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[Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for “The Acolyte.”]
Despite him almost certainly not being part of a possible Season 2 anyway, Lee Jung-jae is still “surprised” that Disney+ pulled the plug on fan favorite “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte.”
The show’s cancellation after one season came to light August 19. The series, set 100 years before the events of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” was created by Leslye Headland and starred Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Lee and charted the resurgence of the Sith.
Lee told Variety that he was “quite surprised” that Disney+ was not moving forward with a Season 2, even though he noted that he would most likely not be cast in a follow-up installment due to his character’s death. That said, Moss’ role continued past her onscreen demise, given the show’s uniquely chronologically scrambled structure.
“To hear the news, I was quite surprised personally as well,” Lee, who played Master Sol,...
Despite him almost certainly not being part of a possible Season 2 anyway, Lee Jung-jae is still “surprised” that Disney+ pulled the plug on fan favorite “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte.”
The show’s cancellation after one season came to light August 19. The series, set 100 years before the events of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” was created by Leslye Headland and starred Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Lee and charted the resurgence of the Sith.
Lee told Variety that he was “quite surprised” that Disney+ was not moving forward with a Season 2, even though he noted that he would most likely not be cast in a follow-up installment due to his character’s death. That said, Moss’ role continued past her onscreen demise, given the show’s uniquely chronologically scrambled structure.
“To hear the news, I was quite surprised personally as well,” Lee, who played Master Sol,...
- 8/24/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Kate Winslet Brings the Heat to a Wild, Well-Dressed Revenge Dramedy
To paraphrase Moira Rose, “If you love female rage as much as I do, you’ll thrill to Kate Winslet in the underseen Australian movie ‘The Dressmaker.‘”
“The Dressmaker” exists in an odd lull in Winslet’s career. Post-Oscar win for “The Reader,” she appeared in a slew of Ok period films and the “Divergent” series — which meant no one was really looking for the next great Winslet performance. Too bad, because one of her best is at...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Kate Winslet Brings the Heat to a Wild, Well-Dressed Revenge Dramedy
To paraphrase Moira Rose, “If you love female rage as much as I do, you’ll thrill to Kate Winslet in the underseen Australian movie ‘The Dressmaker.‘”
“The Dressmaker” exists in an odd lull in Winslet’s career. Post-Oscar win for “The Reader,” she appeared in a slew of Ok period films and the “Divergent” series — which meant no one was really looking for the next great Winslet performance. Too bad, because one of her best is at...
- 8/24/2024
- by Mark Peikert and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Six-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming was not the biggest fan of reality television prior to being approached to host the U.S. edition of “The Traitors.” Despite eventually taking the job that required keeping a watchful eye over alumni from such shows as “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and “The Challenge,” and excelling to the point of a current Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program nomination for his work on Season 2, the Scottish star jokes, “I’m still not.”
Sitting down for an interview with IndieWire in our Los Angeles studio, Cumming recalls the rest of his “The Traitors” origin story, saying he took the meeting with producers “just to kinda see what was going on. And they said that they wanted me to play this sort of character, this sort of heightened, quite theatrical host. So I really got into the hang of...
Sitting down for an interview with IndieWire in our Los Angeles studio, Cumming recalls the rest of his “The Traitors” origin story, saying he took the meeting with producers “just to kinda see what was going on. And they said that they wanted me to play this sort of character, this sort of heightened, quite theatrical host. So I really got into the hang of...
- 8/23/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Jamie Lee Curtis is spending her Friday calling out paparazzi for sneaking photos from the “Freaky Friday” sequel set.
Curtis, who is reprising her original role alongside Lindsay Lohan for the highly-anticipated sequel to the iconic 2003 film, took to Instagram to clarify that the leaked pics from production are not indicative of the storyline for the feature, which is currently titled “Freakier Friday.”
“Because other outlets have posted it, I am going to take advantage of the intrusion of a paparazzi picture into the creative process of filmmaking,” Curtis wrote. “We have tried so hard to keep our story a secret and private until it’s time for release but once in a while an image comes out, and it doesn’t tell you anything about the story or about what’s going on with the characters but it does show the joy and fun that we had making ‘Freakier Friday...
