Lives of historical figures often get cinematic treatment to tell sweeping tales of real life events. From United States Presidents to their wives and First Ladies, to Supreme Court Justices to scientists and brilliant minds, nobody is off limits, especially if the stories are triumphant. Others have more tragic endings.
The 2024 Academy Awards showed just how popular a biopic can be amongst voters with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer netting Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Actors and actresses do almost anything to become the real-life person they portray in a biopic, from working with movement coaches to wearing prosthetics and makeup to enhance their facial features.
Those looking to learn about influential men and women over the years can find a list of historical biopics can read on for an immersive selection.
Photo : Weinstein Company Courtesy Everett Collection
The Imitation Game (2014)
Based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges,...
The 2024 Academy Awards showed just how popular a biopic can be amongst voters with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer netting Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Actors and actresses do almost anything to become the real-life person they portray in a biopic, from working with movement coaches to wearing prosthetics and makeup to enhance their facial features.
Those looking to learn about influential men and women over the years can find a list of historical biopics can read on for an immersive selection.
Photo : Weinstein Company Courtesy Everett Collection
The Imitation Game (2014)
Based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
If you took Magnolia, Goodfellas, Boyz n the Hood and perhaps Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman, plugged them all into the latest version of ChatGPT and asked it to spit out a brand new film, you could wind up with something like Gilles Lellouche’s (no relation to Claude) swooning French crime romance, Beating Hearts (L’Amour ouf).
A hodgepodge of movie clichés and overwrought scenes, directed with zero tact and plenty of pounding needle drops, actor-turned-director Lellouche’s third stab at the helm after his rather likeable ensemble comedy, Sink or Swim, is less a disappointment than a serious assault on the viewer’s intelligence. The fact that it premiered in Cannes’ competition, rather than in a sidebar “Première” slot, speaks to the general level of one of the festival’s weakest main slates in recent memory.
Sink or Swim was a major hit in France that grossed $40 million,...
A hodgepodge of movie clichés and overwrought scenes, directed with zero tact and plenty of pounding needle drops, actor-turned-director Lellouche’s third stab at the helm after his rather likeable ensemble comedy, Sink or Swim, is less a disappointment than a serious assault on the viewer’s intelligence. The fact that it premiered in Cannes’ competition, rather than in a sidebar “Première” slot, speaks to the general level of one of the festival’s weakest main slates in recent memory.
Sink or Swim was a major hit in France that grossed $40 million,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dove Cameron (Descendants, Schmigadoon!) and Avan Jogia (Orphan Black: Echoes) teaming up is our new Obsession.
The pair will star in Prime Video’s upcoming thriller from executive producer James Wan’s Atomic Monster, which was given a series order last year.
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- 5/23/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Prepare to see a lot of the new Mrs. Lawrence when The Handmaid’s Tale returns next year.
Ever Carradine, who plays Naomi, has been promoted to series regular for the Hulu drama’s sixth and final season, TVLine has confirmed. Our sister site Deadline first reported the promotion.
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Carradine has...
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Carradine has...
- 5/23/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
You’ll want to grab the tissues for this one.
Prime Video on Thursday released a full trailer for I Am: Celine Dion, an upcoming feature-length documentary in which the legendary singer chronicles her battle with stiff person syndrome.
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- 5/23/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Paramount+ with Showtime is taking a stab at a Dexter prequel series, and it’s bringing in some new blood.
Patrick Gibson (Shadow and Bone, The Oa) will play a young Dexter Morgan in the upcoming 10-episode series Dexter: Original Sin, TVLine has learned, taking over the role from original star Michael C. Hall. Additionally, Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) will play Dexter’s adoptive dad, homicide detective Harry Morgan, played by James Remar on the original Dexter, and Molly Brown (Billions) will play Dexter’s sister Debra, originally played by Jennifer Carpenter.
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Patrick Gibson (Shadow and Bone, The Oa) will play a young Dexter Morgan in the upcoming 10-episode series Dexter: Original Sin, TVLine has learned, taking over the role from original star Michael C. Hall. Additionally, Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) will play Dexter’s adoptive dad, homicide detective Harry Morgan, played by James Remar on the original Dexter, and Molly Brown (Billions) will play Dexter’s sister Debra, originally played by Jennifer Carpenter.
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- 5/23/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
The Voice’s Asher HaVon Tells All About Coach Reba, Wigging Out and Scoring a Win for His LGBTQ+ Fam
The confetti has scarcely settled after Tuesday’s Season 25 finale of The Voice (recapped here). But already, TVLine has connected with the NBC sing-off’s newly minted winner, Asher HaVon. Here, the native of Selma, Ala., spills the tea on coach Reba McEntire, scoring a victory for the LGBTQ+ community and rocking those amazing outfits.
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Well, no! [Laughs] There was so...
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- 5/22/2024
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will be a departure from its predecessors in at least one major way, according to George R.R. Martin.
HBO’s upcoming Dunk-and-Egg spinoff “will be a lot shorter than Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, with a much different tone,” author and executive producer Martin posted Wednesday on his blog. “But it’s still Westeros, so no one is truly safe.”
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HBO’s upcoming Dunk-and-Egg spinoff “will be a lot shorter than Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, with a much different tone,” author and executive producer Martin posted Wednesday on his blog. “But it’s still Westeros, so no one is truly safe.”
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- 5/22/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Sneak Peek actresss Natalie Portman (“Lady In The Lake”) posing for the May 2024 issue of “L’Officiel” magazine, wearing Dior, Armani, Stella McCartney and a whole lot more, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth:
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994).
While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull".
In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her...
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994).
While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull".
In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her...
- 5/22/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
At long last, Kathryn Bigelow is returning to filmmaking. After 2017’s Detroit, she was developing the David Koepp-scripted thriller Aurora for Netflix but has now moved on to another project for the company. The untitled thriller will unfold in real-time at the White House as a missile attack threatens the United States. THR reports former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim, who also wrote Jackie, scripted the project based on Bigelow’s idea. No additional details were revealed but with Netflix now greenlighting the project, here’s hoping it kicks off before the end of the year.
