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Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Daisy Edgar-Jones are starring in a Netflix movie!

The three actors are set to lead an upcoming heist film titled Here Comes the Flood. It will be directed by Fernando Meirelles, and the screenplay was written by Simon Kinberg.

Here Comes the Flood tells the story of “a bank guard plotting with a master thief to steal, the rise and fall of his relationship with a bank teller and a series of twists that unveil the con game at the center of it all,” per Variety.

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Robert recently played the lead role in the sci-fi comedy Mickey 17, while Daisy recently starred in the movie On Swift Horses, which was released last month. As for Denzel, he is currently starring as the titular role in Othello on Broadway.

If you didn’t see, Denzel recently responded to the extremely high ticket prices for Othello.

Netflix has assembled an exciting cast for a heist thriller from “City of God” and “The Two Popes” director Fernando Meirelles. Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Daisy Edgar-Jones will all star in “Here Comes the Flood” for the streaming service.

Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria announced the news during the streamer’s Upfronts presentation on Wednesday. The film hails from writer Simon Kinberg, who is also producing the film alongside Audrey Chon for his Genre Films banner, as is Meirelles. Samson Mucke is executive producing.

“Here Comes the Flood” is an unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.

Kinberg’s script dates as far back as 2020, when Netflix first won the spec script from Kinberg and later when Jason Bateman was in talks to direct the film. Now though, Pattinson has just closed his deal to star.

Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to lead heist film “Here Comes the Flood” at Netflix. The feature directed by Academy Award nominee Fernando Meirelles tells the story of a bank guard plotting with a master thief to steal, the rise and fall of his relationship with a bank teller and a series of twists that unveil the con game at the center of it all.

The project was announced during Netflix’s Upfront presentation on Wednesday. Simon Kinberg (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”) penned the script for “Here Comes the Flood.” Producers include Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Films and Meirelles. Samson Mucke serves as executive producer. According to Netflix’s official logline, “Here Comes the Flood” is an “unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses.”

Washington will next appear in...

As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker.

Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March 14. The Life List arrived on the streamer at the end of March, and On Swift Horses starring Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter and Daisy Edgar-Jones hit theaters in April.

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man and Josh Boone’s Regretting You, which will likely follow in the footsteps of the Blake Lively-starring It Ends With Us and further pave a path for future Collen Hoover film adaptations like Verity and Reminders of Him.

Several other big screen adaptations of books are arriving on streamers and in theaters this year. Check out the full...

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival has revealed its full program, launching a massive lineup of 201 films from 70 countries, including 17 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 137 Australian premieres across multiple venues including the iconic Sydney Opera House as a new screening location.

Festival director Nashen Moodley announced the program will feature 15 films direct from Cannes including Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set art heist drama “The Mastermind.”

“The 2025 festival offers a bold and expansive view of cinema today, with films that confront the urgent realities of our world, while also revelling in the power of imagination and storytelling,” said Moodley.

Other key highlights include “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston, debut Australian director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning satire “Slanted,” Sundance comedy “Twinless,” and “On Swift Horses” featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi.

The festival will open with the Australian premiere of “Together,” written and...

Diego Calva is opening up about filming On Swift Horses with Jacob Elordi!

In the movie, the two play two characters who meet and start a hidden romance, with a steamy relationship.

This, of course, leads to scenes where they both end up in sexual encounters, and having to be without clothes.

In a recent interview, Diego dished on having to be naked on set with Jacob and what it was like kissing someone who is very tall.

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“There was one moment, probably the first scene when I realised how tall Jacob was and it was my first time acting looking up,” Diego told Attitude mag. “He was laughing at me! He’s way taller – I had like a neck pain for the first week from just kissing.”

As for filming sex scenes, Diego noted it was intimidating with Jacob.

“Believe me, being naked around Jacob Elordi is intimidating!

While filming On Swift Horses, Diego Calva experienced some whiplash that was not equestrian-related.

The Golden Globe nominee recalled suffering “neck pain” while kissing 6’5″ scene partner Jacob Elordi in some steamy scenes from the Daniel Minahan-helmed queer romance, now playing in theaters.

“There was one moment, probably the first scene when I realised how tall Jacob was and it was my first time acting looking up,” he told Attitude. “He was laughing at me! He’s way taller – I had like a neck pain for the first week from just kissing.”

Calva also admitted to being intimidated around his co-star in their nude scenes. “Believe me, being naked around Jacob Elordi is intimidating! He’s like a fucking god! He’s too perfect! … It’s hard not to do a hot scene with Jacob shirtless!” he said.