Curtis, who is reprising her original role alongside Lindsay Lohan for the highly-anticipated sequel to the iconic 2003 film, took to Instagram to clarify that the leaked pics from production are not indicative of the storyline for the feature, which is currently titled “Freakier Friday.”
“Because other outlets have posted it, I am going to take advantage of the intrusion of a paparazzi picture into the creative process of filmmaking,” Curtis wrote. “We have tried so hard to keep our story a secret and private until it’s time for release but once in a while an image comes out, and it doesn’t tell you anything about the story or about what’s going on with the characters but it does show the joy and fun that we had making ‘Freakier Friday...
- 8/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Election season is in the air and Turner Classic Movies is here to celebrate. Starting on September 6 and continuing every Friday up until this year’s general election, TCM will be running a nine-week limited series entitled “Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time.” This cinematic showcase is inspired by The New Republic rankings released in June 2023 and includes selections such as “All the King’s Men,” “Germany, Year Zero,” and “High and Low.”
To introduce the upcoming series, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz took to Washington D.C. for a trailer highlighting some of the films featured, as well as special guests like Stacey Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and John Turturro.
“I grew up here in Washington D.C.,” Mankiewicz said, the Capitol Building behind him. “My father’s life was politics — capital P politics. Though I went in a different direction, I understood at an early age,...
To introduce the upcoming series, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz took to Washington D.C. for a trailer highlighting some of the films featured, as well as special guests like Stacey Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and John Turturro.
“I grew up here in Washington D.C.,” Mankiewicz said, the Capitol Building behind him. “My father’s life was politics — capital P politics. Though I went in a different direction, I understood at an early age,...
- 8/23/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Pablo Larraín is rounding out his trilogy of iconic 20th century women, from Princess Diana (“Spencer”) to Jackie Kennedy (“Jackie”), and now Maria Callas with “Maria.” However, that was not without some trepidation from his lead actress.
The upcoming biopic stars Angelina Jolie as the ill-fated opera singer, who also shared a lover with Kennedy in shipping titan Aristotle Onassis, portrayed by Haluk Bilginer in “Maria.” Onassis famously left Callas to marry Kennedy.
Callas was a world-famous soprano singer and infamously had a feud with Renata Tebaldi. The Greek-American singer suffered from near-sightedness throughout her life and was referred to as La Divina or “The Divine One.” She died at age 53 in 1977. “Maria” will debut at Venice 2024 after being announced in 2022.
Jolie spent six months training to portray Callas, including learning how to sing and working with Oscar winner John Warhurst for her vocal portrayal of the opera star. Director...
The upcoming biopic stars Angelina Jolie as the ill-fated opera singer, who also shared a lover with Kennedy in shipping titan Aristotle Onassis, portrayed by Haluk Bilginer in “Maria.” Onassis famously left Callas to marry Kennedy.
Callas was a world-famous soprano singer and infamously had a feud with Renata Tebaldi. The Greek-American singer suffered from near-sightedness throughout her life and was referred to as La Divina or “The Divine One.” She died at age 53 in 1977. “Maria” will debut at Venice 2024 after being announced in 2022.
Jolie spent six months training to portray Callas, including learning how to sing and working with Oscar winner John Warhurst for her vocal portrayal of the opera star. Director...
- 8/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
While Marvel and Lucasfilm had their day at Disney’s recent D23 Expo, there’s an argument to be made that Pixar had some of the biggest flexes at the trade show. The animation studio revealed a new “Incredibles 3” sequel was in the works, revealed their mystery 2023 film as something called “Hoppers” and some new details about “Toy Story 5,” unveiled the inaugural trailer for their first TV series, “Win Or Lose,” and revealed the title for this new “Inside Out” series spin-off called, “Dream Factory.”
Coming off the hit of “Inside Out 2,” which grossed $1.6 billion worldwide and is currently the highest-grossing film of 2024, the highest-earning animation film of all time, and the tenth-highest-grossing movie of all time, Pixar and Docter are already thinking about an “Inside Out 3,” which is expected given the box office bonanza it yielded.
Continue reading Pixar’s Pete Docter On Possible ‘Inside Out...
Coming off the hit of “Inside Out 2,” which grossed $1.6 billion worldwide and is currently the highest-grossing film of 2024, the highest-earning animation film of all time, and the tenth-highest-grossing movie of all time, Pixar and Docter are already thinking about an “Inside Out 3,” which is expected given the box office bonanza it yielded.
