Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Mena Suvari, Emile Hirsch, Dylan Flashner, Tristan Thompson, Michaela Sasner, Jeremy Tardy | Written and Directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil
Prey! is not to be confused with the Predator film of the same name, Dick Maas’s lion loose in Amsterdam thriller, the 2007 film about a family of tourists stalked by lions or any of the seemingly endless list of action films and slashers bearing that title. This Prey! is about a pair of American missionaries Andrew and Sue living in a village somewhere in Africa.
Andrew is already having a bad day. He’s a doctor and had a young boy die on the operating table because the medical supplies they were expecting hadn’t arrived on time. It gets worse when he’s told he and Sue need to make a fast exit, Boko Haram soldiers are heading towards the village.
Elsewhere, Grun is about to fly Tyler,...
Prey! is not to be confused with the Predator film of the same name, Dick Maas’s lion loose in Amsterdam thriller, the 2007 film about a family of tourists stalked by lions or any of the seemingly endless list of action films and slashers bearing that title. This Prey! is about a pair of American missionaries Andrew and Sue living in a village somewhere in Africa.
Andrew is already having a bad day. He’s a doctor and had a young boy die on the operating table because the medical supplies they were expecting hadn’t arrived on time. It gets worse when he’s told he and Sue need to make a fast exit, Boko Haram soldiers are heading towards the village.
Elsewhere, Grun is about to fly Tyler,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
With 2023’s compelling Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle The Covenant, Guy Ritchie took a more serious dramatic turn, away from the flashy action, glib humor and mashup of period settings with contemporary attitude that had characterized many of his biggest commercial successes. With its typically Ritchie-esque ensemble of quippy rascals, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare sees the director back on more customary territory. Sort of. Chronicling a covert World War II mission manned by a band of renegades, the movie is diverting but remains awkwardly stuck between a larkish caper and a more gripping combat action thriller.
Scripted by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel and Ritchie, based on the nonfiction book by war specialist Damien Lewis, the remarkable story comes from British War Department documents dating back to Winston Churchill’s first term in office, which were declassified in 2016.
The film follows the semi-fictionalized covert special forces mission manned by a...
Scripted by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel and Ritchie, based on the nonfiction book by war specialist Damien Lewis, the remarkable story comes from British War Department documents dating back to Winston Churchill’s first term in office, which were declassified in 2016.
The film follows the semi-fictionalized covert special forces mission manned by a...
- 4/16/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last week, the trades revealed details about “The Department,” a new espionage political thriller series based on the critically acclaimed hit French drama “Le Bureau des Legendes.” Michael Fassbender was cast in the lead role, and the series came from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures shingle. While early reports said Clooney would direct, a new Paramount+ announcement revealed that he’s just executive producing the project and Golden Globe and multi-bafta winner Joe Wright will direct the series instead.
Continue reading Joe Wright To Direct ‘The Department’ Spy Series Starring Michael Fassbender at The Playlist.
Continue reading Joe Wright To Direct ‘The Department’ Spy Series Starring Michael Fassbender at The Playlist.
- 3/7/2024
- by The Playlist Staff
- The Playlist
The Happy Sad Confused podcast is the end-of-year gift that keeps on giving this week. This week, the podcast’s guest was Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”). Oldman talked about his time in the “Harry Potter” series (he thought he was mediocre), he lamented never being directed by Quentin Tarantino (though speaking his dialogue in “True Romance”), and he says he was up for a villain role in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” before eventually landing the Jim Gordon good guy cop role instead.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Says He Turned Down Johnny Depp’s ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Role: “I Didn’t Get It” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Says He Turned Down Johnny Depp’s ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Role: “I Didn’t Get It” at The Playlist.
- 1/1/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
As recently covered in a conversation about “Batman Begins,” Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”) was recently on the Happy Sad Confused at 92 Street Y In New York. In the selection we covered, Oldman revealed that he was up for a villain role in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman’ movie but was sick of playing villains, and through his agent, they suggested Commissioner Jim Gordon instead, one of Batman’s most trusted allies.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Laments Not Working With Quentin Tarantino & Says He Won’t Be In ‘The Movie Critic’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Laments Not Working With Quentin Tarantino & Says He Won’t Be In ‘The Movie Critic’ at The Playlist.
- 12/30/2023
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
The Happy Sad Confused podcast has been on quite a roll lately with its live conversations at the 92 Street Y In New York. The latest this week is Hsc in conversation with Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”), who made some headlines this past week for saying he was “mediocre” in the “Harry Potter” movies, the actor being something of a self-deprecating self-critic who is hard on himself.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Believes He Was Up Scarecrow In Christopher Nolan’s Batman Series But Suggested Jim Gordon Instead at The Playlist.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Believes He Was Up Scarecrow In Christopher Nolan’s Batman Series But Suggested Jim Gordon Instead at The Playlist.
- 12/30/2023
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Bradley Cooper had a problem. The Oscar-nominated actor was gearing up to play Leonard Bernstein, the musical genius behind “West Side Story” and “Candide” and one of the driving cultural forces of the 20th century. Except, Cooper looked nothing like the distinctive composer and conductor.
Enter Guillermo del Toro. The two men discussed Cooper’s predicament on the set of del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” which the actor starred in while working to get “Maestro,” his look at the private life of Bernstein, off the ground. Cooper confessed that he needed to be transformed, and according to del Toro, only one person was right for the job: Kazu Hiro. The Oscar-winning makeup artist had used his gift for prosthetics to transform Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour.” When Cooper sent Hiro a text asking if he was interested, he jumped at the chance.
Still, the task was...
Enter Guillermo del Toro. The two men discussed Cooper’s predicament on the set of del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” which the actor starred in while working to get “Maestro,” his look at the private life of Bernstein, off the ground. Cooper confessed that he needed to be transformed, and according to del Toro, only one person was right for the job: Kazu Hiro. The Oscar-winning makeup artist had used his gift for prosthetics to transform Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour.” When Cooper sent Hiro a text asking if he was interested, he jumped at the chance.
Still, the task was...
- 11/15/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Lay Zhang is opening up about his acting goals.
The 32-year-old No More Bets actor and Chinese rapper and singer-songwriter, who was an original member of the powerhouse K-pop boy band Exo, got candid in a new interview with Variety, out now.
