Toronto – Queer characters hiding their true selves in the 1950s and early 1960s America is becoming something of its own subgenre. There is already Todd Haynes’ acclaimed melodrama “Carol,” Tom Ford’s “A Single Man,” Bill Condon’s “Gods and Monsters,” and a whole storyline in Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours.” All four of those films also have something in common, they are revered contemporary classics. It gives us no pleasure to report that Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses,” an adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, won’t join those particular films in critical or audience acclaim.
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Continue reading ‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Jacob Elordi & Daisy Edgar-Jones Can’t Spark This Queer Drama [TIFF] at The Playlist.
- 9/8/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Midnight Sun, a Twilight novel by Stephanie Meyer, is heading to the small screen at Netflix – in animated series form.
There was a time in the early 2010s when Twilight was just about the biggest film franchise around.
It comprises five films – 2008’s Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 2009’s New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, 2010’s Eclipse, directed by David Slade, and the two part finale Breaking Dawn, directed by Bill Condon and released in 2011 and 2012. Their success was such that two parody films were also released in quick succession, the much maligned Vampire’s Suck and Breaking Wind.
The films followed Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan as she becomes romantically involved with vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, and werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner. Which all leads to a battle with vampire coven The Volturi.
Adapted by future Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg, the large ensemble cast also included Billy Burke,...
There was a time in the early 2010s when Twilight was just about the biggest film franchise around.
It comprises five films – 2008’s Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 2009’s New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, 2010’s Eclipse, directed by David Slade, and the two part finale Breaking Dawn, directed by Bill Condon and released in 2011 and 2012. Their success was such that two parody films were also released in quick succession, the much maligned Vampire’s Suck and Breaking Wind.
The films followed Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan as she becomes romantically involved with vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, and werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner. Which all leads to a battle with vampire coven The Volturi.
Adapted by future Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg, the large ensemble cast also included Billy Burke,...
- 9/5/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Chloe Bennet (Interior Chinatown) and Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso) have been tapped to lead Hello Out There, an indie marking the feature debut of writer-director Otis Blum, which has wrapped production in New Mexico.
The film centers on Minnie (Bennet), a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across New Mexico with her cousin, Rex (Dunster), a punk rock guitarist fresh out of rehab, who is trying to figure out what’s left. Their stated mission: to investigate Area 51 and unearth the truth about extraterrestrial life. But as the journey unfolds, a deeper, more personal reason for their quest comes to light.
Thomas Mahoney produced via Handsome Watson, with Purple Intuition providing production services.
In a statement on the project, Blum told Deadline, “This is a story about connection. How do we connect from one individual to another, and from one planet to another?...
The film centers on Minnie (Bennet), a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across New Mexico with her cousin, Rex (Dunster), a punk rock guitarist fresh out of rehab, who is trying to figure out what’s left. Their stated mission: to investigate Area 51 and unearth the truth about extraterrestrial life. But as the journey unfolds, a deeper, more personal reason for their quest comes to light.
Thomas Mahoney produced via Handsome Watson, with Purple Intuition providing production services.
In a statement on the project, Blum told Deadline, “This is a story about connection. How do we connect from one individual to another, and from one planet to another?...
- 9/3/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Eddie Murphy played a huge part in Jamie Foxx doing the 2006 picture Dreamgirls. Foxx initially wasn’t that committed until learning one of his idols would be a part of the picture.
How Jamie Foxx ended up in ‘Dreamgirls’ Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy | Mark Davis/WireImage
Foxx ended up adding even more star-power to the already star-studded Dreamgirls. The movie cast already huge names like Murphy, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Hudson for the project. But when the critically acclaimed feature was first brought to Foxx, he confided that he wasn’t too receptive to the role.
Foxx was asking for a particular salary to appear in Dreamgirls, but his asking price was so high that negotiations broke down. It wasn’t until Foxx found out who he’d be working with that he decided his salary wouldn’t matter.
“The first time, it was just me in the movie – no Eddie Murphy,...
How Jamie Foxx ended up in ‘Dreamgirls’ Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy | Mark Davis/WireImage
Foxx ended up adding even more star-power to the already star-studded Dreamgirls. The movie cast already huge names like Murphy, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Hudson for the project. But when the critically acclaimed feature was first brought to Foxx, he confided that he wasn’t too receptive to the role.
Foxx was asking for a particular salary to appear in Dreamgirls, but his asking price was so high that negotiations broke down. It wasn’t until Foxx found out who he’d be working with that he decided his salary wouldn’t matter.
“The first time, it was just me in the movie – no Eddie Murphy,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
10 Best Films Of Eddie Murphy, Ranked. (Photo Credit – Instagram)
With his remarkable career, Eddie Murphy has found a place among the best comic actors of this generation. After first gaining fame on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s, he transitioned to films and has consistently captivated the audience ever since.
From his brilliant comic timing in the Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America franchises to his dramatic roles in Mr. Church and Dreamgirls, the actor has always impressed with his talent. Now that Eddie Murphy has been in the industry for close to five decades and has appeared in numerous projects, here is a ranking of 10 of his best films.
10. Mr. Church (2016)
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Bruce Beresford’s Mr. Church stars Murphy in the titular role of a talented cook hired by a dying woman, Marie, to take...
With his remarkable career, Eddie Murphy has found a place among the best comic actors of this generation. After first gaining fame on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s, he transitioned to films and has consistently captivated the audience ever since.
From his brilliant comic timing in the Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America franchises to his dramatic roles in Mr. Church and Dreamgirls, the actor has always impressed with his talent. Now that Eddie Murphy has been in the industry for close to five decades and has appeared in numerous projects, here is a ranking of 10 of his best films.
10. Mr. Church (2016)
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Bruce Beresford’s Mr. Church stars Murphy in the titular role of a talented cook hired by a dying woman, Marie, to take...
- 7/8/2024
- by Jashandeep Singh
- KoiMoi
Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin in 1841's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is the first fictional detective to appear in literature, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is hands down the most well-known detective in all of pop culture.
Identifying himself as a "consulting" detective, Sherlock Holmes is intelligent beyond all reason, analytical to a fault, and emotionally distant due to his obsessions with logic. But when he's hot on the case in an investigation, his flair for the dramatics kicks in and he lives to show off his findings. Not because he wants to be the center of attention, but because he must let everyone know just how brilliant he is for cracking the case. He's also a morally questionable individual, who has no problems lying to law enforcement or committing petty crimes of his own if it means getting one step closer to solving the mystery.
