After she won the 2021 Palme d’Or for Titane, in a which a sociopathic stripper becomes a serial killer and has sex with muscle cars, Julia Ducournau was effusive in her gratitude to the Cannes Film Festival. “Thank you for calling for more diversity in our experiences of film and our lives,” she said. “Thank you for letting in the monsters.”
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
- 5/15/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Karim Aïnouz is harnessing the sweaty desire of corruption for his latest erotic thriller “Motel Destino.”
The Brazilian filmmaker returns to his native country for the feature, which was shot entirely in Aïnouz’s homeland of Ceará. “Motel Destino” stars Iago Xavier and Nataly Rocha, who were selected from an extensive casting process, and renowned Brazilian actor Fabio Assunção.
Per the official synopsis, neon-hued Motel Destino is a roadside sex hotel under the burning blue skies of the Northeastern coast of Brazil, run by the boorish Elias and his frustrated, beautiful wife Dayana. When 21-year-old Heraldo finds himself at the motel, after messing up a hit and going on the run from both the police and the gang he let down, Dayana finds herself intrigued and lets him stay. As the two navigate a dance of power, desire and liberation, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges. In this tropical noir,...
The Brazilian filmmaker returns to his native country for the feature, which was shot entirely in Aïnouz’s homeland of Ceará. “Motel Destino” stars Iago Xavier and Nataly Rocha, who were selected from an extensive casting process, and renowned Brazilian actor Fabio Assunção.
Per the official synopsis, neon-hued Motel Destino is a roadside sex hotel under the burning blue skies of the Northeastern coast of Brazil, run by the boorish Elias and his frustrated, beautiful wife Dayana. When 21-year-old Heraldo finds himself at the motel, after messing up a hit and going on the run from both the police and the gang he let down, Dayana finds herself intrigued and lets him stay. As the two navigate a dance of power, desire and liberation, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges. In this tropical noir,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have partnered to take US rights to Love Me, Sam and Andy Zuchero’s Sundance premiere starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun.
The companies, which previously teamed on The Wedding Banquet, will co-release the film theatrically across the US early next year.
WME Independent will represent international rights to the film, beginning at this week’s Cannes market.
Love Me, which won Sundance’s Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize after its world premiere at this year’s festival, blends live action and animation to tell a love story about two machines that evolve into human beings.
The companies, which previously teamed on The Wedding Banquet, will co-release the film theatrically across the US early next year.
WME Independent will represent international rights to the film, beginning at this week’s Cannes market.
Love Me, which won Sundance’s Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize after its world premiere at this year’s festival, blends live action and animation to tell a love story about two machines that evolve into human beings.
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
One of the most important elements of delivering a memorable movie monster is the reveal. It’s a pivotal moment that finally sees the threat reveal itself in full to its prey, often heralding the final climactic confrontation, which can make or break a movie monster. It’s not just the creature effects and craftmanship laid bare; a monster’s reveal means the horror is no longer up to the viewer’s imagination.
When to reveal the monstrous threat is just as important as How, and few contemporary creature features have delivered a monster reveal as surprising or as cool as 2020’s Underwater.
The Setup
Director William Eubank’s aquatic creature feature, written by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) and Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan), is set around a deep water research and drilling facility, Kepler 822, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, sometime in the future.
When to reveal the monstrous threat is just as important as How, and few contemporary creature features have delivered a monster reveal as surprising or as cool as 2020’s Underwater.
The Setup
Director William Eubank’s aquatic creature feature, written by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) and Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan), is set around a deep water research and drilling facility, Kepler 822, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, sometime in the future.
- 5/14/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Robert Pattinson is an iconic actor known for portraying the role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise followed by Batman in The Batman (yeah, quite the jump). With an expansive career to his name, Pattinson is quite an actor who is loved worldwide.
Robert Pattinson in a still from The Batman (via WB)
However, it seems that Pattinson wasn’t doing good on his hygiene when he was a part of the Twilight franchise. As per reports from an insider and even his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart, Pattinson allegedly had a bad smell around him during the filming of Twilight!
Robert Pattinson Was Allegedly Not Hygienic During Twilight!
After his fame as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Pattinson was hired for the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight. Being a movie about vampires and werewolves (and a love triangle in between), the movie had a...
Robert Pattinson in a still from The Batman (via WB)
However, it seems that Pattinson wasn’t doing good on his hygiene when he was a part of the Twilight franchise. As per reports from an insider and even his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart, Pattinson allegedly had a bad smell around him during the filming of Twilight!
Robert Pattinson Was Allegedly Not Hygienic During Twilight!
After his fame as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Pattinson was hired for the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight. Being a movie about vampires and werewolves (and a love triangle in between), the movie had a...
- 5/14/2024
- by Visarg Acharya
- FandomWire
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have teamed up for the U.S. release of Love Me, the cosmic love story starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun that bowed in Sundance as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section.
The film, the debut feature for writers and directors Sam and Andy Zuchero, a husband and wife filmmaking team, is being shopped in Cannes by WME Independent for foreign sales. Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures plan an early 2025 release for the pic that earned the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Sundance as it mixes live action, animation, animatronics and game engine architecture.
Love Me also explores topics surrounding AI and identity as the characters played by Stewart and Yeun evolve from animatronic machines to human beings in a love story that spans billions of years. Taking place after humanity’s collapse, the film follows a satellite and buoy as they fall in love.
The film, the debut feature for writers and directors Sam and Andy Zuchero, a husband and wife filmmaking team, is being shopped in Cannes by WME Independent for foreign sales. Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures plan an early 2025 release for the pic that earned the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Sundance as it mixes live action, animation, animatronics and game engine architecture.
Love Me also explores topics surrounding AI and identity as the characters played by Stewart and Yeun evolve from animatronic machines to human beings in a love story that spans billions of years. Taking place after humanity’s collapse, the film follows a satellite and buoy as they fall in love.
- 5/14/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bleecker Street and ShivHans have partnered to take U.S. rights to the cosmic love story “Love Me,” written and directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, and starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. Bleecker Street will co-release the film with ShivHans Pictures, with a U.S. nationwide theatrical release planned for early 2025.
WME Independent has come on board to represent the international rights to the film, beginning in Cannes this week.
“Love Me” made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was also awarded the festival’s Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to an outstanding title focusing on science or technology.
In the film, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover who they are and what it means to be alive and in love. Blending live-action and animation,...
WME Independent has come on board to represent the international rights to the film, beginning in Cannes this week.
“Love Me” made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was also awarded the festival’s Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to an outstanding title focusing on science or technology.
In the film, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover who they are and what it means to be alive and in love. Blending live-action and animation,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Someone loves “Love Me.” The indie romance starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun that made its premiere in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival will be released theatrically in the U.S. by Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures. The film will open in theaters in 2025.
“Love Me” from directors Sam and Andy Zuchero is the story of a buoy and a satellite who meet online long after humanity’s extinction. Stewart and Yeun play human manifestations of the two animatronic lovers who have evolved after billions of years of love and romance. The film explores what it means to be alive and be in love all as they learn about what life was like on Earth before humanity’s extinction.
