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“Amelie” and “The Intouchables,” two of France’s all-time biggest box office hits, will be re-released by their respective studios, Ugc and Gaumont/Studiocanal, during the Olympic Games.
With three to four million Olympics fans expected to descend on Paris during the Olympics, French studios are looking to capitalize on the presence of these floods of international visitors and lure them into air-conditioned theaters.
These re-released movies will be subtitled in English which will mark a first in France, at least in recent history.
“The Intouchables,” a 2009 comedy starring Omar Sy as a street-smart caretaker working for a quadriplegic aristocrat, will be re-released by Gaumont and Studiocanal. Sy, who delivered a breakthrough performance in the movie, won a Cesar Award for best actor, becoming the first French Black actor to win such prize in the country. The actor went on to star in “Lupin,” the hit Netflix series.
Directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache,...
With three to four million Olympics fans expected to descend on Paris during the Olympics, French studios are looking to capitalize on the presence of these floods of international visitors and lure them into air-conditioned theaters.
These re-released movies will be subtitled in English which will mark a first in France, at least in recent history.
“The Intouchables,” a 2009 comedy starring Omar Sy as a street-smart caretaker working for a quadriplegic aristocrat, will be re-released by Gaumont and Studiocanal. Sy, who delivered a breakthrough performance in the movie, won a Cesar Award for best actor, becoming the first French Black actor to win such prize in the country. The actor went on to star in “Lupin,” the hit Netflix series.
Directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - Film News
More Godzilla and King Kong are coming to Max. “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” will be available to stream from home on Max starting July 4. The film was a box office hit earlier this year with $196 million at the domestic box office and $567 million worldwide.
Following the events of 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the new film finds the two iconic monsters putting aside their differences and living peacefully — with King Kong residing in the Hollow Earth alone and Godzilla fighting destructive monsters and napping in Rome’s Colosseum. However, that balance is disrupted when Kong, longing for fellow gigantic friends, discovers a violent clan of massive apes hiding out in Hollow Earth. Led by the ruthless Scar King, the apes attack Earth, and the only creatures who can stop them are Godzilla and Kong.
The latest film in the Monsterverse franchise was released in theaters March 29. It was directed by Adam Wingard,...
Following the events of 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the new film finds the two iconic monsters putting aside their differences and living peacefully — with King Kong residing in the Hollow Earth alone and Godzilla fighting destructive monsters and napping in Rome’s Colosseum. However, that balance is disrupted when Kong, longing for fellow gigantic friends, discovers a violent clan of massive apes hiding out in Hollow Earth. Led by the ruthless Scar King, the apes attack Earth, and the only creatures who can stop them are Godzilla and Kong.
The latest film in the Monsterverse franchise was released in theaters March 29. It was directed by Adam Wingard,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
“Street Fighter” has landed a March 20, 2026 domestic release date from Sony. The film, from Legendary, is co-developed and produced with Japanese game distributor Capcom.
Legendary nabbed the film and television rights to the highly popular gaming series in 2023. Since the franchise launched in 1987, Street Fighter has sold over 49 million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time.
It also spawned other games, spin-offs and crossovers featuring characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile and M. Bison. Capcom is behind other popular games like “Resident Evil” and “Monster Hunter.”
This isn’t the first time “Street Fighter” has hit the big screen. Universal mounted an adaptation of the same name in 1994, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Raul Julia. In 2009, 20th Century Fox released “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” with Kristin Kreuk. Both projets were critical and commercial misfires.
While...
Legendary nabbed the film and television rights to the highly popular gaming series in 2023. Since the franchise launched in 1987, Street Fighter has sold over 49 million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time.
It also spawned other games, spin-offs and crossovers featuring characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile and M. Bison. Capcom is behind other popular games like “Resident Evil” and “Monster Hunter.”
This isn’t the first time “Street Fighter” has hit the big screen. Universal mounted an adaptation of the same name in 1994, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Raul Julia. In 2009, 20th Century Fox released “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” with Kristin Kreuk. Both projets were critical and commercial misfires.
While...
- 6/26/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety - Film News
The Crawley family — and their assortment of maids, butlers, cooks, drivers, well-heeled relatives and other various moneyed associates — will be returning to the big screen next fall. Focus Features has slated “Downton Abbey 3” for global release on Sept. 12, 2025.
Currently in production in the U.K., the film is once again penned by “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes, with Simon Curtis returning to direct after he helmed 2022’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era.”
Highclere Castle regulars Hugh Bonneville, Dominic West, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Douglas Reith and Dominic West (who played a silent movie star in the second film) are all back for more upper-class, interwar hi-jinx.
Meanwhile, new additions will include Paul Giamatti, reprising his role from the original TV series, Joely Richardson,...
Currently in production in the U.K., the film is once again penned by “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes, with Simon Curtis returning to direct after he helmed 2022’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era.”
Highclere Castle regulars Hugh Bonneville, Dominic West, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Douglas Reith and Dominic West (who played a silent movie star in the second film) are all back for more upper-class, interwar hi-jinx.
Meanwhile, new additions will include Paul Giamatti, reprising his role from the original TV series, Joely Richardson,...
- 6/26/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Three days after announcing a deal on their Hollywood Basic Agreement, IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have reached a tentative agreement on their Area Standards Agreement.
The follow-up deal reinforces confidence that the US industry will avoid more labour action this summer, though both agreements still need to be ratified by the members of IATSE (the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).
The Asa contract covers approximately 20,000 behind-the-scenes film and TV workers in the 23 IATSE Locals operating outside California, including workers employed in busy production hubs such as Georgia and Louisiana.
The Hollywood Basic...
The follow-up deal reinforces confidence that the US industry will avoid more labour action this summer, though both agreements still need to be ratified by the members of IATSE (the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).
The Asa contract covers approximately 20,000 behind-the-scenes film and TV workers in the 23 IATSE Locals operating outside California, including workers employed in busy production hubs such as Georgia and Louisiana.
The Hollywood Basic...
- 6/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Vampires are eternal, and so are movies about them. The genre shows no signs of going bloodless anytime soon, even if the oldest texts continue to inspire some of its most compelling entries. Consider writer-director Adrien Beau’s “The Vourdalak,” an adaptation of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1839 “The Family of the Vourdalak,” a foundational novella that predates Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” by more than half a century. After premiering in Venice last year, the film arrives in theaters less than a week after the trailer for “The Witch” helmer Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” remake dropped — a coincidence, surely, but one that’s nevertheless emblematic of the ur-texts’ enduring influence.
“The Vourdalak” doesn’t exactly announce its blood-sucking bonafides, though the signs are all there. A stranger introducing himself as an emissary of the King of France (Kacey Mottet Klein) loses his way while traveling through a remote village and is refused...
“The Vourdalak” doesn’t exactly announce its blood-sucking bonafides, though the signs are all there. A stranger introducing himself as an emissary of the King of France (Kacey Mottet Klein) loses his way while traveling through a remote village and is refused...
- 6/28/2024
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety - Film News
While “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” basically put Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader on the map as massive cinematic forces and “The Last Temptation of Christ” continues to have a strong cult following, as well as an early Criterion Collection release (Spine #70 to be exact), their final collaboration, 1999’s “Bringing Out the Dead,” starring Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette, still has yet to receive the praise and recognition of their previous works.