Continue reading Pixar’s Pete Docter On Possible ‘Inside Out...
- 8/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
For audiences, the four seasons of Robert and Michelle King’s “Evil” have been the stuff of nightmares. For Oscar-winning prosthetics artist Joel Harlow, it was the stuff of childhood dreams.
“This is the high water mark of my professional career in terms of artist fulfillment,” Harlow told IndieWire over Zoom a few days before the series finale aired August 22 on Paramount+. “This is what I wanted to do as a kid.”
Harlow means that literally. In most instances, the “Evil” script would merely say, “Joel will deliver us something terrifying.” And starting with the sleep paralysis demon George, that’s just what he did.
“Evil” followed three assessors for the Catholic church — a priest (Mike Colter), an agnostic psychiatrist (Katja Herbers), and an atheist scientist (Aasaf Mandvi) as they evaluated a case of the week to determine if an exorcism was needed while battling demons in their personal lives.
“This is the high water mark of my professional career in terms of artist fulfillment,” Harlow told IndieWire over Zoom a few days before the series finale aired August 22 on Paramount+. “This is what I wanted to do as a kid.”
Harlow means that literally. In most instances, the “Evil” script would merely say, “Joel will deliver us something terrifying.” And starting with the sleep paralysis demon George, that’s just what he did.
“Evil” followed three assessors for the Catholic church — a priest (Mike Colter), an agnostic psychiatrist (Katja Herbers), and an atheist scientist (Aasaf Mandvi) as they evaluated a case of the week to determine if an exorcism was needed while battling demons in their personal lives.
- 8/23/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Writer-director Jt Mollner’s “Strange Darling” is one of the best American genre films in years, an electrifying thriller that’s in the same league as John Carpenter’s “Halloween,” the Coen brothers’ “Blood Simple,” and Quentin Tarantino‘s “Reservoir Dogs” when it comes to reinventing old traditions and making them feel startlingly new again. It’s a film best entered cold, since its surprises — of which there are many — are among its greatest pleasures, but it’s not too much of a spoiler to say that the movie takes the “final girl” convention of slasher films like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Friday the 13th” and breathes exhilarating new life into it.
“I was like, what can we do with the final girl that gives her more depth?” Mollner told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “That peels layers of her psyche away and shows us something more? I started...
“I was like, what can we do with the final girl that gives her more depth?” Mollner told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “That peels layers of her psyche away and shows us something more? I started...
- 8/23/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
We have our first casualty of the controversy over the use of fake film critic quotes in the first trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” — ones that appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.
Variety is reporting that Lionsgate has cut ties with Eddie Egan, a veteran marketing consultant, in the wake of the scandal and that the made-up quotes were most likely created by an AI chatbot like ChatGPT. Variety even prompted ChatGPT to give them negative review quotes of Coppola’s films “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now” and claimed the results were strikingly similar to what was seen in the trailer. Puck’s Matt Belloni also reported that Lionsgate cut ties with Egan.
However, Egan and Lionsgate didn’t intend to make up quotes, a source told IndieWire, but the source material of the quotes wasn’t properly fact checked or vetted. The idea of the...
Variety is reporting that Lionsgate has cut ties with Eddie Egan, a veteran marketing consultant, in the wake of the scandal and that the made-up quotes were most likely created by an AI chatbot like ChatGPT. Variety even prompted ChatGPT to give them negative review quotes of Coppola’s films “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now” and claimed the results were strikingly similar to what was seen in the trailer. Puck’s Matt Belloni also reported that Lionsgate cut ties with Egan.
However, Egan and Lionsgate didn’t intend to make up quotes, a source told IndieWire, but the source material of the quotes wasn’t properly fact checked or vetted. The idea of the...
- 8/23/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Editor’s Note: The following post contains spoilers for Apple’s “Lady in the Lake.”
Like some of the best murder mysteries, Alma Har’el’s “Lady in the Lake” is not so much a whodunnit as a howdunnit — with a few good twists along the way. The Apple TV+ drama based on Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel aired its seventh and final episode on August 23, revealing the final pieces in the puzzle of Maddie Morganstern (Natalie Portman), Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), and Tessie Durst (Bianca Belle).
