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De acuerdo con Deadline, Sebastian Stan y Leo Woodall protagonizarán Burning Rainbow Farm, la nueva película de Justin Kurzel (The Order).

Burning Rainbow Farm, que se presentará en el Marché du Film de Cannes para su conseguir distribución, adapta el libro de no ficción de Dean Kuipers y revive la trágica historia real de Tom Crosslin y Rollie Rohm, una pareja gay que, a finales de los 90, construyó una utopía pacífica y cannábica, que llegó a ser considerada por la revista High Times como uno de los 25 destinos imprescindibles para fumetas del mundo. Cuando se enfrentan a las autoridades locales y les quitan a su hijo, se produce un enfrentamiento que desemboca en uno de los asedios más violentos y olvidados de la historia reciente de Ee. Uu., apenas unos días antes del 11-s.

Curiosamente, fue el propio Stan quien,...

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall have been added to the cast of Justin Kurzel’s ‘Burning Rainbow Farm.’

Based on a real-life story, Stan and Woodall will take on the role of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, two gay cannabis activists who met in the early 1990s and set up the peaceful, pot-friendly utopia Rainbow Farm in Michigan, a site that was once listed by High Times magazine as “fourteenth on the list of twenty-five Top Stoner Travel Spots in the world. But the pair ran afoul of local authorities and, when their young son was taken from them, a police standoff ensued that would lead to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.

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Based on Dean Kuipers’ 2006 book ‘Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke,’ Tommy Murphy has penned the screenplay.

As Thunderbolts* aims to take the box office for the second week, Sebastian Stan has been announced to star in Justin Kurzel’s newest film, Burning Rainbow Farm. Kurzel’s last two projects — The Order and The Narrow Road to the Deep North — are currently available to watch on Hulu and Prime Video. The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a five-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans. The show is an intimate character study of a complex man, a compelling portrayal of the courage and cruelty of war, and an unforgettable love story that sustains one through the darkest of times.

According to Deadline, Stan will be starring in his next project with Leo Woodall from The White Lotus. Burning Rainbow Farm is an adaptation of the book by Dean Kuipers and has been written by Holding the Man scribe Tommy Murphy. Per Deadline, “Burning Rainbow Farm...

Exclusive: Conic has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Souleymane’s Story, winner of two prizes in Un Certain Regard at Cannes last year.

Conic will schedule a theatrical release for later in 2025, having acquired the film from Pyramide.

Set over 48 hours in Paris, Souleymane’s Story follows a Guinean asylum seeker racing through the streets delivering food, as he awaits the interview which will decide whether or not he will be granted residency.

It is the third film from French filmmaker Boris Lojkine, and is produced by Bruno Nahon of France’s Unité.

Souleymane’s Story won the Jury award and...

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are to star in 'Burning Rainbow Farm'The 'Thunderbolts*' actor and the 'White Lotus' star will lead the cast of Justin Kurzel's upcoming thriller, which is based on a true story about a gay couple in rural Michigan.Sebastian will play Tom Crosslin and Leo has been cast as his partner Rollie Rohm, and the story sees their idyllic marijuana-growing home, Rainbow Farm, disturbed when they have their young son taken away from them after running afoul of local authorities. A five-day stand-off ensues, leading to what is described as "one of the largest and most dramatic sieges" involving the police and FBI ever seen in America, which took place in 2001, just days before the 9/11 terror attacks.Tommy Murphy has written a screenplay based on a book by Dean Kuipers.Director Justin said in a statement: “Burning Rainbow is a love story about two...

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are headed to the farm. The two actors are slated to topline the latest true-crime film from director Justin Kurzel, a thrilling story about one of the biggest, most dramatic FBI/police sieges America has ever experienced. It's called Burning Rainbow Farm, and entertainment and film production company Rocket Science is bringing it to the Cannes Film Festival this month in hopes of reeling in a big-time studio distributor. And given the talent and story involved, we feel fairly certain the film will achieve exactly that.