Paramount, the studio behind the film, seems to want to change that this upcoming September, as they plan on giving the psychological drama a 4K Uhd Blu-Ray release to coincide with its 25th anniversary. In reappraisal of this unfairly maligned capper to a multi-decade partnership, IndieWire lists our reasons for why “Bringing Out the Dead” is worth bringing out of the shadows.
‘Bringing Out The Dead,’ Martin Scorsese©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection A Spiritual Sequel to...
Paramount, the studio behind the film, seems to want to change that this upcoming September, as they plan on giving the psychological drama a 4K Uhd Blu-Ray release to coincide with its 25th anniversary. In reappraisal of this unfairly maligned capper to a multi-decade partnership, IndieWire lists our reasons for why “Bringing Out the Dead” is worth bringing out of the shadows.
‘Bringing Out The Dead,’ Martin Scorsese©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection A Spiritual Sequel to...
- 6/28/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
IATSE has reached a tentative deal on the Area Standards Agreement, the contract that covers 20,000 film and TV workers around the country, including those in Louisiana, New Mexico and Georgia.
The deal follows the Basic Agreement, which applies to 13 locals based in Los Angeles, and which was concluded on Tuesday. Both contracts must now be ratified by the membership.
The contracts are broadly similar, though minimum rates are lower in the Area Standards Agreement. The agreement covers 23 IATSE locals, whose jurisdiction applies everywhere in the U.S. except for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York.
IATSE got a 7% increase in the first year of both contracts, followed by increases of 4% and 3.5%. The Asa also includes “additional regional wage adjustments,” the union said, as well as a 33% increase in the living allowance for “nearby hires.”
Both contracts also include triple-time pay once a workday reaches 15 hours.
The union also...
The deal follows the Basic Agreement, which applies to 13 locals based in Los Angeles, and which was concluded on Tuesday. Both contracts must now be ratified by the membership.
The contracts are broadly similar, though minimum rates are lower in the Area Standards Agreement. The agreement covers 23 IATSE locals, whose jurisdiction applies everywhere in the U.S. except for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York.
IATSE got a 7% increase in the first year of both contracts, followed by increases of 4% and 3.5%. The Asa also includes “additional regional wage adjustments,” the union said, as well as a 33% increase in the living allowance for “nearby hires.”
Both contracts also include triple-time pay once a workday reaches 15 hours.
The union also...
- 6/28/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - Film News
After 6 different Alamo Drafthouse locations closed due to the franchise company responsible for them declaring bankruptcy, all those theaters are reopening now under the ownership of the main Alamo Drafthouse brand.
The six theaters, including one in Minnesota and the other five all in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, closed immediately at the start of June when franchisee Two Is One, One Is None, LLC, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, forcing 600 employees to lose their jobs. Now weeks later, Alamo is buying back those locations and plans to reopen each of them in rapid succession.
Not coincidentally, Sony Pictures Entertainment in a landmark move bought Alamo Drafthouse and had been looking to expand, and clearly the company’s new ownership allowed for some greater financial flexibility to do just that and buy back up the shuttered theaters.
“We were heartbroken to hear about the franchisee’s decision to close their locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Woodbury,...
The six theaters, including one in Minnesota and the other five all in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, closed immediately at the start of June when franchisee Two Is One, One Is None, LLC, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, forcing 600 employees to lose their jobs. Now weeks later, Alamo is buying back those locations and plans to reopen each of them in rapid succession.
Not coincidentally, Sony Pictures Entertainment in a landmark move bought Alamo Drafthouse and had been looking to expand, and clearly the company’s new ownership allowed for some greater financial flexibility to do just that and buy back up the shuttered theaters.
“We were heartbroken to hear about the franchisee’s decision to close their locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Woodbury,...
- 6/28/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Alamo Drafthouse is taking over the six franchisee locations that closed in June due to bankruptcy.
The venues, including five Texas locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as a Minnesota venue in Woodbury, are set to reopen this summer.
“We were heartbroken to hear about the franchisee’s decision to close their locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Woodbury, Mn, but we immediately got to work to acquire these as Alamo Drafthouse-owned locations,” said Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann. “We’re so excited to reestablish Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for our teammates and local film communities in these great cities during an incredibly successful summer of moviegoing.”
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema said all affected venue staff will be made whole for lost wages that they were owed prior to the closures. Also, employees who were let go as part of the franchisee’s closings will get first access to interviews for open positions.
The venues, including five Texas locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as a Minnesota venue in Woodbury, are set to reopen this summer.
“We were heartbroken to hear about the franchisee’s decision to close their locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and Woodbury, Mn, but we immediately got to work to acquire these as Alamo Drafthouse-owned locations,” said Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann. “We’re so excited to reestablish Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for our teammates and local film communities in these great cities during an incredibly successful summer of moviegoing.”
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema said all affected venue staff will be made whole for lost wages that they were owed prior to the closures. Also, employees who were let go as part of the franchisee’s closings will get first access to interviews for open positions.
- 6/28/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety - Film News
Nowadays, films can be a little too chatty. Cinemas are flooded with blockbusters in which all of the action and suspense is drowned out by a steady stream of quips and jokes from the superheroes or action protagonists we’re supposed to find charming. Instead, the constant banter often has the opposite effect, provoking a headache above all else. The reliance on a constant, flowing stream of exposition and reminders about what’s happening is apt to make you long for the good old days before “The Jazz Singer” ruined everything.
Okay, maybe that’s too dramatic. But there is something to be said about a movie that knows when words are necessary. As the name of the medium suggests, film has always been a haven for strong visual storytelling, and oftentimes, words aren’t necessary when a silent shot or a facial expression from a skilled actor will do.
Okay, maybe that’s too dramatic. But there is something to be said about a movie that knows when words are necessary. As the name of the medium suggests, film has always been a haven for strong visual storytelling, and oftentimes, words aren’t necessary when a silent shot or a facial expression from a skilled actor will do.
- 6/28/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Jeremy Renner graces the July/August cover of Men’s Health magazine, where he opened up about the overwhelming support he received from his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars following his near-death snow plow accident at the start of 2023. For instance, Falcon actor Anthony Mackie visited Renner in the hospital just days after the accident even though Renner was still on life support and could only see out of his right eye. Iron Man icon Robert Downey Jr. would connect with Renner over FaceTime constantly when he was in the hospital.
“Oh, fuck yeah, it’s a real thing — it’s not just for Instagram. We fuckin’ hate that shit,” Renner said about the love that exists between the Avengers actors. “We have a family chat and have for a long time. When you work with people — look, we all went through a culturally significant experience together. And there’s divorces...
“Oh, fuck yeah, it’s a real thing — it’s not just for Instagram. We fuckin’ hate that shit,” Renner said about the love that exists between the Avengers actors. “We have a family chat and have for a long time. When you work with people — look, we all went through a culturally significant experience together. And there’s divorces...
- 6/27/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Netflix has unveiled the expansion of its Netflix Studios Albuquerque production facility in the southwestern US state of New Mexico.
The expansion adds four new soundstages, three mills, one production office, two stage support buildings and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres to the facility, which Netflix acquired in 2018.
The global streamer said the facility also now incorporates several features geared towards sustainability, including on-site solar and battery storage systems, geothermal heating and cooling, all-electric appliances and 50 electric vehicle fast chargers.
Previously known as Abq Studios, the facility was the first studio complex acquired by Netflix as a production hub.
The expansion adds four new soundstages, three mills, one production office, two stage support buildings and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres to the facility, which Netflix acquired in 2018.