Bleecker is co-distributing “Love Me” alongside ShivHans, which also produced the film. Both entities have financial skin in the game in terms of handling its theatrical release strategy.
“Love Me” from directors Sam and Andy Zuchero is the story of a buoy and a satellite who meet online long after humanity’s extinction. Stewart and Yeun play human manifestations of the two animatronic lovers who have evolved after billions of years of love and romance. The film explores what it means to be alive and be in love all as they learn about what life was like on Earth before humanity’s extinction.
Bleecker is co-distributing “Love Me” alongside ShivHans, which also produced the film. Both entities have financial skin in the game in terms of handling its theatrical release strategy.
- 5/14/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures will co-release Love Me, a cosmic romance starring Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding) and Steven Yeun (Minari) that world premiered at Sundance at top of year, where it was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. Written and directed by Sam & Andy Zuchero, in their feature debut, the film is slated for a nationwide theatrical release in early 2025.
WME Independent will rep international rights to the film, beginning in Cannes this week.
Love Me sees a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover who they are and what it means to be alive and in love. Blending live-action and animation, the film is produced by ShivHans Pictures, 2Am and AgX. Kevin Rowe, Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Shivani Rawat and Julie Goldstein served as producers, with Daniel Bekerman, Christine D’Souza Gelb...
WME Independent will rep international rights to the film, beginning in Cannes this week.
Love Me sees a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover who they are and what it means to be alive and in love. Blending live-action and animation, the film is produced by ShivHans Pictures, 2Am and AgX. Kevin Rowe, Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Shivani Rawat and Julie Goldstein served as producers, with Daniel Bekerman, Christine D’Souza Gelb...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A year removed from the start of the WGA strike, we’re just starting to see what recovery looks like. It’s rough: TIFF and AFM were disappointing, and Berlin didn’t offer many appealing talent packages. Projects are taking a long time to come together, if they’re happening at all.
However, Cannes may offer a silver lining: The post-strike market may mean a decline in the annual onslaught of trade announcements for movie projects that go nowhere.
“There’s still a lag in the marketplace where stuff isn’t filming; that’s going to affect what’s going on in production right now,” said one domestic sales agent. “During the WGA strike, a lot of talent had taken a seat and said, ‘What is it we really want from the marketplace? We want a different kind of quality.’ You hear it a lot from actors: ‘We want better movies.
However, Cannes may offer a silver lining: The post-strike market may mean a decline in the annual onslaught of trade announcements for movie projects that go nowhere.
“There’s still a lag in the marketplace where stuff isn’t filming; that’s going to affect what’s going on in production right now,” said one domestic sales agent. “During the WGA strike, a lot of talent had taken a seat and said, ‘What is it we really want from the marketplace? We want a different kind of quality.’ You hear it a lot from actors: ‘We want better movies.
- 5/14/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Are we headed for a bon marché?
A new class of finished films and packages (unmade movies with big stars and a director attached) will travel to Cannes this week in search of cash and homes with the studios, streamers and global indie players.
The 2024 Cannes market comes equipped with some interesting contradictions. Stateside, the content buying machine is fraught. Major media stock prices are getting hammered day by day, and a new age of austerity has gripped the once free-spending tech giants. At the same time, distributors paralyzed by the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes need content to fill their slates for the end the year and the top of 2025.
“We’d agree that finished film volume isn’t as high due to the strikes, but Cannes is a much better setting for packages to begin with,” one top sales agent told Variety. “These movies can get financed out of the international marketplace,...
A new class of finished films and packages (unmade movies with big stars and a director attached) will travel to Cannes this week in search of cash and homes with the studios, streamers and global indie players.
The 2024 Cannes market comes equipped with some interesting contradictions. Stateside, the content buying machine is fraught. Major media stock prices are getting hammered day by day, and a new age of austerity has gripped the once free-spending tech giants. At the same time, distributors paralyzed by the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes need content to fill their slates for the end the year and the top of 2025.
“We’d agree that finished film volume isn’t as high due to the strikes, but Cannes is a much better setting for packages to begin with,” one top sales agent told Variety. “These movies can get financed out of the international marketplace,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The overriding message this market? “There’s a lot”.
“A few weeks ago we thought there would a decent amount but, wow, there’s a lot”, one packaging agent told us.
They continued: “After a busy EFM, once again it feels like a healthy market in terms of product. The early responses from the sellers and indie buyers has been good. Those international distributors have re-stabilised their business somewhat, more so than the streamers. We’ll know more in a week but at the moment there are plenty of decently priced projects with meaningful actors, directors and scripts, and there is a good spread of projects.”
There’s Kristen Stewart returning on a vampire movie, Dwayne Johnson in a big-budget A24 wrestling movie, Mahershalah Ali in a gritty big-canvas crime movie, a couple of Jason Statham projects for those who want brawn, historical drama with Russell Crowe, a YA empowerment pic with Chris Pratt,...
“A few weeks ago we thought there would a decent amount but, wow, there’s a lot”, one packaging agent told us.
They continued: “After a busy EFM, once again it feels like a healthy market in terms of product. The early responses from the sellers and indie buyers has been good. Those international distributors have re-stabilised their business somewhat, more so than the streamers. We’ll know more in a week but at the moment there are plenty of decently priced projects with meaningful actors, directors and scripts, and there is a good spread of projects.”
There’s Kristen Stewart returning on a vampire movie, Dwayne Johnson in a big-budget A24 wrestling movie, Mahershalah Ali in a gritty big-canvas crime movie, a couple of Jason Statham projects for those who want brawn, historical drama with Russell Crowe, a YA empowerment pic with Chris Pratt,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival is bracing for a tumultuous 77th edition. As wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, attendees and organizers anticipate protests, politically charged speeches and pins and flags that signal solidarity with Palestinian civilians, Israeli hostages and Ukrainians looking for more military assistance from the West as they try to fend off the Russian invasion.
But if the festival has its way, there will be none of that. The city of Cannes preemptively banned protests along the Croisette and its surroundings during the 11-day festival. Likewise, the festival hired private security to trail the Competition jurors including Eva Green and Lily Gladstone to keep activists from approaching them. And while the festival was initially amenable to a plan for Arab filmmakers to wear pins showing support for the Palestinians under siege in Gaza, it changed course and will not take part in the distribution of them as well...
But if the festival has its way, there will be none of that. The city of Cannes preemptively banned protests along the Croisette and its surroundings during the 11-day festival. Likewise, the festival hired private security to trail the Competition jurors including Eva Green and Lily Gladstone to keep activists from approaching them. And while the festival was initially amenable to a plan for Arab filmmakers to wear pins showing support for the Palestinians under siege in Gaza, it changed course and will not take part in the distribution of them as well...
- 5/14/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Last summer, Paul Schrader was about to start shooting “Oh, Canada,” his adaptation of Russell Banks’ novel about a troubled artist taking stock of his life, when the major actors union went on strike. For a second, it looked like all that hard work, passion and planning might be for nothing — with performers on the picket lines and major studios holding out on their contract demands, it was hard to see how cameras would ever roll on the low-budget indie.
