Exclusive: Theo James (The Gentleman) is set to star in The Hole, directed by Kim Jee-woon (I Saw The Devil) and written by Christopher Chen based on the 2017 Shirley Jackson award-winning novel of the same name by Hye-young Pyun.
Esmail Corp (Leave the World Behind), K Period Media (Manchester by the Sea), and Anthology Studios (Cobweb) are producing. The Veterans is representing international sales rights and is launching the project to buyers at AFM next week. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping U.S. rights.
The Hole follows Owen (James), 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.
Esmail Corp (Leave the World Behind), K Period Media (Manchester by the Sea), and Anthology Studios (Cobweb) are producing. The Veterans is representing international sales rights and is launching the project to buyers at AFM next week. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping U.S. rights.
The Hole follows Owen (James), 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.
- 10/31/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Avatar: Fire and Ash is the much-anticipated third installment in James Cameron’s epic science fiction saga. After the groundbreaking success of Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Cameron, alongside producer Jon Landau, is set to bring audiences back to Pandora for a continuation of this visually and thematically rich story. Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming film, from release date and cast to plot insights and production details.
Release Date: When Will Avatar: Fire and Ash Release? Sam Worthington in Avatar: The Way of Water. | Warner Bros.
Avatar: Fire and Ash has encountered numerous delays since its initial announcement, with nine postponements to date. Originally scheduled to debut years earlier, the film is now slated for a theatrical release on December 19, 2025. The delays have allowed Cameron and his team more time to refine underwater performance capture technology and expand the story, with shooting for...
Release Date: When Will Avatar: Fire and Ash Release? Sam Worthington in Avatar: The Way of Water. | Warner Bros.
Avatar: Fire and Ash has encountered numerous delays since its initial announcement, with nine postponements to date. Originally scheduled to debut years earlier, the film is now slated for a theatrical release on December 19, 2025. The delays have allowed Cameron and his team more time to refine underwater performance capture technology and expand the story, with shooting for...
- 10/30/2024
- by Rishabh Bhatnagar
- FandomWire
Black Ops 6 has finally been released and early reactions from the gaming community and critics suggest that this year’s entry is a step up from the more recent titles. It was time for the developers to steer the franchise back in the right direction and out of the pit it fell into many years ago.
Despite having a great single-player story mode, combat mechanics like the human shield, and an omnidirectional movement system, there is one aspect the developers didn’t bother touching up on for this installment. Players would appreciate hearing Case talk rather than be a voiceless grunt.
Black Ops 6 Is Repeating the Same Mistake Cold War Made The idea of a silent protagonist is somewhat disturbing. Image Credit: Activision
Although it makes sense to the plot, Case is another silent protagonist like Bell from Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War; unfortunately, not everyone is a...
Despite having a great single-player story mode, combat mechanics like the human shield, and an omnidirectional movement system, there is one aspect the developers didn’t bother touching up on for this installment. Players would appreciate hearing Case talk rather than be a voiceless grunt.
Black Ops 6 Is Repeating the Same Mistake Cold War Made The idea of a silent protagonist is somewhat disturbing. Image Credit: Activision
Although it makes sense to the plot, Case is another silent protagonist like Bell from Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War; unfortunately, not everyone is a...
- 10/29/2024
- by Rouvin Josef Quirimit
- FandomWire
Screenreveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
Pleasecontact us hereto add or update changes to the following or new productions taking place in the UK.
Films
Night And Day
An astronomer does everything in her power to avoid love and marriage.
Dir:Tina Gharavi
Prod:Asterisk Films, Piccadilly Pictures, Keeper Pictures
Where:Newcastle
When:October-ongoing
Distributor:WestEnd Films (sales)
Cast:Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Lily Allen
500 Miles
Two brothers travel across Ireland to find their estranged grandfather.
Dir:Morgan Matthews
Prod:Origin Pictures, Port Pictures, Minnow Films
Where:Dublin and Wicklow,...
Pleasecontact us hereto add or update changes to the following or new productions taking place in the UK.
Films
Night And Day
An astronomer does everything in her power to avoid love and marriage.
Dir:Tina Gharavi
Prod:Asterisk Films, Piccadilly Pictures, Keeper Pictures
Where:Newcastle
When:October-ongoing
Distributor:WestEnd Films (sales)
Cast:Haley Bennett, Timothy Spall, Lily Allen
500 Miles
Two brothers travel across Ireland to find their estranged grandfather.
Dir:Morgan Matthews
Prod:Origin Pictures, Port Pictures, Minnow Films
Where:Dublin and Wicklow,...
- 10/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike both impressed many with their Gone Girl performances, with Pike earning numerous accolades for her role. Despite the praise Pike enjoyed for her performance, however, she initially felt her acting could’ve used some improving. Especially when compared to Affleck’s at the time.
How Rosamind Pike viewed her ‘Gone Girl’ performance Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Pike’s Gone Girl is one of the actor’s most memorable performances to date. The attention she’d gotten for her efforts earned Pike her first Best Actor nomination at the 2015 Academy Awards. But even she had her doubts about her acting in the movie. So much so she initially seemed to enjoy her co-star Affleck’s performance more than her own. At least when it came to watching a rough cut of the feature.
“I thought Ben was absolutely astonishing, and I...
How Rosamind Pike viewed her ‘Gone Girl’ performance Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Pike’s Gone Girl is one of the actor’s most memorable performances to date. The attention she’d gotten for her efforts earned Pike her first Best Actor nomination at the 2015 Academy Awards. But even she had her doubts about her acting in the movie. So much so she initially seemed to enjoy her co-star Affleck’s performance more than her own. At least when it came to watching a rough cut of the feature.
“I thought Ben was absolutely astonishing, and I...
- 10/27/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Paramount+ is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the premiere of some of the best Paramount+ original shows including Landman and The Agency. Just like every month, Paramount+ is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 best movies and TV shows coming to Paramount+ in November 2024.
Hacksaw Ridge (November 1)
Hacksaw Ridge is a biographical epic war drama film directed by Mel Gibson from a screenplay co-written by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight. Based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict, the 2016 film follows the story of Desmond Doss, who joins the army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour but refuses to handle weapons and engage in war instead he chooses to serve as a combat medic in the American army.
Paramount+ is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the premiere of some of the best Paramount+ original shows including Landman and The Agency. Just like every month, Paramount+ is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 best movies and TV shows coming to Paramount+ in November 2024.
Hacksaw Ridge (November 1)
Hacksaw Ridge is a biographical epic war drama film directed by Mel Gibson from a screenplay co-written by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight. Based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict, the 2016 film follows the story of Desmond Doss, who joins the army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour but refuses to handle weapons and engage in war instead he chooses to serve as a combat medic in the American army.
- 10/27/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Kevin Costner's most recent directorial effort was the expansive American history epic "Horizon: An American Saga - Part 1." The film, running 181 minutes unto itself, was meant to be the first of four equally expansive epics that would chronicle the phenomenon of Arizona boomtowns in the 1860s. The cast included Sam Worthington, Sienna Miller, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Jena Malone, Luke Wilson, Will Patton, and dozens of others. Costner himself played Hays Ellison, a horse trader with a past.
