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The Sydney Sweeney-led “Barbarella” film is taking shape, with Edgar Wright in talks to direct the picture for Sony. Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are in talks to pen the script.
Wright, best known for making the satiric zombie film “Shaun of the Dead,” is next set to direct Glen Powell in an adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man.” Wright’s other directorial credits include “Last Night in Soho,” “Hot Fuzz,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and “Baby Driver.”
The project also marks another step in Sweeney’s continued relationship with Sony Pictures — she’s most recently starred in “Anyone but You” and “Madame Web” for the studio. While “Madame Web” was largely panned by critics, Sweeney says her involvement in the film was a “strategic business decision” that’s since paid off.
“To me, that film was a building block, it’s what allowed me to build a relationship with Sony,...
Wright, best known for making the satiric zombie film “Shaun of the Dead,” is next set to direct Glen Powell in an adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man.” Wright’s other directorial credits include “Last Night in Soho,” “Hot Fuzz,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and “Baby Driver.”
The project also marks another step in Sweeney’s continued relationship with Sony Pictures — she’s most recently starred in “Anyone but You” and “Madame Web” for the studio. While “Madame Web” was largely panned by critics, Sweeney says her involvement in the film was a “strategic business decision” that’s since paid off.
“To me, that film was a building block, it’s what allowed me to build a relationship with Sony,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety - Film News
Disney and 20th Century’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” climbed to $72.5 million at the international box office in its first weekend of release.
The newest film in the long-running “Apes” series also notched No. 1 in North America with $58.5 million, bringing its initial global tally to a promising $131 million. Those ticket sales were above Sunday’s projections of $56.5 million domestically and $129 million worldwide. Like its predecessors, the $160 million-budgeted “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is projected to earn the bulk of its revenues at the international box office.
Overseas, the movie enjoyed the biggest start in China with $11.4 million (a lackluster debut for the territory), France with $7.1 million, Mexico with $6.4 million and the United Kingdom with $4.8 million. Other top markets were Korea ($3.2 million), Australia ($2.7 million), Brazil ($2.6 million), Germany (2.2 million) and Spain ($2.2 million).
Audiences opted to watch the film in the best possible quality as premium formats represented 41% of global box office revenues.
The newest film in the long-running “Apes” series also notched No. 1 in North America with $58.5 million, bringing its initial global tally to a promising $131 million. Those ticket sales were above Sunday’s projections of $56.5 million domestically and $129 million worldwide. Like its predecessors, the $160 million-budgeted “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is projected to earn the bulk of its revenues at the international box office.
Overseas, the movie enjoyed the biggest start in China with $11.4 million (a lackluster debut for the territory), France with $7.1 million, Mexico with $6.4 million and the United Kingdom with $4.8 million. Other top markets were Korea ($3.2 million), Australia ($2.7 million), Brazil ($2.6 million), Germany (2.2 million) and Spain ($2.2 million).
Audiences opted to watch the film in the best possible quality as premium formats represented 41% of global box office revenues.
- 5/12/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety - Film News
It’s clear that the ruckus caused by director Doug Liman before the release of “Road House” earlier this year didn’t do much harm to the film’s debut. In fact, it might have helped draw attention to the movie, as it quickly became a monster hit for Prime Video. Makes you wonder if Liman was right, and the film would have done gangbusters at the box office. But I digress.
Continue reading ‘Road House 2’: Jake Gyllenhaal Returning For Sequel To His Hit Prime Video Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Road House 2’: Jake Gyllenhaal Returning For Sequel To His Hit Prime Video Film at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
Get ready, folks, because the man with the fists the size of Thanksgiving turkeys is going to return ... slightly later than we hoped. According to star Alan Ritchson, "Reacher" season 3 won't premiere on Prime Video until 2025
The news comes from Ritchson's Instagram stories, where he shared an image with just the words "The biggest name in action hits again in 2025" followed by the title of the show.
"Reacher," of course, is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, and follows a former Army military policeman who is also the biggest and strongest man on the planet; a large man who also happens to be smart as hell; a wanderer who travels from town to town solving crimes and beating the crap out of people. As /Film's own Valerie Ettenhofer wrote in her review of season 2, this self-aware action show "has all the ra-ra spirit and obsession with...
The news comes from Ritchson's Instagram stories, where he shared an image with just the words "The biggest name in action hits again in 2025" followed by the title of the show.
"Reacher," of course, is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, and follows a former Army military policeman who is also the biggest and strongest man on the planet; a large man who also happens to be smart as hell; a wanderer who travels from town to town solving crimes and beating the crap out of people. As /Film's own Valerie Ettenhofer wrote in her review of season 2, this self-aware action show "has all the ra-ra spirit and obsession with...
- 5/14/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Neon has pre-bought North American rights from Charades and FilmNation to Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, reuniting with the 2021 Palme d’Or-winning director of Titane.
Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim will star in Alpha, which is scheduled to begin production in autumn. Ducournau is writing the screenplay and the plot remains under wraps.
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film are producing with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are collaborating for the first time and continue sales for the rest of the world in Cannes.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw.
Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim will star in Alpha, which is scheduled to begin production in autumn. Ducournau is writing the screenplay and the plot remains under wraps.
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film are producing with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are collaborating for the first time and continue sales for the rest of the world in Cannes.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw.
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
For those keeping score, and we know Neon is, it’s four Palme d’Or victories for Neon, who bought “Anatomy of a Fall” out of last year’s Cannes Film Festival. The boutique shingle didn’t stop there, and also acquired “Robot Dreams” and “Perfect Days” as well. Netflix plunked down $11 million for “May December,” and the festival produced sales for other buzzy titles like “Jeanne du Barry” and “The Taste of Things.” All that, and with the specter of the writers strike hanging over it.
So what will sell big this year? Many of the titles in competition as part of this year’s Official Selection are up for grabs, even as Neon, A24, Mubi, and Searchlight are all arriving with at least one contender in the main race. We’ll be tracking everything that gets bought below throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired During the Festival...
So what will sell big this year? Many of the titles in competition as part of this year’s Official Selection are up for grabs, even as Neon, A24, Mubi, and Searchlight are all arriving with at least one contender in the main race. We’ll be tracking everything that gets bought below throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired During the Festival...
- 5/14/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
While this year’s Cannes film festival jury president declared her role ‘a dream come true’, storms over sexual abuse and workers’ rights are expected
The reviews were gushing on the first day of the 77th Cannes film festival, as Barbie director Greta Gerwig took up her duties as this year’s jury president. Festival bosses variously hailed the American film-maker as a “cultural phenomenon”, a “heroine for modern times” and a woman who embodies “the future of cinema”. The fanfare was such that it almost drowned out the discord as the world’s premier movie showcase opened against a backdrop of threatened labour disputes and a rumoured report of alleged sexual abuse within the industry.
“This is beyond a dream come true,” said Gerwig, who presides over a nine-member jury that includes Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and actors Lily Gladstone and Eva Green. “One of the favourite things that...