Per a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Burning Rainbow Farm "tells the true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a gay couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia" together. But "when the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues." Stan plays Crosslin, while Woodall plays Rollie Rohm.

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are teaming up for a new movie based on a true story!

The 42-year-old Thunderbolts* actor and the 28-year-old White Lotus actor have signed on to play gay cannabis activists in the upcoming movie Burning Rainbow Farm from director Justin Kurzel.

The movie, which is an adaption of the book of the same name by Dean Kupers, tells the “true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues leading to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen,” according to Deadline.

Keep reading to find out more…“Burning Rainbow is a love story about two outliers who raise their middle finger to hate and declare ‘This is who we are,...

Sebastian Stan has been on quite the hot streak lately after earning a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination on top of starring in two Marvel features just this year. He’s the definition of booked and busy, and now his schedule just got another project added to its slate. THR reports that Stan has been tapped to star alongside Leo Woodall in Burning Rainbow Farm, which is based on true events that happened in 2001 captured in Dean Kuipers novel. Woodall is known for his role as Jack in The White Lotus Season 2 and also for leading Apple TV+’s new Prime Target series. The film will follow a gay couple who find themselves in a standoff with authorities after they take their youngest son from them. No word on a potential release date or window.

Tommy Murphy is writing the script for Burning Rainbow Farm, and Justin Kurzel has been tapped to direct.

Academy Award nominee Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall will star in Burning Rainbow Farm to be directed by Justin Kurzel.

The screenplay was written by Tommy Murphy based on the book by Dean Kuipers.

Rocket Science will introduce the project to international buyers in Cannes this month. CAA Media Finance is handling North American distribution rights.

The film will tell the true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues leading to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.

Burning Rainbow Farm is being produced by Nicole O’Donohue, Kurzel, and Alexandra Taussig for Thirdborn,...

Justin Kurzel has officially lined up his next film based on a deadly real-life incident and cast two of the hottest stars of the moment to lead the project.

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall are set to star in Kurzel’s “Burning Rainbow Farm,” about a deadly Waco-like police siege that took place in 2001. Rocket Science will be launching the film in Cannes. CAA Media Finance is handling North American distribution rights.

“Burning Rainbow Farm” is set to tell the story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, two gay cannabis activists who met in the early 1990s and set up the peaceful, pot-friendly utopia Rainbow Farm in Michigan, a site that was once listed by High Times magazine as “fourteenth on the list of twenty-five Top Stoner Travel Spots in the world.” But the pair ran afoul of local authorities and, when their young son was taken from them, a...

Sebastian Stan (Thunderbolts) and Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) are set to star in Burning Rainbow Farm, the new film from The Order’s Justin Kurzel, on which we were first to report last December.

Rocket Science is preparing to introduce the project to international buyers at Cannes, with CAA Media Finance repping North American distribution rights.

An adaptation of the book by Dean Kuipers, penned by Tommy Murphy (Holding the Man), Burning Rainbow Farm tells the true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues leading to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.

“Burning Rainbow is a love story about two outliers who raise their middle finger to hate and declare ‘This is who we are,...

Sebastian Stan, currently starring in Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, and White Lotus season two breakout Leo Woodall will star in Burning Rainbow Farm, the latest true-life thriller from Justin Kurzel.

Rocket Science will introduce the project to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival next week. CAA Media Finance is handling North American distribution rights.

Per the sales company, Burning Rainbow tells the true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a gay couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues, leading to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges involving police and the FBI America has ever seen. Stan is playing Crosslin, Woodall will play Rohm.

Tommy Murphy (Holding The Man, Significant Others) wrote the screenplay based on the book by Dean Kuipers. The siege...

Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall will star for Justin Kurzel in Burning Rainbow Farm, which Rocket Science will introduce to buyers in Cannes next week.

Tommy Murphy adapted the screenplay from the novel by Dean Kuipers. The true story follows Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two fall foul of local authorities and their son is taken from them, a major stand-off ensues.