The critical response to "Horizon Part 1" was lukewarm, with critics citing the film's expansiveness as a weakness that robs it of a vital narrative throughline. The photography is beautiful, but "Horizon" is lugubrious and unfocused. The first two parts were filmed back-to-back and reported cost $100 million to make, with Costner contributing $39 million of his own money. When the first "Horizon" film only made $29 million domestically, New Line Cinema pulled "Part 2" from its release schedule.
The critical response to "Horizon Part 1" was lukewarm, with critics citing the film's expansiveness as a weakness that robs it of a vital narrative throughline. The photography is beautiful, but "Horizon" is lugubrious and unfocused. The first two parts were filmed back-to-back and reported cost $100 million to make, with Costner contributing $39 million of his own money. When the first "Horizon" film only made $29 million domestically, New Line Cinema pulled "Part 2" from its release schedule.
- 10/25/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
There hasn't been a surer big screen bet in Hollywood over the last 30-plus years than James Cameron -- though he doesn't always make it easy on the studio footing the bill for his latest film on the way to the multiplex. Since recovering from his only true box office disappointment in 1989's "The Abyss" (which also happens to be his best movie), Cameron has been on the hook for The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made at least three times. Studio heads try their mightiest to never wind up holding that bag, but they also don't want to be the clown that said no to Cameron only to watch the maestro take his nine-figure "gamble" across town, where it becomes The Highest Grossing Movie Ever Made (a peak Cameron has summited twice) for their competitor.
Given the exorbitant price tags of his movies, Cameron places additional pressure on the studio...
Given the exorbitant price tags of his movies, Cameron places additional pressure on the studio...
- 10/16/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Avatar: Fire and Ash is set to hit theaters next year, marking the third sequel in one of the world’s biggest franchises. The first movie made history, winning a Golden Globe in 2010 and snagging several Oscars. So, it’s easy to imagine how much the cast, especially lead actor Sam Worthington, has gained from being part of this massive production.
Still from Avatar (Credits: 20th Century Studios)
Also, not many people know that Worthington wasn’t the first choice for the role, but once he landed it, his paycheck was pretty surprising. At the time, the actor wasn’t the biggest name in Hollywood, but interestingly, what he’s earned from Avatar even tops Robert Downey Jr.’s initial salary.
How Much Money Matt Damon Would Have Earned From Avatar Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (Credits: Universal Pictures)
Matt Damon has been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars for a long time,...
Still from Avatar (Credits: 20th Century Studios)
Also, not many people know that Worthington wasn’t the first choice for the role, but once he landed it, his paycheck was pretty surprising. At the time, the actor wasn’t the biggest name in Hollywood, but interestingly, what he’s earned from Avatar even tops Robert Downey Jr.’s initial salary.
How Much Money Matt Damon Would Have Earned From Avatar Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (Credits: Universal Pictures)
Matt Damon has been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars for a long time,...
- 10/15/2024
- by Catherine Delgado
- FandomWire
Matt Damon famously lost out on a lot of money after turning down James Cameron’s Avatar. But Cameron noted that there were plenty of other Avatar movies for the Bourne Identity star to do. However, it wouldn’t be for the same lucrative deal that Damon would’ve had for the first film.
James Cameron told Matt Damon to get over ‘Avatar’ loss Matt Damon | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Although Damon currently has a net worth of $170 million, it could’ve been a bit higher if he starred in Cameron’s Avatar. The actor was Cameron’s first choice to play disabled soldier Jake Sully in the blockbuster sci-fi film. According to Damon, The Terminator director even called him up personally to offer him the role.
“And when he offered it to me, he goes, ‘Now, listen. I don’t need anybody. I don’t need a name for this,...
James Cameron told Matt Damon to get over ‘Avatar’ loss Matt Damon | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Although Damon currently has a net worth of $170 million, it could’ve been a bit higher if he starred in Cameron’s Avatar. The actor was Cameron’s first choice to play disabled soldier Jake Sully in the blockbuster sci-fi film. According to Damon, The Terminator director even called him up personally to offer him the role.
“And when he offered it to me, he goes, ‘Now, listen. I don’t need anybody. I don’t need a name for this,...
- 10/15/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Zoe Saldaña has given Steven Spielberg credit for “restoring her faith” in filmmaking. The Oscar winner directed the American actress in The Terminal, on a set she she joined eight months after being part of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
While Saldaña didn’t name any particular execs or crew who demoralised her on the Pirates set, she revealed joining the huge Disney franchise came as a shock so early in her career. And she reflected:
“99% of people in the industry are absolutely wonderful, but if people at the top aren’t leading with kindness… Then eight months later, I worked with Steven Spielberg (on The Terminal), and he restored my faith that big can also be great.
Saldaña was speaking at a Screen Talks session at the London Film Festival about her long and varied career, which includes appearing in four of the highest-grossing films of all time,...
While Saldaña didn’t name any particular execs or crew who demoralised her on the Pirates set, she revealed joining the huge Disney franchise came as a shock so early in her career. And she reflected:
“99% of people in the industry are absolutely wonderful, but if people at the top aren’t leading with kindness… Then eight months later, I worked with Steven Spielberg (on The Terminal), and he restored my faith that big can also be great.
Saldaña was speaking at a Screen Talks session at the London Film Festival about her long and varied career, which includes appearing in four of the highest-grossing films of all time,...
- 10/12/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, David Hyde Pierce, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar | Written by Joshua John Miller, M.A. Fortin | Directed by Joshua John Miller
However you look at it, the fact that Russell Crowe has chosen to make two exorcist movies in as many years is a very strange decision. It’s like Jason Statham deciding to play another bee-keeper, or Glen Powell playing another hitman. Whatever the reasoning behind his decision, Crowe’s second exorcism movie, The Exorcism, is sadly disappointing, a murky, near-nonsensical effort with nothing to offer but jump scares.
In fairness, you can maybe see Crowe’s thinking when you take a closer look at the film’s pedigree. It’s directed by Joshua John Miller, the son of Jason Miller, who played Father Damien in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. Similarly, rather than playing an actual exorcist, as he did in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist,...
However you look at it, the fact that Russell Crowe has chosen to make two exorcist movies in as many years is a very strange decision. It’s like Jason Statham deciding to play another bee-keeper, or Glen Powell playing another hitman. Whatever the reasoning behind his decision, Crowe’s second exorcism movie, The Exorcism, is sadly disappointing, a murky, near-nonsensical effort with nothing to offer but jump scares.
In fairness, you can maybe see Crowe’s thinking when you take a closer look at the film’s pedigree. It’s directed by Joshua John Miller, the son of Jason Miller, who played Father Damien in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. Similarly, rather than playing an actual exorcist, as he did in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist,...
- 10/10/2024
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton is directing an upcoming movie about Pemulwuy, a significant figure in Australian history. The film, titled “First Warrior,” will tell the epic story of Pemulwuy’s leadership battling British colonization in the late 1700s. Sam Worthington and Jason Clarke are attached to star, and producers are looking for an actor to portray Pemulwuy.
Pemulwuy was a leader of the Bidjigal Aboriginal group near modern-day Sydney. For over a decade, he organized resistance against settlers moving onto traditional Indigenous lands. His efforts are regarded as some of the earliest, strongest opposition to colonization in Australia. Yet this pivotal period receives little attention historically.
The film aims to shine a light on Pemulwuy’s remarkable story. Thornton says the script captures “an important story” and he’s honored to be involved. Thornton has won acclaim for movies including “Samson & Delilah” and “Sweet Country.” Aboriginal creatives hold central...
