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To read more onBoy Erased, pick up the new issue ofEntertainment Weeklyon stands now, orbuy it here. Joel Edgerton has always been fascinated by prisons, cults, and religious extremism, he tells EW. Garrards story is so full of redemption. Credit: Focus Features I find Lucas just to be a really beautiful blank canvas. Theres a sensitivity to him in his observation in the world. Theres a certain quiet nature that he can convey on screen, the filmmaker says of the 21-year-old actor....

It explores Hilketa, a frenetic and violent pastime in which players attack each other with swords and hammers. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real, and the crowds love it. That is, until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. Credit: Athena Scalzi; Tor Books The books gender nonconforming narrator made for a fascinating audiobook experiment. Read on below, and purchase the hardcoverhereand the Audible versionhere....

Mufasa isnt the only reigning royal in these Pride Lands. So, how did Favreau convince a queen to get in formation with thisKing? Ive seen her live and shes a unique talent, to say the least, he says. Disney (2); Stephen Lovekin/REX/Shutterstock Both Beyonce and Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) worked withThe Lion Kings reunited original music team in refreshing the films soundtrack for modern ears. He even attempted to interweave the musicians meticulous concert performances into the animated Nala....

The novel reimagines the myth of Jack Sheppard, a notorious 18th-century thief with a checkered past. Confessions of the Foxis a bold first novel, unwieldy but accessible, and layered but thrilling. Read on for our conversation below, and purchase your copy ofConfessions of the Foxhere. Credit: Beowulf Sheehan ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is your world that youre writing about, in terms of your research. He was really represented that way. Dr. Voth seems modeled on you to some extent....

It was one role in particular, though, that inspiredKenneth Branaghs Shakespeare biopicAll Is True. It started with a production ofThe Winters Tale,with Judi Dench playing Paulina. Perhaps the strongest women in Shakespeare, Branagh tells EW of the project. Credit: Robert Youngson/Sony Pictures Classics Because of this Dench was the only choice to play Anne. Shakespeares wife was famously nine years his senior, while Branagh and Dench are 26 years apart....

Read on for our conversation below, and purchase your copy of the bookhere. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Youve been writing for a long time, and finally decided to write an adult novel. Why now?JUDY BLUNDELL:Im the debut author whos written 100 books. Credit: John Keon The story just didnt let me go. About three years ago, I was really faced with this choice of having another project in the pipeline. Ive got to find a way to finish this adult book....

Can you even remember her name? No last name.) She has more to do in this story than be a distant, happy memory. Everett Collection Shes the hero who actively helps save this scrooges soul. But Claire still sees the good man she calls Lumpy. You just find the relationship. Murray was notoriously prickly on the set of this movie, and famously clashed with Donner. But Allen says she warmed him up just as Claire thaws Frank....

But the African-American filmmaker had another objective too. The filmmakers prequel concerns the initial, experimental version of the Purge, which takes place on Staten Island. So mostly poor people stay, and rich people leave, and the government has its own agenda. Credit: Annette Brown/Universal He was definitely an inspiration, McMurray says with a laugh. Im not afraid to deal with race and race issues, McMurray says. Each one, we were pushing the envelope a little more....

The tune is arguably one of the most famous musical motifs, she notes. From that musically devised laugh, her high-pitched voice flowed naturally. Shes got this higher voice, so shes very sugary and very sweet. Credit: Laurie Sparham/Disney That all came from watching the ballet. I have that visceral childhood memory, she says. [Its] mostly the idea of that sense of magic. You want it to be real. The idea of bringing that magical quality to a film is exciting, she explains....

Co-creatorLena Waitheknows the pressure is high forBoomerang. Halle Berry and Eddie Murphy in 1992sBoomerang. It was me, it was Robin Givens, Eddie Murphy. Credit: Annette Brown/BET You gotta do something new for your generation. I want people to feel like this is the Atlanta version ofBoomerang, on BET. That was how I pitched it. Everett Collection But then it evolved into something on its own. I think by the third episode, people are going to forget it was a movie....

Breaking news fromKevin Can Waitland: Vanessa has a boyfriend! Or, had a boyfriend! This is a disarmingly large development but one which, frankly, we should have seen coming. Credit: Jeffrey Neira/CBS (2); David M. Russell/CBS but Ive never once stopped to ask: What does Vanessas love life even look like? Does she, too, have a spouse who died in a freak web connection scheduling accident? They dance (and definitely out-salsa Vanessas father!...

Lucy Liu is going rom-com. it’s possible for you to get cozy with your girlfriends to watch. You know what it is. Credit: Jessica Miglio/Netflix Its nice to just unleash and be as colorful as possible. [Laughs] Are you a rom-com fan?I am. I love romantic comedies a lot. I think one of my favorites is an old rom-com:It Happened One Night. [Laughs] And thats what I think makes it really fun....

(Hey, theyre just trying to get enough money to take care of their kids!) For Whitman,Good Girlsrepresented an opportunity to play something new and no, not the mom part. Ive never played a character thats this irresponsible and spontaneous and has such blind confidence, Whitman says. Credit: Justin Lubin/NBC At least thats what Whitman thought of when she read Annies dynamic with her daughter Sadie. But unlike Lorelai and Rory, Annie and Sadie arent on their own....