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It’s been just over two months since we learned the surprise news that the Sundance Film Festival could leave its longtime home in Park City, Utah when its contract with the city expires ahead of the 2027 festival. The Sundance Institute in April launched a formal process to determine where its next host city could be, and today, it wraps up a key step in that process.
Friday June 21 is the official deadline of Sundance’s Request for Proposal window, meaning cities that were selected by Sundance in the first window — the Request for Information — had to formally submit a bid outlining their plan complete with specific details about how they would support the festival in their city. The next step will be for Sundance to go through all the proposals and select its finalists, with a final decision coming between Q4 of this year and Q1 of next year.
Friday June 21 is the official deadline of Sundance’s Request for Proposal window, meaning cities that were selected by Sundance in the first window — the Request for Information — had to formally submit a bid outlining their plan complete with specific details about how they would support the festival in their city. The next step will be for Sundance to go through all the proposals and select its finalists, with a final decision coming between Q4 of this year and Q1 of next year.
- 6/21/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Believe it: “Thelma” is the first leading role in the great character actress June Squibb’s four-decade screen career.
The 94-year-old star, whose seeming effortlessness suggests an actor who shows up to set and hits her mark without any fuss, feels ubiquitous in our screen lifetime. Since earning her SAG card in the 1980s and impressing in small roles on TV and film through the ’90s, she received the Oscar nomination that changed everything in 2014 as Will Forte’s cantankerous, tombstone-flashing mother in “Nebraska.” Squibb also played Lena Dunham’s ailing grandmother, spouting barbs from her deathbed, in HBO’s “Girls.” And she’s had roles in “The Big Bang Theory,” “Bones,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Good Girls,” and recently lent her voice to “Inside Out 2” as Nostalgia. Basically, if you need a granny who shirks nonsense for wisdom, and is a reassuring presence in spite of blunt truths, you call June Squibb.
The 94-year-old star, whose seeming effortlessness suggests an actor who shows up to set and hits her mark without any fuss, feels ubiquitous in our screen lifetime. Since earning her SAG card in the 1980s and impressing in small roles on TV and film through the ’90s, she received the Oscar nomination that changed everything in 2014 as Will Forte’s cantankerous, tombstone-flashing mother in “Nebraska.” Squibb also played Lena Dunham’s ailing grandmother, spouting barbs from her deathbed, in HBO’s “Girls.” And she’s had roles in “The Big Bang Theory,” “Bones,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Good Girls,” and recently lent her voice to “Inside Out 2” as Nostalgia. Basically, if you need a granny who shirks nonsense for wisdom, and is a reassuring presence in spite of blunt truths, you call June Squibb.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Marvel’s “Blade” just can’t seem to unsheathe its vampire-killing sword. As we recapped recently in a piece where we suggested several directors who could take over the project, “Blade” in its development since 2019, has gone through two directors and a litany of writers attached to different versions of the film.
But a new THR piece documenting the “Blade” development problems, “Why ‘Blade’ Can’t Cut Through Development Hell,” has a few more tidbits of information and has confirmed a lot of the rumors that have been floating around.
Continue reading ‘Blade’: A Frustrated Mahershala Ali With Lots Of Influence & A New Script Being Written This Summer & More at The Playlist.
But a new THR piece documenting the “Blade” development problems, “Why ‘Blade’ Can’t Cut Through Development Hell,” has a few more tidbits of information and has confirmed a lot of the rumors that have been floating around.
Continue reading ‘Blade’: A Frustrated Mahershala Ali With Lots Of Influence & A New Script Being Written This Summer & More at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
In Civil War, the United States has splintered into four clashing factions, but if you’re expecting a treatise on the country’s ideological divide from British writer-director Alex Garland, this is not that movie. America’s dysfunction is secondary to examining the toll on the journalists covering the conflict. The story follows a quartet of correspondents (including jaded photographer Kirsten Dunst and green Cailee Spaeny) as they travel to the war’s front in Washington D.C. in hopes of landing an interview with the embattled president (Nick Offerman). Cinematographer Rob Hardy, who’s lensed all of Garland’s projects since the novelist/screenwriter turned to the […]
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- 6/21/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In Civil War, the United States has splintered into four clashing factions, but if you’re expecting a treatise on the country’s ideological divide from British writer-director Alex Garland, this is not that movie. America’s dysfunction is secondary to examining the toll on the journalists covering the conflict. The story follows a quartet of correspondents (including jaded photographer Kirsten Dunst and green Cailee Spaeny) as they travel to the war’s front in Washington D.C. in hopes of landing an interview with the embattled president (Nick Offerman). Cinematographer Rob Hardy, who’s lensed all of Garland’s projects since the novelist/screenwriter turned to the […]
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The post Holding the Chicken: Dp Rob Hardy on Civil War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/21/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Netflix and A24 have some serious star power in mind for Beef Season 2. Deadline reports that Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan are in talks to star in the next season of the anthology series. And if the pair get cast, they’ll play one of two couples who get into an increasingly crazy feud.
Read More: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2024
If Isaac and Mulligan make they cut, they make square off against Charles Melton and Cailee Sapeny, who were in talks to play the other couple.
Continue reading ‘Beef’: Oscar Isaac & Carey Mulligan In Talks To Star In Season 2 Of Netflix/A24’s Anthology Series at The Playlist.
Read More: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2024
If Isaac and Mulligan make they cut, they make square off against Charles Melton and Cailee Sapeny, who were in talks to play the other couple.
Continue reading ‘Beef’: Oscar Isaac & Carey Mulligan In Talks To Star In Season 2 Of Netflix/A24’s Anthology Series at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Eddie Murphy definitely wasn’t going to pull a Keanu Reeves in “John Wick” for action-comedy film “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.”
Murphy said on the “Today” show that he “felt like (an) old man” when filming the fourth franchise installment. Murphy first played the titular Detroit detective who goes undercover in Los Angeles back in 1984.
“I did ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ when I was 21, and I’m 63 now,” Murphy said.
