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During a screening event held in New York City for Dune: Part Two, Zendaya discussed the pressures of fame and not knowing if she “can handle all of that,” saying she would like to be seen as a “person” first and foremost. The conversation, moderated by journalist Erik Davis, opened up to questions from the […]

UPDATE, Sept. 22: A second trailer for Red One opens with a team of taser-wielding intruders, led by Lucy Liu, who kidnap Chris Evans’ bounty hunter character on a top secret mission to rescue Santa Claus alongside Dwayne Johnson. “I’m not gonna like you,” Evans says upon meeting Johnson. “I can tell right away. Out […]

As Sebastian Stan promotes his most controversial role yet, hopefully he’s getting some well-deserved rest. The Golden Globe nominee recently opened up about how he got into character as Donald Trump for the upcoming Ali Abbasi-helmed film The Apprentice, which premieres Oct. 11 in US theaters, just in time for the undecided voters ahead of […]

Here’s to a solid indie weekend with BTS’s Jung Kook: I Am Still, Mubi’s The Substance, Whiplash is back and My Old Ass in limited release. Am I Racist? by conservative podcaster Matt Walsh also continued strong in week two. Mubi’s release of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance opened to $3.1 million on 1,949 screens for the […]

Some people are just better off dead. That’s the ultimate conclusion of the prolific French film-maker François Ozon’s new domestic drama, receiving its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival this week, but delivered with such sly delicacy, such slippery grace — no, actually, such sweetness — that there is simply no arguing with […]

Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One is out of the gate with a $39M global start. From just 50 international box office markets (representing only 40% of the overseas footprint), the first animated Transformers movie in close to 40 years grossed $14M. The Josh Cooley-directed origins story came in below projections domestically and international […]

SUNDAY AM: In an upset nobody saw coming, the third weekend of Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stole No. 1 away from Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One, $26M to $25M. On Friday and into Saturday AM, some saw a tight race between the Tim Burton-directed movie and the Josh Cooley-helmed animated pic, however, the notion […]

As Jon M. Chu takes on the cinematic event of the year, he’s keeping accessibility in mind. The Wicked director recently discussed creating “a fantastical world with a wheelchair user in mind” on the set of his feature adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book and the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which features a handicap-accessible Ozdust Ballroom. […]

Kathryn Grant Crosby, the actress known for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Anatomy of a Murder, has died. She was 90. The widow of Bing Crosby died of natural causes on Friday night at her Hillsborough, California home, according to a spokesperson for the Crosby family. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on Nov. 25, 1933 […]

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out in July, but the Emmy winner is still trying to make sure the whole thing is truly over. In a filing Friday in New Mexico state court, lawyers for Baldwin requested that Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey’s long-shot move to […]

Media Guarantors, a leading provider of completion bonds for independent film, along with the assets of its sister company SpottedRisk, has been acquired by big insurance brokerage CAC Group. It marks a major shift in a space with only a few key players. President and CEO Fred Milstein will continue to lead Media Guarantors under […]

It’s a surprise to find out that director Audrey Diwan had never seen the original Emmanuelle — a gauzy soft-porn feature that got le tout France hot and bothered when it was allowed to be shown in normal cinemas in 1974 — before she was approached to do this remake, which opens the San Sebastian Film […]

EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Eckhart will star in the Jesse V. Johnson-directed action thriller Scorpion, written by Corey Large (Detective Knight trilogy) and Ed Drake (Gasoline Alley). In the movie, a CIA assassin goes into hiding after he takes the fall for a failed mission. When he reappears on the grid so does his past to tie […]

Although that TikTok trend has long run its course, Ridley Scott just can’t seem to get the Roman Empire off his mind. Ahead of his long-awaited Gladiator II, which premieres Nov. 15 internationally and Nov. 22 in the US and Canada, the Oscar-nominated director recently teased that he’s looking to round out the trilogy with […]

Fathom Events and Warner Bros.’ DC Studios are blasting off documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a favorite from Sundance, and Music Box has the festival’s Grand Jury Prize-winner In The Summers among a handful of solid new release including The Featherweight about boxer Willie Pep, and Who’s Afraid Of Nathan Law? a doc following the […]

The inaugural Climate Film Festival unspools tonight leading into the opening of New York Climate Week with hundreds of events across the city as the United Nations General Assembly comes to order. Look for a celeb actor (under wraps until Monday) staffing a vegan hot dog truck near Union Square courtesy of Yellow Dot, the […]

French director Audrey Diwan is opening the San Sebastian Film Festival this evening with third feature Emmanuelle, in the company of its star Noémie Merlant and supporting cast members Will Sharpe, Chacha Huang and Jamie Campbell Bower. Diwan, who won Venice’s Golden Lion for abortion drama Happening in 2021, has taken inspiration for her first […]

Barry Diller said his interest in Paramount Global “unquestionably” pushed Skydance to close its merger with the media company. Shari Redstone, who controls Paramount via her family holding National Amusements Inc. “ought to send a nice pot of flowers or chicken soup” as a token of appreciation, Diller joked. The months-long sale process finally wrapped […]

EXCLUSIVE: Josh O’Connor is set to star in Kelly Reichardt’s next film The Mastermind. Reichardt will write and direct the film with production expected to start sometime this year. The film centers on an audacious art heist amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Producers on the film are Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, and Vincent […]

The fall festival trifecta of Venice/Telluride/Toronto traditionally have been venues for the serious start of Oscar season. But that kind of awards-season mojo has been shifting, however slowly, with the most recent Best Picture winners, Oppenheimer and Everything Everywhere All At Once, released July and March of their respective years. In fact, the big Oscar […]

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Ramos has joined the cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct. Netflix had no comment on the casting. The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told […]

Netflix has some good old Sam Raimi-approved thrills in store this Halloween. During the streamer’s Geeked Week fan event on Thursday, Netflix debuted the trailer for its upcoming Raimi-produced thriller Don’t Move, which premieres Oct. 25 and stars Kelsey Asbille and Finn Wittrock in a game of cat-and-mouse. A grieving woman (Asbille) hoping to find […]

The honeymoon isn’t quite over for Samara Weaving as she contemplates returning to her breakout horror role. The actress recently said she’s “all in” to reprise her bridal final girl Grace Le Domas for a potential sequel to her 2019 movie Ready or Not, which also helped launch Radio Silence directorial duo Tyler Gillett and […]

UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer urged Hollywood’s creative community to rethink their approach in order to help audiences rediscover their passion for film, TV and streaming. “We have to encourage some of the best creators and the best writers to be a little bit more daring in the work they want to do because it’s gotten […]