During the discussion, he talked about his acting ambitions, dream collaborators, working with Jackie Chan, and more.
Keep reading to find out more…
On wanting to work with British director Joe Wright:
“I loved The Darkest Hour and would like to have the opportunity to work with [him]. I like a movie that can dig into the personality and conflict.”
On his acting ambitions stateside:
“I want to be an actor who can bridge between Chinese and American culture. I hope that the success of No More Bets in China is just the beginning of being able to be recognized as an actor in the U.S.”
On...
The 32-year-old No More Bets actor and Chinese rapper and singer-songwriter, who was an original member of the powerhouse K-pop boy band Exo, got candid in a new interview with Variety, out now.
During the discussion, he talked about his acting ambitions, dream collaborators, working with Jackie Chan, and more.
Keep reading to find out more…
On wanting to work with British director Joe Wright:
“I loved The Darkest Hour and would like to have the opportunity to work with [him]. I like a movie that can dig into the personality and conflict.”
On his acting ambitions stateside:
“I want to be an actor who can bridge between Chinese and American culture. I hope that the success of No More Bets in China is just the beginning of being able to be recognized as an actor in the U.S.”
On...
- 10/18/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
‘A nasty, nightmarish thrill ride from a master of gore’
Morbidly Gruesome
‘Energetic direction by Ryuhei Kitamura, excellent practical gore effects and strong performances’
Variety
‘Ramps up the gratuitous gore along with a clever twist that blurs the line between good and evil’
Cinemalogue
Get more bang for your buck in The Price We Pay, a wickedly dark, gritty and brutal thriller from respected director Ryûhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train), starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Darkest Hour) and Stephen Dorff (Blade, Immortals). The film has made its UK debut on Digital from 101 Films.
When a pawn shop robbery goes horribly wrong and the criminals take a young woman, Grace (Gigi Zumbado – Bridge and Tunnel), hostage, things quickly go from bad to unimaginable.
Forced to go on the run, they head into the woods and as darkness starts to fall, they find a remote farmhouse and decide to take refuge.
Morbidly Gruesome
‘Energetic direction by Ryuhei Kitamura, excellent practical gore effects and strong performances’
Variety
‘Ramps up the gratuitous gore along with a clever twist that blurs the line between good and evil’
Cinemalogue
Get more bang for your buck in The Price We Pay, a wickedly dark, gritty and brutal thriller from respected director Ryûhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train), starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Darkest Hour) and Stephen Dorff (Blade, Immortals). The film has made its UK debut on Digital from 101 Films.
When a pawn shop robbery goes horribly wrong and the criminals take a young woman, Grace (Gigi Zumbado – Bridge and Tunnel), hostage, things quickly go from bad to unimaginable.
Forced to go on the run, they head into the woods and as darkness starts to fall, they find a remote farmhouse and decide to take refuge.
- 10/18/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
After sitting it out last year, Deadline’s Contenders film series returns to London today with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists attending the awards-season event.
Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard Hotel and will feature panels on 13 of the year’s buzziest films from eight studios and streamers. Deadline will have full coverage of the event all day on the website and on our social channels, where you can follow along using the hashtag #DeadlineContenders.
In challenging times, it’s good to know quality cinema is never too far away, with films from some of the world’s biggest filmmakers on tap today. Along with Scott’s Napoleon, Fennell’s Saltburn, Haynes’ May December and Mann’s Ferrari, J.A. Bayona will present his Society of the Snow, Jeymes Samuel will open The Book of Clarence,...
Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard Hotel and will feature panels on 13 of the year’s buzziest films from eight studios and streamers. Deadline will have full coverage of the event all day on the website and on our social channels, where you can follow along using the hashtag #DeadlineContenders.
In challenging times, it’s good to know quality cinema is never too far away, with films from some of the world’s biggest filmmakers on tap today. Along with Scott’s Napoleon, Fennell’s Saltburn, Haynes’ May December and Mann’s Ferrari, J.A. Bayona will present his Society of the Snow, Jeymes Samuel will open The Book of Clarence,...
- 10/7/2023
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Working on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” meant incredibly long hours for prosthetics master Kazu Hiro and his makeup team. Hiro, an Oscar winner for transforming Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for “The Darkest Hour,” revealed at the New York Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly) that he needed to be on set at 1 a.m. during parts of the film where Bradley Cooper appears as Leonard Bernstein in his 70s.
“The last stage, he had covered pretty much everywhere, the bodysuit and arms. That took over five hours,” Hiro revealed. “The last stage, the whole time, our call time was one in the morning. The other thing was he wanted makeup to be finished before the crew call, so he would appear as Lenny to set up the shoot and everything. That also kind of made our call time two hours earlier than normal, so that was quite tough.”
Cooper appears...
“The last stage, he had covered pretty much everywhere, the bodysuit and arms. That took over five hours,” Hiro revealed. “The last stage, the whole time, our call time was one in the morning. The other thing was he wanted makeup to be finished before the crew call, so he would appear as Lenny to set up the shoot and everything. That also kind of made our call time two hours earlier than normal, so that was quite tough.”
Cooper appears...
- 10/3/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Soulcatcher is a Polish sci-fi film directed by Daniel Markowicz. The Netflix original film follows a military contractor as he’s hired to seize a weapon which was originally designed to cure cancer but it turns people into savage killers but when his brother becomes a victim of the device his desire to save him gets in the way of his job. So, if you also loved Soulcatcher here are some similar movies that you should watch next.
Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.
Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.
Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.
Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.
- 8/5/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
You won’t want to miss Helen Mirren’s transformation into Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the new trailer for “Golda.”
Directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Martin, “Golda” concerns the 19-day Yom Kippur War waged over territory that Israel had previously annexed and how the conflict became a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Yom Kippur War saw Israelis recognizing that there was little guarantee that they could dominate the Arab states militarily, as they had done in previous Arab–Israeli Wars. The conflict slowly paved the way for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The 1978 Camp David Accords saw Israel return the entire Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. The subsequent 1979 Egyptian–Israeli peace treaty marked the first instance of an Arab country recognizing Israel as a legitimate state.
The trailer presents a historical docudrama in the vein of “The Darkest Hour,” during...
Directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Martin, “Golda” concerns the 19-day Yom Kippur War waged over territory that Israel had previously annexed and how the conflict became a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Yom Kippur War saw Israelis recognizing that there was little guarantee that they could dominate the Arab states militarily, as they had done in previous Arab–Israeli Wars. The conflict slowly paved the way for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The 1978 Camp David Accords saw Israel return the entire Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. The subsequent 1979 Egyptian–Israeli peace treaty marked the first instance of an Arab country recognizing Israel as a legitimate state.
The trailer presents a historical docudrama in the vein of “The Darkest Hour,” during...
- 7/25/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
With its list of new releases for May 2023, Hulu is relying on an acclaimed original and a whole lotta FX.
The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”
For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.
Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...
The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”
For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.
Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...
- 5/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
What’s Coming to Hulu in May 2023, Including ‘The Great’ Season 3, ‘Class of ‘09,’ 'The Kardashians'
“The Great” returns to Hulu for Season 3 on May 12. Elle Fanning portrays Catherine the Great, desperate to turn Russia into an enlightened nation, while Nicholas Hoult plays Peter III, her libertine husband. Despite marital problems, including Catherine’s attempt to murder him, Peter now claims to be in love with his wife. The show, loosely based on history, takes a snarky, sexy, and irreverent ride through 18th-century Russia. Catherine was the longest-running female ruler in the nation’s history.
Check out “The Great” Season 3 trailer:
FX’s suspense thriller “Class of ’09” streams May 10 on Hulu. A class of FBI agents at three points in time face changes in the U.S. criminal justice system, which has been altered by AI. The series takes a deep dive into the nature of justice and the choices we make.
Watch the trailer for “Class of ‘09”:
Also returning to the Disney-owned...
Check out “The Great” Season 3 trailer:
FX’s suspense thriller “Class of ’09” streams May 10 on Hulu. A class of FBI agents at three points in time face changes in the U.S. criminal justice system, which has been altered by AI. The series takes a deep dive into the nature of justice and the choices we make.
Watch the trailer for “Class of ‘09”:
Also returning to the Disney-owned...
- 4/26/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Actress/writer/stand-up comedian Jenny Slate, whose credits include Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Marvel Comics adaptation Venom, and Saturday Night Live, has signed on to star in the horror film Mindful, which Deadline describes as being about “a possessed meditation app that begins to kill its followers.”
Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leslie Bohem, who got his start writing House III: The Horror Show and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. In the decades since, Bohem has worked on the likes of Nowhere to Run, Daylight, Dante’s Peak, The Darkest Hour, The Alamo, and the mini-series Taken. The story he has crafted for Mindful has the following synopsis: When her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology.
Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leslie Bohem, who got his start writing House III: The Horror Show and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. In the decades since, Bohem has worked on the likes of Nowhere to Run, Daylight, Dante’s Peak, The Darkest Hour, The Alamo, and the mini-series Taken. The story he has crafted for Mindful has the following synopsis: When her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology.
- 4/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Netflix has tapped Academy Award nominee Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part One & Two) to pen its live-action Gears of War film, based on the hit video game series, Deadline can confirm.
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First announced by the streamer back in November, the project will be produced in partnership with The Coalition, with an adult animated series set in the world of the games to follow, and the potential for further stories going forward.
Debuting on Xbox in 2006 and going on to sell 40M+ copies across six installments, Gears of War watches as a society divided and on the brink of collapse faces total extinction by the Locust, a monstrous threat from below.
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First announced by the streamer back in November, the project will be produced in partnership with The Coalition, with an adult animated series set in the world of the games to follow, and the potential for further stories going forward.
Debuting on Xbox in 2006 and going on to sell 40M+ copies across six installments, Gears of War watches as a society divided and on the brink of collapse faces total extinction by the Locust, a monstrous threat from below.
- 3/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the popular video game “Gears of War” moves one step closer as Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jon Spaihts has boarded the project.
Best known for co-writing “Dune,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Doctor Strange,” Spaihts will now take on the challenge of adapting “Gears of War,” one of gaming’s richest and most acclaimed video game sagas, with over 40 million copies sold.
“’Gears of War’ is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and the importance of standing by your squadmates,” Spaihts said in a statement to Variety. “It wants to be cinema, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to help that happen.”
In November 2022, Netflix announced a partnership with The Coalition to adapt the “Gears of War” universe. Together they plan to first adapt the game into a live-action feature film,...
Best known for co-writing “Dune,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Doctor Strange,” Spaihts will now take on the challenge of adapting “Gears of War,” one of gaming’s richest and most acclaimed video game sagas, with over 40 million copies sold.
“’Gears of War’ is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and the importance of standing by your squadmates,” Spaihts said in a statement to Variety. “It wants to be cinema, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to help that happen.”
In November 2022, Netflix announced a partnership with The Coalition to adapt the “Gears of War” universe. Together they plan to first adapt the game into a live-action feature film,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Ever since Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in May of 2022, the movie has been gaining momentum. The film’s shining star, Austin Butler, has been showered with recognition reaping a whopping 27 nominations in the Best Actor category, including BAFTA where he won. He has also taken home a slew of breakthrough performer trophies. Here are five reasons why he could win the Oscar.
He’s embodying an icon
Of the top 10 contenders in our Best Actor odds, Butler is the only one who portrays a real-life fellow. And this isn’t just any regular Joe, it’s Elvis Presley… the highest selling solo recording artist of all time. Even if academy voters don’t recognise Butler from his previous body of work, his association with such an icon will make it easy for them to remember and recognise him.
He’s portraying a real-life person
In the past decade,...
He’s embodying an icon
Of the top 10 contenders in our Best Actor odds, Butler is the only one who portrays a real-life fellow. And this isn’t just any regular Joe, it’s Elvis Presley… the highest selling solo recording artist of all time. Even if academy voters don’t recognise Butler from his previous body of work, his association with such an icon will make it easy for them to remember and recognise him.