“Everything shut down,” said Brian Beckmann, the CFO and COO of Arclight Films, which is selling international rights to the film. “We were in this position where we had spent all this money and secured all this talent and we weren’t sure we could move forward until the strikes were over.”
Because it was made outside the studio system, “Oh, Canada” was able to get a union waiver and...
“Everything shut down,” said Brian Beckmann, the CFO and COO of Arclight Films, which is selling international rights to the film. “We were in this position where we had spent all this money and secured all this talent and we weren’t sure we could move forward until the strikes were over.”
Because it was made outside the studio system, “Oh, Canada” was able to get a union waiver and...
- 5/14/2024
- by Brent Lang, John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
One of Hollywood’s most prominent faces, Robert Pattinson, boasts a stellar career with the Twilight Saga and Matt Reeves’ The Batman standing out as the crowning jewels. However, like many other actors in the industry, he too had his share of struggles in the past before making it big. Born in London, the star faced a tough time in cracking his way into showbiz. Already possessing prowess with acting, he also resorted to the territory of extending his wit to make it through.
Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter
Hilariously enough, the 38-year-old has admitted to lying on his resume and fabricating stories to clinch roles before becoming a popular face alongside the Kristen Stewart starrer movies. Moreover, one of his stories also involved a working member of the British royal family, Prince William, into the mix, and outrageously enough, many fell for his story.
Prince William...
Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter
Hilariously enough, the 38-year-old has admitted to lying on his resume and fabricating stories to clinch roles before becoming a popular face alongside the Kristen Stewart starrer movies. Moreover, one of his stories also involved a working member of the British royal family, Prince William, into the mix, and outrageously enough, many fell for his story.
Prince William...
- 5/13/2024
- by Imteshal Karim
- FandomWire
Ed Harris — recently seen starring alongside Kristen Stewart in “Love Lies Bleeding” — is getting back behind the camera to direct his own adaptation of Kim Zupan’s acclaimed novel “The Ploughmen.” Owen Teague, currently playing the lead in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” Nick Nolte and Bill Murray have come on board to star in the neo-noir crime thriller, which will go into production in Montana this Fall. Amy Madigan and Lily Harris are also set for the film.
“The Ploughmen” will mark Harris’ third feature as director after his Western “Appaloosa” and multi-Oscar nominated “Pollock.” Described being in the vein of “Hell or High Water” and “Wind River,” the film is set in the wilderness of Montana, where a strange friendship develops between a haunted young deputy sheriff and a notorious old murderer. John Gload (Nolte) is a killer so adept at his job that only now has he been apprehended.
“The Ploughmen” will mark Harris’ third feature as director after his Western “Appaloosa” and multi-Oscar nominated “Pollock.” Described being in the vein of “Hell or High Water” and “Wind River,” the film is set in the wilderness of Montana, where a strange friendship develops between a haunted young deputy sheriff and a notorious old murderer. John Gload (Nolte) is a killer so adept at his job that only now has he been apprehended.
- 5/13/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Ed Harris is lining up his third directorial outing and will adapt Kim Zupan’s neo-noir novel crime thriller The Ploughmen to star Owen Teague, Nick Nolte, and Bill Murray.
Concourse Media will introduce the project to international buyers in Cannes this week.
Production is scheduled to begin in Montana in autumn, with Amy Madigan and Lily Harris also on the cast.
Harris, Ginger Sledge, Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures, and Robert Knott are producing, while Matthew Shreder and Grant Mohrman serve as executive producers.
In the vein of Hell Or High Water and Wind River,...
Concourse Media will introduce the project to international buyers in Cannes this week.
Production is scheduled to begin in Montana in autumn, with Amy Madigan and Lily Harris also on the cast.
Harris, Ginger Sledge, Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures, and Robert Knott are producing, while Matthew Shreder and Grant Mohrman serve as executive producers.
In the vein of Hell Or High Water and Wind River,...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
The (Extra Hot) Cannes Hot List: Nic Cage, Kristen Stewart and Paul Rudd Films to Heat up the Market
The Cannes Film Festival is bracing for what could be its most disruptive edition in decades, with freelance festival employees threatening strike action that could derail the opening night ceremony, and the entire French industry on tenterhooks ahead of an expected new wave of #MeToo allegations against some of the country’s biggest stars, including a few with films in competition this year.
Well, at least the market looks promising. Judging by the number and quality of projects pitching at the 2024 Cannes film market (May 14-22), this could be a banner year for the Marché du Film.
“The pre-sales market is back in a big way,” notes Janina Vilsmaier, senior vp of sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, whose Cannes slate includes Simon Curtis’ best-agers comedy Encore starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Henry Winkler, and Don Johnson, and Jimpa, the upcoming feature from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director...
Well, at least the market looks promising. Judging by the number and quality of projects pitching at the 2024 Cannes film market (May 14-22), this could be a banner year for the Marché du Film.
“The pre-sales market is back in a big way,” notes Janina Vilsmaier, senior vp of sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, whose Cannes slate includes Simon Curtis’ best-agers comedy Encore starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Henry Winkler, and Don Johnson, and Jimpa, the upcoming feature from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director...
- 5/13/2024
- by Scott Roxborough and Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (May 3-5) Total gross to date Week 1. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (Disney) £3.2m £3.8m 1 2. The Fall Guy (Universal) £948,970 £6.7m 2 3. Challengers (Warner Bros) £333,125 £4.7m 3 4. Back To Black (Studiocanal) £211,104 £11.3m 5 5. Tarot (Sony) £140,983 £923,013 2
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Disney’s Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes topped the UK and Ireland box office with £3.2m, with warm weather possibly deterring cinemagoers.
The fourth instalment in the Planet Of The Apes reboot series, and the first of a planned trilogy, swung into 650 cinemas for a £4,923 location average and made £3.8m overall including previews.
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes...
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Disney’s Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes topped the UK and Ireland box office with £3.2m, with warm weather possibly deterring cinemagoers.
The fourth instalment in the Planet Of The Apes reboot series, and the first of a planned trilogy, swung into 650 cinemas for a £4,923 location average and made £3.8m overall including previews.
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes...
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
During the summer of 2010, Katherine Heigl actively promoted the Lionsgate comedy-thriller “Killers,” starring alongside Ashton Kutcher. The movie also featured Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara.
Katherine Heigl stuns in a sleek Victoria Beckham Fall 2010 dress paired with Christian Louboutin ‘Lady Page’ heels at the European Premiere of ‘Killers’, Odeon West End, London, June 9, 2010 (Credit: WENN)
Portraying a woman named Jen Kornfeldt who travels to France and meets the man of her dreams, a professional assassin named Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), the scenes in Nice were filmed over seven days.
Behind the Scenes: How Ashton Kutcher Transformed for ‘Killers’
Ashton Kutcher got fit for the role by watching a DVD he had bought after watching a late-night infomercial on US television.
“I thought he had used a personal trainer and I wanted to know who it was and how he got into that shape so quickly,” director Robert Luketic told The Sydney Morning Herald.