Pemulwuy was a leader of the Bidjigal Aboriginal group near modern-day Sydney. For over a decade, he organized resistance against settlers moving onto traditional Indigenous lands. His efforts are regarded as some of the earliest, strongest opposition to colonization in Australia. Yet this pivotal period receives little attention historically.
The film aims to shine a light on Pemulwuy’s remarkable story. Thornton says the script captures “an important story” and he’s honored to be involved. Thornton has won acclaim for movies including “Samson & Delilah” and “Sweet Country.” Aboriginal creatives hold central...
- 10/1/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Leading Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton has signed on to direct First Warrior, an epic feature about Australian Aboriginal resistance fighter Pemulwuy. Aussie stars Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge) and Jason Clarke (Oppenheimer, Zero Dark Thirty) have boarded the project in lead parts, while a casting search is said to be underway for the lead role of Pemulwuy.
A Bidjigal man of the Sydney tribes, Pemulwuy led a 12-year resistance against British settlers moving into his people’s traditional lands as Australia was colonized in the late 1700s.
One of Australia’s most admired directors, Thornton broke through in 2009 when his directorial debut, Samson & Delilah won the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or prize. His 2017 film Sweet Country took home Venice’s Special Jury Prize and his most recent work, The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett, premiered at Cannes last year.
First Warrior is supported by the Bidjigal, Dharawal and...
A Bidjigal man of the Sydney tribes, Pemulwuy led a 12-year resistance against British settlers moving into his people’s traditional lands as Australia was colonized in the late 1700s.
One of Australia’s most admired directors, Thornton broke through in 2009 when his directorial debut, Samson & Delilah won the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or prize. His 2017 film Sweet Country took home Venice’s Special Jury Prize and his most recent work, The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett, premiered at Cannes last year.
First Warrior is supported by the Bidjigal, Dharawal and...
- 10/1/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Legendary director John Woo has signed with Independent Artist Group. Famous for his pioneering work in the Hong Kong action genre stamped with balletic scenes of stylized violence that inspired a generation of Hollywood films, Woo just directed the remake of his signature film The Killer. The new one stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Sam Worthington and was released by Universal Internationally and ran on Peacock domestically.
Last year Woo directed the Lionsgate action thriller Silent Night, which starred Joel Kinneman as a man bent on revenge, but unable to speak.
Woo has always split time directing in both North America and China over an illustrious career that began with the Hong Kong action classics A Better Tomorrow, Bullet In The Head, Hard Boiled, and The Killer. He was courted by Hollywood, where his films have included Broken Arrow, starring John Travolta and Christian Slater, Face/Off, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage,...
Last year Woo directed the Lionsgate action thriller Silent Night, which starred Joel Kinneman as a man bent on revenge, but unable to speak.
Woo has always split time directing in both North America and China over an illustrious career that began with the Hong Kong action classics A Better Tomorrow, Bullet In The Head, Hard Boiled, and The Killer. He was courted by Hollywood, where his films have included Broken Arrow, starring John Travolta and Christian Slater, Face/Off, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage,...
- 9/26/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Horror streaming giant Shudder is pulling out all the stops this October with an unmissable lineup for UK and Irish viewers. From terrifying new original films to the return of the Emmy-nominated The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, Shudder’s October releases will leave horror fans shivering well into the spooky season.
Kicking off the horror fest on 1 October, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Season 666 makes its dramatic return, promising to be the most twisted and ambitious season yet. Expect iconic drag superstars facing off in intense physical challenges, backed by world-renowned directors and actors sitting on the judge’s panel. Every episode of this 10-part season will push boundaries, blending extreme drag and heart-pounding horror like never before.
The chills continue with V/H/S/Beyond, a Shudder Original anthology film streaming from 4 October. This instalment brings together six new twisted tapes, each taking viewers on a terrifying sci-fi-inspired ride. Highlights include “Fur Babies,” a...
Kicking off the horror fest on 1 October, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Season 666 makes its dramatic return, promising to be the most twisted and ambitious season yet. Expect iconic drag superstars facing off in intense physical challenges, backed by world-renowned directors and actors sitting on the judge’s panel. Every episode of this 10-part season will push boundaries, blending extreme drag and heart-pounding horror like never before.
The chills continue with V/H/S/Beyond, a Shudder Original anthology film streaming from 4 October. This instalment brings together six new twisted tapes, each taking viewers on a terrifying sci-fi-inspired ride. Highlights include “Fur Babies,” a...
- 9/26/2024
- by Emily Bennett
- Love Horror
Let’s celebrate the return of Nicole Kidman to her “rich but miserable housewife somehow involved in murder” in Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Couple.’
Last week it was funny murder, now it’s just murder. With Nicole Kidman returning to her favorite “rich, unhappy housewife with dark and terrible secrets” role in the new murder mystery, “The Perfect Couple,” it’s time to countdown the top 7 murder mystery TV shows you can binge on streaming right now. So settle in, put your detective badge on, and let’s head to the scene of the crime.
Top 7 Murder Mystery TV Shows On Streaming Right Now:
No. 7: Presumed Innocent (2024) | Apple TV+
No. 6: The Perfect Couple (2024) | Netflix
No. 5: Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) | Hulu
No. 4: The Staircase (2022) | Max
No. 3: Black Bird (2022) | Apple TV+
No. 2: Mare of Easttown (2021) | Max
No. 1: True Detective (2014) | Max
No. 7: Presumed Innocent...
Last week it was funny murder, now it’s just murder. With Nicole Kidman returning to her favorite “rich, unhappy housewife with dark and terrible secrets” role in the new murder mystery, “The Perfect Couple,” it’s time to countdown the top 7 murder mystery TV shows you can binge on streaming right now. So settle in, put your detective badge on, and let’s head to the scene of the crime.
Top 7 Murder Mystery TV Shows On Streaming Right Now:
No. 7: Presumed Innocent (2024) | Apple TV+
No. 6: The Perfect Couple (2024) | Netflix
No. 5: Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) | Hulu
No. 4: The Staircase (2022) | Max
No. 3: Black Bird (2022) | Apple TV+
No. 2: Mare of Easttown (2021) | Max
No. 1: True Detective (2014) | Max
No. 7: Presumed Innocent...
- 9/19/2024
- by Thomas Waschenfelder
- The Streamable
Netflix released another round of viewership data Thursday afternoon revealing its most-watched films and shows across the first half of 2024.
On the film side, the pack is led by the Millie Bobby Brown-starring Damsel, which clocked more than 143 million views globally, according to the data. The film, also starring Robin Wright and Angela Bassett, was released on the streamer in April and opened strong clocking 35.3M views in just three days of availability.
In second place is F. Gary Gray’s Lift, starring Kevin Hart and Sam Worthington, which clocked 129 million views. The third title on the expansive list is J. A. Bayona’s Society Of Snow with 103 million views. The Spanish-language flick debuted at last year’s Venice Film Festival and was Oscar-nominated. After Society Of Snow, the contemporary shark flick Under Paris clocked 84 million views while Brooke Shields’s romcom Mother of the Bride was watched by 77 million.
On the film side, the pack is led by the Millie Bobby Brown-starring Damsel, which clocked more than 143 million views globally, according to the data. The film, also starring Robin Wright and Angela Bassett, was released on the streamer in April and opened strong clocking 35.3M views in just three days of availability.