He’s portraying a real-life person
In the past decade,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
Brendan Fraser is Gold Derby’s odds-on favorite to win the Best Actor Oscar this year for his acclaimed performance as Charlie in A24’s “The Whale,” directed by Darren Aronofsky. The award-winning drama, which tells of a reclusive, obese English teacher trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink), allows Fraser to shine in a complex, emotionally demanding role. The film earned Fraser nominations at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, BAFTAs and Oscars, and last month he won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor. His performance has been celebrated by many critics, including Eric Eisenberg, who says in CinemaBlend, “[Brendan Fraser is] an enchanting performer […] the actor serves as a powerful, bright light in a dark pool of despair.” Fraser does have significant competition at the Oscars, with Austin Butler in “Elvis” and Colin Farrell in “The Banshees of Inisherin” both having won Best Actor trophies at the Golden Globes.
- 2/14/2023
- by Brian Rowe
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to star alongside actor-director Danny A. Abeckaser in his latest feature, The Engineer. The project is the pair’s second together, on the heels of the crime drama The Gemini Lounge—also starring Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Robert Davi and Vincent Laresca—which is set for release this fall.
Based on true events, The Engineer will tell the story of Yahya Ayyash—the mastermind bombmaker who led an army of suicidal soldiers in Israel during the mid ’90s. The story follows the biggest manhunt in the history of Israel to find him. Hirsch will play Etan, the head agent looking for ‘The Engineer,’ with Abeckaser as his superior agent, Yakov. Angel Bonanni and Omer Hazan will also star.
Kosta Kondilopoulos wrote the script. Danny A. Abeckaser will produce via his company 2B Films, along with Yoav Gross and his Yoav Gross Productions.
Based on true events, The Engineer will tell the story of Yahya Ayyash—the mastermind bombmaker who led an army of suicidal soldiers in Israel during the mid ’90s. The story follows the biggest manhunt in the history of Israel to find him. Hirsch will play Etan, the head agent looking for ‘The Engineer,’ with Abeckaser as his superior agent, Yakov. Angel Bonanni and Omer Hazan will also star.
Kosta Kondilopoulos wrote the script. Danny A. Abeckaser will produce via his company 2B Films, along with Yoav Gross and his Yoav Gross Productions.
- 6/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) will exec produce and star in My Time’s Up, an upcoming indie drama from writer-director Michael MacRae (Fishbowl California).
The film is centered around fictional comedian Micky Hoffman, who faces backlash after a stand-up set—then returning to his hometown in the Midwest to mentor rising, ‘woke’ comics.
MacRae, Michael Nassau and Pritesh Shah will produce under their 290 West Productions banner, with Max Adler (The Trial of the Chicago 7) exec producing and taking on a role before the camera. Buffalo 8’s Nikki Stier Justice, Grady Justice, Luke Taylor and Matthew Helderman will also serve as executive producers on the project, which marks MacRae’s follow up to the 2018 dramedy Fishbowl California, starring Kate Flannery and Katrina Bowden. Thomas Sullivan is handling casting.
Hirsch is perhaps best known for his SAG Award-nominated turn as Chris McCandless in Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild.
The film is centered around fictional comedian Micky Hoffman, who faces backlash after a stand-up set—then returning to his hometown in the Midwest to mentor rising, ‘woke’ comics.
MacRae, Michael Nassau and Pritesh Shah will produce under their 290 West Productions banner, with Max Adler (The Trial of the Chicago 7) exec producing and taking on a role before the camera. Buffalo 8’s Nikki Stier Justice, Grady Justice, Luke Taylor and Matthew Helderman will also serve as executive producers on the project, which marks MacRae’s follow up to the 2018 dramedy Fishbowl California, starring Kate Flannery and Katrina Bowden. Thomas Sullivan is handling casting.
Hirsch is perhaps best known for his SAG Award-nominated turn as Chris McCandless in Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild.
- 5/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gary Oldman is one of the best actors out there. The Academy Award-winning actor has graced us with his work in films and TV series like "The Dark Knight," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Darkest Hour," "Mank," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and now the Apple TV+ series "Slow Horses." In the series, he plays Jackson Lamb, an older spy who isn't exactly happy about where he is in his career. He is the head of Slough House, the MI5 department that is sort of a holding house for spies who aren't so great at their jobs. You know, the ones who haven't don't well in their careers,...
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- 4/29/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
‘The Darkest Hour actress Olivia Thirlby is set to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s biographical feature film ‘Oppenheimer. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’ by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. However, details with regards to her role are […]...
- 4/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Olivia Thirlby is joining the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s feature film Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. Details with regard to the characters Denham and Zuckerman are playing have not been disclosed. Nolan is directing from his own screenplay and producing alongside Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven. Pic hits theaters on July 21, 2023. Production is taking place in New Mexico, California and New Jersey.
Thirlby joins a massive ensemble that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian,...
Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. Details with regard to the characters Denham and Zuckerman are playing have not been disclosed. Nolan is directing from his own screenplay and producing alongside Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven. Pic hits theaters on July 21, 2023. Production is taking place in New Mexico, California and New Jersey.
Thirlby joins a massive ensemble that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian,...
- 4/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) has signed on to star in the crime thriller Gemini Lounge, marking the first feature from producer Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company Global Ascension Studios.
In the film directed by Danny A. Abeckaser (Mob Town), demoted detective Bobby Belucci (Hirsch) is given the opportunity to go undercover and take down the mob’s most ruthless killer, but his life and only chance at redemption spiral out of control as he loses himself in the role.
Global Ascension is producing in partnership with Abeckaser’s 2B Films and Kyle Stefanski’s Wild7 Films.
“My goal with Global Ascension is to create quality films that attract the top talent in the industry, and I’m thrilled that Emile has signed on to play in the lead role in Gemini Lounge, for which he is perfectly cast,” said Sarkissian, who heads...
In the film directed by Danny A. Abeckaser (Mob Town), demoted detective Bobby Belucci (Hirsch) is given the opportunity to go undercover and take down the mob’s most ruthless killer, but his life and only chance at redemption spiral out of control as he loses himself in the role.
Global Ascension is producing in partnership with Abeckaser’s 2B Films and Kyle Stefanski’s Wild7 Films.
“My goal with Global Ascension is to create quality films that attract the top talent in the industry, and I’m thrilled that Emile has signed on to play in the lead role in Gemini Lounge, for which he is perfectly cast,” said Sarkissian, who heads...