Katherine Heigl stuns in a sleek Victoria Beckham Fall 2010 dress paired with Christian Louboutin ‘Lady Page’ heels at the European Premiere of ‘Killers’, Odeon West End, London, June 9, 2010 (Credit: WENN)
Portraying a woman named Jen Kornfeldt who travels to France and meets the man of her dreams, a professional assassin named Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), the scenes in Nice were filmed over seven days.
Behind the Scenes: How Ashton Kutcher Transformed for ‘Killers’
Ashton Kutcher got fit for the role by watching a DVD he had bought after watching a late-night infomercial on US television.
“I thought he had used a personal trainer and I wanted to know who it was and how he got into that shape so quickly,” director Robert Luketic told The Sydney Morning Herald.
- 5/13/2024
- by Erika Hansen
- Your Next Shoes
Hollywood as an institution is generally known for taking a strong stance towards positively promoting feminism. Kristen Stewart took aim at this trend in a recent interview. Stewart has been facing difficulties in getting funding for her directorial feature film, The Chronology of Water.
The actress pulled no punches and went after Hollywood for congratulating itself for its progressiveness while not doing enough to further it. Stewart made it clear that she thinks the industry has a long way to go when it comes to dismantling the patriarchal nature of society. The actress also pointed out that favoring the projects of a certain few actresses does not make the whole system inherently less patriarchal.
Kristen Stewart Takes On Hollywood’s Token Feminism Margot Robbie in Barbie
After the pop culture-breaking Twilight films, Kristen Stewart was thrown into Hollywood’s stratosphere. Since then, the actress has been making smart moves in her career.
The actress pulled no punches and went after Hollywood for congratulating itself for its progressiveness while not doing enough to further it. Stewart made it clear that she thinks the industry has a long way to go when it comes to dismantling the patriarchal nature of society. The actress also pointed out that favoring the projects of a certain few actresses does not make the whole system inherently less patriarchal.
Kristen Stewart Takes On Hollywood’s Token Feminism Margot Robbie in Barbie
After the pop culture-breaking Twilight films, Kristen Stewart was thrown into Hollywood’s stratosphere. Since then, the actress has been making smart moves in her career.
- 5/11/2024
- by Neeraj Chand
- FandomWire
Kristen Stewart, famously known for her Twilight films has navigated her career from appearing in films to making them. Currently, she’s gearing up for the release of her directorial debut The Chronology of Water, which forced her to face plenty of financial struggles and witness the ugly side of Hollywood’s women empowerment.
Kristen Stewart in a still from Twilight
The actor turned filmmaker, Kristen Stewart, therefore sat for an interview with Porter Magazine, to discuss the limited representation of women in Hollywood. Calling out the industry for nit-picking Margot Robbie and Maggie Gyllenhaal to be the face of empowerment, Stewart slammed Hollywood for not doing as much for women as it claims.
Kristen Stewart Highlighted Limited Opportunities for Female Directors
Venturing on the journey of filmmaking, Kristen Stewart came across certain drawbacks in Hollywood that made her realize the harsh reality of the industry. Therefore, sitting for an interview with Porter Magazine,...
Kristen Stewart in a still from Twilight
The actor turned filmmaker, Kristen Stewart, therefore sat for an interview with Porter Magazine, to discuss the limited representation of women in Hollywood. Calling out the industry for nit-picking Margot Robbie and Maggie Gyllenhaal to be the face of empowerment, Stewart slammed Hollywood for not doing as much for women as it claims.
Kristen Stewart Highlighted Limited Opportunities for Female Directors
Venturing on the journey of filmmaking, Kristen Stewart came across certain drawbacks in Hollywood that made her realize the harsh reality of the industry. Therefore, sitting for an interview with Porter Magazine,...
- 5/11/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
A few months ago, I wrote an article listing ten movies that – despite being well known – were difficult to find (legally) on any streaming service or even on disc. Those titles ranged from Ron Howard’s Cocoon to movies like Dawn of the Dead (the original). In the comments, many of our readers chimed in with their two cents on films they’ve found difficult to find over the years, so here are a few more challenging-to-find flicks, some of which may surprise you.
Panic Room:
The fact that David Fincher’s Panic Room has never been issued on Blu-ray blows me away. It’s been announced a few times, but a physical release never seems to happen (although you can stream it in HD pretty easily). What gives? You’d think the fact that it has Fincher’s name on it, and stars Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker,...
Panic Room:
The fact that David Fincher’s Panic Room has never been issued on Blu-ray blows me away. It’s been announced a few times, but a physical release never seems to happen (although you can stream it in HD pretty easily). What gives? You’d think the fact that it has Fincher’s name on it, and stars Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Love Lies Bleeding Ending Explained: Do Lou and Jackie Escape Successfully?(Photo Credit –IMDb)
A24 is quite well known for making films that do not follow the traditional path, and their latest, Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, is no different. What starts off as a passionate and pure romance between Lou (Kristen Stewart) and Jackie (Katy M. O’Brian) soon turns to roads that are bloody and full of terror. Set in the southwest of the 1980s, Love Lies Bleeding is violent, toxic, and romantic, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.
What Happens in Love Lies Bleeding?
Love Lies Bleeding is about Lou and Jackie and how all hell breaks loose when the two fall in love. Initially, their romance seems innocent enough, and their chemistry is sizzling on the screen right from the moment they set eyes on each other. However, things start getting complicated when Jackie learns that...
A24 is quite well known for making films that do not follow the traditional path, and their latest, Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, is no different. What starts off as a passionate and pure romance between Lou (Kristen Stewart) and Jackie (Katy M. O’Brian) soon turns to roads that are bloody and full of terror. Set in the southwest of the 1980s, Love Lies Bleeding is violent, toxic, and romantic, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.
What Happens in Love Lies Bleeding?
Love Lies Bleeding is about Lou and Jackie and how all hell breaks loose when the two fall in love. Initially, their romance seems innocent enough, and their chemistry is sizzling on the screen right from the moment they set eyes on each other. However, things start getting complicated when Jackie learns that...
- 5/10/2024
- by Pramila Tripathi
- KoiMoi
Exclusive: Clea DuVall (Happiest Season) has been tapped to direct Abbi and the Eighth Wonder, a female-driven comedy adventure film in development at TriStar Pictures.
Based on an original screenplay by Matt Roller, which made the Black List in 2021, the film’s plot is under wraps. Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen will produce for 21 Laps, with Emily Feher overseeing the project for the company.
Abbi and the Eighth Wonder reunites DuVall with TriStar on the heels of Happiest Season, the hit LGBTQ+ romantic comedy, starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, which she co-wrote and directed. Licensed by Hulu in the U.S. in 2020, the film broke streaming records on the platform after it earned the number one spot and became the most-watched original film on Hulu on its opening weekend.
Previously helming the Sundance dramedy The Intervention starring Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter, Natasha Lyonne and more, DuVall is...
Based on an original screenplay by Matt Roller, which made the Black List in 2021, the film’s plot is under wraps. Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen will produce for 21 Laps, with Emily Feher overseeing the project for the company.
Abbi and the Eighth Wonder reunites DuVall with TriStar on the heels of Happiest Season, the hit LGBTQ+ romantic comedy, starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, which she co-wrote and directed. Licensed by Hulu in the U.S. in 2020, the film broke streaming records on the platform after it earned the number one spot and became the most-watched original film on Hulu on its opening weekend.