In On Swift Horses, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and husband Lee (Will Poulter...

Exclusive: Wavelength, the Emmy and Tony-winning indie production studio known for projects like On Swift Horses, has signed with Verve for full-service representation across all areas.

Entering its 10th year, Wavelength is active across documentary and narrative films, series, branded content, and theater. The partnership with Verve is part of a long-term strategy to expand the company’s creative and business footprint across platforms, formats, and audiences.

The announcement marks continued momentum for Wavelength, on the heels of its February acquisition of sports-focused production agency Duplex Deli, as well as the recent launch of its 2025 Wave Grant, supporting first-time women and gender non-conforming Bipoc filmmakers. It follows the April 25 release of the studio’s TIFF romantic drama On Swift Horses, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi, via Sony Pictures Classics.

“Signing with Verve is a natural next step in Wavelength’s evolution. We’re built the same—intentional, creative, and relentlessly driven,...

In the last five years or so, Jacob Elordi has established himself as one of Hollywood's brightest new (male) talents. It's a wonder that Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza didn't cast him in their recent film Warfare. But perhaps he was occupied; Elordi is currently working on the long-awaited third season of HBO's Euphoria, but did you know that a fix for his fans is available right at this moment? He's headlining the Prime Video series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which debuted on April 18 to incredible reviews, but doesn't seem to have made much of a noise.

In fact, the show hasn't even hit Prime Video's domestic top 10 charts in the last three days, according to data collated by FlixPatrol. That being said, it's finding an audience in Elordi's home country of Australia. The Narrow Road to the Deep North has been averaging between 15 and 30 "points" on FlixPatrol this past week,...

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii, the concert film from Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, has grossed an estimated $2.6 million in North America for a no. 9 spot. Digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage by Pink Floyd’s director of restoration, Lana Topham, and featuring newly enhanced audio mixed by Steven Wilson, this release presents the definitive version of the film from Sony Music’s Film and TV division.

Pink Floyd At Pompeii predates the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon and the film documents the band before they became giants on both sides of the Atlantic. Set in the...

On this week’s Screen Talk, co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio dig into Ryan Coogler’s $90-million period vampire musical “Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack, as well as the boffo box office and the controversial deal.

Warners opened the movie to a bigger-than-expected $48 million Easter weekend, and a weak $15 million overseas. The only other horror film to ever earn an A CinemaScore was James Cameron’s sequel “Aliens” in 1986. It’s rare and bodes well for a broader audience. Nearly half of the opening-day audience was Black, which increased to 38 percent by the weekend’s end.

Warners has bragging rights over this one and, with “A Minecraft Movie,” enjoyed two movies grossing over $40 million. It spells some relief for embattled studio heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. The movie is original and unusual, and thoughtful and entertaining enough to warrant success. It’s...

Although Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead the upcoming romantic drama On Swift Horses, don’t expect the typical sparks between the pair.

Director Daniel Minahan teased the film, now playing in theaters, and how the dynamic between Elordi’s Julius and Edgar-Jones’ Muriel “transcends even sexuality” to explore the LGBTQ characters’ “platonic” romance.

“I thought it was so unique, the idea of these two queer people falling in love and having this huge impact on each other’s lives,” Minahan told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s a romance that’s platonic, but it transcends even sexuality. It was a really interesting way to keep people apart, but they have almost a twinning or a spiritual bond.”

In On Swift Horses, Muriel and husband Lee (Will Poulter) begin a new life together in California after he returns home from the Korean War. But the arrival of Lee’s charismatic younger brother...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson for Wbgr-fm on April 24th, 2025, reviewing the new film “On Swift Horse,” based on a novel about two souls seeking identity. In theaters on April 25th.

Daisy Edgar-Jones is Muriel, a Kansas gal in the 1950s who will eventually marry Lee (Will Poulter), who is the brother to Julius (Jacob Elordi). The trio make a triangle, and make a promise to move together to San Diego, but Julius takes a detour in Las Vegas, where he takes up with Henry (Diego Calva), and they make other promises to each other. Meanwhile Muriel is setting up house with Lee, but finds herself attracted to neighbor Sandra (Sasha Calle). Instead of boy girl boy it’s now boy boy and girl girl … not the best situation to be in during the uptight 1950s.

”On Swift Horses” is in theaters on April 25th.