- 3/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Wright has a certain sense of style. You'll realize this just moments into one of his films, when transported to the lavish English countryside of "Pride and Prejudice" or even the smoky chambers of "The Darkest Hour." But it's especially clear throughout the musical fantasy of "Cyrano," which sheds the 17th-century Parisian sensibilities of its source material for a dazzling prestige period piece that Wright dubs his "love letter to love." The musical adaptation from MGM centers on Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage), a famed swordsman and whip-smart wordsmith who falls in love with a woman named Roxanne (Haley Bennett), but finds...
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- 2/25/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Hello everyone, welcome to the B-Side Podcast for The Film Stage where we talk about movie stars and filmmakers – not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.
Today we’re so thrilled to finally be sharing with you an interview we conducted last year with esteemed filmmaker Joe Wright, whose new film Cyrano is in theaters everywhere this Friday, February 25th!
Cyrano stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison, Jr. and Ben Mendelsohn and is a sweeping musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. It’s a film we both really enjoy, so please do seek it out.
Our conversation with Joe is a delightfully honest one. We talk through his career, of course discussing Cyrano, but also diving deep into The Soloist (and why he’s extremely proud of that film), Anna Karenina (another film we love here), and the...
Today we’re so thrilled to finally be sharing with you an interview we conducted last year with esteemed filmmaker Joe Wright, whose new film Cyrano is in theaters everywhere this Friday, February 25th!
Cyrano stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison, Jr. and Ben Mendelsohn and is a sweeping musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. It’s a film we both really enjoy, so please do seek it out.
Our conversation with Joe is a delightfully honest one. We talk through his career, of course discussing Cyrano, but also diving deep into The Soloist (and why he’s extremely proud of that film), Anna Karenina (another film we love here), and the...
- 2/21/2022
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Frederic Aspiras, hairstylist to Lady Gaga in “House of Gucci” has become the second Asian American to be nominated for a Hair and Makeup Oscar.
Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist Kazuhiro Tsuji is the only other Asian American to be nominated and win for “The Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell.”
The award was created by the Academy in 1981 after complaints that there was no way to recognize the makeup artists for the 1980 film “The Elephant Man.”
Aspiras, who is of Vietnamese-Filipino descent, also earned a BAFTA nomination last week and is nominated for a Makeup and Hairstylist Guild nomination. He has worked with Gaga for over 13 years, including creating the look sported by Gaga for Variety’s Actors on Actors cover. Speaking with Variety recently about the significance of being recognized for his work, Aspiras said, “I started with Lady Gaga 13 years ago, and fans from around...
Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist Kazuhiro Tsuji is the only other Asian American to be nominated and win for “The Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell.”
The award was created by the Academy in 1981 after complaints that there was no way to recognize the makeup artists for the 1980 film “The Elephant Man.”
Aspiras, who is of Vietnamese-Filipino descent, also earned a BAFTA nomination last week and is nominated for a Makeup and Hairstylist Guild nomination. He has worked with Gaga for over 13 years, including creating the look sported by Gaga for Variety’s Actors on Actors cover. Speaking with Variety recently about the significance of being recognized for his work, Aspiras said, “I started with Lady Gaga 13 years ago, and fans from around...
- 2/8/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away. Below is a complete list of every movie leaving the streaming service in February, which includes some great films that you should definitely prioritize watching before they expire.
Chief among them is the Safdie Brothers’ 2017 drama “Good Time,” which features a rattling Robert Pattinson performance and some truly unnerving filmmaking. The film leaves Netflix on Feb. 19.
Additionally, make time for the Hailee Steinfeld-fronted coming-of-age comedy “Edge of Seventeen” before it disappears on Feb. 26. And this month’s exodus on Feb. 28 also includes “Step Brothers,” “Terminator 2,” “Dances with Wolves,” “Something Borrowed,” “Rain Man” and “Labyrinth.”
Leaving Feb. 1
Await Further Instructions
Grown Ups
Leaving Feb. 8
Polaroid
Leaving Feb. 9
Hitler – A Career
Leaving Feb. 15
Studio 54
Leaving Feb. 16
Drunk Parents
Leaving Feb. 19
Good Time
Leaving Feb. 20
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Leaving Feb. 25
No Escape
Leaving Feb. 26
Edge of Seventeen
Leaving Feb. 28
Border Security: America...
Chief among them is the Safdie Brothers’ 2017 drama “Good Time,” which features a rattling Robert Pattinson performance and some truly unnerving filmmaking. The film leaves Netflix on Feb. 19.
Additionally, make time for the Hailee Steinfeld-fronted coming-of-age comedy “Edge of Seventeen” before it disappears on Feb. 26. And this month’s exodus on Feb. 28 also includes “Step Brothers,” “Terminator 2,” “Dances with Wolves,” “Something Borrowed,” “Rain Man” and “Labyrinth.”
Leaving Feb. 1
Await Further Instructions
Grown Ups
Leaving Feb. 8
Polaroid
Leaving Feb. 9
Hitler – A Career
Leaving Feb. 15
Studio 54
Leaving Feb. 16
Drunk Parents
Leaving Feb. 19
Good Time
Leaving Feb. 20
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Leaving Feb. 25
No Escape
Leaving Feb. 26
Edge of Seventeen
Leaving Feb. 28
Border Security: America...
- 2/1/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The reason behind Netflix's cancellation of Julie and the Phantoms is as mysterious as the show's well-dressed villain.
Why cancel a show with an audience score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and nearly a million loyal followers on Instagram?
"Fantoms," as the most devoted fans call themselves, are baffled and heartbroken.
From renowned director Kenny Ortega, Julie and the Phantoms follows 15-year-old Julie Molina (Madison Reyes) a year after her mother's death. When she puts on one of her mom's old CDs, she unwittingly releases the three striking members of the band Sunset Curve.
The kicker: they're all dead.
To convince you why Julie and the Phantoms deserves a second season, let's start with why its first season attracted so many to their screens.
There would be no Julie and the Phantoms without, well, Julie and her phantoms. The bond between the titular characters is the show's beating heart.
From...
Why cancel a show with an audience score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and nearly a million loyal followers on Instagram?
"Fantoms," as the most devoted fans call themselves, are baffled and heartbroken.
From renowned director Kenny Ortega, Julie and the Phantoms follows 15-year-old Julie Molina (Madison Reyes) a year after her mother's death. When she puts on one of her mom's old CDs, she unwittingly releases the three striking members of the band Sunset Curve.
