Christina Aguilera, Jamie Lynn Spears Speak Out for Britney; Cannes Market Hot List; Amazon's 'Good Omens' Gets Second Season

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( June 29, 2021 What's news: Vanessa Kirby is the latest big name to sign up for Florian Zeller's The Son. Harry Potter is coming back to Broadway. Plus: Interviews with F9 star Sung Kang and director Justin Lin on whether "Justice for Han" has been served — [Abid Rahman]( Cannes Hot List ►"There’s a real energy in the market." Despite a year of COVID-19, virtual markets and online-only releases, the independent film business has found ways to make and release movies worldwide. Sales at the Virtual Cannes Market in 2020 were near record highs, leaving sellers heading into this year's Marché du Film, which runs July 6-15, in an upbeat mood, writes THR's [Scott Roxborough](. There is certainly no shortage of films for Cannes 2021, with a bumper crop of new titles across all genres hitting the Marché, offering a pick of A-list talent, including Ewan McGregor, Vin Diesel, Natalie Portman and Letitia Wright. [The hot list](. —Father to Son. Florian Zeller’s follow up to his acclaimed directorial debut The Father has landed another major name. Vanessa Kirby, The Crown star who was recently Oscar-nominated for Pieces of a Woman, has joined the cast of The Son alongside Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern. [The story.]( —The boys are back. Good Omens, the Amazon fantasy series based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, is getting a second season. Michael Sheen and David Tennant will reprise their roles as the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crawley. [The story.]( —Two becomes one. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is slated to return to Broadway this fall and, with it, a new show format that morphs the original two-part experience into a single-ticket performance. [The story](. —Ahem, a moment of self-congratulation. THR has landed a Daytime Emmy nomination for its series Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter! It's the third Daytime Emmy nom for the series. [The story](. Christina, Jamie Lynn Back Britney ►"Unacceptable." Fellow 2000s pop icon and Mickey Mouse Club alum Christina Aguilera is throwing her support behind Britney Spears. In a lengthy series of tweets posted on Monday, the Aguilera singer responded to Spears’ plea to end her conservatorship in court the previous week. "These past few days I’ve been thinking about Britney and everything she is going through. It is unacceptable that any woman, or human, wanting to be in control of their own destiny might not be allowed to live life as they wish," Aguilera tweeted. [The story.]( —Jamie Lynn speaks out. In videos shared on Instagram, Jamie Lynn Spears explained why she has remained silent over her sister Britney's efforts to end her conservatorship. "I felt like until my sister could speak for herself and say what she felt she needed to say publicly, it wasn’t my place, and it wasn’t the right thing to do. But now that she’s very clearly spoken and said what she needed to say, I feel like I can follow her lead and say what I feel I need to say,” Jamie Lynn said. [The story.]( Master of What Might Have Been ►Lost episodes. Though Master of None co-creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang opted for a "fresh" take for their Netflix series by centering the third season on a Black queer couple, another version that was prepped and ready to roll had Ansari's Dev Shaw in a starring role in at least five episodes. [The story.]( —"I don’t know if it was fair." Mads Mikkelsen says that he wishes he could have talked to Johnny Depp before replacing him as Gellert Grindelwald for the third Fantastic Beasts installment. [The story.]( —Still dreaming of Jeannie. Ahead of the launch of her first children's book, I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden talks turning 90, facing COVID-19 and how a THR columnist's fascination with her belly button "spread like fire." [The interview.]( —"I haven't been that dirty in quite a while." With his latest project Supercell, Alec {NAME} is going up against Mother Nature. The actor spoke to THR about researching the storm chasing business, creating a tornado on a budget and choosing projects with a family-first mindset. [The interview.]( 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' Turns 20 ►"It was heavy stuff." On the anniversary of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, star Haley Joel Osment spoke to THR about the "epic scale" of Steven Spielberg's misunderstood masterpiece and the legacy of Stanley Kubrick. [The interview](. —Justice for Han? In a career-spanning interview, F9 star Sung Kang looks at Han's humble beginnings and rebirth, shares his surprising Jason Statham story, and opens up about filming Disney+'s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series. [The interview](. —That post-credit scene. F9 director Justin Lin explains how that eye-opening post-credits scene is just the beginning of the next phase of the Fast franchise. 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