Sneak Peek a new extended preview of "Dune: Part Two", directed by Denis Villeneuve, as a sequel to his 2021 film and second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Tim Blake Nelson and Anya Taylor-Joy, now playing in IMAX:
"...the new film explores the continuing journey of 'Paul Atreides' who is united with 'Chani' (Zendaya) .
"He seeks revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
"He seems to face a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe...
"...and endeavors to prevent a terrible future…
“…that apparently only he can predict..."
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"...the new film explores the continuing journey of 'Paul Atreides' who is united with 'Chani' (Zendaya) .
"He seeks revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
"He seems to face a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe...
"...and endeavors to prevent a terrible future…
“…that apparently only he can predict..."
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- 4/17/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Dune: Part Two rides a sandworm onto Fandango at Home, bringing the war for Arrakis to digital today
Sand and spice make everything nice, as Fandango announces a digital release for Dune: Part Two! Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic comes to Fandango’s video-on-demand service, Fandango at Home, today. Fans can experience Paul Atreides’ next chapter in Sd, HD, and Uhd by purchasing the film for $29.99. Viewers can also watch Atreides’ journey from the beginning with the Dune 2-Movie Collection, available on Fandango at Home at a discounted price of $39.99.
According to Fanango’s 2024 Most Anticipated Movies Survey, 8,000 ticket buyers say Dune: Part Two is the fourth most anticipated film to own. Other films on the list include A Quiet Place: Day One at #10, with Gladiator 2 in 9th, Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim in 8th, Inside Out 2 in 7th, Despicable Me 4 in 6th, Venom 3 in 5th (really?), Dune: Part Two in 4th, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in 3rd, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2nd, and Deadpool and Wolverine in 1st.
According to Fanango’s 2024 Most Anticipated Movies Survey, 8,000 ticket buyers say Dune: Part Two is the fourth most anticipated film to own. Other films on the list include A Quiet Place: Day One at #10, with Gladiator 2 in 9th, Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim in 8th, Inside Out 2 in 7th, Despicable Me 4 in 6th, Venom 3 in 5th (really?), Dune: Part Two in 4th, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in 3rd, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 2nd, and Deadpool and Wolverine in 1st.
- 4/16/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Daniel Craig breathed fresh life into James Bond, the iconic British spy that Ian Fleming created. The actor took the character and put a different spin on it, and it was clear from the get-go in Casino Royale.
The film’s success exceeded expectations, and Craig’s outing as the protagonist was greatly appreciated too. He donned the skin of the character with panache and delivered a memorable performance. Moreover, the film established a trend after 19 years, that its predecessors had deviated from.
Craig as the iconic spy (Source: Casino Royale) Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale used an Ian Flemming title after 19 years
The 2006 film with Daniel Craig playing Bond marked a major milestone for the franchise. Based on the first-ever 007 book by author Ian Fleming, the film became one of the most successful Bond films of all time, with a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The film’s success exceeded expectations, and Craig’s outing as the protagonist was greatly appreciated too. He donned the skin of the character with panache and delivered a memorable performance. Moreover, the film established a trend after 19 years, that its predecessors had deviated from.
Craig as the iconic spy (Source: Casino Royale) Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale used an Ian Flemming title after 19 years
The 2006 film with Daniel Craig playing Bond marked a major milestone for the franchise. Based on the first-ever 007 book by author Ian Fleming, the film became one of the most successful Bond films of all time, with a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
SUGGESTEDTruth Behind Henry Cavill...
- 4/16/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
Dune 2 At The Worldwide Box Office! (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya continue entertaining fans on the big screens with Dune 2. Released in several phases starting March 1, 2024, the epic science fiction film has scored another huge weekend. Scroll below for the latest exciting updates at the worldwide box office.
Dune: Part Two has broken several records during its theatrical run. It surpassed Wonka to become Timothee Chalamet’s highest-grossing film. It is also the highest-grossing film of 2024, with no competitor nearby. The sci-fi also scored the biggest-ever opening for Timothee, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler as well as director Denis Villeneuve.
Dune 2 Box Office Overseas Collection
As per Luiz Fernando, Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya starrer continues its glorious run with another $7.8 million added to the kitty on the seventh weekend. Dune 2 has also surpassed the collections of The Batman ($3.8 million) during the same time. Although there was...
Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya continue entertaining fans on the big screens with Dune 2. Released in several phases starting March 1, 2024, the epic science fiction film has scored another huge weekend. Scroll below for the latest exciting updates at the worldwide box office.
Dune: Part Two has broken several records during its theatrical run. It surpassed Wonka to become Timothee Chalamet’s highest-grossing film. It is also the highest-grossing film of 2024, with no competitor nearby. The sci-fi also scored the biggest-ever opening for Timothee, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler as well as director Denis Villeneuve.
Dune 2 Box Office Overseas Collection
As per Luiz Fernando, Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya starrer continues its glorious run with another $7.8 million added to the kitty on the seventh weekend. Dune 2 has also surpassed the collections of The Batman ($3.8 million) during the same time. Although there was...
- 4/16/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
King Kong (1976) SteelBook 4K Uhd from Paramount
The 1976 remake of King Kong is now available on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray via Paramount. The 134-minute theatrical version is presented in 4K with Hdr., while the 182-minute TV cut is included on Blu-ray. No other special features are included.
From producer Dino De Laurentiis, the monster movie is directed by John Guillermin and written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Flash Gordon). Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange star.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Apparel from Gutter Garbs
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter turns 40 tomorrow, and Gutter Garbs is celebrating with a design by Sam Coyne.
T-shirts for $30, long sleeves for $40, zip-up hoodies for...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
King Kong (1976) SteelBook 4K Uhd from Paramount
The 1976 remake of King Kong is now available on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray via Paramount. The 134-minute theatrical version is presented in 4K with Hdr., while the 182-minute TV cut is included on Blu-ray. No other special features are included.
From producer Dino De Laurentiis, the monster movie is directed by John Guillermin and written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Flash Gordon). Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange star.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Apparel from Gutter Garbs
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter turns 40 tomorrow, and Gutter Garbs is celebrating with a design by Sam Coyne.
T-shirts for $30, long sleeves for $40, zip-up hoodies for...
- 4/12/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the U.S. release of “The Beast,” a science fiction film about the inherent psychological/emotional carriage within us all, co-written and directed by Bertrand Bonello. In select theaters now (see local listings). At Chicago’s Music Box Theatre on April 12th.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The film involves a woman named Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) who in 2044 is about to embark on a “DNA cleansing” to take away the trauma her past lives had endured. While going through the process she meets Louis (George MacKay) who gives her a sense of deja vu. It turns out that this couple has been together in a 1910 sense (Belle Époque Paris) and a 2014 sense (in Los Angeles). As the story of those three encounters play out within her cellular energy, the evolution of Gabrielle seems to have something to do with her connection to Louis.
”The Beast...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The film involves a woman named Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) who in 2044 is about to embark on a “DNA cleansing” to take away the trauma her past lives had endured. While going through the process she meets Louis (George MacKay) who gives her a sense of deja vu. It turns out that this couple has been together in a 1910 sense (Belle Époque Paris) and a 2014 sense (in Los Angeles). As the story of those three encounters play out within her cellular energy, the evolution of Gabrielle seems to have something to do with her connection to Louis.
