustion and deteriorating health. Garland died of an accidental barbiturate overdose months after the tour ended in June 1969 in London. She was 47.
The film is an adaptation of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter.
To prepare for the role, the Oscar winner took music lessons, studied choreography and read up about the actress and singer,...
- 5/10/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Roadside Attractions on Friday released the first trailer for its upcoming Judy Garland biopic, Judy, starring Renee Zellweger as the late actress.
As a stripped-down version of the Wizard of Oz classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays, the minute-long clip shows Zellweger's Garland touching down in London for a series of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town nightclub (now known as the Hippodrome) between 1968 and 1969. The Rupert Goold-directed film — adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow — explores Garland's final days before her she died from an accidental drug overdose at age ...
As a stripped-down version of the Wizard of Oz classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays, the minute-long clip shows Zellweger's Garland touching down in London for a series of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town nightclub (now known as the Hippodrome) between 1968 and 1969. The Rupert Goold-directed film — adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow — explores Garland's final days before her she died from an accidental drug overdose at age ...
- 5/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment on Friday released the first trailer for the upcoming Judy Garland biopic, Judy, starring Renee Zellweger as the late actress.
As a stripped-down version of the Wizard of Oz classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays, the minute-long clip shows Zellweger's Garland touching down in London for a series of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town nightclub (now known as the Hippodrome) between 1968 and 1969. The Rupert Goold-directed film — adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow — explores Garland's final days before her she died from an accidental drug ...
As a stripped-down version of the Wizard of Oz classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays, the minute-long clip shows Zellweger's Garland touching down in London for a series of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town nightclub (now known as the Hippodrome) between 1968 and 1969. The Rupert Goold-directed film — adapted from Peter Quilter’s musical End of the Rainbow — explores Garland's final days before her she died from an accidental drug ...
- 5/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Liza Minnelli does not “approve nor sanction” Renee Zellweger’s upcoming film about her mother Judy Garland, and took to Facebook to share a Radar Online story that was “100 percent fiction.”
“I have never met nor spoken to Renee Zellweger,” Minnelli wrote on Facebook on Thursday. “I don’t know how these stories get started, but I do not approve nor sanction the upcoming film about Judy Garland in any way. Any reports to the contrary are 100 percent fiction.”
The caption accompanied a Radar Online post that was titled, “Renee Zellweger Bonds With Liza Minnelli While Playing Mom Judy Garland in Biopic.” The story has since been removed from the site.
Also Read: Renee Zellweger's Judy Garland Biopic Finds Home With Ld Entertainment, Roadside Attractions
Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment are distributing “Judy,” which will be directed by Tony-nominated and two-time Olivier-winner Rupert Goold. The script was written by Tom Edge...
“I have never met nor spoken to Renee Zellweger,” Minnelli wrote on Facebook on Thursday. “I don’t know how these stories get started, but I do not approve nor sanction the upcoming film about Judy Garland in any way. Any reports to the contrary are 100 percent fiction.”
The caption accompanied a Radar Online post that was titled, “Renee Zellweger Bonds With Liza Minnelli While Playing Mom Judy Garland in Biopic.” The story has since been removed from the site.
Also Read: Renee Zellweger's Judy Garland Biopic Finds Home With Ld Entertainment, Roadside Attractions
Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment are distributing “Judy,” which will be directed by Tony-nominated and two-time Olivier-winner Rupert Goold. The script was written by Tom Edge...
- 6/14/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Biopic stars Renée Zellweger, scheduled for delivery in early 2019.
Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have announced a Us deal with Pathé on the Judy Garland biopic Judy starring Renée Zellweger after watching a promo reel in Cannes.
Tony nominee and Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs Zellweger alongside an ensemble that includes Finn Wittrock from American Horror Story, Jessie Buckley from Beast, and British veteran Michael Gambon.
Principal photography wrapped two weeks ago and Judy is scheduled for completion and delivery in 2019. Tom Edge (The Crown) wrote the screenplay based on the stage play End Of The Rainbow by Peter Quilter.
Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have announced a Us deal with Pathé on the Judy Garland biopic Judy starring Renée Zellweger after watching a promo reel in Cannes.
Tony nominee and Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs Zellweger alongside an ensemble that includes Finn Wittrock from American Horror Story, Jessie Buckley from Beast, and British veteran Michael Gambon.
Principal photography wrapped two weeks ago and Judy is scheduled for completion and delivery in 2019. Tom Edge (The Crown) wrote the screenplay based on the stage play End Of The Rainbow by Peter Quilter.
- 5/31/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In their 8th collaboration, Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the Judy Garland biopic, Judy, starring Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger. The deal was made out of Cannes. Rupert Goold directed the film, which recently wrapped shooting and is slated for completion and delivery in 2019.
Written by Tom Edge, based on Peter Quilter’s stage play End of the Rainbow, the pic is set in the winter of 1968 as showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.
As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance...
Written by Tom Edge, based on Peter Quilter’s stage play End of the Rainbow, the pic is set in the winter of 1968 as showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.
As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance...
- 5/31/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have bought U.S. distribution rights to “Judy,” the Judy Garland biopic starring Renee Zellweger. The distributors are planning for a 2019 release.
The film, directed by Rupert Goold, is set in 1968 in London with Garland performing in a sell-out run at the Talk of the Town. As she prepares for the show, she battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. She also embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
The cast that includes Finn Wittrock (“American Horror Story”), Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter”). Principal photography concluded two weeks ago.
The acquisition was jointly announced Thursday by Mickey Liddell of Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions co-founders Howard Cohen & Eric d’Arbeloff.
“Judy Garland remains one of the quintessential legends of stage and screen and this chapter of her life is particularly riveting” said Cohen,...
The film, directed by Rupert Goold, is set in 1968 in London with Garland performing in a sell-out run at the Talk of the Town. As she prepares for the show, she battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. She also embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.
The cast that includes Finn Wittrock (“American Horror Story”), Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter”). Principal photography concluded two weeks ago.
The acquisition was jointly announced Thursday by Mickey Liddell of Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions co-founders Howard Cohen & Eric d’Arbeloff.
“Judy Garland remains one of the quintessential legends of stage and screen and this chapter of her life is particularly riveting” said Cohen,...
- 5/31/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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