Awards Spotlights: Ethan Hawke and Laura Dern, Rep Moves For 12/09/14, Bad Robot Sets Up Secret Sci-Fi At Sony

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Awards 2015 Spotlight: ‘Boyhood’s Ethan Hawke Talks Growing Up On-Camera … Twice

The thrice-nominated writer-actor looks to be in great shape to earn his fourth Oscar nomination for his brilliant work in the Richard Linklater film that appears to be this year’s frontrunner. (SSN)

Awards 2015 Spotlight: Laura Dern Surrenders To the ‘Wild’ and Reveals the Scariest Role She’s Taken On

Previously nominated for Rambling Rose is looking at another nod for her role playing Reese Witherspoon’s mother in the new film from Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée. (SSN)

Rep Moves For 12/09/14: Andy Samberg’s Party Over Here Banner Producing Trio Of Efforts

There is also a new show in the pipeline at Syfy about Superman’s grandfather, AMC orders that long-gestating Preacher pilot, and lots more. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

J.J. Abrams Sets Up a New Project At Sony With a First-TIme Director

The Force Awakens director will produce an untitled top secret project through his Bad Robot banner. It’s a science fiction film that will mark the feature directorial debut of Chris Alender, who helmed the short Eye Of The Storm. (DH)

From Webslingers To Corporate Espionage, Marc Webb Makes a Deal At Showtime

The Amazing Spider-Man director is attached to a new comedy at the cable network, which has ordered three scripts for the project. Titled Professionals, the project will be written by David J. Rosen. (VAR)

David O. Russell Has Cast Jennifer Lawrence’s Husband In Their Next Film, ‘Joy’

Edgar Ramirez joins the Hunger Games star and Robert De Niro, both of whom have signed on to the project, a biopic about Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. The film will start shooting in February. (EMP)

Get Ready For a Lot More Netflix Shows Coming To Your Computer Screen

Within the next five years, the online streaming service would like to premiere a new original series or new season of an existing series every two-and-a-half weeks. (AA)

Trailer Buzz, Part One: ‘The Walk’

The first look at the upcoming drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and directed by Robert Zemeckis, that follows the story of Phillippe Petit, who walked on a high wire above the World Trade Center in 1974. The story was first told on screen in the 2008 Oscar-winning doc, Man On Wire. (EW)

Trailer Buzz, Part Two: ‘San Andreas’

The initial trailer for the upcoming disaster flick, starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino and Alexandria Daddario. Hits theaters May 29th, 2015. (TP)

A Hobbit’s Dream Comes True: Peter Jackson Gets a Star On the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

The director of three Lord of the Rings movies and three Hobbit films is cheered on by his stars, including Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Elijah Wood. (DM)