”The Beast...
- 4/12/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Official Selection for the 77th Cannes Film Festival was revealed Thursday, with 19 movies in Competition (see full lists below).
Familiar names who will launch new works in the Competition include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut in competition.
Elsewhere, American filmmaker Sean Baker brings Anora to the Croisette. Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos will launch Kinds of Kindness, his latest collab with Emma Stone. David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, and Paul Schrader will debut Oh Canada starring Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman and Richard Gere.
Related: ‘The Apprentice’: First Look At Sebastian Stan As Donald Trump & Jeremy Strong As Roy Cohn In Cannes Competition Film
There’s a strong English-language and American presence in the...
Familiar names who will launch new works in the Competition include Ali Abbasi, who brings The Apprentice, a feature pic about the early life of Donald Trump. Andrea Arnold returns with Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, and Jacques Audiard’s latest, Emilia Perez, a musical with Selena Gomez will also debut in competition.
Elsewhere, American filmmaker Sean Baker brings Anora to the Croisette. Poor Things filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos will launch Kinds of Kindness, his latest collab with Emma Stone. David Cronenberg returns with The Shrouds, and Paul Schrader will debut Oh Canada starring Jacob Elordi, Uma Thurman and Richard Gere.
Related: ‘The Apprentice’: First Look At Sebastian Stan As Donald Trump & Jeremy Strong As Roy Cohn In Cannes Competition Film
There’s a strong English-language and American presence in the...
- 4/11/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival lineup was finally revealed at the sliver of dawn on Thursday, April 11. Festival director Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch unveiled this year’s crop of films across the many sections, from the Competition to Un Certain Regard, during a press conference beginning at 5 a.m. Et. See the full lineup below.
The 77th edition of Cannes comes to the Côte d’Azur May 14 through 25, and a few titles were already confirmed to be in the mix. There’s Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic “Megalopolis,” which has already screened for a rarified few in the United States to much awe and speculation over what distributor might take on Coppola’s experimental vision. For his first feature since 2011’s “Twixt,” Coppola gathered a cast including Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia Labeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, and Jason Schwartzman for a sci-fi vision of a ruined NYC-like metropolis.
The 77th edition of Cannes comes to the Côte d’Azur May 14 through 25, and a few titles were already confirmed to be in the mix. There’s Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded epic “Megalopolis,” which has already screened for a rarified few in the United States to much awe and speculation over what distributor might take on Coppola’s experimental vision. For his first feature since 2011’s “Twixt,” Coppola gathered a cast including Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Shia Labeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, and Jason Schwartzman for a sci-fi vision of a ruined NYC-like metropolis.
- 4/11/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump drama The Apprentice, Anora, the latest from The Florida Project and Red Rocket director Sean Baker, and Andrea Arnold’s Bird, starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, are among the highlights of this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition.
Abbasi, the Iran-born, Sweden-based director, whose Holy Spider was a sensation of the 2022 Cannes festival, returns with his story of how a young Donald Trump and the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn built up Trump’s real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, Succession‘s Jeremy Strong plays Cohn and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) is wife Ivana.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness will also premiere in the Cannes competition. The film, featuring the Oscar-winning Poor Things star Emma Stone, will be high on every Cannes attendee’s must-see list. The Greek auteur has again...
Abbasi, the Iran-born, Sweden-based director, whose Holy Spider was a sensation of the 2022 Cannes festival, returns with his story of how a young Donald Trump and the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn built up Trump’s real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, Succession‘s Jeremy Strong plays Cohn and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) is wife Ivana.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness will also premiere in the Cannes competition. The film, featuring the Oscar-winning Poor Things star Emma Stone, will be high on every Cannes attendee’s must-see list. The Greek auteur has again...
- 4/11/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project “Megalopolis” will officially premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, according to an individual familiar with the project. The film will debut in a gala slot on May 17.
“Megalopolis” boasts an all-star cast, including Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Shia Labeouf, Coppola’s sister Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman (Shire’s son), Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, D.B. Sweeney, Baily Ives, Grace VanderWaal and James Remar.
Coppola wrote the screenplay in the 1980s and has finally brought the film to fruition, investing over $100 million of his own money into the project.
Last week, Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux told Variety that he’d been courting Coppola to bring his latest film to the Croisette after the famed director presented “Apocalypse Now Redux” during Fremaux’s first year at the festival in 1995.
“‘Megalopolis’ is a project that he...
“Megalopolis” boasts an all-star cast, including Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Shia Labeouf, Coppola’s sister Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman (Shire’s son), Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, D.B. Sweeney, Baily Ives, Grace VanderWaal and James Remar.
Coppola wrote the screenplay in the 1980s and has finally brought the film to fruition, investing over $100 million of his own money into the project.
Last week, Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux told Variety that he’d been courting Coppola to bring his latest film to the Croisette after the famed director presented “Apocalypse Now Redux” during Fremaux’s first year at the festival in 1995.
“‘Megalopolis’ is a project that he...
- 4/9/2024
- by Katcy Stephan and Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Fans who are eager to experience—or re-experience—Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Dune: Part Two in IMAX will have even further opportunities to view the film in theaters as the critically acclaimed blockbuster extends its run in the format’s top 20 markets across North America. Beginning Friday, April 19, fans will have two additional weeks to see the film in IMAX.
This includes 70Mm IMAX in two locales: Los Angeles’s Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk and New York City’s AMC Lincoln Square 13. The announcement was made today by Jeff Goldstein, President, Domestic Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures.
“The incredible response to this film has proven that Denis Villeneuve has crafted an unmissable cinematic experience for audiences, whether they are fans of the first film or discovering this world for the first time through ‘Dune: Part Two,'” said Goldstein.
“The fans have spoken, and we, along with...
This includes 70Mm IMAX in two locales: Los Angeles’s Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk and New York City’s AMC Lincoln Square 13. The announcement was made today by Jeff Goldstein, President, Domestic Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures.
“The incredible response to this film has proven that Denis Villeneuve has crafted an unmissable cinematic experience for audiences, whether they are fans of the first film or discovering this world for the first time through ‘Dune: Part Two,'” said Goldstein.
“The fans have spoken, and we, along with...
- 4/9/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
George MacKay became one Hollywood’s most sought after young actors after his starring role as a sweet-faced solider in Sam Mendes’ Oscar-winning “1917.”
But he’s looking much different in his latest film, “Femme.” He stars in the queer revenge thriller from directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping as a closeted street thug who begins a sexual relationship with Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), a man he doesn’t realize is the drag queen he once brutally gay-bashed.
For the film, MacKay’s body is ripped and covered in tattoos. His hair is shaved and slicked back. He wears tracksuits and garish gold chains and rings, and his working class accent can be hard to decipher.
It took him about eight weeks of “bulking” to get in shape. Even so, MacKay admits he did a lot of push-ups for scenes where he had to be particularly “big and scary.