Throughout the seven-episode series — which started with Tessie’s disappearance and then death — Cleo’s narration has hinted at the connection between herself and Maddie, and the eventual consequences of what binds them. After weeks of alluding to a sinister and even fatal ending, the finale gives both women the kind of freedom they didn’t have in their old lives.
What really happened to Cleo?...
Like some of the best murder mysteries, Alma Har’el’s “Lady in the Lake” is not so much a whodunnit as a howdunnit — with a few good twists along the way. The Apple TV+ drama based on Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel aired its seventh and final episode on August 23, revealing the final pieces in the puzzle of Maddie Morganstern (Natalie Portman), Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), and Tessie Durst (Bianca Belle).
Throughout the seven-episode series — which started with Tessie’s disappearance and then death — Cleo’s narration has hinted at the connection between herself and Maddie, and the eventual consequences of what binds them. After weeks of alluding to a sinister and even fatal ending, the finale gives both women the kind of freedom they didn’t have in their old lives.
What really happened to Cleo?...
- 8/23/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Paul Mescal may have physically transformed to lead “Gladiator II,” but he’s pointing to co-star Pedro Pascal as the real “beast” in their on-screen battles.
Mescal told Empire that while he’d most likely be able to best Pascal in a fight Irl, the “Last of Us” actor has a few tricks up his sleeve.
“I think I’d win in a fight between me and Pedro, but he’s deceptive,” Mescal said. “Pedro is one of the funniest men that I know, but he could fuck shit up. Like, absolutely categorically. There’s a beast in there for sure.”
Pascal has also been talking up Mescal’s physicality to the press. He previously told Vanity Fair that going against Mescal’s muscle-bound character Lucius proved to be tough when it came to stunts.
“He got so strong. I would rather be thrown from a building than have to fight him again,...
Mescal told Empire that while he’d most likely be able to best Pascal in a fight Irl, the “Last of Us” actor has a few tricks up his sleeve.
“I think I’d win in a fight between me and Pedro, but he’s deceptive,” Mescal said. “Pedro is one of the funniest men that I know, but he could fuck shit up. Like, absolutely categorically. There’s a beast in there for sure.”
Pascal has also been talking up Mescal’s physicality to the press. He previously told Vanity Fair that going against Mescal’s muscle-bound character Lucius proved to be tough when it came to stunts.
“He got so strong. I would rather be thrown from a building than have to fight him again,...
- 8/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Four time Academy Award winner Alejandro González Iñárritu basically works with the crème de la crème of Hollywood. He scored Leonardo DiCaprio for “The Revenant” (which won DiCaprio his first Oscar award for Best Actor), Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett for “Babel,” and incredible ensemble troupes for “21 Grams” and “Birdman” to name just a few.
Continue reading Riz Ahmed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons & More Join Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s New Movie Starring Tom Cruise at The Playlist.
Continue reading Riz Ahmed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons & More Join Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s New Movie Starring Tom Cruise at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
This summer saw the revival of Marvel and Pixar, but the real surprise was an exhumation. We welcome the return of a trend we feared to be dead: The strong box-office hold.
“Inside Out 2” opened to $150 million and “Deadpool & Wolverine” to $220 million; each are headed for domestic totals of over $600 million. “Despicable Me 4” opened to $70 million in five days over July 4; it will be around $370 million.
Industry shorthand for assessing audience reaction is the letter grade of a Cinemascore, but far more acute is a film’s multiple, aka the relationship between a release’s total domestic gross versus its opening weekend. However, the rise of home viewing — and a real decline in attendance — would seem to undercut that metric.
Instead, this summer’s top-grossing films reflect some of the best the multiples we’ve seen in years.
Logic might suggest that multiples would wither with the dramatic decline in theatrical windows.
“Inside Out 2” opened to $150 million and “Deadpool & Wolverine” to $220 million; each are headed for domestic totals of over $600 million. “Despicable Me 4” opened to $70 million in five days over July 4; it will be around $370 million.
Industry shorthand for assessing audience reaction is the letter grade of a Cinemascore, but far more acute is a film’s multiple, aka the relationship between a release’s total domestic gross versus its opening weekend. However, the rise of home viewing — and a real decline in attendance — would seem to undercut that metric.
Instead, this summer’s top-grossing films reflect some of the best the multiples we’ve seen in years.
