"I am not a vampire guy," said Lemley, who partnered with Mel Gibson on "Braveheart" and "Maverick." "But when I heard about this premise, it really attracted my attention." Steven Spielberg has his own traditional Lincoln biopic that's expected to...

It could so easily get out of hand – but it is testament to Riches' stagecraft and discipline that it never does. Although there is the occasional verbal zinger – playing a booming Daniel Day-Lewis, the comic describes himself as "the most successful...

However, before Cecil Day-Lewis reached these heights, he was a cash-strapped teacher who wrote crime novels initially to pay for some roof repairs. He regarded mysteries as a perfectly acceptable literary form, and chose another identity, Nicholas...

Nina Raine starting previews this week at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York. Harvard, a 30-year-old Texas native who is deaf, grew up with sign language and uses it in the play. Harvard also speaks in the role—though he has learned a British accent...

In June, he will fight the undead in a movie adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s bestselling novel, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” Later this year, Steven Spielberg will offer a more historically accurate – if disappointingly vampire-free –...

“I don’t know what Hardy’s appetite is,” frets our second agent. “The thing that makes This Means War a strange choice is not just they’re selling a feathered fish — I mean, ‘guns and flowers’? Rather, it’s that if you look at guys like Christian Bale,...