Juliette Binoche will make her directorial and writing debut in a new anthology film Bike Me Up. Joining directors Sally El Hosaini, Isabel Coixet, Matthias Schweighöfer, Asger Leth, and Frédéric Auburtin, each section will be set in a different European city and explore the locales’ relationship with cycling. Binoche’s film will be...
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- 5/16/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Netflix has teamed up with Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow for a harrowing ticking-clock thriller.
The streamer has greenlit a film centered on a group of White House officials scrambling to deal with an incoming missile attack on the U.S.
Sources say the story will be told in real time and that its tone harkens back to Bigelow’s foreboding 2012 hit Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the Navy Seal mission to kill the terror leader.
Netflix wouldn’t confirm any details about the project, merely announcing an untitled Bigalow movie at their upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City on Wednesday.
The film — along with a Happy Gilmore sequel announced today — is the first movie greenlit by the streamer’s new film division head Dan Lin. However, the film’s development began during the division’s previous regime led by Scott Stuber,...
The streamer has greenlit a film centered on a group of White House officials scrambling to deal with an incoming missile attack on the U.S.
Sources say the story will be told in real time and that its tone harkens back to Bigelow’s foreboding 2012 hit Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the Navy Seal mission to kill the terror leader.
Netflix wouldn’t confirm any details about the project, merely announcing an untitled Bigalow movie at their upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City on Wednesday.
The film — along with a Happy Gilmore sequel announced today — is the first movie greenlit by the streamer’s new film division head Dan Lin. However, the film’s development began during the division’s previous regime led by Scott Stuber,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Borys Kit and James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has dropped the first trailer for That ’90s Show Season 2, which will be split into two parts.
The first eight episodes will drop on Thursday, June 27, and another eight will be released on Thursday, October 24.
In the sequel series to That ’70s Show, 15 years have passed, and it is now 1995. Eric and Donna’s daughter, played by Callie Haverda, visit her grandparents for the summer and find a new group of friends in Point Place.
The cast includes Gwen (Ashley Aufderheide), Jay (Mace Coronel), Nate (Maxwell Acee Donovan), Ozzie (Reyn Doi) and Nikki (Sam Morelos).
Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith reprise their roles as Kitty and Red Forman for That ’90s Show. Original series stars who guest-starred in the first season include Topher Grace as Eric, Laura Prepon as Donna, Wilmer Valderrama as Fez, Mila Kunis as Jackie, Ashton Kutcher as Kelson, Don Stark as Bob, and Tommy Chong as Leo.
The first eight episodes will drop on Thursday, June 27, and another eight will be released on Thursday, October 24.
In the sequel series to That ’70s Show, 15 years have passed, and it is now 1995. Eric and Donna’s daughter, played by Callie Haverda, visit her grandparents for the summer and find a new group of friends in Point Place.
The cast includes Gwen (Ashley Aufderheide), Jay (Mace Coronel), Nate (Maxwell Acee Donovan), Ozzie (Reyn Doi) and Nikki (Sam Morelos).
Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith reprise their roles as Kitty and Red Forman for That ’90s Show. Original series stars who guest-starred in the first season include Topher Grace as Eric, Laura Prepon as Donna, Wilmer Valderrama as Fez, Mila Kunis as Jackie, Ashton Kutcher as Kelson, Don Stark as Bob, and Tommy Chong as Leo.
- 5/12/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert De Niro’s film legacy is being toasted for his 80th birthday in 2024.
During the annual Tribeca Festival, which will take place June 5 through 16, will be an inaugural De Niro Con celebration of the Oscar winner’s filmography. Auteurs Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and David O. Russell will revisit their collaborations with De Niro for panel discussions post-screenings, while De Niro’s former co-stars Christopher Walken, Billy Crystal, and more are set to add to the celebrations.
The three-day tribute will take place at Spring Studios from June 14 through 16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an exclusive app to make the most of their Con experience.
Programming includes a screening series with 13 classic De Niro films, including the 50th anniversary of “Mean Streets,” live conversations with long-time collaborators, career-spanning exhibit “De Niro Is an Icon: An Exhibit & Immersive Film” with more than 300 curated...
During the annual Tribeca Festival, which will take place June 5 through 16, will be an inaugural De Niro Con celebration of the Oscar winner’s filmography. Auteurs Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and David O. Russell will revisit their collaborations with De Niro for panel discussions post-screenings, while De Niro’s former co-stars Christopher Walken, Billy Crystal, and more are set to add to the celebrations.
The three-day tribute will take place at Spring Studios from June 14 through 16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an exclusive app to make the most of their Con experience.
Programming includes a screening series with 13 classic De Niro films, including the 50th anniversary of “Mean Streets,” live conversations with long-time collaborators, career-spanning exhibit “De Niro Is an Icon: An Exhibit & Immersive Film” with more than 300 curated...
- 5/8/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Natalie Portman is taking a page out of her “Jackie” days and venturing back to the 1960s — this time, to investigate a murder.
The Oscar winner leads Apple TV+ limited series “Lady in the Lake,” based on Laura Lippman’s novel of the same name. “Honey Boy” filmmaker Alma Har’el penned the pilot and will co-write the rest of the series with Dre Ryan (“The Man in the High Castle”); Har’el will also direct.
Portman plays housewife-turned-reporter Maddie Schwartz as she pursues the case of a missing woman named Cleo Sherwood (Moses Ingram), whose body was found in a city park lake. As Cleo’s ghost follows Maddie on her quest to uncover the mystery of her death, the two women’s lives become intertwined. The first-look photo of the series is above.
Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison, and Pruitt Taylor Vince also star.
The Oscar winner leads Apple TV+ limited series “Lady in the Lake,” based on Laura Lippman’s novel of the same name. “Honey Boy” filmmaker Alma Har’el penned the pilot and will co-write the rest of the series with Dre Ryan (“The Man in the High Castle”); Har’el will also direct.