Burning Rainbow Farm is being produced by Nicole O’Donohue, Kurzel, and Alexandra Taussig for Thirdborn, with Adam Shulman of Anonymous Content, Alix Madigan of Mad Dog Films,...

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The Conjuring: Last Rites gets spooky trailer

The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is described as the last Conjuring film for Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga), got a new teaser trailer. The ninth film in the Conjuring Universe, one of the most successful horror franchises of all time, tells the story of the married paranormal investigators' final case, and the trailer invites viewers to "discover why this case was their last." The film is directed by Michael Chaves. It opens in theaters on Sept. 5.

Wow, a trailer for Owen Wilson's golf comedy Stick

Stick, Apple TV+'s new Ted Lasso-esque sports comedy series, has sent a trailer down the fairway. Owen Wilson stars as Pryce "Stick" Cahill, a washed-up former pro golfer who sees a shot at redemption by coaching Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager), an immensely talented but raw young athlete.

Sydney Film Festival (June 4-15) has revealed the full programme for its 72nd edition, including a 12-strong competition lineup dominated by features set to premiere at Cannes.

The festival has selected 201 films from 70 countries, which includes 17 world premieres, and has added the iconic Sydney Opera House as a screening venue this year, joining the State Theatre and cinemas across the city.

The opening film has been set as Together, written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. The domestic drama with a supernatural twist premiered at Sundance, where it proved the commercial hit...

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival has revealed its full program, launching a massive lineup of 201 films from 70 countries, including 17 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 137 Australian premieres across multiple venues including the iconic Sydney Opera House as a new screening location.

Festival director Nashen Moodley announced the program will feature 15 films direct from Cannes including Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set art heist drama “The Mastermind.”

“The 2025 festival offers a bold and expansive view of cinema today, with films that confront the urgent realities of our world, while also revelling in the power of imagination and storytelling,” said Moodley.

Other key highlights include “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston, debut Australian director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning satire “Slanted,” Sundance comedy “Twinless,” and “On Swift Horses” featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi.

The festival will open with the Australian premiere of “Together,” written and...

Life has a funny way of testing your mettle. It can throw challenges your way that make you wonder if you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. And then there are those moments when you surprise yourself by rising to the occasion. Jacob Elordi’s dedication to portraying Dorrigo Evans in The Narrow Road to the Deep North isn’t just about losing weight, though that in itself is no small feat. It’s about the commitment, the grit poured into every frame.

For six weeks, Elordi, along with his castmates, pushed their bodies to the limit, shedding pounds to embody the gaunt figures of prisoners of war. But what stands out is not the number on the scale but the deep emotional weight the cast carried through it all. After all, weight loss may change how you look, but dedication changes who you are. As Elordi himself reflected,...

Exclusive: Amazon has picked up AGC Studios’ Kaley Cuoco-starring thriller series Vanished for several territories.

Vanished, which stars Sam Claflin (Peaky Blinders), three-time Cesar winner Karin Viard (The Bélier Family), German actor Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of the Dead), Simon Abkarian (Casino Royale) and Dar Zuzovsky (Corduroy), will air on Prime Video next year in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Stuart Ford’s AGC is selling worldwide rights and cameras are rolling in Paris and Marseille. Barnaby Thompson directs.

Deadline first told you about the project at Series Mania in March, at which point AGC launched sales. In Vanished, Big Bang Theory star Cuoco plays Alice. When a romantic getaway to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom (Claflin) aboard a train to France, she is plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering secrets about the man she thought she knew.

Exclusive: Conic has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to UK independent feature Paul & Paulette Take a Bath.

The film debuted in Critics’ Week at Venice 2024, where it won the Critics’ Week audience award and Cinema & Arts award. Conic acquired the film from sales agent Loco Films, and will release it in UK-Ireland cinemas this summer.

Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is a romantic comedy about an American photographer and a French woman with a taste for the macabre. Their chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks a connection that grows around a dark game, of reenacting scenes of notorious crimes at the sites where they occurred.

