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Exclusive: Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling) and Gael García Bernal (Cassandro) are set to star in psychological thriller Monkey Hill, which will be directed by Sarah Adina Smith (Birds of Paradise) who wrote the script based on the Paul Theroux story of the same name.

In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city. In deep denial of the growing scandal, they distract themselves with sexual escapades and spiritual dalliances. Meanwhile, the hotel staff who pamper them by the pool return each night to a village plagued by civil unrest and a deadly water crisis. When the couple ventures past the hotel gates that protect them, they awaken the sleeping giant of fate.

Upgrade reps international rights on the film and is launching ahead of the American Film Market. 2Am and WME Independent co-rep North American rights.

Chris Pine had a laugh but wasn’t exactly thrilled when fans focused more on that scene in one flick than the gritty, R-rated action. The $120M epic delivered brutal battles, but what grabbed the internet’s attention? Pine’s brief full-frontal moment. Despite the blood and gore, fans zeroed in on his unexpected cameo.

Chris Pine as Edgin Darvin in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Credit: Paramount Pictures

Pine, ever the good sport, joked about the attention but admitted he wished people had talked more about the movie’s intense storytelling and less about his “junk.” It’s safe to say this flick gave audiences more than they bargained for—and Pine, well, he kept it classy.

Chris Pine’s Full-Frontal Scene in Outlaw King Stole the Spotlight Over Brutal Battles Chris Pine as Capt. James Kirk in Star Trek | Credit: Paramount Pictures

Chris Pine wasn’t exactly...

Following her iconic performances in several critically acclaimed films, if there’s one thing that Florence Pugh has mastered, it’s the art of tugging at our heartstrings. Making her fans tear up every time she’s on screen, Pugh once again proved her prowess as an emotional powerhouse in We Live in Time, alongside Andrew Garfield.

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in We Live in Time | image: A24

While Florence Pugh’s ability to convey raw emotion is nothing short of magical, fans have started noticing how the actress rarely appears in happy roles. Perhaps, it’s a trend set by Pugh of appearing in films that leave her fans teary-eyed and yearning for more.

Florence Pugh’s We Live in Time Happens to be an Emotional Rollercoaster

Buckle up, for Florence Pugh has returned to barge in through our watergates with her latest movie We Live in Time,...

Netflix has acquired the spec script and aims to fast track Out There, a new high concept sci-fi thriller described as in the vein of A Quiet Place and Cloverfield, Deadline reports today.

Out There will mark the veteran editor Stefan Grube.

Plot details remain under wraps at this time, but the sci-fi thriller “revolves around a fractured family who must face the most catastrophic day of their lives.” Which does fall in line with the comparisons to A Quiet Place and Cloverfield. Considering Grube’s work on the suspenseful 10 Cloverfield Lane, we can likely expect that same level of breathless tension here.

Grube’s credits also include Tully, The Front Runner, and Star Wars: Episode IX. As for the spec script that was picked up by Netflix, that hails from Shane Van Dyke, Carey Van Dyke and Ian Levy. The Van Dykes previously wrote Don’t Worry Darling, and Levy scripted Pay the Ghost.

Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the spec script Out There, a high-concept sci-fi thriller in the vein of A Quite Place and Cloverfield. Netflix intends to make this one for a price, and it will mark the directorial debut of Stefan Grube, the veteran film editor. Script is by Shane Van Dyke, Carey Van Dyke and Ian Levy. The Van Dykes’ credits include Don’t Worry Darling and Levy produced Pay the Ghost.

The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona will produce along with Josie Liang of Space Bandit. Nick Meyer of Sierra Pictures will serve as executive producer.

Grube hails from the world of post-production, having collaborated with directors Dan Trachtenberg, Jason Reitman and JJ Abrams. His editing credits include films such as 10 Cloverfield Lane, Tully, The Front Runner, and Star Wars: Episode IX. He has also crafted some of the better trailers of the past decade.

The logline is currently under wraps,...

Prime Video’s October programming holds plenty of spooky, scary and surprising movies and TV shows in store ahead of Halloween like the Haunted House movies, Monster House (2006), Goosebumps (2015) and more. House of Spoils (2024) is an original that will be sure to frighten.

For the full list of Prime Video programming in October 2024, see below.

