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Theo James (The Monkey) is set to star in The Hole, a new thriller based on Hye-young Pyun‘s 2017 Shirley Jackson award-winning novel of the same name. Also attached is I Saw the Devil director Kim Jee-woon, Deadline reports today.
James stars as ” Owen, a successful professor living abroad in South Korea, who is bedridden after a devastating car accident that killed his wife, Sandy. He is left under the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law, but when she starts to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his road to recovery is threatened.”
The story takes place in the U.S. and Korea and will feature a combination of English and Korean language. Principal photography is expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Hye-young Pyun’s novel captures the horrors of isolation, neglect, and loneliness, so expect a more psychological thriller. Of course,...
James stars as ” Owen, a successful professor living abroad in South Korea, who is bedridden after a devastating car accident that killed his wife, Sandy. He is left under the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law, but when she starts to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his road to recovery is threatened.”
The story takes place in the U.S. and Korea and will feature a combination of English and Korean language. Principal photography is expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Hye-young Pyun’s novel captures the horrors of isolation, neglect, and loneliness, so expect a more psychological thriller. Of course,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
“The Place Beyond The Pines” director Derek Cianfrance returns to theaters next year with his first film since 2016: the true-crime pic “Roofman.” And THR reports that Cianfrance has the film’s lead cast lined up now, too. Channing Tatum headlines in the movie’s title role, while Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklage co-star.
Read More: Channing Tatum Still Wants To Make A ‘Gambit’ Solo Film & Says It’s In “Kevin Feige’s Hands”
But what’s “Roofman” about? Based on a true story, Tatum stars as a former Army Ranger and struggling dad who resorts to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs (hence the film’s title). But after getting arrested, he escapes from prison and starts a new life hiding out in a toy story, falling in love with a single mom and two daughters. His chance at redemption can’t last, however, as it...
Read More: Channing Tatum Still Wants To Make A ‘Gambit’ Solo Film & Says It’s In “Kevin Feige’s Hands”
But what’s “Roofman” about? Based on a true story, Tatum stars as a former Army Ranger and struggling dad who resorts to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs (hence the film’s title). But after getting arrested, he escapes from prison and starts a new life hiding out in a toy story, falling in love with a single mom and two daughters. His chance at redemption can’t last, however, as it...
- 10/31/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
A reboot of Sylvester Stallone’s action classic “Cliffhanger” is currently in production, but the film will look a lot different from the package initially announced nearly 18 months ago.
Stallone will no longer star in the update meant to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland”) from a script by Mark Bianculli (“Hunters”). A creative overhaul has meant that actor Lily James will take on the lead role. Pierce Brosnan will co-star and Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. The project hails from Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
Filming is underway in Austria with a buzzy supporting cast, including: Nell Tiger Free, festival darling Franz Rogowski (“Passages”), Shubham Saraf (“Shantaram”), Assaad Bouab (“Franklin”), Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Bruno Gouery, a breakout star of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.”
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Insiders familiar with the project...
Stallone will no longer star in the update meant to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland”) from a script by Mark Bianculli (“Hunters”). A creative overhaul has meant that actor Lily James will take on the lead role. Pierce Brosnan will co-star and Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. The project hails from Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
Filming is underway in Austria with a buzzy supporting cast, including: Nell Tiger Free, festival darling Franz Rogowski (“Passages”), Shubham Saraf (“Shantaram”), Assaad Bouab (“Franklin”), Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Bruno Gouery, a breakout star of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.”
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Insiders familiar with the project...
- 10/31/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety - Film News
Isabel May, best known for Taylor Sheridan’s “1883,” is in final discussions to star in “Wild World,” the upcoming revenge thriller from Emmy-nominated husband and wife duo Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (“Queenpins.” “Beneath the Harvest Sky”).
The feature — based on a script by Gaudet and Pullapilly — follows a young woman who must use her survival skills to track down her little sister and exact revenge on the men who abducted her. Principal photography is expected to start in Fall/Winter 2025 in Australia.
International sales on “Wild World” are being launched at the AFM by Mark Gooder and Alison Thompson’s Cornerstone Films. CAA Media Finance is handling the North American rights.
The producing team for “Wild World” includes Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff under the Krasnoff/Foster Productions banner; Joe Micucci, Dan Crown and Yoni Liebling from Red Crown; and Kim Hodgert and Jeff Okin from Anonymous Content.
The feature — based on a script by Gaudet and Pullapilly — follows a young woman who must use her survival skills to track down her little sister and exact revenge on the men who abducted her. Principal photography is expected to start in Fall/Winter 2025 in Australia.
International sales on “Wild World” are being launched at the AFM by Mark Gooder and Alison Thompson’s Cornerstone Films. CAA Media Finance is handling the North American rights.
The producing team for “Wild World” includes Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff under the Krasnoff/Foster Productions banner; Joe Micucci, Dan Crown and Yoni Liebling from Red Crown; and Kim Hodgert and Jeff Okin from Anonymous Content.
- 10/31/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety - Film News
The projections game for November’s U.S./Canada box office is easier than next Tuesday’s election. But after October results far off earlier predictions, some caution is advisable
This century before Covid, November always was a $1 billion or better grossing month, including some adjusted for current ticket prices. Last year’s November was an anemic $552 million.
The lineup this year includes three anticipated blockbusters that could play through Christmas — “Wicked” (Universal) and “Gladiator 2” (Paramount) opening November 22, and “Moana 2” (Disney) on November 27. Their release dates will mean half or more of their grosses could come later.
The just-ending October was expected to be the third consecutive month with improvements over 2023 results. Instead, October 2024 will fall close to 20 percent below last year’s.
That’s over $100 million less. The reason? Simple. Mostly because “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.) is ending up around $60 million. That’s below what...
This century before Covid, November always was a $1 billion or better grossing month, including some adjusted for current ticket prices. Last year’s November was an anemic $552 million.
The lineup this year includes three anticipated blockbusters that could play through Christmas — “Wicked” (Universal) and “Gladiator 2” (Paramount) opening November 22, and “Moana 2” (Disney) on November 27. Their release dates will mean half or more of their grosses could come later.
The just-ending October was expected to be the third consecutive month with improvements over 2023 results. Instead, October 2024 will fall close to 20 percent below last year’s.
That’s over $100 million less. The reason? Simple. Mostly because “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.) is ending up around $60 million. That’s below what...
- 10/31/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan‘s The Family Plan is officially getting a sequel!
The stars joined forces in the action comedy, which premiered on Apple TV+ in late 2023. On Wednesday (October 30), it was confirmed that a new movie had been ordered.
Details about who is involved and what to expect have been revealed.
Keep reading to find out more…
In a press release, Apple confirmed that Mark would return to star and produce the new movie. Michelle and their onscreen children Zoe Colletti and Van Crosby are also back in action. They’ll reunite with director Simon Cellan Jones and writer David Coggeshall.
According to the press release, the movie will take the family on a vacation in Europe.
Here’s a synopsis: “Dan [Wahlberg] has planned the perfect vacation for the Morgans, but his past continues to haunt them in unexpected ways.”