The reviews were gushing on the first day of the 77th Cannes film festival, as Barbie director Greta Gerwig took up her duties as this year’s jury president. Festival bosses variously hailed the American film-maker as a “cultural phenomenon”, a “heroine for modern times” and a woman who embodies “the future of cinema”. The fanfare was such that it almost drowned out the discord as the world’s premier movie showcase opened against a backdrop of threatened labour disputes and a rumoured report of alleged sexual abuse within the industry.
“This is beyond a dream come true,” said Gerwig, who presides over a nine-member jury that includes Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and actors Lily Gladstone and Eva Green. “One of the favourite things that...
- 5/14/2024
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Apparently, it’s really difficult to shoot a ‘Mad Max’ film. Just yesterday, we shared a story about Anya Taylor-Joy describing her experience shooting “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” And now, we have yet another wrinkle in the previously known clash on the set of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Read More: ‘Furiosa’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Talks Difficulty Behind The Scenes: “I’ve Never Been More Alone”
In a new interview with The Telegraph, filmmaker George Miller offered his insight in the apparent war between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy.
Continue reading ‘Fury Road’: George Miller Says “There’s No Excuse” For The Clash Between Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy On Set at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Furiosa’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Talks Difficulty Behind The Scenes: “I’ve Never Been More Alone”
In a new interview with The Telegraph, filmmaker George Miller offered his insight in the apparent war between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy.
Continue reading ‘Fury Road’: George Miller Says “There’s No Excuse” For The Clash Between Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy On Set at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
The stars are out on the Croisette for the 77th Cannes Film Festival, sporting their best looks on the red carpet. Already sporting their resort wear best at the first Jury Call photo shoot was Hollywood icon Meryl Streep, who will receive the honorary Palme d’Or on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival.
This year’s President, Greta Gerwig, will be joined by an illustrious jury that includes Lily Gladstone Eva Green Omar Sy Ebru Ceylan (who co-wrote the 2014 Palme d’Or winner “Winter Sleep”), “Capernaum” director Nadine Labaki, “Society of the Snow” director Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino and “Shoplifters” director Kore-eda Hirokazu.
The list of star-studded premieres includes George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. Oscar-winner Yorgos Lanthimos will debut his next film, “Kinds of Kindness,” starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley on the Croisette.
This year’s President, Greta Gerwig, will be joined by an illustrious jury that includes Lily Gladstone Eva Green Omar Sy Ebru Ceylan (who co-wrote the 2014 Palme d’Or winner “Winter Sleep”), “Capernaum” director Nadine Labaki, “Society of the Snow” director Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino and “Shoplifters” director Kore-eda Hirokazu.
The list of star-studded premieres includes George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. Oscar-winner Yorgos Lanthimos will debut his next film, “Kinds of Kindness,” starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley on the Croisette.
- 5/14/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety - Film News
In France, the concept of irony is referred to as “deuxième degré” (second degree), where the “premier degré” is the literal or surface meaning, which can be twisted as audiences read an entirely different, often contrary meaning into the material. But the game doesn’t necessarily stop there. There is also “troisième degré,” “quatrième degré” and so on, as deep as you want to go.
For absurdist trickster Quentin Dupieux (whose films “Deerskin” and “Rubber” have found a cult following), “The Second Act” presents a frivolous funhouse mirror, in which actors Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon and Raphaël Quenard play actors playing actors in a pointless romantic comedy. They all know they’re making a bad movie, and one by one, they keep interrupting the shoot to air their personal grievances. But that’s only the beginning in a slender metatextual doodle selected to kick off the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
For absurdist trickster Quentin Dupieux (whose films “Deerskin” and “Rubber” have found a cult following), “The Second Act” presents a frivolous funhouse mirror, in which actors Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon and Raphaël Quenard play actors playing actors in a pointless romantic comedy. They all know they’re making a bad movie, and one by one, they keep interrupting the shoot to air their personal grievances. But that’s only the beginning in a slender metatextual doodle selected to kick off the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
- 5/14/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety - Film News
Was there any doubt “House of the Dragon” was going to be a hit? Probably not. But I think everyone was surprised at how many fans and critics adored the series, making it one of the biggest on TV and in the history of HBO. Now, as we approach Season 2, we’re getting a better idea of what the “Game of Thrones” spinoff has in store for viewers this summer.
Continue reading ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2 Trailer: The Massively Popular HBO ‘Thrones’ Spinoff Returns In June at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2 Trailer: The Massively Popular HBO ‘Thrones’ Spinoff Returns In June at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
All hail the king ... or the queen! Which one has the rightful claim, you ask? Well, that depends on which side you happen to have sworn allegiance to in the great Targaryen schism known as the Dance of the Dragons.
"House of the Dragon" lived up to its billing as an essential "Game of Thrones" prequel, set hundreds of years before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen ever made their claims on the Iron Throne. The events of the mythic Targaryen civil war always loomed large in the background of the original HBO series, but never before had we seen the fire, blood, and (of course) incest depicted with as much fervor as the 10 episodes that comprised its debut season. With all the major players fully established and the stakes set impossibly high, season 2 now has a full runway to double down on our favorite royal squabble and dive deep into...
"House of the Dragon" lived up to its billing as an essential "Game of Thrones" prequel, set hundreds of years before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen ever made their claims on the Iron Throne. The events of the mythic Targaryen civil war always loomed large in the background of the original HBO series, but never before had we seen the fire, blood, and (of course) incest depicted with as much fervor as the 10 episodes that comprised its debut season. With all the major players fully established and the stakes set impossibly high, season 2 now has a full runway to double down on our favorite royal squabble and dive deep into...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
From a new Alfredo Castro movie to fresh titles by “Case 63” writer Julio Rojas and “A Fantastic Woman” scribe Gonzalo Maza— plus the debut of Cannes Cinéfondation winner Diego Céspedes — here are titles from seven Chilean production companies whose presence at Cannes is backed by Chile’s ministry of culture.
“Bitter Gold,”
In a defunct North Chilean mining community, a teenage girl battles patriarchal forces to save her family’s business in this empowering neo-West- ern. Lead-produced by Juntos Films in co-production with La Santé (Chile), Whisky Content (México). Intl. Sales: Patra Spanou Films.
“Después de Elena” (Shawn Garry)
Alfredo Castro stars in a dark comedy as widower Roberto, who seeks solace but faces family dysfunction and lies. Produced by Gabriela Sandoval at Cine Matriz, Magma Cine and Zoe Films.
“Epílogo para un otoño,” (David Belmar)
This Lucho Films drama fol- lows 85-year-old Gabriel, who feels deathlooming. He fails in...
“Bitter Gold,”
In a defunct North Chilean mining community, a teenage girl battles patriarchal forces to save her family’s business in this empowering neo-West- ern. Lead-produced by Juntos Films in co-production with La Santé (Chile), Whisky Content (México). Intl. Sales: Patra Spanou Films.