But he’s looking much different in his latest film, “Femme.” He stars in the queer revenge thriller from directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping as a closeted street thug who begins a sexual relationship with Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), a man he doesn’t realize is the drag queen he once brutally gay-bashed.
For the film, MacKay’s body is ripped and covered in tattoos. His hair is shaved and slicked back. He wears tracksuits and garish gold chains and rings, and his working class accent can be hard to decipher.
It took him about eight weeks of “bulking” to get in shape. Even so, MacKay admits he did a lot of push-ups for scenes where he had to be particularly “big and scary.
- 4/8/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
The first installment of Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga” is set to premiere out of competition at Cannes Film Festival.
Costner directed the four-part project, which he also stars in with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone. The “Yellowstone” and “Dances With Wolves” actor will be on the Croisette to present the film on May 19.
“Horizon” will also be released in theaters in two parts, with the first installment bowing on June 28 and the second on Aug. 16.
“I’d like to thank the Festival de Cannes for including my film ‘Horizon, an American Saga’ in this year’s selection,” Costner said in a statement. “It’s been 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of being on the Croisette. I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come. ‘Horizon, an American Saga’ is...
Costner directed the four-part project, which he also stars in with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone. The “Yellowstone” and “Dances With Wolves” actor will be on the Croisette to present the film on May 19.
“Horizon” will also be released in theaters in two parts, with the first installment bowing on June 28 and the second on Aug. 16.
“I’d like to thank the Festival de Cannes for including my film ‘Horizon, an American Saga’ in this year’s selection,” Costner said in a statement. “It’s been 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of being on the Croisette. I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come. ‘Horizon, an American Saga’ is...
- 4/8/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
There’s little precedent for what George MacKay does in The Beast, a multilingual production that required the English star to learn French for extended sequences. It’s one thing if this were a buttoned-up, altogether bland drama that is never seen on North American screens after its obligatory TIFF premiere; it’s quite another to be the new film by Bertrand Bonello which also requires he play, in the film’s central section, a take on the murderous progenitor of modern incel culture. One imagines many offers since ten-time Oscar nominee 1917 were more commercial.
Thus I wanted to get insight into MacKay’s process. As my interviews with Bertrand Bonello and Léa Seydoux cover, respectively, the film’s creation and its star’s personal philosophy, MacKay and I discussed certain of the practical decision-making that went into his appearing here, some newfound possibilities of French-language productions, and The Beast‘s dark paths.
Thus I wanted to get insight into MacKay’s process. As my interviews with Bertrand Bonello and Léa Seydoux cover, respectively, the film’s creation and its star’s personal philosophy, MacKay and I discussed certain of the practical decision-making that went into his appearing here, some newfound possibilities of French-language productions, and The Beast‘s dark paths.
- 4/8/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Sony Pictures Classics’ Wicked Little Letters grossed an estimated $1.5+ million in a big second week expansion for the R-rated British period comedy to 1,000 screens from five. The Thea Sharrock-directed film starring Olivia Colman (also a producer) and Jessie Buckley, no. 8 at the domestic weekend box office, has a $1.6+ million cume.
Colman and Buckley have been out actively promoting the film, based on an actual scandal, about a police investigation into the anonymous author of crude letters sent to the residents of a British seaside town.
The number is on the high end of SPC’s expectations, and the Sunday estimate may be conservative.
Audiences for Wicked Little Letters are 60% female, 40% male, with a range of women age 30-plus, unusual for a period film as they skew older. It’s playing especially well in major cities and college towns but also popping in smaller markets like Seattle. Word of mouths is terrific,...
Colman and Buckley have been out actively promoting the film, based on an actual scandal, about a police investigation into the anonymous author of crude letters sent to the residents of a British seaside town.
The number is on the high end of SPC’s expectations, and the Sunday estimate may be conservative.
Audiences for Wicked Little Letters are 60% female, 40% male, with a range of women age 30-plus, unusual for a period film as they skew older. It’s playing especially well in major cities and college towns but also popping in smaller markets like Seattle. Word of mouths is terrific,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“The present came to a halt,” Bertrand Bonello writes in an ode to his teen daughter in his experimental feature Coma, “leaving us with the past and the future.” Much of this subtitled text refers to the specific circumstances of the film’s creation during the pandemic. Yet the French filmmaker’s follow-up, The Beast, which was developed before Coma but shot afterward, feels like a natural extension of his fascination with the scrambled perception of time in a digital era. In Bonello’s time-warping adaptation of Henry James’s 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle, the present day is the Paris of 2044, where landscape and character have been warped by advances in artificial intelligence.
What’s evergreen, as a repeated aural motif so often reminds, is the twisted relationship of fear and love between Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay). Bonello gives us a glance at two of...
What’s evergreen, as a repeated aural motif so often reminds, is the twisted relationship of fear and love between Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay). Bonello gives us a glance at two of...
- 4/6/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
Kali Reis; Olivia Colman; Dominic SessaPhoto: Olivia Wong/Getty Images; Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images; Sarah Morris/WireImage
The wheels of Hollywood never stop churning, as evidenced from this first week of April. Get ready for new projects featuring the Succession ensemble, Léa Seydoux’s team-up with Luca Guadagnino, and updates...
The wheels of Hollywood never stop churning, as evidenced from this first week of April. Get ready for new projects featuring the Succession ensemble, Léa Seydoux’s team-up with Luca Guadagnino, and updates...
- 4/5/2024
- by Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, and Emma Keates
- avclub.com
At least stateside, audiences will experience Femme and The Beast, both starring George MacKay, as near-simultaneous releases. The 32-year-old British actor has been a presence for over two decades dating back to his film debut as a Lost Boy in 2003’s adaptation of Peter Pan. He grew up on screen in films like 2008’s Defiance, 2014’s Pride, and 2016’s Captain Fantastic. Twenty nineteen proved a breakthrough year for MacKay as a leading man, playing a heroic soldier on a mission in 1917 and delivering a brooding, brutal interpretation of Australian urban legend Ned Kelly in True History of the Kelly Gang.
MacKay’s latest one-two punch features elements familiar from his previous standout roles and elevates them to new heights. In Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s Femme, he’s electric as Preston, a hardened hypebeast in contemporary London who harbors a secret identity. The character is drawn out...
MacKay’s latest one-two punch features elements familiar from his previous standout roles and elevates them to new heights. In Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s Femme, he’s electric as Preston, a hardened hypebeast in contemporary London who harbors a secret identity. The character is drawn out...
- 4/5/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
Léa Seydoux tells me “it may be nicer to have eye contact.” Though I was informed our interview would be audio-only––no complaints; time with the most exciting actor of her generation is the last time to grouse––it’s about six seconds into our Zoom call before she decides something more is necessary. Such directness will perfectly presage our conversation.
You’ll find this interview does not make great strides to cover The Beast (here’s one that does), despite Seydoux’s fascinating admission that Bertrand Bonello’s film wasn’t an easy viewing experience––her reason for which facilitated one of the more candid, no-frills conversations I’ve ever had with an actor. Fitting for someone who can embrace both knotty material and an international superstar’s career to extents that greatly exceed her Anglophone counterparts.
