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Taron Egerton proves he would be a worthy action movie hero successor to Tom Cruise in his new Netflix film Carry-On. In Carry-On, Egerton plays Ethan, an airline security guard who gets blackmailed by a mysterious man into letting a suitcase containing a dangerous weapon pass through security unchecked. In addition to Egerton, the cast of Carry-On includes Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, and Dean Norris.

The new Netflix movie may start as a thriller, but the second half of Carry-On turns into an action film. Instead of turning a blind eye to the suitcase that contains a deadly nerve agent called Novachik, Ethan disobeys the Traveler and attempts to save the day by alerting the authorities of the threat. Ethan's desire to save the day leads to several action set pieces in the second half of Carry-On. The intense action in Carry-On allows Egerton to prove...

There could be a couple of reasons why the new Netflix thriller Carry-On might confuse audiences. At some point, it is likely to invoke the old Die Hard dilemma over whether it’s a Christmas movie or not. That could leave some heads spinning even before you get to the exciting action in this newly released film. It’s set on Christmas Eve in an Airport, but that's still not close enough to count for me anyway. Die Hard has more Christmas content and qualifies though.

Over in the UK, the confusion comes from a different perspective. Viewers there may have seen the title and be expecting something completely different instead. There was a long-running series of Carry On movies there from the 1960s featuring some bawdy humor, busty maidens or matrons, and a load of puns and innuendos.

The series had films set in all sorts of locations, establishments,...

Did Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman Fight Over A Popular Hollywood Actress? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Alright, let’s get into it—the real story behind Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds’ legendary “feud.” And yeah, it all started because Ryan married Scarlett Johansson. You read that right. During an interview with The Daily Beast, Jackman confessed that he can’t remember how it all began.

The feud began in 2009 on the set of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Jackman was already the iconic Wolverine, and Reynolds was still figuring out his Deadpool vibe. But it wasn’t just the roles at play here. Jackman, who was tight with Scarlett, was lowkey busting Reynolds’ chops. “Better watch yourself, pal, I’m keeping an eye on you,” Jackman joked. And just like that, the playful trash talk started flying, with Reynolds firing back like a pro. The feud was officially born.

By the time Reynolds...

Dexter Fletcher's 2016 sports biography "Eddie the Eagle" tells the true story of Michael Edwards, the first ski jumper to represent England in that sport at the Winter Olympics. He competed in the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, skiing in both the normal hill and the large hill events. 

If one learns of Edwards' story, however, one can see how it would make for an interesting film. Edwards wasn't terribly talented as a ski jumper, as he weighed much more than the average skier, and had to wear thick glasses while competing. Because of lax rules in the Olympic qualification rules, however, Edwards was able to secure a spot on the British Olympic team after finishing 55th at the 1987 ski jumping world championships. He had no other British competitors, so he was allowed to compete. Edwards came in dead last in both of his events.

In "Eddie the Eagle," Edwards was played by Taron Edgerton,...

Olympics movies celebrate both the real triumphs of athletes like Jesse Owens and the fictional absurdities of comedies like Blades of Glory. Dive into inspiring true stories like Race and Richard Jewell, or enjoy whimsical underdog tales like Eddie the Eagle and Cool Runnings. Films like Foxcatcher and I, Tonya delve into the darker sides of Olympic sports, while classics like Miracle and Chariots of Fire inspire with tales of victory.

Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, its the perfect time to check out the best movies about the Olympics, from Cool Runnings to Chariots of Fire. The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially dubbed the Games of the Xxxiii Olympiad, will take place in France, mostly in the host city of Paris. The opening ceremony will take place on July 26 and the games will last until August 11 (with some competitions beginning on July 24). As usual, the Olympics will determine the best athletes from...

The first official trailer for Ridley Scott's long-awaited historical action epic Gladiator II has arrived online and it's every bit as epic as you'd expect as Paul Mescal (Normal People; Aftersun; The Lost Daughter) squares off against 3x Primetime Emmy-nominee Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian; Game of Thrones; Narcos) and Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington (Training Day; Fences; Malcolm X).

As per the official synopsis, "Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

If you could travel through time, who would you want to meet? Pirates? Neanderthals? Pure Evil? Well, with “Time Bandits,” you’ll meet them all — and Jemaine Clement even plays the latter.