The global streamer said the facility also now incorporates several features geared towards sustainability, including on-site solar and battery storage systems, geothermal heating and cooling, all-electric appliances and 50 electric vehicle fast chargers.
Previously known as Abq Studios, the facility was the first studio complex acquired by Netflix as a production hub.
- 6/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
Zac Efron plays a heartless airhead movie star who is much too hastily transformed into Kidman’s Mr Perfect
When it comes to age-gap films starring Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Glazer’s Birth is surely impossible to follow. But newcomer screenwriter Carrie Solomon and director Richard Lagravenese are trying it with this romcom for Netflix which, despite a very cute high concept, resolves the unresolved sexual tension too early and jettisons the irony and comedy well before the end of the first act, leaving us with something a bit solemn.
The film in fact reunites Kidman with Zac Efron; they starred together in The Paperboy in 2013. Efron plays Chris Cole, a shallow and vain young movie star in LA who mistreats his much put-upon assistant Zara, kookily played by Joey King. With much pouting and eye-rolling she has to cater to his every whim and it is especially her job to...
When it comes to age-gap films starring Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Glazer’s Birth is surely impossible to follow. But newcomer screenwriter Carrie Solomon and director Richard Lagravenese are trying it with this romcom for Netflix which, despite a very cute high concept, resolves the unresolved sexual tension too early and jettisons the irony and comedy well before the end of the first act, leaving us with something a bit solemn.
The film in fact reunites Kidman with Zac Efron; they starred together in The Paperboy in 2013. Efron plays Chris Cole, a shallow and vain young movie star in LA who mistreats his much put-upon assistant Zara, kookily played by Joey King. With much pouting and eye-rolling she has to cater to his every whim and it is especially her job to...
- 6/27/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
This all very well could be a fever dream, or a slightly buzzed hallucination. Such are the thoughts that pass as the white wine is uncorked — let’s be real, it’s a twist-off — and “A Family Affair” opens with real-life Zac Efron red carpet footage of the actor at TIFF. But this isn’t TMZ, this is a scripted Netflix rom-com. And we love it.
Directed by “Beautiful Creatures” helmer Richard Lagravenese from a script by Carrie Solomon, “A Family Affair” reunites Efron with his “The Paper Boy” co-star Nicole Kidman, and adds in beloved everywoman Joey King to make a different kind of unconventional love triangle. Both Efron and King’s characters just want Kidman to be a supportive mother type: One as her actual mom, and the other as a Milf.
King plays Zara, the 24-year-old daughter of Kidman’s famous novelist character Brooke. While Zara wants to be a Hollywood agent,...
Directed by “Beautiful Creatures” helmer Richard Lagravenese from a script by Carrie Solomon, “A Family Affair” reunites Efron with his “The Paper Boy” co-star Nicole Kidman, and adds in beloved everywoman Joey King to make a different kind of unconventional love triangle. Both Efron and King’s characters just want Kidman to be a supportive mother type: One as her actual mom, and the other as a Milf.
King plays Zara, the 24-year-old daughter of Kidman’s famous novelist character Brooke. While Zara wants to be a Hollywood agent,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The (silent) Scream Queen has emerged.
Following Lupita Nyong’o’s role as a tethered clone with a shaky voice in Jordan Peele’s 2018 film “Us,” the Academy Award-winning actor now gets completely silent for “A Quiet Place: Day One,” set in a world where if you make noise, you’ll suffer a brutal death by aliens.
“This genre helps us exercise emotions that we are otherwise running away from a lot of the time, we don’t get permission to be openly scared in our real life,” Nyong’o told Variety at the film’s premiere in New York City on Wednesday night. “I found myself coming [back] again and again to horror because of the roles that have been offered to me there. There is a heightened nature to horror that makes for a really interesting character to explore.”
“A Quiet Place: Day One” takes place in New York City...
Following Lupita Nyong’o’s role as a tethered clone with a shaky voice in Jordan Peele’s 2018 film “Us,” the Academy Award-winning actor now gets completely silent for “A Quiet Place: Day One,” set in a world where if you make noise, you’ll suffer a brutal death by aliens.
“This genre helps us exercise emotions that we are otherwise running away from a lot of the time, we don’t get permission to be openly scared in our real life,” Nyong’o told Variety at the film’s premiere in New York City on Wednesday night. “I found myself coming [back] again and again to horror because of the roles that have been offered to me there. There is a heightened nature to horror that makes for a really interesting character to explore.”
“A Quiet Place: Day One” takes place in New York City...
- 6/27/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
The last few years have not only brought LGBTQ films and stories further into the mainstream, but queer movies have dominated awards seasons and found commercial success in unlikely places.
Lydia Tár — played by “Carol” star and esteemed lesbian (adjacent?) icon Cate Blanchett — dominated the 2022 Oscars race and became a well-worn touchstone in the year’s critical film and cancel culture conversations. The summer before that, Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller made history with Universal Pictures’ “Bros,” among the first ever gay rom-coms funded by a major studio: an important victory — even if that film did go, uh, soft at the box office.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg on another banner year for queer film: at least one win in a hard-fought cultural movement, seemingly poised to face new challenges in the not-so-distant future.
New Queer Cinema was a major influence on the indie film boom of the ’90s,...
Lydia Tár — played by “Carol” star and esteemed lesbian (adjacent?) icon Cate Blanchett — dominated the 2022 Oscars race and became a well-worn touchstone in the year’s critical film and cancel culture conversations. The summer before that, Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller made history with Universal Pictures’ “Bros,” among the first ever gay rom-coms funded by a major studio: an important victory — even if that film did go, uh, soft at the box office.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg on another banner year for queer film: at least one win in a hard-fought cultural movement, seemingly poised to face new challenges in the not-so-distant future.
New Queer Cinema was a major influence on the indie film boom of the ’90s,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for "The Boys" season 4, episode 5, "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son."
"The Boys" is always upping the ante. It's the most subversive superhero show on TV and one that not only perfected the idea of "What if superheroes bad" but made it more than just a gimmick, exploring the ramifications of a world that would allow and push for superheroes to be actively terrible while delivering poignant social commentary (especially with Homelander). As grim and bleak as this show can get — and it often gets extremely bleak — "The Boys" also knows when to lean on absurdity for a laugh, whether it's the hilarious terror of The Deep being forced to eat his aquatic friend Timothy, the explicit chaos of Herogasm, the dildo fight in season 3, or everything about Love Sausage.
From the very start, "The Boys" has given us great fight scenes involving the weirdest and most messed up adversaries.
"The Boys" is always upping the ante. It's the most subversive superhero show on TV and one that not only perfected the idea of "What if superheroes bad" but made it more than just a gimmick, exploring the ramifications of a world that would allow and push for superheroes to be actively terrible while delivering poignant social commentary (especially with Homelander). As grim and bleak as this show can get — and it often gets extremely bleak — "The Boys" also knows when to lean on absurdity for a laugh, whether it's the hilarious terror of The Deep being forced to eat his aquatic friend Timothy, the explicit chaos of Herogasm, the dildo fight in season 3, or everything about Love Sausage.
From the very start, "The Boys" has given us great fight scenes involving the weirdest and most messed up adversaries.
- 6/27/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for a big twist in “My Lady Jane,” which is revealed about 10 minutes into Episode 1.]
Watching the trailer for “My Lady Jane,” the pseudo-feminist alt-Tudor history show based on the bestselling 2016 YA novel of the same name, you’d be forgiven for assuming the plot.