“I am beyond excited to step back...
The stars joined forces in the action comedy, which premiered on Apple TV+ in late 2023. On Wednesday (October 30), it was confirmed that a new movie had been ordered.
Details about who is involved and what to expect have been revealed.
Keep reading to find out more…
In a press release, Apple confirmed that Mark would return to star and produce the new movie. Michelle and their onscreen children Zoe Colletti and Van Crosby are also back in action. They’ll reunite with director Simon Cellan Jones and writer David Coggeshall.
According to the press release, the movie will take the family on a vacation in Europe.
Here’s a synopsis: “Dan [Wahlberg] has planned the perfect vacation for the Morgans, but his past continues to haunt them in unexpected ways.”
“I am beyond excited to step back...
- 10/30/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
N Lite animation studio has unveiled a new partnership with Emmy-winning Japanese anime studio Gonzo K.K. (“Afro Samurai”) and Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” director Peter Ramsey to produce two animated projects: a noir thriller feature titled “Ripper” and the sci-fi adventure series “Hotaru.”
Ramsey is lined up to executive produce and co-write the screenplay for “Ripper,” a live-action/anime hybrid feature set in post-wwii Japan. Currently in development, the film tells the story of two detectives hunting down a serial killer who took the lives of the women that each of them loved. The project is created by Samantha Inoue Harte and co-writers Paul Alvarado-Dykstra and Rafael Antonio Ruiz.
Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is attached to produce alongside N Lite and Gonzo K.K. Davis. For JuVee, Tennon and Melanie Clark will join Gonzo CEO Shinichiro Ishikawa as executive producers. Inoue Harte will produce...
Ramsey is lined up to executive produce and co-write the screenplay for “Ripper,” a live-action/anime hybrid feature set in post-wwii Japan. Currently in development, the film tells the story of two detectives hunting down a serial killer who took the lives of the women that each of them loved. The project is created by Samantha Inoue Harte and co-writers Paul Alvarado-Dykstra and Rafael Antonio Ruiz.
Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is attached to produce alongside N Lite and Gonzo K.K. Davis. For JuVee, Tennon and Melanie Clark will join Gonzo CEO Shinichiro Ishikawa as executive producers. Inoue Harte will produce...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety - Film News
Paris-based sales agent Indie Sales has boarded “Maya, Give Me a Title,” a stop-motion project directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and narrated by Pierre Niney (“The Count of Monte Cristo”).
The film revolves around Gondry’s long-distance relationship with his daughter. As they live in two different countries, Gondry asks his daughter every evening, “Maya, give me a title.” Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Gondry’s long-time partner, Georges Bermann at Partizan Films, is producing, while The Jokers Films will release it in France.
Besides “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Gondry’s well known films also include “The Science of Sleep,” “Be Kind Rewind” and more recently “The Book of Solutions.”
Stop-motion has been a personal trademark of the director since his early music videos such as Björk’s “Human Behaviour” and The...
The film revolves around Gondry’s long-distance relationship with his daughter. As they live in two different countries, Gondry asks his daughter every evening, “Maya, give me a title.” Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Gondry’s long-time partner, Georges Bermann at Partizan Films, is producing, while The Jokers Films will release it in France.
Besides “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Gondry’s well known films also include “The Science of Sleep,” “Be Kind Rewind” and more recently “The Book of Solutions.”
Stop-motion has been a personal trademark of the director since his early music videos such as Björk’s “Human Behaviour” and The...
- 10/31/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - Film News
Eva Longoria is still getting checks over 10 years later from her $6 million investment in 2014’s “John Wick,” she recently confirmed to Business Insider. It was revealed earlier this month that Longoria quietly stepped in to close the movie’s $6 million financing gap less than 24 hours before production would’ve shut down entirely. Essentially, there’d be no “John Wick” franchise without Longoria’s contribution that saved the original film.
“That is accurate. By the way, I was in my infancy,” Longoria now said while talking about her “John Wick” investment for the first time. “My bankroll was very new, and it was a lot of money, and I was like, ‘So how does it work?’ I had no idea. I would love to say I was an investment genius and I just knew and I calculated my risk. No, none of that.
“An agent, and he wasn’t even my agent,...
“That is accurate. By the way, I was in my infancy,” Longoria now said while talking about her “John Wick” investment for the first time. “My bankroll was very new, and it was a lot of money, and I was like, ‘So how does it work?’ I had no idea. I would love to say I was an investment genius and I just knew and I calculated my risk. No, none of that.
“An agent, and he wasn’t even my agent,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
“Gladiator” fans will get an inside look at the making of Ridley Scott’s epic sequel courtesy of a behind-the-scenes special, airing Nov. 18 on CBS (at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt) and streaming on Paramount +.
The special, titled “The Making of Gladiator II,” is said to offer interviews “unprecedented access encompassing all aspects of production, from the grand scope of the set — including reconstructing Ancient Rome — to characters, combat training, costumes, historical accuracy, scoring and more.”
The Paramount Pictures film, starring Paul Mescal, continues the saga of power, intrigue and vengeance set off in the 2001 Oscar best picture-winner “Gladiator.”
“Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist,” reads the film’s logline. “With rage in his...
The special, titled “The Making of Gladiator II,” is said to offer interviews “unprecedented access encompassing all aspects of production, from the grand scope of the set — including reconstructing Ancient Rome — to characters, combat training, costumes, historical accuracy, scoring and more.”
The Paramount Pictures film, starring Paul Mescal, continues the saga of power, intrigue and vengeance set off in the 2001 Oscar best picture-winner “Gladiator.”
“Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist,” reads the film’s logline. “With rage in his...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - Film News
Actors don't get to choose how they break out. Obviously, given the dearth of opportunities, they're lucky to call themselves "working actors" in the first place. And when you're just starting out, the last thing you should do is refuse work -- unless there's something better and fully guaranteed on the horizon.
Consider the case of Tina Louise. Born in 1934, the beautiful young woman had a multitude of fashion modeling offers in the 1950s, but what she really wanted to do was act. Louise studied under the influential acting teacher Sanford Meisner in Manhattan, and she began booking Broadway gigs in 1952 starting with a role in the Bette Davis-led revue "Two's Company." She co-starred in the hit 1956 musical adaptation of "Li'l Abner" as Appassionata Von Climax, and made a splashy film debut in Anthony Mann's comedy "God's Little Acre." The latter earned her a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer,...
Consider the case of Tina Louise. Born in 1934, the beautiful young woman had a multitude of fashion modeling offers in the 1950s, but what she really wanted to do was act. Louise studied under the influential acting teacher Sanford Meisner in Manhattan, and she began booking Broadway gigs in 1952 starting with a role in the Bette Davis-led revue "Two's Company." She co-starred in the hit 1956 musical adaptation of "Li'l Abner" as Appassionata Von Climax, and made a splashy film debut in Anthony Mann's comedy "God's Little Acre." The latter earned her a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
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There are few director/actor combinations quite as good as Tony Scott and Denzel Washington. The duo made five movies together ranging from "The Taking of Pelham 123" remake to the downright excellent "Crimson Tide," which marked their first collaboration. Their final film together came in 2010 in the form of "Unstoppable," which is not only one of the actor's best thrillers, but also Scott's final film. It now feels like a gift, but Washington almost backed out of the project entirely.