The kicker: they're all dead.
To convince you why Julie and the Phantoms deserves a second season, let's start with why its first season attracted so many to their screens.
There would be no Julie and the Phantoms without, well, Julie and her phantoms. The bond between the titular characters is the show's beating heart.
From...
- 1/25/2022
- by Ashley Myers
- TVfanatic
There’s a fascinating rhythm, and most definitely visually, to Joe Wright’s filmography, and a lot of that has to do with the filmmaker’s longstanding working relationship with Dp Seamus McGarvey.
The duo met doing music videos together and went on to work on six movies, starting with 2007’s Atonement, on which McGarvey received an Oscar nom for his cinematography, 2012’s Anna Karenina (notching another Dp Oscar nom) as well as 2015’s Pan, 2017’s The Darkest Hour and now Cyrano.
We talk with Wright how he was drawn to making a feature take of the stage musical; Haley Bennett being a force behind the scenes after playing Roxanne onstage, as well as the filmmaker and McGarvey’s shorthand. Their journey took them to Sicily. And though the town, Noto, had wonderful cannolis and a Baroque backdrop ripe for the 1897 Edmond Rostand play, the Italian isle also provided a...
The duo met doing music videos together and went on to work on six movies, starting with 2007’s Atonement, on which McGarvey received an Oscar nom for his cinematography, 2012’s Anna Karenina (notching another Dp Oscar nom) as well as 2015’s Pan, 2017’s The Darkest Hour and now Cyrano.
We talk with Wright how he was drawn to making a feature take of the stage musical; Haley Bennett being a force behind the scenes after playing Roxanne onstage, as well as the filmmaker and McGarvey’s shorthand. Their journey took them to Sicily. And though the town, Noto, had wonderful cannolis and a Baroque backdrop ripe for the 1897 Edmond Rostand play, the Italian isle also provided a...
- 1/13/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lady Gaga’s transformation into Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” is one of the highlights of the awards race, landing the film on the Oscar shortlist in makeup and hairstyling prior to the Jan. 30 bake-off. Should the film earn a nomination, Gaga’s hairstylist, Frederic Aspiras, who is of Vietnamese-Filipino descent and is part of the Oscar shortlisted team, would be just the second Asian American to be nominated in the category.
Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist Kazuhiro Tsuji is the only other Asian American to be nominated and win for “The Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell.”
Aspiras, the personal hairstylist to Lady Gaga for more than 13 years, created 52 looks from 10 hero wigs for Patrizia. spoke with Variety about bringing the character to life.
How are you finding this awards journey?
It’s an honor, but I find it to be socially responsible...
Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist Kazuhiro Tsuji is the only other Asian American to be nominated and win for “The Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell.”
Aspiras, the personal hairstylist to Lady Gaga for more than 13 years, created 52 looks from 10 hero wigs for Patrizia. spoke with Variety about bringing the character to life.
How are you finding this awards journey?
It’s an honor, but I find it to be socially responsible...
- 1/12/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Joe Wright is a director who not only sees but conceives his films through their setting and a sense of space.
“Drama occurs between people in relation to each other, and in relation to the space in which they find themselves. It’s entirely linked,” explained Wright. Perched on the window of his New York hotel room, he tried to elucidate his point with an impromptu scenario.
“Okay, say you’re going to meet your wife, no, your girlfriend, and you intend to propose to her,” Wright paused as he took a drag from his cigarette, thinking through the scenario. “You’ve played it out in your head. When you arrive in the gardens, or maybe it’s a restaurant, with an idea of what it’s going to be like, something about the space completely throws you. The space plays a role in how the drama will play out...
“Drama occurs between people in relation to each other, and in relation to the space in which they find themselves. It’s entirely linked,” explained Wright. Perched on the window of his New York hotel room, he tried to elucidate his point with an impromptu scenario.
“Okay, say you’re going to meet your wife, no, your girlfriend, and you intend to propose to her,” Wright paused as he took a drag from his cigarette, thinking through the scenario. “You’ve played it out in your head. When you arrive in the gardens, or maybe it’s a restaurant, with an idea of what it’s going to be like, something about the space completely throws you. The space plays a role in how the drama will play out...
- 12/21/2021
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” previously projected to expand on Christmas Day to around 2,000 theaters, will now open at fewer than half. United Artists informed hundreds of theaters this week, including many independents, that availability would be delayed.
The film spent its first two weeks in only four New York/Los Angeles theaters and showed the best limited performer since “1917” in 2019. It dropped only 22 percent in its second weekend, which attests to strong word of mouth. Even more significant is its draw for audiences under 35, unusual for a late year awards-appeal release.
Why the last-minute switch? UA president of distribution Erik Lomis is away from his office on a family matter and was unavailable for comment, but precedent for both this director’s films and other top awards contenders suggests this move represents faith in the film.
In the past decade, leading awards contenders that platformed on or...
The film spent its first two weeks in only four New York/Los Angeles theaters and showed the best limited performer since “1917” in 2019. It dropped only 22 percent in its second weekend, which attests to strong word of mouth. Even more significant is its draw for audiences under 35, unusual for a late year awards-appeal release.
Why the last-minute switch? UA president of distribution Erik Lomis is away from his office on a family matter and was unavailable for comment, but precedent for both this director’s films and other top awards contenders suggests this move represents faith in the film.
In the past decade, leading awards contenders that platformed on or...
- 12/11/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” opened in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, to high-end results. Now, United Artists wants to continue the slow burn with single-screening previews in three cities — while the rest of the country must wait until Christmas Day.
Tickets will go on sale this morning for one preview showing Saturday night, December 4, at two Alamo Drafthouse locations: the New Mission in San Francisco and South Lamar in Austin. Tickets are also on sale for a single Saturday-night screening at the Music Box in Chicago. These are anticipated to be 70mm presentations. This remains a work in progress; more previews seem likely, but for now there are no announced plans for further showings.
“The point is to build momentum and word of mouth for the film, while still keeping to the original plan of making it available to most people at Christmas,” says Erik Lomis,...
Tickets will go on sale this morning for one preview showing Saturday night, December 4, at two Alamo Drafthouse locations: the New Mission in San Francisco and South Lamar in Austin. Tickets are also on sale for a single Saturday-night screening at the Music Box in Chicago. These are anticipated to be 70mm presentations. This remains a work in progress; more previews seem likely, but for now there are no announced plans for further showings.