“Now, I would rather not do any stunts,” he said. “We were shooting something and the director [Mark Molloy] said, ‘I want you to come out of this place and run down those steps.’ And After we shot and he’s like, ‘Can you come down with more urgency and faster?’ And I was like, ‘No!’ I was like, ‘I’m not doing anything action. Don’t call me unless you offer me the same type of shit you would...
Murphy said on the “Today” show that he “felt like (an) old man” when filming the fourth franchise installment. Murphy first played the titular Detroit detective who goes undercover in Los Angeles back in 1984.
“I did ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ when I was 21, and I’m 63 now,” Murphy said.
“Now, I would rather not do any stunts,” he said. “We were shooting something and the director [Mark Molloy] said, ‘I want you to come out of this place and run down those steps.’ And After we shot and he’s like, ‘Can you come down with more urgency and faster?’ And I was like, ‘No!’ I was like, ‘I’m not doing anything action. Don’t call me unless you offer me the same type of shit you would...
- 6/21/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Elle Fanning is cheers-ing to a Coppola reunion.
The actress stars in Sofia Coppola’s latest commercial for The House of Suntory. Coppola previously filmed a Suntory ad with Keanu Reeves during the 20th anniversary of 2003’s “Lost in Translation.”
Fanning, who previously appeared in Coppola’s actual film “The Beguiled,” hosts a dinner party in Japan for the near-60-second spot that captures the “vibrant world of Roku Gin,” per the description. (Not to be confused with this Roku.)
“Sofia was the one who told me about this project,” Fanning said to Interview magazine about joining the campaign. “I think they had asked her if she wanted to direct a commercial and shoot the campaign for this. And she thought of me, which was very sweet. I mean, I’ll do anything for Sofia. But I loved the concept that Roku had come up with for this campaign, with the cherry blossoms,...
The actress stars in Sofia Coppola’s latest commercial for The House of Suntory. Coppola previously filmed a Suntory ad with Keanu Reeves during the 20th anniversary of 2003’s “Lost in Translation.”
Fanning, who previously appeared in Coppola’s actual film “The Beguiled,” hosts a dinner party in Japan for the near-60-second spot that captures the “vibrant world of Roku Gin,” per the description. (Not to be confused with this Roku.)
“Sofia was the one who told me about this project,” Fanning said to Interview magazine about joining the campaign. “I think they had asked her if she wanted to direct a commercial and shoot the campaign for this. And she thought of me, which was very sweet. I mean, I’ll do anything for Sofia. But I loved the concept that Roku had come up with for this campaign, with the cherry blossoms,...
- 6/21/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Oz Perkin‘s “Longlegs” hasn’t even hit theaters yet, but Neon already wants to promote their next movie together. And that’s a sign that the distribution company expects big things from Perkin’s upcoming serial killer thriller. But before more “Longlegs” buzz, the scoop du jour: “The Monkey,” Perkin’s next horror film for Neon, will hit theaters next winter on February 21, 2025.
Continue reading ‘The Monkey’: Neon Slots Oz Perkin’s Upcoming Stephen King Adaption For A February 21, 2025 Theatrical Release at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Monkey’: Neon Slots Oz Perkin’s Upcoming Stephen King Adaption For A February 21, 2025 Theatrical Release at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo goes on a joyride with one of the stars of “The Bikeriders.” The film follows the members of a Chicago-area biker gang from their innocent inception in the 1960s to their descent into a darker underworld. The Jeff Nichols (“Mud,” “Midnight Special,” “Take Shelter”) film stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus, Boyd Holbrook, and more.
Continue reading ‘The Bikeriders’: Jodie Comer On Her Motorcycle Drama, Ending ‘Killing Eve,’ Danny Boyle’s ’28 Years Later’ & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Bikeriders’: Jodie Comer On Her Motorcycle Drama, Ending ‘Killing Eve,’ Danny Boyle’s ’28 Years Later’ & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
Apparently, the succession plot twists at the Renaissance Fair in Todd Mission, Texas did not end with the conclusion of the three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire.” In fact, according to director Lance Oppenheim, it was the airing of the last two episodes on June 9 that actually led to the latest chapter in the saga.
“George [Coulam] watched Episodes 2 and 3, and he loved the series so much that he actually cleaned the office out again and he gave Jeff [Baldwin] his old job back, so now Jeff is the new general manager,” said Oppenheim on an upcoming episode of IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast. “Jeff is back in charge.”
This is the position Baldwin was in at the start of Episode 1 of “Ren Faire.” The loyal, dedicated employee of 43 years, had risen from being the festival’s long-serving entertainment director to its new general manager, in charge of running the day-to-day operations of the...
“George [Coulam] watched Episodes 2 and 3, and he loved the series so much that he actually cleaned the office out again and he gave Jeff [Baldwin] his old job back, so now Jeff is the new general manager,” said Oppenheim on an upcoming episode of IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast. “Jeff is back in charge.”
This is the position Baldwin was in at the start of Episode 1 of “Ren Faire.” The loyal, dedicated employee of 43 years, had risen from being the festival’s long-serving entertainment director to its new general manager, in charge of running the day-to-day operations of the...
- 6/21/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Good news for Francis Ford Coppola earlier this week, as Lionsgate stepped up to snag distribution rights for his self-financed “Megalopolis.” But THR reports there’s a catch to the Lionsgate deal for Ffc: the 85-year-old will need to spend up to $20 million in marketing for the film’s theatrical release. That’s on top of the $120 million Coppola already spent to finance his passion project in the first place.
Continue reading ‘Megalopolis’: Francis Ford Coppola Will Pay Up To $20 Million In Marketing For Lionsgate’s Theatrical Release Of His Magnum Opus at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Megalopolis’: Francis Ford Coppola Will Pay Up To $20 Million In Marketing For Lionsgate’s Theatrical Release Of His Magnum Opus at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
John Ford’s classic Western “The Searchers” is back on the big screen — and this time, in 70mm.