In second place is F. Gary Gray’s Lift, starring Kevin Hart and Sam Worthington, which clocked 129 million views. The third title on the expansive list is J. A. Bayona’s Society Of Snow with 103 million views. The Spanish-language flick debuted at last year’s Venice Film Festival and was Oscar-nominated. After Society Of Snow, the contemporary shark flick Under Paris clocked 84 million views while Brooke Shields’s romcom Mother of the Bride was watched by 77 million.
- 9/19/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second season of the biographical crime drama anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. Season 2 of the Netflix series focuses on the real-life 1989 murders of José and Kitty Menéndez which were committed by their sons Lyle and Erik Menendez, and while you think you might know the whole story, there is so much more that you might not know which you will see in the series. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Cooper Koch, Javier Bardem, and Chloe Sevigny in the main roles. So, if you loved the crime thriller story, compelling characters, and the darkness of humanity in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix...
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second season of the biographical crime drama anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. Season 2 of the Netflix series focuses on the real-life 1989 murders of José and Kitty Menéndez which were committed by their sons Lyle and Erik Menendez, and while you think you might know the whole story, there is so much more that you might not know which you will see in the series. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Cooper Koch, Javier Bardem, and Chloe Sevigny in the main roles. So, if you loved the crime thriller story, compelling characters, and the darkness of humanity in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix...
- 9/19/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
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Subservience is a sci-fi thriller film with a tinge of eroticism directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay co-written by Will Honley and April Maguire. The Megan Fox film follows the story of Nick, a struggling father who buys a lifelike AI android named Alice to help with the housework after his wife gets sick but he soon begins to realize Alice is becoming self-aware and a danger for his family. Subservience also 365 Days famed actor Michele Morrone and Californication‘s Madeline Zima in the lead roles with Matilda Firth, Jude Allen Greenstein, and Andrew Whipp starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sci-fi thrillers, compelling characters, and Black Mirror themes in Subservience here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Wifelike (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Wifelike is a...
Subservience is a sci-fi thriller film with a tinge of eroticism directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay co-written by Will Honley and April Maguire. The Megan Fox film follows the story of Nick, a struggling father who buys a lifelike AI android named Alice to help with the housework after his wife gets sick but he soon begins to realize Alice is becoming self-aware and a danger for his family. Subservience also 365 Days famed actor Michele Morrone and Californication‘s Madeline Zima in the lead roles with Matilda Firth, Jude Allen Greenstein, and Andrew Whipp starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sci-fi thrillers, compelling characters, and Black Mirror themes in Subservience here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Wifelike (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Wifelike is a...
- 9/17/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
James Cameron is back. And he’ll make sure that it’s with a bang. Looks like one of Hollywood’s most decorated directors has chosen quite a novel topic for his next movie, apart from the Avatar sequels that is.
The Oscar winning film-maker has never been one to shy away from doing things that seem larger than life. And his next movie looks all set to do just that, as he attempts to bring alive on screen the life of a man who has done something which is seldom heard of by people – survive 2 nuclear bombings.
James Cameron is all set to make a movie about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings James Cameron has taken a plunge into an ambitious project || Image by Steve Jurvetson, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
James Cameron has a taste for doing what has never been done before. It was this...
The Oscar winning film-maker has never been one to shy away from doing things that seem larger than life. And his next movie looks all set to do just that, as he attempts to bring alive on screen the life of a man who has done something which is seldom heard of by people – survive 2 nuclear bombings.
James Cameron is all set to make a movie about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings James Cameron has taken a plunge into an ambitious project || Image by Steve Jurvetson, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
James Cameron has a taste for doing what has never been done before. It was this...
- 9/16/2024
- by Smriti Sneh
- FandomWire
Theo James and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are filming an intense scene for their new film Fuze!
The action sequence was filmed on Monday morning (September 16) in Wrotham, England. From the looks of the photos, it appears as if Theo was handcuffed and being held captive. Aaron was dressed in full army gear.
The film opens on the discovery of a World War II bomb found at a construction site in London, which causes a mass evacuation of the area…but a group of men use the mass-chaos that ensues as an opportunity for a heist. Sam Worthington and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will also star, THR reports.
Meanwhile, fans are still wondering if Aaron landed this major film role!
Browse through the gallery to see all the action-packed photos taken on set today…...
The action sequence was filmed on Monday morning (September 16) in Wrotham, England. From the looks of the photos, it appears as if Theo was handcuffed and being held captive. Aaron was dressed in full army gear.
The film opens on the discovery of a World War II bomb found at a construction site in London, which causes a mass evacuation of the area…but a group of men use the mass-chaos that ensues as an opportunity for a heist. Sam Worthington and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will also star, THR reports.
Meanwhile, fans are still wondering if Aaron landed this major film role!
Browse through the gallery to see all the action-packed photos taken on set today…...
- 9/16/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sci-fi and fantasy movies have always taught us that fascism is bad and that we shouldn’t discriminate against each other under any circumstances because that leads to the death of humanity. Even though its rabid fanbase will claim otherwise, Star Wars has consistently talked about the dangers of dictatorship and highlighted the importance of rebelling. Young-adult franchises like The Hunger Games and Divergent have all been about the need to protect democracy and human rights because they take years to build and only a second of bigotry to destroy. I grew up watching all these movies, and, despite my low cognitive skills, I understood their anti-fascist messages, and I continue to promote them till this day. So, you can imagine my confusion upon seeing people who have also watched these movies and stars who have gained popularity by cosplaying as revolutionaries, partaking in discrimination, and celebrating wanton violence. Uglies,...
- 9/13/2024
- by Pramit Chatterjee
- DMT
When you think of John Woo, you think of action. With movies such as The Killer, Hard Boiled, Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2, and more, the director has delivered some of the greatest action in the history of cinema, but his next project will be a big departure. While speaking with Empire, John Woo confirmed that his next movie will be a “half-musical” made in collaboration with Sparks, the pop and rock duo formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael.
“My next project is actually a half-musical,” Woo said. “I’m going to be working with the Sparks Brothers, who wrote the script and songs — we are just starting work on some changes to the script.” The director then joked that this “will be my first movie where I don’t need to hire a stuntman.” Woo has wanted to tackle a musical for some time, even coming close to helming...
“My next project is actually a half-musical,” Woo said. “I’m going to be working with the Sparks Brothers, who wrote the script and songs — we are just starting work on some changes to the script.” The director then joked that this “will be my first movie where I don’t need to hire a stuntman.” Woo has wanted to tackle a musical for some time, even coming close to helming...
- 9/10/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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Dark Winds is a crime thriller series created by Graham Roland. The AMC series is based on a Leaphorn & Chee novel series written by Tony Hillerman. Dark Winds is set in the 1970s Southwest and it follows the story of two Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they go up against their dark past and evil forces to maintain peace in their community. So if you loved the dangerous crimes, thrilling mysteries, and compelling lead characters in Dark Winds here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Longmire Credit – A&e
Longmire is a neo-Western crime drama series developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin. Based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries book series by author Craig Johnson, the Netflix series follows the story of the sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming,...