“The point is to build momentum and word of mouth for the film, while still keeping to the original plan of making it available to most people at Christmas,” says Erik Lomis,...
- 11/28/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
At the first theaters to host Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” tickets go on sale Friday morning, November 12. The film opens November 26 in New York and Los Angeles only, in four locations — and all will screen the film exclusively in 70mm.
The three New York theaters (AMC Lincoln Square and City Cinemas Village East in Manhattan and the Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn) and a single Los Angeles site (the Regency Village in Westwood) will show the film in 70mm. Very few theaters can present films in this format and Los Angeles lost one option with the closure of Arclight Hollywood. The Village is a vintage single-screen theater with more than 1,300 seats; its distinctive exterior was a key location in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Before multi-screen complexes became the norm, it often hosted exclusive initial engagements.
“Licorice Pizza” will expand to a wide national release of approximately 2,000 theaters on...
The three New York theaters (AMC Lincoln Square and City Cinemas Village East in Manhattan and the Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn) and a single Los Angeles site (the Regency Village in Westwood) will show the film in 70mm. Very few theaters can present films in this format and Los Angeles lost one option with the closure of Arclight Hollywood. The Village is a vintage single-screen theater with more than 1,300 seats; its distinctive exterior was a key location in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Before multi-screen complexes became the norm, it often hosted exclusive initial engagements.
“Licorice Pizza” will expand to a wide national release of approximately 2,000 theaters on...
- 11/11/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Oscar-winning doc-maker Alex Gibney is making further strides into the narrative world and has recruited Viggo Mortensen and Caleb Landry Jones to star in his upcoming thriller, Two Wolves.
Altitude is producing the feature, from two-time Oscar winner Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, The Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody), which is set to tell the story of U.S. helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson.
During the Vietnam War, Thompson turned against his fellow soldiers in an attempt to halt the notorious massacre of around 500 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, and rescued survivors of the atrocity. But far from being treated as ...
Altitude is producing the feature, from two-time Oscar winner Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, The Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody), which is set to tell the story of U.S. helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson.
During the Vietnam War, Thompson turned against his fellow soldiers in an attempt to halt the notorious massacre of around 500 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, and rescued survivors of the atrocity. But far from being treated as ...
- 10/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-winning doc-maker Alex Gibney is making further strides into the narrative world and has recruited Viggo Mortensen and Caleb Landry Jones to star in his upcoming thriller, Two Wolves.
Altitude is producing the feature, from two-time Oscar winner Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, The Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody), which is set to tell the story of U.S. helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson.
During the Vietnam War, Thompson turned against his fellow soldiers in an attempt to halt the notorious massacre of around 500 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, and rescued survivors of the atrocity. But far from being treated as ...
Altitude is producing the feature, from two-time Oscar winner Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, The Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody), which is set to tell the story of U.S. helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson.
During the Vietnam War, Thompson turned against his fellow soldiers in an attempt to halt the notorious massacre of around 500 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai, and rescued survivors of the atrocity. But far from being treated as ...
- 10/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Joely Richardson, Ella Hunt and Faye Marsay have rounded out the cast of 3000 Pictures and Netflix’s adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover starring Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell and Matthew Duckett. This will be the first film to be produced under the new partnership where Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming. The deal was announced in April and part of that deal allowed Sony to offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make directly for streaming or decides later to license for streaming, and Netflix has committed to make a number of those films over the course of the deal.
The pic will be directed by The Mustang helmer Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Life of Pi scribe David Magee wrote the script. Academy Award nominee Laurence Mark and Academy Award nominees Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent...
The pic will be directed by The Mustang helmer Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Life of Pi scribe David Magee wrote the script. Academy Award nominee Laurence Mark and Academy Award nominees Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent...
- 9/16/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Joe Wright — one of the last true madmen in Hollywood cinema — rebounds from the folly of his “Woman in the Window” with a full-throated musical adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac” soundtracked by The National, shot during Covid on Sicily (with hundreds of lavishly costumed extras singing a mope rock banger on the snowy peak of an active volcano!), and starring Peter Dinklage as a lovelorn poet who possesses the courage to sword-fight 10 men at a time but not the pride to confess his feelings to the one woman he’s loved for all eternity.
Maybe it’s just the clown makeup and corsets talking, but there are moments during Wright’s “Cyrano” — such as the literal rap battle during which Cyrano trades rhymes with a foe while they fence to the death — that delude you into thinking this must be Is it good?...
Maybe it’s just the clown makeup and corsets talking, but there are moments during Wright’s “Cyrano” — such as the literal rap battle during which Cyrano trades rhymes with a foe while they fence to the death — that delude you into thinking this must be Is it good?...
- 9/3/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Director Joe Wright (“The Darkest Hour“) was extremely productive last year during the pandemic and shot a new movie “Cyrano” in Noto, Sicily, with a fantastic cast that includes Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage (“I Care A Lot“), Haley Bennett (“The Magnificent Seven“), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“The Trial of The Chicago 7“), Ben Mendelsohn (“The Marsh King’s Daughter“), and Bashir Salahuddin (“Top Gun: Maverick“).
Continue reading First Look: Joe Wright’s Period Romance Musical ‘Cyrano’ With Peter Dinklage & Haley Bennett Arriving December 31 at The Playlist.
Continue reading First Look: Joe Wright’s Period Romance Musical ‘Cyrano’ With Peter Dinklage & Haley Bennett Arriving December 31 at The Playlist.
- 8/27/2021
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
This article contains The Woman in the Window spoilers.
Twisty-turny thriller The Woman in the Window has arrived on Netflix with some distinct Hitchcockian vibes. It’s based on the bestselling novel by A. J. Finn and directed by Joe Wright, with Amy Adams as the titular woman.
This is classic high-concept crime drama in the style of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train while the premise is reminiscent of Rear Window. Adams plays Anna Fox, an agoraphobic woman who believes she has witnessed one of her neighbors being murdered in her own home, which she views from out her window. But something odd is going on here. The murdered woman – if she even exists, is not who Anna thinks she is. Is her tenant to blame? What’s going on with the 15-year-old who lives across the street? And why is his dad so aggressive?