The Film Stage: I revisisted an interview I did with Arnaud Desplechin...
You’ll find this interview does not make great strides to cover The Beast (here’s one that does), despite Seydoux’s fascinating admission that Bertrand Bonello’s film wasn’t an easy viewing experience––her reason for which facilitated one of the more candid, no-frills conversations I’ve ever had with an actor. Fitting for someone who can embrace both knotty material and an international superstar’s career to extents that greatly exceed her Anglophone counterparts.
The Film Stage: I revisisted an interview I did with Arnaud Desplechin...
- 4/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Welcome back, Insider crew. Jesse Whittock taking you through another eventful week in film and TV. Let’s begin.
Drama In UK Drama ‘This Is Going to Hurt’
Antitrust the process: Not great news for the UK’s fabled TV drama community this week as we brought news that the antitrust investigation spooking producers will be prolonged for at least six months – and likely far longer. A reminder: the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) probe is examining whether BBC Studios, ITV Studios and four other storied indies colluded by informally fixing freelancers’ wage rates. The extension will see the CMA implement “further investigatory steps” and assessment of evidence” for the next six months, and those Max spoke with said the authority has an enormous wealth of evidence to get through. “Stressed” and “jittery” was the vibe described by one connected source about those being probed, who now face months...
Drama In UK Drama ‘This Is Going to Hurt’
Antitrust the process: Not great news for the UK’s fabled TV drama community this week as we brought news that the antitrust investigation spooking producers will be prolonged for at least six months – and likely far longer. A reminder: the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) probe is examining whether BBC Studios, ITV Studios and four other storied indies colluded by informally fixing freelancers’ wage rates. The extension will see the CMA implement “further investigatory steps” and assessment of evidence” for the next six months, and those Max spoke with said the authority has an enormous wealth of evidence to get through. “Stressed” and “jittery” was the vibe described by one connected source about those being probed, who now face months...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, best known for his 2023 feature The Beasts, has been announced as jury president for this year’s edition of Cannes Critics’ Week.
The parallel Cannes section devoted to emerging talents and first and second features will unfold from May 15 to 23 this year.
“It is a big responsibility, which I look forward to,” Sorogoyen said in a video statement on X, formerly Twitter, announcing his presidency.
“La Semaine de la Critique supports and rewards first and second feature films as well as short films, thus providing vital support to cinema, new voices, and new ways to tell stories. Without these new voices, there would be no new cinema. They’re the ones who make it live and make it work.”
Rodrigo Sorogoyen sera le Président du Jury de la 63e Semaine de la Critique ! À cette occasion, le réalisateur de "Que Dios nos perdone", "El Reino" ou...
The parallel Cannes section devoted to emerging talents and first and second features will unfold from May 15 to 23 this year.
“It is a big responsibility, which I look forward to,” Sorogoyen said in a video statement on X, formerly Twitter, announcing his presidency.
“La Semaine de la Critique supports and rewards first and second feature films as well as short films, thus providing vital support to cinema, new voices, and new ways to tell stories. Without these new voices, there would be no new cinema. They’re the ones who make it live and make it work.”
Rodrigo Sorogoyen sera le Président du Jury de la 63e Semaine de la Critique ! À cette occasion, le réalisateur de "Que Dios nos perdone", "El Reino" ou...
- 4/5/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The sequel to Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, is finally confirmed to launch next year for PlayStation 5. A trailer for the game was unveiled at the recent PlayStation State of Play, which gave players some idea about what they could expect from the game.
Alan Wake 2 writer and director Sam Lake recently visited Kojima Productions and met Kojima, and the fans are now going all out with the speculations and predictions. They think Sam might make a cameo in the upcoming sequel, and honestly, everybody would love it if that happened.
Fans Think Sam Lake Is Getting a Cameo in Death Stranding 2
Sam Lake visits Kojima Productions in Tokyo and fans are stoked.
After the success of Alan Wake 2, Sam seems to be on vacation, or probably not, as he visited Kojima Productions while he was in Tokyo, Japan. He previously posted a video of him drinking coffee on X/Twitter,...
Alan Wake 2 writer and director Sam Lake recently visited Kojima Productions and met Kojima, and the fans are now going all out with the speculations and predictions. They think Sam might make a cameo in the upcoming sequel, and honestly, everybody would love it if that happened.
Fans Think Sam Lake Is Getting a Cameo in Death Stranding 2
Sam Lake visits Kojima Productions in Tokyo and fans are stoked.
After the success of Alan Wake 2, Sam seems to be on vacation, or probably not, as he visited Kojima Productions while he was in Tokyo, Japan. He previously posted a video of him drinking coffee on X/Twitter,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Rohit Tiwari
- FandomWire
Is this a dream come true for cinephiles? Deadline reports that French actress Léa Seydoux has officially joined the cast of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming queer romance “Separate Rooms.” It’ll be the first time the actress and the Italian director work together, although Seydoux’s role in the film remains unknown currently.
Read More: ‘Separate Rooms’: Josh O’Connor To Reunite With Luca Guadagnino For His New Gay Romance Films
News broke about “Separate Rooms” last week, which sees “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor reunite with Guadagnino.
Continue reading ‘Separate Rooms’: Léa Seydoux Joins Josh O’Connor In Luca Guadagnino’s Upcoming Queer Romance Film at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Separate Rooms’: Josh O’Connor To Reunite With Luca Guadagnino For His New Gay Romance Films
News broke about “Separate Rooms” last week, which sees “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor reunite with Guadagnino.
Continue reading ‘Separate Rooms’: Léa Seydoux Joins Josh O’Connor In Luca Guadagnino’s Upcoming Queer Romance Film at The Playlist.
- 4/4/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Dune 2 At The China Box Office! (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Dune 2 was enjoying a great run in China until Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire arrived. The Adam Wingard stole its thunder, and collections dropped as high as 73%. But there’s good news: Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya starrer is getting a month-long extension. Scroll below for all the exciting box office updates!
Dune: Part Two was released in China on March 8, 2024. The screen count was reduced from 15,000 to only 6,000 after Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was released on March 29. It was expected to cross the lifetime of Mission: Impossible 7, which minted $47.7 million.
Month-long extension in China
The sci-fi adventure Dune 2 was expected to wrap up its lifetime at the China box office by Sunday, April 7. However, according to trade analyst Luiz Fernando, the regulators have pulled back and decided to extend the run of the Timothee...
Dune 2 was enjoying a great run in China until Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire arrived. The Adam Wingard stole its thunder, and collections dropped as high as 73%. But there’s good news: Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya starrer is getting a month-long extension. Scroll below for all the exciting box office updates!
Dune: Part Two was released in China on March 8, 2024. The screen count was reduced from 15,000 to only 6,000 after Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was released on March 29. It was expected to cross the lifetime of Mission: Impossible 7, which minted $47.7 million.
Month-long extension in China
The sci-fi adventure Dune 2 was expected to wrap up its lifetime at the China box office by Sunday, April 7. However, according to trade analyst Luiz Fernando, the regulators have pulled back and decided to extend the run of the Timothee...