“Después de Elena” (Shawn Garry)
Alfredo Castro stars in a dark comedy as widower Roberto, who seeks solace but faces family dysfunction and lies. Produced by Gabriela Sandoval at Cine Matriz, Magma Cine and Zoe Films.
“Epílogo para un otoño,” (David Belmar)
This Lucho Films drama fol- lows 85-year-old Gabriel, who feels deathlooming. He fails in...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News
The Gotham Awards, traditionally held in November, will no longer be a moment where film and television come together. For 2024, The Gotham Film and Media Institute is launching a separate Gotham TV Awards just in time for Emmy voting. And, more importantly, expanding the recipients from three categories to seven. And one of the biggest beneficiaries of these changes? Netflix’s breakout limited series “Baby Reindeer.“
Read More: “Baby Reindeer’s” Jessica Gunning on Martha: “I’m not doing an impersonation of somebody” [Interview]
In a statement, Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director noted, “In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen.
Continue reading ‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Shogun,’ and ‘Bodkin’ Top Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Nominations at The Playlist.
Read More: “Baby Reindeer’s” Jessica Gunning on Martha: “I’m not doing an impersonation of somebody” [Interview]
In a statement, Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director noted, “In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen.
Continue reading ‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Shogun,’ and ‘Bodkin’ Top Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Nominations at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
“The Hyperboreans,” the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry from Chile, defines the inventive works that have emerged from this small nation. Many of its films touch on traumatic national events of the past but play with rarely explored genres in the region. Case in point: the country’s recent Oscar submission, “The Settlers,” about Chile’s bloody colonial 1901 battle in its south, is a neo-Western.
Helmed by animation mavens Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, “The Hyperboreans” (“Los Hiperbóreos”) combines live action and stop-motion animation in a story that also stands out for its singularity. In it, Chilean actress and psychologist Antonia Giesen films a script from her patient’s mind, leading to a reality-bending spiral when she discovers it originates from Nazi poet Miguel Serrano.
“We planned this as an exhibition of the filming process at an art gallery in Chile, so we filmed this in a single space and with only one actress,...
Helmed by animation mavens Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, “The Hyperboreans” (“Los Hiperbóreos”) combines live action and stop-motion animation in a story that also stands out for its singularity. In it, Chilean actress and psychologist Antonia Giesen films a script from her patient’s mind, leading to a reality-bending spiral when she discovers it originates from Nazi poet Miguel Serrano.
“We planned this as an exhibition of the filming process at an art gallery in Chile, so we filmed this in a single space and with only one actress,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News
“House of the Dragon” Season 2 is about to soar onto screens soon.
After Season 2 was first unveiled at Ccxp in Sao Paolo in December 2023 with a teaser, and later released viral dueling trailers, the season of the dragon is almost upon audiences. Season 2 will not have a time jump like in Season 1, and instead solely focus on former besties turned step-family Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent (Olivia Cooke) as they both battle for the Iron Throne.
Per the official synopsis, after the death of King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), an undeniable rift has grown between his daughter Rhaenyra (D’Arcy) and wife Alicent (Cooke), after their close friendship as teenagers. A rift that’s now a full-blown civil war.
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” and is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones.”
In addition to Cooke and D’Arcy, fellow returning cast members include Matt Smith,...
After Season 2 was first unveiled at Ccxp in Sao Paolo in December 2023 with a teaser, and later released viral dueling trailers, the season of the dragon is almost upon audiences. Season 2 will not have a time jump like in Season 1, and instead solely focus on former besties turned step-family Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent (Olivia Cooke) as they both battle for the Iron Throne.
Per the official synopsis, after the death of King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), an undeniable rift has grown between his daughter Rhaenyra (D’Arcy) and wife Alicent (Cooke), after their close friendship as teenagers. A rift that’s now a full-blown civil war.
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” and is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones.”
In addition to Cooke and D’Arcy, fellow returning cast members include Matt Smith,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In the opening image of “I Saw the TV Glow” the camera moves slowly down the middle of a suburban street. Dusk, it’s dark, but the sky has a hint of electric blue, as the camera passes over children’s chalk drawings that pop from the pavement like incandescent lights toward a neon-lit ice cream truck playing a slowed down children’s tune. This establishing shot embodies the magical, but slightly eery tone of the first half of the film and the childhood world of Owen, who we cut to watching television in the dark.
While on the Toolkit podcast, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun told IndieWire they drew inspiration from the sense of “controlled chaos” they felt watching ‘90s Nickelodeon programming geared to older kids — remember Snick? That line between feeling “scared, but not in danger” watching teen genre shows when you are a touch too young. While Schoenbrun...
While on the Toolkit podcast, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun told IndieWire they drew inspiration from the sense of “controlled chaos” they felt watching ‘90s Nickelodeon programming geared to older kids — remember Snick? That line between feeling “scared, but not in danger” watching teen genre shows when you are a touch too young. While Schoenbrun...
- 5/14/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Prime Video kinda has its audience figured out by now. With the success of series like “Jack Ryan” and “Reacher,” as well as something like “Terminal List,” the streaming service knows that big strong guys kicking ass seems to do good business. How do we know this for certain? Well, not only does Prime Video have another show in that mold, “Cross,” coming later this year, but the streaming service has already given the series a Season 2 renewal before one episode drops.
Continue reading ‘Cross’ Trailer: Aldis Hodge Is Prime Video’s Newest Hero Arriving Later This Year at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Cross’ Trailer: Aldis Hodge Is Prime Video’s Newest Hero Arriving Later This Year at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
Cannes – The jury president is almost always center stage at the official jury press conference, but with a Cannes Film Festival facing a number of political headwinds this year’s ringleader was truly in the crossfire. Luckily, Greta Gerwig was more than up to the challenge. And, frankly, we’d expect nothing less.
Read More: Cannes head Thierry Frémaux tackles Iran, #MeToo, a potential strike and the threat of “Polemics”
Despite a jury that features Lily Gladstone, J.A.
Continue reading Cannes: Greta Gerwig Says Global #MeToo Movement Continues In The “Correct Direction” at The Playlist.
Read More: Cannes head Thierry Frémaux tackles Iran, #MeToo, a potential strike and the threat of “Polemics”
Despite a jury that features Lily Gladstone, J.A.
Continue reading Cannes: Greta Gerwig Says Global #MeToo Movement Continues In The “Correct Direction” at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
In the hit TV series, Spall and Esther Smith play a couple who have endured the pain of infertility. And now it turns out they’re having a real-life baby together. The proud dad-to-be reveals all
As the fourth season of Trying lands, things have moved on a lot for the sparky everycouple, played by Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Their painful journey through infertility, from season one, is long behind them. The two kids they adopted tortuously through seasons two and three, Princess and Tyler, are now cranky, wisecracking youths.
Princess, now played by Scarlett Rayner, is especially good. “It’s always surprising how good young people are at acting,” Rafe Spall says, when I meet him in a cafe in London. There’s almost always a self-mocking joke lurking in what he says, if you care to chase it down, here a subtext of: “What kind of job is that,...