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Movies:

1984 (1985) 12 Angry Men (1957) 13 Going on 30 (2004) A Bridge Too Far (1977) A Haunted House (2013) – Avail on Freevee w/ Ads A Haunted House 2 (2014) – Avail on Freevee w/ Ads A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) A Monster Calls (2017) A View to a Kill (1985) The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (2005) All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989) All The King’s Men (2006) Animal Kingdom (2010) Aquaman (2018) Arrival (2016) – Avail on Freevee w/ Ads Be Cool (2005) Before Midnight (2013) Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Body of Evidence (1993) Bruce Almighty (2003) Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) Chappie (2015) Charlotte’s Web (2006) – Avail on Freevee w/ Ads Clueless (1995) Coach Carter...

Acting has become a profession that everyone likes to try their hands on. This is not exclusive to those who wish to see themselves get famous, as some of the most successful names in the industry have tried their hands in a film or two. Naturally, the One Direction icon, Harry Styles, also joined this trend and has been starring in projects here and there.

Harry Styles in My Policeman. | Credit: Amazon MGM Studios.

He has been in many well-known projects, ranging from Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, Marvel’s Eternals, and most famously, Don’t Worry Darling. However, it would seem that these few projects weren’t enough for the actor. It was reported that the star was supposed to be a part of the remake of Nosferatu.

Thankfully, this was not seen through, and Nicholas Hoult ended up replacing the singer.

Harry Styles Was Almost In Nosferatu

The remake of...

The director of horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop, as well as this year’s pro wrestling horror movie Dark Match, Lowell Dean is back this Halloween with Die Alone.

Quiver Distribution will release Die Alone in theaters and VOD at home October 18, 2024.

In the film, “Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend.”

Watch an exclusive clip below and find the official trailer underneath.

Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy) will star alongside Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise) and Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling, Big Little Lies).

Kimberly-Sue Murray also stars.

Lowell Dean is both writing and directing the film. Die Alone is produced by Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg for Quiver Distribution. Producers also include Kevin DeWalt, Danielle Masters, and Benjamin DeWalt from Minds Eye Entertainment.

The post...

The trailer for Nicole Kidman’s Erotic Thriller Babygirl is out for everyone to watch after the film blew the audiences away at the Venice Film Festival. Along with a roaring 7-minute standing ovation, it also won Kidman the esteemed ‘Best Actress’ award. However, after watching the film’s trailer for the first time, many fans couldn’t resist making Fifty Shades of Grey

comparisons and it makes total sense.

Screenshot from Babygirl Trailer (YouTube)

Babygirl boasts a stellar cast lineup that includes Oscar-nominated Antonio Banderas, The Iron Claw Star Harris Dickinson, and more. By now, all of us are well-versed with the film’s risqué themes and the overlap with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan-led Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) is too hard to ignore. But Kidman’s performance in this film could just be the masterclass Johnson needed before making her claim to fame 2015 film that holds some...

Ready for a cozy, romantic comedy series? “Nobody Wants This” may be the warm blanket you asked for.

The Netflix series created by Erin Foster follows the unlikely love story between an outspoken, sex podcaster (Kristen Bell) and an upstanding Rabbi (Adam Brody).

Bell and Brody’s tangible chemistry drives the 10-episode rom-com home, making you wish you had more to binge. Breakout sibling performances from Justine Lupe (“Succession”) and Timothy Simons (“Veep”) round out the cast of this lighthearted, will-they-won’t-they romance.

Keep reading for a complete guide to the “Nobody Wants This” cast.

Kristen Bell as Joanne in episode 101 of “Nobody Wants This.” (Credit: Hopper Stone/Netflix) Kristen Bell as Joanne

Joanne is an outspoken sex podcaster, who doesn’t believe in God. She gets taken by surprise when she’s seated next to a Rabbi (Brody) at a dinner party, who starts to change her mind. Their unlikely love story begins there.

Quiver Distribution will release the thriller, horror film Die Alone In Theaters, On Digital and On Demand October 18, 2024. Die Alone stars Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling), Kimberly-Sue Murray (“The Boys”), Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy). The film is written and directed by Lowell Dean (Wolfcop franchise). Synopsis: Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an …

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"It Ends WIth Us" is coming home. The major motion picture based on Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel of the same (which deals with domestic violence and emotional abuse) was directed by Justin Baldoni, who also starred alongside Blake Lively, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, and Brandon Sklenar. In the film, Lively stars as Lily Blossom Bloom, an aspiring florist who begins a Hallmark-like romance with a handsome neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni), only for things to take a turn for horror territory.