In real life, Lady Jane Grey, alongside her husband Guildford Dudley, was executed months after a mere nine days on the throne in 1553. In the opening seconds of the Prime Video show, the modern British narrator of “My Lady Jane” asks: “What if history were different?”
What if, indeed. Instead of immediate death, in the first few moments of the show teenage Jane (newcomer Emily Bader) is a smart medical gal, curing her friend’s 16th century Sti. She’s then told she’ll have to marry for a political alliance. Instead, she grabs her maid, Susannah (Máiréad Tyers), and attempts to make a run for it. The duo are immediately caught,...
Watching the trailer for “My Lady Jane,” the pseudo-feminist alt-Tudor history show based on the bestselling 2016 YA novel of the same name, you’d be forgiven for assuming the plot.
In real life, Lady Jane Grey, alongside her husband Guildford Dudley, was executed months after a mere nine days on the throne in 1553. In the opening seconds of the Prime Video show, the modern British narrator of “My Lady Jane” asks: “What if history were different?”
What if, indeed. Instead of immediate death, in the first few moments of the show teenage Jane (newcomer Emily Bader) is a smart medical gal, curing her friend’s 16th century Sti. She’s then told she’ll have to marry for a political alliance. Instead, she grabs her maid, Susannah (Máiréad Tyers), and attempts to make a run for it. The duo are immediately caught,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
Despite the last two Best Director winners being Christopher Nolan and the filmmaker duo Daniels, for box office hits “Oppenheimer” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” respectively, commerciality is not as much a factor in determining what filmmakers are bound for an Oscar nomination as it is for what films are.
So something like “Kinds of Kindness” may be too niche and unconventional to win over the full Academy voting for a Best Picture nomination, but you should never count Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos out of...
The State of the Race
Despite the last two Best Director winners being Christopher Nolan and the filmmaker duo Daniels, for box office hits “Oppenheimer” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” respectively, commerciality is not as much a factor in determining what filmmakers are bound for an Oscar nomination as it is for what films are.
So something like “Kinds of Kindness” may be too niche and unconventional to win over the full Academy voting for a Best Picture nomination, but you should never count Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos out of...
- 6/27/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Bill Cobbs put in the time and the work. He was 90 years old when he passed away June 25 at his home in Riverside, California and leaves behind a career of over 200 screen credits, along with a number of theatrical performances. Born Wilbert Francisco Cobbs in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1934, a time and a place where a Black man wasn’t always assured his dignity and especially not his rights, Cobbs came into this world and grew at a moment where seeing himself on the big screen wasn’t exactly possible. Sure, there were exceptions with stereotypes played by Stepin Fetchit as well as the grandeur of Paul Robeson, but the idea of being an actor wasn’t one that came automatically for Cobbs. He tried his hand at music, spent eight years in the U.S. Air Force as a radar technician and occasional stand-up comedian, sold cars, even worked at Ibm,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Spoilers for "The Boys" season 4 follow.
"The Boys" season 4 has been teeing up that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) is seeking a supe-killing virus, one introduced on season 1 of spin-off series "Gen V" (set between seasons 3 and 4 of "The Boys").
The fifth and latest episode — "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" — sees the Boys going after the virus, which Butcher calls "the answer to our prayers." Vice President Elect Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) got her hands on the remaining virus samples in "Gen V" and this episode reveals she's overseeing further experiments with it. The Boys recruit former Vought International CEO, and Neuman's adoptive father, Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) to help them track down Neuman's secret lab.
The virus isn't the only "Gen V" connection; two of that show's main cast members show up in "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son." "Gen V" is set in a superhero college, Godolkin University, and...
"The Boys" season 4 has been teeing up that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) is seeking a supe-killing virus, one introduced on season 1 of spin-off series "Gen V" (set between seasons 3 and 4 of "The Boys").
The fifth and latest episode — "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" — sees the Boys going after the virus, which Butcher calls "the answer to our prayers." Vice President Elect Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) got her hands on the remaining virus samples in "Gen V" and this episode reveals she's overseeing further experiments with it. The Boys recruit former Vought International CEO, and Neuman's adoptive father, Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) to help them track down Neuman's secret lab.
The virus isn't the only "Gen V" connection; two of that show's main cast members show up in "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son." "Gen V" is set in a superhero college, Godolkin University, and...
- 6/27/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Kevin Costner is not a filmmaker who thinks small. His debut feature as director, “Dances with Wolves,” was a sweeping epic of the American frontier that overcame industry skepticism in 1990 to prove that the Western genre still had relevance for contemporary audiences — winning Costner a Best Director Oscar in the process. His next directorial effort, 1997’s “The Postman,” was an even bigger swing for the fences, a post-apocalyptic fable that applied Costner’s interest in Western iconography to science fiction, creating a one-of-a-kind adventure film as bold and idiosyncratic as anything released by a Hollywood studio that year. Even a more modest production like “Open Range,” Costner’s 2003 Western about free range cowboys battling an evil rancher, sought to illuminate aspects of the old West elided by other movies, going deep into the intricate details of its characters’ work and personal lives and reconsidering the role of women in the...
- 6/27/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
If the previous decade saw a trend of Best Picture winners that felt esoteric to the greater public (i.e. “The Artist”), then the new trend shaping what is pegged to win the most prestigious category at the Academy Awards is much more focused on what resonates with a wider crowd. Think about it as films we did not realize would unite us going in, given whatever unconventional elements they are offering.
“Coda” was something to watch with the whole family, and was a new take on depicting disabilities on screen.
The State of the Race
If the previous decade saw a trend of Best Picture winners that felt esoteric to the greater public (i.e. “The Artist”), then the new trend shaping what is pegged to win the most prestigious category at the Academy Awards is much more focused on what resonates with a wider crowd. Think about it as films we did not realize would unite us going in, given whatever unconventional elements they are offering.
“Coda” was something to watch with the whole family, and was a new take on depicting disabilities on screen.
- 6/27/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Kevin Costner recently joined his “Horizon: An American Saga” cast for a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, and he said his planned four-movie saga differs from many Western films that have come before in that its female characters “drive the story in every plot line.” Costner, who co-wrote the franchise with Jon Baird, said he “couldn’t conceive of a scene that didn’t involve a woman” while shaping the story.
“Horizon” chronicles the journey of several characters during and after the Civil War as they settle the American West. Kevin Costner stars in the film opposite a sprawling ensemble cast, which includes Sienna Miller, Jena Malone, Isabelle Fuhrman, Abbey Lee and Ella Hunt. He told the “Happy Sad Confused” audience that he is aware his directorial efforts skew more towards men in their appeal, but he said strong women is what he’s most interested in.
“Horizon” chronicles the journey of several characters during and after the Civil War as they settle the American West. Kevin Costner stars in the film opposite a sprawling ensemble cast, which includes Sienna Miller, Jena Malone, Isabelle Fuhrman, Abbey Lee and Ella Hunt. He told the “Happy Sad Confused” audience that he is aware his directorial efforts skew more towards men in their appeal, but he said strong women is what he’s most interested in.
- 6/27/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
The Mediapro Studio’s “El 47,” the rousing true story of “a man, a bus and a neighborhood’s fate,” bows its official international teaser in Variety.
Helmed by multi-Goya award-winner Marcel Barrena (“Mediterraneo”), it follows bus driver Manolo Vital who is frustrated with the Barcelona City Council’s claim that public transport cannot reach the Torre Baró district due to narrow and unsafe roads. He seizes control of the route 47 bus to prove them wrong.