IndieWire can exclusively unveil the full lineup for Museum of the Moving Image and Mubi’s ninth annual “See It Big: 70mm” film festival, with “The Searchers” headlining. The annual summer 70mm series is New York City’s only festival of 70mm films. The festival takes place from July 18 through August 18.
Ford’s “The Searchers” in 70mm will make its East Coast premiere after the print debuted at the American Cinematheque earlier this year. From July 18-21, the 1956 masterpiece will be presented seven times in a new restoration and newly struck 70mm print. The film was scanned from the original 35mm VistaVision camera negative for this print and has been approved by The Film Foundation, which was founded by Martin Scorsese. (He’s credited “The Searchers” for being a direct influence on his Oscar-winning film “Taxi Driver.
IndieWire can exclusively unveil the full lineup for Museum of the Moving Image and Mubi’s ninth annual “See It Big: 70mm” film festival, with “The Searchers” headlining. The annual summer 70mm series is New York City’s only festival of 70mm films. The festival takes place from July 18 through August 18.
Ford’s “The Searchers” in 70mm will make its East Coast premiere after the print debuted at the American Cinematheque earlier this year. From July 18-21, the 1956 masterpiece will be presented seven times in a new restoration and newly struck 70mm print. The film was scanned from the original 35mm VistaVision camera negative for this print and has been approved by The Film Foundation, which was founded by Martin Scorsese. (He’s credited “The Searchers” for being a direct influence on his Oscar-winning film “Taxi Driver.
- 6/21/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
What’s going on with Academy Award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Star Wars” movie centering on Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley)? Rumored to be called, “Star War: A New Jedi Order” and then more recently, “Star Wars: Episode X – A New Beginning” (who knows if any of that’s true), for months, all Daisy Ridley has said is she’s been waiting to read a script from Academy Award-nominated writer Steven Knight, the creator of “Peaky Blinders,” and writer of “Eastern Promises,” “Spencer” and more.
Continue reading Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Talked To George Lucas About Her Jedi Academy ‘Stars Wars’ Film, But Lucasfilm Is “Taking Its Time” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Talked To George Lucas About Her Jedi Academy ‘Stars Wars’ Film, But Lucasfilm Is “Taking Its Time” at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Though gone are the days of Blockbusters in every town, replaced by a box that sits near your TV or maybe more conveniently an app that’s built within, there still exists such a thing as the video rental store. There are not many of them, most confined to major cities and existing on a non-profit basis, but they continue to serve a vital purpose to film lovers who want to share their passion with others and those who want to receive that education in return. One such institution, Seattle’s Scarecrow Video, located in the city’s University District, has fallen on hard times and is looking for help from cinephiles everywhere.
Scarecrow Video began in the late ‘80s under the stewardship of George and Rebecca Latsios, but opened its current location in 1993 and has remained there ever since. In terms of legacy, Kate Barr, the store’s current executive director,...
Scarecrow Video began in the late ‘80s under the stewardship of George and Rebecca Latsios, but opened its current location in 1993 and has remained there ever since. In terms of legacy, Kate Barr, the store’s current executive director,...
- 6/21/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Border towns can be strange places to grow up, and that’s especially true of Laredo. Situated on the divide between Texas and Mexico, this transient place is defined by change as thousands of immigrants try to pass through in search of something better. Yet there’s also an unyielding rigidity to the river that splits these two worlds. To cross would be a one-way ticket, something that 21-year-old Estefanía ’Beba’ Contreras and 18-year-old Silvia Del Carmen Castaños know firsthand.
Shared fears for their families and their future in America bind the pair (Sylvia was born to undocumented parents while Beba waits for her citizenship application), yet these anxieties don’t define them or their connection. In fact, they’re doggedly determined to live lives free of constraint in every aspect, a desire expressed by how fluidly they switch between Spanish and English, by their sexual and gender identities, and of course by “Hummingbirds,...
Shared fears for their families and their future in America bind the pair (Sylvia was born to undocumented parents while Beba waits for her citizenship application), yet these anxieties don’t define them or their connection. In fact, they’re doggedly determined to live lives free of constraint in every aspect, a desire expressed by how fluidly they switch between Spanish and English, by their sexual and gender identities, and of course by “Hummingbirds,...
- 6/21/2024
- by David Opie
- Indiewire
Stop the speculation: Kevin Costner‘s time on “Yellowstone” is over. Deadline reports that the actor took to social media to confirm he won’t appear in the final six episodes of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit Paramount Network series. Costner’s news comes on the heels of the network announcing the premiere date for “Yellowstone” Season 5 Part Two, November 10, with a new teaser yesterday.
Read More: ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Part Two Teaser: The End Begins For Taylor Sheridan’s Hit Series On November 10
It’s the end of an acrimonious period between Costner and Sheridan, which saw, amongst other things, Costner threatening legal action against the “Yellowstone” creator but also expressing interest in returning for another season.
Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’: Kevin Costner Confirms He’s Not Returning For The Final Episodes Of Season 5 at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Part Two Teaser: The End Begins For Taylor Sheridan’s Hit Series On November 10
It’s the end of an acrimonious period between Costner and Sheridan, which saw, amongst other things, Costner threatening legal action against the “Yellowstone” creator but also expressing interest in returning for another season.
Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’: Kevin Costner Confirms He’s Not Returning For The Final Episodes Of Season 5 at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
The Video Essay is a joint project of Mubi and Filmadrid International Film Festival. Film analysis and criticism forged a new path with the arrival of the video essay. The limits of this discipline are constantly expanding; new essayists are finding innovative ways to study the history of cinema through moving images. This non-competitive section of the festival is designed to offer this format the platform and visibility it deserves.This selection of seven video essays was programmed by the editors of Notebook and the programmers of Filmadrid. In the coming weeks, a video essay from the program will premiere each Friday on Notebook.“Sticky” by Maria Hofmann Drawing on documentary films by Harun Farocki and Philip Scheffner, “Sticky” is a horror desktop documentary that explores the lingering evocative affliction by images of highly mediated societal disaster within an apathetic and frenetic mediascape of instant obsolescence.