Based on the 1981 Terry Gilliam film of the same name, Apple TV+’s new series sends young Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) on an adventure through time when he discovers that his bedroom is actually a “time egress.” That means that Penelope (Lisa Kudrow) and her gang of bandits can use it as a bit of a waystation while traveling through time to steal major artifacts.

According to Penelope, “nothing is too big for us to steal” — except maybe the Trojan horse. Along with Kevin the Time Bandits work together to save his parents, all while stealing the best items they can get their hands on throughout history.

You can watch the first trailer for “Time Bandits” in the video above.

The Death Of Robin Hood, starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, has secured a UK distributor following A24’s acquisition of the film’s US rights.

When we recently learned of the plans to make a Robin Hood movie featuring the twin talents of Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, it raised an eyebrow or two. A couple of weeks ago at Cannes, the project was unveiled and US rights for the film were quickly snapped up by A24.

At the same time, it was also revealed that Pig director Michael Sarnoski is making the film. Sarnoski knows how to do brooding drama, and the filmmaker also has the horror prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One, on the horizon.

Here’s a synopsis for the new Robin Hood movie:

‘The story is described as a grounded, visceral and darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale. Set of its time, the...

May is major at Max and HBO! This month, several highly anticipated shows, series, specials, live sports streams, and documentaries will be available to watch on the streamer, including the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “Hacks,” starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. A24-heads will also get a double dose with the streaming premieres of both the critically acclaimed 2023 wrestling biopic “The Iron Claw” and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.”

Plus, catch up on shows from around Warner Bros. Discovery’s other brands, including Discovery, MotorTrend Network, Magnolia Network, TLC, Food Network, and more.

Find out everything coming to Max this May and get your watchlist ready with The Streamable’s top 5 premiere picks!

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With its list of new releases for May 2024, HBO streamer Max is bringing back one of the best comedies on television.

Hacks season 3 premieres on May 2 and will continue the tortured (platonic-ish) love affair between comedy superstar Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her former joke writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). That will be followed up by Pretty Little Liars: Summer School on May 9.

Movie-lovers have more than enough to keep them occupied in May 2024 as well. The latest John Green adaptation, Turtles All the Way Down, will premiere on May 3. That will be followed by intriguing original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash on May 30. Max is also putting its Warner Bros. origins to good use with a bunch of excellent library movies like The Iron Claw on May 10 and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice on May 26.

Here’s everything coming to HBO and Max in May.

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The actor, musician and troublemaker known for everything from Trainspotting to Fat Les opens himself up to your interrogations

Keith Allen: where to begin? You might know him as the guy who moves into the flat in Shallow Grave and then dies of a drug overdose, leaving a suitcase full of money and three flatmates on the prowl. Or as the dealer in Trainspotting who buys £16,000 worth of heroin from Renton and the gang. More recently he appeared as the dad in Eddie the Eagle and as the baddy in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London opposite Frankie Muniz, as well as in Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins.

Maybe you caught Allen as a beardy Scrooge in Mark Gatiss’ stage 2023 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. He’s been in The Young Ones, Spaced and Doctor Who. He co-wrote and appeared in the video for...

Moviegoers have particularly been thinking about who would step into the iconic role of Wolverine after Hugh Jackman. However, as there have been very few inputs regarding that, some people started to make fan art of their dream castings to better experience the probabilities. A fan-made concept design imagined The Kingsman actor Taron Egerton as Hugh Jackman’s successor to play Wolverine in the MCU.

Taron Egerton in a still from the Kingsman franchise

Egerton gained worldwide fame after starring in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014). He also starred in the sequel. He starred in Apple TV Plus’ American crime drama series Black Bird (2022) with the late Ray Liotta.

Suggested“That was always what I thought”: Taron Egerton Breaks Silence on Kingsman 3 After Debunking Taking Over Wolverine from Hugh Jackman Fan Art Illustrates How Taron Egerton Can Look as the Wolverine

One name that keeps popping up as a...