Portman plays housewife-turned-reporter Maddie Schwartz as she pursues the case of a missing woman named Cleo Sherwood (Moses Ingram), whose body was found in a city park lake. As Cleo’s ghost follows Maddie on her quest to uncover the mystery of her death, the two women’s lives become intertwined. The first-look photo of the series is above.
Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison, and Pruitt Taylor Vince also star.
- 5/8/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Gersh has signed actor Ben Barnes for representation in all areas.
Barnes can be seen in BAFTA-winning director Anand Tucker’s crime drama The Critic, opposite Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, and Gemma Arterton, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. It’s set for release in the UK on September 13.
Barnes is maybe best known for his lead role as General Kirigan in Eric Heisserer’s popular Netflix series Shadow and Bone, based on the bestselling novels by Leigh Bardugo.
Prior to Shadow and Bone, Barnes starred opposite Crispin Glover in a mind-bending episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s Emmy nominated anthology series, Cabinet of Curiosities and most recently played a lead role opposite Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, and Himesh Patel in the latest season of the award-winning Netflix series Black Mirror. His other recent credits include the lead role of Benjamin Greene in the BBC limited series Gold Digger,...
Barnes can be seen in BAFTA-winning director Anand Tucker’s crime drama The Critic, opposite Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, and Gemma Arterton, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. It’s set for release in the UK on September 13.
Barnes is maybe best known for his lead role as General Kirigan in Eric Heisserer’s popular Netflix series Shadow and Bone, based on the bestselling novels by Leigh Bardugo.
Prior to Shadow and Bone, Barnes starred opposite Crispin Glover in a mind-bending episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s Emmy nominated anthology series, Cabinet of Curiosities and most recently played a lead role opposite Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, and Himesh Patel in the latest season of the award-winning Netflix series Black Mirror. His other recent credits include the lead role of Benjamin Greene in the BBC limited series Gold Digger,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (“Terminator Genisys”) and “Heartbreak High’s” Josh Heuston, soon to be seen in “Dune: Prophecy,” will star in the horror thriller “Dangerous Animals.”
Adding edge to the package, Australia’s genre auteur Sean Byrne, one of the highest rated horror directors of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, is directing “Dangerous Animals” which will be brought onto the Cannes market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment.
Starting principal photography on Australia Gold Coast on May 7, “Dangerous Animals” is produced by London and Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment, behind Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand” and Guy Pearce-led “The Convert,” sold by Mister Smith, in conjunction with Ld Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment and management-production firm Range Media Partners.
Producers on the film are a prestige alliance of Brouhaha’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell for Ld Entertainment, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows Entertainment and Brian Kavanaugh Jones for Range Media Partners.
Adding edge to the package, Australia’s genre auteur Sean Byrne, one of the highest rated horror directors of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, is directing “Dangerous Animals” which will be brought onto the Cannes market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment.
Starting principal photography on Australia Gold Coast on May 7, “Dangerous Animals” is produced by London and Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment, behind Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand” and Guy Pearce-led “The Convert,” sold by Mister Smith, in conjunction with Ld Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment and management-production firm Range Media Partners.
Producers on the film are a prestige alliance of Brouhaha’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell for Ld Entertainment, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows Entertainment and Brian Kavanaugh Jones for Range Media Partners.
- 5/6/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Francis Galluppi’s tense and darkly funny The Last Stop in Yuma County begins with an unnamed traveling knife salesman (Jim Cummings) rolling up at the titular Arizona rest stop, looking to fill his tank. The place is nothing more than a couple of gas pumps, a tiny motel, and an old-school diner, complete with red leather booths and an infinite supply of strong black coffee. Despite the locale’s humble appearance, it’s about to become the site of a thrilling showdown that finds a fascinating mix of misfit characters caught in the crossfire.
The attendant, Vernon (Faizon Love), gives our protagonist the bad news first: They don’t have a drop of gas left to sell and the next stop isn’t for a hundred miles. There’s no way the salesman’s car will make it that far, so he’s stuck here until the next delivery arrives.
The attendant, Vernon (Faizon Love), gives our protagonist the bad news first: They don’t have a drop of gas left to sell and the next stop isn’t for a hundred miles. There’s no way the salesman’s car will make it that far, so he’s stuck here until the next delivery arrives.
- 5/5/2024
- by Ross McIndoe
- Slant Magazine
Sneak Peek actresss Natalie Portman (“Lady In The Lake”) posing for the May 2024 issue of “L’Officiel” magazine, wearing Dior, Armani, Stella McCartney and a whole lot more, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth:
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994).
While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull".
In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her...
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994).
While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull".
In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her...
- 4/25/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Mila Kunis is shutting down the possibility of returning to That ’90s Show Season 2, including Ashton Kutcher.
In a new interview, the actress revealed that she and Kutcher would not be reprising their That ’70s Show characters when the sequel series returns to Netflix.
“No,” Kunis told Et when asked if she and her husband Kutcher would return to the sitcom. “I mean, we did our thing, and they introduced our son in the show.”
Kunis, who was on the red carpet of the PaleyFest in L.A. to celebrate Family Guy, where she voices Meg Griffin, was alongside her co-star Seth Green, who interjected to say he would guest star on That ’90s Show.
“I’ve already done an episode of it, and I’m going back to do another one,” Green said.
Green had a recurring role on That ’70s Show, playing Mitch Miller, the nemesis of Topher Grace’s Eric Forman.
In a new interview, the actress revealed that she and Kutcher would not be reprising their That ’70s Show characters when the sequel series returns to Netflix.
“No,” Kunis told Et when asked if she and her husband Kutcher would return to the sitcom. “I mean, we did our thing, and they introduced our son in the show.”
Kunis, who was on the red carpet of the PaleyFest in L.A. to celebrate Family Guy, where she voices Meg Griffin, was alongside her co-star Seth Green, who interjected to say he would guest star on That ’90s Show.
“I’ve already done an episode of it, and I’m going back to do another one,” Green said.
Green had a recurring role on That ’70s Show, playing Mitch Miller, the nemesis of Topher Grace’s Eric Forman.