Turn back the calendar to December 2017. Matthew "Kaz" Firpo and Ryan Firpo's script Ruin was awarded the No. 1 spot on The Black List, which is Hollywood’s annual tribute to the year’s collection of top screenplays which have not yet been produced. At that time, over seven years ago, the Dceu’s Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, was already in talks to star in the historical drama. Today, it’s been confirmed that Gadot will indeed team up with Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’s Matthias Schoenaerts in the story written by Kaz and Ryan Firpo, both of whom penned the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s lackluster Eternals (2021).

Justin Kurzel was originally slated to direct the World War II flick, but the film is now being helmed by Niki Caro. Gadot also serves as a producer on the project via Pilot Wave Motion Pictures, while Caro will be tasked with producing...

Russell Brand has been granted bail after appearing at court in London today charged with rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.

Brand, 49, was charged last month with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, in connection with incidents involving four different women that took place between 1999 and 2005.

The allegations were first made in a joint The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation in September 2003.

According to BBC News, Brand attended a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today, before senior district judge Paul Goldspring.

Exclusive: Conic has acquired all UK-Ireland distribution rights to Ellis Park, Justin Kurzel’s documentary about musician Warren Ellis.

The fly-on-the-wall documentary offers a personal insight into the life of Ellis, multi-instrumentalist and film composer, who has played with rock groups Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Conic acquired the film from sales agent The Yellow Affair, which has already sold it to Benelux (Pink Moon), Scandinavia & Baltics (NonStop) and Spain (Filmin). Madman will release the film in Australia on June 19.

Ellis Park debuted at Melbourne Film Festival last year, before a UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival in October,...

The television adaptation of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan’s epic Booker Prize-winning war novel, debuted on Amazon Prime Video on April 18. As befits the cultural importance of the book to Australians, the series stars arguably the country’s buzziest male actor Jacob Elordi and is also helmed by one of its most important filmmakers Justin Kurzel. But Narrow Road‘s decade-long journey to the screen has been a long and arduous one.

Published in 2013, Flanagan’s WWII-set book follows Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon haunted by a wartime love affair and his brutal experiences as a Pow forced to build the Thai-Burma Death Railway under Imperial Japanese command. The novel shifts between Dorrigo’s youth, including a summer affair with his uncle’s young wife, the horrors of his captivity, and his later, unfulfilled life, exploring memory, trauma, and the fragility of human dignity.

Flanagan...

In the last five years or so, Jacob Elordi has established himself as one of Hollywood's brightest new (male) talents. It's a wonder that Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza didn't cast him in their recent film Warfare. But perhaps he was occupied; Elordi is currently working on the long-awaited third season of HBO's Euphoria, but did you know that a fix for his fans is available right at this moment? He's headlining the Prime Video series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which debuted on April 18 to incredible reviews, but doesn't seem to have made much of a noise.

In fact, the show hasn't even hit Prime Video's domestic top 10 charts in the last three days, according to data collated by FlixPatrol. That being said, it's finding an audience in Elordi's home country of Australia. The Narrow Road to the Deep North has been averaging between 15 and 30 "points" on FlixPatrol this past week,...

One of the most underrated movies of 2024 is storming Hulu's streaming charts. According to FlixPatrol, director Justin Kurzel's "The Order" was the second most streamed film on the service in the U.S. as of April 23, 2025, wedged between "American Idol" and "The Handmaid's Tale." Despite flying under the radar, the Zach Baylin-penned crime thriller boasts an impressive 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising the movie for its performances and intense story.

"The Order" has Jude Law playing Terry Husk, an FBI agent tasked with bringing down a white supremacist organization that is connected to a series of car heists, bank robberies, counterfeiting scams, and bombings in the 1980s. The group, led by Bob Mathews (Nichols Hoult), is raising funds to overthrow the government and ignite a race war in the United States, and the FBI must (obviously) prevent that from happening.

If the acclaim for his...