I blame “Ozzie and Harriet.” The 1950s are often treated like a halcyon era for American culture, when all the cars were colorful land yachts, all the steaks were the size of a human head and four out of five doctors said smoking was good for you. Yup, the TV claimed that everything was just ducky in the United States in the 1950s. Unless of course you were a woman. Or if you weren’t white. Or if you were queer in literally any way.

Daniel Minahan takes us back to the decade of quiet desperation with his adaptation of “On Swift Horses,” a 2019 novel by Shannon Pufahl. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Muriel, whose Korean War veteran boyfriend Lee (Will Poulter) has asked her to marry him many times. Which, as we all know, is in no way a red flag and just means you have to ask more often.

The indie box office offers a half dozen strong debuts from Magic Farm buy El Planeta’s Amalia Ulman to Venice Special Jury Prize winner April to Cannes Critics Week award- winner Blue Sun Palace. Sony Pictures Classics leads moderate releases with On Swift Horses with a remastered rerelease of Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. The Legend Of Ochi takes a big leap to 1,700 screens.

Limited release indies: Mubi debuts Ulman’s comedy comedy Magic Farm starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apolloino, and Simon Rex at the Angelika Film Center in New York. World premiered at Sundance, screened at the Berlin Film Festival and was the opening night film of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies earlier this month. When a misguided American documentary crew in search of their next viral segment ends up in the wrong town in rural Argentina, chaos ensues.

Although great novels do not always translate perfectly to the screen, using a profound piece of literature as inspiration is rarely a mistake. Many of the hardest aspects of storytelling are crafting characters with interiority, developing a world that feels like it could exist beyond the confines of the specific narrative, and detailing a time and era that informs the context of the situation. As a novel, “On Swift Horses” may have been pitched as an attempt to recapture the spirit of the “Great American Epic,” as there are innumerable comparisons to be made with the work of William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and F. Scott Fitzgerlad. As a film, Daniel Minhan’s directorial debut is absorbing and understated, even if it often feels overexerted in trying to bring to life every detail from the page.

Set in the midst of the Korean War, “On Swift Horses” explores the lives of...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics releases “On Swift Horses” in theaters Friday, April 25.

“A gambler only has one obligation: to keep himself informed.”

When Julius (Jacob Elordi) dispenses this wisdom to his sister-in-law Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) he’s ostensibly talking about cheating in card games. But in “On Swift Horses,” his words cause ripples beneath the surface in a makeshift family where nearly everyone is living a lie. He’s a gambler addicted to the highs of life, traversing desert casinos to chase the thrill of stealing a quick buck and fleeting connections with gay lovers. And she’s a married woman whose attraction to other women is becoming harder and harder to ignore, prompting her to start betting on horses to fund the kind of double life she’s starting to suspect she’ll need. Like moths to dueling flames,...

Plot: Muriel and her husband Lee are about to begin a bright new life, which is upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother. Muriel embarks on a secret life, gambling on racehorses and discovering a love she never thought possible.

Review: In 2005, it was considered radical that Brokeback Mountain would get a wide theatrical release, considering it was a homosexual love story. How times have changed. Two decades later, On Swift Horses is the latest in a long line of queer films that boast substantial star power and nuanced narratives about same-sex relationships. The stigma is no longer as prominent as it once was, but there is still something to be said about heterosexual actors playing gay characters. Still, it bodes well for box office performance when you have up-and-coming talents like Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones in those roles. On Swift Horses, based on Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel of the same name,...

Based on the popular 2019 novel by Shannon Pufahl, On Swift Horses debuted at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where its star-studded romance enchanted audiences. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi as a woman and her brother-in-law who undergo their own journeys of self-discovery in the underworld of gambling.

We at FandomWire got the opportunity to speak with On Swift Horses director Daniel Minahan and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Diego Calva (Babylon) about the film, its unique place within the Lgbtqia+ film canon, and how the actors approached their roles.

On Swift Horses Interview On Swift Horses RelatedOn Swift Horses TIFF Review — Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Prove Their Star Power in Riveting Romance

FandomWire: On Swift Horses defies the expectations of its genre. At first, you think it’s setting up a love triangle, but it soon becomes clear that it’s so much more. Why do you...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. On Swift Horses opens in theaters on April 25.

