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Ari Emanuel’s Mari Agrees Deal To Buy ATG, Owner Of Theater Venues Behind Shows Like ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’

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Mari, the events company founded last year by Ari Emanuel, has agreed a deal to acquire West End and Broadway theater giant ATG Entertainment. More follows

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‘Gentle Monster’ Trailer: Léa Seydoux Faces Secrets in Netflix Movie

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Léa Seydoux has a lot to learn about her marriage in the trailer for Netflix‘s thriller Gentle Monster.

Director Marie Kreutzer‘s feature hits select theaters Oct. 30 before launching on the streaming service Nov. 18. Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp and Catherine Deneuve round out the cast for the film that premiered in competition at Cannes earlier this year and is set to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Gentle Monster centers on Lucy (Seydoux), a concert pianist whose life is dramatically altered after a police raid leads her to protect her son and question how well she knows her husband.

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“What are these secrets you have?” Seydoux asks in the trailer.

Marie Kreutzer (Corsage) helmed the movie from her own script. Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz serve as producers.

In her review of Gentle Monster for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Leslie Felperin noted that Seydoux delivers “a performance that’s all raw nerves — steely, vulnerable, angry and broken at once.”

Seydoux told THR in a recent interview that she did not hesitate to tackle the film in which her character grapples with her husband being accused of watching and distributing child sex abuse material. “I think it’s controversial, but also realistic,” the actress explained. “It was important to tell this story because it’s reality. I had no problem with the subject matter.”

For her part, Kreutzer told THR, “I was aware that this was a tough subject, and obviously it was difficult every step of the way with financing.” The Austrian director added, “Some actors — most of them — just told me directly that it’s too heavy material for them.”

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‘The Body’ Release Date & First-Look Photos Unveiled By Netflix

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Netflix has set the release date for The Body, an upcoming eight-episode series created by Quinn Shephard, as November 11.

The series follows a group of badly-behaved Catholic school girls, who begin having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in town after a dance-team initiation goes wrong.

Shephard directs the premiere and serves as showrunner for the gritty drama, starring Kristina Bogic (Anya Butler), Sara Boustany (Elise Zakaria), Geena Meszaros (Lisbeth Anderson), Nnamdi Asomugha (Father Franklin), Louisa Krause (Catherine Anderson), Shirley Chen (Maddie Delaney), Jackson Kelly (Leo Anderson), Sofia Wylie(Grace Franklin), with Gabby Windey (Coach Miller), Kyra Pierce (Bailey Bradley), Phallon Pierce (Brit Bradley), Marcel Ruiz (Tyler Santos), Orlando Norman (Steven Maxwell), Ashley Madekwe (Theresa Franklin), Motell Foster (Michael Franklin), Cale Ambrozic (Benji), Anna Tierney (Melanie), Chloe Longname (Eden), Sarah Abbott (Olivia), Emily Roman (Claire), Michela Luci (Amy), Bella Neuspiel (Katie), Julia Lowe (Blair) and Christine Solomon (Salma).

Shephard calls The Body “a love letter to all the ’90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers” she loved growing up. This includes movies like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Heavenly Creatures, and even Mean Girls. The Crucible and the Salem witch trials also have heavy influence. She also calls in her “most personal” project yet.

L-R: Nnamdi Asomugha as Father Samuel Franklin, Sofia Wylie as Grace in 'The Body'
L-R: Nnamdi Asomugha as Father Samuel Franklin, Sofia Wylie as Grace in ‘The Body’

“I’ve always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience. This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom,” Shephard says. “Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It’s a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror.

Executive producers include Peter Chernin, Amy Israel and Josh Stern for North Road, Riley Keough, Gina Gammell and Sacha Ben Harroche for Felix Culpa as well as Blair Breard.

See more first-look photos below:

Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth in episode 'The Body'
Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth in episode ‘The Body’
L to R: Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise in 'The Body'
L to R: Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise in ‘The Body’
Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth in episode 'The Body'
Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth in episode ‘The Body’
L to R: Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise, Emily Roman as Claire in 'The Body'
L to R: Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise, Emily Roman as Claire in ‘The Body’
Louisa Krause as Catherine in 'The Body'
Louisa Krause as Catherine in ‘The Body’
L to R: Motell Gyn Foster as Michael Franklin, Nnamdi Asomugha as Father Samuel Franklin in 'The Body'
L to R: Motell Gyn Foster as Michael Franklin, Nnamdi Asomugha as Father Samuel Franklin in ‘The Body’
L to R: Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth, Jackson Kelly as Leo 'The Body'
L to R: Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth, Jackson Kelly as Leo ‘The Body’
L-R: Marcel Ruiz as Tyler, Orlando Norman as Steven in 'The Body'
L-R: Marcel Ruiz as Tyler, Orlando Norman as Steven in ‘The Body’
L-R: Julia Lowe as Blair, Michela Luci as Amy, Sarah Abbot as Olivia, Shirley Chen as Maddie, Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise, Bella Neuspiel as Katie, Emily Roman as Claire, Kyra Pierce as Bailey, Phallon Pierce as Brit, Gabby Windey as Coach Miller in 'The Body'
L-R: Julia Lowe as Blair, Michela Luci as Amy, Sarah Abbot as Olivia, Shirley Chen as Maddie, Kristina Bogic as Anya, Sara Boustany as Elise, Bella Neuspiel as Katie, Emily Roman as Claire, Kyra Pierce as Bailey, Phallon Pierce as Brit, Gabby Windey as Coach Miller in ‘The Body’

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Tom Felton Extends Run In Broadway’s ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’

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Tom Felton will stay with Broadway‘s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for an additional two months, producers announced today, noting that it will be the final extension for the popular actor from the Potter film franchise.

Felton, who plays the adult Draco Malfoy on stage (in the films he played the child Draco), will perform in the role through Sunday, January 3, 2007. He’d previously been set to depart November 1.

Felton began his engagement at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre on November 11, 2025, revitalizing public interest in the play that opened in 2018. Since he joined the production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has consistently been at or near the top spot on the Broadway grosses charts.

This is the first time a member of the original Harry Potter film franchise cast has joined the stage production, which tells a new story that takes place 19 years after the end of the original series. Draco, now a father, along with Harry, Ron and Hermione are all grown up and sending their own children off to Hogwarts.

Felton is not scheduled to appear at performances August 17-23, September 14-20, October 12-18 and November 2.

In addition to Felton, the current cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is led by John Skelley as Harry Potter and Trish Lindstrom as Ginny Potter with Emmet Smith as their son Albus Potter. Rachel Christopher and Daniel Fredrick play Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively, with Janae Hammond as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Aidan Close plays Scorpius Malfoy and Kristen Martin plays Delphi Diggory.

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