- 6/21/2024
- MUBI
Every start of summer, the Cine Gear Expo comes to Los Angeles. Initially held on the Paramount lot, the Expo had a short stint at the LA Convention Center for two pandemic years before landing this yearat the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank. The movie lot aspect assists greatly with vibes: While its chief competitor, Nab Show—held a few months earlier in the Las Vegas Convention Center—feels like a traditional trade show, at Cine Gear you can peruse the latest lenses as the iconic Animaniacs water tower looms in the distance, just visible behind a camera crane which swings around […]
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The post Cine Gear Expo 2024: 17 Cameras, LED (and Traditional) Lights, Lenses and Remote Camera Controls We Loved first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/21/2024
- by Caleb Hammond
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Every start of summer, the Cine Gear Expo comes to Los Angeles. Initially held on the Paramount lot, the Expo had a short stint at the LA Convention Center for two pandemic years before landing this yearat the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank. The movie lot aspect assists greatly with vibes: While its chief competitor, Nab Show—held a few months earlier in the Las Vegas Convention Center—feels like a traditional trade show, at Cine Gear you can peruse the latest lenses as the iconic Animaniacs water tower looms in the distance, just visible behind a camera crane which swings around […]
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- 6/21/2024
- by Caleb Hammond
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Conspiracy theorists, have we got the show for you!
A new reality series called “Flat Earthers” will pay its players cash if they can convince a panel of (actual) experts that the world is flat. Good luck with that.
IndieWire can exclusively reveal that the recently launched streaming service The Network is in active production on “Flat Earthers” and will launch all 10 episodes this December.
“Flat Earthers” is described as part docuseries, part competition show, and it will follow five families who each genuinely believe the Earth is flat. But rather than just document their exploits, the families will each be given $50,000 worth of resources for research and will ultimately present their findings to a panel of scientists, theologians, and cartographers. If they can convince a majority of the panelists that the Earth is in fact flat, they’ll be awarded a cash prize. The amount of the cash prize was not disclosed.
A new reality series called “Flat Earthers” will pay its players cash if they can convince a panel of (actual) experts that the world is flat. Good luck with that.
IndieWire can exclusively reveal that the recently launched streaming service The Network is in active production on “Flat Earthers” and will launch all 10 episodes this December.
“Flat Earthers” is described as part docuseries, part competition show, and it will follow five families who each genuinely believe the Earth is flat. But rather than just document their exploits, the families will each be given $50,000 worth of resources for research and will ultimately present their findings to a panel of scientists, theologians, and cartographers. If they can convince a majority of the panelists that the Earth is in fact flat, they’ll be awarded a cash prize. The amount of the cash prize was not disclosed.
- 6/21/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
It’s Austria, circa 1750, and we open on a woman, devoid of emotion, as she quietly and chillingly casts her newborn over the side of a waterfall. This is how the creepy “The Devil’s Bath” begins.
Make it through such a scene, and the idea that Robert Eggers or Ari Aster-esque folk horror is to follow might start to take root. This is not the case; the occasional jump scare and disturbing imagery notwithstanding, “The Devil’s Bath” sits far more comfortably as a psychodrama analyzing a newlywed’s place in society when bearing children becomes impossible and an escape from the role her family views as nothing short of inevitable leads down a truly upsetting path.
Continue reading ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: Anja Plaschg Shines In A Dour, Moody, 18th-Century Psychological Joyride at The Playlist.
Make it through such a scene, and the idea that Robert Eggers or Ari Aster-esque folk horror is to follow might start to take root. This is not the case; the occasional jump scare and disturbing imagery notwithstanding, “The Devil’s Bath” sits far more comfortably as a psychodrama analyzing a newlywed’s place in society when bearing children becomes impossible and an escape from the role her family views as nothing short of inevitable leads down a truly upsetting path.
Continue reading ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: Anja Plaschg Shines In A Dour, Moody, 18th-Century Psychological Joyride at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
James Wan has another horror universe in the making, and while it’s unfortunately not for 2021’s “Malignant,” this offshoot of “M3GAN” may be the next best thing. Deadline reports that Wan’s Atomic Monster banner and Blumhouse will team up again for “SOULM8TE,” a new spinoff to the early 2023 horror hit. It’ll be the third film in the “M3GAN” franchise, after “M3GAN 2.0,” which hits theaters next year on June 27, 2025.
Continue reading ‘SOULM8TE’: James Wan & Blumhouse Start A New Horror Universe With ‘M3GAN’ Spinoff at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘SOULM8TE’: James Wan & Blumhouse Start A New Horror Universe With ‘M3GAN’ Spinoff at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
It’s not often you see a backroom lap dance where the customer emits more apathy than the stripper. But when Jax (Lily Gladstone) hands a few extra $20s to a dancer who offers to grind on her for free, it’s clear that she has little interest in titillations of any kind. After a few moments, she zones out and directs her attention to the litany of more pressing issues in her life.
She’s had a lot on her mind in the weeks since her sister went suspiciously missing from the Seneca-Cayuga reservation. In addition to begging federal law enforcement agencies to feign interest in finding the lost woman and trying to figure out what information her friends on the tribal police force are withholding from her, she also has a pre-teen girl to raise. She’s temporarily taken in her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), who appears to...
She’s had a lot on her mind in the weeks since her sister went suspiciously missing from the Seneca-Cayuga reservation. In addition to begging federal law enforcement agencies to feign interest in finding the lost woman and trying to figure out what information her friends on the tribal police force are withholding from her, she also has a pre-teen girl to raise. She’s temporarily taken in her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), who appears to...