- 4/22/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Fremantle has renewed its first-look partnership with Chilean production company Fabula in a deal that will see the companies develop a slate of original dramas and films. Fremantle’s international sales wing, Fmi, will distribute the drama projects worldwide.
Fabula and Fremantle have just wrapped production on Sebabstián Lelio’s film musical The Wave, in partnership with Participant Media, which tells the story of the mass protests and university rallies that took place during Chile’s so-called “feminist May” in 2018.
Later this year they will launch Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, produced alongside Fremantle and Germany’s Komplizen Film.
Fabula and Fremantle have just wrapped production on Sebabstián Lelio’s film musical The Wave, in partnership with Participant Media, which tells the story of the mass protests and university rallies that took place during Chile’s so-called “feminist May” in 2018.
Later this year they will launch Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, produced alongside Fremantle and Germany’s Komplizen Film.
- 4/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
For many around the world, there’s one name at the top of the action totem pole: Jackie Chan, and today marks his 70th birthday.
If you only know him as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Because when Jackie did things His way on his home turf, he churned out some of the best action movies you’ll ever see.
Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. Fair enough, that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story.
In the 1970s, Jackie Chan soared to fame internationally once he was finally able to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee. When Chan...
If you only know him as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Because when Jackie did things His way on his home turf, he churned out some of the best action movies you’ll ever see.
Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. Fair enough, that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story.
In the 1970s, Jackie Chan soared to fame internationally once he was finally able to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee. When Chan...
- 4/7/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Esteemed cinematographer Benoît Delhomme’s credits have included a conspicuous number of thoughtful, visually sumptuous period pieces, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Theory of Everything and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, as well as a few films made to promote fashion brands like Balmain, Dior and Chanel. In a way, that résumé partially explains why he might have been inclined to make his directorial debut with Mothers’ Instinct, for which he also serves as the Dp.
This pulpy, psychologically shallow and yet beautifully shot period thriller is all about two soignée suburban housewives — played by Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway — who spend the film’s 96 minutes suffering, scheming and losing their minds while wearing immaculate vintage-inspired costumes. Ultimately, the characters’ motivations, like their titular instinct, are weakly delineated, but viewers are well-advised not to worry their pretty little heads about any of that and just concentrate on the pantsuits.
A remake of a 2018 Belgian film,...
This pulpy, psychologically shallow and yet beautifully shot period thriller is all about two soignée suburban housewives — played by Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway — who spend the film’s 96 minutes suffering, scheming and losing their minds while wearing immaculate vintage-inspired costumes. Ultimately, the characters’ motivations, like their titular instinct, are weakly delineated, but viewers are well-advised not to worry their pretty little heads about any of that and just concentrate on the pantsuits.
A remake of a 2018 Belgian film,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After strong start to 2024 with Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, Oscar-nominee Austin Butler is looking to build on that success and is teaming up with another Oscar-nominated director. Sources tell Deadline Butler is set to star in Academy Award nominee Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing for Sony Pictures. The studio recently landed the package which is based on the book by Charlie Huston. The script will be written by Huston with Protozoa producing.
“I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life. I can’t wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers,” said Aronofsky.
Written by and based on the books by Huston, Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild...
“I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life. I can’t wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers,” said Aronofsky.
Written by and based on the books by Huston, Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild...
- 3/27/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Take a look at new images of actress Natalie Portman posing for the April 2024 issue of “Marie Claire’ (Australia) magazine, photographed by Felix Cooper for Christian Dior Parfums:
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994). While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull". In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her starring roles as 'Evey Hammond' in "V for Vendetta...
Portman began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred in "Léon: The Professional" (1994). While in high school, she made her Broadway debut in a 1998 production of "The Diary of a Young Girl" then gained international recognition starring as 'Padmé Amidala' in "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999).
From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull". In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for the romantic drama "Closer".
Portman's career progressed with her starring roles as 'Evey Hammond' in "V for Vendetta...
- 3/19/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kristen Stewart confessed getting jealous of her co-star on the set of Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, an erotic thriller film, which forced her to do the exact opposite of what her character was supposed to do. She plays Lou, a gym manager who falls in love with Katy O’Brian’s Jackie, a bodybuilder.
Love Lies Bleeding
Stewart rose to international fame for playing Bella Swan in the Twilight movies, but over the years, the actress has chosen to stay away from huge franchises and focus on small independent projects.
Kristen Stewart Apologized For Disobeying Her Character’s Description In Love Lies Bleeding
During her interview with the Associated Press, actress Kristen Stewart admitted to director Rose Glass that she could not resist working out while filming the movie. She was supposed to play a gym manager who looks like a regular person, not as buff as a bodybuilder.
“I...
Love Lies Bleeding
Stewart rose to international fame for playing Bella Swan in the Twilight movies, but over the years, the actress has chosen to stay away from huge franchises and focus on small independent projects.
Kristen Stewart Apologized For Disobeying Her Character’s Description In Love Lies Bleeding
During her interview with the Associated Press, actress Kristen Stewart admitted to director Rose Glass that she could not resist working out while filming the movie. She was supposed to play a gym manager who looks like a regular person, not as buff as a bodybuilder.
“I...
- 3/16/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies BleedingPhoto: A24
Few feature debuts in the last decade have been as memorable and bone-chilling as Rose Glass’ Saint Maud, which opened in 2019 to glowing critical reception. Since then, we (or at least I) have been waiting with bated breath for Glass’ sophomore effort,...
Few feature debuts in the last decade have been as memorable and bone-chilling as Rose Glass’ Saint Maud, which opened in 2019 to glowing critical reception. Since then, we (or at least I) have been waiting with bated breath for Glass’ sophomore effort,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Lauren Coates
- avclub.com
Have you ever seen a steamy s*x scene in a movie and thought, “That is not how it works in real life?” Well, it turns out you are not alone. Twilight fame actress Kristen Stewart recently came out against the way s*x is portrayed in movies.
Rose Glass’s latest romantic thriller, Love Lies Bleeding, stars Stewart, who recently told NBC News she is “so sick” of s*x scenes in films that are overly methodical and unrealistically staged. The new film, which has several intimate scenes that Stewart and her co-star Katy O’Brian shot, is being distributed by A24.
Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding
The relationship between an aspirational bodybuilder and a reclusive gym manager (Stewart as Lou), who is connected to a criminal family, is the focus of this story, which is set in the 1980s.
Kristen Stewart Calls Out Unrealistic S*x Scenes in...
Rose Glass’s latest romantic thriller, Love Lies Bleeding, stars Stewart, who recently told NBC News she is “so sick” of s*x scenes in films that are overly methodical and unrealistically staged. The new film, which has several intimate scenes that Stewart and her co-star Katy O’Brian shot, is being distributed by A24.
Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding
The relationship between an aspirational bodybuilder and a reclusive gym manager (Stewart as Lou), who is connected to a criminal family, is the focus of this story, which is set in the 1980s.
Kristen Stewart Calls Out Unrealistic S*x Scenes in...
- 3/8/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Kristen Stewart is sharing her thoughts on sex scenes in Hollywood films and why she wanted to bring something different to her new movie, Love Lies Bleeding.
The actress told NBC News, in an interview published online Wednesday, that she feels most intimate scenes in films are unrealistic and look almost mechanical.
“The run-of-the-mill, like, just-go-for-it simulated sex thing is so rote, and it’s like actors do have this default thing where, like, ‘Ok we’re supposed to make out and have sex now,'” Stewart said. “That’s just not how people have sex, and I’m so sick of seeing it.”
The Twilight alum explained that with Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, where she plays Lou opposite Katy O’Brian’s Jackie, she wanted to displace intimacy that was “literal instead of faux.”
“Really nailing the details and talking about the physical experience more so than even seeing it,...
The actress told NBC News, in an interview published online Wednesday, that she feels most intimate scenes in films are unrealistic and look almost mechanical.
“The run-of-the-mill, like, just-go-for-it simulated sex thing is so rote, and it’s like actors do have this default thing where, like, ‘Ok we’re supposed to make out and have sex now,'” Stewart said. “That’s just not how people have sex, and I’m so sick of seeing it.”
The Twilight alum explained that with Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, where she plays Lou opposite Katy O’Brian’s Jackie, she wanted to displace intimacy that was “literal instead of faux.”
“Really nailing the details and talking about the physical experience more so than even seeing it,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jackie Harris finally got the mother she always wanted — nay, deserved — only to lose her during Wednesday’s episode of The Conners.
It was previously revealed on a Season 5 episode of the Roseanne spinoff that Beverly, then 94, was battling Alzheimer’s disease. Jackie was then forced to put her resentment aside and tend to her ailing mom.
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Later on, amid her search for a caregiver,...
It was previously revealed on a Season 5 episode of the Roseanne spinoff that Beverly, then 94, was battling Alzheimer’s disease. Jackie was then forced to put her resentment aside and tend to her ailing mom.
More from TVLine<I>Conners</I> Reveals That [Spoiler] Is Sick — EPs Talk Potential ‘Effect’ on Jackie<i>Conners</i> Shocker: How Bev Protected Roseanne and Jackie From Their FatherQuantum Leap Bosses Explain How That Game-Changing Season 2 Finale Sets Up a Potential Season 3
Later on, amid her search for a caregiver,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Graphic: Images: Theo Wargo, Phillip Faraone, Frank Micelotta, John PhillipsKristen Stewart was straight up not having a good time making Charlie’s AngelsKristen Stewart to make her feature directorial debut with The Chronology Of WaterKristen StewartPhoto: Theo Wargo (Getty Images)
Newly christened Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart will now take on her first full-length directorial project,...
Newly christened Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart will now take on her first full-length directorial project,...
- 2/14/2024
- avclub.com
If we learned anything from Saint Maud, it’s that director Rose Glass doesn’t compromise. Her debut feature was an assault on the senses, a swirling psychological horror that knew how and when to bring the pain. And now, she’s following it up with Love Lies Bleeding – taking a step away from the scares from her first feature, and moving into romance-fuelled revenge-thriller territory. Caught up in a bind of blood, bullets, and bodybuilding is Kristen Stewart’s gym owner Lou, who falls for the super-buff Jackie – played by Katy O’Brian, a recent standout in The Mandalorian. Their love for each other sparks a powder keg of violence, not helped by the fact that Lou’s family is deep in illegal dealings.
For Glass, her second film was a chance to puncture Hollywood’s laziest ideas of the ‘strong female character’ by taking that cliche extremely literally. “Binaries are a bit boring,...
For Glass, her second film was a chance to puncture Hollywood’s laziest ideas of the ‘strong female character’ by taking that cliche extremely literally. “Binaries are a bit boring,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
The actor on his new film about dementia, likable politicians, and being directed in a sex scene by his wife, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actor Peter Sarsgaard, 52, made his debut in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. His credits include The Batman, An Education, Jackie and The Lost Daughter, directed by his wife, actor-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, with whom he has two daughters. He plays Saul, a character with early-onset dementia, opposite Jessica Chastain in the forthcoming Michel Franco film Memory, for which he won the Volpi Cup for best actor at the 2023 Venice film festival.
Congratulations on winning best actor at Venice. Is awards season a fun part of your job?
No [laughs]. It’s a necessary part of my job in the way that there are parts of everyone’s job. It’s especially good for bringing attention to a small movie like this one. But I’ve...
Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actor Peter Sarsgaard, 52, made his debut in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. His credits include The Batman, An Education, Jackie and The Lost Daughter, directed by his wife, actor-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, with whom he has two daughters. He plays Saul, a character with early-onset dementia, opposite Jessica Chastain in the forthcoming Michel Franco film Memory, for which he won the Volpi Cup for best actor at the 2023 Venice film festival.
Congratulations on winning best actor at Venice. Is awards season a fun part of your job?
No [laughs]. It’s a necessary part of my job in the way that there are parts of everyone’s job. It’s especially good for bringing attention to a small movie like this one. But I’ve...