- 4/4/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
Updated April 3, 2024: Léa Seydoux has officially joined the cast of Luca Guadagnino’s “Separate Rooms” alongside Josh O’Connor. The queer-romance film involves a love triangle between O’Connor’s character Leo, his ill-fated lover Thomas, and a woman. Deadline first reported the news. “The Beast” star Seydoux recently appeared in “Dune: Part Two” and will join the central three-hander.
Published March 25, 2024: Luca Guadagnino is set to team up once more with “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor for his upcoming feature “Separate Rooms,” according to a report in Variety.
The film is a queer drama adapted from the novel of the same name by late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli. O’Connor would play the lead role Leo, an Italian writer who is mourning the death of his musician boyfriend Thomas. Variety first reported the news and claimed that O’Connor has been studying Italian for the role.
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Published March 25, 2024: Luca Guadagnino is set to team up once more with “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor for his upcoming feature “Separate Rooms,” according to a report in Variety.
The film is a queer drama adapted from the novel of the same name by late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli. O’Connor would play the lead role Leo, an Italian writer who is mourning the death of his musician boyfriend Thomas. Variety first reported the news and claimed that O’Connor has been studying Italian for the role.
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- 4/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part Two) is attached to star opposite Josh O’Connor (Challengers) in Separate Rooms, an upcoming film from Luca Guadagnino, multiple sources tell Deadline.
An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo (O’Connor), and his translator, Thomas. Details as to the role Seydoux is playing haven’t been disclosed.
The script comes from Francesca Manieri, who collaborated with Guadagnino on his Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for Fremantle, following his work with Guadagnino on his cannibal romance Bones and All, starring Timothée Chalamet, which won Guadagnino the prize for Best Director at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Best known for starring in the Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die, as well as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color,...
An adaptation of the 1989 novel by the late author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, the film is a non-chronological examination of the romance between the Italian iconoclast writer, Leo (O’Connor), and his translator, Thomas. Details as to the role Seydoux is playing haven’t been disclosed.
The script comes from Francesca Manieri, who collaborated with Guadagnino on his Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are. Lorenzo Mieli will produce for Fremantle, following his work with Guadagnino on his cannibal romance Bones and All, starring Timothée Chalamet, which won Guadagnino the prize for Best Director at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Best known for starring in the Bond films Spectre and No Time to Die, as well as Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Slowly, but surely, the lineup for the 77th Cannes Film Festival is being revealed. Last month, Cannes announced that George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” will be an early world premiere on la Croisette on May 15. Today, the festival announced that Quentin Dupieux’s “Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act)” will kick off the proceedings on May 14.
Read More: “Furiosa”: George Miller’s latest “Mad Max” Saga will premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Premiering out of competition, the official synopsis for the comedy is as follows: “Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume.
Continue reading Quentin Dupieux’s ‘The Second Act’ With Lea Seydoux To Open 2024 Cannes Film Festival at The Playlist.
Read More: “Furiosa”: George Miller’s latest “Mad Max” Saga will premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Premiering out of competition, the official synopsis for the comedy is as follows: “Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume.
Continue reading Quentin Dupieux’s ‘The Second Act’ With Lea Seydoux To Open 2024 Cannes Film Festival at The Playlist.
- 4/3/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSThe Truman Show.Joana Vicente has resigned from her post at the helm of the Sundance Film Festival after less than three years. Some industry sources have pointed to a contentious relationship with the board on fundraising matters as one possible explanation.This year’s Cannes Film Festival will open with Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, a surrealist backstage comedy starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard.Concerns about copyright, continuity, tech business models, and the uncanny valley lead industry insiders to speculate that generative AI won’t soon be making its big-screen debut, though it will increasingly be a part of pre-production workflows.Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023) has opened in Japan to mixed...
- 4/3/2024
- MUBI
With one week to go before the press conference unveiling the 77th Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, director Thierry Fremaux is pledging to remain zen — despite wrestling with submission delays, reverberations of Hollywood’s double strikes and high expectations after last year’s edition unveiled Oscar winners “The Zone of Interest” and “Anatomy of a Fall.”
This year’s edition is already heating up, with George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” confirmed to premiere at the festival and Quentin Dupieux’s “A Second Act,” starring Léa Seydoux, set as the opening night film.
In his first and only interview ahead of the lineup reveal, Fremaux tells Variety all about this year’s edition, including his hopes to welcome back Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” and Yorgos Lanthimos with “Kinds of Kindness,” his appeal to Ted Sarandos to lure Netflix back on the Croisette, his stance on France’s new #MeToo reckoning,...
This year’s edition is already heating up, with George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” confirmed to premiere at the festival and Quentin Dupieux’s “A Second Act,” starring Léa Seydoux, set as the opening night film.
In his first and only interview ahead of the lineup reveal, Fremaux tells Variety all about this year’s edition, including his hopes to welcome back Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” and Yorgos Lanthimos with “Kinds of Kindness,” his appeal to Ted Sarandos to lure Netflix back on the Croisette, his stance on France’s new #MeToo reckoning,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act gets the opening out of competition berth at the Cannes Film Festival Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Ahead of next week’s big reveal of the Cannes Film Festival’s main programme for the 77th edition the organisers have jumped the gun by announcing Quentin Dupieux's The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte) will open the event with an out of competition premiere. The latest production from the wacky and prolific French director, screenwriter and musician will also seen simultaneously at French cinemas across the country on the same night ahead of its French release.
The occasion will deliver a starry cast of among others Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, and of course, Dupieux himself who has managed to make 13 features including Deerskin, Rubber, Mandibles, Incredible But True and Smoking Causes Coughing shown at Cannes out of competition in 2022.
Quentin...
The occasion will deliver a starry cast of among others Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, and of course, Dupieux himself who has managed to make 13 features including Deerskin, Rubber, Mandibles, Incredible But True and Smoking Causes Coughing shown at Cannes out of competition in 2022.
Quentin...
- 4/3/2024
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This year’s Cannes Film Festival is getting … zany? Such is the news today, as the festival has announced that Quentin Dupieux’s “Le Deuxième Acte” (“The Second Act”) will open the 77th edition of the lauded festival in an out of competition slot. The film will premiere on opening day, Tuesday, May 14.
The film stars Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel — and, yes, you can thank Cannes brass for that “zany” designation, as today’s official announcement shares that the trio are entering the filmmaker’s “zany universe for the first time” — and they will be joined by Dupieux regular Raphaël Quenard (who previously starred in the singular filmmaker’s “Mandibles,” “Smoking Causes Coughing,” and “Yannick”).
“The Second Act” is a “four-part comedy” that, per the festival, “shows itself to be a new mise en abyme around acting.” Per its official synopsis: “Florence wants to introduce David, the...
The film stars Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel — and, yes, you can thank Cannes brass for that “zany” designation, as today’s official announcement shares that the trio are entering the filmmaker’s “zany universe for the first time” — and they will be joined by Dupieux regular Raphaël Quenard (who previously starred in the singular filmmaker’s “Mandibles,” “Smoking Causes Coughing,” and “Yannick”).
“The Second Act” is a “four-part comedy” that, per the festival, “shows itself to be a new mise en abyme around acting.” Per its official synopsis: “Florence wants to introduce David, the...