Many Torre Baró residents participated as extras, having witnessed or been related to those who experienced Vital’s 1978 challenge, showcasing the neighborhood’s unity and pride.
Shot in sepia tones, the drama, co-penned by Barrena and Alberto Marini (“The Stranger”), features a stellar cast led by Eduard Fernández, winner of three Goya awards, a San Sebastian Silver Shell and three Malaga Festival Silver Biznagas, along with Clara Segura, a Goya nominee for “Creatura.”
The rest...
Helmed by multi-Goya award-winner Marcel Barrena (“Mediterraneo”), it follows bus driver Manolo Vital who is frustrated with the Barcelona City Council’s claim that public transport cannot reach the Torre Baró district due to narrow and unsafe roads. He seizes control of the route 47 bus to prove them wrong.
Many Torre Baró residents participated as extras, having witnessed or been related to those who experienced Vital’s 1978 challenge, showcasing the neighborhood’s unity and pride.
Shot in sepia tones, the drama, co-penned by Barrena and Alberto Marini (“The Stranger”), features a stellar cast led by Eduard Fernández, winner of three Goya awards, a San Sebastian Silver Shell and three Malaga Festival Silver Biznagas, along with Clara Segura, a Goya nominee for “Creatura.”
The rest...
- 6/27/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News
It’s been a long decade’s wait since Catherine Breillat’s last feature, the semi-autobiographical Abuse of Weakness with Isabelle Huppert, but Last Summer shows the uncompromising French filmmaker in top form, at once fierce and precise. Returning to a favored subject—the desires and power dynamics in affairs between adolescents and usually much older adults—Breillat brings in another taboo this time: the messy sexual obsession between a lawyer, Anne (Léa Drucker), and her 17-year-old stepson, Théo (newcomer Daniel Kircher). After Théo comes back to stay at the family’s idyllic home outside Paris, the two carry on secretly until the truth becomes inescapable […]
The post “We Have Regressed Into an Obtuse and Rigid Moral Order”: Catherine Breillat on Last Summer first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “We Have Regressed Into an Obtuse and Rigid Moral Order”: Catherine Breillat on Last Summer first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/27/2024
- by Nicolas Rapold
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Over nearly two decades and three shows, Jared Padalecki has been one of the faces of The CW. But that doesn’t mean the actor likes where the network is headed. IndieWire (via Variety) reports that Padalecki didn’t hold back about The CW’s future after the network canceled his latest series, “Walker.” In his eyes, its shift to “easy, cheap content” over shows like “Gilmore Girls” and “Supernatural” that gave Padalecki a career will be a downfall.
Continue reading Jared Padalecki Slams The CW After ‘Walker’ Cancelation & The Network’s Shift To “Cheap, Easy Content” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Jared Padalecki Slams The CW After ‘Walker’ Cancelation & The Network’s Shift To “Cheap, Easy Content” at The Playlist.
- 6/27/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Black Bear’s management arm has signed Mikko Mäkelä, the Finnish-British writer and director of “Sebastian.” Mäkelä is a rising force in international queer cinema having made movies that explore sexuality and identity.
Mäkelä’s directorial debut “A Moment in the Reeds” premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and screened at nearly a hundred festivals worldwide, including Göteborg Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Frameline in San Francisco. The film was nominated for the “Discovery Award” at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards.
Mäkelä’s sophomore feature, “Sebastian,” premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2024 and was embraced by critics. The film will be distributed by Kino Lorber and will be released on Aug. 2, 2024.
Mäkelä was named by IndieWire as an “LGBTQ Filmmaker on the Rise.” In its review out of Sundance, the site went on to praise “Sebastian” as a “provocative, explicit, and ultimately tender drama.
Mäkelä’s directorial debut “A Moment in the Reeds” premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and screened at nearly a hundred festivals worldwide, including Göteborg Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Frameline in San Francisco. The film was nominated for the “Discovery Award” at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards.
Mäkelä’s sophomore feature, “Sebastian,” premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2024 and was embraced by critics. The film will be distributed by Kino Lorber and will be released on Aug. 2, 2024.
Mäkelä was named by IndieWire as an “LGBTQ Filmmaker on the Rise.” In its review out of Sundance, the site went on to praise “Sebastian” as a “provocative, explicit, and ultimately tender drama.
- 6/27/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
Netflix cut the ribbon on its newly expanded studios facility in Albuquerque at a grand-opening event Thursday in New Mexico.
Netflix acquired Abq Studios in 2018 for a relative steal in a deal worth $30 million and the company scored additional state and local funding as well as production tax credits. The facility originally comprised eight soundstages totaling 132,000 square feet across 28 acres.
Six years later, the company officially took the wraps off four additional new soundstages, three mills, a production office, two stage support buildings and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres. The investment in Netflix Studios Albuquerque “further solidif[ies] our commitment to nurturing and growing the thriving production ecosystem in New Mexico,” according to co-ceo Ted Sarandos.
“As someone who grew up in Phoenix, it’s great to be back out west,” Sarandos, who now lives in Malibu, told event attendees in his prepared remarks.
Since 2019, Netflix has directly invested nearly $575 million in New Mexico productions,...
Netflix acquired Abq Studios in 2018 for a relative steal in a deal worth $30 million and the company scored additional state and local funding as well as production tax credits. The facility originally comprised eight soundstages totaling 132,000 square feet across 28 acres.
Six years later, the company officially took the wraps off four additional new soundstages, three mills, a production office, two stage support buildings and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres. The investment in Netflix Studios Albuquerque “further solidif[ies] our commitment to nurturing and growing the thriving production ecosystem in New Mexico,” according to co-ceo Ted Sarandos.
“As someone who grew up in Phoenix, it’s great to be back out west,” Sarandos, who now lives in Malibu, told event attendees in his prepared remarks.
Since 2019, Netflix has directly invested nearly $575 million in New Mexico productions,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety - Film News
Editor’s note: Throughout the Oscar season, IndieWire will update this page with in-depth Oscar predictions from Awards Editor Marcus Jones and Crafts & Animation Editor Bill Desowitz. A link to each category will lead to lists of the ever-changing contenders, plus reporting on what films have captivated voters, rules changes made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, interviews with potential nominees, and much more.
The State of the Race
The 97th annual Academy Awards are fast approaching, meaning it is already time to try and determine what film can fill the shoes of Best Picture winner and box office phenomenon “Oppenheimer.”
Already the year has been characterized by an unpredictable box office turnout that has seen films meant to be massive blockbusters come and go. Festivals like Sundance and Cannes have given the film community some hope, with titles like “A Real Pain,” “Anora,” and “Emilia Pérez” pleasing crowds and collecting awards.
The State of the Race
The 97th annual Academy Awards are fast approaching, meaning it is already time to try and determine what film can fill the shoes of Best Picture winner and box office phenomenon “Oppenheimer.”
Already the year has been characterized by an unpredictable box office turnout that has seen films meant to be massive blockbusters come and go. Festivals like Sundance and Cannes have given the film community some hope, with titles like “A Real Pain,” “Anora,” and “Emilia Pérez” pleasing crowds and collecting awards.
- 6/27/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Christy Hall was a playwright living in New York City — which means she had several side jobs, including walking dogs and bartending. “There’s a great quote saying, ‘you can make a killing in theater, but you can’t make a living,’” she notes. She had always dreamed of working in film and television, but it never felt completely realistic to her.