Next Goal Wins is a biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Taika Waititi, who also co-wrote the film with Iain Morris. Based on a novel of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison, the film revolves around a Dutch American Football coach Thomas Rongen, who gets a choice to either be fired or convert the American Samoa national team into a great team, which was considered to be one of the weakest team in the world. Next Goal Wins stars Michael Fassbender, Oscar Knightley, Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett, Rachel House, David Fane, and Kaimana. So, if you love the sports comedy film here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Tough trial lawyer Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) never loses. But when he’s slapped with a community service assignment, he must coach a ragtag team of...

In what will be welcome news for the UK sector, former Lionsgate UK & Europe CEO and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa is launching a new UK theatrical distributor called True Brit Entertainment, which will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.

Funding for the new venture was led by talent management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, which reps talent including Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs, Will Smith, Marcus Rashford, Kid Cudi and others. The investment marks an expansion of the music-oriented company into the film and TV arena.

True Brit Entertainment is due to ramp up a theatrical team in 2024 but will start investing and acquiring UK rights to projects immediately, it says. It will fund P&a and has an ambition to release all films theatrically. The company has set a target to invest and release between four to eight British films annually and Kamasa’s...

Kamasa pledges to co-finance over $150m of independent UK projects in three years.

Leading UK film executive Zygi Kamasa is launching True Brit Entertainment, a UK theatrical distributor which will focus exclusively on British films and television, and co-finance over $150m of UK independent productions across its first three years.

True Brit will start investing in and acquiring UK rights to projects immediately, and build up its theatrical team in 2024. The company aims to invest in and release four to eight UK features annually, with Kamasa’s ambition being to co-finance over $50m of productions each year.

Kamasa will step...

Based on what’s already known about Kingsman: The Blue Blood, the fourth entry in the ever-growing series of action movies will see the majority of the existing cast returning for another high-stakes adventure. Despite the franchise’s frequent critical acclaim and its huge number of fans across the world, Kingsman: The Blue Blood is said to be the final installment in the main saga, concluding the stories of spies Harry and Eggsy while they are ahead. As such, this movie sees the pair facing their most dangerous and exciting threats of all, bringing their narrative to an explosive climax.

With the exception of the franchise’s prequel The King’s Man, the Kingsman series follows the story of Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin’s initiation into an unconventional organization of international spies, where he’s soon taken under the wing of a more experienced agent named Harry Hart. The pair experience several adventures together throughout the series,...

Exclusive: Norwegian actor Rune Temte (Time Bandits) has signed with Artist International Group for management.

Best known for roles in Netflix and BBC Two’s The Last Kingdom, Dexter Fletcher’s acclaimed sports comedy Eddie the Eagle with Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman, and Captain Marvel, Temte last fall took on a series regular role in Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris and Taika Waititi’s Apple TV+ adaptation of Time Bandits, the 1981 fantasy adventure film from Terry Gilliam.

In the series from Piki Films, Anonymous Content, MRC Television and Paramount Television Studios, centered on a boy’s discovery of a portal in his bedroom that allows him to travel through time, Temte plays the character Bittelig, starring alongside Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Charlyne Yi, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Kiera Thompson and Rachel House.

Most recently seen starring alongside Kristen Wiig and Maggie Smith in Gil Kenan’s film A Boy Called Christmas,...

Dexter Fletcher was advised to step in to direct 'Bohemian Rhapsody' so he knew what to avoid on 'Rocketman'.The 57-year-old filmmaker stepped in to helm the last few weeks on the Queen biopic after Bryan Singer was fired and though he had begun pre-production on the Sir Elton John movie, producer Matthew Vaughn could see the benefit of him working on both projects.Dexter - who was only credited as executive producer on 'Bohemian Rhapsody' because of DGA rules - told The Hollywood Reporter: "The truth was that I’d been involved with Bohemian Rhapsody a couple of years earlier when it was at Sony, with a different actor attached. I got a long way through the process, in fact, and I was pretty much in the first week of pre-production when it fell apart. "So I knew that material well, and I knew that Queen knew me,...

Dexter Fletcher’s Ghosted is quite the family reunion.

What started as a reunion between long-time friends Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson evolved into a reteaming between Evans and his Knives Out and The Gray Man co-star, Ana de Armas. When Johansson’s window of availability closed, Fletcher suggested the now-Oscar nominated de Armas for the co-lead role in the Apple TV+ action spy comedy, prompting Evans to call de Armas directly.