Logic might suggest that multiples would wither with the dramatic decline in theatrical windows.
- 8/23/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
‘Pachinko’ Review: Season 2 Is a Stunning Family Drama That Honors the Joys and Sorrows of Sacrifice
“Pachinko” has always asked a lot of its audience, but Season 2 asks even more. Right from the start, there’s a leap so massive, many shows would’ve never considered requesting it to begin with: I’m writing, of course, of the new opening title sequence. In general, such a switch isn’t unheard of. “The Leftovers” did it — twice (kind of) — and those went over swimmingly. But Damon Lindelof decided to try out a new intro because the first was far from revered (and its arduous droning would’ve set the wrong tone for a playfully bizarre sophomore season). “Pachinko’s” original credits, meanwhile, are beloved! They’re awesome! They’re so gosh darn delightful they overcame the TV Academy’s indefensible neglect in every other category and earned “Pachinko” its only Emmy nomination (for Original Main Title Design)!
Season 1’s award-worthy credits sequence is more than just a...
Season 1’s award-worthy credits sequence is more than just a...
- 8/23/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“No one’s ever really gone,” Luke Skywalker said in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” He was referring to, of course, legacy and memory and how those who have passed will always live on in our hearts. But he might as well have been talking about deaths in the Marvel universe, which never seem final. Case in point: Marvel’s “Vision Quest” series (a tentative title for now) is bringing back another character from the dead: the villain Ultron.
Continue reading James Spader Will Return As Ultron For Marvel’s ‘Vision Quest’ Disney+ Series at The Playlist.
Continue reading James Spader Will Return As Ultron For Marvel’s ‘Vision Quest’ Disney+ Series at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes…a planetary apocalypse forcing you and your alien soulmate to invade the Earth and possess bodies you don’t understand? Sure, why not.
In Zach Clark’s wonderfully weird “The Becomers,” alien terror collides with a cascading case of mistaken identity. When two genderless extraterrestrials crash-land in different parts of Illinois, they must covertly assimilate through a revolving door of skin-suits before finding each other’s new forms. Clark’s latest is more candy-tart than saccharine-sweet — but for those unfamiliar with his out-there style, this electric portrait of doomsday-defying love serves as a ready-made soft spot for the indie filmmaker.
“The Becomers” writer/director/editor is already known for painting in seriocomic shades thanks to movies like “Little Sister” and “White Reindeer.” He’s exploring themes of complex grief again here, but this time it’s through the lens of a loss...
In Zach Clark’s wonderfully weird “The Becomers,” alien terror collides with a cascading case of mistaken identity. When two genderless extraterrestrials crash-land in different parts of Illinois, they must covertly assimilate through a revolving door of skin-suits before finding each other’s new forms. Clark’s latest is more candy-tart than saccharine-sweet — but for those unfamiliar with his out-there style, this electric portrait of doomsday-defying love serves as a ready-made soft spot for the indie filmmaker.
“The Becomers” writer/director/editor is already known for painting in seriocomic shades thanks to movies like “Little Sister” and “White Reindeer.” He’s exploring themes of complex grief again here, but this time it’s through the lens of a loss...
- 8/23/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Beyoncé may not have shown up as the DNC’s surprise guest last night, but the celebrity power was certainly on full display throughout the four-night event, with guest hosts like Tony Goldwyn, Mindy Kaling, and Kerry Washington introducing each night’s lineup of speakers and comedians such as Kenan Thompson and D.L. Hughley offering their services to bring some laughs to the raucous occasion. However, the real star of the convention was undoubtedly the Vice President herself, Kamala Harris. Hailing from California, she has strong ties to Hollywood and pulled out all the stops in utilizing those relationships to sell herself and her story to the American people, including having acclaimed filmmaker and friend Reginald Hudlin put together a short documentary on her life and career.
As previously revealed by Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff on X, formerly known as Twitter, Hudlin and his wife Chrisette were integral in setting the couple up.
As previously revealed by Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff on X, formerly known as Twitter, Hudlin and his wife Chrisette were integral in setting the couple up.
- 8/23/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
If Disney Animation felt like it was falling into disrepair in the late 2010s, everything changed in 2013 with the animated feature “Frozen,” which began a newfound renaissance period for Disney that included the success of “Moana.” Collectively, the two “Frozen” films have grossed $2.7 billion worldwide, and “Frozen II” is the 14th highest-earning film of all time. But more is coming, including a “Frozen III” and “Frozen IV.”