Dark Winds is a crime thriller series created by Graham Roland. The AMC series is based on a Leaphorn & Chee novel series written by Tony Hillerman. Dark Winds is set in the 1970s Southwest and it follows the story of two Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they go up against their dark past and evil forces to maintain peace in their community. So if you loved the dangerous crimes, thrilling mysteries, and compelling lead characters in Dark Winds here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Longmire Credit – A&e
Longmire is a neo-Western crime drama series developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin. Based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries book series by author Craig Johnson, the Netflix series follows the story of the sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming,...
- 9/10/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
You always hear about whistleblowers––those who smuggle documentation for the benefit of the public out of corporations trying to make or save a buck at the expense of human lives––but what about those who decide the risk is too great? They’ve procured the papers. Got out of the building. And now find themselves victims of escalating harassment with nowhere to turn. Maybe they’re offered a settlement to have it all go away, but can they trust someone willing to bury evidence that proves culpability for the extinguishing of innocent lives? These are scientists, not lawyers. Paper-pushers, not security operatives. They need help.
That’s where Riz Ahmed’s “Tom” in David Mackenzie’s Relay comes in. He’s a man of many names. (Don’t look them up; they aren’t real.) An enigmatic figure who’s always watching and never talking. We meet him at...
That’s where Riz Ahmed’s “Tom” in David Mackenzie’s Relay comes in. He’s a man of many names. (Don’t look them up; they aren’t real.) An enigmatic figure who’s always watching and never talking. We meet him at...
- 9/10/2024
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Six hours into Kevin Costner’s unfussy and digestible Horizon: An American Saga, it does feel like some crucial oversights have been made. Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 2, which Costner shot back-to-back with Chapter 1 for a combined budget of $100 million, around $38M of came from Costner’s coffers, exists in...
- 9/10/2024
- by Rory Doherty
- avclub.com
David Mackenzie is full of deceit. His movies, not him.
Mackenzie can lure you with the cunningness of an illicit couple, played by Tilda Swnton and Ewan McGregor, in his 2003 drama Young Adam. “Give us a come-hither look,” I remember him instructing Swinton on a barge berthed on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.
Treachery of a different kind is afoot in his latest film Relay, which had its world premiere Sunday at TIFF.
The chicanery is there. There’s no sex, but there’s seduction.
The audience is being seduced too; we’re being lulled. You’ve been warned.
The two protagonists are played by Riz Ahmed and Lily James, at the top of their game. And what delectable games they play.
Beige is the color of conformity. James is first seen wearing a suit in that tone because she doesn’t want to stand out. She’s...
Mackenzie can lure you with the cunningness of an illicit couple, played by Tilda Swnton and Ewan McGregor, in his 2003 drama Young Adam. “Give us a come-hither look,” I remember him instructing Swinton on a barge berthed on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.
Treachery of a different kind is afoot in his latest film Relay, which had its world premiere Sunday at TIFF.
The chicanery is there. There’s no sex, but there’s seduction.
The audience is being seduced too; we’re being lulled. You’ve been warned.
The two protagonists are played by Riz Ahmed and Lily James, at the top of their game. And what delectable games they play.
Beige is the color of conformity. James is first seen wearing a suit in that tone because she doesn’t want to stand out. She’s...
- 9/10/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Worthington plays a corporate enforcer in the new whistleblower thriller “Relay,” and discussed the role New York plays in the film — the actual New York City and its energy. “I’m glad that we actually got to shoot in New York, and not like, say, Toronto for New York, or somewhere like that, which normally happens,” Worthington told Steve Pond at TheWrap’s 2024 TIFF Studio sponsored by Moët & Chandon and Boss Design.
The film is directed by David McKenzie, who directed the Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water” and previously worked with Worthington on FX on Hulu series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”
“Relay” explores the world of corporate whistleblowers and the secretive relay centers that allow for anonymous communication. The film stars Riz Ahmed as Tom, a “fixer” whose specialty is brokering major payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten to ruin them. He’s careful...
The film is directed by David McKenzie, who directed the Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water” and previously worked with Worthington on FX on Hulu series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”
“Relay” explores the world of corporate whistleblowers and the secretive relay centers that allow for anonymous communication. The film stars Riz Ahmed as Tom, a “fixer” whose specialty is brokering major payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten to ruin them. He’s careful...
- 9/9/2024
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sharp, fun, and smartly entertaining from its first scene to its final twist, David Mackenzie’s “Relay” is an old-fashioned movie about an old-fashioned guy. The movie is a modern paranoid thriller that harkens back to the genre’s ’70s heyday (though the far more recent “Michael Clayton” might be its most obvious point of reference). The guy is an alcoholic Muslim named Ash, who became a renegade deal broker after drinking away a more conventional life.
His stocks-in-trade are whistleblowers — he works to keep them safe from the companies who want them dead. His methods are analogue — Ash exclusively communicates with brave clients and evil conglomerates alike through a talk-to-text relay service designed to help deaf people make standard phone calls. Nobody ever hears his voice or learns his name; he hammers a message into his teleprinter, and a team of very confused (but unfailingly professional) operators then speak...
His stocks-in-trade are whistleblowers — he works to keep them safe from the companies who want them dead. His methods are analogue — Ash exclusively communicates with brave clients and evil conglomerates alike through a talk-to-text relay service designed to help deaf people make standard phone calls. Nobody ever hears his voice or learns his name; he hammers a message into his teleprinter, and a team of very confused (but unfailingly professional) operators then speak...
- 9/9/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
David Mackenzie’s new thriller Relay explores murky moral questions as it introduces audiences to Ash, a discreet intermediary who helps whistleblowers safely expose corporate corruption. Played silently yet compellingly by Riz Ahmed, Ash finds his strict protocols tested when scientist Sarah enlists his skills to broker a deal with the biotech firm she’s blown the whistle on.
As a recovering addict, Ash understands well the dangers others face when standing up against power. Operating through ingenious means like the Tri-State Relay phone service, he keeps dangerous distance from both clients and adversaries. But a spark grows between Ash and Sarah that challenges his solitary ways. How can he help her without compromising the security keeping him and others alive in this shadowy world of entrenched threats?
Mackenzie grabs viewers with this high-concept cat and mouse game of secrets within secrets. Using New York as more than just a backdrop,...
As a recovering addict, Ash understands well the dangers others face when standing up against power. Operating through ingenious means like the Tri-State Relay phone service, he keeps dangerous distance from both clients and adversaries. But a spark grows between Ash and Sarah that challenges his solitary ways. How can he help her without compromising the security keeping him and others alive in this shadowy world of entrenched threats?
Mackenzie grabs viewers with this high-concept cat and mouse game of secrets within secrets. Using New York as more than just a backdrop,...
- 9/9/2024
- by Shahrbanoo Golmohamadi
- Gazettely
By Sunday morning US acquisitions activity at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was starting to grind through the gears.
Buyers were understood to be circling Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation The Life Of Chuck and David Gordon Green’s festive festival opener Nutcrackers, while A24 announced at the start of the day its US buy on Brady Corbet’s Venice Silver Lion winner The Brutalist.
The Life Of Chuck stars Tom Hiddleston and is a drama, despite the heavyweight horror credentials of King and Flanagan. It premiered on Friday and played again as a P&i and public screening on Saturday,...
Buyers were understood to be circling Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation The Life Of Chuck and David Gordon Green’s festive festival opener Nutcrackers, while A24 announced at the start of the day its US buy on Brady Corbet’s Venice Silver Lion winner The Brutalist.