These are...
Twisty-turny thriller The Woman in the Window has arrived on Netflix with some distinct Hitchcockian vibes. It’s based on the bestselling novel by A. J. Finn and directed by Joe Wright, with Amy Adams as the titular woman.
This is classic high-concept crime drama in the style of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train while the premise is reminiscent of Rear Window. Adams plays Anna Fox, an agoraphobic woman who believes she has witnessed one of her neighbors being murdered in her own home, which she views from out her window. But something odd is going on here. The murdered woman – if she even exists, is not who Anna thinks she is. Is her tenant to blame? What’s going on with the 15-year-old who lives across the street? And why is his dad so aggressive?
These are...
- 5/14/2021
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Real-estate porn can work for a thriller — or against it. Sometimes, it’s part of a movie’s mystery and allure: the luxe nooks and crannies where bad vibes can hide. (See “Rosemary’s Baby” or “What Lies Beneath.”) But in “The Woman in the Window,” a movie that takes place entirely in one old dark house, the stately Harlem brownstone in which Anna Fox (Amy Adams) resides is a movie set of such gloomy palatial grandeur that the place threatens to overwhelm everything that happens inside it.
Anna is a nervous wreck of an agoraphobe who hasn’t left the house in 10 months. It’s her cocoon, her prison, her stately dream chamber. The high-ceilinged rooms are bathed in a shadowy glow, the muted colors left over from an aging renovation, with a winding wooden staircase that extends so far up it never seems to end. It’s a dwelling fit for the Magnificent Ambersons,...
Anna is a nervous wreck of an agoraphobe who hasn’t left the house in 10 months. It’s her cocoon, her prison, her stately dream chamber. The high-ceilinged rooms are bathed in a shadowy glow, the muted colors left over from an aging renovation, with a winding wooden staircase that extends so far up it never seems to end. It’s a dwelling fit for the Magnificent Ambersons,...
- 5/14/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Anyone still giddy on fumes having devoured the whole of sexy, sexy Bridgerton, might well be looking for more love machinations, posh dresses and ladies attending dances. You may well be tempted then by 2005’s Pride and Prejudice which is available to stream on Netflix. After all, this is one of the starriest and most lavish period productions around, packed with stone cold talent. The Bennett family alone boasts Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Jenna Malone, Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland as well as the movie’s star Keira Knightley. It’s directed by Joe Wright who knows his onions when it comes to period movies after Anna Karenina, Atonement and The Darkest Hour. And it goes without saying that Austen’s text is a classic romantic tome which is always a joy. Get involved!
But not if you’ve watched Succession. After that masterpiece of TV, Matthew MacFadyen’s Mr Darcy is officially ruined.
But not if you’ve watched Succession. After that masterpiece of TV, Matthew MacFadyen’s Mr Darcy is officially ruined.
- 2/18/2021
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Friday, Jan. 22 Palm Springs Film Festival will Honor Gary Oldman with Chairman Award
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Gary Oldman will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for his performance in “Mank.”
“Gary Oldman gives another mesmerizing performance as Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher’s “Mank.” Oldman plays the role to perfection as the films follow the screenwriter’s journey while is co-writing the script for Citizen Kane,” said Harold Matzner. “We are delighted to recognize one of this generation’s greatest actors, Gary Oldman with this year’s Chairman’s Award.”
Oldman, who has starred in “The Darkest Hour” and won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, was previously honored at the festival with the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2018 and International Star Award in 2012.
In “Mank,” (streaming on Netflix) 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J.
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Gary Oldman will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award for his performance in “Mank.”
“Gary Oldman gives another mesmerizing performance as Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher’s “Mank.” Oldman plays the role to perfection as the films follow the screenwriter’s journey while is co-writing the script for Citizen Kane,” said Harold Matzner. “We are delighted to recognize one of this generation’s greatest actors, Gary Oldman with this year’s Chairman’s Award.”
Oldman, who has starred in “The Darkest Hour” and won an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, was previously honored at the festival with the Desert Palm Achievement Award in 2018 and International Star Award in 2012.
In “Mank,” (streaming on Netflix) 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J.
- 1/22/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #194: How to Make Your IndieFilm & Develop Your Screenwriting Career with actor Jordan Waller,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #194: How to Make Your IndieFilm & Develop Your Screenwriting Career with actor Jordan Waller,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Roadside Attractions is opening Roberto Benigni’s new Pinocchio movie from filmmaker Matteo Garrone on Christmas Day stateside on 2,000 screens. It’s more good news for those theaters which are braving the Christmas holiday. This past Thanksgiving proved that families will venture out during the pandemic where they feel safe and head to the movies; Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age moving to a $14.2M five-day opening.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
- 11/30/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sputnik Directed By Egor Abramenko Oksana Akinshina (Lilya 4-ever), Fedor Bondarchuk (9th Company), And Pyotr Fyodorov (The Darkest Hour) Due to her controversial methods, young doctor Tatiana Yurievna is on the precipice of losing her medical license. Her career may not be over, though. After she’s recruited by the military, Tatiana …
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- 8/18/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Focus Features executive Robert Walak is exiting his position as president and will move into an advisory role at the company. There is currently no plan to replace his position.
Walak was appointed president of Focus Features, the specialty studio owned by Universal, in February 2016. Before moving to Los Angeles two years ago, he was based in London and served as co-managing director of Universal Pictures International Productions, which was later absorbed into the umbrella of Focus Features. In his advisory role, Walak will continue to work on projects he helped bring into development at Focus.
Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski addressed the move and praised Walak in a statement, saying, “Personally, I have been incredibly lucky to work with someone who is not only a good friend, but a role model for excellent taste, know-how and commitment to the belief that great films can change the world. Collectively, we...
Walak was appointed president of Focus Features, the specialty studio owned by Universal, in February 2016. Before moving to Los Angeles two years ago, he was based in London and served as co-managing director of Universal Pictures International Productions, which was later absorbed into the umbrella of Focus Features. In his advisory role, Walak will continue to work on projects he helped bring into development at Focus.
Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski addressed the move and praised Walak in a statement, saying, “Personally, I have been incredibly lucky to work with someone who is not only a good friend, but a role model for excellent taste, know-how and commitment to the belief that great films can change the world. Collectively, we...
- 8/14/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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