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Initially due in 2026, according to Disney’s CEO Bob Iger, during one of their many investor calls at the recent D23 Expo, Disney casually revealed a new “Frozen III” release date of 2027, never really explaining the year-long delay.
Continue reading Director Jennifer Lee Confirms ‘Frozen 3’ & ‘4’ Are Being Made At The Same Time at The Playlist.
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Initially due in 2026, according to Disney’s CEO Bob Iger, during one of their many investor calls at the recent D23 Expo, Disney casually revealed a new “Frozen III” release date of 2027, never really explaining the year-long delay.
Continue reading Director Jennifer Lee Confirms ‘Frozen 3’ & ‘4’ Are Being Made At The Same Time at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) is the early Best Sound favorite among other standouts that include “Civil War” (A24), “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.), ” A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount), and “Twisters” (Universal). The festival season will see the premieres of “Blitz” (Apple TV+) and “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.), and fall/holiday contenders include “Gladiator II” (Paramount), “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate), “Nosferatu” (Focus Features), “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures), and “Wicked” (Universal).
In “Dune: Part Two,” Oscar-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Richard King was reunited...
The State of the Race
“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) is the early Best Sound favorite among other standouts that include “Civil War” (A24), “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.), ” A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount), and “Twisters” (Universal). The festival season will see the premieres of “Blitz” (Apple TV+) and “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.), and fall/holiday contenders include “Gladiator II” (Paramount), “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate), “Nosferatu” (Focus Features), “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures), and “Wicked” (Universal).
In “Dune: Part Two,” Oscar-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Richard King was reunited...
- 8/23/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
If smelling like the early 1800s — before indoor plumbing — was just not for you, perhaps Netflix’s next hit-series-inspired scent will be. But also, probably not.
As part of Netflix’s ongoing partnership with Bath & Body Works, the streamer and the retailer have launched a “Stranger Things” collection. “Stranger Things” x Bath & Body Works boasts 15 limited-edition products — but we’re here to talk about three of them.
The first of the fragrances is “The Upside Down.” Because who would not want to smell like that barren, decrepit alternative universe overrun by vines, bats, and demons. Maybe don’t put this one in your guest bathroom.
The Upside Down scent has “notes of mossy stone, smokey birch tree, and eerie fog Fragrance.” The packaging, too, is inspired by the Hawkins woods. Ok, so it’s earthy. It could still be better than the Michael Jordan Cologne — but what the hell does “eerie fog” smell like?...
As part of Netflix’s ongoing partnership with Bath & Body Works, the streamer and the retailer have launched a “Stranger Things” collection. “Stranger Things” x Bath & Body Works boasts 15 limited-edition products — but we’re here to talk about three of them.
The first of the fragrances is “The Upside Down.” Because who would not want to smell like that barren, decrepit alternative universe overrun by vines, bats, and demons. Maybe don’t put this one in your guest bathroom.
The Upside Down scent has “notes of mossy stone, smokey birch tree, and eerie fog Fragrance.” The packaging, too, is inspired by the Hawkins woods. Ok, so it’s earthy. It could still be better than the Michael Jordan Cologne — but what the hell does “eerie fog” smell like?...
- 8/23/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Ridley Scott is famously gruff, speaks his unvarnished mind, and is Dgaf, but generally, he isn’t one lacking from a big ego. So perhaps it’s in keeping with his style that the filmmaker has claimed that his “Gladiator II” sequel is one of his greatest films.
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In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, he wasn’t shy about how good his new ‘Gladiator’ sequel is in his mind.
Continue reading Ridley Scott Says ‘Gladiator II’ Is The “Best Film I’ve Ever Made” at The Playlist.
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In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, he wasn’t shy about how good his new ‘Gladiator’ sequel is in his mind.
Continue reading Ridley Scott Says ‘Gladiator II’ Is The “Best Film I’ve Ever Made” at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Taylor Swift is endorsing Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut “Blink Twice.”
The Grammy winner, who previously collaborated with Kravitz on songs “Lavender Haze” and “Karma,” took to her Instagram story to praise the thriller film.