- 2/11/2024
- by Jude Rogers
- The Guardian - Film News
Glee grad Heather Morris will look to make beautiful music with So Help Me Todd‘s titular investigator when she boards the CBS dramedy for Season 2.
Starring Skylar Astin in the title role, So Help Me Todd follows a disgraced-but-lovable private detective who works to repair his damaged career — with extremely mixed results — by assisting with major cases at his mother’s (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) law firm. The series’ cast also includes Madeline Wise as Todd’s sister Allison, Tristen J. Winger as investigator Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Todd’s lawyerly ex-girlfriend Susan and Rosa Evangelina Arredondo as Margaret’s assistant Francey.
Starring Skylar Astin in the title role, So Help Me Todd follows a disgraced-but-lovable private detective who works to repair his damaged career — with extremely mixed results — by assisting with major cases at his mother’s (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) law firm. The series’ cast also includes Madeline Wise as Todd’s sister Allison, Tristen J. Winger as investigator Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Todd’s lawyerly ex-girlfriend Susan and Rosa Evangelina Arredondo as Margaret’s assistant Francey.
- 2/7/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Ld Entertainment will partner with Variance Films on the theatrical release for National Anthem, the queer ranching drama marking the feature directorial debut of Luke Gilford, which debuted at last year’s SXSW. Pic starring Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park, Rene Rosado and Robyn Lively will be released in the U.S. on July 12.
Immersed in the world of a rural queer ranching community, and set against the exuberant, real-life International Gay Rodeo Association, National Anthem is billed as a celebration of first love and chosen family. The protagonist of the film is Dylan (Plummer), a 21-year-old working in construction in New Mexico who joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
CAA Media Finance is repping worldwide rights, with Decal Releasing handling home entertainment for the film.
Said Variance’s Dylan Marchetti and Kristen Osborne: “Variance...
Immersed in the world of a rural queer ranching community, and set against the exuberant, real-life International Gay Rodeo Association, National Anthem is billed as a celebration of first love and chosen family. The protagonist of the film is Dylan (Plummer), a 21-year-old working in construction in New Mexico who joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
CAA Media Finance is repping worldwide rights, with Decal Releasing handling home entertainment for the film.
Said Variance’s Dylan Marchetti and Kristen Osborne: “Variance...
- 2/7/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
I was about seven years old the first time I saw her — a leather-clad woman with half of a shaved head and mountains of muscle over her 5'6" frame. My eyes would be engrossed the second she appeared on screen, and despite living in an affirming household, I felt like there was something weird or wrong about my fixation. Her name was Luna Vachon (real name Gertrude Vachon), a professional wrestler who perfectly encapsulated the glamour and pageantry of the WWF (now WWE), without ever sacrificing God-like strength and muscle tone. American culture has a weird relationship with visibly strong women, but the tides have been changing over the last five years. No longer relegated solely to punchlines or objects of fetishization, beefy women are now praised with the same adoration as their male counterparts.
This is to say that Rose Glass's sophomore feature "Love Lies Bleeding" couldn't be arriving at a better time.
This is to say that Rose Glass's sophomore feature "Love Lies Bleeding" couldn't be arriving at a better time.
- 2/7/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Kristen Wiig headlines Apple TV+ comedy drama Palm Royale, and here’s the trailer for the upcoming show.
Kristen Wiig made her name as one of the cast members of Saturday Night Live, alongside the likes of Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Bill Hader.
Since then, she found huge success as a writer, scripting and starring in 2012’s Bridesmaids and 2021’s Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar with Annie Mumolo. She has also starred in several films she hasn’t written, including Girl Most Likely and Craig Johnson’s wonderful 2014 film The Skeleton Twins, in which she stars alongside Hader.
She now headlines Apple TV+ comedy drama Palm Royale. The synopsis reads as follows:
Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavours to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots,...
Kristen Wiig made her name as one of the cast members of Saturday Night Live, alongside the likes of Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Bill Hader.
Since then, she found huge success as a writer, scripting and starring in 2012’s Bridesmaids and 2021’s Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar with Annie Mumolo. She has also starred in several films she hasn’t written, including Girl Most Likely and Craig Johnson’s wonderful 2014 film The Skeleton Twins, in which she stars alongside Hader.
She now headlines Apple TV+ comedy drama Palm Royale. The synopsis reads as follows:
Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavours to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Plot: The true story of Rob Peace (Jay Will), a promising academic who, in a desperate attempt to raise money for his incarcerated father (Chiwetel Ejiofor) started a marijuana business that put his future in jeopardy.
Review: One of the recurring themes of this year’s Sundance was fatherhood. It’s a theme that cropped up in one of the fest’s most popular documentaries, Daughters, and was also prominent in films like Freaky Tales, Love Lies Bleeding, and Exhibiting Forgiveness. Most of the relationships were depicted as at least somewhat dysfunctional, and Rob Peace, in some measure, follows suit.
It begs the question, what would you sacrifice to save your father? Most movies – when they ask this question – do the reverse. We’re used to seeing stories about parents sacrificing things for their children, but not the reverse. In Rob Peace, which is based on a story that’s all too tragically true,...
Review: One of the recurring themes of this year’s Sundance was fatherhood. It’s a theme that cropped up in one of the fest’s most popular documentaries, Daughters, and was also prominent in films like Freaky Tales, Love Lies Bleeding, and Exhibiting Forgiveness. Most of the relationships were depicted as at least somewhat dysfunctional, and Rob Peace, in some measure, follows suit.
It begs the question, what would you sacrifice to save your father? Most movies – when they ask this question – do the reverse. We’re used to seeing stories about parents sacrificing things for their children, but not the reverse. In Rob Peace, which is based on a story that’s all too tragically true,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Annette Bening is an actor’s actor. Like many of the greats before her, she began her career in the theatre. Through the 80s, she quietly compiled a library of rich, complex characters before making her Tony-nominated broadway debut in 1987’s “Coastal Disturbances.”
Bening then made her well deserved transition over to Hollywood with John Hughes’ “The Great Outdoors.” The film didn’t perform as well as hoped, nor did Milos Forman’s “Valmont” which was released the following year, but they both paved the way for Bening’s eventual Oscar-nominated breakout as Myra Langtry in Stephen Frears’ “The Grifters.”