But Evans wasn’t done there, as he even recruited a couple other familiar faces to rejoin him on an Atlanta-based set, something this trio had done numerous times before on other films. Evans and two of the film’s producers also managed to lure another A-lister into the fold, but let’s leave it at that in order to maintain the surprise.

“Yeah, [Evans] did [play matchmaker],” Fletcher tells The Hollywood Reporter. “In fact, the last little surprise is a...

This week, once again, is jam-packed with quality TV shows to watch. From a bonkers new show from “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof to a new Chris Evans/Ana de Armas romantic action comedy to a doc about Judy Blume. There’s also a new version of “Dead Ringers,” the end of “Picard” and “The Mandalorian” and the beginning of the final season of “Barry” (we already miss him). Plus, a new Keri Russell drama, a series about the aftermath of the Waco tragedy and a movie where a woman zaps into alternate dimensions while getting busy. Truly, we live in a blessed time.

On with the television!

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Ready to get weird? “Mrs. Davis” might be the strangest – and one of the best – television shows this year. Created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, the...

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If you are a retro / 80s nerd in the truest sense then I am here to tell you, my friends, that Tetris is about to become your new favourite movie. Yes, that game about the falling blocks you were obsessed with as a kid on your swanky Gameboy, now has a movie based on one man’s quest to secure the International licensing rights for one of the most, if not The most played games in history.

Taron Egerton teams up with Cass director Jon S. Bird to bring us a movie that is loosely based (and I do mean Loosely) on the true story of Henk Rogers. No stranger to biographical flicks with movies like Eddie the Eagle and Rocketman,...

Tetris star Taron Egerton has opened up about why he hated wearing a movie mustache while playing the role of video game designer Henk Rogers in the upcoming film. The movie, which will be distributed by Apple TV+, tells the real-life story of Egerton's Henk and how he secured the rights to distribute the famous Russian puzzle game Tetris around the world. Egerton stars opposite Nikita Yefremov, who will play Tetris' creator, Alexey Pajitnov.

Speaking with Good Morning America, Egerton revealed how much he hated wearing a fake movie mustache for his role in Tetris. Egerton jokingly says his fake mustache reminded him of childbirth and informs viewers to remind him not to take on another role where he'll have to wear a fake mustache again. Check out Egerton's full quote and clip below:

"I didn't love it. I didn't love it. I think, were it real, I may have loved it.

Taron Egerton has expressed his strong disdain for wearing fake moustaches, going so far as to compare the “horrendous” experience to childbirth.

The 33-year-old Welsh actor stars as real-life videogame designer Henk Rogers in Apple TV Plus’ new movie Tetris – released on Friday (31 March) – which tells the story of how the Russian video game made its way to the West.

To accurately portray a young Rogers, Egerton was made to wear a fake moustache throughout the film.

“It’s absolutely horrendous, I will never do it ever again, it doesn’t matter how much you pay me. Don’t let me wear a fake moustache ever again,” the Kingsman: The Secret Service actor pleaded during an appearance on Good Morning Britain’s Thursday (30 March) episode.

Recalling that he had sported one years ago in 2016’s sports drama Eddie the Eagle, Egerton explained: “I wore that for part of the movie,...

"Tetris" is a fantastic retelling of the rather incredible story behind the game. This is not really about the game, mind you, but about the bizarre, complex, and — if you were to believe the film — almost country-ending story behind the acquisition of the rights to the game. Thanks to yet another compelling and hugely entertaining performance by Taron Egerton, some genuinely thrilling moments, and some imaginative visuals, "Tetris" is as addictive and exciting as the game that inspired it.

A lot has been said about video game adaptations, from those who believe "The Last of Us" is the first good video game adaptation to those who know "Arcade," "Castlevania" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" proved video games could make for incredible TV and film. But there is no plot driven by puzzles or moving different shapes here. Instead, we follow developer and publisher Henk Rogers (Egerton) as he tries to get...

Would you do it if you could drink something that would make you live forever? Dexter Fletcher will often ask himself this question as he prepares to direct Fountain of Youth for Skydance. The upcoming feature, written by James Vanderbilt, revolves around the mythical place where it grants you eternal life if you drink from it. The Fountain of Youth is the subject of countless stories, with explorers often willing to kill one another for the chance to live forever.