“This film is incredible,” Swift wrote. “Thrilling, twisted, wickedly funny, and visually stunning. The performances are phenomenal. Zoë Kravitz conceptualized this, wrote it, obsessed over every detail, and directed it with such a clear and bold vision. I’m so blown away by what she’s accomplished here and I can’t wait to watch everyone discover this film and this brilliant filmmaker.”
Swift also shared the trigger warning for “Blink Twice” that Amazon had circulated on Twitter.
“Trigger warning: contains mature themes and depictions of violence, including sexual violence. This may be upsetting or triggering to some viewers,” Swift wrote.
“Blink Twice” stars Naomi Ackie as a cocktail waitress who travels to the private...
The Grammy winner, who previously collaborated with Kravitz on songs “Lavender Haze” and “Karma,” took to her Instagram story to praise the thriller film.
“This film is incredible,” Swift wrote. “Thrilling, twisted, wickedly funny, and visually stunning. The performances are phenomenal. Zoë Kravitz conceptualized this, wrote it, obsessed over every detail, and directed it with such a clear and bold vision. I’m so blown away by what she’s accomplished here and I can’t wait to watch everyone discover this film and this brilliant filmmaker.”
Swift also shared the trigger warning for “Blink Twice” that Amazon had circulated on Twitter.
“Trigger warning: contains mature themes and depictions of violence, including sexual violence. This may be upsetting or triggering to some viewers,” Swift wrote.
“Blink Twice” stars Naomi Ackie as a cocktail waitress who travels to the private...
- 8/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
We talk a lot about “capturing a moment.” It’s an oddly aggressive term, but one that conveys urgency, necessity. And there is an urgency to capture the moment, the way of life, the particular cadence of the everyday, that Haitian-American director Monica Sorelle captures in her distinguished debut feature, “Mountains.” It’s one of IndieWire’s favorite films from Tribeca 2023 and last year’s fall festival season, and now finally getting a release in 2024. More than capturing it, though, Sorelle holds this moment in a warm, loving embrace.
“Mountains” gives us Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) and Esperance (Sheila Anozier), two Haitian immigrants in mid-life who are deeply embedded in the fabric of their Miami community. They’ve built a meaningful life — but need to work ever harder to maintain it. Esperance already works two jobs and Xavier is literally employed in a line of work that represents the massive changes happening around them.
“Mountains” gives us Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) and Esperance (Sheila Anozier), two Haitian immigrants in mid-life who are deeply embedded in the fabric of their Miami community. They’ve built a meaningful life — but need to work ever harder to maintain it. Esperance already works two jobs and Xavier is literally employed in a line of work that represents the massive changes happening around them.
- 8/23/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
It’s pretty easy to argue that Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” started the whole live-action remake trend over at Disney. Released in 2010, in the heyday of 3D coming back as a fad, the film grossed $1.025 billion and ushered in an era where Disney began to remake each and every one of their beloved animated classics (with dozens more to come). But when Burton came back to this well in 2019 with the live-action “Dumbo” remake, it was a totally different story.
Continue reading Tim Burton Says He Almost Retired After ‘Dumbo’ Flop, ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel Save Him at The Playlist.
Continue reading Tim Burton Says He Almost Retired After ‘Dumbo’ Flop, ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel Save Him at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
‘In The Summers’ Trailer: Sundance’s Grand Prize Winning Fathers & Daughters Drama Hits In September
The winner of the much-sought-after Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Sundance Director Award earlier this year, the poignant father and daughters drama “In The Summers” is finally coming out this fall. Music Box Films has set a release in September.
The directorial debut of Alessandra Lacorazza, known for a few shorts and writing and editorial work, “In The Summers,” is a touching and heartbreaking semi-autobiographical drama film that spans many years.
Continue reading ‘In The Summers’ Trailer: Sundance’s Grand Prize Winning Fathers & Daughters Drama Hits In September at The Playlist.
The directorial debut of Alessandra Lacorazza, known for a few shorts and writing and editorial work, “In The Summers,” is a touching and heartbreaking semi-autobiographical drama film that spans many years.