For context, Washington was at the height of his powers at this time. The actor finally won a Best Actor Oscar in 2001 for his role in "Training Day" (he had previously won Best Supporting Actor for "Glory"), which led to a string of solid hits throughout the early 2000s, culminating in 2007s "American Gangster," which recently found new life...
There are few director/actor combinations quite as good as Tony Scott and Denzel Washington. The duo made five movies together ranging from "The Taking of Pelham 123" remake to the downright excellent "Crimson Tide," which marked their first collaboration. Their final film together came in 2010 in the form of "Unstoppable," which is not only one of the actor's best thrillers, but also Scott's final film. It now feels like a gift, but Washington almost backed out of the project entirely.
For context, Washington was at the height of his powers at this time. The actor finally won a Best Actor Oscar in 2001 for his role in "Training Day" (he had previously won Best Supporting Actor for "Glory"), which led to a string of solid hits throughout the early 2000s, culminating in 2007s "American Gangster," which recently found new life...
- 10/31/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Love it or hate it, “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” is at least universally beloved for its casting of Ewan McGregor as young Obi-Wan Kenobi. But hold up. A recent interview with “Star Wars” concept and storyboard artist Iain McCaig (via StarWars.com) to mark “The Phantom Menace’s” 25th anniversary reveals that George Lucas was originally planning a bombshell twist for the movie. McGregor’s Obi-Wan and Liam Neeson’s Qui-Gon were originally swapped, meaning Neeson was playing the real Obi-Wan and thus the real Obi-Wan died.
“For a time, the older Jedi was named Obi-Wan and the younger Jedi was named Qui-Gon,” McCaig said. “It was very poignant that at the end, as Obi-Wan dies and Qui-Gon defeats Darth Maul and stays with his Master as he passes away, he not only takes on his Master’s quest, but he takes on his name. Qui-Gon becomes Obi-Wan.”
“That...
“For a time, the older Jedi was named Obi-Wan and the younger Jedi was named Qui-Gon,” McCaig said. “It was very poignant that at the end, as Obi-Wan dies and Qui-Gon defeats Darth Maul and stays with his Master as he passes away, he not only takes on his Master’s quest, but he takes on his name. Qui-Gon becomes Obi-Wan.”
“That...
- 10/31/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
This post contains spoilers for Marvel's "Agatha All Along."
It was expected that "Agatha All Along" would stay true to its title by including a "WandaVision"-esque reveal about her true intentions, but episodes 8 and 9 of the show accomplish this impressively by recontextualizing everything. The core impetus for our beloved characters in the show — the Witches' Road — is exposed as a scam spun by a desperate, power-hungry Agatha (Kathryn Hahn), whose lies have cost innumerable lives over centuries. This startling reveal doesn't necessarily alter our foundational understanding of Agatha, though: she is still a villainous character, only now furnished with enough context for us to comprehend her worldview and why she tends to be so trigger-happy. The series also ends with a major death, but the repercussions are far from traditional, and they set up a fresh phase for the near future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Death is an...
It was expected that "Agatha All Along" would stay true to its title by including a "WandaVision"-esque reveal about her true intentions, but episodes 8 and 9 of the show accomplish this impressively by recontextualizing everything. The core impetus for our beloved characters in the show — the Witches' Road — is exposed as a scam spun by a desperate, power-hungry Agatha (Kathryn Hahn), whose lies have cost innumerable lives over centuries. This startling reveal doesn't necessarily alter our foundational understanding of Agatha, though: she is still a villainous character, only now furnished with enough context for us to comprehend her worldview and why she tends to be so trigger-happy. The series also ends with a major death, but the repercussions are far from traditional, and they set up a fresh phase for the near future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Death is an...
- 10/31/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Until Hulu did the lord's work and brought back Glenn Gordon Caron's "Moonlighting" last year, the series that launched Bruce Willis' career and solidified Cybill Shepherd's had been languishing for seemingly ages in a digital netherworld where its fans could not access it and potential newcomers had zero chance of discovering it. This would've been unthinkable during the show's 1985-1987 heyday, when the live-wire romantic chemistry of its leads and the inventive mystery plotting of Caron and his writers -- who once plunged their "Moonlighting" protagonists into a Shakespearian reverie -- made it must-see television. "Moonlighting" was hilarious, smart and ridiculously sexy.
And just as fast as it peaked, it was gone.
While the rerelease of "Moonlighting" on Hulu confirmed that it was every bit as fresh and funny as we remembered, bringing it all back meant revisiting its untimely demise. How could a show with two dynamic...
And just as fast as it peaked, it was gone.
While the rerelease of "Moonlighting" on Hulu confirmed that it was every bit as fresh and funny as we remembered, bringing it all back meant revisiting its untimely demise. How could a show with two dynamic...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
You can’t bullshit Sandy King Carpenter — a horror legend you shouldn’t call a “final girl” if only because she’s never been on the run.
A pioneering comics publisher, former script supervisor for Corman and Cassavetes, the wife of director John Carpenter, and more, King has been on a creative killing spree since she started in Hollywood in the early ’70s. Sharp as a knife, she’s a multihyphenate writer/producer/director talent who can’t help but take a stab at anything and everything that intrigues her.
“People are always talking about visualizing goals, but I’m not that person,” King told IndieWire in conversation at the Carpenter office in Los Angeles. “If it’s interesting, I do it, and that’s served me well. I learned lots of things, and I worked for lots of interesting people. It all turned into knowledge that became a career.
A pioneering comics publisher, former script supervisor for Corman and Cassavetes, the wife of director John Carpenter, and more, King has been on a creative killing spree since she started in Hollywood in the early ’70s. Sharp as a knife, she’s a multihyphenate writer/producer/director talent who can’t help but take a stab at anything and everything that intrigues her.
“People are always talking about visualizing goals, but I’m not that person,” King told IndieWire in conversation at the Carpenter office in Los Angeles. “If it’s interesting, I do it, and that’s served me well. I learned lots of things, and I worked for lots of interesting people. It all turned into knowledge that became a career.
- 10/31/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
It’s a question of priorities, and the 30 or so employees at the Academy Film Archive have been nervous for a while. They’ve seen where the energy is going ever since Bill Kramer moved over from the Academy Museum to run parent organization the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Under his purview is the non-profit 501C3 Academy Foundation, which runs the Museum, the archive, and the Margaret Herrick Library.
Kramer has been restructuring the Academy for some time now. For example, he merged the communications and marketing teams for all the sections of the Academy, and more recently saw the exit of a dozen-plus employees, some 2 percent of 800 total. The goal for the new Academy Collection and Preservation Department is to align operations and avoid duplicating efforts.
Experienced people with vast institutional knowledge are getting lost in these layoffs. They include Anne Coco, the archive’s veteran poster...