Identifying himself as a "consulting" detective, Sherlock Holmes is intelligent beyond all reason, analytical to a fault, and emotionally distant due to his obsessions with logic. But when he's hot on the case in an investigation, his flair for the dramatics kicks in and he lives to show off his findings. Not because he wants to be the center of attention, but because he must let everyone know just how brilliant he is for cracking the case. He's also a morally questionable individual, who has no problems lying to law enforcement or committing petty crimes of his own if it means getting one step closer to solving the mystery.
- 6/23/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Jennifer Lopez’s recent films in her career have failed to impress fans, with many complaining about the mediocrity of the films she is participating in. Although her performances in her recent films Shotgun Wedding, and The Mother were praised, the films were considered cliche and derivative. Her latest film Atlas may be the weakest film in recent years.
Jennifer Lopez plays Atlas Shepherd in Atlas | Netflix
The film has received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, with a meager score on Rotten Tomatoes. But it is still far from being her worst as fans will be surprised to know that one of her films with her husband Ben Affleck holds the record for the worst film of her career.
While Critics Lambast Atlas, It Is Still Far From Jennifer Lopez’s Worst Film Gigli
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s Gigli remains their worst-rated film ever | Sony Pictures
Jennifer Lopez...
Jennifer Lopez plays Atlas Shepherd in Atlas | Netflix
The film has received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, with a meager score on Rotten Tomatoes. But it is still far from being her worst as fans will be surprised to know that one of her films with her husband Ben Affleck holds the record for the worst film of her career.
While Critics Lambast Atlas, It Is Still Far From Jennifer Lopez’s Worst Film Gigli
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s Gigli remains their worst-rated film ever | Sony Pictures
Jennifer Lopez...
- 5/25/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
John Kander may be close to 100 years old, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t involved with the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
Kander and the late lyricist Fred Ebb – known collectively as Kander and Ebb – composed the music and wrote the songs for the original 1993 Tony-winning Broadway production of “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
The upcoming film, directed by Bill Condon, stars Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh.
“John Kander, who is 97 years old, was in the studio with me,” Lopez told me Monday at the premiere of her new Netflix sci-fi action movie, “Atlas.” “He is the most beautiful man. He was there for all of our recordings of the album and the pre-records for the movie. It was a dream.”
Lopez said Kander only had “very small notes” on her performance. “I was shocked,” she said.
Lopez’s producing partner,...
Kander and the late lyricist Fred Ebb – known collectively as Kander and Ebb – composed the music and wrote the songs for the original 1993 Tony-winning Broadway production of “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
The upcoming film, directed by Bill Condon, stars Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh.
“John Kander, who is 97 years old, was in the studio with me,” Lopez told me Monday at the premiere of her new Netflix sci-fi action movie, “Atlas.” “He is the most beautiful man. He was there for all of our recordings of the album and the pre-records for the movie. It was a dream.”
Lopez said Kander only had “very small notes” on her performance. “I was shocked,” she said.
Lopez’s producing partner,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
British authorities have granted Julian Assange leave to appeal his U.S. extradition order in a victory for the WikiLeaks founder amid his ongoing legal battle.
The two U.K. judges deferred a decision in March on whether Assange, who is hoping to avoid being prosecuted in the States over espionage charges, could take his case to another appeal hearing.
The 52-year-old had been granted an appeal only if the Biden administration was unable to provide the court with suitable assurances, including that he is ensured freedom of speech protections and will not receive the death penalty.
The decision follows a British court ruling in April 2022 that Assange could be sent to the U.S. That ruling came after a legal battle that went all the way to the U.K. Supreme Court. Assange’s appeal was his only remaining legal avenue in the U.K. justice system.
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The two U.K. judges deferred a decision in March on whether Assange, who is hoping to avoid being prosecuted in the States over espionage charges, could take his case to another appeal hearing.
The 52-year-old had been granted an appeal only if the Biden administration was unable to provide the court with suitable assurances, including that he is ensured freedom of speech protections and will not receive the death penalty.
The decision follows a British court ruling in April 2022 that Assange could be sent to the U.S. That ruling came after a legal battle that went all the way to the U.K. Supreme Court. Assange’s appeal was his only remaining legal avenue in the U.K. justice system.
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- 5/20/2024
- by Lily Ford and Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roadmap Writers, a screenwriting education and training platform based in Los Angeles, is partnering with Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to identify short stories fit for film and television adaptation.
The competition, open now and running through June 14, seeks commercial-leaning work and carries a cash prize of $7,000. The top three stories will be published on Roadmap Writers.
Short stories have become coveted in the rights market, especially over the past year, and have led to bidding wars among the major studios and streamers. Author Victor Sweetser sold the innovative haunted house film “The Occupant” to New Line this year, and Matt Query got a 7-figure deal at Netflix for his Reddit short story “My Wife and I Bought a Ranch.”
For the Josephson competition, scouters are asking for work no longer than 50 pages and can be of any genre. In addition to the short story, authors are requested to submit a...
The competition, open now and running through June 14, seeks commercial-leaning work and carries a cash prize of $7,000. The top three stories will be published on Roadmap Writers.
Short stories have become coveted in the rights market, especially over the past year, and have led to bidding wars among the major studios and streamers. Author Victor Sweetser sold the innovative haunted house film “The Occupant” to New Line this year, and Matt Query got a 7-figure deal at Netflix for his Reddit short story “My Wife and I Bought a Ranch.”
For the Josephson competition, scouters are asking for work no longer than 50 pages and can be of any genre. In addition to the short story, authors are requested to submit a...
- 5/6/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Nobody was expecting it, but it’s true: two-time Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal – who earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in the 2010 film Crazy Heart and a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for writing her 2021 feature directorial debut The Lost Daughter – is writing and directing a film called The Bride!, a new take on the concept of the 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein (watch it Here). The Bride! is currently making its way through production and unveiling images that are intriguing, even if there are jarring elements to them. So we thought this was a good time to put together a list of Everything We Know About The Bride!
Studio And Release Date
The Bride! is not set up at Universal Pictures, so this isn’t an official remake of The Bride of Frankenstein, it’s a play on the same concepts found in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein that inspired the 1935 film.
Studio And Release Date
The Bride! is not set up at Universal Pictures, so this isn’t an official remake of The Bride of Frankenstein, it’s a play on the same concepts found in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein that inspired the 1935 film.
- 5/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Disney’s 2017 Beauty and the Beast live-action remake is one of the most critical and commercial hits by the House of the Mouse. The Emma Watson film holds the record of being the second-highest-grossing Disney live-action remake. However, the initial casting of the film was much different with Ryan Gosling in the role of Beast.