Today, Hall is the writer-director of “Daddio,” an acclaimed two-hander starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver named Clark and Dakota Johnson as his passenger, known only as Girlie. The film is both a love letter to New York and a reminder of the importance of human connection set almost entirely inside a cab ride from JFK Airport to Manhattan. The two strangers reveal secrets, offer encouragement and display both humor and vulnerability over the course of the film, which was shot in just 16 days.
After a festival run,...
Today, Hall is the writer-director of “Daddio,” an acclaimed two-hander starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver named Clark and Dakota Johnson as his passenger, known only as Girlie. The film is both a love letter to New York and a reminder of the importance of human connection set almost entirely inside a cab ride from JFK Airport to Manhattan. The two strangers reveal secrets, offer encouragement and display both humor and vulnerability over the course of the film, which was shot in just 16 days.
After a festival run,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety - Film News
Power agent Bebe is back on “Frasier.”
Harriet Sansom Harris’ beloved character Bebe Glazer will return for Season 2 of the reboot series. Harris played Frasier Crane’s (Kelsey Grammer) agent Bebe in 11 episodes of the original “Frasier” series across 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004.
Harris is described in the press release as being the “delightfully devilish Bebe Glazer, one of the show’s most iconic characters, [who is] lnown for her dramatic flair and outrageous Machiavellian maneuvers. Bebe will stop at nothing to get what she wants.”
Variety first reported the casting.
This time, Bebe is also ushering in a new generation of cutthroat women, with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator Rachel Bloom playing her daughter Phoebe Glazer. The character is described as “having inherited her mother’s indomitable charm […] and a taste for the finer things.”
Bloom is back on TV after the fan favorite Hulu series “Reboot” which was canceled after one season.
Much...
Harriet Sansom Harris’ beloved character Bebe Glazer will return for Season 2 of the reboot series. Harris played Frasier Crane’s (Kelsey Grammer) agent Bebe in 11 episodes of the original “Frasier” series across 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004.
Harris is described in the press release as being the “delightfully devilish Bebe Glazer, one of the show’s most iconic characters, [who is] lnown for her dramatic flair and outrageous Machiavellian maneuvers. Bebe will stop at nothing to get what she wants.”
Variety first reported the casting.
This time, Bebe is also ushering in a new generation of cutthroat women, with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator Rachel Bloom playing her daughter Phoebe Glazer. The character is described as “having inherited her mother’s indomitable charm […] and a taste for the finer things.”
Bloom is back on TV after the fan favorite Hulu series “Reboot” which was canceled after one season.
Much...
- 6/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Harmony Korine is making his animated debut with his long-gestating “The Trap,” though without its original stars and in a whole new medium. The filmmaker was first set to reunite with “Spring Breakers” stars James Franco and Gucci Mane back in 2016 for the feature, which was then set up at Annapurna as a live-action film.
Back then, Benicio del Toro, Al Pacino, and Jamie Foxx were also attached to star in the film. The feature floundered for years, and Korine is now resurrecting the project at his multimedia design collective Edglrd. Variety first reported the news. Korine’s “The Trap” will now be an animated adventure and Edglrd is in discussions with production partners in Japan.
The film is described “as ‘Oldboy’ set through a hip-hop filter, ‘The Trap’ imagines another sun-kissed gangster saga, following an ex-con newly released from prison and deadset on revenge once he learns that his...
Back then, Benicio del Toro, Al Pacino, and Jamie Foxx were also attached to star in the film. The feature floundered for years, and Korine is now resurrecting the project at his multimedia design collective Edglrd. Variety first reported the news. Korine’s “The Trap” will now be an animated adventure and Edglrd is in discussions with production partners in Japan.
The film is described “as ‘Oldboy’ set through a hip-hop filter, ‘The Trap’ imagines another sun-kissed gangster saga, following an ex-con newly released from prison and deadset on revenge once he learns that his...
- 6/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
City council ends a year-long battle to save the ‘iconic’ Spanish colonial property from developers
Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood, Los Angeles, home has been saved from destruction after a year-long battle to save the property from developers. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles city council unanimously voted to designate the movie star’s Spanish colonial home a historic cultural monument.
“We have an opportunity to do something today that should’ve been done 60 years ago. There’s no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home,” councilmember Traci Park told the assembly.
Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood, Los Angeles, home has been saved from destruction after a year-long battle to save the property from developers. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles city council unanimously voted to designate the movie star’s Spanish colonial home a historic cultural monument.
“We have an opportunity to do something today that should’ve been done 60 years ago. There’s no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home,” councilmember Traci Park told the assembly.
- 6/27/2024
- by Edward Helmore
- The Guardian - Film News
When Ebon Moss-Bachrach won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor earlier this year for his performance as Cousin Richie in “The Bear” Season 1, it was seen as a bit of an upset. Keep in mind, “The Bear” premiered all the way back in June 2022, right after that year’s Emmys cutoff, so the first round of awards the show could be nominated for were in the following winter.
While it was clear from Season 1 that leads Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri would be Emmy contenders, with the former winning at the 2023 Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and SAG Awards, and the latter winning a 2023 Independent Spirit Award, Moss-Bachrach was mostly shut out
Anyhow, what changed to make Moss-Bachrach go from an also-ran to a winner by the time Season 1 of the FX series was finally Emmys-eligible? If it could be summed up in one word, it would be “Forks.”
Again,...
While it was clear from Season 1 that leads Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri would be Emmy contenders, with the former winning at the 2023 Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and SAG Awards, and the latter winning a 2023 Independent Spirit Award, Moss-Bachrach was mostly shut out
Anyhow, what changed to make Moss-Bachrach go from an also-ran to a winner by the time Season 1 of the FX series was finally Emmys-eligible? If it could be summed up in one word, it would be “Forks.”
Again,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
“Data does not make a marketer great. Data is ingredients. Marketers are the chefs.” So said Patrizio Spagnoletto, Warner Bros. Discovery’s global chief marketing officer for direct to consumer, last week during Variety’s Cannes Lions studio presented by Canva.
Spagnoletto was among more than a dozen top executives who took on burning subjects for the global marketing and advertising sector in interviews recorded during the annual Cannes Lions Festival, held June 17-21. The festival is devoted to celebrating creativity and innovation in marketing and advertising. To do so, top players from a range of businesses gather in the south of France for a week of splashing money around and talking about the future of brand-building.
As such, Cannes Lions provides a once-a-year chance to gain insights from the biggest names in marketing. My London-based colleague Ellise Shafer joined me for three packed days of video interviews, all of...
Spagnoletto was among more than a dozen top executives who took on burning subjects for the global marketing and advertising sector in interviews recorded during the annual Cannes Lions Festival, held June 17-21. The festival is devoted to celebrating creativity and innovation in marketing and advertising. To do so, top players from a range of businesses gather in the south of France for a week of splashing money around and talking about the future of brand-building.
As such, Cannes Lions provides a once-a-year chance to gain insights from the biggest names in marketing. My London-based colleague Ellise Shafer joined me for three packed days of video interviews, all of...
- 6/27/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety - Film News
The internet is abuzz this week about the fifth episode of the “Star Wars”/Lucasfilm series, “The Acolyte,” from writer/director Leslye Headland. And for good reason, but we’ll get to that in a second. For the uninitiated, “The Acolyte” is a murder mystery series investigating a crime spree that pits a Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. More specifically, it’s about a Jedi, Sol (Lee Jung-Jae from “Squid Game”), and his former Padawan learner, Mae (Amandla Stenberg), trying to solve the mystery of who is murdering Jedi.