- 6/21/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Forgettable even by the impossibly low standards of a mid-budget Netflix action movie, Mouly Surya’s “Trigger Warning” might be a shade more colorful than colossal bores like “Red Notice” and “The Gray Man,” but this still-bland Jessica Alba vehicle is all the more frustrating because it doesn’t feel like some defanged summer blockbuster that was denied its true purpose by skipping past theaters. On the contrary, an R-rated, character-driven “First Blood” throwback about a Special Forces commando who returns from Syria to find her fading hometown in the grip of a high-powered arms dealer is precisely the kind of action movie that Netflix should be making.
To wit: It scratches an itch that more traditional studios won’t touch, allows a well-liked actress to get back in the game without having to carry a franchise on her shoulders, and does so at a scale that strikes a happy...
To wit: It scratches an itch that more traditional studios won’t touch, allows a well-liked actress to get back in the game without having to carry a franchise on her shoulders, and does so at a scale that strikes a happy...
- 6/21/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When Paramount Network announced the long anticipated return of its hit series “Yellowstone” on Thursday, June 20, there was a major detail missing.
Sure, the back half of its fifth season would begin airing on Sunday, November 10, but would its lead Kevin Costner be back? Well, “Yellowstone” fans have finally got an answer directly from the source, and it looks like John Dutton is fully disappearing into the horizon.
In a video posting to X, Costner said, “I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it, and I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning.” He added, “I love the relationship we’ve been able to develop, and I’ll see you at the movies.”
An update for you guys.
Sure, the back half of its fifth season would begin airing on Sunday, November 10, but would its lead Kevin Costner be back? Well, “Yellowstone” fans have finally got an answer directly from the source, and it looks like John Dutton is fully disappearing into the horizon.
In a video posting to X, Costner said, “I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it, and I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning.” He added, “I love the relationship we’ve been able to develop, and I’ll see you at the movies.”
An update for you guys.
- 6/21/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Green Border.Agnieszka Holland begs to differ with Claude Lanzmann. The director of Shoah (1985) had attacked the idea of depicting the Holocaust in a fiction film, claiming that its unfathomable horrors would inevitably be trivialized. In a 2013 National Gallery of Art lecture, “Viewing History through the Filmmaker’s Lens,” Holland made two counter-arguments: that feature films are a tool to educate as many people as possible about the Holocaust, and that “taking on issues that are impossible to explain or grasp rationally is one of the most important challenges of an artist.” Holland had made a number of provocative Holocaust dramas, including Angry Harvest (1985), Europa Europa (1990), and In Darkness (2011), all of which involve the plight of Jews who have improbably escaped capture and death. With these films, Holland looked back at events from decades in the past. In her latest film, she is dramatizing history while it is unfolding.Urgent without sacrificing artistry,...
- 6/20/2024
- MUBI
In 2022, Max resurrected the long running teen favorite “Pretty Little Liars” from the brains behind “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring as “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.” Based on the books by Sara Shepard, the original followed four teenage girls in Rosewood, Pennsylvania who begin getting threatening messages years after their friend Alison disappears signed only with the initial “A.” Running for seven seasons beginning in 2010, “Pretty Little Liars” became a pop culture hit.
“Original Sin” is the the fourth series in the franchise and still set in that world, but this time around follows five friends in Millwood, Pennsylvania who are being stalked by “A” because of their mother’s involvement in the death of a classmate, Angela Waters, in 1999. While this serves as the main storyline, the friends also deal with serious issues like rape and suicide, as well as typical high school drama.
“Original Sin” is the the fourth series in the franchise and still set in that world, but this time around follows five friends in Millwood, Pennsylvania who are being stalked by “A” because of their mother’s involvement in the death of a classmate, Angela Waters, in 1999. While this serves as the main storyline, the friends also deal with serious issues like rape and suicide, as well as typical high school drama.
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- by Kerensa Cadenas
- Indiewire
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Speaking to rally go-ers in Racine, Wisconsin, Klepper finds a group unwilling to acknowledge the truth of who their chosen leader is, instead choosing to obfuscate or lie on his behalf even when reality is being thrown right in their faces. At one point, Klepper is speaking to a man wearing a red hat with writing on it that can only read “Make America Great Again” in...
Speaking to rally go-ers in Racine, Wisconsin, Klepper finds a group unwilling to acknowledge the truth of who their chosen leader is, instead choosing to obfuscate or lie on his behalf even when reality is being thrown right in their faces. At one point, Klepper is speaking to a man wearing a red hat with writing on it that can only read “Make America Great Again” in...
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Notebook is the official publication partner of the 2024 Locarno Critics Academy. This ten-day summer workshop immerses emerging critics in the craft of covering film festivals. Today, we’re excited to announce the ten selected participants.“In 2024, the task of selecting ten writers for the Critics Academy was more herculean than ever before,” said the Academy’s co-organizers, Christopher Small, responsible for the texts and publications of the Locarno Film Festival, and Chloe Lizotte, Deputy Editor of Notebook. “No doubt thanks to a new editorial partnership with Notebook, we received more than twice as many applications than in any other year. Our selection will bring a diverse group of writers to the festival in August, traveling to Locarno from all around the globe: Argentina, China, the Dominican Republic, France, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. “These critics have varied interests and styles, writing diaristically, historically, academically, commercially—but always,...
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- MUBI
It was probably fortunate for Paramount Global shareholders that Wall Street had Juneteenth off. The rumor mill did not take a holiday.
How close were Shari Redstone and David Ellison to striking a deal for Nai, in turn striking a deal to merge Paramount with Skydance? Exactly two minutes away (from the consummation meeting), according to Variety. That’s when an email from the Redstone camp to the Ellison camp landed, saying Nai would not be moving forward with the deal.
The email was not exactly well-received. The lawyers scrambled, the expletives flew, and Paramount Global’s stock price (Para) sunk to its lowest point in five years.
What happened? Ellison had already taken out $8 billion at the Atm.
After months of negotiations, including one month of exclusivity in those negotiations, Redstone bailed on a deal that would have sold her family’s National Amusements, Inc. movie-theater chain to the...