The announcement for Fountain of Youth comes shortly after the trailer debut for Fletcher’s Ghosted, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. In Ghosted, Cole (Chris Evans) falls head over heels for Sadie (Ana de Armas) but then discovers she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world. Adrien Brody, Amy Sedaris,...

Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for the upcoming rom-com turned thriller “Ghosted,” which stars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.

The trailer shows Evans’ character Cole certain that Sadie (de Armas) is not just “ghosting” him, or ignoring his texts, after one date. Convinced they are meant to be together, he travels to London in what he hopes to be a romantic gesture, only to discover Sadie is not the person he thought, and is actually part of the CIA. What ensues is a spy-thriller where “action speaks louder than words.”

De Armas joins the film after her recent Oscar nomination for “Blonde.” Her credits also include “Deep Water,” “Blade Runner 2049” and “No Time to Die.” Evans has played Captain America in several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, as well as performed in “Before We Go,” “Gifted” and “Playing It Cool.” Evans and de Armas previously acted together in “Knives Out” and “The Gray Man.

"Get every bounty hunter on the continent." Everyone wanted more of Ana de Armas a secret agent in No Time to Die - so they went and made this to deliver exactly that!! Apple has unveiled an official trailer for a romantic comedy action adventure movie called Ghosted, from the acclaimed filmmaker Dexter Fletcher. "Meeting that special someone can be a real adventure." Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world. Haven't we seen this plot about 100 times before? Chris Evans and Ana de Armas star, with Adrien Brody, Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson, and Tate Donovan. This looks remarkably derivative and cheesy, but I know tons of people will enjoy it anyway. Dive in below.

The cast keeps getting bigger (and better) for the Apple TV+ Original movie "Ghosted." Mike Moh, Tim Blake Nelson, Amy Sedaris, and Tate Donovan are now set to co-star in the film, joining Adrien Brody, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas. The movie is based on a script by "Zombieland" and "Deadpool" writing duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger producing for Skydance Media. At the helm is Dexter Fletcher, the actor-turned-filmmaker known for the true story-based sports dramedy "Eddie the Eagle" and the Elton John musical biopic "Rocketman" (both of which starred Taron Egerton as the lead and...

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Apple TV+ has movie star money and they're not afraid to prove it. Building out the cast of the upcoming Apple Original Film "Ghosted" is Hollywood heartthrob Adrien Brody, joining fellow superstars Ana de Armas and Chris Evans. Described as a "high-concept romantic action-adventure in the vein of 'Romancing the Stone,'" the film is set to be directed by Dexter Fletcher, the filmmaker known for "Eddie the Eagle" and the Elton John musical biopic "Rocketman." The "Zombieland" and "Deadpool" writing team Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are credited screenwriters on the project and will also produce, along with David Ellison, Dana...

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Olympic competition has long been fertile ground for filmmakers across the world. Both documentary and feature film directors have centred their visions around the world’s largest sporting event, focusing their storytelling eye on the whirlwind of human sporting excellence. The inherent drama of the Olympic events draws enormous crowds and competitors from the four corners of the world, to share the spectacle of human excellence under the most breathtaking conditions.

While some filmmakers strive to capture the essence of the games, such as Kon Ichikawa’s triumphant three hour celebration of the 1964 games in Tokyo Olympiad, others seek to use the event as backdrop for the more human stories. Recent films such as Dexter Fletcher’s Eddie the Eagle, Craig Gillespie’s I,Tonya, Bennett Miller’s bleak and weighty Foxcatcher and even Steven Spielberg, whose 2005 film Munich stands alongside Kevin Macdonald’s gripping One Day in September, chronicled...

This year’s Sundance Film Festival is online, but that doesn’t mean it can’t program a secret screening.

Just added is Daniel Roher’s documentary thriller Navalny, which will make its world premiere 6 p.m. Mt on January 25 as the 10th and final title in the U.S. Documentary Competition section

Navalny focuses on Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny. Roher had unparalleled access to Navalny and his inner circle for the documentary.

In August 2020, a plane traveling from Siberia to Moscow made an emergency landing. One of its passengers, Navalny, was deathly ill. After he was taken to a local Siberian hospital and eventually evacuated to Berlin, German authorities confirmed that he had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent implicated in attacks on other opponents of the Russian government. President Vladimir Putin immediately cast doubt on the findings and denied any involvement.