A still from Beauty and the Beast
The 2017 Bill Condon directorial had Emma Watson and Dan Stevens leading the film. Stevens played the Beast through motion capture opposite Watson’s Belle. While the current scenario of Disney live-action remakes is not going well, Beauty and the Beast was praised for being faithful to the source material and offering a fresh retelling at the same time.
Why did Ryan Gosling pass on Beauty and the Beast? Ryan Gosling as Ken
It was reported in 2015, that Ryan Gosling may play the prince turned beast in Disney’s...
A still from Beauty and the Beast
The 2017 Bill Condon directorial had Emma Watson and Dan Stevens leading the film. Stevens played the Beast through motion capture opposite Watson’s Belle. While the current scenario of Disney live-action remakes is not going well, Beauty and the Beast was praised for being faithful to the source material and offering a fresh retelling at the same time.
Why did Ryan Gosling pass on Beauty and the Beast? Ryan Gosling as Ken
It was reported in 2015, that Ryan Gosling may play the prince turned beast in Disney’s...
- 5/3/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novels, Ashley Greene’s casting was met with controversy among fans as she is 7 inches (18 cm) taller than her character, as described in the novel.
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen and Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale appear deeply concentrated while strategizing in a scene from the “Twilight” saga (Credit: Summit Entertainment)
Response to Fan Expectations
In an interview with MTV in March 2008, Ashley addressed the criticism. “Uh, that’s the biggest complaint about me actually; I’m 5-foot-5. I’m much, much taller than Alice is described, but who is 4-foot-10 anyways?”
“Well, when I read the book, I could see that, and she’s the actress that Stephenie put on her site and said, ‘This is what I think she looks like in my head,’ so that’s natural that everyone else would have...
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen and Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale appear deeply concentrated while strategizing in a scene from the “Twilight” saga (Credit: Summit Entertainment)
Response to Fan Expectations
In an interview with MTV in March 2008, Ashley addressed the criticism. “Uh, that’s the biggest complaint about me actually; I’m 5-foot-5. I’m much, much taller than Alice is described, but who is 4-foot-10 anyways?”
“Well, when I read the book, I could see that, and she’s the actress that Stephenie put on her site and said, ‘This is what I think she looks like in my head,’ so that’s natural that everyone else would have...
- 4/22/2024
- by Jan Stromsodd
- Your Next Shoes
Renowned for her impeccable style on and off the red carpet, Jennifer Lopez’s ability to effortlessly blend glamour with comfort always intrigues me.
While she’s celebrated for her show-stopping gowns and high-fashion ensembles, her relaxed and casual looks capture the essence of her iconic fashion sense.
J.Lo’s perfect pop of pine green: Coordinated Dior bag and chic sunglasses complete her daytime look in New York City on April 14, 2024 (Credit: Janet Mayer / INSTARimage)
From strolling through the streets of New York City to running errands or enjoying downtime with family and friends, she exudes an air of relaxed sophistication in every outfit choice.
Whether rocking athleisure wear or effortlessly chic street style, Jennifer makes even the most laid-back looks glamorous with her favorite off-duty staples. A recent example is when she was spotted in the streets of her hometown, New York City, on Sunday, April 14.
During her daytime excursion,...
While she’s celebrated for her show-stopping gowns and high-fashion ensembles, her relaxed and casual looks capture the essence of her iconic fashion sense.
J.Lo’s perfect pop of pine green: Coordinated Dior bag and chic sunglasses complete her daytime look in New York City on April 14, 2024 (Credit: Janet Mayer / INSTARimage)
From strolling through the streets of New York City to running errands or enjoying downtime with family and friends, she exudes an air of relaxed sophistication in every outfit choice.
Whether rocking athleisure wear or effortlessly chic street style, Jennifer makes even the most laid-back looks glamorous with her favorite off-duty staples. A recent example is when she was spotted in the streets of her hometown, New York City, on Sunday, April 14.
During her daytime excursion,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Florie Mae Malapit
- Your Next Shoes
Exclusive: Artists Equity has come on to Kiss of the Spider Woman, serving as the main studio and producer of the feature adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical based on Manuel Puig’s landmark 1976 novel. Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will star in the adaptation as Valentin Arregui and Luis Molina, respectively. They join Jennifer Lopez, who was previously announced in the titular role. Puig’s novel was, of course, previously adapted for the screen by Héctor Babenco. That 1985 version was nominated for four Oscars, with William Hurt winning Best Actor.
The show, which won seven Tony Awards, was written by Terrence McNally with a score by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. The film is scripted and directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, with Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy and Greg Yolen producing alongside Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Artists Equity, which has secured independent financing for the film.
Michael Joe,...
The show, which won seven Tony Awards, was written by Terrence McNally with a score by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. The film is scripted and directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon, with Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy and Greg Yolen producing alongside Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Artists Equity, which has secured independent financing for the film.
Michael Joe,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Lopez will star in the movie adaptation of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, based on the 1993 musical of the same name. The film is being written and directed by Dreamgirls’ Bill Condon.
Filming is scheduled to begin in early April in New Jersey, according to the New Jersey Film Commission. It will take place at CineLease Studios Caven Point in Jersey City and 10 Basin Studios in Kearny.
Lopez seemingly confirmed the start of production via her Instagram story that featured the words ‘Day 1’ and a spiderweb emoji.
The musical follows the story of Luis Molina, a gay man sent...
Filming is scheduled to begin in early April in New Jersey, according to the New Jersey Film Commission. It will take place at CineLease Studios Caven Point in Jersey City and 10 Basin Studios in Kearny.
Lopez seemingly confirmed the start of production via her Instagram story that featured the words ‘Day 1’ and a spiderweb emoji.
The musical follows the story of Luis Molina, a gay man sent...
- 3/21/2024
- ScreenDaily
Believe it or not, those who have read the Twilight Saga find that the books are not as steamy as the movies portray. The movies took a step ahead to show that aspect of Edward and Bella’s relationship, and although many fans didn’t complain, there was something that didn’t sit right with Kristen Stewart, who was very particular and consistent with the guidelines that maintain a PG-13 rating.
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in a still from Twilight
This Twilight S-x Scene Had to Be Reshot Because of Kristen Stewart
Being primarily marketed towards a younger demographic, mostly teens and tweens, the novels were crafted by Stephenie Meyer with the intention of not delving much into explicit content while keeping it tasteful. However, as the movies progressed, they did not hesitate to dig into aspects that sometimes made it difficult to maintain a PG-13 rating.
Meyer’s...