As the fourth season of Trying lands, things have moved on a lot for the sparky everycouple, played by Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Their painful journey through infertility, from season one, is long behind them. The two kids they adopted tortuously through seasons two and three, Princess and Tyler, are now cranky, wisecracking youths.
Princess, now played by Scarlett Rayner, is especially good. “It’s always surprising how good young people are at acting,” Rafe Spall says, when I meet him in a cafe in London. There’s almost always a self-mocking joke lurking in what he says, if you care to chase it down, here a subtext of: “What kind of job is that,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Zoe Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Golda Rosheuvel, Nick Frost, Jeremy Swift, Tim McInnerny and Jane Horrocks lead the cast of Sky Original feature Grow which is being sold internationally by Gfm Film Sales at the Cannes Market.
The film has commenced principal photography in Scotland and will be released in cinemas globally and on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland in 2025.
Rosheuvel, best known for Dune and Bridgerton, stars in the family comedy as a curmudgeonly farmer of a pumpkin farm who takes in her newly discovered niece from an orphanage. When the annual pumpkin-growing contest is sabotaged, the farmer learns to nurture her...
The film has commenced principal photography in Scotland and will be released in cinemas globally and on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland in 2025.
Rosheuvel, best known for Dune and Bridgerton, stars in the family comedy as a curmudgeonly farmer of a pumpkin farm who takes in her newly discovered niece from an orphanage. When the annual pumpkin-growing contest is sabotaged, the farmer learns to nurture her...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
It's official: "Road House" is getting a sequel. Not the original Patrick Swayze classic from the '80s, mind you. Rather, the recent Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake that premiered earlier this year on Amazon Prime Video is getting a follow-up. Amazon has confirmed that "Road House 2" (which does not officially have a title) is in the works, with Gyllenhaal due to reprise his role as Dalton. Little else has been revealed but the company wasted little time in getting the project going.
With nearly 80 million viewers to date, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to reprise his role as Elwood Dalton in a Road House sequel. pic.twitter.com/XgpD3ScXIS
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) May 14, 2024
Produced by MGM and released on Prime Video in March, the "Road House" remake has attracted 80 million viewers to date. The film was directed by Doug Liman, who publicly voiced his distaste for the decision to release...
With nearly 80 million viewers to date, Jake Gyllenhaal is set to reprise his role as Elwood Dalton in a Road House sequel. pic.twitter.com/XgpD3ScXIS
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) May 14, 2024
Produced by MGM and released on Prime Video in March, the "Road House" remake has attracted 80 million viewers to date. The film was directed by Doug Liman, who publicly voiced his distaste for the decision to release...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Henry Kissinger may have only died in November, but the controversial politician is already set to get the satirical comedy treatment.
Tim Roth, Robin Wright, Mary-Louise Parker, Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry and Dylan Penn are in talks to star in the feature film “Kissinger Takes Paris,” set during Kissinger’s younger, pre-Vietnam War years.
Roth (“The Hateful Eight,” “Sundown”) will star as Kissinger, while Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay, and Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures (“To Leslie”) are producing along with Stanzler. CAA Media Finance and Concourse Media are co-representing domestic rights, and Concourse is handling international rights, with sales launching at Cannes.
The film — likened to political satires such as “Don’t Look Up” and “Wag the Dog” — is set to tell the (mostly) true story of when Kissinger, described as “a middle-aged, politically washed-up Harvard professor,” traveled to...
Tim Roth, Robin Wright, Mary-Louise Parker, Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry and Dylan Penn are in talks to star in the feature film “Kissinger Takes Paris,” set during Kissinger’s younger, pre-Vietnam War years.
Roth (“The Hateful Eight,” “Sundown”) will star as Kissinger, while Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay, and Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures (“To Leslie”) are producing along with Stanzler. CAA Media Finance and Concourse Media are co-representing domestic rights, and Concourse is handling international rights, with sales launching at Cannes.
The film — likened to political satires such as “Don’t Look Up” and “Wag the Dog” — is set to tell the (mostly) true story of when Kissinger, described as “a middle-aged, politically washed-up Harvard professor,” traveled to...
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety - Film News
After pioneering feature length computer animated features with "Toy Story," Pixar Animation became the gold standard for the medium. But it wasn't just because of the innovative animation style providing a new palette for storytelling. Like the many Walt Disney Animation movies that came in the decades before Pixar rose to prominence, the filmmakers at Pixar had a knack for finding the perfect voices for their characters. Whether it was Tom Hanks and Tim Allen as Woody and Buzz Lightyear or Patton Oswalt as Remy in "Ratatoiulle," Pixar has always let the perfect voices shine in their work, even if they don't come from the biggest stars. That's especially true with "Inside Out."
In "Inside Out," a stellar ensemble came together to voice the core emotions inside the mind of an 11-year old girl named Riley. Amy Poehler delivered boundless exuberance and enthusiasm as Joy, Phyllis Smith brought an adorable melancholy to Sadness,...
In "Inside Out," a stellar ensemble came together to voice the core emotions inside the mind of an 11-year old girl named Riley. Amy Poehler delivered boundless exuberance and enthusiasm as Joy, Phyllis Smith brought an adorable melancholy to Sadness,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
The 2024 Tribeca Festival has just unveiled new additions to its already star-studded lineup.
IndieWire can confirm that the New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One” will take place as part of the festival, which runs June 5 through 16. The film will have a special screening June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures in IMAX.
The festival, presented by Okx, announced the addition of 11 new feature films, including eight world premieres. Documentaries “Federer: Twelve Final Days” and “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” produced by J.J. Abrams, are among the highlights, plus Dawn Porter’s “Power of the Dream.”
Hannah Einbinder’s first-ever stand-up comedy special “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” will also have its world premiere at the festival.
“At our core, we are an activist festival, united by the belief that art can inspire change,” Tribeca Co-Founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal. “We’re excited to add 11 new films to our Festival lineup,...
IndieWire can confirm that the New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One” will take place as part of the festival, which runs June 5 through 16. The film will have a special screening June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures in IMAX.
The festival, presented by Okx, announced the addition of 11 new feature films, including eight world premieres. Documentaries “Federer: Twelve Final Days” and “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” produced by J.J. Abrams, are among the highlights, plus Dawn Porter’s “Power of the Dream.”
Hannah Einbinder’s first-ever stand-up comedy special “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” will also have its world premiere at the festival.
“At our core, we are an activist festival, united by the belief that art can inspire change,” Tribeca Co-Founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal. “We’re excited to add 11 new films to our Festival lineup,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced the nominations for the first ever Gotham TV Awards taking place on Tuesday, June 4 at Cipriani 25 in New York City. With a focus on shows in their first seasons, the nominees selected by committees of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators feature a range of series, from “Baby Reindeer” to “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” as well as performances from Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder in “The Curse” to Kristen Wiig in “Palm Royale,” and Lily Gladstone in “Under The Bridge.”
“In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen,” said Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director via statement. “As an organization dedicated to celebrating and nurturing independent media, we know the...
“In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen,” said Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director via statement. “As an organization dedicated to celebrating and nurturing independent media, we know the...