She got particularly close to Oscar gold with “American Beauty” in 2000. Annette bagged the BAFTA and SAG award for her iconic portrayal of the colourfully volatile wife-in-crisis, Carolyn Burnham. She lost to Hilary Swank (“Boys Don’t Cry”) though, who had edged her out at the Globes.
Swank clearly was Bening’s kryptonite,...
Bening then made her well deserved transition over to Hollywood with John Hughes’ “The Great Outdoors.” The film didn’t perform as well as hoped, nor did Milos Forman’s “Valmont” which was released the following year, but they both paved the way for Bening’s eventual Oscar-nominated breakout as Myra Langtry in Stephen Frears’ “The Grifters.”
She got particularly close to Oscar gold with “American Beauty” in 2000. Annette bagged the BAFTA and SAG award for her iconic portrayal of the colourfully volatile wife-in-crisis, Carolyn Burnham. She lost to Hilary Swank (“Boys Don’t Cry”) though, who had edged her out at the Globes.
Swank clearly was Bening’s kryptonite,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Fabula, the production company of internationally renowned brother filmmakers Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín, has appointed Yira Vilaro as Vice President Of Film And Television, Deadline has learned.
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
- 1/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Critics Choice Awards were handed out during a live ceremony on Sunday, January 14. For the second year in a row, Chelsea Handler hosted the annual movie and TV honors, the former portion of which serves as a preview of the 96th Oscars on March 10. Final voting for those nominations ends Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Heading into this star-studded event, the pressure was on “Barbie” to make good on its record-breaking 18 nominations across 16 categories. Although it finished with an impressive six victories, it was still outpaced by its former box office rival, “Oppenheimer,” which collected eight out of a possible 13 prizes, including Best Picture. Whereas five films each received multiple Cca Awards last year, that only applied to three this time, with the last being triple acting winner “The Holdovers.”
If you missed any of the 29th Critics Choice Movie Awards being handed out in real time, you can catch up using...
Heading into this star-studded event, the pressure was on “Barbie” to make good on its record-breaking 18 nominations across 16 categories. Although it finished with an impressive six victories, it was still outpaced by its former box office rival, “Oppenheimer,” which collected eight out of a possible 13 prizes, including Best Picture. Whereas five films each received multiple Cca Awards last year, that only applied to three this time, with the last being triple acting winner “The Holdovers.”
If you missed any of the 29th Critics Choice Movie Awards being handed out in real time, you can catch up using...
- 1/14/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Annette Bening is joining Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein lore feature at Warner Bros; the studio making it official that this is a go-project. Cameras roll in Q1. This package with its attachments has been out there since it was at Netflix, and the deals have finally closed with everyone. Jessie Buckley is the star of the movie which follows Frankenstein’s pursuit of love.
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 96th Oscars ceremony.
Overall, Greta Gerwig’s meta-comedy “Barbie” had the most mentions with five including sound, original song for its three submissions from Billie Eilish (“What I Was Made For?”), Dua Lipa (“Dance the Night”) and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“I’m Just Ken”), and original score, from the latter duo. The big miss for “Barbie” was in makeup and hairstyling, which was the category that yielded the most surprises.
In addition to “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” all failed to make the shortlist. Instead, the branch selected A24’s eccentric “Beau is Afraid” and Universal Pictures’ horror summer film “The Last Voyage of the Demeter.”
In the music categories are compositions from Daniel Pemberton (“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”), Ludwig Göransson (“Oppenheimer”) and the late...
Overall, Greta Gerwig’s meta-comedy “Barbie” had the most mentions with five including sound, original song for its three submissions from Billie Eilish (“What I Was Made For?”), Dua Lipa (“Dance the Night”) and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“I’m Just Ken”), and original score, from the latter duo. The big miss for “Barbie” was in makeup and hairstyling, which was the category that yielded the most surprises.
In addition to “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” all failed to make the shortlist. Instead, the branch selected A24’s eccentric “Beau is Afraid” and Universal Pictures’ horror summer film “The Last Voyage of the Demeter.”
In the music categories are compositions from Daniel Pemberton (“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”), Ludwig Göransson (“Oppenheimer”) and the late...
- 12/21/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The A-list cast of Netflix’s Zero Day continues to grow.
The limited series starring Robert De Niro has added five actors — Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp and McKinley Belcher III — to its ensemble. Clark Gregg, Gaby Hoffmann and Mark Ivanir have also signed on for guest roles.
They join a cast headed by De Niro — in the first lead TV role of his career — that also features Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton.
Zero Day stars De Niro as George Mullen, a popular but complicated former president who comes out of retirement to head a commission investigating a devastating cyberattack. The six-episode thriller comes from creators Eric Newman (Narcos, The Watcher), Noah Oppenheim (screenwriter of Jackie and former president of NBC News) and Michael S. Schmidt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter. The series has begun filming in New York.
Bassett will play the current president,...
The limited series starring Robert De Niro has added five actors — Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp and McKinley Belcher III — to its ensemble. Clark Gregg, Gaby Hoffmann and Mark Ivanir have also signed on for guest roles.
They join a cast headed by De Niro — in the first lead TV role of his career — that also features Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton.
Zero Day stars De Niro as George Mullen, a popular but complicated former president who comes out of retirement to head a commission investigating a devastating cyberattack. The six-episode thriller comes from creators Eric Newman (Narcos, The Watcher), Noah Oppenheim (screenwriter of Jackie and former president of NBC News) and Michael S. Schmidt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter. The series has begun filming in New York.
Bassett will play the current president,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It has been far too long since Rose Glass released her debut, Saint Maud, one of many that helped confirm that A24 was the premiere studio for horror. But now we finally have a trailer for her sophomore feature, Love Lies Bleeding, which sees Glass stepping outside of the genre and could very well prove she’s more than what we expected.