/Film's own Bj Colangelo wasn't a fan of Baldoni's adaptation and described it as "an infuriating, emotionally manipulative watch and a disservice to the talents of every actor involved" in her review. Indeed, it's a movie that's proven controversial across the board. Critics in general were divided on whether "It Ends With Us" is any good, at least one country banned the film, and there are multiple reports...

Amazon MGM Studios has released the brand new trailer for their upcoming action-advernture Christmas comedy Red One, and it's considerable step up from the teaser trailer as Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) and Jack O'Malley (Chris Evans) team-up to save Santa Claus (J. K. Simmons).

The new trailer takes a slightly more serious tone than the previous one and notably shifts the focus to Evans' character, who gets quite a bit more spotlight this time as he's recruited by the North Pole to aid their head of security, played by Johnson, in this high stakes rescue mission.

We don't want to read into it too much, but it seems clear the studios wanted to emphasize Evans' role a bit more. His character was the better received after the initial trailer and the former Avengers star does currently have a hot hand, following the blockbuster success of Deadpool & Wolverine, so it may...

Indie streamer Dropout has set the full guest-star lineup for the second season of its Vic Michaelis-hosted comedic interview series “Very Important People.”

“Very Important People” features Michaelis as the host of a standard talk show series with a twist: all interview subjects receive makeovers before sitting down to chat and then must immediately invent a character to play during the interview.

Following the Aug. 14 announcement of the guest stars for the first eight episodes of “Very Important People” Season 2, which debuts Nov. 7, Dropout has confirmed that Episodes 9-16 will star Bobby Moynihan (“Saturday Night Live”), Nicole Byer (“Nailed It!”), Echo Kellum (“Arrow”), Corin Wells (“A Black Lady Sketch Show”), Alex Song-Xia (“Rick & Morty”) and Paul Robalino (“Smarypants”).

Additionally, “Very Important People” Season 1 guests Brennan Lee Mulligan (“Dimension 20”), Izzy Roland (“Sex Lives of College Girls”) and Lisa Gilroy (“Glamorous”) will return in new roles.

Left to right: Bobby Moynihan,...

Paramount+’s Peak Screaming collection returns to the service today with a monster-sized lineup of thrills for audiences to enjoy this Halloween season. The popular Peak Screaming collection expands each year and features more genre-defining hits and classics than ever before, with over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies, and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

The seasonal collection will include the debut of the Paramount+ original film Apartment 7A (September 27), a haunting prequel to the cult classic Rosemary’s Baby, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (October 10), a new hour-long special where, while at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.

The curated Peak Screaming collection brings the household together by providing a scare for everyone with terrifying thrillers, spine-chilling films, and frights for the fainthearted, with 25 expertly curated carousels. New and returning...

Just in time for the Halloween season, the Peak Screaming Collection from Paramount+ has returned to the service today with a monster-sized lineup. The collection expands each year and this year features more genre-defining hits and classics than ever before, with over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

The seasonal collection will include the debut of the Paramount+ original film Apartment 7A (September 27), a haunting prequel to the cult classic Rosemary’s Baby; and Spongebob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp (October 10), a new hour-long special where, while at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.

The curated collection brings the household together by providing a scare for everyone with terrifying thrillers, spine-chilling films and frights for the fainthearted, with 25 expertly curated carousels. New and returning subgenres include the...

Florence Pugh is telling all in a new interview.

The 28-year-old entertainer spoke about shaving her head for her new film, her relationship with Zach Braff and why she spoke out about the criticism they faced, why she doesn’t hang out in famous circles, if she’s in a relationship right now, and why she won’t answer questions about Don’t Worry Darling‘s dramatic press tour, all for British Vogue‘s new cover.

We’ve gathered up the highlights here for you to see.

Head inside to see the 6 biggest revelations from Florence Pugh…...

“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6 has added Timothy Simons to its cast in a guest star role, Variety has learned.

The news comes shortly after it was announced that the sixth and final season of the Hulu series based on the Margaret Atwood novel had gone into production in Toronto. It is slated to debut in spring 2025. Simons’ character on the show is being kept under wraps.

This is Simons’ second announced TV role in recent weeks. Variety exclusively reported that the actor is also set to appear in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Season 2 at Disney+. He is best known for his role as Jonah Ryan in the award-winning HBO comedy “Veep,” on which he appeared for all of its seven seasons. His other TV credits include “Candy” and “Looking for Alaska” at Hulu, and “Station Eleven” at Max. He will next be seen in the Netflix series “Nobody Wants This,...

