Keep an eye out for Pierce Brosnan, who's in town filming for a new AMC show.
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Keep your eyes peeled, Austin, because celebrity-spotting is in season. Deadline reports that Pierce Brosnan will begin filming a new Texas-sized television show in Austin this month.
The Son is a series based on local author Philipp Meyer's 2013 novel of the same name. The story follows three generations of a Texas family as they deal with changing social and industrial landscapes at the turn of the century.
In this Lone Star epic, Brosnan plays the role of Eli McCullough, the family's patriarch who was kidnapped by the Comanche at a young age and goes on to create a business empire.
The former James Bond actor replaces Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) as the lead. Neill backed out due to personal reasons. Other names tied to the project include Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon, Paola Nuñez, and Sydney Lucas.
According to Deadline, filming in Austin and around Central Texas will begin sometime in June. The first season of The Son is expected to air on AMC in 2017.
Relive all the Renaissance in Queen Bey's new movie.
“The goal for this tour was to create a place where everyone is free ...and no one is judged.”
So declares Queen Bey in a just-released trailer for RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ, a new documentary and concert film coming to major movie theaters on Friday, December 1 across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The new film chronicles Houston-born Beyoncé's journey from concept to performance as she treks across the globe in her worldwide, 56-performance, 39-city Renaissance tour.
Houstonians (and fans who made the drive) are still buzzing from the two-day H-Town homecoming (read our review here) that near-capacity crowds pack NRG Stadium for the often breathtaking, three-hour shows that featured a cameo by fellow Houston-born superstar Megan Thee Stallion.
Tickets for the concert film — a joint production between Parkwood Entertainment and AMC Entertainment — are on sale now at amctheatres.com and Fandango.com. Fans can also find tickets at Cinemark, Regal, Cinepolis and Cineplex, all of which will screen the movie. Tickets will also be available at numerous movie theatre circuits in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico later this week, according to an announcement. Admission for all standard showtimes will start at $22, plus tax.
RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ is a must for any Beyhive member — as well as those who want to reminisce attending the epic shows, or those who missed her tour stops. The big-screen treatment is fitting: short of seeing the shows live, there is no better way to take in the Renaissance tour's dazzling effects, lasers, and pyrotechnics, mind-bending visuals on huge screens, unforgettable costumes (A.I.!), Megan's surprise, and of course, Queen Bey riding through the air atop a glittering Reneigh, her trusty, mirrorball, shimmering steed.
Fans can look forward to multiple showtimes daily on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, for a minimum of four weeks, according to press materials. RENAISSANCE will also be available in IMAX (the ideal viewing) at AMC and Dolby Cinema at AMC, and other branded premium large format screens.
Kicking off atthe opening show in Stockholm, Sweden and documenting each stop to the grand finale in Kansas City, Missouri, the film captures rarely seen, behind-the-scenes moments of a Beyoncé tirelessly working and preparing and sharing tender moments with her children and family.
Meant to further articulate her “everyone is free/no one is judged” mantra, scenes will depict the more than 2.7 million fans from around the world who dressed in silver and shiny outfits, took part in her Joy Parade, and nailed the Mute Challenge at each show.
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Find RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ tickets at at amctheatres.com and Fandango.com.