Alexei Navalny...

A bumper crop of actors and comedians has lined up for Swede Caroline, a newly-announced British mockumentary from Belstone Pictures and Deadbeat Films that is set to poke a comedic carrot at the world of competitive vegetable growers.

Jo Hartley — best known for such U.K TV shows as This is England, After Life and In My Skin and features such as David Brent: Life on the Road and Eddie the Eagle — will lead the comedy-drama as Caroline. A competitive giant vegetable grower readying herself for the big annual National Veg Championship, Caroline finds her life turned upside down when her prized marrow plants are stolen. She ...

A bumper crop of actors and comedians has lined up for Swede Caroline, a newly-announced British mockumentary from Belstone Pictures and Deadbeat Films that is set to poke a comedic carrot at the world of competitive vegetable growers.

Jo Hartley — best known for such U.K TV shows as This is England, After Life and In My Skin and features such as David Brent: Life on the Road and Eddie the Eagle — will lead the comedy-drama as Caroline. A competitive giant vegetable grower readying herself for the big annual National Veg Championship, Caroline finds her life turned upside down when her prized marrow plants are stolen. She ...

Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim With Shailene Woodley And Benedict Cumberbatch Star In The Riveting And Emotionally Compelling True Story Of Courage And Survival Against All Odds

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itness the astounding and inspirational true story of one man’s decades long fight for freedom and his relentless pursuit for justice in The Mauritanian, available to own on Digital April 20, 2021, Video on Demand on May 4, 2021 and on Blu-ray, DVD on May 11, 2021 from STXfilms and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Declared “triumphant” by Clayton Davis, Variety the political thriller is based on The New York Times best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and has been hailed as one of the most important and timely films of the year.

Filled with deeply emotional and suspenseful moments from beginning to end, the “positively gripping” film stars Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster as Nancy Hollander, Slahi’s tenacious...

Richie Albright, who manned the drum kit for Waylon Jennings since the Sixties and was essential to the Outlaw country trailblazer’s signature rock-based sound, died suddenly Tuesday in Nashville. He was 81. A rep for Shooter Jennings, with whom Albright toured up until 2017, confirmed Albright’s death to Rolling Stone.

An Oklahoma native, Albright joined Jennings’ backing band the Waylors in 1964 in Arizona, and the group developed a fan base at the Tempe nightspot J.D.’s. Jennings’ first album, in fact, was named after the club, Waylon Jennings At J.

What first attracted you both to this project?

Tahar Rahim Kevin [Macdonald], first of all, because I worked with him before [in the director’s 2011 feature The Eagle]. He called me up and told me that he might have a good part for me. I didn’t know anything about Mohamedou’s story. We knew a lot about what happened at [Guantánamo] — but also, not really. I thought it was really interesting to tell the story in this perspective, in a humanistic way. Plus, the [script] was so moving, and I could almost see the movie [in my head].

Jodie ...

What first attracted you both to this project?

Tahar Rahim Kevin [Macdonald], first of all, because I worked with him before [in the director’s 2011 feature The Eagle]. He called me up and told me that he might have a good part for me. I didn’t know anything about Mohamedou’s story. We knew a lot about what happened at [Guantánamo] — but also, not really. I thought it was really interesting to tell the story in this perspective, in a humanistic way. Plus, the [script] was so moving, and I could almost see the movie [in my head].

Jodie ...

Exclusive: In what’s to be expected given how virtual the Sundance Film Festival is this year, sources tell us that there won’t be a surprise screening.

While the pandemic has forced the festival to go online and branch out to those surviving arthouses during Covid to play its lineup, nothing beats the energy that comes from a live Sundance premiere or surprise screening in Park City, Ut. It’s that vibe which buyers make their acquisition decisions off of, and when it comes to secret screenings, it can impact the rollout of a film.

Note it’s not every year that the festival has a surprise screening; there wasn’t one last year.

However, in recent memory the biggest example of success emanating from one was when Universal and Blumhouse debuted Get Out in 2017, shooting Jordan Peele out of a cannon in his feature directorial debut. The socially...