Kramer has been restructuring the Academy for some time now. For example, he merged the communications and marketing teams for all the sections of the Academy, and more recently saw the exit of a dozen-plus employees, some 2 percent of 800 total. The goal for the new Academy Collection and Preservation Department is to align operations and avoid duplicating efforts.
Experienced people with vast institutional knowledge are getting lost in these layoffs. They include Anne Coco, the archive’s veteran poster...
- 10/31/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Matthew Lillard thought his career would explode when the success of 2002’s live-action “Scooby-Doo” (the film earned $275 million worldwide) launched a franchise. The actor signed up to reprise the role of Shaggy in 2004’s “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” and earned the biggest payday of his career. The only way forward for his career was up. Or so he thought.
“I thought I’d be No. 1 on the call sheet for the next 10 years of movies,” Lillard recently admitted to Business Insider. “And the reality was the exact opposite happened.”
“Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” was a critical dud and flopped at the box office, failing to cross the $200 million mark worldwide that the original easily cleared. The failure of the “Scooby-Doo” sequel resulted in Lillard’s career coming to a screeching halt and forced him to reprioritize his goals as an actor.
“I was caught up in the success of what I was doing,...
“I thought I’d be No. 1 on the call sheet for the next 10 years of movies,” Lillard recently admitted to Business Insider. “And the reality was the exact opposite happened.”
“Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” was a critical dud and flopped at the box office, failing to cross the $200 million mark worldwide that the original easily cleared. The failure of the “Scooby-Doo” sequel resulted in Lillard’s career coming to a screeching halt and forced him to reprioritize his goals as an actor.
“I was caught up in the success of what I was doing,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Will the Oscars answer “Conclave’s” prayers?
Edward Berger’s mystery thriller has been one of the buzziest films to emerge from the fall festivals. Adapted from Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, the film premiered at Telluride, where it received raves from attendees. Since then, its awards prospects have grown, especially following its Audience Award wins at the Mill Valley and Middleburg fests. Those regional accolades helped propel future best picture nominees such as “American Fiction” (2023) and “Belfast” (2021) and best picture winner “Green Book” (2018). “Conclave” has popular appeal, but will its religious themes be an advantage or a potential hurdle in the Oscar race?
Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit.
Rossellini with “Conclave” director Edward Berger
Films that explore issues of faith, and the Catholic Church’s tangled history, have long held a unique place in Hollywood. Critics, and sometimes audiences,...
Edward Berger’s mystery thriller has been one of the buzziest films to emerge from the fall festivals. Adapted from Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, the film premiered at Telluride, where it received raves from attendees. Since then, its awards prospects have grown, especially following its Audience Award wins at the Mill Valley and Middleburg fests. Those regional accolades helped propel future best picture nominees such as “American Fiction” (2023) and “Belfast” (2021) and best picture winner “Green Book” (2018). “Conclave” has popular appeal, but will its religious themes be an advantage or a potential hurdle in the Oscar race?
Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit.
Rossellini with “Conclave” director Edward Berger
Films that explore issues of faith, and the Catholic Church’s tangled history, have long held a unique place in Hollywood. Critics, and sometimes audiences,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety - Film News
Cinephiles glaze over when it comes to a Hallmark Channel movie.
For some, that crisp, red Hallmark banner promises aspirational storytelling with subtle double entendres, great bankable chemistry between actors, and a cozy Nancy Meyers aesthetic, whether it be for thrillers like “Mystery 101” and “Curious Caterer” or the beloved (and now iconic) Countdown to Christmas banner, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
For other, more cynical film fans, Hallmark content can easily be written off as a made-for-tv movie — never mind that some of the most iconic smaller productions in decades past started as made-for-tv films. And Hallmark, much like “Law and Order,” has been a rite of passage for actors, with a fair share of famous alums ranging from Sarah Paulson to Carrie Fisher.
But what about the staple Hallmark stars synonymous with the brand itself after a decade of leading dozens of features per year? Does...
For some, that crisp, red Hallmark banner promises aspirational storytelling with subtle double entendres, great bankable chemistry between actors, and a cozy Nancy Meyers aesthetic, whether it be for thrillers like “Mystery 101” and “Curious Caterer” or the beloved (and now iconic) Countdown to Christmas banner, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
For other, more cynical film fans, Hallmark content can easily be written off as a made-for-tv movie — never mind that some of the most iconic smaller productions in decades past started as made-for-tv films. And Hallmark, much like “Law and Order,” has been a rite of passage for actors, with a fair share of famous alums ranging from Sarah Paulson to Carrie Fisher.
But what about the staple Hallmark stars synonymous with the brand itself after a decade of leading dozens of features per year? Does...
- 10/31/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
There’s no stopping the game. “Squid Game” season two is around the corner, and Netflix has unveiled a new teaser at Lucca Comics & Games, Europe’s biggest Comic Con. Tens of thousands of fans gathered for this sneak peek of the new season and were also treated to an in-person appearance by stars Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-jun, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk.
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Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer: There’s No Stopping The Game In December at The Playlist.
- 10/31/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Amazon reported its third-quarter 2024 earnings, revealing ad sales rose 19% year over year amid the company’s push to insert ads into Prime Video.
Analysts had expected $14.25 billion in ad revenue and the e-commerce giant reported $14.3 billion. Per Amazon, that includes sales of advertising services to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors and others, through programs such as sponsored ads, display and video ads.
The company also reported its subscription services revenue was up 11% in Q3, which ran July 1-Sept. 30, at $11.3 billion.
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“As we get into the holiday season, we’re excited about what we have in store for customers,” Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy said in a press release. “We kicked off the holiday season with our biggest-ever Prime Big Deal Days and the launch of an all-new Kindle lineup that...
Analysts had expected $14.25 billion in ad revenue and the e-commerce giant reported $14.3 billion. Per Amazon, that includes sales of advertising services to sellers, vendors, publishers, authors and others, through programs such as sponsored ads, display and video ads.
The company also reported its subscription services revenue was up 11% in Q3, which ran July 1-Sept. 30, at $11.3 billion.
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“As we get into the holiday season, we’re excited about what we have in store for customers,” Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy said in a press release. “We kicked off the holiday season with our biggest-ever Prime Big Deal Days and the launch of an all-new Kindle lineup that...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety - Film News
"The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" is a rare prequel that actually works very well as its own standalone movie, while also making what came before even better — very much like "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" did. While /Film's own Jeremy Mathai wasn't so enthusiastic about the film, writing that it "feels caught between its humbler, more character-driven aims and the blockbuster expectations of reinvigorating a brand" in his review, the movie was a giant hit, and gave audiences a new favorite District 12 victor.
Years before Katniss Everdeen's revolution, and even years before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical dictator in charge of Panem, "The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" follows Snow as a teenager trying to keep his family's legacy alive. When the 10th annual Hunger Games approach, he is assigned to mentor a tribute from District 12 named Lucy Gray Baird, causing Snow to wrestle with...
Years before Katniss Everdeen's revolution, and even years before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical dictator in charge of Panem, "The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" follows Snow as a teenager trying to keep his family's legacy alive. When the 10th annual Hunger Games approach, he is assigned to mentor a tribute from District 12 named Lucy Gray Baird, causing Snow to wrestle with...