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in a still from Twilight
This Twilight S-x Scene Had to Be Reshot Because of Kristen Stewart
Being primarily marketed towards a younger demographic, mostly teens and tweens, the novels were crafted by Stephenie Meyer with the intention of not delving much into explicit content while keeping it tasteful. However, as the movies progressed, they did not hesitate to dig into aspects that sometimes made it difficult to maintain a PG-13 rating.
Meyer’s...
- 3/16/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
If everything old really is new again, the creative team behind Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood is hoping that putting forward some of the choices from past Oscar ceremonies will prove inspired this time around as well. During a virtual press conference this week with executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor, exec producers Molly McNearney (also host Jimmy Kimmel’s wife) and Katy Mullan, and music director Rickey Minor, they pointed to a few new wrinkles this time around – the most significant of which repeats a brainchild that drew raves during the first and only time it was attempted in 2009. That would be the introduction of each nominee in all four acting categories individually by a past winner.
It was done 15 years ago when Laurence Mark and Bill Condon conceived the idea of having each previous winner focus on a story involving a single...
It was done 15 years ago when Laurence Mark and Bill Condon conceived the idea of having each previous winner focus on a story involving a single...
- 3/9/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster Twilight franchise is heading to the small screen, and here are the details.
There was a time in the early 2010s when Twilight was just about the biggest film franchise around.
It comprises five films – 2008’s Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 2009’s New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, 2010’s Eclipse, directed by David Slade, and the two part finale Breaking Dawn, directed by Bill Condon and released in 2011 and 2012. Their success was such that two parody films were also released in quick succession, the much maligned Vampire’s Suck and Breaking Wind.
The films followed Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan as she becomes romantically involved with vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, and werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner. Which all leads to a battle with vampire coven The Volturi.
Adapted by future Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg, the large ensemble cast also included Billy Burke,...
There was a time in the early 2010s when Twilight was just about the biggest film franchise around.
It comprises five films – 2008’s Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 2009’s New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz, 2010’s Eclipse, directed by David Slade, and the two part finale Breaking Dawn, directed by Bill Condon and released in 2011 and 2012. Their success was such that two parody films were also released in quick succession, the much maligned Vampire’s Suck and Breaking Wind.
The films followed Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan as she becomes romantically involved with vampire Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, and werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner. Which all leads to a battle with vampire coven The Volturi.
Adapted by future Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg, the large ensemble cast also included Billy Burke,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Oscar producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, Molly McNearney and Rob Paine, as well as music director Rickey Minor are days away from the 96th Academy Awards.
But they took time out on Wednesday afternoon to share insight into what to expect from Sunday’s ceremony. In a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Coley, Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, Kapoor said this year’s theme is “human connection, emotion, inspiration and creativity.”
A major highlight that has both fans and producers excited is the news of five former winners presenting to the five nominees. The idea was inspired by Bill Condon when he produced the 81st Academy Awards. Kapoor said the team had done a deep dive into past ceremonies and that stuck with them the most. Said Kapoor, “It was this lovely storytelling and again it came down to connection. It was past winners speaking to present nominees and that lovely connection and that human interaction.
But they took time out on Wednesday afternoon to share insight into what to expect from Sunday’s ceremony. In a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Coley, Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, Kapoor said this year’s theme is “human connection, emotion, inspiration and creativity.”
A major highlight that has both fans and producers excited is the news of five former winners presenting to the five nominees. The idea was inspired by Bill Condon when he produced the 81st Academy Awards. Kapoor said the team had done a deep dive into past ceremonies and that stuck with them the most. Said Kapoor, “It was this lovely storytelling and again it came down to connection. It was past winners speaking to present nominees and that lovely connection and that human interaction.
- 3/6/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Oscars ceremony that took place in 2009 remains an all-time favorite for many who watched it, including your humble correspondent, largely because of the thrilling way in which the four acting Oscars were presented: Five past winners introduced the five current nominees for each award. This resulted in massive standing ovations from the audience at the Dolby (even awards show veterans like Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep looked absolutely giddy in cutaway shots); introductory remarks from past winners that left current nominees visibly moved (Anne Hathaway was in tears); and group hugs of the new winners that were akin to welcoming them into an elite fraternity or sorority (see: Kate Winslet).
Over the 15 years since that night, which was the brainchild of producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, Oscar lovers have been begging the Academy to bring back this Field of Dreams-like format. The Hollywood Reporter has learned and...
Over the 15 years since that night, which was the brainchild of producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, Oscar lovers have been begging the Academy to bring back this Field of Dreams-like format. The Hollywood Reporter has learned and...
- 2/27/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In January of 2021, Megan Ellison got a call from Erik Lomis, the former head of distribution at her company, Annapurna Pictures, asking if she’d like to take a look at a movie whose filmmakers needed a lifeline. Disney was days away from announcing that it planned to shutter Blue Sky Studios, the 500-person, Greenwich, Connecticut-based animation studio it had inherited in the 2019 Fox acquisition, and with that closure, the Burbank media giant would be dropping Blue Sky’s most promising movie, Nimona.
“I wasn’t really engaging in new film projects at the time, but being curious, I said yes,” Ellison said, in an email.
Ellison watched the hand-drawn storyboard reels, which directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane had adapted from Nd Stevenson’s 2015 graphic novel, and instantly connected with the title character, a shape-shifter voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz who appears most often as a young woman, but...
“I wasn’t really engaging in new film projects at the time, but being curious, I said yes,” Ellison said, in an email.
Ellison watched the hand-drawn storyboard reels, which directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane had adapted from Nd Stevenson’s 2015 graphic novel, and instantly connected with the title character, a shape-shifter voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz who appears most often as a young woman, but...
- 2/22/2024
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Annette Bening is joining Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein lore feature at Warner Bros; the studio making it official that this is a go-project. Cameras roll in Q1. This package with its attachments has been out there since it was at Netflix, and the deals have finally closed with everyone. Jessie Buckley is the star of the movie which follows Frankenstein’s pursuit of love.
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
There’s already been word out there about the cast, including Buckley, and it’s a murderers’ row with Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, and Peter Sarsgaard. Bale and Buckley have been circling this project well before the strikes.
Logline: A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the aide of a Dr. Euphronius in creating a companion for himself. The two reinvigorate a murdered young woman and the Bride is born. She is beyond what either of them intended, igniting a combustible romance, the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Lopez is ready to make art out of previous heartache. Her debut single off of her ninth album, titled “Can’t Get Enough,” is set to premiere this Wednesday, Jan. 10.
“I have my new single, from my new album and my new movie,” Lopez told Variety’s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin on the Golden Globes carpet. “Wednesday is actually a really big day, 22 years in the making.”