How close were Shari Redstone and David Ellison to striking a deal for Nai, in turn striking a deal to merge Paramount with Skydance? Exactly two minutes away (from the consummation meeting), according to Variety. That’s when an email from the Redstone camp to the Ellison camp landed, saying Nai would not be moving forward with the deal.
The email was not exactly well-received. The lawyers scrambled, the expletives flew, and Paramount Global’s stock price (Para) sunk to its lowest point in five years.
What happened? Ellison had already taken out $8 billion at the Atm.
After months of negotiations, including one month of exclusivity in those negotiations, Redstone bailed on a deal that would have sold her family’s National Amusements, Inc. movie-theater chain to the...
- 6/20/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
You likely don’t recognize his name, but director and writer Tim Van Patten has contributed to some of the most iconic television series of the 21st century. His credits include 20 episodes of “The Sopranos,” “The Pacific,” “Sex and the City,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wire,” “Deadwood,” and “Game of Thrones.” An HBO go-to, he’s a two-time Emmy Award, two-time DGA Award, two-time WGA Award, and two-time PGA Award winner.
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Continue reading Tim Van Patten On Using Versailles To Take ‘Franklin’ To Another Level at The Playlist.
- 6/20/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Hit HBO series “House of the Dragon” has already slayed ratings on streaming platform Max, and just after Season 3 was announced, showrunner Ryan Condal teased what he’s been toying with for a third installment of the show.
Condal told Games Radar that the “biggest challenge” is finding fresh storylines that still maintain the “narrative explosions” that the franchise has become famous for. Think: That devastating birthing sequence in the “House of the Dragon” pilot, or even the Red Wedding in its predecessor series “Game of Thrones.”
“There’s a rhythm to all this, these kinds of stories as you tell them,” Condal said. “And we’re trying to find satisfying arcs within the season structure. So, hopefully you start with a bang, and then you build to another bang through the series, but you’re really trying to arc out the characters, so that each season is a different experience for all of them.
Condal told Games Radar that the “biggest challenge” is finding fresh storylines that still maintain the “narrative explosions” that the franchise has become famous for. Think: That devastating birthing sequence in the “House of the Dragon” pilot, or even the Red Wedding in its predecessor series “Game of Thrones.”
“There’s a rhythm to all this, these kinds of stories as you tell them,” Condal said. “And we’re trying to find satisfying arcs within the season structure. So, hopefully you start with a bang, and then you build to another bang through the series, but you’re really trying to arc out the characters, so that each season is a different experience for all of them.
- 6/20/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The trickiest challenge that most of us will face when it comes to finding hot wings is what bar has a kitchen open past 2 a.m., but “Hot Ones” has the opposite problem. The popular interview series hosted by Sean Evans, which forces a level of at least physical vulnerability on its celebrity subjects through the process of eating increasingly spicy wings, sometimes has to shoot starting at 8 a.m. What wing places are open that early?
The success of “Hot Ones” has led to its own branded lines of wings and sauces, but the First We Feast producers of the show can’t just pull from their own kitchens. Filming location, dietary restrictions, and shoot times all determine where “Hot Ones” finds its wings; according to series executive supervising producer Domonique Burroughs, the producers have a curated list of 24-hour wing spots in New York and Los Angeles that...
The success of “Hot Ones” has led to its own branded lines of wings and sauces, but the First We Feast producers of the show can’t just pull from their own kitchens. Filming location, dietary restrictions, and shoot times all determine where “Hot Ones” finds its wings; according to series executive supervising producer Domonique Burroughs, the producers have a curated list of 24-hour wing spots in New York and Los Angeles that...
- 6/20/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
The Boston Celtics will raise their 18th championship banner, clinching the NBA Championship after one of the winningest seasons in basketball — but they also must have some Luck of the Irish, too. The Celtics had a documentary crew embedded with them since just before the start of their playoff run, ready to capture the magic of beating the Dallas Mavericks. Creating a documentary series in real-time, or almost real-time, is in itself a huge challenge.
The documentary team over at Shadow Lion also needed to assemble a killer lineup — of producers, editors, camera operators, and composers — who were all keyed into what this moment means for the Celtics and how it fits into the franchise’s storied history. They certainly needed to make some canny choices about what aspects of Celtics lore, the incredible 2024 roster, and the challenges of the postseason to focus on and when it’s most dramatically impactful to do so.
The documentary team over at Shadow Lion also needed to assemble a killer lineup — of producers, editors, camera operators, and composers — who were all keyed into what this moment means for the Celtics and how it fits into the franchise’s storied history. They certainly needed to make some canny choices about what aspects of Celtics lore, the incredible 2024 roster, and the challenges of the postseason to focus on and when it’s most dramatically impactful to do so.
- 6/20/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
It was important to creator Will Tracy that the country Elena Vernham (Kate Winslet) misrules in “The Regime” be as mercurial and as unknowable as she is; culturally, it needed to fit into both Western and Eastern Europe. There needed to be a sense of a long history in the design of the palace and Elena’s public image without dipping into actual world history. But the one thing Tracy was sure it didn’t need was a name.
“I didn’t have to bend myself into pretzel shapes to avoid coming up with a name. It just never, never occurred to me and never seemed necessary,” Tracy told IndieWire on an episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “It seemed to add to the enjoyment and mystery of the show, that feeling of when are we, where are we?”
“The Regime” deftly balances which characters we feel close to by who feels the most unmoored.
“I didn’t have to bend myself into pretzel shapes to avoid coming up with a name. It just never, never occurred to me and never seemed necessary,” Tracy told IndieWire on an episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “It seemed to add to the enjoyment and mystery of the show, that feeling of when are we, where are we?”
“The Regime” deftly balances which characters we feel close to by who feels the most unmoored.
- 6/20/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
For many in Hollywood, AI has been a swear word. That may be changing.
According to a new study by the talent agency UTA, 73 percent of entertainment and marketing creatives believe generative artificial intelligence “will elevate content,” and 75 percent of those currently using AI say they are “creating higher-quality work” with it.