Strolling through Palace Costume is a bit like stepping into a Tim Burton movie. Everywhere you turn, there’s a surreal riot of outrageous outfits, from over-the-top Beetlejuice-style attire to Ed Wood-ish 1950s dresses to paste jewelry in a rainbow of Pee-Wee tints.

In fact, a lot of the costumes found in Burton’s movies were sourced from these very racks, along with outfits appearing in hundreds of other films. Forrest Gump, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Austin Powers, The Big Lewbowski, Don’t Worry Darling — they all featured clothing that was pulled from Palace Costume, known among Hollywood stylists as “the Louvre of vintage.”

Owner Melody Barnett in the 1970s with her cat Star Baby.

“It started 60 years ago,” says owner Melody Barnett, as she shuffles through room after room filled with fashion history. “I found a box of Victorian clothes at a...

Like a football player emerging from the huddle, Florence Pugh squatted and grunted as she reenacted a dramatic scene from “We Live in Time” after the film made its splashy debut on Day 2 of the Toronto International Film Festival. During a post-screening Q&a with co-star Andrew Garfield and director John Crowley, Pugh described the making of a wild scene from the tear-jerker cancer drama in which she gives birth in a dingy gas station bathroom while Garfield and two strangers looked on.

“It was amazing. I mean, you saw like seven minutes of it. We did 15-minute births like eight times. It was insane,” she told the sniffling audience. “The only problem was, I didn’t have a baby that came out, so I was just so exhausted and sweaty and tired, and I got no endorphins or anything. … I’ve never had a child, which is pretty key to...

It’s been 2 years since Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling premiered at the Venice Film Festival. And while the 2022 mystery thriller garnered enough attention, the only thing that stood out apart from the co-stars’ short-lived romance is the infamous spitgate incident involving Styles and Chris Pine.

Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in Don’t Worry Darling | image: Warner Bros.

According to reports, during the premiere event, Harry Styles was seen making a motion that caused an uproar leading netizens to believe he had spit on his Don’t Worry Darling co-star, Chris Pine. However, months later, the Star Trek actor entered the conversation to clarify the controversy and put an end to speculations.

Harry Styles’ Infamous Spitgate Incident from Don’t Worry Darling Premier

Even after two years since the buzz around Don’t Worry Darling reached its peak, one particular moment from the Venice Film Festival continues to capture...

Tickets go on sale Monday, September 9, for Warner Bros. Pictures’ Joker: Folie à Deux. The Todd Phillips film, which was Filmed For IMAX, sees Joaquin Phoenix return to his Academy Award-winning role as Arthur Fleck, starring alongside Lady Gaga.

It debuts tonight at the Venice Film Festival and will be released in theaters across North America on Friday, October 4, and internationally beginning on October 2—five years to the day from its predecessor, Joker, which won the festival’s prestigious Golden Lion Award.

Joker: Folie à Deux tickets will also go on sale on Monday, September 9 in select cities in North America for special fan-first premiere screenings—exclusively in IMAX—on one night only: Monday, September 30.

From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes Joker: Folie à Deux, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

At various screenings of Alien: Romulus in the U.S. last month, fans were treated to a first look at the upcoming FX/Hulu series, Alien: Earth. Unconnected to Fede Álvarez's movie, Legion showrunner Noah Hawley is the mastermind behind a series we now have the official teaser for (via SFFGazette.com).

Yes, the sneak peek has finally been released along with confirmation that Xenomorphs are heading to Earth.

"When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s highly anticipated TV series Alien: Earth from creator Noah Hawley," reads the official description.

It adds, "The perfect planet for the perfect organism. Alien: Earth is coming 2025. Only on Hulu,"

Alien fans have waited decades to see Xenomorph on home soil and we...

After four years of talking about it, the long-awaited "Alien" TV show is finally, really happening. Hailing from Noah Hawley of "Fargo" fame, the series set within the iconic sci-fi/horror franchise was first announced in December 2020 as part of Disney's now-infamous investor day presentation. A ton of projects were announced, many of which never came to pass. Hawley got this one across the finish line, though, and now it's coming to Hulu in 2025. Get ready for "Alien: Earth," ladies and gentleman! So, what is the show about? We finally know.

FX and Hulu released the above, brief teaser, which doesn't give us too much to go on, admittedly. We get a quick shot of a Xenomorph with Earth reflected on its head. That makes it crystal clear what the big hook of this one is: the Xenomorphs are coming to Earth. This will be a first for the franchise,...