- 4/3/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Quentin Dupieux’s Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act), starring Léa Seydoux and Vincent Lindon, will kick off the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
The French director will world premiere his latest film out of competition on May 14, with the surreal comedy to be released in French cinemas on the same day. Dupieux and his cast will walk the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, to help launch the film and the wider Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes organizers praised the prolific French director for having “freed himself from convention through an already extensive body of work (13 feature films in 17 years), establishing the absurd as a genre in its own right and shaking up all the others – of which The Second Act is a perfect case in point!”
The marquee French festival earlier announced Barbie director Greta Gerwig will serve as the Cannes jury president, becoming only the second female director to take over the post,...
The French director will world premiere his latest film out of competition on May 14, with the surreal comedy to be released in French cinemas on the same day. Dupieux and his cast will walk the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, to help launch the film and the wider Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes organizers praised the prolific French director for having “freed himself from convention through an already extensive body of work (13 feature films in 17 years), establishing the absurd as a genre in its own right and shaking up all the others – of which The Second Act is a perfect case in point!”
The marquee French festival earlier announced Barbie director Greta Gerwig will serve as the Cannes jury president, becoming only the second female director to take over the post,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The world is heating up out there, but the gusts and erratic temperature swings of early Spring can often be deceiving. One minute it looks sunny and warm, the next you’re stranded on a long walk in just basketball shorts when a sudden chill descends. Or it looks nasty, and all of a sudden you’re overdressed in 80-degree heat. It might be best to stay safely within the confines of your local art house or home theater with some Don’t-Miss Indies instead.
Monkey Man
When You Can Watch: April 5
Where You Can Watch: Theaters
Directors: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Sobhita Dhulipala
Why We’re Excited: Famous for his lead role in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel has turned his attention to directing with his debut Monkey Man, which premiered last month at SXSW. Inspired by the Indian legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man...
Monkey Man
When You Can Watch: April 5
Where You Can Watch: Theaters
Directors: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Sobhita Dhulipala
Why We’re Excited: Famous for his lead role in the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel has turned his attention to directing with his debut Monkey Man, which premiered last month at SXSW. Inspired by the Indian legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man...
- 4/3/2024
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
It’s too bright, the sunshine is monotonous, it’s very isolating. Those were the reasons why Chloë Sevigny, in a recent viral interview, said she will never live in Los Angeles. Anyone who’s lived there can relate to the loneliness that blankets the fragmented city, a collection of neighborhoods strung together by cars in traffic, where nobody walks or talks to each other. And why does everyone flake on plans? What are we afraid of?
That’s much like the central dilemma in Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” a time-hopping sci-fi epic about the existential terrors of unrequited love, green-screen-acting, incel killers, artificial intelligence, and, oh, yes, Los Angeles. Léa Seydoux and George MacKay play reincarnated almost-lovers across time who can never make it work: first, in fin-de-siècle Paris (she’s married); then, in 2014 Los Angeles (he’s a sociopathic virgin inspired by 2014 Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger...
That’s much like the central dilemma in Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” a time-hopping sci-fi epic about the existential terrors of unrequited love, green-screen-acting, incel killers, artificial intelligence, and, oh, yes, Los Angeles. Léa Seydoux and George MacKay play reincarnated almost-lovers across time who can never make it work: first, in fin-de-siècle Paris (she’s married); then, in 2014 Los Angeles (he’s a sociopathic virgin inspired by 2014 Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger...
- 4/3/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act will open the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
The four-part comedy will have its world premiere out of competition on May 14, the same day it opens in French cinemas via Diaphana Distribution.
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star in the film surrounding four characters who meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
It is produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions with Kinology handling international sales.
Dupieux’s Smoking Causes Coughing screened at Cannes out of competition back in 2022. The Second Act marks the French director’s 14th feature.
The four-part comedy will have its world premiere out of competition on May 14, the same day it opens in French cinemas via Diaphana Distribution.
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star in the film surrounding four characters who meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
It is produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions with Kinology handling international sales.
Dupieux’s Smoking Causes Coughing screened at Cannes out of competition back in 2022. The Second Act marks the French director’s 14th feature.
- 4/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) will open with Quentin Dupieux’s French-language comedy road movie Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act).
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star and will be in attendance. Above is a first-look still.
Presented Out of Competition as a world premiere on the Croisette on Tuesday, May 14, the four-part feature will be released in French cinemas on the same day.
The official synopsis reads: “Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.”
Chi-Fou-Mi Productions produces. Kinology handles sales.
Deerskin and Daaaaaaali! filmmaker Dupieux was at Cannes two years ago with Smoking Causes Coughing. The prolific filmmaker — 13 features in 17 years — is...
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star and will be in attendance. Above is a first-look still.
Presented Out of Competition as a world premiere on the Croisette on Tuesday, May 14, the four-part feature will be released in French cinemas on the same day.
The official synopsis reads: “Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.”
Chi-Fou-Mi Productions produces. Kinology handles sales.
Deerskin and Daaaaaaali! filmmaker Dupieux was at Cannes two years ago with Smoking Causes Coughing. The prolific filmmaker — 13 features in 17 years — is...
- 4/3/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will kick off with Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act,” a star-studded surreal French comedy headlined by Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, Variety has learned.
The anticipated movie is produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and is represented in international markets by Kinology. The film will play out of competition on May 14 and will be released on the same day in French theaters.
Laced with absurdist humor, the meta movie follows actors starring in a doomed film production. Dupieux is one of France’s most popular and prolific filmmakers. He delivered two films in 2023: “Daaaaaalí,” which played out-of-competition at Venice, and “Yannick,” a French box office hit that sold around the world.
In confirming the film’s selection at Cannes, the festival described Quentin as a “filmmaker who embraces freedom – in tone, form and...
The anticipated movie is produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and is represented in international markets by Kinology. The film will play out of competition on May 14 and will be released on the same day in French theaters.
Laced with absurdist humor, the meta movie follows actors starring in a doomed film production. Dupieux is one of France’s most popular and prolific filmmakers. He delivered two films in 2023: “Daaaaaalí,” which played out-of-competition at Venice, and “Yannick,” a French box office hit that sold around the world.
In confirming the film’s selection at Cannes, the festival described Quentin as a “filmmaker who embraces freedom – in tone, form and...
- 4/3/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Easter is behind us, we’re into a new month, and we’re fully into spring … and yet, the box office might be hitting another lull. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
There aren’t many scenarios where “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” doesn’t win its second weekend at #1. Even with a steep drop from its Easter opening, it should still be able to bring in another $30 million this coming weekend, which will be hard to beat.
It might be a coin flip on which of the other two new wide releases might do better, but I have to give a slight edge to “The First Omen,” 20th Century’s prequel to a horror franchise that began all the way back in 1976 with the horror film, “The Omen,” directed by Richard Donner pre-“Superman.” That led to two sequels in 1978 and 1981, even though the original...
There aren’t many scenarios where “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” doesn’t win its second weekend at #1. Even with a steep drop from its Easter opening, it should still be able to bring in another $30 million this coming weekend, which will be hard to beat.