There to support her Globe-nominated husband Ben Affleck, J.Lo paused to tease her first studio album since 2014 and the upcoming, wedding-filled music video that will accompany the debut single.
“I think it might surprise some people. It’s definitely kind of a meta story about the journey that it takes from getting from heartbreak back to love … I am somewhat of an expert you could say in a real way. Not so much about marriage but on weddings,...
“I have my new single, from my new album and my new movie,” Lopez told Variety’s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin on the Golden Globes carpet. “Wednesday is actually a really big day, 22 years in the making.”
There to support her Globe-nominated husband Ben Affleck, J.Lo paused to tease her first studio album since 2014 and the upcoming, wedding-filled music video that will accompany the debut single.
“I think it might surprise some people. It’s definitely kind of a meta story about the journey that it takes from getting from heartbreak back to love … I am somewhat of an expert you could say in a real way. Not so much about marriage but on weddings,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Michaela Zee and Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
"Candyman" began its life in 1985 as a short story called "The Forbidden," originally published in Clive Barker's "Books of Blood, Vol. 5" (called "In the Flesh" in the United States). "The Forbidden" was set in Barker's hometown of Liverpool, specifically at a run-down building called the Spector Street estate, where a grad student named Helen went to photograph images of graffiti and poverty. While there, she encountered a mysterious monster the Candyman, a creature she assumed was merely an urban myth. The Candyman is covered in bees and sports a hook for a hand. Its origins are unknown.
In 1992, filmmaker Bernard Rose adapted "The Forbidden" into the feature film "Candyman," one of the more celebrated horror films of its decade. Helen was played by Virginia Madsen, and the mysterious Candyman was played by a menacing Tony Todd. Rose transposed the location from Liverpool to the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago.
In 1992, filmmaker Bernard Rose adapted "The Forbidden" into the feature film "Candyman," one of the more celebrated horror films of its decade. Helen was played by Virginia Madsen, and the mysterious Candyman was played by a menacing Tony Todd. Rose transposed the location from Liverpool to the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago.
- 12/25/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Jennifer Lopez has joined the cast of the musical adaptation ‘Kiss of the Spiderwoman’ from ‘Dreamgirls’ director, Bill Condon.
Set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. Lopez is to play the titular role, a fantasy woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser serving an eight-year sentence for allegedly corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including the role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina’s life is upended when a Marxist, Valentin Arregui Paz, is brought into his cell, and the two form an unlikely bond.
Based on the novel by Manuel Puig and the book of the musical by Terrence McNally, Condon has written to script for the big screen as well as directing. John Kander and Fred Ebb will provide the music.
Also in news – First...
Set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. Lopez is to play the titular role, a fantasy woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser serving an eight-year sentence for allegedly corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including the role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina’s life is upended when a Marxist, Valentin Arregui Paz, is brought into his cell, and the two form an unlikely bond.
Based on the novel by Manuel Puig and the book of the musical by Terrence McNally, Condon has written to script for the big screen as well as directing. John Kander and Fred Ebb will provide the music.
Also in news – First...
- 12/7/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jennifer Lopez will be playing Aurora, the titular Spider Woman, in Bill Condon’s Broadway adaptation.
Musicals seem to be having a bit of a moment, despite studios trying to hide the songs in their trailers for films like Wonka and Mean Girls. Jon M Chu is busy working on his adaptation of Wicked and Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple is garnering rave reviews ahead of the awards season. And more are on the way, it seems…
Variety reports that Jennifer Lopez has signed on for Bill Condon’s film adaptation of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, which premiered on Broadway in 1993. It’s based on a novel by Manuel Puig and 1985 independent film adaptation of the novel. John Kander and Fred Ebb were in charge of the music.
Lopez is reportedly playing the role of Aurora, the titular Spider Woman. The story is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. A man,...
Musicals seem to be having a bit of a moment, despite studios trying to hide the songs in their trailers for films like Wonka and Mean Girls. Jon M Chu is busy working on his adaptation of Wicked and Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple is garnering rave reviews ahead of the awards season. And more are on the way, it seems…
Variety reports that Jennifer Lopez has signed on for Bill Condon’s film adaptation of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, which premiered on Broadway in 1993. It’s based on a novel by Manuel Puig and 1985 independent film adaptation of the novel. John Kander and Fred Ebb were in charge of the music.
Lopez is reportedly playing the role of Aurora, the titular Spider Woman. The story is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. A man,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Jennifer Lopez‘s next movie role will be a musical one!
The 54-year-old actress is obviously no stranger to the music world. She’s even gearing up to drop a new album in 2024.
Her two careers will also intersect in a big way now that she’s landed a starring role in a big screen adaptation of a hit Broadway show.
Read more about Jennifer Lopez’s next big role…
According to a report by Variety, Jennifer is set to star in a retelling of Kiss of the Spider Woman. The project is based on a novel of the same name from Manuel Puig. It was adapted into an Oscar-winning movie in 1985 and a Tony winning Broadway musical in 1993.
The outlet noted that the latest retelling of the story would be directed by Bill Condon. He is no stranger to the sort of project having already directed Dreamgirls and written the screenplay for Chicago,...
The 54-year-old actress is obviously no stranger to the music world. She’s even gearing up to drop a new album in 2024.
Her two careers will also intersect in a big way now that she’s landed a starring role in a big screen adaptation of a hit Broadway show.
Read more about Jennifer Lopez’s next big role…
According to a report by Variety, Jennifer is set to star in a retelling of Kiss of the Spider Woman. The project is based on a novel of the same name from Manuel Puig. It was adapted into an Oscar-winning movie in 1985 and a Tony winning Broadway musical in 1993.
The outlet noted that the latest retelling of the story would be directed by Bill Condon. He is no stranger to the sort of project having already directed Dreamgirls and written the screenplay for Chicago,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Jennifer Lopez has a new movie role in the works. The actress and singer is set to star in a film adaptation of 1993 Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, which is being directed by Dreamgirls‘ Bill Condon, Variety reports.
The music side of the film is led by John Kander and Fred Ebb, while the musical’s book is written by Terrence McNally.
Lopez will play the lead role of Aurora, a character created by an incarcerated gay hairdresser named Luis Molina, who’s serving an eight-year sentence for corrupting a minor.
The music side of the film is led by John Kander and Fred Ebb, while the musical’s book is written by Terrence McNally.
Lopez will play the lead role of Aurora, a character created by an incarcerated gay hairdresser named Luis Molina, who’s serving an eight-year sentence for corrupting a minor.