The Summer Olympics are just a test of who can run fastest, jump highest, score the most goals. There’s real danger in the winter games! Try skiing down a mountain at high speeds, taking a sled through an icy slide, jumping as far as you can and not breaking your legs on a massive ski jump or not breaking your neck by falling on the ice. The best movies set at the Winter Olympics are about the underdogs who risked their lives and surprised the world…and Will Ferrell sliding crotch first across the ice. But they’re still exciting!

“Downhill Racer” (1969)

“Downhill Racer” came out when Robert Redford was at the peak of his fame and when Gene Hackman was just at the beginning of a run of sensational performances, so you know Michael Ritchie’s film has to be good. “Downhill Racer” is a tense drama about...

Mohamedou Ould Salahi endured unimaginable horror as an inmate of the U.S. government’s notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 14 years. In all that time, no charge was ever leveled against him, and with the help of his tireless lawyer Nancy Hollander, who weathered extreme criticism for representing terror suspects, he was finally granted his freedom in 2016. His story is the subject of director Kevin Macdonald’s new film The Mauritanian, based on the memoir Salahi wrote in confinement, in which Tahar Rahim telegraphs the pain and resolve of a casualty of America’s heavy-handed war on terror. Yet, as Rahim explains, it was a role he might have dismissed before reading it…

Deadline: You last worked with Kevin Macdonald on The Eagle. That was your very first role after A Prophet, right?

Tahar Rahim: Yes. I remember when A Prophet came out, I had a lot of offers,...

Late to the Oscar race is drama “The Mauritanian,” which finally settled on the title director Kevin Macdonald always wanted for the BBC film he started shooting in December 2019 under the working title “Prisoner 760.” Based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s bestselling 2015 memoir “Guantanamo Diary,” STXfilms will release the movie February 19, just in time for the Oscars. That outcome was far from certain.

“We had no distributor in place,” said Macdonald on the phone from London. “We couldn’t get the music score correct, so we were not finished as soon as we should have been. And Covid complicated things. We filmed this labor of love for no money, so we always wanted an awards film. It was the only way we felt to get attention.”

Rather than the original plan of screening at a discovery fall festival like Toronto or Telluride, the financiers sold a five-minute trailer at the 2020 Cannes virtual market to STX,...

Late to the Oscar race is drama “The Mauritanian,” which finally settled on the title director Kevin Macdonald always wanted for the BBC film he started shooting in December 2019 under the working title “Prisoner 760.” Based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s bestselling 2015 memoir “Guantanamo Diary,” STXfilms will release the movie February 19, just in time for the Oscars. That outcome was far from certain.

“We had no distributor in place,” said Macdonald on the phone from London. “We couldn’t get the music score correct, so we were not finished as soon as we should have been. And Covid complicated things. We filmed this labor of love for no money, so we always wanted an awards film. It was the only way we felt to get attention.”

Rather than the original plan of screening at a discovery fall festival like Toronto or Telluride, the financiers sold a five-minute trailer at the 2020 Cannes virtual market to STX,...

Disney Plus has treated its subscribers to some early Christmas gifts this week, as the Mouse House’s streaming service served up its biggest haul of the month today. This time around, 14 new movies and TV shows have gone up on the site, delivering a range of content that’ll satisfy you no matter what you’re looking for.

After some ambient screen-fillers? Then stick on Arendelle Castle Yule Log for a Frozen-themed festive atmosphere or Dory’s Reef Cam to turn your TV into an aquarium. Elsewhere in the world of animation, don’t miss Cosmos: Possible Worlds, a CG series imagining how alien worlds could look. And feel free to check out Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure season 3 and new episodes of The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.

For more, here’s the full list of everything that’s new on D+ today:

Arendelle Castle Yule Log (Premiere...

With Christmas just around the corner, this weekend is stacked full of great new releases on the various major streaming services. Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video are offering up a bunch of fresh content over the next few days – Friday, December 18th to Sunday the 20th – which should entertain subscribers no matter what they’re in the mood for.

For starters, Netflix has nine new movies and TV shows being added today. This includes a bunch of Jeopardy!, which is the perfect way to honor much-missed host Alex Trebek, while there’s also season 2 of Norwegian series Home for Christmas, South Korean horror show Sweet Home and Pauly Shore comedy movie Guest House. The highlight of the day’s haul, though, is undoubtedly Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the Viola Davis vehicle that features Chadwick Boseman’s final performance and is expected to make a sweep...

