NEWS

With only three weeks of filming left in the Marvin Gaye biopic, filming has been stopped for the past month. Initially it was due to problems with getting certain filming locations which then led to schedule conflicts with actors' schedules. However, different sources are reporting that there have been financing issues and the future of the film is uncertain. Crew members have apparently not been paid in full as a result of a cash flow problem with an American investor, however, it has been suggested that this has been resolved. Focus Features, who boarded with the film in April, has now dropped out. Stay tuned for further development. (Screen Daily) (Shadow and Act) (Vibe) (The Playlist)

Don't forget that if you're in New York next week to check out the Public Theater's forum on justice and money. Actors, including Jesse L. Martin, Vanessa Redgrave, Matt Damon, Alan Alda, Gloria Reuben, Christine Baranski, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and others, will read from Shakespeare, while Harvard professor Michael Sandel will lead a conversation about the rise of the language of money. Tickets are free and will be distributed, two per person, at noon on June 17th, 2013 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The event will take place that evening at 8 pm. For more information, visit the Shakespeare in the Park Website. (Broadway.com) (NY Times Art Beats)