John Crowley’s romantic drama “We Live in Time” is set to close the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival’s official selection, screening out of competition.

The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will have its world premiere at Toronto and its European premiere at San Sebastian. Pugh and Garfield star as two people whose lives are forever changed when an accident brings them together.

Written by Nick Payne (“The Last Letter From Your Lover”), “We Live in Time” chronicles the relationship between Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) through a series of vignettes, as they learn to cherish each moment of the route their love story has taken.

Crowley, known for his work across film, theater, and television, made his feature debut with “Intermission” (2003), which was part of the San Sebastian’s New Directors section. The Irish filmmaker’s credits include “Boy A” (2007), “Brooklyn” (2015), and episodes of “True Detective” and “Modern Love.

Blake Lively has always had a fraught relationship with her Hollywood career arc. After establishing herself on the silver screen with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in 2005, Lively’s career began to chart a sine-wave across the years that followed. Besides a few well-received projects like The Shallows and A Simple Favor, Lively has had hard luck trying to strike big as the lead.

Blake Lively in It Ends With Us [Credit: Sony Pictures]

After failing to score a win with her last big feature number, The Rhythm Section, Blake Lively returns 4 years later to widespread criticism and mass outrage with the adaptation of It Ends With Us. Although set for an assured win due to its large number of BookTok-inspired followers, no one could have predicted the harrowing press tour that would derail the entire film’s reputation even before it launched in theaters.

Blake Lively Sets a Bad...

Charli xcx and Olivia Wilde will co-star in 'I Want Your Sex'.The 'brat' singer and the 'Don't Worry Darling' director have been cast in the upcoming movie from filmmaker Gregg Araki, according to the Hollywood Reporter.'Licorice Pizza's Cooper Hoffman will also star in the film, which was co-written by Araki and Karley Sciortino. THR reports that the synopsis for the film reads: "When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder."Seth Caplan, Araki and Sciortino will produce, along with Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler. John Friedberg, Joanne Roberts Wiles...

The director of horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop, as well as this year’s pro wrestling horror movie Dark Match, Lowell Dean is back this Halloween with Die Alone.

Quiver Distribution will release Die Alone in theaters and VOD at home October 18, 2024.

Watch the official trailer for Die Alone below.

In the film, “Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend.”

Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy) will star alongside Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise) and Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling, Big Little Lies).

Kimberly-Sue Murray also stars.

Lowell Dean is both writing and directing the film. Die Alone is produced by Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman and Larry Greenberg for Quiver Distribution.

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Last year, we heard that WolfCop and Another WolfCop director Lowell Dean was heading into production on a post-apocalyptic film called Die Alone, with Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy), Carrie-Anne Moss (the Matrix franchise), and Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling) in the lead roles. That movie is now ready to make its way out into the world, with Quiver Distribution planning to give it a theatrical, digital, and VOD release on October 18th – and today, a trailer for the film has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Scripted by Dean, Die Alone is “set in a future where society collapses following a catastrophic pandemic” and follows Ethan (Smith), a young man with amnesia, who bands together with Mae (Moss), a rugged survivalist. Under siege from the zombie-like monsters created by the outbreak, Ethan must use Mae’s survival skills to find his missing girlfriend, before...

In Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 coming-of-age joint Licorice Pizza, Cooper Hoffman gave a breakout performance as a fresh-faced kid who gets in over his head with an older woman. And now, as Variety's reporting confirms, Cooper Hoffman is set to play a fresh-faced kid who gets in over his head with an older woman once again — albeit with a little less of a '70s nostalgic glow and a little more of a dangerous twist. The actor, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, has been cast as Olivia Wilde's sexual muse in erotically charged thriller I Want Your Sex, the latest movie from Mysterious Skin auteur Gregg Araki.

Written by Araki alongside his Now Apocalypse co-writer Karley Sciortino, I Want Your Sex — in case the title doesn't quite spell it out clearly enough — looks set to be a typically raw and unflinching feature from the White Bird In A Blizzard filmmaker.

A clearer picture of the next generation of movie stars is starting to take shape. It's not much of a surprise that Phillip Seymour Hoffman's kid is one of the ones emerging at the forefront, but it bodes well for his career that Cooper Hoffman has signed on to the latest Gregg Araki movie.

Chris Pine has joined the cast of Italian drama The Kidnapping of Arabella by Carolina Cavalli, as it begins shooting in northern Italy this week.

The movie stars Benedetta Porcaroli as a young woman convinced she is the wrong version of herself, until she meets a 7-year-old girl who makes her change her mind.