Previously helming the Sundance dramedy The Intervention starring Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter, Natasha Lyonne and more, DuVall is...
- 5/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A reimagination of the Charlie’s Angels franchise for tweens set in Brazil is in development from Sony Pictures Television – Kids and Sony Pictures Television-backed Floresta.
Viewers can expect the same high-octane action and comedy from the various Charlie’s Angels projects as well as a mysterious boss and empowered young female characters. Brazilian actress and writer, Suzana Pires (Sol Nascente; Flor do Caribe) will pen the Portuguese-language, live-action collaboration.
At the center of the tale are three pre-teens from different backgrounds and realities who are selected by a talent scout according to their special skills to join a secret school of spies called the Angels Academy. Each episode will follow the angels as they solve crimes and save the world…all while navigating their first year of spy school. The stories will blend a mix of real, relatable and at times, absurd cases, amped up with elements of fun and wish fulfillment.
Viewers can expect the same high-octane action and comedy from the various Charlie’s Angels projects as well as a mysterious boss and empowered young female characters. Brazilian actress and writer, Suzana Pires (Sol Nascente; Flor do Caribe) will pen the Portuguese-language, live-action collaboration.
At the center of the tale are three pre-teens from different backgrounds and realities who are selected by a talent scout according to their special skills to join a secret school of spies called the Angels Academy. Each episode will follow the angels as they solve crimes and save the world…all while navigating their first year of spy school. The stories will blend a mix of real, relatable and at times, absurd cases, amped up with elements of fun and wish fulfillment.
- 5/9/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The actor said that making movies by a small number of female film-makers was not cause for celebration. ‘You’re like, Ok, cool. You’ve chosen four’
Kristen Stewart has chastised Hollywood’s efforts at gender equality, saying that the industry clapping itself on the back for an embrace of female film-makers “feels phony”.
Speaking to Porter magazine for the release of Love Lies Bleeding, a violent romance set in the world of female bodybuilding, Stewart said much of the high-profile greenlighting of female stories was lip service.
Kristen Stewart has chastised Hollywood’s efforts at gender equality, saying that the industry clapping itself on the back for an embrace of female film-makers “feels phony”.
Speaking to Porter magazine for the release of Love Lies Bleeding, a violent romance set in the world of female bodybuilding, Stewart said much of the high-profile greenlighting of female stories was lip service.
- 5/9/2024
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Sydney Sweeney in Christy Martin’s Biopic(Photo Credit –Instagram)
It’s Sydney Sweeney’s world, and we are just living in it! The actress has been in the news for her outstanding work for the past two years. From Euphoria to Immaculate, Sweeney has repeatedly proven that she’s one of the best young Hollywood actresses. The actress is ready to pack some kicks and punches as a boxer in her next film.
After making the audience fall in love again with the rom-coms with ‘Anyone But You’ and scaring them with ‘Immaculate‘, Syndey is all set to inspire and intrigue us next. The actress will be starring in a biopic based on boxing legend, Christy Martin. Sydney has shared her excitement about the same and is excited to return to the ring.
Boxer Christy Martin
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It’s Sydney Sweeney’s world, and we are just living in it! The actress has been in the news for her outstanding work for the past two years. From Euphoria to Immaculate, Sweeney has repeatedly proven that she’s one of the best young Hollywood actresses. The actress is ready to pack some kicks and punches as a boxer in her next film.
After making the audience fall in love again with the rom-coms with ‘Anyone But You’ and scaring them with ‘Immaculate‘, Syndey is all set to inspire and intrigue us next. The actress will be starring in a biopic based on boxing legend, Christy Martin. Sydney has shared her excitement about the same and is excited to return to the ring.
Boxer Christy Martin
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- 5/9/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Kristen Stewart recently graced the cover of Porter magazine and called out “phony” Hollywood for how it often self-congratulates itself for doing away with the patriarchy when in reality, Hollywood has just prioritized a select group of women to operate in the studio world. While progress is being made, Stewart rang the alarm by saying changes for women in Hollywood are not as broad as Hollywood might like to make it out to be.
“[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it,” Stewart said. “It’s easy for them to be like, ‘Look what we’re doing. We’re making Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie! We’re making Margot Robbie’s movie!’ And you’re like, ‘Ok, cool. You’ve chosen four.'”
“And I’m in awe of those women, I love those women, [but] it feels phony,...
“[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it,” Stewart said. “It’s easy for them to be like, ‘Look what we’re doing. We’re making Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie! We’re making Margot Robbie’s movie!’ And you’re like, ‘Ok, cool. You’ve chosen four.'”
“And I’m in awe of those women, I love those women, [but] it feels phony,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
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.Newsa Man of Integrity.Having banned producers of and actors in Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) from leaving the country in an apparent attempt to pressure the director to pull the film from the Cannes Film Festival, Iranian authorities have now sentenced Rasoulof to eight years in prison, whipping, a fine, and confiscation of property, his lawyer announced today, adding that the courts consider the director’s films examples of collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the nation’s security.A group of about 200 French festival workers called Sous les écrans la dèche (“Under the screens the waste”) announced Monday that it will move ahead with plans for a strike during Cannes,...
- 5/8/2024
- MUBI
Exclusive: After landing the villain role in Ryan Coogler’s next project, Jack O’Connell continues to fill out his dance card. Sources tell Deadline that he is set to join the cast of 28 Years Later, a sequel to 2002’s 28 Days Later. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes also star in the pic, which is part of a planned trilogy.
Danny Boyle is directing the first movie from a script by Alex Garland. Sony will release the film in theaters globally.
While plot details are vague, the original 28 Days Later, directed by Boyle, written by Garland and released in 2002, centered on a bicycle courier (played by Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to discover the world had been overrun with zombies following the outbreak of a virus. The pic grossed more than $82 million worldwide and led to the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, on which Boyle and Garland served solely as EPs.
Danny Boyle is directing the first movie from a script by Alex Garland. Sony will release the film in theaters globally.
While plot details are vague, the original 28 Days Later, directed by Boyle, written by Garland and released in 2002, centered on a bicycle courier (played by Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to discover the world had been overrun with zombies following the outbreak of a virus. The pic grossed more than $82 million worldwide and led to the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, on which Boyle and Garland served solely as EPs.
- 5/7/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
El proyecto se venderá en el mercado de Cannes y comenzará su rodaje este año.
Según ha informado The Hollywood Reporter, Kristen Stewart y Oscar Isaac protagonizarán “Flesh of the Gods”, un thriller de vampiros que dirigirá Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”) y escrito por Andrew Kevin Walker (“Se7en”).
“Flesh of the Gods” está ambientada en Los Ángeles durante la brillante década de 1980. Según los productores, la historia sigue a un matrimonio, Raoul (Isaac) y Alex (Stewart), que descienden cada noche de su lujoso apartamento en un rascacielos y se adentran en un eléctrico reino nocturno de Los Ángeles de los 80. Cuando se cruzan con la misteriosa y enigmática mujer y su camarilla de juerguistas, Raoul y Alex se ven seducidos por un mundo glamuroso y surrealista de hedonismo, emoción y violencia.