Disney Plus is adding a great if often overlooked Hugh Jackman movie to its library this week. Among the titles going up on the Mouse House’s streaming service on Friday, December 18th is 2016’s sports comedy-drama Eddie the Eagle, as originally produced by 20th Century Fox. Taron Egerton stars in the title role of the charming biopic, with Jackman as the co-lead.

Eddie the Eagle is based on the real story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, the first man to represent Great Britain at ski jumping in sixty years at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. The inexperienced Edwards had no chance of gaining a medal at the event, but his inspiring ambition made him a popular figure back in the day. As directed by Dexter Fletcher, the movie’s a true feel-good watch.

Jackman plays Bronson Peary, a cynical alcoholic ex-skier who’s convinced to become Edwards’ trainer despite his broken relationship with his own mentor,...

Disney Plus is serving up 14 new movies and TV shows this coming Friday, which is exactly one week before Christmas. The Mouse House’s streaming service will be updating its library with a bunch of exciting fresh additions that cater to all tastes, including a load of television series and a couple of films.

Check out the full list of everything that’s dropping this week in the list below, and then scroll down for a run through of the highlights that you won’t want to miss.

Arendelle Castle Yule Log (Premiere) *Disney+ Original

Buried Truth of the Maya

Cosmos: Possible Worlds (S1)

Disney Channel Holiday House Party

Disney Parks Sunrise Series (S1)

Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure (S3)

Dory’s Reef Cam (Premiere) *Disney+ Original

Eddie the Eagle

Extras – Beyond the Clouds: Creating Zach’s World *Disney+ Original

Into the Woods

Miraculous World: New York, United Heroez

On Pointe...

Evidence the sector is well-positioned to thrive in a post-pandemic, SVoD-driven market.

Producers dependent on UK independent distributors to finance their work and get it into cinemas have had a particularly anxious year. The pandemic has acclimatised audiences to watching films at home rather than in a cinema, and there have been major changes at some of the companies renowned for their commitment to the local film sector.

Zygi Kamasa has left Lionsgate UK, the company he co-founded as Redbus in 1997. Under Kamasa, Lionsgate UK was a staunch supporter of UK film, backing titles such as Bend It Like Beckham,...

The holiday season is here and Pixar has a little gift for Disney+ subscribers.

After the animation studio’s next major effort was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the powers that be finally made the decision to release it on Disney’s streaming service. And that’s why you will now be able to watch Soul via Disney+ on Christmas Day. Soul stars Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner – an inspiring jazz musician who finally gets his chance when his soul enters the Great Beyond.

Soul isn’t the only gift on Disney+ in December 2020. The sure-to-be-thrilling finale of The Mandalorian season 2 will arrive on Dec. 18. After those two beg exciting tentpoles, it’s pretty much business as usual for Disney+ this month (not that that’s necessarily a bad thing). An original movie of note, Safety, premieres on Dec. 11 and should at least be of interest to Clemson football fans.

His departure follows the exits of Zygi Kamasa and Nicola Pearcey.

Nick Manzi, the highly-respected head of productions and acquisitions at Lionsgate UK, is set to leave the company.

Lionsgate declined to comment but sources have confirmed Manzi’s departure is imminent. His exit will follow that of former Lionsgate Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, who joined UK outfit Marv Films as group CEO earlier this year. It was also recently confirmed Nicola Pearcey will be stepping down as president of Lionsgate UK and Europe by the end of the year.

Further redundancies are understood to be taking place in the company’s London office.

The Mouse House recently revealed that they’re looking to make exclusive streaming content their number one priority moving forward, which is just as well because at the moment, Disney Plus doesn’t have too many options for original movies and TV series that have the potential to grab headlines and dominate the online conversation.

Sure, Hamilton was a huge success, but aside from that and, obviously The Mandalorian, there haven’t been a whole lot of high profile titles added in 2020. Mulan may have generated a lot of attention despite being locked behind a paywall, but it’s probably fair to say that for the most part, the blockbuster received the opposite kind of publicity from what Disney were hoping for.

Still, the studio will continue on with new additions and December’s lineup has now been revealed, promising some exciting titles to dig into next month. Again, it...