- 10/31/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Stephanie Collie, the costume designer behind film and television projects such as “Peaky Blinders,” died of cancer on Oct. 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London.
Over the course of her career, Collie worked with talent including Michael Caine, Henry Cavill, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Craig, Penélope Cruz, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds and Michelle Williams.
Collie began her career in the sewing room of the BBC alongside costume designer Susan Coates. Following an introduction from Coates to David Parfitt, she worked as a wardrobe assistant to Branagh on “Much Ado About Nothing.” From there, Collie worked as a costume designer on “Peter’s Friends,” which was directed by Branagh.
In 1988, Collie had her work featured onscreen in Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.”
Of her design for the film, Christopher Laverty said: “You could not pick up a men...
Over the course of her career, Collie worked with talent including Michael Caine, Henry Cavill, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Craig, Penélope Cruz, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds and Michelle Williams.
Collie began her career in the sewing room of the BBC alongside costume designer Susan Coates. Following an introduction from Coates to David Parfitt, she worked as a wardrobe assistant to Branagh on “Much Ado About Nothing.” From there, Collie worked as a costume designer on “Peter’s Friends,” which was directed by Branagh.
In 1988, Collie had her work featured onscreen in Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.”
Of her design for the film, Christopher Laverty said: “You could not pick up a men...
- 10/31/2024
- by Andrés Buenahora
- Variety - Film News
Jackrabbit Media has wrapped production on its in-house thriller Lookout and will commence sales at the AFM in Las Vegas next week.
Stefan Colson whose credits include Ghosts Of Red Ridge, directs the story starring Meghan Carrasquillo from Blind Waters as a young woman seeking solitude and clarity who takes a job at a remote fire lookout tower.
However as she settles into her new role strange occurrences take place and she begins to put the pieces together in an effort to understand what is happening. Trent Culkin (Ghosts Of Red Ridge) andJohn Marrs (Outlaw Johnny Black) also star.
The...
Stefan Colson whose credits include Ghosts Of Red Ridge, directs the story starring Meghan Carrasquillo from Blind Waters as a young woman seeking solitude and clarity who takes a job at a remote fire lookout tower.
However as she settles into her new role strange occurrences take place and she begins to put the pieces together in an effort to understand what is happening. Trent Culkin (Ghosts Of Red Ridge) andJohn Marrs (Outlaw Johnny Black) also star.
The...
- 10/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
Kevin Costner might have left "Yellowstone" behind following the end of season 5A, but his shadow will always loom large over the popular Paramount series. As John Dutton III, head of the Dutton ranch, Costner very much defined the show, helping propel its success and bringing his significant experience with Westerns along with him. Costner knows what makes a Western succeed or fail, with the actor telling People:
"I've always believed a good Western isn't always just rushing towards its gunfight. If you can create language and situations, and then you end up at a gunfight, I think it can be an amazing movie or TV show."
In other words, Costner likes some actual acting alongside his action when it comes to Westerns, and what better way to flesh out characters than with a five-season series that paints a vivid and complex picture of life on a Montana ranch.
That's...
"I've always believed a good Western isn't always just rushing towards its gunfight. If you can create language and situations, and then you end up at a gunfight, I think it can be an amazing movie or TV show."
In other words, Costner likes some actual acting alongside his action when it comes to Westerns, and what better way to flesh out characters than with a five-season series that paints a vivid and complex picture of life on a Montana ranch.
That's...
- 10/31/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
After four successful “Lego” movies at Warner Bros.— “The Lego Movie,” “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” “Lego Batman,” and the “Lego Ninjago Movie”— Universal, who signed a five-year deal to make films between 2020 and 2025, are taking a crack at it finally.
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Today, Universal announced that it is making three untitled live-action movies with directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins, and “Attack the Block” filmmaker Joe Cornish.
Continue reading Filmmakers Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins & Joe Cornish To Direct Live-Action Lego Movies For Universal at The Playlist.
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Today, Universal announced that it is making three untitled live-action movies with directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins, and “Attack the Block” filmmaker Joe Cornish.
Continue reading Filmmakers Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins & Joe Cornish To Direct Live-Action Lego Movies For Universal at The Playlist.
- 10/31/2024
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Jesse Eisenberg entered the Zoom chat for our “A Real Pain” interview with a splint on his finger. In between press duties for his second directorial feature — a surefire awards contender after winning prizes up and down the festival circuit — he’s been in production on the stunt-heavy “Now You See Me 3” in Budapest and Antwerp. In the film, he reprises his role as arrogant illusionist Danny Atlas, far-flung from his self-directed role as Danny Kaplan, a wound-up New Yorker on a Holocaust tour in Poland with his estranged and more confidently affable cousin (Kieran Culkin), in “A Real Pain.”
“I tore a ligament doing a stunt last week [on ‘Now You See Me 3’],” Eisenberg told IndieWire. “It’s really going to be fine; I just can’t take this thing off. It was a massive [stunt]. 20-foot high ceilings and a 20-foot wide hallway in a mansion. It’s a movie set,...
“I tore a ligament doing a stunt last week [on ‘Now You See Me 3’],” Eisenberg told IndieWire. “It’s really going to be fine; I just can’t take this thing off. It was a massive [stunt]. 20-foot high ceilings and a 20-foot wide hallway in a mansion. It’s a movie set,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Building on what is already the largest film-related collection in the world, comprised of more than 52 million items, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed some of their most recent acquisitions today, including the Studio Ghibli animation collection, which contains more than 80 pieces of original art by Hayao Miyazaki and Noboru Yoshida, as well as the studio’s Japanese movie posters and animator’s desk. Another hot ticket item, presented at the Academy Museum Gala on October 19 in Los Angeles, is Quentin Tarantino’s personal, handwritten script for “Pulp Fiction,” which won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar and celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.
Filmmakers Curtis Hanson, Nicole Holofcener, Barbara Kopple, Oliver Stone, and Paul Verhoeven also donated their personal collections to the Academy, which features production records, photographs, scripts, and more from films such as “L.A. Confidential,” “Harlan County, U.S.A,” “Platoon,” “Showgirls,” and “Enough Said.
Filmmakers Curtis Hanson, Nicole Holofcener, Barbara Kopple, Oliver Stone, and Paul Verhoeven also donated their personal collections to the Academy, which features production records, photographs, scripts, and more from films such as “L.A. Confidential,” “Harlan County, U.S.A,” “Platoon,” “Showgirls,” and “Enough Said.
- 10/31/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Quentin Tarantino has not seen Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies and has no intention of changing that, despite the rave reviews. During an interview on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” (the same interview where Tarantino defended “Joker: Folie à Deux”), the filmmaker was asked about whether or not “Dune: Part Two” was the best movie of the year as many have proclaimed. He didn’t have an answer because he’s not going to watch it.
“I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again,” Tarantino said about his lack of interest in Villeneuve’s adaptations. “I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically.”
Tarantino has nothing against Villeneuve, he’s just not interested in watching a story he’s already familiar with due to...