Continue reading ‘The Acolyte’: After Brutal Ep 5, Creator Leslye Headland Says Larger Sith Secrets Won’t Be Revealed Until Season 2 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Acolyte’: After Brutal Ep 5, Creator Leslye Headland Says Larger Sith Secrets Won’t Be Revealed Until Season 2 at The Playlist.
- 6/27/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival had its fair share of notable premieres, including Sean Baker‘s Palme d’Or winner “Anora” and Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis,” among others. But a certain doc made waves in the Cannes Classics roster, quietly collecting a string of positive reviews. Now it’s time for HBO subscribers to catch up with “Faye,” Laurent Bouzereau‘s film about the life and career of Hollywood icon Faye Dunaway.
Continue reading ‘Faye’ Trailer: HBO’s Doc About The Legendary Hollywood Actress Premieres On July 13 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Faye’ Trailer: HBO’s Doc About The Legendary Hollywood Actress Premieres On July 13 at The Playlist.
- 6/27/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Austin Butler revealed in a video interview with BuzzFeed that he unsuccessfully auditioned to play Peeta in “The Hunger Games” franchise. The role ultimately went to Josh Hutcherson, who starred in four “Hunger Games” movies between 2012 and 2015 opposite Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and Liam Hemsworth as Gale. The franchise turned the three actors into global stars.
“I auditioned for ‘The Hunger Games’ and I didn’t get it at all,” Butler said. “I don’t even think I got a call back, what’s the character, Peeta? Josh Hutcherson got that, he’s great.”
Butler was joined in the BuzzFeed video interview by his “The Bikeriders” co-star Jodie Comer, who revealed she has also missed out on a big franchise: “I auditioned for ‘Mamma Mia!’ That was a time, That was also when I was auditioning for ‘Killing Eve’ as well.”
At the time of the first “Hunger Games” movie’s production,...
“I auditioned for ‘The Hunger Games’ and I didn’t get it at all,” Butler said. “I don’t even think I got a call back, what’s the character, Peeta? Josh Hutcherson got that, he’s great.”
Butler was joined in the BuzzFeed video interview by his “The Bikeriders” co-star Jodie Comer, who revealed she has also missed out on a big franchise: “I auditioned for ‘Mamma Mia!’ That was a time, That was also when I was auditioning for ‘Killing Eve’ as well.”
At the time of the first “Hunger Games” movie’s production,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Sure, Faye Dunaway might be best known to millennials for flubbing the Oscars Best Picture announcement alongside her “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) co-star Warren Beatty. Or perhaps it’s Bowen Yang’s “Saturday Night Live” quips about the famed actress that has made Dunaway go viral more than a half-century since her iconic films were released.
Now, Dunaway is reclaiming her 21st-century legacy by way of an eponymous HBO documentary, “Faye.”
Dunaway revisits her tumultuous history, controversial reputation, and Hollywood iconography in the feature film directed by Laurent Bouzereau, who also directed HBO’s “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” doc.
“Faye” had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, with Dunaway traveling back in time to “contextualize her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood,” as the synopsis goes.
Née Dorothy Faye Dunaway,...
Now, Dunaway is reclaiming her 21st-century legacy by way of an eponymous HBO documentary, “Faye.”
Dunaway revisits her tumultuous history, controversial reputation, and Hollywood iconography in the feature film directed by Laurent Bouzereau, who also directed HBO’s “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” doc.
“Faye” had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, with Dunaway traveling back in time to “contextualize her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood,” as the synopsis goes.
Née Dorothy Faye Dunaway,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for "The Boys" season 4 episode 5.
Sudden, unexpected deaths have always littered "The Boys" universe. The Prime Video series kicks off with a horrific death that alters the trajectory of Vought's schemes forever: Hughie's (Jack Quaid) grief-stricken rage snowballs into joining The Boys, ushering everything to come. This is a world where torsos have been smashed in, limbs have been torn to shreds, and heads have been popped on live television, underlining the unpredictable, violent reality of existing alongside supes. The boys have also been perpetrators of similar violence, even though their motivations have been rooted in a morally cloudy notion of justice so far. However, Episode 5 of the latest season ends with a death that feels pointedly brutal and needlessly cruel to the point that it fails to justify the bleakness enforced even after the credits roll.
Season 4 seems interested in pushing every character to contend with their past,...
Sudden, unexpected deaths have always littered "The Boys" universe. The Prime Video series kicks off with a horrific death that alters the trajectory of Vought's schemes forever: Hughie's (Jack Quaid) grief-stricken rage snowballs into joining The Boys, ushering everything to come. This is a world where torsos have been smashed in, limbs have been torn to shreds, and heads have been popped on live television, underlining the unpredictable, violent reality of existing alongside supes. The boys have also been perpetrators of similar violence, even though their motivations have been rooted in a morally cloudy notion of justice so far. However, Episode 5 of the latest season ends with a death that feels pointedly brutal and needlessly cruel to the point that it fails to justify the bleakness enforced even after the credits roll.
Season 4 seems interested in pushing every character to contend with their past,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Cinespia, LA’s favorite cinematic experience presented by Amazon MGM Studios, has announced an additional film screening for July along with their August lineup at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The addition will be a free screening on July 10 of the upcoming Prime Video series “Sausage Party: Foodtopia.” August kicks off at Hollywood Forever with “Bridesmaids”, followed by “True Romance,” “My Old Ass,” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Cinespia will also be bringing back their annual “slumber party” on August 17.
“We’re thrilled to expand our summer lineup with special screenings of ‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ and ‘My Old Ass’ from our presenting sponsor Amazon MGM Studios,” said John Wyatt, Founder of Cinespia. “Our August schedule will feature fan favorites, highlighted by my favorite night of the year — the annual Cinespia Slumber Party. This year, we’re excited to present a Kirsten Dunst double feature showcasing some of her best work with ‘Bring it On...
“We’re thrilled to expand our summer lineup with special screenings of ‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ and ‘My Old Ass’ from our presenting sponsor Amazon MGM Studios,” said John Wyatt, Founder of Cinespia. “Our August schedule will feature fan favorites, highlighted by my favorite night of the year — the annual Cinespia Slumber Party. This year, we’re excited to present a Kirsten Dunst double feature showcasing some of her best work with ‘Bring it On...
- 6/27/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
“The Tomorrow War” and “The Lego Batman Movie” filmmaker Chris McKay has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Brynne Weaver’s bestselling serial killer romance, “Butcher & Blackbird,” for Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company (Rpc).
The novel is the first installment of Weaver’s popular “Ruinous Love” trilogy, which was released in October. It became a New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller and was a favorite on BookTok, TikTok’s hub for book lovers. Weaver recently signed a seven-figure deal for her upcoming dark rom-com trilogy. She has sold over 1 million copies of her books in over 18 countries.
Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Rpc’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce the film, with Rpc’s Emma Rappold serving as co-producer. Lyrical Media’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will executive produce alongside Weaver. The film does not have a screenwriter attached.
According...
The novel is the first installment of Weaver’s popular “Ruinous Love” trilogy, which was released in October. It became a New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller and was a favorite on BookTok, TikTok’s hub for book lovers. Weaver recently signed a seven-figure deal for her upcoming dark rom-com trilogy. She has sold over 1 million copies of her books in over 18 countries.
Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Rpc’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce the film, with Rpc’s Emma Rappold serving as co-producer. Lyrical Media’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will executive produce alongside Weaver. The film does not have a screenwriter attached.