The Life Of Chuck stars Tom Hiddleston and is a drama, despite the heavyweight horror credentials of King and Flanagan. It premiered on Friday and played again as a P&i and public screening on Saturday,...
- 9/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
While the just-ended Venice Film Festival exploded out of the gate with two high-profile acquisition annoucements in its first 24 hours for Maria and Queer, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was staying true to form as the first major on-site deals were yet to materialise heading into Sunday.
Anticipated heavyweights like Ron Howard’s Eden, Daniel Minahan’s 1950s drama On Swift Horses, and Anderson .Paak’s K-Pops received their world premieres on Saturday, while Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl first screened on Friday and has sparked admiring talk of a possible awards play for Pamela Anderson’s lead...
Anticipated heavyweights like Ron Howard’s Eden, Daniel Minahan’s 1950s drama On Swift Horses, and Anderson .Paak’s K-Pops received their world premieres on Saturday, while Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl first screened on Friday and has sparked admiring talk of a possible awards play for Pamela Anderson’s lead...
- 9/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
About thirty minutes into David Mackenzie’s latest, the clever throwback thriller “Relay,” something funny happens. Or doesn’t happen, really, as that’s about the moment when keen audiences will notice that our protagonist, played by Riz Ahmed, hasn’t yet said a word to another person.
Named for the message relay services that help people with a hearing or speech disability to make and receive telephone calls via text (and a human relay operator as ironclad intermediary), “Relay” is the latest film in Mackenzie’s ever-shifting filmography, this one a modern spin on the kind of paranoid thrillers that were so common during the ‘70s.
“I can’t remember whether it was in the early drafts, but it’s been like that for quite a while in ours,” Mackenzie said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “It was just the idea that this person is doing everything without...
Named for the message relay services that help people with a hearing or speech disability to make and receive telephone calls via text (and a human relay operator as ironclad intermediary), “Relay” is the latest film in Mackenzie’s ever-shifting filmography, this one a modern spin on the kind of paranoid thrillers that were so common during the ‘70s.
“I can’t remember whether it was in the early drafts, but it’s been like that for quite a while in ours,” Mackenzie said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “It was just the idea that this person is doing everything without...
- 9/7/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Kevin Costner’s second installment of his Western franchise “Horizon: An American Saga” earned a three-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, before the director and star was crowded by fans.
The applause for Costner’s “Horizon 2” had barely passed the three-minute mark when he became encircled by enthusiastic fans — holding up their phones to get selfies or take videos — and was therefore escorted out by security. The follow-up to June’s first edition of “Horizon,” “Chapter Two” debuted at the festival’s Sala Giardino — a much smaller theater than typical premiere-host Sala Grande, which was otherwise occupied on Saturday night with Venice’s awards ceremony. “Chapter One” of “Horizon” premiered at Cannes Film Festival back in May to a seven-minute ovation.
However, before he left, Costner hugged his “Bull Durham” co-star Susan Sarandon, who kissed his cheek and whispered congratulations in his ear. The two...
The applause for Costner’s “Horizon 2” had barely passed the three-minute mark when he became encircled by enthusiastic fans — holding up their phones to get selfies or take videos — and was therefore escorted out by security. The follow-up to June’s first edition of “Horizon,” “Chapter Two” debuted at the festival’s Sala Giardino — a much smaller theater than typical premiere-host Sala Grande, which was otherwise occupied on Saturday night with Venice’s awards ceremony. “Chapter One” of “Horizon” premiered at Cannes Film Festival back in May to a seven-minute ovation.
However, before he left, Costner hugged his “Bull Durham” co-star Susan Sarandon, who kissed his cheek and whispered congratulations in his ear. The two...
- 9/7/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
After debuting his Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 in Cannes last May, Kevin Costner is on the Lido today for the world premiere of the second installment in the Manifest Destiny epic. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, directed by and starring Costner alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Isabelle Fuhrman, Luke Wilson and more, will screen out of competition at the Venice Film Festival this afternoon. Prior to that, Costner met with the press.
Costner wrote the, so far, two-part epic, with co-writer Jon Baird and also produces under his Territory Pictures banner. A third and fourth film are scripted and ready to shoot. The Oscar winner has a lot of skin in the game on this passion project. He previously told Deadline that he’s projected to pay $98 million himself for the first three films, and that financing the fourth will take it to over $100 million.
Costner wrote the, so far, two-part epic, with co-writer Jon Baird and also produces under his Territory Pictures banner. A third and fourth film are scripted and ready to shoot. The Oscar winner has a lot of skin in the game on this passion project. He previously told Deadline that he’s projected to pay $98 million himself for the first three films, and that financing the fourth will take it to over $100 million.
- 9/7/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s an enormous amount to describe, but very little to actually say about Kevin Costner’s bedraggled “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2,” the second of a planned four installments in his sprawling, multistranded Western, that plays, after the muted reception of “Chapter 1” in Cannes, out of competition on the final day of Venice. Doubling down on the first chapter’s intermittent triumphs but also on its grievous structural issues, it is an exercise in contradictions: incident-packed yet oddly sedate; replete with characters new and returning, yet largely lacking in compelling characterization; and, running to over three hours, simply too long a film to be so jarringly abrupt.
It’s hardly a surprise that it picks up where the last left off, given the last left off with, essentially, a preview-reel of part two. Viewers bewildered by that montage’s final image — a lingering close-up of a mustachioed Giovanni Ribisi,...
It’s hardly a surprise that it picks up where the last left off, given the last left off with, essentially, a preview-reel of part two. Viewers bewildered by that montage’s final image — a lingering close-up of a mustachioed Giovanni Ribisi,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 is the latest installment in writer-director-star Kevin Costner’s planned four-part film series, which opened in the U.S. this past July to many poor reviews, bemused viewer reaction and disappointing box office numbers.
This second three-hour tranche of Wild West-themed soap-operatic drama, premiering at Venice, has basically the same problems as its predecessor: too much setup and not enough payoff; jagged editing that only highlights the lack of harmony between its disparate narrative strands; and cliché-tinged production values that often make it feel corny and old-fashioned, and not in a good way. And that’s allowing for the assumption that it’s aimed at the geriatric market who loved Costner’s pseudo-revisionist Western blockbuster Dances With Wolves back in the day and his return turn to Western-adjacent form with recent TV hit Yellowstone.
And yet, despite all that, Chapter 2 proves to be more...
This second three-hour tranche of Wild West-themed soap-operatic drama, premiering at Venice, has basically the same problems as its predecessor: too much setup and not enough payoff; jagged editing that only highlights the lack of harmony between its disparate narrative strands; and cliché-tinged production values that often make it feel corny and old-fashioned, and not in a good way. And that’s allowing for the assumption that it’s aimed at the geriatric market who loved Costner’s pseudo-revisionist Western blockbuster Dances With Wolves back in the day and his return turn to Western-adjacent form with recent TV hit Yellowstone.
And yet, despite all that, Chapter 2 proves to be more...
- 9/7/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Despite setbacks, acclaimed actor and director Kevin Costner remains determined to complete his epic “Horizon” western film series. Costner has faced challenges getting the four-part film saga made, but spoke passionately at the recent Venice Film Festival about why he believes in the project. The second installment, “Horizon: Chapter Two,” had its surprise premiere at the prestigious festival.