“I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again,” Tarantino said about his lack of interest in Villeneuve’s adaptations. “I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically.”
Tarantino has nothing against Villeneuve, he’s just not interested in watching a story he’s already familiar with due to...
- 10/31/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Megan Thee Stallion drew inspiration from her late mother to find the strength to open up in the new Prime Video documentary, “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words.”
Directed by Nneka Onuorah, the film captures the rapper (real name Megan Pete) dealing with grief, her mother and manager Holly Thomas’ death from cancer in 2019 and mental health issues that included suicidal thoughts. The doc also includes tackles the conviction of Tory Lanez after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting her during a roadside assault in 2020.
“I really feel like I drew a lot of strength from my mom,” Megan told me at the doc’s premiere Wednesday night at Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. “I know my mama was super outspoken and she was super tough, and I feel like once I found my mom’s voice in myself, I was like, ‘Go out there and tell...
Directed by Nneka Onuorah, the film captures the rapper (real name Megan Pete) dealing with grief, her mother and manager Holly Thomas’ death from cancer in 2019 and mental health issues that included suicidal thoughts. The doc also includes tackles the conviction of Tory Lanez after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting her during a roadside assault in 2020.
“I really feel like I drew a lot of strength from my mom,” Megan told me at the doc’s premiere Wednesday night at Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. “I know my mama was super outspoken and she was super tough, and I feel like once I found my mom’s voice in myself, I was like, ‘Go out there and tell...
- 10/31/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety - Film News
“Arthouse” is a vague term that means different things to different people. What began as a piece of industry jargon to describe theaters that exist outside of the mainstream distribution ecosystem is often used as a catch-all term for thoughtful films that are elegantly composed and don’t blatantly pander to the lowest common denominator. It’s an adjective that is highly context dependent — plenty of “arthouse” films released in 2024 could have been marketed as perfectly mainstream fare a few decades ago.
But with that caveat in mind, it can still be a useful term for those looking for cinema that will challenge them. Regardless of a film’s distribution model, declaring something an “arthouse” project can be a tacit endorsement of its cinematography, design, intellectualism, acting, and use of symbolism. That is particularly true when it comes to horror movies. Horror has long been one of the most elastic film genres under the sun,...
But with that caveat in mind, it can still be a useful term for those looking for cinema that will challenge them. Regardless of a film’s distribution model, declaring something an “arthouse” project can be a tacit endorsement of its cinematography, design, intellectualism, acting, and use of symbolism. That is particularly true when it comes to horror movies. Horror has long been one of the most elastic film genres under the sun,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
You know the drill: a successful franchise with intellectual property value cannot stay idle. So, after the success of “It” and “It Chapter Two,” filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, who directed and produced the first two films, are returning with the spin-off prequel series, “It: Welcome To Derry.” The series comes from Warner Bros. Television and was developed for television by the Muschiettis and Jason Fuchs, “It: Welcome To Derry” will debut in 2025 on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
Continue reading ‘It: Welcome To Derry’ First Look: HBO’s Upcoming Prequel Series Scares Up A 2025 Premiere at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘It: Welcome To Derry’ First Look: HBO’s Upcoming Prequel Series Scares Up A 2025 Premiere at The Playlist.
- 10/31/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Raven Banner has acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Cis and Lartin America to Mexican genre veteran Isaac Ezban’s Fantasia selection Parvulos.
‘Parvulos’: Fantasia Review
The post-apocalyptic horror centres on three young brothers who attempt to survive a zombie apocalypse while maintaining maintain some semblance of normality.
When new threats appear at their doorstep, they quickly discover that their world is far more dangerous than they initially realised. Felix Farid Escalante, Leonardo Cervantes, and Mateo Ortega star. Ezban and Ricardo Aguardo-Fentanes co-wrote the screenplay.
Parvulos was produced by Natalia Contreras, Javier Sepulveda, Eduardo Lecuona and Isaac Ezban.
Raven Banner...
‘Parvulos’: Fantasia Review
The post-apocalyptic horror centres on three young brothers who attempt to survive a zombie apocalypse while maintaining maintain some semblance of normality.
When new threats appear at their doorstep, they quickly discover that their world is far more dangerous than they initially realised. Felix Farid Escalante, Leonardo Cervantes, and Mateo Ortega star. Ezban and Ricardo Aguardo-Fentanes co-wrote the screenplay.
Parvulos was produced by Natalia Contreras, Javier Sepulveda, Eduardo Lecuona and Isaac Ezban.
Raven Banner...
- 10/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
Theo James, horror movie regular? That looks to be the latest trend for the British actor, as he’ll follow up starring in Oz Perkins‘ “The Monkey” with Korean director Kim Jee-woon‘s latest genre venture, “The Hole.”
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Based on Hye-young Pyun‘s Shirley Jackson Award-winning 2017 novel, “The Hole” stars James as Owen, a professor living abroad in South Korea, bedridden after a car accident that killed his wife, Sandy.
Continue reading ‘The Hole’: Theo James To Star In Korean Director Kim Jee-Woon’s Return To Horror Genre at The Playlist.
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Based on Hye-young Pyun‘s Shirley Jackson Award-winning 2017 novel, “The Hole” stars James as Owen, a professor living abroad in South Korea, bedridden after a car accident that killed his wife, Sandy.
Continue reading ‘The Hole’: Theo James To Star In Korean Director Kim Jee-Woon’s Return To Horror Genre at The Playlist.
- 10/31/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
The end of the holiday season in America will be marked by one thing and one thing only: the arrival of "Squid Game" season 2. The smash hit South Korean series from Netflix and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk became the streaming juggernaut's most popular series of all time, inspiring a reality TV competition show (that completely misses the point of the original series) and an upcoming sister series set in America from David Fincher (that will probably be awesome). Although it took over a decade for Dong-hyuk to get "Squid Game" into eyeballs across the globe, Netflix is making sure the show will end without another big break between seasons; season 2 hits just after Christmas, and the third and final season will drop sometime in 2025. Considering the show's premise revolves around hundreds of people dying in an attempt to secure financial stability, season 2 unfortunately won't see a lot of returning faces (Rip...
- 10/31/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
A Tiny Star Trek: Lower Decks Easter Egg References One Of The Next Generation's Weirdest Characters
The latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," titled "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel," takes place on the Cosmic Duchess, a massive, massive vacation cruise ship that has been outfitted with multiple enclosed, environmentally controlled vacation biomes. The ship includes a ski resort, a beach resort, a tropical river, and a slot machine-encrusted casino. The Duchess looks a lot like Earthship Ark from the short-lived 1973 Harlan Ellison sci-fi series "The Starlost," but it's unlikely anyone will understand that reference.
Early in the episode, Lieutenants Mariner (Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) enthusiastically read a list of the Duchess' amenities. Mariner notes that they have 240 24-hour spas, an indoor water park, and, perhaps bafflingly, an underwater dry park. No one knows what an underwater dry park is, but they're eager to try. Boimler also notes that one of the space casinos has a bunch of Dixon Hill slot machines.
Ignoring for...