- 12/7/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
There’s an independently financed feature take of the 1992 John Kander and Fred Ebb West End and Broadway musical of Kiss of the Spider Woman that’s being readied to shoot in the spring with Jennifer Lopez set to play the role of Aurora, which Chita Rivera originated on the Great White Way.
Lopez is ripe to put on the high heels for the role: The Billboard hitmaker, Primetime Emmy nominee, 2x Golden nominee sings, and dances too.
Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast filmmaker Bill Condon is writing and directing, and Barry Josephson (Enchanted) is producing with Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen and Matt Geller. Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith Thomas and Benny Medina executive producing for Nuyorican Productions. Sergio Trujillo is the choreographer.
The musical is based on the Oscar winning 1985 Hector Babenco directed movie that starred Sonja Braga as the Spider-Woman, as well as the late Raul Julia and William Hurt.
Lopez is ripe to put on the high heels for the role: The Billboard hitmaker, Primetime Emmy nominee, 2x Golden nominee sings, and dances too.
Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast filmmaker Bill Condon is writing and directing, and Barry Josephson (Enchanted) is producing with Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen and Matt Geller. Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith Thomas and Benny Medina executive producing for Nuyorican Productions. Sergio Trujillo is the choreographer.
The musical is based on the Oscar winning 1985 Hector Babenco directed movie that starred Sonja Braga as the Spider-Woman, as well as the late Raul Julia and William Hurt.
- 12/7/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Lopez is attached to star in a feature adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” written and directed by “Dreamgirls” filmmaker Bill Condon, Variety has confirmed with a source close to the production. The music is by legends John Kander and Fred Ebb, based on the novel by Manuel Puig and the book of the musical by Terrence McNally.
The musical is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. Lopez would play the titular role, a fantasy woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser serving an eight-year sentence for allegedly corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina’s life is upended when a Marxist, Valentin Arregui Paz, is brought into his cell, and the two form an unlikely bond.
The musical is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. Lopez would play the titular role, a fantasy woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser serving an eight-year sentence for allegedly corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina’s life is upended when a Marxist, Valentin Arregui Paz, is brought into his cell, and the two form an unlikely bond.
- 12/7/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
In March 2017, Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast opened to a monstrous $357 million globally. It marked the seventh-largest domestic debut ever and the top start for a PG title, eventually finding its place on the list of the highest-grossing films of all time with lifetime box office earnings of $1.27 billion.
Leading up to the release, Disney said the movie represented a massive step forward in visual effects — playing up the CG rendering of Dan Stevens’ Beast — through the use of VFX technology called Mova Contour Reality Capture. “When you see Beast onscreen, there is something so human about him,” said Emma Watson, who played Belle, at a press conference in Paris for the film, noting that the patented tech “really captures the subtlety of Dan’s facial expression.” She stressed, “I don’t think the world has seen anything like it before.”
Praise for Beauty’s VFX work didn’t stop there,...
Leading up to the release, Disney said the movie represented a massive step forward in visual effects — playing up the CG rendering of Dan Stevens’ Beast — through the use of VFX technology called Mova Contour Reality Capture. “When you see Beast onscreen, there is something so human about him,” said Emma Watson, who played Belle, at a press conference in Paris for the film, noting that the patented tech “really captures the subtlety of Dan’s facial expression.” She stressed, “I don’t think the world has seen anything like it before.”
Praise for Beauty’s VFX work didn’t stop there,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emma Watson once teamed up with Downtown Abbey alum Dan Stevens in the highly successful Beauty and the Beast. But Stevens once joked that Watson was scared of him making this mistake during their collaboration.
Emma Watson opened up about working with Dan Stevens in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Emma Watson and Dan Stevens | Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
Working with Stevens required an enormous amount of trust on Watson’s part due to their performances. Both actors had familiarity with the animated Beauty and the Beast. Watson even already knew many of the songs used in the live action film. This only helped the preparation for her performance.
“I didn’t have to learn a single lyric because I already knew the songs by heart,” Watson once told CNN. “I’ve always loved singing, and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
After Stevens and Watson were cast,...
Emma Watson opened up about working with Dan Stevens in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Emma Watson and Dan Stevens | Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
Working with Stevens required an enormous amount of trust on Watson’s part due to their performances. Both actors had familiarity with the animated Beauty and the Beast. Watson even already knew many of the songs used in the live action film. This only helped the preparation for her performance.
“I didn’t have to learn a single lyric because I already knew the songs by heart,” Watson once told CNN. “I’ve always loved singing, and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
After Stevens and Watson were cast,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Childhood is not birth to a certain age,” Bella Swan intones in the opening moments of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. “The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” Although she’s quoting 20th century American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bella’s observation may very well apply to childish thoughts about the Twilight franchise too. For over a decade after the release of the final movie in the franchise, we can now admit the truth: the Twilight franchise isn’t about sparkly abstinence vampires, it isn’t about stilted dialogue or pasty, inarticulate heartthrobs.
It’s about the love between a wolf man and an infant.
To be clear, I say this not as a critique but as a praise. For all the hate that the series got throughout the period of its highest popularity, Twilight was never just...
It’s about the love between a wolf man and an infant.
To be clear, I say this not as a critique but as a praise. For all the hate that the series got throughout the period of its highest popularity, Twilight was never just...
- 11/22/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
It's been 15 years to the week since "Twilight" hit theaters and the world has never been the same. But how to best commemorate this momentous occasion? Tragically, a real-life game of vampire baseball is not on the menu. So how about instead watching "The Twilight Saga" at home and experiencing all its swooning supernatural, frequently campy, and often problematic yet always amusing romance in high-definition with a bevy of fresh behind-the-scenes features on the side?
That's right, /Film has joined forces with Lionsgate to give away copies of "The Twilight Saga" 15th Anniversary SteelBook Collection 4K Ultra HD to our readers. Oh sure, you could always just catch the movies on digital, but why risk some greedy studio swooping in like the Volturi and snatching it away when physical copies are forever ... just like Bella and Edward's love?
With your hard copy eternally by your side, you can revisit everything...
That's right, /Film has joined forces with Lionsgate to give away copies of "The Twilight Saga" 15th Anniversary SteelBook Collection 4K Ultra HD to our readers. Oh sure, you could always just catch the movies on digital, but why risk some greedy studio swooping in like the Volturi and snatching it away when physical copies are forever ... just like Bella and Edward's love?
With your hard copy eternally by your side, you can revisit everything...