It marks Cavalli’s second feature after the well-received debut Amanda, which also starred Porcaroli, this time in the role of an isolated woman who tries to reconnect with a childhood friend.

That film premiered to acclaim in Venice’s Orizzonti Extra lineup in 2022, and then screened in Toronto.

That same year, Pine was in Venice with Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. His credits in between times include Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Poolman.

The Kidnapping of Arabella is produced by Elsinore Film and The Apartment, a Fremantle company. The...

Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut joins a microgenre of films, from Promising Young Woman to Don’t Worry Darling, that try – and mostly fail – to capture a difficult moment

This article contains spoilers

Blink Twice, Zoë Kravitz’s buzzy directorial debut, opens with lush, confident seduction. The starry-eyed Frida (Naomi Ackie), a cash-strapped cater-waiter who yearningly scrolls Instagram in her dingy bathroom, catches the eye of handsome tech entrepreneur Slater King at a ritzy gala; he summarily whisks her and her down-with-it best friend Jess (Alia Shawkat) to his private tropical island along with a private jet’s worth of hangers-on. The ostensible goal of the trip is to party – drink all day, lounge by the pool, soak up the sun, suck the marrow out of life. You cannot trust a billionaire, but why not enjoy the spoils?

Kravitz, who co-wrote the film with Et Feigenbaum, similarly relishes in the sensory...

Will Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have Baby #5 any time soon?

This summer, Deadpool & Wolverine made over $1 billion, becoming the most successful R-rated film release of all time.

Blake Lively’s controversial film, It Ends With Us, has also released. Blake’s own controversial interview choices have overshadowed the already-polarizing film, though it has been a commercial success with $250 million at the box office.

With all of that and their four existing children, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively apparently haven’t had time to work towards Baby #5.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the “It Ends With Us” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024. (Photo Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images) When will Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have Baby #5?

According to a new report by Ok! Magazine, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are too busy for Baby #5 just yet.

“So the two of them barely have a moment of downtime,...

Blink Twice is a psychological thriller film directed by Zoë Kravitz from a screenplay co-written by Zoë Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum. The thrilling new film follows the story of a cocktail waitress Frida as she gets invited for a dream on a private island by tech billionaire Slater King. But soon she finds herself losing her mind and experiences strange things that lead her to investigate the truth behind all of it. Blink Twice stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Adria Arjona, Alia Shawkat, Haley Joel Osment, Levon Hawke, Christian Slater, Liz Caribel, Geena Davis, and Kyle MacLachlan. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, complex characters, and the edge-of-the-seat experience in Blink Twice here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Don’t Worry Darling (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

Don’t Worry Darling is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Katie Silberman.

There are deafening echoes of Get Out, Don’t Worry Darling and The Menu in this propulsive yet ultimately unwieldy attempt to use Epstein’s island as genre inspiration

For her directorial debut, Blink Twice, actor and reluctantly labelled nepo baby Zoë Kravitz has arrived at the table with a plate that’s stacked precariously high. It’s a tart, topical thriller sat in a Venn diagram between the many recent “eat the rich” satires (a subgenre that’s taken us from the heady highs of Triangle of Sadness to the limp lows of Saltburn) and the post-Get Out #MeToo-inflected social thrillers (from the overrated Promising Young Woman to the underrated Fresh). It’s also about contemporary horror’s favourite buzzword, “trauma”, and also inspired by Jeffrey Epstein and his private island. It’s about misogyny and abuse and memory and materialism and gender performance and many other things that...

Over a close-up of a turtle, ominous sound design builds at such a deep frequency that the walls of a press-screening room in Beverly Hills began rattling. Once the shaking stopped and it’s realized this was not the third Los Angeles earthquake in as many weeks, the setup of Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice is doled out in impressively economical fashion: Rent is due for Frida (Naomie Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat). Rather than pay up and keep the wheels spinning in their going-nowhere-fast lives, Frida has a plan: retrieving a hidden wad of bills, she purchases gowns so she and Jess can crash a fancy gala after their waitress shifts end. Looking suitably glamorous, the two ignore a security guard’s insistence they stay away from tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and his entourage. A meet-cute between Frida and Slater ensues––the entire setup straight...

As “It Ends With Us” continues to light up the box office, fans of Colleen Hoover’s novel are eager to see the story continue with an adaptation of Hoover’s sequel “It Starts With Us.” But given the drama swirling around the film’s co-stars and press tour, how complicated will it be to get the follow-up off the ground?