Early in the episode, Lieutenants Mariner (Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) enthusiastically read a list of the Duchess' amenities. Mariner notes that they have 240 24-hour spas, an indoor water park, and, perhaps bafflingly, an underwater dry park. No one knows what an underwater dry park is, but they're eager to try. Boimler also notes that one of the space casinos has a bunch of Dixon Hill slot machines.
Ignoring for...
- 10/31/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Lego Group has enlisted directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins and Joe Cornish to helm a trio of live-action movies for Universal Pictures.
Plot details of the three untitled movies are yet to be revealed, but the filmmakers behind each project have been announced. All three films will be produced by the Lego Group’s Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians.
Kasdan will direct from a script written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The project is based on an original idea and previous draft by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. Kasdan will also produce the film with Melvin Mar under their Detective Agency banner.
Jenkins will direct from a script she co-wrote with Geoff Johns, reteaming after they co-wrote “Wonder Woman 1984” (with Dave Callaham). Jenkins will produce the movie through her Wicious Pictures.
Cornish will rewrite to direct the third film. Heather Anne Campbell wrote a previous draft of...
Plot details of the three untitled movies are yet to be revealed, but the filmmakers behind each project have been announced. All three films will be produced by the Lego Group’s Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians.
Kasdan will direct from a script written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The project is based on an original idea and previous draft by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. Kasdan will also produce the film with Melvin Mar under their Detective Agency banner.
Jenkins will direct from a script she co-wrote with Geoff Johns, reteaming after they co-wrote “Wonder Woman 1984” (with Dave Callaham). Jenkins will produce the movie through her Wicious Pictures.
Cornish will rewrite to direct the third film. Heather Anne Campbell wrote a previous draft of...
- 10/31/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety - Film News
The “Bluebeard”-like hook of splendors granted on one condition — never, ever enter a household’s specific forbidden zone — raises expectations of a spooky, macabre good time. Those expectations are almost entirely thwarted by “Cellar Door,” even to the degree of our never actually peeking behind the titular locked portal. Starring Jordana Brewster and Scott Speedman as a couple gifted luxe new digs with the aforementioned proviso, Vaughn Stein’s thriller is too simplistic and implausible to provide any chills. But despite some lurid eventual plot elements, it’s also too blandly slick in a TV-movie mode to offer much trashy fun. Lionsgate launches the feature in limited U.S. theaters plus on-demand platforms on Nov. 1.
The Winters are an innocuously attractive and devoted yuppie couple lent little distinguishing personality here by performers or script. John (Speedman) is a valued employee at an architecture firm; Sera (Brewster) a mathematics prof as well as accomplished pianist.
The Winters are an innocuously attractive and devoted yuppie couple lent little distinguishing personality here by performers or script. John (Speedman) is a valued employee at an architecture firm; Sera (Brewster) a mathematics prof as well as accomplished pianist.
- 10/31/2024
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety - Film News
Move over, spoiler-phobes. As much as the internet and anti-spoiler crowd have changed the entire way we talk about movies in recent years, those days might be officially behind us. Another contender has entered the ring and seems fully intent on battling for the title of Chief Arbiter of Film Discourse. For anyone who ever considered the state of the movie industry and thought that notorious sticklers for detail like Neil DeGrasse Tyson should be ruling the roost -- looking at you, my freshman history professor whose name I'm mercifully withholding -- we have great news. Welcome to the dawn of a new age, one where we finally end the scourge of fiction that dares to stray too far from fact in the pursuit of entertainment. No fun allowed around these parts, folks!
Okay, so it's not really as dramatic as all that, but tell that to some actual historians...
Okay, so it's not really as dramatic as all that, but tell that to some actual historians...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in October 2023. It has since been updated with new entries.]
What’s better than seeing your favorite sitcom characters shed their hum-drum outfits and status quo subplots for the theatrical costumes and hair-raising horror that only comes with Halloween? From “Freaks and Geeks” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” to “Parks and Recreation” and “Bob’s Burgers,” the best TV comedies celebrate October 31 with seasonal half-hours that inspire as much festive fun as they do nail-biting fear.
The most memorable Halloween sitcom episodes go beyond tossing pumpkins at the set dressing and instead dig deep to figure out what the annual celebration of things that go bump in the night might really mean to their characters. Stand-out shows find ways to bring specificity to their Halloween renderings, carefully considering everything from the narratively powerful meaning (or dramatically ironic coding!) behind characters’ costumes to the range of All Hallows’ Eve settings that can fit a story best.
A costume party can be...
What’s better than seeing your favorite sitcom characters shed their hum-drum outfits and status quo subplots for the theatrical costumes and hair-raising horror that only comes with Halloween? From “Freaks and Geeks” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” to “Parks and Recreation” and “Bob’s Burgers,” the best TV comedies celebrate October 31 with seasonal half-hours that inspire as much festive fun as they do nail-biting fear.
The most memorable Halloween sitcom episodes go beyond tossing pumpkins at the set dressing and instead dig deep to figure out what the annual celebration of things that go bump in the night might really mean to their characters. Stand-out shows find ways to bring specificity to their Halloween renderings, carefully considering everything from the narratively powerful meaning (or dramatically ironic coding!) behind characters’ costumes to the range of All Hallows’ Eve settings that can fit a story best.
A costume party can be...
- 10/31/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Rather than taking the obvious route with an action-heavy, fictionalized portrait of French thief Bruno Sulak’s criminal misadventures of the late 1970s and early ’80s, filmmaker Mélanie Laurent shrewdly treats “Freedom” as an introspective, tragic romance centered on one man’s purpose and passion. Her creative instincts prove correct, though flawed and not exactly all that unique given the existence of “Heat,” “Thief” and a litany of other titles that traverse similar thematic territory. While she and co-writer Christophe Deslandes hit tonal notes at an efficient pace and introduce fascinating angles connecting the three leads, their spin on true-life events, exploring the psyches behind all involved, barely scratches the surface, leaving its impact severely blunted.
When we first meet rebellious mastermind Bruno, he’s knocking over small-town supermarkets for sport with his getaway-driver girlfriend Annie (Léa Luce Busato) and burly bagman buddy Drago (Steve Tientcheu). They’ve been raking...
When we first meet rebellious mastermind Bruno, he’s knocking over small-town supermarkets for sport with his getaway-driver girlfriend Annie (Léa Luce Busato) and burly bagman buddy Drago (Steve Tientcheu). They’ve been raking...
- 10/31/2024
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety - Film News
When Josh Margolin first heard that his grandmother had nearly become the victim of a phone scam — in which someone pretending to be Margolin attempted to score thousands of dollars from the elder — he immediately felt ill at ease and violated on her behalf. But it didn’t take long for the writer-director to recognize a great story: What if his grandmother had given away her money and, upon realizing the scam, set out to get revenge? The result is Margolin’s feature debut Thelma, starring June Squibb in the eponymous role as a 93-year-old Los Angeles resident who doesn’t […]
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The post “There’s an Inherent Absurdity to the Lengths She Goes”: Josh Margolin on Thelma first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/31/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
After a fall-off in popularity (and quality) throughout much of the 1990s, teen-skewing comedies were suddenly all the rage in Hollywood again at the turn of the millennium. The "Pygmalion"-inspired "She's All That" kicked off the craze, which included such highs as "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Dick," and more lows than I care to remember. These films were quite clearly the offspring of John Hughes' 1980s classics, but they could rarely come close to the mix of insouciance and sentimentality that made his films snap. They also weren't very funny, which didn't help.