- 5/14/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Tim Roth, Robin Wright and Mary-Louise Parker are among a starry ensemble in talks to join Kissinger Takes Paris, a darkly comedic package that Concourse is introducing to Cannes buyers.
Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry, and Dylan Penn are also in talks to star in the project, which Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay and produce alongside Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of To Leslie producers Bcdf Pictures.
Roth is being lined up to portray Henry Kissinger in the project, which presents him in 1968 as a middle-aged, washed-up Harvard professor who crashes the Paris...
Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry, and Dylan Penn are also in talks to star in the project, which Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay and produce alongside Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of To Leslie producers Bcdf Pictures.
Roth is being lined up to portray Henry Kissinger in the project, which presents him in 1968 as a middle-aged, washed-up Harvard professor who crashes the Paris...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
“Road House” is getting a sequel.
During the Amazon MGM Studios upfronts, a follow-up to the streaming-only remake was announced with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his lead role of a former UFC fighter turned bouncer.
According to Amazon, “Road House” had nearly 80 million worldwide viewers to-date after premiering on Prime Video March 21. The feature had a record-breaking over 50 million worldwide viewers over its first two weekends, becoming Amazon MGM Studios’ most-watched film debut ever on a worldwide basis.
Yet not all went smoothly with the “Road House” rollout. Director Doug Liman announced that he was boycotting the premiere due to the lack of a theatrical run, and original “Road House” screenwriter R. Lance Hill announced he was planning on suing Amazon for allegedly using AI to complete the remake before the rights to the original film reverted back to him.
“Road House” originally starred late actor Patrick Swayze in the role that Gyllenhaal reimagined.
During the Amazon MGM Studios upfronts, a follow-up to the streaming-only remake was announced with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his lead role of a former UFC fighter turned bouncer.
According to Amazon, “Road House” had nearly 80 million worldwide viewers to-date after premiering on Prime Video March 21. The feature had a record-breaking over 50 million worldwide viewers over its first two weekends, becoming Amazon MGM Studios’ most-watched film debut ever on a worldwide basis.
Yet not all went smoothly with the “Road House” rollout. Director Doug Liman announced that he was boycotting the premiere due to the lack of a theatrical run, and original “Road House” screenwriter R. Lance Hill announced he was planning on suing Amazon for allegedly using AI to complete the remake before the rights to the original film reverted back to him.
“Road House” originally starred late actor Patrick Swayze in the role that Gyllenhaal reimagined.
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
As Cannes Film Festival kicks off, the Paris-based international sales company MK2 Films has revealed it has acquired three films and made substantial investments in new restorations, set against the backdrop of a strong presence at Cannes Classics.
MK2 Films has entered into a collaboration with the Niki Charitable Art Foundation on the global rights (excluding the U.S.) for two films directed by artist Niki de Saint Phalle: “Un Rêve plus long que la nuit” (1976) and “Daddy” (1973). “Un Rêve plus long que la nuit” has been restored in 4K by L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna-Paris) under the supervision of Arielle de Saint Phalle and with funding from Dior. It was presented at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, New York Film Festival and the new Los Angeles Festival of Movies. “Daddy” will soon be available in a restored version. MK2 Films described it as a “unique feminist work by one of...
MK2 Films has entered into a collaboration with the Niki Charitable Art Foundation on the global rights (excluding the U.S.) for two films directed by artist Niki de Saint Phalle: “Un Rêve plus long que la nuit” (1976) and “Daddy” (1973). “Un Rêve plus long que la nuit” has been restored in 4K by L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna-Paris) under the supervision of Arielle de Saint Phalle and with funding from Dior. It was presented at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, New York Film Festival and the new Los Angeles Festival of Movies. “Daddy” will soon be available in a restored version. MK2 Films described it as a “unique feminist work by one of...
- 5/14/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - Film News
Dearest readers: It’s Bridgerton Week at IndieWire, and we’re celebrating the new season by diving deep on one of the best romance shows on TV.
After a very long two years, “Bridgerton” finally returns for the first half of its third season on May 16. And what place more fitting to hold the world premiere? New York City! Season 3 of the steamy Netflix hit will be following the friends to lovers pipeline between Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, played by Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton.
“When I watched it back, I was more thrilled than I ever thought I would be because I am a very self critical person,” Coughlan told IndieWire. “Luke and I put so much into it.”
With each season facing a different lead couple, Coughlan and Newton reflect on the advice that they received from the previous lead lovers. “Johnny has just been been there with me the whole time,...
After a very long two years, “Bridgerton” finally returns for the first half of its third season on May 16. And what place more fitting to hold the world premiere? New York City! Season 3 of the steamy Netflix hit will be following the friends to lovers pipeline between Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, played by Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton.
“When I watched it back, I was more thrilled than I ever thought I would be because I am a very self critical person,” Coughlan told IndieWire. “Luke and I put so much into it.”
With each season facing a different lead couple, Coughlan and Newton reflect on the advice that they received from the previous lead lovers. “Johnny has just been been there with me the whole time,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Vincent Perella
- Indiewire
Amazon MGM Studios has released the trailer for the comedy film “You’re Cordially Invited,” starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell.
Per the official logline, “A woman (Witherspoon) planning her sister’s (Meredith Hagner) perfect wedding and the father (Ferrell) of a young bride-to-be (Geraldine Viswanathan) find out that they are double booked for their destination wedding at a remote resort on an island off the Georgia coast. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues and disaster awaits.”
The trailer features scenes of Ferrell and Witherspoon’s characters getting involved in chaotic situations, including a moment when Ferrell is wrestling an alligator in a hotel room.
“If I look out on that dock and that bride’s not my baby girl, that bride’s going in the fucking lake,” Ferrell says in the trailer. “Splish splash, bitch, taking a bath.”
“I’m gonna kick your ass, and it’s gonna be embarassing,...
Per the official logline, “A woman (Witherspoon) planning her sister’s (Meredith Hagner) perfect wedding and the father (Ferrell) of a young bride-to-be (Geraldine Viswanathan) find out that they are double booked for their destination wedding at a remote resort on an island off the Georgia coast. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues and disaster awaits.”
The trailer features scenes of Ferrell and Witherspoon’s characters getting involved in chaotic situations, including a moment when Ferrell is wrestling an alligator in a hotel room.
“If I look out on that dock and that bride’s not my baby girl, that bride’s going in the fucking lake,” Ferrell says in the trailer. “Splish splash, bitch, taking a bath.”
“I’m gonna kick your ass, and it’s gonna be embarassing,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety - Film News
David Cronenberg is unraveling his understanding of the afterlife with “The Shrouds.”
The auteur writes and directs the sci-fi feature that centers on a widower named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) grieving the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger). An inventor, Karsh creates a program called GraveTech to allow for mourners to monitor their late loved ones via shrouds. Yet when multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, he has to find the perpetrators.
Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt also star.