The first “Horizon” movie underperformed at the box office last year, earning only $11 million its opening weekend. This led the studio to cancel the planned theatrical release of “Chapter Two.” But Costner saw an opportunity when the Venice Film Festival artistic director offered to showcase it. “Alberto bringing this here gave me my dream and didn’t allow it to be squashed,” said a grateful Costner.
While acknowledging the financial reality behind the studio’s decision, Costner believes “Horizon” deserves more time. He pointed out that some of his past movies weren...
The first “Horizon” movie underperformed at the box office last year, earning only $11 million its opening weekend. This led the studio to cancel the planned theatrical release of “Chapter Two.” But Costner saw an opportunity when the Venice Film Festival artistic director offered to showcase it. “Alberto bringing this here gave me my dream and didn’t allow it to be squashed,” said a grateful Costner.
While acknowledging the financial reality behind the studio’s decision, Costner believes “Horizon” deserves more time. He pointed out that some of his past movies weren...
- 9/7/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Kevin Costner spoke on the scrapped theatrical release of his second “Horizon” film on Saturday during its Venice Film Festival press conference, saying that “it probably was a reaction” to the underperformance of the first movie at the box office.
“It didn’t have overwhelming success,” Costner said of the first film. “I’ve had a lot of movies that way, that have stood the test of time.”
He added that it was a “studio decision” to release “Chapter Two” six weeks after “Chapter One,” and “it became a studio decision to not.” However, Costner asserted that it all worked out for the best because he got to screen “Horizon 2” at Venice.
“For me, it fell back into my plan, which was I always wanted to come out with movies about five-six months apart. And that was going to allow me to come to Venice,” he said. “I would have never come to Venice,...
“It didn’t have overwhelming success,” Costner said of the first film. “I’ve had a lot of movies that way, that have stood the test of time.”
He added that it was a “studio decision” to release “Chapter Two” six weeks after “Chapter One,” and “it became a studio decision to not.” However, Costner asserted that it all worked out for the best because he got to screen “Horizon 2” at Venice.
“For me, it fell back into my plan, which was I always wanted to come out with movies about five-six months apart. And that was going to allow me to come to Venice,” he said. “I would have never come to Venice,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
When it comes to the best-performing films in Hollywood, James Cameron seems to have a firm dominance in the top 5 spots, with Titanic and his two Avatar films. While the latter had been commercially well received, a lot of fans believe that the story worked because it took Sam Worthington as its lead, instead of Matt Damon, who was also offered the role of Jake Sully.
A still from the 2009 movie, Avatar || Credits: 20th Century Studios
There is a section of the fandom that believes that Avatar was better off working with someone not as celebrated as Sam Worthington instead of a renowned actor like Matt Damon. This allowed audiences to get immersed in the world of Avatar without having Damon break the immersion with his star power.
Fans on Reddit are sure that not going with Matt Damon was the right choice for Avatar Sam Worthington as Jake Sully...
A still from the 2009 movie, Avatar || Credits: 20th Century Studios
There is a section of the fandom that believes that Avatar was better off working with someone not as celebrated as Sam Worthington instead of a renowned actor like Matt Damon. This allowed audiences to get immersed in the world of Avatar without having Damon break the immersion with his star power.
Fans on Reddit are sure that not going with Matt Damon was the right choice for Avatar Sam Worthington as Jake Sully...
- 9/6/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
36 years after the release of Ron Shelton’s steamy baseball romance “Bull Durham,” co-stars Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon got together again at the 81st annual Venice Film Festival.
“There’s nothing like catching up with an old friend,” Costner wrote on his Instagram Thursday, sharing a picture of himself with Sarandon. “Great to see you [Susan Sarandon] we’ve come a long way since our ‘Bull Durham’ days.”
Sarandon was nominated for a Golden Globe for best musical or comedy for her role in the 1988 hit.
“Bull Durham”
The pair were reunited Sept. 5 at the Better World Fund’s philanthropy event at the Cipriani Hotel in Venice. “This significant occasion is dedicated to supporting women’s empowerment through the vector of art,” the Better World Fund Wrote on Instagram, outlining the significance of the night. “In the presence of our guests of honor Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner, the historic and...
“There’s nothing like catching up with an old friend,” Costner wrote on his Instagram Thursday, sharing a picture of himself with Sarandon. “Great to see you [Susan Sarandon] we’ve come a long way since our ‘Bull Durham’ days.”
Sarandon was nominated for a Golden Globe for best musical or comedy for her role in the 1988 hit.
“Bull Durham”
The pair were reunited Sept. 5 at the Better World Fund’s philanthropy event at the Cipriani Hotel in Venice. “This significant occasion is dedicated to supporting women’s empowerment through the vector of art,” the Better World Fund Wrote on Instagram, outlining the significance of the night. “In the presence of our guests of honor Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner, the historic and...
- 9/5/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Terminator Zero Showrunner Defends Terminator Salvation - Main Image
Any longtime Terminator fan knows that the fandom has long held the belief that the last good Terminator film was Terminator 2, and everything else between Terminator 3 and Dark Fate has been a poor entry in the story of Humanity vs. Skynet.
With Terminator Zero receiving sparkling reviews, showrunner Mattson Tomlin defends what he thinks is an underappreciated Terminator entry.
“People Were Tough on Terminator Salvation”
Talking to DiscussingFilm, Tomlin talks about previous entries in the franchise that he liked, and besides the first movie, he singled out 2009’s Terminator: Salvation, which McG directed. Tomlin says:
“I really love Salvation. I think people were a little tough on that movie and you look at it, the physics of it—the gunfire, the explosions, any time that there’s a terminator that—the skeleton—it really feels like it has a...
Any longtime Terminator fan knows that the fandom has long held the belief that the last good Terminator film was Terminator 2, and everything else between Terminator 3 and Dark Fate has been a poor entry in the story of Humanity vs. Skynet.
With Terminator Zero receiving sparkling reviews, showrunner Mattson Tomlin defends what he thinks is an underappreciated Terminator entry.
“People Were Tough on Terminator Salvation”
Talking to DiscussingFilm, Tomlin talks about previous entries in the franchise that he liked, and besides the first movie, he singled out 2009’s Terminator: Salvation, which McG directed. Tomlin says:
“I really love Salvation. I think people were a little tough on that movie and you look at it, the physics of it—the gunfire, the explosions, any time that there’s a terminator that—the skeleton—it really feels like it has a...
- 9/5/2024
- EpicStream
Sigourney Weaver is passing through the Venice Film Festival, speaking with the press and fans, after receiving a career achievement award at the Italian fest’s opening ceremony on Wednesday.
This afternoon during a masterclass session with young students and journalists, Weaver shared a nugget from her work on Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi flick Alien.
“I remember Ridley didn’t really know how to end it,” Weaver said of the film.
“Ridley was making all these drawings. And he thought he’d keep on shooting until he figured it out. But they told him he had to finish in three days. So they did all these quick experiments and they realized if they have water against the Alien it will look like it’s burning up. It all happened so fast. It was total improvisation.”
Weaver added that throughout the production of Alien, Scott and his DoP Derek Vanlint...
This afternoon during a masterclass session with young students and journalists, Weaver shared a nugget from her work on Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi flick Alien.
“I remember Ridley didn’t really know how to end it,” Weaver said of the film.
“Ridley was making all these drawings. And he thought he’d keep on shooting until he figured it out. But they told him he had to finish in three days. So they did all these quick experiments and they realized if they have water against the Alien it will look like it’s burning up. It all happened so fast. It was total improvisation.”