«Como el propio Los Ángeles, “Flesh of the Gods” habita el reino liminal entre la fantasía y la pesadilla», afirma Cosmatos en un comunicado.
Según ha informado The Hollywood Reporter, Kristen Stewart y Oscar Isaac protagonizarán “Flesh of the Gods”, un thriller de vampiros que dirigirá Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”) y escrito por Andrew Kevin Walker (“Se7en”).
“Flesh of the Gods” está ambientada en Los Ángeles durante la brillante década de 1980. Según los productores, la historia sigue a un matrimonio, Raoul (Isaac) y Alex (Stewart), que descienden cada noche de su lujoso apartamento en un rascacielos y se adentran en un eléctrico reino nocturno de Los Ángeles de los 80. Cuando se cruzan con la misteriosa y enigmática mujer y su camarilla de juerguistas, Raoul y Alex se ven seducidos por un mundo glamuroso y surrealista de hedonismo, emoción y violencia.
«Como el propio Los Ángeles, “Flesh of the Gods” habita el reino liminal entre la fantasía y la pesadilla», afirma Cosmatos en un comunicado.
- 5/7/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Kristen Stewart may have moved on after her $5 billion saga Twilight, but her vampire past keeps coming back to her. The news has recently broken that the actress has officially signed up for one of the leading roles in Panos Cosmatos’ insanely bold project Flesh of the Gods. Stewart will pair with Oscar Isaac who also got cast for the main role.
The crew is set to start the production later this year and the first steamy plot details are already in. According to Variety, Flesh of the Gods will take place in “glittering ’80s L.A.” with the plot following a married couple of vampires who seek more of entertainment by leaving their sumptuous skyscraper apartment and driving straight to the very heart of the city’s nightlife.
Their daily habit once completely changes the turn of events when the couple meets “a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as...
The crew is set to start the production later this year and the first steamy plot details are already in. According to Variety, Flesh of the Gods will take place in “glittering ’80s L.A.” with the plot following a married couple of vampires who seek more of entertainment by leaving their sumptuous skyscraper apartment and driving straight to the very heart of the city’s nightlife.
Their daily habit once completely changes the turn of events when the couple meets “a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as...
- 5/7/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Kristen Stewart Blasts Hollywood For Their Phony Support For Female Filmmakers(Photo Credit –Facebook)
Kristen Stewart achieved immense fame and popularity as Bella Swan in the Twilight franchise. The actress is known for her bold personality and strong remarks. Recently, she has opened up about how Hollywood does the bare minimum to support female directors except a few, as she named Maggie Gyllenhaal and Margot Robbie. Scroll below to know.
Maggie is a renowned filmmaker and actress, the older sister of established actor Jake Gyllenhaal. On the other hand, Margot’s fame grew exponentially after starring in Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie. Robbie’s movie did exceptionally well at the box office last year.
In an interview with Porter magazine, Kristen Stewart said that Hollywood does the bare minimum regarding supporting female filmmakers except for four persons. Stewart said, “[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy,...
Kristen Stewart achieved immense fame and popularity as Bella Swan in the Twilight franchise. The actress is known for her bold personality and strong remarks. Recently, she has opened up about how Hollywood does the bare minimum to support female directors except a few, as she named Maggie Gyllenhaal and Margot Robbie. Scroll below to know.
Maggie is a renowned filmmaker and actress, the older sister of established actor Jake Gyllenhaal. On the other hand, Margot’s fame grew exponentially after starring in Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie. Robbie’s movie did exceptionally well at the box office last year.
In an interview with Porter magazine, Kristen Stewart said that Hollywood does the bare minimum regarding supporting female filmmakers except for four persons. Stewart said, “[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy,...
- 5/7/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (May 3-5)Total gross to dateWeek 1. The Fall Guy (Universal) £3.2m £4.9m 1 2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Disney) £1.2m £1.4m 1 3. Challengers (Warner Bros) £986,858 £4m 2 4. Back To Black (Studiocanal) £770,973 £10.8m 4 5. Kung Fu Panda 4 (Universal) £562,659 £20.9m 6
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Universal action comedy The Fall Guy opened top of the UK-Ireland box office with a £3.2m weekend.
Starting in 702 sites, the film brought in a £4,542 average from Friday to Sunday. The Fall Guy recorded its biggest day on the Bank Holiday Monday with £1.3m, and including last Thursday’s previews it is up to a £4.9m total.
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.25
Universal action comedy The Fall Guy opened top of the UK-Ireland box office with a £3.2m weekend.
Starting in 702 sites, the film brought in a £4,542 average from Friday to Sunday. The Fall Guy recorded its biggest day on the Bank Holiday Monday with £1.3m, and including last Thursday’s previews it is up to a £4.9m total.
- 5/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour serve as the Met Gala co-chairs this year, so they’ll be in attendance. It’s a pretty good bet they’ll be joined on the red carpet by regulars like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Cara Delevingne, Serena Williams and even a Kardashsian, a Jenner or two.
The dress code for the evening is “The Garden of Time,” inspired by a 1962 short story of the same title by J.G. Ballard.
Related: The 2024 Met Gala Best Red Carpet Looks Gallery
Vogue will exclusively host the fourth annual livestream of The Met Gala Red Carpet, which will take place on Monday, May 6 at 3 p.m. Pct/ 6 p.m. Et, and will be fronted by actor Gwendoline Christie, producer and actor La La Anthony and model Ashley Graham. Emma Chamberlain will return...
The dress code for the evening is “The Garden of Time,” inspired by a 1962 short story of the same title by J.G. Ballard.
Related: The 2024 Met Gala Best Red Carpet Looks Gallery
Vogue will exclusively host the fourth annual livestream of The Met Gala Red Carpet, which will take place on Monday, May 6 at 3 p.m. Pct/ 6 p.m. Et, and will be fronted by actor Gwendoline Christie, producer and actor La La Anthony and model Ashley Graham. Emma Chamberlain will return...
- 5/6/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Kristen Stewart, poses for the May 2024 issue of “Porter” magazine, photographed by Zoey Grossman:
Stewart is noted for playing 'Bella Swan' in "The Twilight Saga" film series (2008–2012)…
…that collectively grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.
This was followed…
…by the feature "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012)...
..."Camp X-Ray" (2014), "Still Alice" (2014)...
...."Sils Maria" (2015) "Equals" (2015)...
...."Personal Shopper" (2016), "Charlie's Angels" (2019), "Underwater" (2020). Spencer (2021) and a whole lot more...
Click the images to enlarge...
Stewart is noted for playing 'Bella Swan' in "The Twilight Saga" film series (2008–2012)…
…that collectively grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.
This was followed…
…by the feature "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012)...
..."Camp X-Ray" (2014), "Still Alice" (2014)...
...."Sils Maria" (2015) "Equals" (2015)...
...."Personal Shopper" (2016), "Charlie's Angels" (2019), "Underwater" (2020). Spencer (2021) and a whole lot more...
Click the images to enlarge...