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- 6/27/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
“A Quiet Place: Part One” had its New York City premiere on Wednesday, June 26 at AMC Lincoln Square. The third film in the franchise, this prequel sets the story that led to the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt-fronted apocalyptic thriller. Through Krasinski still serves as an executive producer, he stepped away from the camera to let a new director, Michael Sarnoski, tell his own story, along with a brand new cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff.
Off the heels of “Stranger Things” and recently wrapping production on Alex Garland’s “Warfare,” intense scenes are nothing new to Joseph Quinn. “Every project provides its own challenges and its own obstacles that need to be overcome,” he tells IndieWire. “This one had a very specific set of things that needed be attacked and negotiated and money, the fact that we can’t talk. So that was a very interesting thing to do,...
Off the heels of “Stranger Things” and recently wrapping production on Alex Garland’s “Warfare,” intense scenes are nothing new to Joseph Quinn. “Every project provides its own challenges and its own obstacles that need to be overcome,” he tells IndieWire. “This one had a very specific set of things that needed be attacked and negotiated and money, the fact that we can’t talk. So that was a very interesting thing to do,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Vincent Perella
- Indiewire
Spoilers for "The Bear" season 3 follow.
"The Bear" season 3 premiere episode is a stunner. Rather than jumping back in and picking up where the story left off in season 2, season 3's premiere, titled "Tomorrow," is essentially a 37-minute montage with very little dialogue. Director Christopher Storer, who also wrote the episode, jumps back and forth in time. We see scenes happening after the events of the season 2 finale, but also go backwards, showing flashbacks to when Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) left Chicago to go work in New York. We see Carmy in various kitchens, working with various other chefs, and interacting with characters we saw last season, including Olivia Colman as Chef Terry and Will Poulter as Luca.
We also see Carmy receiving word that his brother MIkey (Jon Bernthal) has died by suicide. There are also flashes of moments that will actually pop up later in the season, subtly...
"The Bear" season 3 premiere episode is a stunner. Rather than jumping back in and picking up where the story left off in season 2, season 3's premiere, titled "Tomorrow," is essentially a 37-minute montage with very little dialogue. Director Christopher Storer, who also wrote the episode, jumps back and forth in time. We see scenes happening after the events of the season 2 finale, but also go backwards, showing flashbacks to when Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) left Chicago to go work in New York. We see Carmy in various kitchens, working with various other chefs, and interacting with characters we saw last season, including Olivia Colman as Chef Terry and Will Poulter as Luca.
We also see Carmy receiving word that his brother MIkey (Jon Bernthal) has died by suicide. There are also flashes of moments that will actually pop up later in the season, subtly...
- 6/27/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Harmony Korine has lined up his next two features, setting up his animated debut “The Trap” and a still-untitled mo-cap assisted comedy through his multimedia design collective Edglrd.
The Miami-based collective has also backed the feature debut of acclaimed music video director Matias Vasquez — better known as Stillz – and is eyeing a 2024 release for the feature already in post-production.
This heady slate marks a busy period of development and production for the new-media outfit, which has just made its freshman effort “Aggro Dr1ft” available on-demand through the new Edglrd website. In keeping with the company’s design background, the VOD release also comes with a merch drop.
Described as “Oldboy” set through a hip-hop filter, “The Trap” imagines another sun-kissed gangster saga, following an ex-con newly released from prison and deadset on revenge once he learns that his one-time accomplice has become a top-selling rapper.
Originally set-up at Annapurna,...
The Miami-based collective has also backed the feature debut of acclaimed music video director Matias Vasquez — better known as Stillz – and is eyeing a 2024 release for the feature already in post-production.
This heady slate marks a busy period of development and production for the new-media outfit, which has just made its freshman effort “Aggro Dr1ft” available on-demand through the new Edglrd website. In keeping with the company’s design background, the VOD release also comes with a merch drop.
Described as “Oldboy” set through a hip-hop filter, “The Trap” imagines another sun-kissed gangster saga, following an ex-con newly released from prison and deadset on revenge once he learns that his one-time accomplice has become a top-selling rapper.
Originally set-up at Annapurna,...
- 6/27/2024
- by Ben Croll
- Variety - Film News
Richard Gadd is swapping deer for lions — and Netflix for HBO — with his latest series deal.
The “Baby Reindeer” creator/executive producer/star announced six-episode drama series “Lions” as a co-production between HBO and the BBC. The series will air in the U.S. on HBO and stream on Max.
Gadd will serve as the creator, writer, and executive producer, with Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck attached to direct. The official synopsis of the series reads: “When Niall’s estranged ‘brother’ Ruben shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost forty years from the 1980s to the present day, this ambitious series will cover the highs and lows of the brothers’ relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults — with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way.
The “Baby Reindeer” creator/executive producer/star announced six-episode drama series “Lions” as a co-production between HBO and the BBC. The series will air in the U.S. on HBO and stream on Max.
Gadd will serve as the creator, writer, and executive producer, with Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck attached to direct. The official synopsis of the series reads: “When Niall’s estranged ‘brother’ Ruben shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost forty years from the 1980s to the present day, this ambitious series will cover the highs and lows of the brothers’ relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults — with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way.
- 6/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Cirque du Soleil is taking its death-defying routines to the big and small screen.
The entertainment company has launched a movie and TV division, Cirque du Soleil Studio, to develop long-form content based on its live stage shows. Some of Cirque du Soleil’s popular productions include the martial arts-inspired “Kà,” Beatles-centric “Love” and Greek and Roman-esque “Mystère.”
Filmmaker Ridley Scott has been enlisted to adapt one of its first projects, which will be a feature film about “O,” the water-themed stage show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
“Among the many projects in active development, Cirque du Soleil Studio has teamed with Ridley Scott and Scott Free Productions to develop and go to market with a groundbreaking concept for a feature film based on ‘O,'” said Michael Pruss, president of film production at Scott Free. “We cannot wait to come together and bring the incredible world of ‘O...
The entertainment company has launched a movie and TV division, Cirque du Soleil Studio, to develop long-form content based on its live stage shows. Some of Cirque du Soleil’s popular productions include the martial arts-inspired “Kà,” Beatles-centric “Love” and Greek and Roman-esque “Mystère.”
Filmmaker Ridley Scott has been enlisted to adapt one of its first projects, which will be a feature film about “O,” the water-themed stage show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
“Among the many projects in active development, Cirque du Soleil Studio has teamed with Ridley Scott and Scott Free Productions to develop and go to market with a groundbreaking concept for a feature film based on ‘O,'” said Michael Pruss, president of film production at Scott Free. “We cannot wait to come together and bring the incredible world of ‘O...
- 6/27/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety - Film News
“A Quiet Place: Day One” hits theaters tomorrow, the third entry in Jon Krasinski‘s alien invasion franchise and the first one he doesn’t direct. But Krasinki tapped Michael Sarnoski, who takes his place behind the camera for this one, to succeed him for one major reason: he loved Sarnoski’s debut film “Pig.”
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And Krasinski isn’t the only “Pig” fan out there.
Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’: Michael Sarnoski Says Jon Krasinski Tapped Him To Direct Because He’s A Big Fan Of ‘Pig’ at The Playlist.
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And Krasinski isn’t the only “Pig” fan out there.
Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’: Michael Sarnoski Says Jon Krasinski Tapped Him To Direct Because He’s A Big Fan Of ‘Pig’ at The Playlist.
- 6/27/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
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