The best film of this brief renaissance by far was Peyton Reed's "Bring It On," which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. Working from a spiky-sexy-hilarious screenplay by Jessica Bendinger, Reed's movie kicks off with an exuberant opening cheer routine and never loses an ounce of zip on its way to a thrilling...
The best film of this brief renaissance by far was Peyton Reed's "Bring It On," which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. Working from a spiky-sexy-hilarious screenplay by Jessica Bendinger, Reed's movie kicks off with an exuberant opening cheer routine and never loses an ounce of zip on its way to a thrilling...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
It looks like Hollywood and movie theaters are going to have a lot to be thankful for very soon. That's because the Thanksgiving frame is shaping up to be an absolute juggernaut, with not one, not two, but three different films looking to sell a lot of tickets as we head into the holiday season, with Universal's musical "Wicked" and Paramount's long-awaited sequel "Gladiator II" leading the way. While the films couldn't be more different on paper, early box office tracking suggests they have something in common. Namely, general audiences are very interested in both of them.
"Wicked" is currently tracking for an opening weekend of $80 million or more domestically, while "Gladiator II" is eyeing an opening in the $65 million range, per early tracking numbers provided by Deadline. It's very early to start getting hyperbolic, but we could be looking at another Barbenheimer situation here. Last year, Greta Gerwig...
"Wicked" is currently tracking for an opening weekend of $80 million or more domestically, while "Gladiator II" is eyeing an opening in the $65 million range, per early tracking numbers provided by Deadline. It's very early to start getting hyperbolic, but we could be looking at another Barbenheimer situation here. Last year, Greta Gerwig...
- 10/31/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
For his film debut in “Blitz,” Elliott Heffernan had a tall order.
He had to perform in perilous scenes that found his character running through WWII battlefields as bombs dropped, leaping from a moving train and getting caught in a flash flood. But when the now 11-year-old actor faced his most challenging moment – having to cry on cue – he was able to use his greatest fears to pull it off. “I pretended my mom was taking away my PlayStation,” Heffernan reveals.
It worked; the young actor is earning raves for his turn in the Steve McQueen epic, playing George, the mixed-race son of Saorise Ronan’s single mother Rita. As WWII rages on and London endures an aerial bombardment, Rita makes the agonizing decision to send George away to safety in the country, despite his pleas. George ends up fleeing and, in his effort to return to his family, encounters a series of new threats.
He had to perform in perilous scenes that found his character running through WWII battlefields as bombs dropped, leaping from a moving train and getting caught in a flash flood. But when the now 11-year-old actor faced his most challenging moment – having to cry on cue – he was able to use his greatest fears to pull it off. “I pretended my mom was taking away my PlayStation,” Heffernan reveals.
It worked; the young actor is earning raves for his turn in the Steve McQueen epic, playing George, the mixed-race son of Saorise Ronan’s single mother Rita. As WWII rages on and London endures an aerial bombardment, Rita makes the agonizing decision to send George away to safety in the country, despite his pleas. George ends up fleeing and, in his effort to return to his family, encounters a series of new threats.
- 10/31/2024
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety - Film News
Brace yourselves, movie audiences: a new “Cliffhanger” movie is on the way. But the upcoming reboot isn’t the same concept that once had Sylvester Stallone returning and Ana Lily Amirpour attached to direct. It turns out Stallone isn’t back after all, and Amirpour’s out behind the camera, although her all-female story is still the basis of the script.
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Instead Jaume Collet-Serra directs Lily James and Pierce Brosnan in the starring roles of the action reboot.
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Instead Jaume Collet-Serra directs Lily James and Pierce Brosnan in the starring roles of the action reboot.
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- 10/31/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Stephanie Collie, the UK costume designer who created the iconic fashion look on the first season of Peaky Blinders, has died at the age of 60.
Collie died on October 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London, following a terminal cancer diagnosis six months previously.
Collie based the look for Tommy Shelby and his early 20th century Birmingham street gang on criminal mugshots of the period. Her costume choices had significant influence on British fashion, and their effect continues to be felt 10 years after the show premiered.
Following a degree from the London College of Fashion, Collie worked in the sewing room at the BBC,...
Collie died on October 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London, following a terminal cancer diagnosis six months previously.
Collie based the look for Tommy Shelby and his early 20th century Birmingham street gang on criminal mugshots of the period. Her costume choices had significant influence on British fashion, and their effect continues to be felt 10 years after the show premiered.
Following a degree from the London College of Fashion, Collie worked in the sewing room at the BBC,...
- 10/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
As always, things are going from bad to worse for the X-Men. Thanks to the Orchis terrorist group (and likely Marvel Comics editorial pressure), the mutant homeland of Krakoa is no more and mutants are displaced people scattered across the globe. One faction, led by Cyclops and Magneto, has set up a refugee colony in Alaska; residents include Beast, Psylocke, Juggernaut, Magik, Temper, and Quentin Quire. Together, these mutants make up the cast of "X-Men" by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman.
While Stegman's art carries on from '90s X-Men superstar artist Jim Lee, MacKay is pulling from Grant Morrison's "New X-Men." The driving arc of "X-Men," so far, is Cyclops and co. discovering several newly "activated" mutants who are getting powers into adulthood, well past when they should — because their X-Genes are unnatural. Meaning, someone is turning humans into mutants.
This calls back to Morrison's villains the U-Men,...
While Stegman's art carries on from '90s X-Men superstar artist Jim Lee, MacKay is pulling from Grant Morrison's "New X-Men." The driving arc of "X-Men," so far, is Cyclops and co. discovering several newly "activated" mutants who are getting powers into adulthood, well past when they should — because their X-Genes are unnatural. Meaning, someone is turning humans into mutants.
This calls back to Morrison's villains the U-Men,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Quentin Tarantino, best known for his supporting turn in "Destiny Turns on the Radio," has never been shy about his taste in movies. Tarantino has long been drawn to aggressively masculine genre films, Westerns, war pictures, martial arts films, and anything one might have seen at a run-down grindhouse theater in 1977. He also likes very terse, tense movies, and has listed Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," William Friedkin's "Sorcerer," and Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" as his favorites. He's likewise admitted to having fond feelings for "The Great Escape" (who doesn't?) and thinks very highly of Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk." It's easy to guess that he similarly loves "Rio Bravo" and "Apocalypse Now," and he often recommends the Sonny Chiba vehicle "The Street Fighter" from 1974.
Despite his tastes, however, Tarantino remains cinematically omnivorous, taking in hundreds of movies a year, sussing out the pop...
Despite his tastes, however, Tarantino remains cinematically omnivorous, taking in hundreds of movies a year, sussing out the pop...
- 10/31/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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