- 11/15/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Hollywood has tried for decades to make psychoanalysis compelling for the layman, whether that’s David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” to Bill Condon’s “Kinsey.” Director Matthew Brown (“The Man Who Knew Infinity”) is the latest to look at the density of psychology, philosophy and existentialism with his quasi-historical drama “Freud’s Last Session.”
The film tells the story of a fictional meeting between Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and author C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode). Freud is suffering from oral cancer while Lewis has embraced a newfound love for Christianity. The pair meet in the hopes of crafting some type of relationship and spend the day going back and forth on the everything from God to the meaning of life.
It’s a fairly simple premise that holds promise: what would the greatest psychoanalyst and the most pronounced theologian have to talk about? The answer is enough to fill a two...
The film tells the story of a fictional meeting between Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and author C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode). Freud is suffering from oral cancer while Lewis has embraced a newfound love for Christianity. The pair meet in the hopes of crafting some type of relationship and spend the day going back and forth on the everything from God to the meaning of life.
It’s a fairly simple premise that holds promise: what would the greatest psychoanalyst and the most pronounced theologian have to talk about? The answer is enough to fill a two...
- 10/28/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola on her press tour for ‘Priscilla’ has touched upon two high-profile projects that fell by the wayside.
The first was the final ‘Twilight’ movie, ‘Breaking Dawn’ which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, reports Variety.
Coppola told Rolling Stone that her journey with the final ‘Twilight’ movie lasted only a single meeting. “We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said, quoted by Variety. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final ‘Twilight’ films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee,...
The first was the final ‘Twilight’ movie, ‘Breaking Dawn’ which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, reports Variety.
Coppola told Rolling Stone that her journey with the final ‘Twilight’ movie lasted only a single meeting. “We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said, quoted by Variety. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final ‘Twilight’ films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola on her press tour for ‘Priscilla’ has touched upon two high-profile projects that fell by the wayside.
The first was the final ‘Twilight’ movie, ‘Breaking Dawn’ which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, reports Variety.
Coppola told Rolling Stone that her journey with the final ‘Twilight’ movie lasted only a single meeting. “We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said, quoted by Variety. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final ‘Twilight’ films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee,...
The first was the final ‘Twilight’ movie, ‘Breaking Dawn’ which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, reports Variety.
Coppola told Rolling Stone that her journey with the final ‘Twilight’ movie lasted only a single meeting. “We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said, quoted by Variety. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final ‘Twilight’ films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
While promoting her new film Priscilla, director Sofia Coppola is opening up about the movies she passed on in the past which includes the final Twilight film and a live-action version of The Little Mermaid.
Coppola was in talks to helm the final film in the Twilight saga which the studio split into two parts. The director thought the story was “too weird” and opted out after one single meeting.
“We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” Coppola said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon would end up taking up director duties for Breaking Dawn which was released in 2011 and 2012.
Back in...
Coppola was in talks to helm the final film in the Twilight saga which the studio split into two parts. The director thought the story was “too weird” and opted out after one single meeting.
“We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” Coppola said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon would end up taking up director duties for Breaking Dawn which was released in 2011 and 2012.
Back in...
- 10/25/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Sofia Coppola recently spoke to Rolling Stone on her press tour for “Priscilla” and touched upon two high-profile projects that fell by the wayside. The first was the final “Twilight” movie, “Breaking Dawn,” which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. Coppola revealed her journey with the final “Twilight” movie lasted only a single meeting.
“We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final “Twilight” films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen...
“We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” the director said. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird! But part of the earlier ‘Twilight’ could be done in an interesting way. I thought it’d be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”
Bill Condon ended up serving as the director of both final “Twilight” films. The baby Coppola is referring to is Renesmee, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen...
- 10/25/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
When it comes to a career that’s netted him two Oscar nominations, a Tony, six Olivier Awards and a reputation as one of the preeminent Shakespearean actors of his generation, Ian McKellen usually has critics exhausting the superlatives. But he’s not immune to the rare bruising notice, and when that happens, he calls his friends.
“The best thing is to let everyone know that I’ve read it and they needn’t pussyfoot around it,” he says. “I know that I’ve been chastised.”
For his latest role in “The Critic,” it’s McKellen who is delivering the blistering assessments as Jimmy Erskine, an acid-tongued theater reviewer who yields a corrosive influence over a struggling actress named Nina Land, played by Gemma Arterton. He’s a Mephistophelian figure — one who exchanged his moral compass for great orchestra seats.
Alfred Enoch and Ian McKellen in “The Critic”
“Often the...
“The best thing is to let everyone know that I’ve read it and they needn’t pussyfoot around it,” he says. “I know that I’ve been chastised.”
For his latest role in “The Critic,” it’s McKellen who is delivering the blistering assessments as Jimmy Erskine, an acid-tongued theater reviewer who yields a corrosive influence over a struggling actress named Nina Land, played by Gemma Arterton. He’s a Mephistophelian figure — one who exchanged his moral compass for great orchestra seats.
Alfred Enoch and Ian McKellen in “The Critic”
“Often the...
- 9/7/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ah, The Twilight Saga. What a moment in time. From the release of the first installment in 2008 to the conclusion in 2012, it was an era in which online randos believed the epitome of comedy was responding to the announcement of a new piece of vampire media with, "So long as the vampires don't sparkle, I'm in!" All the while, the movie adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's uber-popular supernatural teen romance novels continued to rake in enough money to fill several dump trucks with each passing year, no matter how much their detractors roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
As Twilighters await the arrival of the already-doomed-to-fail TV revival of the franchise, what better way to pass the time than by revisiting the original "Twilight" movie and its sequels on home media? Timed to coincide with the 15th...
As Twilighters await the arrival of the already-doomed-to-fail TV revival of the franchise, what better way to pass the time than by revisiting the original "Twilight" movie and its sequels on home media? Timed to coincide with the 15th...
- 8/22/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Timed to the 15th anniversary of the first film in the franchise, The Twilight Saga: The Complete Collection – 15Th Anniversary arrives on a National HD™ (+ Blu-ray™ + DVD + Digital) on October 17th from Lionsgate. Based on Stephanie Meyer’s best-selling novels with screenplays by Melissa Rosenberg (all five films), the film series was directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Chris Weitz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), and Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 & 2), and a cast that included Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Billy Burke, Michael Sheen, ... Read more...
- 8/22/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
August is here and with it a whole host of new movies to watch on streaming has arrived. It can be daunting thumbing through the lists of what’s new on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+, and that’s where we come in handy. Below, we’ve put together a curated list of some of the best new movies to stream this month, including brand new originals like Gal Gadot’s actioner “Heart of Stone,” new releases making their streaming debut like “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and excellent library titles such as David Fincher’s “Zodiac.”