It’s been some time since we’ve had such a ridiculously attractive lineup of buzzworthy young actors as the quartet starring in Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses. Daisy Edgar-Jones, the tremendously talented star of Twisters and Normal People, is Muriel, a young woman in 1950s Kansas. Her soon-to-be husband, Lee, is played by Will Poulter, who has shined in everything from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to Kathryn Bigelow’s underrated Detroit. Returning from Korea––and making his introduction to Muriel shirtless, reclining on a car––is Lee’s brother, Julius. Yes, friends: the devil-may-care Julius is played by Jacob Elordi. I have not even gotten to the characters played by Babylon’s Diego Calva and Sasha Calle, a.k.a., the best thing about The Flash.

Daisy Edgar-Jones may easily be mistaken for Anne Hathaway’s identical twin! And I’m not just talking about how they look alike. Beyond their similarity in appearance, they perfectly mimic one another’s fashion sense!

Like Anne Hathaway, Daisy Edgar-Jones has a penchant for timeless, sophisticated fashion. She leans toward classic pieces but sometimes embraces modern, chic ensembles to showcase her versatility.

Daisy Edgar-Jones showcases her penchant for timeless elegance and modern sophistication in Khaite and Shushu/Tong outfits with heels from Jude (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)

While promoting her upcoming movie, On Swift Horses, Daisy displayed her exceptional style prowess, reflecting her sophisticated taste.

On Swift Horses: Exploring Sexuality and Romance in the 1950s

On Swift Horses focuses on the struggles of navigating queerness in a society where such desires are heavily frowned upon.

Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Will Poulter) settle in California after the...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is stepping out to promote her new movie!

The 26-year-old actress attended a special screening of her new movie On Swift Horses on Thursday evening (April 17) held at Regal Essex Crossing in New York City.

Daisy, who looked gorgeous in a white dress, was joined at the screening by co-star Diego Luna, director Daniel Minahan, and screenwriter Bryce Kass.

Keep reading to find out more…Based on the novel of the same name by Shannon Pufahl, the movie is described as a queer love story during a time when queerness wasn’t celebrated or accepted.

Jacob Edordi stars as Julius, a Korean war veteran that’s moving in with his brother Lee and Lee’s wife, Muriel. Eventually, the brothers part and Julius finds himself in Las Vegas working as a mole to catch cheaters in casinos. While there, he meets Henry, played by Diego. Julius and Henry...

The American dream in all its slippery indefinability and spurious promise is the guiding light of Daniel Minihan’s On Swift Horses, based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl. In the tradition of The City and the Pillar, Giovanni’s Room, and The Price of Salt, the film looks at midcentury gay and lesbian life as a series of quotidian tragedies of compromise in the pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness. This was an era of national, capitalistic self-determinism that excluded queer individuals from the promised joys of the post-war boom.

Jacob Elordi stars as Julius, who, after an early discharge from the Korean War, winds his way back to the homestead of his brother, Lee (Will Poulter), and sister-in-law to be, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones). Lee is thrilled to have his wayward brother by his side, and the trio eagerly plan a future in California together. Six months later, though,...

Spring is in full bloom here at Film Independent, and the seasons best Indies have blossomed at our Film Independent Presents Screenings. The great thing about this season’s films is the great variety of genres you get. We showed an epic queer romance in On Swift Horses, a of-the-moment anti rom-com with I Love You Forever, a coming of age crowd-pleaser with Bob Trevino Likes It, and a punk time-capsule of a documentary in Secret Mall Apartment.

After each screening, of course, we bring the audience into the filmmaking process with Q&As with the creators and stars of the film. Here are a few of our latest Q&As

Bob Trevino Likes It

Sometimes the love and support you need comes from unexpected places. In Bob Trevino Likes It, Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira) goes looking for her estranged father Bob on Facebook, and instead finds a man with the same name,...

Warfare, co-directed and co-written by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, draws from firsthand accounts of a Navy Seal mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in November 2006. The script is based entirely on the memories of Mendoza and his fellow SEALs, offering a close-up view of an overnight surveillance operation that shifted into active conflict.

The film begins with a unit of Navy SEALs splitting into three teams. Their task: occupy a residential building under cover of darkness to observe enemy movement and secure the area for incoming ground forces. The mission, carried out in a region known for Al Qaeda activity, unfolds in confined interior spaces with little exposition and minimal dialogue. Military jargon is used without translation, and characters are shown as coordinated parts of a functioning team rather than as individually profiled figures.

The cast includes D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai as a young Ray Mendoza. Woon-a-Tai gained attention for his work on Reservation Dogs,...