- 5/6/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kristen Stewart has been at the forefront of the media for many years now. Having starred in many different roles and worn many different faces, she has established herself as a truly versatile actress. While acting seems to have been more than a little fulfilling, it would seem that Stewart has been seeking something more for a few years.
Kristen Stewart in the role of Bella Swan in a still from Twilight
In 2018, the actress announced at the Cannes Film Festival that she would be making her directorial debut. While not much was heard about the project in the years that followed, the actress has finally spoken up about it, and the details are quite fascinating.
Not only would many of her fans be surprised at the approach she is taking with her first film, but the project may also spark some controversy.
Kristen Stewart’s Long-Awaited Directorial Debut
Kristen...
Kristen Stewart in the role of Bella Swan in a still from Twilight
In 2018, the actress announced at the Cannes Film Festival that she would be making her directorial debut. While not much was heard about the project in the years that followed, the actress has finally spoken up about it, and the details are quite fascinating.
Not only would many of her fans be surprised at the approach she is taking with her first film, but the project may also spark some controversy.
Kristen Stewart’s Long-Awaited Directorial Debut
Kristen...
- 5/6/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Kristen Stewart Directing First Film in Latvia Because She Needs “Radical Detachment” From Hollywood
For Kristen Stewart’s adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir The Chronology of Water, which marks her feature film directorial debut, the actress is stepping away from Hollywood. Instead of filming the Imogen Poots-starring biographical drama in Los Angeles, Stewart is planning to shoot the movie in Europe.
Speaking with Net-a-Porter, the Love Lies Bleeding star shared that she is making The Chronology of Water in Latvia. She told the publication that the decision stemmed from craving creative freedom without the confines of Tinseltown.
“It’s a fledging film culture there [in Latvia],” she explained. “Look, I’m all about the way we make movies here [in the US], but I needed a sort of radical detachment. I am not a director yet. I need to make a student film. I can’t do that here.”
The sets in Latvia will be transformed to fit the various U.S. cities featured in the film,...
Speaking with Net-a-Porter, the Love Lies Bleeding star shared that she is making The Chronology of Water in Latvia. She told the publication that the decision stemmed from craving creative freedom without the confines of Tinseltown.
“It’s a fledging film culture there [in Latvia],” she explained. “Look, I’m all about the way we make movies here [in the US], but I needed a sort of radical detachment. I am not a director yet. I need to make a student film. I can’t do that here.”
The sets in Latvia will be transformed to fit the various U.S. cities featured in the film,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kristen Stewart is nothing if not a person with strong convictions. This is a woman who could have easily taken her fame and fortune from “Twilight” and become the biggest actor on the planet. Instead, she turned her star power into a tool to help elevate filmmakers she truly believes in, leading to a string of amazing performances in a number of films that many normal filmgoers might not have seen.
Continue reading Kristen Stewart Believes Industry Is “Phony” For Only Supporting “Four” Female Filmmakers at The Playlist.
Continue reading Kristen Stewart Believes Industry Is “Phony” For Only Supporting “Four” Female Filmmakers at The Playlist.
- 5/6/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
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After releasing in theaters March 8, the thriller-crime film “Love Lies Bleeding” is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+.
Rent 'Love Lies Bleeding' on prime video $19.99
The movie follows Kristen Stewart as Lou, a lonely manager of a gym who falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian), who is journeying to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love leads to violence as they get pulled into the web of Lou’s criminal family, including her abusive husband-in-law (Dave Franco) and criminal father (Ed Harris).
The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where, in addition to “Love Lies Bleeding,” Stewart also celebrated her starring role in the existential sci-fi romance “Love Me.” “Love Lies Bleeding...
After releasing in theaters March 8, the thriller-crime film “Love Lies Bleeding” is now available to rent or purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+.
Rent 'Love Lies Bleeding' on prime video $19.99
The movie follows Kristen Stewart as Lou, a lonely manager of a gym who falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian), who is journeying to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love leads to violence as they get pulled into the web of Lou’s criminal family, including her abusive husband-in-law (Dave Franco) and criminal father (Ed Harris).
The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where, in addition to “Love Lies Bleeding,” Stewart also celebrated her starring role in the existential sci-fi romance “Love Me.” “Love Lies Bleeding...
- 5/6/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
This holiday season is one where the offspring of iconic Hollywood families come together, apparently.
“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” which is set to debut in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, stars Francesca Scorsese and Sawyer Spielberg, two film stars in their own rite who hail from respective auteurs Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Decade-plus indie staple Michael Cera leads the latest feature directed by Tyler Taormina; Cera also produces the ensemble family dramedy that marks Taormina’s follow-up to his 2019 coming-of-age comedy “Ham on Rye.”
Set during one Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own, per the official synopsis. Cera is seen donning a cop uniform in one of the first look images,...
“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” which is set to debut in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, stars Francesca Scorsese and Sawyer Spielberg, two film stars in their own rite who hail from respective auteurs Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Decade-plus indie staple Michael Cera leads the latest feature directed by Tyler Taormina; Cera also produces the ensemble family dramedy that marks Taormina’s follow-up to his 2019 coming-of-age comedy “Ham on Rye.”
Set during one Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own, per the official synopsis. Cera is seen donning a cop uniform in one of the first look images,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Kristen Stewart says Hollywood does the bare minimum when it comes to supporting female filmmakers. Well, more than four of them.
Stewart, who is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch memoir “The Chronology of Water,” told Porter magazine that there is a “phony” performative structure to which women filmmakers find success in the film industry.
“[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it,” Stewart said. “It’s easy for them to be like, ‘Look what we’re doing. We’re making Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie! We’re making Margot Robbie’s movie!’ And you’re like, Ok, cool. You’ve chosen four.”
Stewart continued, “And I’m in awe of those women, I love those women [but] it feels phony. If we’re congratulating each other for broadening perspective, when...
Stewart, who is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch memoir “The Chronology of Water,” told Porter magazine that there is a “phony” performative structure to which women filmmakers find success in the film industry.
“[There’s a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away with the patriarchy, and how we’re all made of it,” Stewart said. “It’s easy for them to be like, ‘Look what we’re doing. We’re making Maggie Gyllenhaal’s movie! We’re making Margot Robbie’s movie!’ And you’re like, Ok, cool. You’ve chosen four.”
Stewart continued, “And I’m in awe of those women, I love those women [but] it feels phony. If we’re congratulating each other for broadening perspective, when...
- 5/6/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
People in the entertainment industry seem to get into awkward and embarrassing situations all the time, especially after getting drunk at some major events and afterparties. And while we do know that the first name to have popped into your mind after reading this must have been Jennifer Lawrence’s, this one’s about someone else entirely: Robert Pattinson.
Robert Pattinson. | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons.
As it turns out, Pattinson once got drunk enough to get into a fight after midnight with none other than the iconic diva who made her way to becoming one of the top artists in the music industry from scratch, Adele. And, unsurprisingly enough, things didn’t really turn out all too well for the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire star, as he later admitted just how much he regretted that encounter.
Robert Pattinson Once Got Into a Drunk Fight With Adele!
Robert Pattinson. | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons.