You’ll find all of that and more in our curated list of the best new movies to stream in August.
“Mixtape” Paramount+
Paramount+ – Aug. 1
This new documentary details how mix tape culture helped hip-hop culture enter the mainstream. From the official press release: “Before radio play, the internet,...
You’ll find all of that and more in our curated list of the best new movies to stream in August.
“Mixtape” Paramount+
Paramount+ – Aug. 1
This new documentary details how mix tape culture helped hip-hop culture enter the mainstream. From the official press release: “Before radio play, the internet,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Back in the Dark Universe days, Universal was developing a remake of the 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein (watch it Here) that was set to be directed by Bill Condon – who seemed to be the perfect choice, since he had directed the film Gods and Monsters, about the final days of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein director James Whale. But then the Dark Universe crumbled and those remake plans were scrapped. Now it looks like there’s another remake in the works, simply titled The Bride, with Maggie Gyllenhaal directing the project for the Netflix streaming service. According to Production Weekly, Gyllenhaal has even found her first two cast members: her The Dark Knight co-star Christian Bale and her husband Peter Sarsgaard!
Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride is expected to start filming sometime in the first quarter of 2024.
We don’t have a synopsis for this take on the concept,...
Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride is expected to start filming sometime in the first quarter of 2024.
We don’t have a synopsis for this take on the concept,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Disney’s attempts to reinvent their animated classics as live action versions has proven to be largely a smart boxoffice play, but one with a mixed creative result. Certainly some were huge hits like Bill Condon’s Beauty And The Beast and Guy Ritchie’s less enchanting Aladdin. Others effectively created photo-real animals in The Lion King and The Jungle Book. Older Disney staples have gotten the treatment by focusing on the villains in Cruella and Maleficent and their sequels, even an unfortunate Disney + attempt on the untouchable (if you ask me) Lady And The Tramp. But even approaching an animated masterpiece, 1989’s The Little Mermaid and essentially trying to make a splashy (sorry) big screen live action musical that works above and under the water seems dicey on paper. So what do you do? Bring in Rob Marshall, and as it turns out that is all the new live action The Little Mermaid needed.
- 5/22/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s the funny thing about “The Little Mermaid”: Ariel spends most of the film wishing she were human, wondering what it’s like to go walking around on those … what do you call ’em? But practically every girl who sees the movie dreams of swimming in the opposite direction — which is to say, they want to be mermaids … or else an animated Disney princess. “The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake,” as the song goes, and the most important thing about remaking this particular favorite for a fresh generation is maintaining the fantasy that any of us can be Ariel, when in fact, it takes a one-in-a-million talent like Halle Bailey to fill those flippers on-screen.
Every time Disney decides to redo one of its beloved library titles, a chorus of skeptics rise up to ask, “Why?” The advance pushback seemed especially strong with “The Little Mermaid,...
Every time Disney decides to redo one of its beloved library titles, a chorus of skeptics rise up to ask, “Why?” The advance pushback seemed especially strong with “The Little Mermaid,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
After the success of live-action adaptations of other Disney classics, including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Cinderella, The Little Mermaid is up next. Of course, this means more in-depth explorations of our favorite classic stories and fresh takes on them for today’s audience. The first version of The Little Mermaid came out in theaters in 1989, kicking off the Disney Renaissance.
After more than three decades have passed since the release of the original picture, obviously, some changes need to be made. One of these is the music that gave the film its iconic status. As it turns out, two songs from the original film will have updated lyrics. But this isn’t the first time Disney has made changes to their classic songs for remakes.
Two songs in ‘The Little Mermaid’ remake will have updated lyrics to teach consent and empower women Halle Bailey from ‘The Little Mermaid...
After more than three decades have passed since the release of the original picture, obviously, some changes need to be made. One of these is the music that gave the film its iconic status. As it turns out, two songs from the original film will have updated lyrics. But this isn’t the first time Disney has made changes to their classic songs for remakes.
Two songs in ‘The Little Mermaid’ remake will have updated lyrics to teach consent and empower women Halle Bailey from ‘The Little Mermaid...
- 4/29/2023
- by William Decker
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
by Cláudio Alves
Making your way through the Criterion Channel's Erotic Thrillers collection, you'll start noticing a recurring concept here and there. One of the most prevalent is voyeurism (peeping toms or bystanders) twisted by the advent of violence. That very idea can lead to a consideration of the audience as another variation of the voyeur, whether in a critique or apologia. Fear and desire often mix, the horrified spectator enlivened by the hideousness they just saw even as trauma lingers in the psyche. Excited by danger and drunk on terror, they're laid bare for the camera in more ways than one.
As our cinematic odyssey reaches the end of the eighties, we encounter three tales of eroticized witnessing – Curtis Hanson's The Bedroom Window, Bill Condon's Sister, Sister, and the program's first woman-directed picture, Sollace Mitchell's Call Me…...
Making your way through the Criterion Channel's Erotic Thrillers collection, you'll start noticing a recurring concept here and there. One of the most prevalent is voyeurism (peeping toms or bystanders) twisted by the advent of violence. That very idea can lead to a consideration of the audience as another variation of the voyeur, whether in a critique or apologia. Fear and desire often mix, the horrified spectator enlivened by the hideousness they just saw even as trauma lingers in the psyche. Excited by danger and drunk on terror, they're laid bare for the camera in more ways than one.
As our cinematic odyssey reaches the end of the eighties, we encounter three tales of eroticized witnessing – Curtis Hanson's The Bedroom Window, Bill Condon's Sister, Sister, and the program's first woman-directed picture, Sollace Mitchell's Call Me…...
- 4/20/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Ahead of the possible WGA strike, Lionsgate Television has announced their latest legacy revival project is coming in the form of a series adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's vampire love story, "Twilight." The late 2000s and early 2010s have apparently never been hotter, as "Twilight" joins the reboot ranks of the previously announced "Harry Potter" series adaptation, the new "The Lord of the Rings" films, and the soon-to-be-released "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" prequel film. It admittedly feels a little unfair to lump in "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" with the other reboots, as "The Hunger Games" series has seen a resurgence in popularity and the film is adapting a new book, rather than rehashing what already exists.
As of publication, the "Twilight" series is without a writer or streaming home, but it'd be shocking if IP-hungry suits weren't currently trying to sink their fangs into the property.
As of publication, the "Twilight" series is without a writer or streaming home, but it'd be shocking if IP-hungry suits weren't currently trying to sink their fangs into the property.
- 4/20/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
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