Lifted by strong word-of-mouth, “It Ends With Us” crossed the $100 million mark at the domestic box office on Monday, surpassing $180 million globally against a $25 million budget. It has passed Paramount’s “If” as the highest grossing non-sequel film this year and in the coming days will pass the box office total of fellow 2024 Sony release “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”

But the attention paid to the press tour for “It Ends With Us” seemed to rival that of 2022’s “Don’t Worry Darling” as fans noticed that star/co-writer/director Justin Baldoni...

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the official poster for Joker: Folie à Deux. The highly anticipated sequel will open in theaters on October 4, 2024.

Joker: Folie à Deux has been rated R for some strong violence, language throughout, some sexuality, and brief full nudity.

From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes Joker: Folie À Deux, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

The new film stars Joaquin Phoenix once again in his Oscar-winning dual role as Arthur Fleck/Joker opposite Oscar-winner Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born).

Joker: Folie à Deux finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.

The film...

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Season 2 has added Timothy Simons to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Simons will appear in recurring guest star role in the Disney+ adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series, playing the role of Tantalus.

The character is described as “sardonic, manipulative, openly hostile, and rarely in a good mood… seeing as he is cursed with eternal hunger and thirst, but can never eat or drink. Tantalus has been released from imprisonment in the Underworld to become the interim Activities Director at Camp Half-Blood, having replaced Chiron (Glynn Turman) who is under suspicion of having ties to Kronos.”

Simons joins previously announced new Season 2 cast members Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho, who will play the Grey Sisters, as well as Daniel Diemer, who will play Tyson. Walker Scobell will be back as Percy alongside Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth and Aryan Simhadri as Grover,...

“It Ends With Us” may be a hit at the box office, but the film’s marketing has sparked a new wave of criticism for Colleen Hoover’s best-selling domestic violence drama.

The project’s stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively have notably not been seen together on the press tour, raising eyebrows from fans at home.

The film, based on Hoover’s bestseller, follows the complicated story between Lily Bloom (Lively) and Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni). What starts as a steamy romance quickly turns into a situation that Lily herself cannot comprehend as abuse, initially.

The ‘creative differences’-style feud feels similar to that of Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” but this time, domestic violence survivors are boycotting the movie.

“It Ends With Us” topped the box office in its opening weekend with $50 million, second only to Lively’s husband’s film “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Fans sniffed out the...

None of the female stars of Zoë Kravitz’s raucous, razor-sharp directorial debut “Blink Twice” (FKA “Pussy Island”) are ever directly told to smile, but as they’re increasingly battered with queries about how much fun they’re having — the phrase “are you having a good time?” is essentially weaponized here — the implication is clear. They better be having a good time. They better smile. And they better never forget where they are. As Kravitz’s stars, including an exceptional Naomi Ackie and a revelatory Adria Arjona, are forced to flicker through various kinds of self-presentation-as-self-preservation, Kravitz’s film kaleidoscopically changes shape. And you won’t want to miss a single frame of it.

Simply described as something of a #MeToo thriller, Kravitz’s film doesn’t just interrogate the possibilities of the sub-genre, but utterly redefines it with class and style. Mostly, Kravitz (who co-wrote the script with her...

Not since Don’t Worry Darling has the Internet been this heavily invested in a film’s behind-the-scenes drama. Hell, Joaquin Phoenix just completely tanked a production days before filming, and even that can’t compete with whatever’s going on with It Ends With Us. The film, which is based...

Indie streamer Dropout has set the second season premiere date for its Vic Michaelis-hosted comedic interview series “Very Important People,” and revealed five new guest stars joining the lineup for Season 2.

“Very Important People” features Michaelis as the host of a standard talk show series with a twist: all interview subjects receive makeovers before sitting down to chat and then must immediately invent a character to play during the interview.

New cast members booked for an improvised interview in “Very Important People” Season 2 include John Early (“Search Party”) and Kate Berlant (“Don’t Worry Darling”), Danielle Pinnock (“Ghosts”), Chris Redd (“Saturday Night Live”) and Paul F. Tompkins (“Bojack Horseman”).

Left to right: Kate Berlant (Photo Credit: Sela Shiloni); Danielle Pinnock (Courtesy photo); Paul F. Tompkins (Courtesy photo); Chris Redd (Photo Credit: Chris Haston/NBC); John Early (Photo Credit: Michael Tyrone Delaney).

Dropout will launch the first episode of “Very Important People” Season 2 Nov.