As it turns out, Pattinson once got drunk enough to get into a fight after midnight with none other than the iconic diva who made her way to becoming one of the top artists in the music industry from scratch, Adele. And, unsurprisingly enough, things didn’t really turn out all too well for the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire star, as he later admitted just how much he regretted that encounter.
Robert Pattinson Once Got Into a Drunk Fight With Adele!
- 5/5/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
Rose Glass’s follow-up to her acclaimed Saint Maud is a scorchingly sexy, darkly violent tale of a gym manager’s love affair with a bodybuilder
This may seem an unexpected point to make about an actor who is arguably one of the coolest people on the planet, but the key to Kristen Stewart’s mesmerising screen presence is her ordinariness. I don’t mean her looks, although as Lou, the manager of a bodybuilding gym in an insalubrious New Mexico backwater, Stewart’s natural magnetism is somewhat muted behind a whey powder pallor, an air of defeated weariness and hair that looks as if it’s been deep-fried rather than washed.
Rather, it’s the unstudied, naturalistic quality of her performances, which are seeded with little glitchy details and gestures – the way she rakes her fingers through her fringe; the moment when she nervously wipes her nose on the sleeve of her T-shirt.
This may seem an unexpected point to make about an actor who is arguably one of the coolest people on the planet, but the key to Kristen Stewart’s mesmerising screen presence is her ordinariness. I don’t mean her looks, although as Lou, the manager of a bodybuilding gym in an insalubrious New Mexico backwater, Stewart’s natural magnetism is somewhat muted behind a whey powder pallor, an air of defeated weariness and hair that looks as if it’s been deep-fried rather than washed.
Rather, it’s the unstudied, naturalistic quality of her performances, which are seeded with little glitchy details and gestures – the way she rakes her fingers through her fringe; the moment when she nervously wipes her nose on the sleeve of her T-shirt.
- 5/5/2024
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
If there’s one thing you can say about Kristen Stewart, it’s that she refuses to be pigeon-holed. From a kid hiding from home-invaders in Panic Room, to the centre of a supernatural love-triangle in the Twilight saga, to thoughtful indie dramas like Personal Shopper or channelling the people’s princess in Spencer, Stewart has ran the gamut throughout her career, playing in all kinds of genres and with all kinds of characters.
With Love Lies Bleeding, though, the pulpy new revenge thriller from Saint Maud director Rose Glass, we’re seeing yet another whole new side to her. She is gym manager Lou, an androgynous lesbian stuck in a small town, trying and failing to cut ties with her criminal father – that is, until bodybuilder Jackie [Katy O’Brian] arrives, and shakes up her entire world. Here, Stewart tells Empire about what makes Lou so different to herself,...
With Love Lies Bleeding, though, the pulpy new revenge thriller from Saint Maud director Rose Glass, we’re seeing yet another whole new side to her. She is gym manager Lou, an androgynous lesbian stuck in a small town, trying and failing to cut ties with her criminal father – that is, until bodybuilder Jackie [Katy O’Brian] arrives, and shakes up her entire world. Here, Stewart tells Empire about what makes Lou so different to herself,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Sophie Butcher
- Empire - Movies
It seems that the vampire genre is coming back in style! A once popular subgenre of horror and fantasy movies, the vampire genre became less popular after 2010 and not many filmmakers opted to make such movies anymore. But, it seems that we’re going to see a resurgence of vampire films in the near future. We have already reported on the upcoming vampire flick by Ryan Coogler, we’ve had several such movies recently, and there is another one coming up in 2025. Namely, Italian-Canadian filmmaker Panos Cosmatos is working on an original vampire thriller titled Flesh of the Gods, and it has been confirmed that the film will star Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac!
Panos Cosmatos is best known as the director of the action-horror Mandy (2018), which starred Elijah Wood. The filmmaker is now back after a 7-year break, as his Flesh of the Gods is scheduled to be released...
Panos Cosmatos is best known as the director of the action-horror Mandy (2018), which starred Elijah Wood. The filmmaker is now back after a 7-year break, as his Flesh of the Gods is scheduled to be released...
- 5/3/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Action comedy The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt heads the new titles at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, opening in 702 cinemas through Universal.
Directed by David Leith, The Fall Guy is written by Drew Pearce and loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name about stunt performers.
Gosling plays a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend’s directorial debut action film, where he becomes involved in a conspiracy surrounding the lead actor.
The Fall Guy debuted at SXSW on March 12; it is Gosling’s first credit as producer since his 2014 directorial debut Lost River.
Directed by David Leith, The Fall Guy is written by Drew Pearce and loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name about stunt performers.
Gosling plays a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend’s directorial debut action film, where he becomes involved in a conspiracy surrounding the lead actor.
The Fall Guy debuted at SXSW on March 12; it is Gosling’s first credit as producer since his 2014 directorial debut Lost River.
- 5/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault and Brendan Fraser have all been tapped to join the cast of Romain Gavras’ ‘Sacrifice’.
Said to be on the lines of a satire the story involves a plot with a high-end charity gala being raided by a violent group of radicals on a mystical quest to fulfil a prophecy. Also, expect a bit of Greek mythology mixed into the storyline.
Also in news – Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac set for Vampire thriller ‘Flesh of the Gods’
Taylor-Joy will take on the role of the passionate antagonist — and Evans will play the movie star she has tapped to die, along with the two others. Casting is still ongoing with more to be added.
Gavras has co-written the script alongside Will Arbery, Gavras will also take the helm on the project. Iconoclast and Robert Walak, the president of Iconoclast’s Film and TV division, will produce with Gavras.
Said to be on the lines of a satire the story involves a plot with a high-end charity gala being raided by a violent group of radicals on a mystical quest to fulfil a prophecy. Also, expect a bit of Greek mythology mixed into the storyline.
Also in news – Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac set for Vampire thriller ‘Flesh of the Gods’
Taylor-Joy will take on the role of the passionate antagonist — and Evans will play the movie star she has tapped to die, along with the two others. Casting is still ongoing with more to be added.
Gavras has co-written the script alongside Will Arbery, Gavras will also take the helm on the project. Iconoclast and Robert Walak, the president of Iconoclast’s Film and TV division, will produce with Gavras.
- 5/3/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac have been set to star in the 80’s vampire thriller from Panos Cosmato’s ‘Flesh of the Gods’.
The movie is said to be set in “glittering ’80s L.A.,” where married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.
The project is written by Andrew Kevin Walker from a story he created with Cosmatos, and produced by Adam McKay and Betsy Koch of Hyperobject Industries. Isaac and Gena Konstantinakos also produce for Mad Gene Media.
Also in news – Elizabeth Banks & Jessica Biel set for Amazon series ‘Better Sister’
The movie is scheduled to start shooting later this year,...
The movie is said to be set in “glittering ’80s L.A.,” where married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.
The project is written by Andrew Kevin Walker from a story he created with Cosmatos, and produced by Adam McKay and Betsy Koch of Hyperobject Industries. Isaac and Gena Konstantinakos also produce for Mad Gene Media.
Also in news – Elizabeth Banks & Jessica Biel set for Amazon series ‘Better Sister’
The movie is scheduled to start shooting later this year,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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