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This April, we are getting a ton of entertainment on various platforms, including streaming services, television networks, and, last but not least, theatres. This upcoming month, we will finally see the release of the much-anticipated sequel to the 2016 film The Accountant and Ryan Coogler‘s new period supernatural horror film Sinners. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming movies that you might not want to miss seeing in theatres.

A Minecraft Movie (In Theatres Right Now) Credit – Warner Bros.

A Minecraft Movie is a fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jared Hess from a screenplay co-written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta. Based on the popular sandbox game Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios, the 2025 film follows a group of misfits as they are pulled into the Overworld,...

After 20 years in the business, there are a few things that Will Poulter has noticed about his public perception, and they’ve been coming up a lot lately. The first is that few people can accept the fact that he really is British. When he appeared in a surprise guest role on season two of The Bear as the soft-spoken and heavily tattooed English pastry chef Luca, his West London accent was so authentic, nobody believed it was real. He remembers getting a review in which the critic wrote “Will Poulter does his best attempt at a British accent …”

“People are also commenting on my height,” he goes on, referencing the second thing the public gets wrong about him. “Everyone says, ‘You’re taller than I thought you’d be.’ I never know what to say — I grew up short, and it very much formed my entire personality. So, I...

While our sprawling summer movie preview will arrive by the end of the month, we’ll first take a comprehensive look at the April releases to have on your radar. Featuring festival favorites from as far back as early last year finally getting a theatrical run to at least one studio tentpole that piques our interest, dive in below.

13. Magic Farm (Amalia Ulman; April 25)

While not quite delivering on the promise she showed in her first feature El Planeta, Amalia Ulman’s Magic Farm is a zany odyssey that finds the satire in Vice News-type journalism. Kent M. Wilhelm said in his Sundance review, “I was sold on the premise of satirizing opportunistic content creators who play dress-up as journalists, but weaving that into the storylines of the ensemble cast is no easy task for a sophomore feature. The plot gets lost; when it feels like there’s too much going on,...

Daisy Edgar-Jones had her breakout role in the Hulu series Normal People, and has since starred in a series of critically acclaimed films, alongside many popular male stars. In a new interview, she praised them for being supportive of her being the top-billed star.

Edgar-Jones had several nominations for her role in Normal People, including one at BAFTA, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globes. She later went on to star in other popular projects, including 2022's Where the Crawdads Sing and Fresh, as well as Twisters. In a new interview with Elle, Daisy Edgar-Jones praised her A-list male co-stars who were never upset about her being the lead star over them.

Since her breakout role, she starred with many famous stars. She and her Normal People co-star Paul Mescal, went on to become internationally famous, which led to Mescal gaining the lead role in 2024's Gladiator II. She also starred alongside...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is singing Paul Mescal’s praises once more.

The “Where the Crawdads Sing” and “On Swift Horses” actress told Elle that working with Mescal is “like playing tennis with your best friend.” The duo co-starred in “Normal People” together, which now marks its five-year anniversary.

“I have worked with basically all of the internet’s boyfriends,” Edgar-Jones said, citing Mescal, her “Twisters” co-star Glen Powell, and “Fresh” actor Sebastian Stan. “And I’m lucky that every actor I’ve worked with has been incredibly supportive of me being the lead. Glen, Sebastian, Paul, all of them. I think that’s why they’re so successful and so loved and so good: That they are so generous, and they really serve the story and are not serving themselves.”

Edgar-Jones continued, “Glen was always like, ‘What’s Kate’s journey in this? Let’s find it.’ And same with Sebastian...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is weighing in on her male co-stars, who she says have supported her being top billed over them.

Edgar-Jones has had many A-list male co-stars like Glen Powell on Twisters, Sebastian Stan on Fresh, and Paul Mescal on Normal People.

“I have worked with basically all of the internet’s boyfriends,” she said in an interview with Elle. “And I’m lucky that every actor I’ve worked with has been incredibly supportive of me being the lead. Glen, Sebastian, Paul, all of them. I think that’s why they’re so successful and so loved and so good: that they are so generous, and they really serve the story and are not serving themselves.”

She continued, “Glen was always like, ‘What’s Kate’s journey in this? Let’s find it.’ And same with Sebastian; he was so completely invested in Noa’s journey. Paul’s like...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is aware that many of her co-stars have been men the internet has swooned over.

Over the past few years, the actress has starred alongside Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs, including Paul Mescal (Normal People), Harris Dickinson (Where the Crawdads Sing), Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven), Sebastian Stan (Fresh), Glen Powell (Twisters) and Jacob Elordi (On Swift Horses).