Colleen Hoover fans will be on cloud nine after Blake Lively’s It Ends With Us, based on the author’s work, has become a theatrical success. While the film is a clear winner at the box office, it is also gaining attention for a reported feud between Lively and co-star Justin Baldoni. One latest update proves that the feud could be bigger than fans ever imagined.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in It Ends With Us | Columbia Pictures

Baldoni, who also serves as the director of the film, has hired the help of a PR crisis manager. The actor was largely absent from the promotional campaign of the film. He also did not pose for any photos with Lively during the premiere of the film nor did he interact much with the rest of the cast.

Justin Baldoni Brings In Johnny Depp’s PR Crisis Manager After Alleged Rift...

It Ends With Us filmmaker and star Justin Baldoni has hired crisis PR vet Melissa Nathan of The Agency Group as rumors ramp up about the locking of horns between the pic’s star and producer Blake Lively and him.

Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios co-financed the $25M production with Sony based on the bestselling Colleen Hoover novel. The pic overindexed at the box office from a $15M projection on tracking three weeks ago to an astounding $50M opening last weekend.

However, in the walk-up to the pic’s opening, rumors began to swirl, particularly among fans on TikTok, that there was a big fight between Baldoni and Lively. Fans pointed to myriad examples, read the duo didn’t take photos together at the Aug. 6 NYC premiere; Baldoni arrived very early and Lively later. Some observed that Lively doesn’t follow Baldoni on social.

In the film, Baldoni plays the abusive lover to Lively’s character.

The director of horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop, as well as this year’s pro wrestling horror movie Dark Match, Lowell Dean is back this Halloween with Die Alone.

Quiver Distribution will release Die Alone in theaters and VOD at home October 18, 2024.

While you wait for the trailer, check out a first-look image above.

In the film, “Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend.”

Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy) will star alongside Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise) and Douglas Smith.

Kimberly-Sue Murray also stars.

Lowell Dean is both writing and directing the film. Die Alone is produced by Kevin DeWalt, Danielle Masters, and Benjamin DeWalt of Minds Eye Entertainment. Executive producers include Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone.

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While the rest of the world watches from its perch, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni get down in the dirt during the premiere of It Ends With Us. The controversy surrounding the film first began when the director was nowhere near the rest of his cast members throughout the entirety of the press and promotional tour.

It Ends With Us [Credit: Sony Pictures]

The situation was muddied further by the arrival of Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively’s husband. While the Deadpool & Wolverine duo landed in full momentum in the middle of Blake Lively’s latest venture, the piqued audience became aware of new information that further explained the friction between the lead actress and her co-star and director, Baldoni.

It Ends With Us Brings a New Era of Hollywood Drama

In 2022, Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde proved that there’s no such thing as bad press. With their intense behind-the-scenes drama and eventual falling out,...

Blake Lively’s latest movie, It Ends With Us, came out on August 9, but rumors of behind-the-scenes drama are overshadowing it. What is going on? Is the movie going to be another Don’t Worry Darling? Keep reading to find out what is allegedly going on between the actress and her co-stars.

Based On A Colleen Hoover Book

It Ends With Us is a novel by popular author Colleen Hoover. The book was released in 2016 to stellar reviews. The novel follows protagonist Lily Bloom as she navigates post-college life and love. She eventually falls for neurosurgeon, Ryle, but their relationship is fraught with drama.

While the novel is billed a romance novel, it touches upon the topic of domestic violence. A sequel, It Starts With Us, came out in 2022. The rights to the book were sold to Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios production company and Blake Lively was cast as Lily...

At the Blink Twice premiere, Zoe Kravitz’s heartfelt shoutout to Channing Tatum has got Hollywood buzzing. Kravitz, stepping into the director’s chair for the first time, gave Tatum major props for his trust and teamwork. This power duo might just break the Hollywood mold and kick off a new era of bold, creative risks.

Zoe Kravitz in a still from The Batman | DC Studios

Keep an eye on this dynamic pair—they could be about to change the game and spark a fresh wave of innovative cinema.

Zoe Kravitz’s Touching Tribute to Channing Tatum at Blink Twice Premiere Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz walk the Red Carpet together | Instagram (justshared)

At the premiere of Blink Twice, Zoe Kravitz delivered a heartfelt tribute to Channing Tatum that left everyone buzzing. In a recent tweet dropped by The Hollywood Reporter, Zoe Kravitz reads a thank you letter to Channing Tatum,...