A film about the life of comedy icon Carol Burnett has found its writer-director.The adaptation of Burnett's bestselling memoir, "Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story," will be helmed by Tara Miele, whose feature "Wander Darkly" opens this Friday. Miele will also adapt the screenplay.The movie was announced as a development title at Focus Features in 2019, though insiders said the project is in negotiations to jump to Apple, where it will be released as an original.Burnett will produce with...
Appian Way Productions
Leonardo
DiCaprio
DiCaprio graced awards season once again, this time with a buzzy role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” The film’s $374.3 million box office haul occurred before COVID-19 closed theaters worldwide, and then DiCaprio pivoted to launch America’s Food Fund alongside Apple and Oprah Winfrey, raising over $40 million. DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance foundation has backed many global causes, including the Australia Wildfire Fund, in response to the region’s bushfires, and the Virunga Fund, to protect the national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The year ahead looks fruitful as well, with Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” where he re-teams with Robert De Niro, and first-look deals with Sony Pictures and Apple TV for his production company Appian Way.