In an interview with Elle magazine published on Tuesday, Edgar-Jones spoke about working alongside such high-demand and crush-worthy actors.

“I have worked with basically all of the internet’s boyfriends. And I’m lucky that every actor I’ve worked with has been incredibly supportive of me being the lead. Glen, Sebastian, Paul — all of them. I think that’s why they’re so successful and so loved and so good: that they are so generous and they really serve the story and are not serving themselves,” Edgar-Jones said.

Daisy Edgar-Jones said in an interview with Elle Magazine that she is quite fortunate her A-list male co-stars have never taken issue with her being the lead star over them. She first broke out onto the scene opposite Paul Mescal in “Normal People” before co-starring with Sebastian Stan (“Fresh”), Harris Dickinson (“Where the Crawdads Sing”), Glen Powell (“Twisters”), Andrew Garfield (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Jacob Elordi (“On Swift Horses”). Edgar-Jones joked that she’s basically “worked with all of the internet’s boyfriends,” so much so that she’s just got “Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler left.”

“I’m lucky that every actor I’ve worked with has been incredibly supportive of me being the lead,” she added on a more serious note. “Glen, Sebastian, Paul, all of them. I think that’s why they’re so successful and so loved and so good: that they are so generous,...

Set amidst spring in wine country, every year the 28th Sonoma International Film Festival offers a festive fusion of food, film, and community. Opening March 19, the festival wrapped things up on March 23 after five days of specialty screenings and culinary pleasures with its Grand Jury and Audience awards (see below). This celebration of cinema showcased 93 films from 21 countries, accompanied by an array of film talent and culinary stars. The festival’s diverse lineup included 39 narrative features, 16 documentary features, and 38 short films.

The festival opened with the World Premiere of documentary “Sweet Störy” (Utopia), directed by Sarah Justine Kerruish and Matt Maude, about saving a colorful café in a remote area of Sweden. The Centerpiece Film was “On Swift Horses” (Sony Pictures Classics), a period relationship drama starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, and Will Poulter, and the festival closed with Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet” (Bleecker), starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone,...

After swirling through the box office and making an impact, Twisters spins its way onto a new streaming service. The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning original, Twister, debuts on Amazon Prime Video and finds instant success on the popular streamer.

Twisters debuted via Prime Video on Mar. 18, nearly eight months after its theatrical debut, and is already the top-ranked movie on the platform. The disaster film sequel's Prime Video success adds to its streaming prowess on Peacock, where it debuted last November and outperformed the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer with its early returns.

Coming nearly three decades after the Oscar-nominated Twister, Twisters is a standalone sequel to the original, not carrying over characters or storylines from the first film, though it maintains the movie's spirit. The film sees Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) return to storm chasing after a tragic event from her days as a meteorology student, looking to track a tornado...

The Direct spoke with some of the talented cast and filmmakers behind On Swift Horses at SXSW, where they spelled out how the movie's dangerous love story is so unique and impactful.

On Swift Horses centers around Daisy Edgar-Jones' Muriel, whose life in the 1950s starts to become more complicated than she ever realized after growing closer to her husband's (Will Poulter's Lee) brother (Jacob Elordi's Julius).

Muriel soon finds herself discovering new things about herself, which unexpectedly introduces her to a whole nother world existing in the shadows, avoiding prosecution.

Read full article on The Direct.

Oh, Hi! has now found a studio. The upcoming dark romantic comedy, which was written and directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), follows a couple - Iris and Isaac (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief star Logan Lerman) - whose new marriage swiftly unravels when they embark on a road trip. The cast of the movie, which has already earned a solidly Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 72%, also includes Blockers' Geraldine Viswanathan and Stranger Things supporting player John Reynolds.

Per Variety, Oh, Hi! has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics just over a month after its Sundance premiere on January 26. So far, there has been no official release date set for the project. Read comments on the acquisition from Sophie Brooks and Sony Pictures Classics below:

Sophie Brooks: I couldn’t be more thrilled that we have found our home with Sony Pictures Classics. For as long as I can remember,...

When “On Swift Horses” played as a secret screening at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January, at least half a dozen people walked out, not because it’s bad but because a certain contingent of the normally open-minded art-house audience hadn’t signed up for a gay love story. For that reason, it feels like the opposite of a spoiler — something between a consumer service and a selling point — to address what the festival capsules only coyly imply, using phrases like “self-discovery” (Toronto) and “exploring a love she never dreamed possible” (SXSW).

