• HBO says it's All the Way with Bryan Cranston reprising his role as President Lyndon Johnson in a TV adaptation of his recent Broadway debut. HBO Films has acquired rights to the Tony Award-winning play that opened earlier this year to critical and popular success while also winning Cranston the Tony as best actor. The company said Wednesday that Robert Schenkkan will adapt his play for HBO. All the Way focuses on Johnson early in his presidency after the death of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. HBO hasn't specified an air date. Cranston made his Broadway debut in the play fresh from the much-acclaimed finale of his AMC drama series, Breaking Bad.
• Kurt Russell has completed his final two scenes in the latest Fast & Furious movie without the late Paul Walker. Russell had a day left of shooting when Walker died in a car crash in November outside Los Angeles. In an interview this week, the 63-year-old actor said he returned to work on the two scenes left to do with Walker about two months ago. He said he filmed the scenes with Walker's two brothers Caleb and Cody. The Fast team was "trying to work the best magic they can to make Fast & Furious 7 complete," Russell said. Russell signed on to the seventh film in the franchise to play the father of Vin Diesel's character Dominic Toretto. Acknowledging that Walker's death left the filmmakers in a "tough spot," Russell said the brothers had a great relationship with the Fast & Furious people and Diesel had been "really working it hard." The film is to premiere in April.
• David Fincher's Gone Girl will make its world premiere as the opening night film at the 52nd New York Film Festival. The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced Thursday that the highly anticipated adaption of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel will kick off the festival on Sept. 26. The 20th Century Fox thriller, which stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, will debut in theaters shortly after on Oct. 3. Fincher also opened the New York Film Festival in 2010 with The Social Network. The New York Film Festival, hosted annually at Lincoln Center, runs through Oct. 12.
A Section on 07/18/2014