Plot: Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother. Muriel embarks on a secret life, gambling on racehorses and discovering a love she never thought possible.

Review: In 2005, it was considered radical that Brokeback Mountain would get a wide theatrical release, considering it was a homosexual love story. How times have changed. Two decades later, On Swift Horses is the latest in a long line of queer films that boast substantial star power and nuanced narratives about same-sex relationships. The stigma is no longer as prominent as it once was, but there is still something to be said about heterosexual actors playing gay characters. Still, it bodes well for box office performance when you have up-and-coming talents like Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones in those roles. On Swift Horses, based on Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel of the same name,...

It didn’t take much for Jacob Elordi to sign on for Shaun Grant and Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

In fact, one email from Kurzel was enough to seal the deal, the Euphoria star told Deadline.

“I’ve wanted to work with him for as long as I can remember,” he said. “Since I was an early teen, after seeing his film Snowtown. So for me, just getting his name in my inbox was all it really took.”

The five-part limited series, which launched Friday in the U.S. just days after Prime Video announced it had secured the U.S. distribution rights, follows Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans throughout multiple pivotal moments in his life, from his all-too-brief love affair with his uncle’s wife Amy (Odessa Young) to his time as a prisoner of war on the Thailand-Burma Railway.

The television adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s prize-winning book The Narrow Road to the Deep North brings with it a number of firsts. It is acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s first work for television and also the first time Euphoria and Saltburn star Jacob Elordi has returned home to lead a major Australian production.

Produced by Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios Australia, Narrow Road debuted on Amazon Prime Video on April 18, but the limited series, speaking to its feature-like qualities, premiered its first two episodes at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. In his review, The Hollywood Reporter‘s film critic David Rooney was gushing in his praise of those first two episodes, describing Narrow Road as “big, bold and strikingly cinematic.” “Based on the first 90 minutes, The Narrow Road to the Deep North has potential to stand alongside films like Peter Weir...

Plot: The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a savagely beautiful five-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans, through his passionate love affair with Amy Mulvaney, his time held captive in a Pow camp, and his later years spent as a revered surgeon and reluctant war hero. An intimate character study of a complex man, a compelling portrayal of the courage and cruelty of war, and an unforgettable love story that sustains one through the darkest of times.

Review: War is hell, and I do not think a film or television series has ever deviated from that sentiment. While the horrors of battle and conflict have been central to screen productions for a century, some filmmakers still manage to find new ways to give us a glimpse of what it is like for the enlisted who have served throughout history. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanagan,...

“The Order” (2024) is a brooding investigative thriller that puts another feather in director Justin Kurzel’s cap. After the chilling character portraits in “Nitram” and “The Snowtown Murders,” Kurzel returns with an equally harrowing depiction of evil in human beings. This time, he shifts his focus toward a White Supremacist terrorist group that was active in the 1980s. He paints the picture of a small American town mainly through the eyes of an FBI agent, who ends up in a cat-and-mouse chase with the terrorist group’s members. Although the plot essentially leads us toward its leader’s capture, it is more interested in interrogating the human tendencies that affect the usual order of any place, and how people react in such situations of change.

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“The Order” starring Jude Law offers a grim portrait of an FBI investigation in the 1980s to investigate a white supremacist group,...

World War II continues to be explored by artists in interesting and varied ways even after all these years, and you can add Prime Video's new series to the list. The difference this time around is that the show is universally acclaimed, with a 100% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on that and other indicators, it looks like audiences will unanimously love it, too. The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the title in question, a five-part miniseries releasing April 18 on Prime Video, and is an adaptation of the 2014 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name by Richard Flanagan. It's directed by Justin Kurzel, who had recent success with The Order, and was a big hit at the 2025 Berlinale.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North follows a man named Dorrigo Evans, mainly during World War II and his time as a prisoner of war, but also in "the present day,...