Adapted from the well-regarded novel by Shannon Pufahl, director Daniel Minahan’s queer period drama explores the challenges of coming out in the 1950s, as two characters attracted not to one another — as those deliberately deceptive plot synopses would have you think — but to members of their own genders. Knowing that allows you to focus not on...

Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones are gambling with more than just cash in the new trailer for On Swift Horses. Arriving in theaters in April, the Sony Pictures Classics novel adaptation wraps the pair of stars up in a complicated affair over shared repression in a staunchly conservative time after the Korean War. They find freedom in each other and the thrill of betting it all, even if everything could come crashing down once their secrets come to light. The new footage gives another taste of the romance to come as complex queer love triangles form between their characters and passion drives them forward.

Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the official poster and trailer for its upcoming drama, “On Swift Horses,” set to hit theaters on April 25, 2025.

Directed by Daniel Minahan and adapted by Bryce Kass from Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, the film boasts a stellar cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

The narrative centers on Muriel and her husband Lee, who embark on a new life in California following Lee’s return from the Korean War. Their stability is disrupted by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a gambler with a secretive past. As a complex love triangle forms, Julius departs in search of a young card cheat he’s enamored with, prompting Muriel to explore her own desires through gambling on racehorses and pursuing an unexpected romance.

The official poster, released recently, captures the film’s romantic and dramatic essence, featuring the lead...

Filmmakers and festival attendees are in Austin for the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival to celebrate the convergence of the tech, film and music industries across a variety of programming formats and special events. The fest runs March 7-14.

Celebrating its 31st year, SXSW promises a dynamic blend of tech, film, and music, featuring red-carpet premieres and diverse programming.

Kicking off the festivities, Amazon MGM Studios is world premiering Another Simple Favor, the sequel starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively and directed by Paul Feig. This time, Stephanie and Emily trade suburban secrets for Italian intrigue as Emily’s lavish Capri wedding descends into a whirlwind of murder, betrayal and unexpected twists. The cast includes Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Alex Newell, Henry Golding and Allison Janney.

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Other premieres Friday include Kevin Bacon: A Career Retrospective From Footloose to The Bondsman and The Threesome,...

Every March, hundreds of thousands of people descend on the city of Austin, TX for SXSW — making it one of the biggest professional events in the world. The storied Film and TV Festival serves as a launching pad for big Hollywood blockbusters and indie gems alike, meaning that attendees are sure to walk away having discovered the next big thing.

We at FandomWire are excited to again be covering the SXSW Film and TV Festival. If you are going to be in beautiful Austin, TX for the city’s top cinematic event of the year, here are a few films — five narrative and five non-fiction — that we think you should check out at this year’s festival.

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The biggest draw of Uzula Barba Hopfner’s Corina is a supporting performance by Ted Lasso’s Cristo Fernández.

The Miami Film Festival today revealed the lineup for its upcoming 42nd edition, a slate of almost 200 narratives, documentaries, and short films, including 35 world premieres.

The cinematic showcase, set to unfold April 3-13, will open with Meet the Barbarians, directed by and starring two-time Oscar nominee Julie Delpy. The French-born star and filmmaker will receive the festival’s Impact Award on April 3. The festival, a presentation of Miami Dade College, will close with On Swift Horses, the drama directed by Daniel Minahan that stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, and Sasha Calle.

Musician Willy Chirino

Mff will host the world premiere of Chirino directed by Jorge A. Soliño, “the story of Willy Chirino, one of the greatest musicians in the history of Cuban music.” Among the festival’s other world premieres are Ethan Bloom, directed by Herschel Faber; A Line of Fire, directed by Matt Shapira; Interstate,...

Miami Dade College’s (Mdc) Miami Film Festival has announced its lineup for its upcoming festival taking place from April 3 – 13 in Miami. This year’s festival includes a number of highly-anticipated premieres, plus special honoree events, anniversary celebrations, and a raft of awards-focused entrants.

Mostly, it will be quite the event for fans of Julie Delpy (count us in), whose latest directorial effort, “Meet the Barbarians,” will open the festival on April 3. The multihyphenate will also be on hand to receive the festival’s Impact Award, and on April 4, she will offer an extended introduction to a 30th-anniversary screening of Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunrise.” The festival will close with “On Swift Horses,” directed by Daniel Minahan, on April 12.

Other highlights include honors for Mark Duplass, Paul Feig, Melanie Lynskey, Roger Ross Williams, and Billy Zane. Other anniversary specials include “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Center Stage,” and “Pride & Prejudice.