“The Shrouds” will debut in competition at Cannes. WME is handling U.S. sales and Sbs handling international sales for the film, with Sbs, Prospero Pictures, and Saint Laurent Productions producing. The producers are Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Katz, and Anthony Vaccarello.
Cronenberg told Variety that he wrote the film while “experiencing the grief of the loss of my wife, who died seven years ago. It was an...
The auteur writes and directs the sci-fi feature that centers on a widower named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) grieving the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger). An inventor, Karsh creates a program called GraveTech to allow for mourners to monitor their late loved ones via shrouds. Yet when multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, he has to find the perpetrators.
Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt also star.
“The Shrouds” will debut in competition at Cannes. WME is handling U.S. sales and Sbs handling international sales for the film, with Sbs, Prospero Pictures, and Saint Laurent Productions producing. The producers are Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Katz, and Anthony Vaccarello.
Cronenberg told Variety that he wrote the film while “experiencing the grief of the loss of my wife, who died seven years ago. It was an...
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Cannes Competition jury president Greta Gerwig addressed freelance festival workers considering a strike, saying “I support labour movements.”
“I hope that the festival workers can form an agreement that is good for them and supports them and supports the festival,” said Gerwig, responding to a question from Screen about what message she has for the freelance group.
French collective Sous les ecrans la deche (Broke Behind The Screens) is preparing to protest labour reforms that would cut their unemployment indemnities.
A representative for the group told Screen it was awaiting a meeting between the Cnc and the Cultural Ministry during...
“I hope that the festival workers can form an agreement that is good for them and supports them and supports the festival,” said Gerwig, responding to a question from Screen about what message she has for the freelance group.
French collective Sous les ecrans la deche (Broke Behind The Screens) is preparing to protest labour reforms that would cut their unemployment indemnities.
A representative for the group told Screen it was awaiting a meeting between the Cnc and the Cultural Ministry during...
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine’s age-gap romantic adventure “The Idea of You” attracted nearly 50 million worldwide viewers in its first two weeks on Prime Video, becoming Amazon MGM’s No. 1 romantic-comedy debut of all time, according to the studio.
The film, which premiered at SXSW and launched on Prime video on May 2, follows a 40-year-old single mom (Hathaway) who is swept up in whirlwind romance with a 24-year-old pop star (Galitzine). Michael Showalter directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Westfeldt, based on the book by Robinne Lee.
“The extraordinary reception of ‘The Idea of You’ has been thrilling — even leading up to the release, with its record-breaking trailer views to its chart-topping soundtrack,” said Julie Rapaport, head of film, production and development at Amazon MGM Studios. “And now, audiences have truly fallen for this film, and we could not be prouder of our stars Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine,...
The film, which premiered at SXSW and launched on Prime video on May 2, follows a 40-year-old single mom (Hathaway) who is swept up in whirlwind romance with a 24-year-old pop star (Galitzine). Michael Showalter directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Westfeldt, based on the book by Robinne Lee.
“The extraordinary reception of ‘The Idea of You’ has been thrilling — even leading up to the release, with its record-breaking trailer views to its chart-topping soundtrack,” said Julie Rapaport, head of film, production and development at Amazon MGM Studios. “And now, audiences have truly fallen for this film, and we could not be prouder of our stars Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety - Film News
A sequel to Amazon’s “Road House” movie is in the works with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his leading role as Dalton.
While Amazon is keeping quiet on any other details for now, it still made sure to give the news of the high-profile project it’s due with Amazon MGM Studio chief Jennifer Salke revealing it at the top of its first-ever upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday.
“As we saw this spring the world went crazy for a little movie called ‘Road House,'” Salke said on stage at the Pier 36 venue in New York City. “Nearly 8 million viewers globally have watched ‘Road House.’ We like to watch this these results like a baby.”
Upfronts 2024: View Variety‘s full coverage.
“Road House” was written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. Joel Silver produced the film, which also stars Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Conor McGregor and Lukas Gage,...
While Amazon is keeping quiet on any other details for now, it still made sure to give the news of the high-profile project it’s due with Amazon MGM Studio chief Jennifer Salke revealing it at the top of its first-ever upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday.
“As we saw this spring the world went crazy for a little movie called ‘Road House,'” Salke said on stage at the Pier 36 venue in New York City. “Nearly 8 million viewers globally have watched ‘Road House.’ We like to watch this these results like a baby.”
Upfronts 2024: View Variety‘s full coverage.
“Road House” was written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. Joel Silver produced the film, which also stars Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Conor McGregor and Lukas Gage,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety - Film News
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival may be lighter on glitz and glamour than in years past, but that means arthouse and international fare from emerging and established filmmakers will get a chance to shine. Still, at least two American auteurs, Francis Ford Coppola (“Megalopolis”) and Paul Schrader, have films in the main competition for the first time in decades. David Cronenberg (“The Shrouds”) and Yorgos Lanthimos (“Kinds of Kindness”) are also back at the festival, with both making personal stories in their own way: Cronenberg, here, reckons with grief over the death of his wife seven years ago, while Lanthimos appears to retreat back into “Dogtooth” territory in a film that’s almost a rebuke of the global success he’s acquired with “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”
Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold, Ali Abbasi, Jia Zhangke, Karim Aïnouz, and Paolo Sorrentino are also back at Cannes this year with new films in the competition.
Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold, Ali Abbasi, Jia Zhangke, Karim Aïnouz, and Paolo Sorrentino are also back at Cannes this year with new films in the competition.
- 5/14/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio, David Ehrlich and Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Getting married is demanding enough, but perhaps one of the most stressful jobs on planet Earth, especially if you’re a family member, is the job of a wedding planner. So, a colossal wedding mix-up that creates a massive world of tension, anxiety, and stress is the launching pad idea for “You’re Cordially Invited,” an R-rated comedy about a pair of wedding planners who discover their destination wedding was accidentally double-booked. The comedy comes from writer/director Nicholas Stoller, who studied under the Judd Apatow school of comedy and directed such hit films as “Bros,” “Neighbors,” “Five Year Engagement,” and the co-creator of the Apple TV+ series, “Platonic.”
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His raunchy and wild-looking comedy stars Will Ferrell as the father of a bride-to-be, alongside Reese Witherspoon, who is also planning her sister’s wedding.
Continue reading ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Teaser Trailer: Reese...
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His raunchy and wild-looking comedy stars Will Ferrell as the father of a bride-to-be, alongside Reese Witherspoon, who is also planning her sister’s wedding.
Continue reading ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Teaser Trailer: Reese...
- 5/14/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is having quite the year. His tennis comedy/love triangle film “Challengers,” starring Zendaya, has already grossed $68 million worldwide—not bad for a drama without a major I.P. attached to it— and his next film, “Queer,” an adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel starring Daniel Craig, is said to be done and will probably debut during the fall film festival circuit later this year.
Continue reading Andrew Garfield Joins Julia Roberts In Luca Guadagnino’s Thriller ‘After The Hunt’ Coming In 2025 at The Playlist.