Weaver added that throughout the production of Alien, Scott and his DoP Derek Vanlint...
- 8/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
We had a wonderful summer, and now we'll soon be starting a new season. On Sept. 22, it'll be the first day of fall, and you know what that means. It's time to clear out your Netflix watchlist so that you can add a bunch of new content to it.
If you're looking for something to watch that'll have your heart racing and keep you on the edge of your seat, then you must check out these eight best action movies on Netflix that we shared below. Two of the films listed haven't been released yet and will come out later this year. Don't worry. We'll make sure to share their official release dates as well.
The Union (2024)
The Union was released on Netflix in August 2024, and it didn't take long at all for it to rise up the streamer's top 10 movie list. As of Aug. 27, it's currently sitting at the No.
If you're looking for something to watch that'll have your heart racing and keep you on the edge of your seat, then you must check out these eight best action movies on Netflix that we shared below. Two of the films listed haven't been released yet and will come out later this year. Don't worry. We'll make sure to share their official release dates as well.
The Union (2024)
The Union was released on Netflix in August 2024, and it didn't take long at all for it to rise up the streamer's top 10 movie list. As of Aug. 27, it's currently sitting at the No.
- 8/27/2024
- by Crystal George
- Netflix Life
Yellowstone star Kevin Costner will return to the Western genre with his film series Horizon: An American Saga, the first part of which is set to arrive in theaters June 28. The first film in a planned four-arc installment premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute 40-second standing ovation, which brought the actor to tears.
Costner, who stars in and directs the Western installments, has been wanting to bring this project to the screen since 1988 when he started dreaming it up. He cowrote it with Jon Baird. The Dances With Wolves star revealed that production has begun for the third film and that he has plans to make a fourth. The second part of the series will follow the first with a theatrical release this summer.
Read on for everything we know about Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga:
What is Horizon: An American Saga about?
The...
Costner, who stars in and directs the Western installments, has been wanting to bring this project to the screen since 1988 when he started dreaming it up. He cowrote it with Jon Baird. The Dances With Wolves star revealed that production has begun for the third film and that he has plans to make a fourth. The second part of the series will follow the first with a theatrical release this summer.
Read on for everything we know about Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga:
What is Horizon: An American Saga about?
The...
- 8/26/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
John Woo was once known as the master of action cinema. His knack for beautifully crafted and stylized violence made him an international sensation with hits like The Killer (1989) and Hard Boiled before making the leap to Hollywood with Hard Target. His impact on the genre is undeniable, but following the critically panned, Ben Affleck-starring Paycheck the filmmaker went back to his Hong Kong roots and left the world of Hollywood behind him for two decades.
He returned to American audiences last year with the dialogue-free, Christmas-themed Silent Night — a film that I personally loved but that faced a rocky reception from most — and again in 2024 with The Killer, a remake of his ’89 classic. It’s always an interesting choice when a filmmaker remakes one of their own movies. Yasujiro Ozu remade his film A Story of Floating Weeds, and the second attempt is arguably the superior film; however,...
He returned to American audiences last year with the dialogue-free, Christmas-themed Silent Night — a film that I personally loved but that faced a rocky reception from most — and again in 2024 with The Killer, a remake of his ’89 classic. It’s always an interesting choice when a filmmaker remakes one of their own movies. Yasujiro Ozu remade his film A Story of Floating Weeds, and the second attempt is arguably the superior film; however,...
- 8/24/2024
- by Joshua Ryan
- FandomWire
Even though the weekend of Aug. 23-25 may not be as packed with new shows as we are used to seeing, there’s still plenty to watch! After all, wouldn’t you agree that it is quality over quantity? Below we are highlighting four great shows you can stream this weekend, followed by our top two picks.
What’s new this weekend? For your viewing pleasure, we have included a good mix of new debuts and shows you may have missed from earlier this week. Check them out!
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, watch it on HBO this Saturday, Aug. 24Industry season 3 episode 3, stream on HBO/Max this Sunday, Aug. 25Reasonable Doubt season 2 debut, now streaming on HuluPachinko season 2 debut, now streaming on Apple TV+
Did we miss any other great shows that premiered this weekend or dropped earlier this week? Share with us if so! Now, which of...
What’s new this weekend? For your viewing pleasure, we have included a good mix of new debuts and shows you may have missed from earlier this week. Check them out!
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, watch it on HBO this Saturday, Aug. 24Industry season 3 episode 3, stream on HBO/Max this Sunday, Aug. 25Reasonable Doubt season 2 debut, now streaming on HuluPachinko season 2 debut, now streaming on Apple TV+
Did we miss any other great shows that premiered this weekend or dropped earlier this week? Share with us if so! Now, which of...
- 8/24/2024
- by Sandy C.
- ShowSnob
It had been over two decades since Hong Kong director John Woo stunned audiences with his hyper-stylized action classic, The Killer. Released in 1989, the film pushed boundaries with its balletic gunplay and tragic melodrama. Chow Yun-fat gave an unforgettable performance as a dedicated assassin struggling between his deadly profession and humanity. With influences like Jean-Pierre Melville, Sergio Leone, and John Cassavetes, Woo pioneered what became known as “Heroic Bloodshed.” He brought swift-paced action and complex character drama together in a wholly unique way.
Hollywood soon came calling for Woo to export his brand of mayhem stateside. Films like Broken Arrow, Face/Off, and Mission Impossible 2 dazzled worldwide crowds with the director’s expertly staged set pieces. However, it had been 20 years since Woo last delivered a stand-alone Hong Kong production. Fans wondered if he’d ever return to the wellspring of his signature style.
In 2024, that question was answered. With a...
Hollywood soon came calling for Woo to export his brand of mayhem stateside. Films like Broken Arrow, Face/Off, and Mission Impossible 2 dazzled worldwide crowds with the director’s expertly staged set pieces. However, it had been 20 years since Woo last delivered a stand-alone Hong Kong production. Fans wondered if he’d ever return to the wellspring of his signature style.
In 2024, that question was answered. With a...
- 8/24/2024
- by Arash Nahandian
- Gazettely
Our top streaming pick this week, “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1,” is Kevin Costner’s spiritual sequel to his seven-time Oscar winner “Dances With Wolves.” The awards chances for “Horizon” look dimmer than “Dances,” though, especially after the passion project flopped in theaters.
The film is a Western epic following the arduous journeys of settlers and outlaws as they try to reach the frontier town of Horizon. In addition to Costner, who plays a stoic horse trader named Hayes Ellison, the sprawling cast includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Abbey Lee, and Luke Wilson, among many others. The release of in-the-can second part has been postponed indefinitely, but now that “Chapter 1” can potentially gin up some interest with its streaming release on Max, maybe “Chapter 2” will get a new date soon.
Here are some other movies to stream this weekend:
“The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat”: While the title...
The film is a Western epic following the arduous journeys of settlers and outlaws as they try to reach the frontier town of Horizon. In addition to Costner, who plays a stoic horse trader named Hayes Ellison, the sprawling cast includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Abbey Lee, and Luke Wilson, among many others. The release of in-the-can second part has been postponed indefinitely, but now that “Chapter 1” can potentially gin up some interest with its streaming release on Max, maybe “Chapter 2” will get a new date soon.
Here are some other movies to stream this weekend:
“The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat”: While the title...
- 8/24/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
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