After watching The Narrow Road to the Deep North, I felt we are clearly living in the golden age of streaming television, where bold, striking, and emotionally charged works of art have found a home on the small screen—each one packed with the intensity of a powder keg. From the Taylor Sheridan multiverse, Netflix’s powerful Adolescence, and Hulu’s pulpy Paradise, to the unnerving, Kafkaesque Severance, the streaming wars have delivered incredible stories to our fingertips.

Now, Prime Video’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North joins that prestigious lineup—a series so masterfully crafted, it deserves to be seen on the biggest of screens. It’s a hypnotic and stunningly human take on the war-military genre, haunting and immersive, with a brooding, dark ambiance that lingers long after the final episode. The year may only be four months in, but this is already one of its...

The busy Jacob Elordi is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand actors of his generation. His latest project is a return to TV with Justin Kurzel’s limited series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” where he’s a prisoner of both war and love. Following its Berlin premiere in February, the Australian limited series secured U.S. distribution on Prime Video just days before it debuts on April 18.

Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s novel of the same name, the Aussie story follows Elordi as war doctor Dorrigo Evans in the 1940s, who is drafted to the Philippines to aid in the construction of the Burma Railway. Prior to going to war, Dorrigo is engaged to Ella (Olivia DeJonge) but falls into an all-consuming affair with his uncle’s wife Amy, played by Odessa Young. Throughout the five episodes, we see Dorrigo go to battle in both senses,...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he backs introducing content quotas on streaming services.

“We strongly support local content in streaming services, so Australian stories stay on Australian screens,” Albanese said during campaigning for the country’s general election which takes place on May 3.

Both Albanese’s Australian Labour Party Government and the previous Liberal National Party (Lnp) Government have previously failed to impose promised content quotas on streamers.

Many in the Australian production industry were convinced they had lost the chance for quotas to be introduced after Donald Trump was elected US President to prevent the country being...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he backs introducing content quotas on streaming services.

“We strongly support local content in streaming services, so Australian stories stay on Australian screens,” Albanese said during campaigning for the country’s general election which takeals place on May 3.

Both Albanese’s Australian Labour Party Government and the previous Liberal National Party (Lnp) Government have previously failed to impose promised content quotas on streamers.

Many in the Australian production industry were convinced they had lost the chance for quotas to be introduced after Donald Trump was elected US President to prevent the country being...

"That time as a prisoner... what got you through?" Prime Video has revealed another official trailer for the streaming series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, made by Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel. It begins streaming this week on Pv. Kurzel directed The Order last year, and also made the doc Ellis Park, and has this new mini-series as well. "Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not." Narrow Road to the Deep North is a savagely beautiful 5-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans, through his passionate love affair with Amy Mulvaney, his time held captive in a Pow camp by the Japanese, and his later years spent as a revered surgeon & reluctant war hero. "The tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of...

Justin Kurzel’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” the lushly lensed prestige series starring Jacob Elordi as an Australian war hero, has been licensed by Sony Pictures Television to Prime Video in the U.S.

Prime Video already had the series in a number of territories and will premiere it on April 18 in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanagan, the Australian drama series was written by Shaun Grant.

The limited series is executive produced by Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner of Curio Pictures, a part of Sony Pictures Television, with executive producers Richard Flanagan, Shaun Grant, and Justin Kurzel. They are joined by producer Alex Taussig. Principal production funding is provided by Screen Australia, with assistance from the Nsw Government through Screen Nsw’s Made in Nsw and Pdv Funds.

Elordi stars as Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans,...

The criminally underrated The Order did not gain as much attention as other titles released on the big screen in 2024. Last year provided moviegoers a number of critically acclaimed features across various genres, leaving the Justin Kurzel-directed crime thriller somewhat overshadowed. However, that doesn’t mean the film wasn’t a critical success, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score as of this writing. Now, the movie is bound to be introduced to a much wider audience this month. The Order — starringJude Lawand Nicholas Hoult — will be added to Hulu's extensive library starting April 18, 2025.