Continue reading Andrew Garfield Joins Julia Roberts In Luca Guadagnino’s Thriller ‘After The Hunt’ Coming In 2025 at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
We are fully in the middle of TV Upfronts. And what that means, if you’re not already aware, is studios unveil what they’re working on and what series are getting renewed. In the case of Prime Video, that means we’re getting early word that “The Boys” is returning for a Season 5 before Season 4 actually premieres in June. Oh yeah, and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” is coming back for round 2.
Continue reading ‘The Boys’ Gets Early Season 5 Renewal And ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Is Coming Back For Season 2 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Boys’ Gets Early Season 5 Renewal And ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Is Coming Back For Season 2 at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
The team behind “Challengers” have already had a game, set, match for being a definitive film of 2024. Yet its trio of actors, including Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist, seem to have no plans on taking a breather. O’Connor’s even ready to team up with director Luca Guadagnino once again.
Sure, the ending of “Challengers” might be considered ambiguous, with Zendaya even going so far as to say the final scene was “confusing” in an interview with the New York Times. What is as clear as Patrick (O’Connor) telegraphing his extramarital tryst with Tashi (Zendaya) to her husband Art (Faist) is where these buzzy stars are heading to next.
Zendaya has proven to be a box office selling point, successfully cementing her lead star status for the big screen with “Challengers” becoming director Luca Guadagnino’s highest opening film to date, surpassing Timothée Chalamet-led “Call Me By Your Name.
Sure, the ending of “Challengers” might be considered ambiguous, with Zendaya even going so far as to say the final scene was “confusing” in an interview with the New York Times. What is as clear as Patrick (O’Connor) telegraphing his extramarital tryst with Tashi (Zendaya) to her husband Art (Faist) is where these buzzy stars are heading to next.
Zendaya has proven to be a box office selling point, successfully cementing her lead star status for the big screen with “Challengers” becoming director Luca Guadagnino’s highest opening film to date, surpassing Timothée Chalamet-led “Call Me By Your Name.
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Jury duty began Tuesday, May 14 for this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition panelists, led by president Greta Gerwig, the billion-dollar filmmaker behind “Barbie.”
Omar Sy, Eva Green, Lily Gladstone, Pierfrancesco Favino, Hirokazu Kore-eda, J.A. Bayona, Nadine Labaki, and Ebru Ceylan, along with Gerwig, convened at the Palais des Festivals for the annual opening day press conference. Tonight’s festival launches with the world premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act.” The jury will discuss, debate, and deliberate on films including Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” and more.
But the 77th edition of the global leading film festival is on edge right now as Cannes stares down two major scandals plaguing the Croisette and the French film industry at large. There’s a looming potential strike from a labor collective calling itself Sous les écrans la dèch,...
Omar Sy, Eva Green, Lily Gladstone, Pierfrancesco Favino, Hirokazu Kore-eda, J.A. Bayona, Nadine Labaki, and Ebru Ceylan, along with Gerwig, convened at the Palais des Festivals for the annual opening day press conference. Tonight’s festival launches with the world premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act.” The jury will discuss, debate, and deliberate on films including Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” and more.
But the 77th edition of the global leading film festival is on edge right now as Cannes stares down two major scandals plaguing the Croisette and the French film industry at large. There’s a looming potential strike from a labor collective calling itself Sous les écrans la dèch,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Rome-based sales outfit Intramovies has picked up international rights to “Uncle Jens,” the directorial debut of Norwegian helmer of Kurdish origin Brwa Vahabpour, credited for the hit series “Countrymen.”
Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski, associate producer on “The Worst Person in the World,” is producing for True Content Production, the Oslo branch of Scandi group True Content Entertainment, headed by Yellow Bird founder Ole Søndberg.
Anda Ionescu of Bucharest-based Tangaj Production serves as co-producer.
Crew members include cinematographer Jørgen Klüver (“Nudes”) production designer Kristian Lahn Vestby (“Nach”) and seasoned Romanian editor Cătălin Cristuțiu (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”) who collaborated with the Norwegian Brynjar Lien Aune.
Vahabpour first caught festival attention with his 2020 short film “Silence”, selected for the Palm Spring International ShortFest. He went on to direct two episodes of the Norwegian award-winning series “Countrymen”.
Known earlier as “Europa”, the feature about family ties and cultural identify stars Peiman Azizpour...
Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski, associate producer on “The Worst Person in the World,” is producing for True Content Production, the Oslo branch of Scandi group True Content Entertainment, headed by Yellow Bird founder Ole Søndberg.
Anda Ionescu of Bucharest-based Tangaj Production serves as co-producer.
Crew members include cinematographer Jørgen Klüver (“Nudes”) production designer Kristian Lahn Vestby (“Nach”) and seasoned Romanian editor Cătălin Cristuțiu (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”) who collaborated with the Norwegian Brynjar Lien Aune.
Vahabpour first caught festival attention with his 2020 short film “Silence”, selected for the Palm Spring International ShortFest. He went on to direct two episodes of the Norwegian award-winning series “Countrymen”.
Known earlier as “Europa”, the feature about family ties and cultural identify stars Peiman Azizpour...
- 5/14/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety - Film News
British actor Charlotte Lewis had claimed she was made the victim of a ‘smear campaign’ after she accused the director of raping her when she was a teenager
A French court on Tuesday acquitted French-Polish film-maker Roman Polanski of defaming British actor Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when she was a teenager.
Polanski, 90, was not in court for the verdict at the Paris criminal court.
A French court on Tuesday acquitted French-Polish film-maker Roman Polanski of defaming British actor Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when she was a teenager.
Polanski, 90, was not in court for the verdict at the Paris criminal court.
- 5/14/2024
- by Agence France Presse
- The Guardian - Film News
The logline for Snack Shack—two teenaged best friends spend the summer of 1991 working at a community pool food stand and get up to shenanigans—suggests a hyper-generic “one crazy summer”-type coming-of-age flick, but the film distinguishes itself with specifics almost immediately. It opens with Aj (Connor Sherry) and Moose (Gabriel Labelle) at an off-track betting parlor intently watching the races with lit cigarettes dangling from their mouths. They exchange gambling strategies and profane insults before deciding to bet their new winnings on one more long-shot race. They hit big, but upon leaving they see someone swipe their cab, making it […]
The post “You Can’t Go Into Your Hometown and Not Shoot Cinemascope”: Writer/Director Adam Rehmeier on His Early ’90s Nebraska-Set Comedy, Snack Shack first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “You Can’t Go Into Your Hometown and Not Shoot Cinemascope”: Writer/Director Adam Rehmeier on His Early ’90s Nebraska-Set Comedy, Snack Shack first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 5/14/2024
- by Vikram Murthi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Period dramas have always been hot (repression so often is). Whether it’s Oliver Reed and Alan Bates nude wrestling in front of a roaring fire in “Women in Love” or Keira Knightley and James McCardle in the library with the green dress in “Atonement,” sex has always been there in period dramas. But something has happened in recent years in television: Shows set in ye olden times have gotten much, much hornier.