This (and other findings) led United Talent Agency to declare this to be “a profound turning point in AI’s adoption in marketing and entertainment.” The industries UTA services (and UTA Iq studies) are shifting from “fear and resistance” to “curiosity, excitement, and cautious optimism,” the report reads, as “respected leaders and professionals openly discuss usage.”
For this study, UTA interviewed 293 creative professionals in the marketing and advertising fields and 209 in the entertainment field. The survey was conducted in mid-May 2024.
The marketing creatives were more bullish on AI than the entertainment creatives, but not overwhelmingly so. More than...
According to a new study by the talent agency UTA, 73 percent of entertainment and marketing creatives believe generative artificial intelligence “will elevate content,” and 75 percent of those currently using AI say they are “creating higher-quality work” with it.
This (and other findings) led United Talent Agency to declare this to be “a profound turning point in AI’s adoption in marketing and entertainment.” The industries UTA services (and UTA Iq studies) are shifting from “fear and resistance” to “curiosity, excitement, and cautious optimism,” the report reads, as “respected leaders and professionals openly discuss usage.”
For this study, UTA interviewed 293 creative professionals in the marketing and advertising fields and 209 in the entertainment field. The survey was conducted in mid-May 2024.
The marketing creatives were more bullish on AI than the entertainment creatives, but not overwhelmingly so. More than...
- 6/20/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Issue 5 of Notebook magazine features front and back covers designed by John Wilson. Subscribe now to reserve your copy.John Wilson. Image courtesy HBO.Across three seasons, How To with John Wilson (2020–23) turns the familiar format of online tutorial videos on its head, investigating such topics as making small talk and locating public restrooms. By embracing anxious thoughts and chance encounters, the show demonstrates the difficulty of positing a one-size-fits-all solution to a question or problem. Integral to the show are John Wilson’s imperfectly perfect voice-overs, which lay out the complexities of our collective existence in thoughtful, personal, and often poignant ways. The show’s thematic detours spring organically from its New York City setting, a seemingly endless source of memorable encountersIn contrast to shows and social media content in which passersby are pranked or asked on-the-spot questions, How To is often more delicate in its portrayal of each episode’s key players.
- 6/20/2024
- MUBI
[Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers for the end of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” as well as the Bridgerton book “To Sir Phillip, with Love.”]
At the end of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” Eloise (Claudia Jessie) looks to be set for a great adventure. Eloise’s sister Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and her new husband John (Victor Alli) are to depart for the relative peace and quiet of Scotland, and Eloise — restless after the marriage of her best friend Penelope (Nichola Coughlan) to Eloise’s brother Colin (Luke Newton) — asks to go with them, ready for a major change of pace and location.
It’s a refreshing set up for the future, and while textual hints suggest Season 4 will be at least partially centered on Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) story, fans of course will expect to see more of Eloise. Let’s hope it’s a new adventure in Scotland the show writers entirely make up, because I’m here...
At the end of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” Eloise (Claudia Jessie) looks to be set for a great adventure. Eloise’s sister Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and her new husband John (Victor Alli) are to depart for the relative peace and quiet of Scotland, and Eloise — restless after the marriage of her best friend Penelope (Nichola Coughlan) to Eloise’s brother Colin (Luke Newton) — asks to go with them, ready for a major change of pace and location.
It’s a refreshing set up for the future, and while textual hints suggest Season 4 will be at least partially centered on Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) story, fans of course will expect to see more of Eloise. Let’s hope it’s a new adventure in Scotland the show writers entirely make up, because I’m here...
- 6/20/2024
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Another day, another major new casting for Paul Walter Hauser, whose Hollywood star is definitely on the rise. Deadline reports that Hauser adds the comedy “Balls Up” to his list of upcoming projects, with Mark Wahlberg as his co-star. “Ricky Stanicky” director Peter Farrelly is on board to direct, which should give audiences some indication of what to expect from this one plot-wise.
Continue reading ‘Balls Up’ Paul Walter Hauser & Mark Wahlberg To Star In Upcoming Comedy From ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Director Peter Farrelly at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Balls Up’ Paul Walter Hauser & Mark Wahlberg To Star In Upcoming Comedy From ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Director Peter Farrelly at The Playlist.
- 6/20/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
“Snowpiercer” is getting back on track.
The fourth and final season of the series debuts July 21, with Daveed Diggs wrapping up his role as post-apocalyptic political dissident Andre Layton. The show is based on the graphic novel series by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, which was later adapted into a film starring Chris Evans and directed by Bong Joon Ho.
The “Snowpiercer” series was canceled after running for three seasons on TNT, but AMC salvaged it for its fourth and final season.
Per the official synopsis, the show is set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland. “Snowpiercer” centers on the remnants of humanity who inhabit a perpetually moving train, with 1001 cars, that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival play out while Andre Layton (Diggs) escapes the ever-moving train.
Season 3 left off with character Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) leading...
The fourth and final season of the series debuts July 21, with Daveed Diggs wrapping up his role as post-apocalyptic political dissident Andre Layton. The show is based on the graphic novel series by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, which was later adapted into a film starring Chris Evans and directed by Bong Joon Ho.
The “Snowpiercer” series was canceled after running for three seasons on TNT, but AMC salvaged it for its fourth and final season.
Per the official synopsis, the show is set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland. “Snowpiercer” centers on the remnants of humanity who inhabit a perpetually moving train, with 1001 cars, that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival play out while Andre Layton (Diggs) escapes the ever-moving train.
Season 3 left off with character Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) leading...
- 6/20/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
These days, no IP is too good not to capitalize on, not even “Spaceballs.” Variety reports that Amazon MGM Studios has a sequel of the 1987 sci-fi spoof in development with Josh Gad set to star. Gad also leads producers on the project along with the original director, Mel Brooks. And if Brooks is involved, this idea isn’t all bad, right? After all, there are plenty of recent sci-fi tropes for a follow-up to tackle.