It might be a coin flip on which of the other two new wide releases might do better, but I have to give a slight edge to “The First Omen,” 20th Century’s prequel to a horror franchise that began all the way back in 1976 with the horror film, “The Omen,” directed by Richard Donner pre-“Superman.” That led to two sequels in 1978 and 1981, even though the original...
- 4/3/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
After the reveal of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, the sequel to the first Hideo Kojima game after he parted ways with Konami, fans want to know more details about how this title will be.
Aside from several members of the cast, like Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Elle Fanning, and the popular Troy Baker, there is almost no information about the game. This is mainly because of how secretive Japanese gaming companies are about their projects. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach doesn’t seem to be different from this.
Kojima Productions Is Really Keeping Things Under Extreme Secrecy with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has been very secretive about the story. Kojima Productions next game is very anticipated by fans.
The Game Awards of 2022 first revealed Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, leaving fans in awe of the sequel to one...
Aside from several members of the cast, like Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Elle Fanning, and the popular Troy Baker, there is almost no information about the game. This is mainly because of how secretive Japanese gaming companies are about their projects. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach doesn’t seem to be different from this.
Kojima Productions Is Really Keeping Things Under Extreme Secrecy with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has been very secretive about the story. Kojima Productions next game is very anticipated by fans.
The Game Awards of 2022 first revealed Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, leaving fans in awe of the sequel to one...
- 4/1/2024
- by Lucas Lapetina
- FandomWire
With just ten days to go until the Cannes Film Festival lineup is unveiled, one title heavily tipped to premiere is David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt. While U.S. distribution has yet to be confirmed, French distributor Pyramide Films has now unveiled a September 25, 2024 release date alongside news that it will be the director’s longest film yet.
Clocking in at 119 minutes, it’s just a hair longer than Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch, which both ran 115 minutes. The distributor also confirms returning collaborators cinematographer Douglas Koch and editor Christopher Donaldson, who shot and edited Crimes of the Future, respectively, and the Canadian director’s longtime composer Howard Shore.
Here’s a new synopsis as well: “Karsh, 50, is a renowned businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents a revolutionary and controversial system, GraveTech, which allows the living...
Clocking in at 119 minutes, it’s just a hair longer than Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch, which both ran 115 minutes. The distributor also confirms returning collaborators cinematographer Douglas Koch and editor Christopher Donaldson, who shot and edited Crimes of the Future, respectively, and the Canadian director’s longtime composer Howard Shore.
Here’s a new synopsis as well: “Karsh, 50, is a renowned businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents a revolutionary and controversial system, GraveTech, which allows the living...
- 4/1/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As most connoisseurs of cinema already know, the end credit roll is a relatively recent addition to the medium. The reasons for this are too lengthy to go into here, but suffice to say that films used to end very definitively and, at least for those of us raised in a world where end credits were already a thing, quite abruptly, sending audiences out of the theater with a brusqueness not unlike a train disembarking.
Ever since end credit rolls became commonplace, filmmakers have experimented with finding ways of extending the cinematic experience throughout their duration rather than treating them the way so many moviegoers tend to: as mere legally-mandated appendages to a movie. While even the most basic film includes music during the end credits so as to help keep the roll a part of the movie, some go above and beyond that, including deleted material, bloopers, or entire...
Ever since end credit rolls became commonplace, filmmakers have experimented with finding ways of extending the cinematic experience throughout their duration rather than treating them the way so many moviegoers tend to: as mere legally-mandated appendages to a movie. While even the most basic film includes music during the end credits so as to help keep the roll a part of the movie, some go above and beyond that, including deleted material, bloopers, or entire...
- 4/1/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Léa Seydoux was originally meant to star opposite Gaspard Ulliel in Bertrand Bonello’s audacious sci-fi love story “The Beast.” But the beloved César-winning French actor died at age 37 in January 2022 after a skiing accident while the film was still in pre-production, and he was posthumously replaced by George MacKay.
Seydoux previously starred alongside Ulliel, revered for roles in movies including Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “A Very Long Engagement” and Bonello’s own “Saint Laurent,” in Xavier Dolan’s 2016 Cannes winner “It’s Only the End of the World.” Seydoux, who recently spoke with IndieWire about her multiple roles in “The Beast” as a woman confronted across centuries by a devastating impossible romance, did not get the chance to talk to Ulliel about “The Beast” before filming. He did, however, leave her a WhatsApp voice message praising her turn in Bruno Dumont’s media satire “France,” a box office hit in France...
Seydoux previously starred alongside Ulliel, revered for roles in movies including Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “A Very Long Engagement” and Bonello’s own “Saint Laurent,” in Xavier Dolan’s 2016 Cannes winner “It’s Only the End of the World.” Seydoux, who recently spoke with IndieWire about her multiple roles in “The Beast” as a woman confronted across centuries by a devastating impossible romance, did not get the chance to talk to Ulliel about “The Beast” before filming. He did, however, leave her a WhatsApp voice message praising her turn in Bruno Dumont’s media satire “France,” a box office hit in France...
- 3/31/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“The Beast” is a new science fiction romance, directed by Bertrand Bonello, starring Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scalia and Elina Löwensohn, opening April 5, 2024 in theaters:
“…in 2044, ‘AI’ has evolved and determined human emotion as a threat.
“As ‘Gabrielle’ is about to go through a process to ‘purify’ her ‘DNA’ and disconnect from those emotions - she does so by living through past lives.
“But when she begins to connect with a man named ‘Louis’ across history, she realizes her emotions are much stronger than she could anticipate…”
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“…in 2044, ‘AI’ has evolved and determined human emotion as a threat.
“As ‘Gabrielle’ is about to go through a process to ‘purify’ her ‘DNA’ and disconnect from those emotions - she does so by living through past lives.
“But when she begins to connect with a man named ‘Louis’ across history, she realizes her emotions are much stronger than she could anticipate…”
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- 3/29/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It flew under the radar that Ildikó Enyedi had suited a role for Tony Leung in her new feature, Silent Friend, which “tells three stories connected to a tree over a period of more than 100 years” and rather ambitiously centers on “radical shifts in human perception of plants, animals and humans.” Last summer’s news offered an April 2024 start date, and––whatever radio silence since––things appear on-track. A press release from German superentity Pandora Film announces a production commencement for next month with Léa Seydoux starring alongside Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, and Sylvester Groth.
Variety’s initial story revealed Leung will play “a renowned neuroscientist traveling from his hometown of Hong Kong to the Marburg Faculty”; no word yet of how Seydoux or her co-stars fit in, but Pandora’s official synopsis suggests they, sadly, won’t intersect. We should know more soon: as cameras roll next month, so shooting finishes in May,...
Variety’s initial story revealed Leung will play “a renowned neuroscientist traveling from his hometown of Hong Kong to the Marburg Faculty”; no word yet of how Seydoux or her co-stars fit in, but Pandora’s official synopsis suggests they, sadly, won’t intersect. We should know more soon: as cameras roll next month, so shooting finishes in May,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
David Cronenberg is set to release his most personal film yet with “The Shrouds.” But it won’t involve Léa Seydoux.