“Bridgerton” earned a lot of publicity for its frank sex scenes in Season 1, but it was hardly the first. There’s something about peeling back the bedclothes (and clothes) of a lost era that makes it resonate even more with modern audiences. If the stolen glances and hastily scrawled notes are foreplay, then we’re now living in a golden age of ruffled and furbelowed consummation.
With “Bridgerton” Season 3 premiering May 16, IndieWire decided to do the hard...
“Bridgerton” earned a lot of publicity for its frank sex scenes in Season 1, but it was hardly the first. There’s something about peeling back the bedclothes (and clothes) of a lost era that makes it resonate even more with modern audiences. If the stolen glances and hastily scrawled notes are foreplay, then we’re now living in a golden age of ruffled and furbelowed consummation.
With “Bridgerton” Season 3 premiering May 16, IndieWire decided to do the hard...
- 5/14/2024
- by Sarah Shachat and Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
The DVD of David Lynch's 2001 mystery "Mulholland Drive" came with a mystery of its own. Those who know David Lynch know that he loathes talking about his movies, and staunchly refuses to answer bothersome questions about their meaning. This is the man who famously declared in 1977 classic "Eraserhead" to be his most spiritual film. When asked to elucidate, Lynch simply said "No." For Lynch, all the answers are up on the screen. Any commentary is not only redundant but distracting; why watch a movie looking for an interpretation when one can simply experience it raw? This is why Lynch has never provided a commentary track for any of his movies, and why he hates chapter stops on DVDs and Blu-rays. Sit in a dark room, he says, and let the film enter your mind unadulterated.
This is why the paper insert in the 2002 "Mulholland Drive" release is so baffling.
This is why the paper insert in the 2002 "Mulholland Drive" release is so baffling.
- 5/14/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Seattle-based Tasveer Film Festival has unveiled several high-profile partner sponsors for its inaugural South Asian film market, ahead of its launch at the Cannes Film Festival.
The sponsors include Amazon, NBCUniversal Launch, Film Companion, credit union Becu, civil liberties organization Acluwa, University of Washington South Asia Center and Bully Media.
The newly rechristened Tasveer Film Festival & Market will take place Oct. 15-20, during the festival. The best short film winner at the festival qualifies for the Oscars. The market aims to facilitate South Asian diasporic representation and filmmaking on a global level. It will feature a co-production market, a producer’s lab, industry panels and a work-in-progress lab. The co-production market will invite director-producer teams to pitch long-form and short-form projects, including features, shorts and series, both scripted and unscripted, to financiers, investors and studio executives.
The content advisory board for the market includes producers Apoorva Bakshi (“Delhi Crime...
The sponsors include Amazon, NBCUniversal Launch, Film Companion, credit union Becu, civil liberties organization Acluwa, University of Washington South Asia Center and Bully Media.
The newly rechristened Tasveer Film Festival & Market will take place Oct. 15-20, during the festival. The best short film winner at the festival qualifies for the Oscars. The market aims to facilitate South Asian diasporic representation and filmmaking on a global level. It will feature a co-production market, a producer’s lab, industry panels and a work-in-progress lab. The co-production market will invite director-producer teams to pitch long-form and short-form projects, including features, shorts and series, both scripted and unscripted, to financiers, investors and studio executives.
The content advisory board for the market includes producers Apoorva Bakshi (“Delhi Crime...
- 5/14/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - Film News
Is anyone really ready to get married, let alone commit?
Tayarisha Poe’s new film, “The Young Wife,” asks and answers the age-old question and more, with Kiersey Clemons starring as a young woman whose “non-wedding” to her elusive partner (Leon Bridges) brings out all the pressures of a traditional union. The chaos and expectations of family and friends heighten the not-quite-bride’s spiraling panic, and all seems poised to unravel just before the party meant to celebrate their love.
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Light, Kelly Marie Tran, Aya Cash, and Michaela Watkins co-star. Poe writes and directs her follow-up to 2019 Sundance debut “Selah and the Spades.”
“The Young Wife” premiered at SXSW 2023, where it was picked up by distributor Republic Pictures, a Paramount Pictures label. “I’m excited to share the work of our wonderful cast and crew,” Poe told IndieWire. “For me this is a story of color and chaos,...
Tayarisha Poe’s new film, “The Young Wife,” asks and answers the age-old question and more, with Kiersey Clemons starring as a young woman whose “non-wedding” to her elusive partner (Leon Bridges) brings out all the pressures of a traditional union. The chaos and expectations of family and friends heighten the not-quite-bride’s spiraling panic, and all seems poised to unravel just before the party meant to celebrate their love.
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Light, Kelly Marie Tran, Aya Cash, and Michaela Watkins co-star. Poe writes and directs her follow-up to 2019 Sundance debut “Selah and the Spades.”
“The Young Wife” premiered at SXSW 2023, where it was picked up by distributor Republic Pictures, a Paramount Pictures label. “I’m excited to share the work of our wonderful cast and crew,” Poe told IndieWire. “For me this is a story of color and chaos,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
A lot of hype surrounded the debut of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on Prime Video. The series is reportedly the most expensive in history (when you include the cost of the rights and all that), and it’s a new story set in the world of Tolkien’s classic fantasy series. And the result was, well…fine. It had a lot of viewers and was seemingly a hit for Prime Video, but it didn’t have the same sort of excitement that the “Game of Thrones” prequel did.
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Continue reading ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Season 2 Teaser: Sauron Has Returned In Prime Video’s Hit Series at The Playlist.
- 5/14/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
Just this year, Sean Wang is already a Sundance breakout and an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. Finally, Wang’s feature debut “Dìdi” will be in theaters thanks to Focus Features.
The semi-autobiographical coming of age story of “Dìdi” follows a Taiwanese-American tween (Izaac Wang) in 2008. At 13 years old, he’s just about to begin high school and he learns “how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love his mom,” during the last month of summer, per the film’s synopsis.
Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Mahaela Park, Chiron Cilia Denk, Montay Boseman, Sunil Mukherjee Maurillo, Alaysia Simmons, Alysha Syed, Georgie August, and Joan Chen also star.
Wang writes, directs, and produces, with Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, and Valerie Bush also producing. The executive producers include Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Dave A. Liu, Jennifer J. Pritzker, Robina Riccitiello, Joan Chen, Chris Quintos Cathcart, and Tyler Boehm.
The semi-autobiographical coming of age story of “Dìdi” follows a Taiwanese-American tween (Izaac Wang) in 2008. At 13 years old, he’s just about to begin high school and he learns “how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love his mom,” during the last month of summer, per the film’s synopsis.
Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Mahaela Park, Chiron Cilia Denk, Montay Boseman, Sunil Mukherjee Maurillo, Alaysia Simmons, Alysha Syed, Georgie August, and Joan Chen also star.
Wang writes, directs, and produces, with Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, and Valerie Bush also producing. The executive producers include Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Dave A. Liu, Jennifer J. Pritzker, Robina Riccitiello, Joan Chen, Chris Quintos Cathcart, and Tyler Boehm.
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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