The crime thriller boasts an ensemble cast led by Law and Hoult, both of whom have impressive acting portfolios under their belts. Law, best known for his performance in 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, has continued to prove his range as an actor time and again with a range of genres, including comedy, thriller, drama, and action.

Jacob Elordi-starring series The Narrow Road to the Deep North has found its U.S. buyer.

Prime Video, which already has rights to the Justin Kurzel-directed limited series in a number of territories, has taken the show on in the U.S. from Sony Pictures Television and will launch it Friday, April 18.

The Richard Flanagan adaptation sees Elordi star as Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans, a celebrated World War II hero who is haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and memories of an affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young) that sustained him through the darkest of times.

Based on the 2014 Booker Prize-winning novel by Flanagan, the Australian drama series was written by Shaun Grant and directed by Kurzel. It also stars Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) as the older Dorrigo Evans, Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Simon Baker (Limbo, Breath), Show Kasamatsu...

Jacob Elordi and director Justin Kurzel spoke about making their new series, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” at a preview screening in Melbourne, Australia.

Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Man Booker Prize–winning novel, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” draws on his father’s experience as a prisoner of war in Burma during World War II. Director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant adapted the novel into an emotionally charged five-part series for Amazon Prime Video in Australia. (Read IndieWire’s review here as we await distribution in North America.)

Spanning three decades, the story follows army surgeon Dorrigo Evans through a lovestruck youth, brutal captivity in a Japanese Pow camp, and the long shadow of memory in old age. Evans is played by Elordi in the 1940s and by Ciarán Hinds in the 1980s, as the older man reckons with the defining experiences of his youth.

Festival Finale

South Korean animated romance “The Square” will close the 27th Far East Film Festival (Feff) in Udine, Italy. The film will make its world premiere at the festival, which runs April 24-May 2, sharing the closing night spotlight with “Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie,” a live-action feature film adaptation of the popular comedy manga, screening out of competition.

Two additional world premieres have been added to the lineup: a restored version of hard-to-find 1979 Hong Kong cult film “The System” and the world premiere of Indonesian horror title “Mad of Madness,” which explores the intersection of fear, politics and society.

These additions bring Feff’s total to 77 films from 12 countries, with 49 titles in competition. The festival now boasts 8 world premieres, 16 international premieres, 20 European premieres and 19 Italian premieres.

The festival will open with Chinese comedy “Green Wave,” followed by South Korean supernatural horror “Dark Nuns.” Other additions include two Hong Kong short films,...

Director Justin Kurzel, producer and Marrakech International Film Festival director Melita Toscan du Plantier, New Zealand director/actor Rachel House, Hong Kong-based producer and distributor Winnie Tsang, and writer/actor Thomas Weatherall will sit on this year's Sydney Film Festival competition jury.

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The new live-action TV miniseries, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”, based on the novel by Richard Flanagan, is directed by Justin Kurzel, starring Jacob Elordi, Odessa Young, Ciarán Hinds, Olivia DeJonge, Heather Mitchell and Thomas Weatherall, streaming April 28, 2025 on Prime Video:

‘…an Australian doctor is haunted by memories of a love affair with his uncle's wife and of his subsequent experiences…

“…as a Far East prisoner of war….

“…during the construction of the ‘Burma Railway’.

“Decades later, he finds his growing celebrity at odds with his feelings of failure and guilt…”

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This April, we are getting a ton of content from the much-anticipated return of The Last of Us and Andor on streaming to the release of some of the most-anticipated movies of this year, such as The Accountant 2 and Sinners. This upcoming month will see the release of many great movies, so we thought of compiling a list of all the best movies that are coming straight to streaming.

Y2K (Max) Release Date: April 4, 2025 Credit – A24

Y2K is an apocalyptic sci-fi comedy film directed by Kyle Mooney, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Winter. The 2024 film is set on the last night of 1999, and it follows a group of high school juniors who crash a party but soon find themselves trying to survive the horrors of Y2K. It stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler,...

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed April this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant comedy-drama series Dying for Sex and the epic conclusion of the tragedy thriller drama series The Handmaid’s Tale. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in April 2025.