The spring film festival season is upon us. SXSW will begin this weekend, and Cannes is almost two months away. Later this month, the 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival will unspool and is set to feature some major premieres. Most notably, the Golden Bear winner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Dag Johan Haugrud’s “Dreams (Love Sex),” will have its North American debut in Sonoma.

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Other major screenings include the Opening Night world premiere of Sarah Justine Kerrisch and Matt Maude’s “Sweet Story,” the centerpiece screening of Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses,” and Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding Banquet,” which will close the festival.

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After “Civil War,” Alex Garland is still staying on the battlefront. The filmmaker next co-directs the upcoming A24 military drama-thriller “Warfare” alongside real-life Navy Seal veteran Ray Mendoza. The duo also both co-wrote the feature.

“Warfare” stars Oscar nominee Charles Melton, plus Kit Connor, Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, and Michael Gandolfini. The film is told in real time and following a platoon of American Navy SEALs as they occupy the home of an Iraqi family during war.

Per an official synopsis, the film “embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, over-watching the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.”

The large ensemble cast also includes D’pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Adain Bradley,...

Exclusive: The Sonoma International Film Festival announced the lineup for the 28th annual edition of the event, running March 19-23 in California’s bucolic wine country. Kicking off the festival will be the world premiere of Sweet Störy, a documentary that follows “a heartfelt journey to save a charming café” on a remote Swedish island.

Siff also will feature the world premieres of Roush Niaghi and Greg Morris’s Ali Eats America; Fernando Guillermo Barreda Luna’s Cafe Chairel, and Fatal Watch, directed by Mark Benjamin and Katie Carpenter. The festival will host the North American premiere of Dreams, the film directed by Dag Johan Haugerud that won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival last month.

Daisy Edgar-Jones in ‘On Swift Horses’

The Siff Centerpiece Film will be the California premiere of On Swift Horses, the drama starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi that’s based on the Shannon Pufahi novel.

The stars are kicking off Oscars weekend!

Jon Hamm and wife Anna Osceola joined Olivia Wilde and Zoe Kravitz at the 2025 Saint Laurent x Vanity Fair Pre-Oscar Dinner on Friday night (February 28) in Los Angeles.

The annual event, which celebrates awards season, was hosted by Saint Laurent Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello and Vanity Fair Editor in Chief Radhika Jones.

The event was also a mini reunion for Olivia and her Booksmart star Kaitlyn Dever!

Other stars in attendance included Rosé, Adrien Brody and girlfriend Georgina Chapman, Anora‘s Mark Eydelshteyn, Edgar Ramirez, Jodie Turner-Smith, Disclaimer‘s Leila George, On Swift Horses actress Sasha Calle, The Holdover‘s Dominic Sessa, Danny Ramirez, Ruth Negga, Esther McGregor, model Anja Rubik, influencers Devon and Sydney Lee Carlson, Lorraine Nicholson, Animal Kingdom‘s Ben Robson, and director Ethan Dawes.

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Chloe Domont may have shown a relationship hellscape with Sundance hit erotic thriller “Fair Play,” but the writer/director is venturing further into Dante’s nine circles with her new feature, “A Place In Hell.”

Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones will lead the legal thriller, which will be written and directed by Domont. “Fair Play” was Domont’s feature directorial debut. She previously wrote on series such as “Ballers.” IndieWire has reached out to confirm this news, but received no response as of publication.

Deadline first reported the project.

“A Place In Hell” is billed as a “thriller following two women at a high profile criminal law firm.” MRC and T-Street are producing the feature. Star Thrower, Ram Bergman, and Rian Johnson’s banner T-Street at MRC formerly funded “Fair Play.”

“Fair Play” starred Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich as a couple who both worked at a hedge fund. While...

Exclusive: Another hot package is getting ready to hit the market as Deadline is hearing MRC and T-Street are putting together A Place in Hell, the next film from Fair Play director Chloe Domont, starring Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Domont will write and direct with MRC financing and T-Street producing.

Described as a thriller following two women at a high-profile criminal law firm, sources say the package is expected to hit the market in coming weeks.

Domont’s most recent film Fair Play was one of the breakout hits at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, with Netflix ultimately making it one of the major acquisitions of the festival. Once word got out last fall that Domont had her next film lined up, it wasn’t long before top tier talent like Williams and Edgar-Jones were on board.

Williams is a five-time Oscar nominee for My Week with Marilyn, Blue Valentine,...