In the trailer for Love Lies Bleeding, we see Kristen Stewart’s Lou meeting Katy O’Brian’s Jackie before heading off into a world of shady dealings, dead bodies and revenge, which the trailer notes “gets ripped.” We also get a look at Ed Harris in what is surely his creepiest look to date, like Rocky Horror’s Riff Raff clawed his way out of the desert. The trailer notably features Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy”, a classic of LGBTQ music.
Love Lies Bleeding’s official plot, as...
In the trailer for Love Lies Bleeding, we see Kristen Stewart’s Lou meeting Katy O’Brian’s Jackie before heading off into a world of shady dealings, dead bodies and revenge, which the trailer notes “gets ripped.” We also get a look at Ed Harris in what is surely his creepiest look to date, like Rocky Horror’s Riff Raff clawed his way out of the desert. The trailer notably features Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy”, a classic of LGBTQ music.
Love Lies Bleeding’s official plot, as...
- 12/19/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
A new year is around the corner, and Netflix is ready to celebrate! The streamer has released its full list of titles that will be coming to its platform to start 2024 off right, including classics and library hits, such as the first three films in the “John Wick” franchise, Train to Busan, and more.
The bulk of Netflix’s new titles, though, comes from its own original series, films, comedy specials, documentaries, and animes. Debuting in January will be “The Brothers Sun,” a new black comedy action series starring Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, and Michelle Yeoh; as well as the Sofía Vergara-led mini-series “Griselda”; new seasons of “Queer Eye” and “Masters of the Universe: Revolution”; Dan Levy’s dramedy “Good Grief”; and comedy specials from Jacqueline Novak, Jack Whitehall, and Rachid Badouri.
Check out The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s coming to Netflix this month, and...
The bulk of Netflix’s new titles, though, comes from its own original series, films, comedy specials, documentaries, and animes. Debuting in January will be “The Brothers Sun,” a new black comedy action series starring Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, and Michelle Yeoh; as well as the Sofía Vergara-led mini-series “Griselda”; new seasons of “Queer Eye” and “Masters of the Universe: Revolution”; Dan Levy’s dramedy “Good Grief”; and comedy specials from Jacqueline Novak, Jack Whitehall, and Rachid Badouri.
Check out The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s coming to Netflix this month, and...
- 12/18/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
The Critics Choice Awards is renowned as one of the best barometers for predicting the Oscars. Over its 28-year history, these kudos have previewed 16 Best Picture Oscar winners as well as 23 Best Director, 19 Best Actor, 15 Best Actress, 18 Supporting Actor and 19 Supporting Actress champs. Let’s take a closer look at the results of the last seven awards seasons to see if the Critics Choice Awards are still a good luck charm to have in hand when making your 2024 Oscar predictions.
Last year, these kudos foresaw three of the five big Oscar wins for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Best Picture, Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) and Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan). However, the Cca went with Cate Blanchett (“Tar”) for Best Actress over Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) for Supporting Actress rather than Jamie Lee Curtis. The critics and academy concurred on Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) for Best Actor.
Last year, these kudos foresaw three of the five big Oscar wins for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Best Picture, Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) and Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan). However, the Cca went with Cate Blanchett (“Tar”) for Best Actress over Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) for Supporting Actress rather than Jamie Lee Curtis. The critics and academy concurred on Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) for Best Actor.
- 12/13/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Few people would accuse Christopher Nolan of lacking ambition. But listening to Ludwig Göransson’s score for Oppenheimer, with its flurries of tremolando strings, tenderly arpeggiating harps, and surging orchestral minor chords, one thing becomes clear: most of this music could have been written, recorded, and slapped on a grandiose prestige picture any time in the last fifty years. Nolan’s blockbuster is not alone in this, and it’s not an issue confined to the year’s studio tentpole releases, either. Both Talk To Me and No One Will Save You, otherwise innovative lower-budget genre films with plenty of good ideas between them, are nonetheless let down by safe, overly familiar scores. The blame almost certainly isn’t to be laid at the feet of the composers. Even talented musicians like Bobby Krlic can end up producing middling fare when hemmed in by the wrong picture (witness the Midsommar...
- 12/8/2023
- MUBI
If you believe Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman didn’t win their Oscars for their best performances, well, they agree with you.
On Monday’s “Watch What Happens Live,” the “May December” stars played 1, 2, Agree or Disagree with Andy Cohen, during which the host read statements to see if their answers match. The very first one: “I consider the role for which I won my Oscar to be my best performance to date.” Both women flashed the “disagree” sign. Portman, of course, won Best Actress for “Black Swan” (2010) and Moore won the same prize for “Still Alice” (2014).
After the game, Cohen did Film Twitter a solid and asked the important follow-up: What performance do they each feel is their best? “It’s very embarrassing to say that about yourself,” Portman nervously demurred before Cohen said he didn’t think so. “Um, Ok. I felt like ‘Jackie’ was a big one for me.
On Monday’s “Watch What Happens Live,” the “May December” stars played 1, 2, Agree or Disagree with Andy Cohen, during which the host read statements to see if their answers match. The very first one: “I consider the role for which I won my Oscar to be my best performance to date.” Both women flashed the “disagree” sign. Portman, of course, won Best Actress for “Black Swan” (2010) and Moore won the same prize for “Still Alice” (2014).
After the game, Cohen did Film Twitter a solid and asked the important follow-up: What performance do they each feel is their best? “It’s very embarrassing to say that about yourself,” Portman nervously demurred before Cohen said he didn’t think so. “Um, Ok. I felt like ‘Jackie’ was a big one for me.
- 12/5/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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- 12/2/2023
- avclub.com
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), V For Vendetta (Warner Bros. Pictures), Jackie (Fox Searchlight), May December (Netflix)Graphic: The A.V. Club
From indie comedies to sci-fi box office juggernauts and seemingly every genre in between, Natalie Portman’s career is staggeringly expansive. With more than 30-plus years in the industry (and...
From indie comedies to sci-fi box office juggernauts and seemingly every genre in between, Natalie Portman’s career is staggeringly expansive. With more than 30-plus years in the industry (and...
- 11/28/2023
- by Lauren Coates
- avclub.com
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