Continue reading ‘Spaceballs’: Josh Gad & Mel Brooks Teaming Up For A Sequel To 1987 Sci-Fi Spoof From Amazon MGM Studios at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Spaceballs’: Josh Gad & Mel Brooks Teaming Up For A Sequel To 1987 Sci-Fi Spoof From Amazon MGM Studios at The Playlist.
- 6/20/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
The Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category could be filled with just “Palm Royale” stars this year (there happen to be multiple Oscar winners to choose from.) That is how tight of a race it is.
This is the Emmys though, which is very much Carol Burnett’s domain, putting her toward the front of the...
The State of the Race
The Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category could be filled with just “Palm Royale” stars this year (there happen to be multiple Oscar winners to choose from.) That is how tight of a race it is.
This is the Emmys though, which is very much Carol Burnett’s domain, putting her toward the front of the...
- 6/20/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Founded in 2007 by nonfiction filmmaker, writer, and visual artist Aj Schnack, Cinema Eye began as an awards event for documentary films, but by 2010, had blossomed into a multi-day celebration of the form, paying tribute to each year’s new class of nominees, as well as the influences that shaped them all. They were the first and remain the only international nonfiction awards organization to recognize the entire creative team, presenting awards for directing, editing, producing, cinematography, original score, visual design, and sound design, as well as non-competitive Honors for onscreen participants.
Doubling down on their commitment to recognizing all creative team members, starting in the year 2025, the named nominees for Cinema Eye’s highest honor, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, will include the films’ directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, sound and visual designers, as well as the primary onscreen participants. Individuals will be nominated for this category regardless of...
Doubling down on their commitment to recognizing all creative team members, starting in the year 2025, the named nominees for Cinema Eye’s highest honor, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, will include the films’ directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, composers, sound and visual designers, as well as the primary onscreen participants. Individuals will be nominated for this category regardless of...
- 6/20/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
Not only are Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series contenders Lionel Boyce and Ebon Moss-Bacharach on the current reigning Outstanding Comedy Series winner, instantly putting them on voters’ radars, they also both got memorable episodes spotlighting their characters in the second season of the FX series.
To go even further, it can be argued that because Season...
The State of the Race
Not only are Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series contenders Lionel Boyce and Ebon Moss-Bacharach on the current reigning Outstanding Comedy Series winner, instantly putting them on voters’ radars, they also both got memorable episodes spotlighting their characters in the second season of the FX series.
To go even further, it can be argued that because Season...
- 6/20/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
If you liked seeing the “M3GAN” robot dancing, the cinematic universe is about to get a lot kinkier.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are in the works on a spinoff film to “M3GAN” called “SOULM8TE,” which is being described as an “erotic thriller” inspired by similar movies from the 1990s. We’re thinking “Cruel Intentions,” “Wild Things,” “Basic Instinct,” “Sliver,” or earlier ’80s movies like “Body Heat” or “Fatal Attraction,” but with a killer robot.
In “SOULM8TE,” a man acquires an artificially intelligent android to cope with the loss of his recently deceased wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, he inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.
Kate Dolan (“You Are Not My Mother”) is directing the film, and Universal has already set a release date for January 2, 2026. James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Rafael Jordan came up with the story, and Dolan co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are in the works on a spinoff film to “M3GAN” called “SOULM8TE,” which is being described as an “erotic thriller” inspired by similar movies from the 1990s. We’re thinking “Cruel Intentions,” “Wild Things,” “Basic Instinct,” “Sliver,” or earlier ’80s movies like “Body Heat” or “Fatal Attraction,” but with a killer robot.
In “SOULM8TE,” a man acquires an artificially intelligent android to cope with the loss of his recently deceased wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, he inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.
Kate Dolan (“You Are Not My Mother”) is directing the film, and Universal has already set a release date for January 2, 2026. James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Rafael Jordan came up with the story, and Dolan co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan.
- 6/20/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
Wow, wow, wow is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series competitive this year. “Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson and “The Bear” star Ayo Edebiri just won Emmys in January of this year And now they both are up against “Hacks” star Jean Smart, who won this Emmy category for both Season 1 and 2 of her Max series.
The State of the Race
Wow, wow, wow is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series competitive this year. “Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson and “The Bear” star Ayo Edebiri just won Emmys in January of this year And now they both are up against “Hacks” star Jean Smart, who won this Emmy category for both Season 1 and 2 of her Max series.
- 6/20/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
If “Curb Your Enthusiasm” were to overtake “The Bear” in a major category, it may most likely be Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. There is no doubt Jeremy Allen White, the star of the latter FX series will be back in contention again for his performance in its upcoming third season, but this year is it for Larry David,...
The State of the Race
If “Curb Your Enthusiasm” were to overtake “The Bear” in a major category, it may most likely be Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. There is no doubt Jeremy Allen White, the star of the latter FX series will be back in contention again for his performance in its upcoming third season, but this year is it for Larry David,...
- 6/20/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
After the best opening box office weekend of 2024, it’s safe to declare that “Inside Out 2” is the much-needed success Pixar hoped it would be. But has the sequel righted the studio’s ship entirely? Only time will tell there, but its continued success this week foretells the film may end up, against all odds, the movie of the summer, if not the year. And Pixar may have known they had a winner all along, as Deadline reports (via EW) a new “Inside Out” project on the way in 2025 (although it arguably fits the model that got Pixar in such trouble in the first place).
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Continue reading ‘Inside Out’: Pixar Cco Pete Docter Confirms A Spinoff Series Will Hit Disney+ In 2025 at The Playlist.
- 6/20/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
The idea of frontrunners can be a fraught subject while discussing Emmys because it doesn’t really help anyone but the winners to see one show receive the same award year after year. As we have seen with the late night TV categories, when the focus is only on one or two shows, the rest of the TV...
The State of the Race
The idea of frontrunners can be a fraught subject while discussing Emmys because it doesn’t really help anyone but the winners to see one show receive the same award year after year. As we have seen with the late night TV categories, when the focus is only on one or two shows, the rest of the TV...
- 6/20/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
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