The supernatural drama stars Vincent Cassel as a grieving businessman who builds a state-of-the-art device that helps people reconnect with the dead, unraveling memories of his late wife in the process. Cronenberg was inspired to write and direct the film, originally conceived as a series at Netflix before the streamer passed, after the death of his own wife, film editor Carolyn Cronenberg, in 2017.
Cronenberg originally cast Léa Seydoux as the co-lead opposite Vincent Cassel. The director first worked with Seydoux on “Crimes of the Future,” where she starred as one-half of a performance artist couple who perform surgeries before live audiences, opposite Viggo Mortensen. But while the Canadian filmmaker’s 2022 production was a mix of English-speaking actors from Europe and the U.S., “The Shrouds” proved a different challenge...
The supernatural drama stars Vincent Cassel as a grieving businessman who builds a state-of-the-art device that helps people reconnect with the dead, unraveling memories of his late wife in the process. Cronenberg was inspired to write and direct the film, originally conceived as a series at Netflix before the streamer passed, after the death of his own wife, film editor Carolyn Cronenberg, in 2017.
Cronenberg originally cast Léa Seydoux as the co-lead opposite Vincent Cassel. The director first worked with Seydoux on “Crimes of the Future,” where she starred as one-half of a performance artist couple who perform surgeries before live audiences, opposite Viggo Mortensen. But while the Canadian filmmaker’s 2022 production was a mix of English-speaking actors from Europe and the U.S., “The Shrouds” proved a different challenge...
- 3/26/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Have you noticed that a lot of science-fiction movies haven't felt so fictional of late? Oh sure, the genre has always been about our real-world problems in the present day. Yet, as technology has caught up to our collective imaginations, a lot of would-be fantastical representations of the future have come to resemble our current hellscape but either slightly shinier and/or dingier and with A.I. that's capable of more than cranking out fake YouTube film trailer screencaps of men standing behind nude women. Even movies set thousands of years from now on distant planets tend to be about the all-too-topical concern of young white twinks embracing fascism (much to the dismay of their progressive girlfriends).
As dour and sometimes surreal as these movies are, they're also excellent vehicles for filmmakers to talk about the biggest issues of the day and, in doing so, perhaps make them feel just...
As dour and sometimes surreal as these movies are, they're also excellent vehicles for filmmakers to talk about the biggest issues of the day and, in doing so, perhaps make them feel just...
- 3/26/2024
- by SlashFilm Staff
- Slash Film
Shot in two parts over three years (and unexpectedly broken up by a pandemic), Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" movies stand as an impressive, if grueling, achievement. The second film, which covers the second half of Frank Herbert's celebrated sci-fi novel, wasn't even guaranteed; indeed, there is an alternate universe where the first movie failed to make enough money to justify Warner Bros. adding $190 million to their already risky $165 million investment. The books' popularity had peaked decades ago, so there was a good deal of uncertainty as to whether this sweeping interplanetary epic could capture the imaginations of Millennials and Zoomers, who were barely a notion when David Lynch's "Dune" opened — and flopped — in 1984.
Aside from managing a challenging a massive physical production, Villeneuve had to tend to an enormous acting ensemble chock full of bonafide stars, stars on the rise and Oscar-winning legends. This could not be your...
Aside from managing a challenging a massive physical production, Villeneuve had to tend to an enormous acting ensemble chock full of bonafide stars, stars on the rise and Oscar-winning legends. This could not be your...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Dune 2 Domestic Box Office Updates! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Denis Villeneuve’s directorial Dune 2 is shining bright at the North American box office. The epic science fiction film has completed over three weeks in theatres, but the momentum continues to stay strong. It has now become Timothee Chalamet’s highest-grossing film in the domestic market. Scroll below for the exciting updates!
Dune: Part Two revolves around Paul Atreides uniting with the Fremen people of Arrakis to fight House Harkonnen. The pre-release hype was pretty strong, and the earth-shattering results were seen during the first weekend. The film exceeded expectations and continues to do so despite a 23-day long run at the box office.
Dune 2 Domestic Box Office Collection
As per Deadline, Dune: Part Two has added another $4.5 million at the North American box office on Friday. This surges up its overall total to an impressive $220 million. With that, Timothee Chalamet...
Denis Villeneuve’s directorial Dune 2 is shining bright at the North American box office. The epic science fiction film has completed over three weeks in theatres, but the momentum continues to stay strong. It has now become Timothee Chalamet’s highest-grossing film in the domestic market. Scroll below for the exciting updates!
Dune: Part Two revolves around Paul Atreides uniting with the Fremen people of Arrakis to fight House Harkonnen. The pre-release hype was pretty strong, and the earth-shattering results were seen during the first weekend. The film exceeded expectations and continues to do so despite a 23-day long run at the box office.
Dune 2 Domestic Box Office Collection
As per Deadline, Dune: Part Two has added another $4.5 million at the North American box office on Friday. This surges up its overall total to an impressive $220 million. With that, Timothee Chalamet...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
Denis Villeneuve is making a promise to “Dune” fans: He’s only going to move forward with making a third movie, based on Frank Herbert’s “Dune Messiah” novel, if he knows for a fact it will be better than “Dune: Part Two.” That’s a lofty goal considering what a sensation the sequel has turned out to be. A hit with critics and audiences, Villeneuve’s epic has crossed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office and doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.
“I did both movies back-to-back, which makes absolute sense for me,” Villeneuve recently told Empire magazine when the possibility of a third “Dune” came up. “I felt that it was a good idea to move forward right after ‘Part One.’ We were already designing, writing, et cetera. But it also meant that for six years I was on Arrakis non-stop, and I...
“I did both movies back-to-back, which makes absolute sense for me,” Villeneuve recently told Empire magazine when the possibility of a third “Dune” came up. “I felt that it was a good idea to move forward right after ‘Part One.’ We were already designing, writing, et cetera. But it also meant that for six years I was on Arrakis non-stop, and I...
- 3/21/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Though we’re likely just two months from Arnaud Desplechin’s next feature Spectateurs! he’s already mobilized an enviable team for the next-next project. Ecran Total reports Léa Seydoux (his collaborator on Deception and Oh Mercy!), Jason Schwartzman, John Turturro, and Golshifteh Farahani (previously of Brother and Sister) are leading The Thing That Hurts, which has just secured financing from the Belgian entity Wallimage and will be supported by CG Cinéma.
Early details are scant, except notice that The Thing That Hurts shoots in Brussels and (per quick translation) “evokes the meeting, following the death of a famous American psychotherapist based in Paris, of some of her patients, who confided in their relationship with the deceased.” Desplechin’s cinema is nothing if not the mingling of memory with grief––these four playing in that world is nearly as sterling a guarantee as the film struggling to receive U.S.
Early details are scant, except notice that The Thing That Hurts shoots in Brussels and (per quick translation) “evokes the meeting, following the death of a famous American psychotherapist based in Paris, of some of her patients, who confided in their relationship with the deceased.” Desplechin’s cinema is nothing if not the mingling of memory with grief––these four playing in that world is nearly as sterling a guarantee as the film struggling to receive U.S.
- 3/20/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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