Dying for Sex Season 1 (April 4) Credit – FX

Dying for Sex is an upcoming comedy-drama series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock. Based on the podcast series of the same name by Nikki Boyer, the FX series follows Molly, a middle-aged woman who is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Soon after finding out that she doesn’t have much time to live, she ends her marriage of 15 years and tries to explore her sexuality.

Michael Fassbender’s critically panned video game movie has returned to streaming charts thanks to the release of the latest franchise installment, Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Fassbender features alongside Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and more in Assassin’s Creed, the 2016 adaptation following Callum Lynch, a man who explores the memories of his ancestor, Aguilar de Nerha, to gain the skills of a Master Assassin to take on the Templars. Assassin’s Creed is currently the #2 most popular movie on Max at the time of writing. Although the film earned over $240 million at the global box office, it was maligned by both critics and audiences upon release, earning scores of 19% from the former and 42% from the latter on Rotten Tomatoes. Assassin’s Creed also stars Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, and the late Michael Kenneth Williams.

Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Michael Leslie teamed up to write the screenplay for Assassin’s Creed, which is based...

Nicholas Hoult has signed on to star in the untitled bank heist thriller that David Leitch is directing for Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment.

Leitch will also produce with wife and producing partner Kelly McCormick via their 87North banner, alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum.

Amazon, Imagine and 87North are keeping plot details locked in a vault, but the script is written by Mark Bianculli, who was a writer and consulting producer on Amazon’s Nazi hunting show Hunters.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the story centers on a group of savvy bank robbers who use social media to document their heists, playing a cat-and-mouse game with police. Bianculli and Imagine have spent the better part of a decade developing the project, according to sources. It is unclear who Hoult would play.

A summer shoot is being planned, and Amazon is planning to release the feature in theaters.

Australian horror month began with Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek (listen), then tackled Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich’s 2007 creature feature Black Water (listen). For week three, Jenn and I are back in human villain territory with the “bodies in the barrels” murders depicted in Snowtown (2011) or The Snowtown Murders (2012).

In the mid to late ’90s, serial killer John Bunting groomed teenager Jamie Vlassakis to commit multiple murders under the guise of protecting their Adelaide suburb from pedophiles and queer men. Director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant adapt the horrifying true story, which explores how Bunting was able to bend a whole community of malleable minds to his will, how he inserted himself into Jamie’s life, and how this garden variety murderer targeted vulnerable communities, including victims who were developmentally disabled and addicts.

It’s an exceptionally rough film because it’s not flashy. The performances are also extremely grounded and frightening,...

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Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de la miniserie The Narrow Road to the Deep North, titulada en español El camino estrecho, una adaptación de la novela homónima de Richard Flanagan dirigida por Justin Kurzel a partir de un guion firmado por su colaborador habitual, Shaun Grant (La verdadera historia de la banda de Kelly).

El camino estrecho narra la vida de Evans (Elordi), un oficial médico que se convierte en prisionero de guerra japonés y se ve perseguido por su apasionada, aunque imposible, relación amorosa con Amy Mulvaney (Young), la mujer de su tío, durante el resto de su vida.

La serie de cinco episodios está protagonizada por Jacob Elordi y Odessa Young. Completan el reparto Ciarán Hinds (Plan en familia), Olivia DeJonge (Elvis), Heather Mitchell (Ricky Stanicky), Shô Kasamatsu (Tokyo Vice), Thomas Weatherall (Los rompecorazones) y...

“The Narrow Road To The Deep North” is an upcoming Australian miniseries from director Justin Kurzel (“Macbeth”) focusing on Dorrigo Evans, a haunted man from Tasmania who reconciles with his time captured in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during WWII where Allied soldiers were forced to build a railroad in the perilous jungles of Burma.

Today, Amazon Prime Video has dropped a first-look trailer for “Narrow Road” which highlights the amazing story based on Richard Flanagan’s 2014 novel and adapted by Shaun Grant.

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