Continue reading ‘In The Summers’ Trailer: Sundance’s Grand Prize Winning Fathers & Daughters Drama Hits In September at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Writer/director Jt Mollner‘s “Strange Darling” (in theaters August 23) is a horror film that immediately grabs the viewer’s attention with the vividness and intensity of its imagery. The opening scene of the movie about the final months of a serial killer opens on a terrifying chase scene in flashes of black-and-white, then moves from one distinctive set piece to another, shifting between bold palettes to use color, light, and framing to recalibrate the viewer’s understanding of the unpredictable relationship at the movie’s center. Mollner throws down the gauntlet with an opening title card informing the audience that this is a movie shot on 35mm film; from that point forward, every richly textured image exists to demonstrate just why it was so important to shoot on celluloid, and to alternately delay and reveal the movie’s many thrilling surprises.
Aside from the plot twists, there’s another big surprise in “Strange Darling,...
Aside from the plot twists, there’s another big surprise in “Strange Darling,...
- 8/23/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo uncovers a new monster in “Cuckoo.” The film follows a 17-year-old girl forced to move with her family to a European resort where things are not what they seem. The Tilman Singer (“Luz”) film stars Hunter Shafer, Marton Csokas, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick and more.
Read More: ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer Thriller That’s For The Birds
Dan Stevens joins the podcast to discuss his role as the sinister Herr König, the owner of the mysterious resort.
Continue reading ‘Cuckoo’: Dan Stevens Talks New Horror, Supposed Marvel Casting, ‘Zero Day’ With Robert De Niro & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer Thriller That’s For The Birds
Dan Stevens joins the podcast to discuss his role as the sinister Herr König, the owner of the mysterious resort.
Continue reading ‘Cuckoo’: Dan Stevens Talks New Horror, Supposed Marvel Casting, ‘Zero Day’ With Robert De Niro & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
When casting a love interest for Alex Levy on “The Morning Show,” it was Jennifer Aniston who recommended Jon Hamm for the part of tech billionaire boyfriend Paul Marks.
Fans of the Apple TV+ drama (and/or basic privacy laws) know how well that worked out for the two characters at the end of Season 3, but Hamm may still reprise the role. Speaking with IndieWire, the Emmy-winning “Mad Men” actor — who is nominated twice this year for “The Morning Show” and “Fargo” — confirmed that. He voiced his interest in leading a feature rom-com with Aniston, a fellow nominee.
“I have no idea what it would look like,” Hamm said. “I think it would just have to be funny and fun and it would let us do what we both do very well, which is be charming and funny and compelling. I certainly wouldn’t say no to that.”
Aniston, who...
Fans of the Apple TV+ drama (and/or basic privacy laws) know how well that worked out for the two characters at the end of Season 3, but Hamm may still reprise the role. Speaking with IndieWire, the Emmy-winning “Mad Men” actor — who is nominated twice this year for “The Morning Show” and “Fargo” — confirmed that. He voiced his interest in leading a feature rom-com with Aniston, a fellow nominee.
“I have no idea what it would look like,” Hamm said. “I think it would just have to be funny and fun and it would let us do what we both do very well, which is be charming and funny and compelling. I certainly wouldn’t say no to that.”
Aniston, who...
- 8/23/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Andrés Arochi’s cinematic indoctrination began at a Blockbuster Video in Mexico City when he was 12-years old. Stuck at home for the summer after being grounded for his grades, Arochi spent those months binging the offerings in his local Blockbuster’s small section of American arthouse cinema. The next summer he worked for his uncle to save money for his first stills camera. By the time he was 17, Arochi was shooting music videos and beginning to direct experimental films. Now, he’s behind the lens on his first narrative feature Longlegs, the well-received box office hit about an FBI Agent (Maika […]
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- 8/23/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Andrés Arochi’s cinematic indoctrination began at a Blockbuster Video in Mexico City when he was 12-years old. Stuck at home for the summer after being grounded for his grades, Arochi spent those months binging the offerings in his local Blockbuster’s small section of American arthouse cinema. The next summer he worked for his uncle to save money for his first stills camera. By the time he was 17, Arochi was shooting music videos and beginning to direct experimental films. Now, he’s behind the lens on his first narrative feature Longlegs, the well-received box office hit about an FBI Agent (Maika […]
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The post “Fear Lives Behind Your Back”: Dp Andrés Arochi on Longlegs first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/23/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It’s giving Coen Brothers, That’s the immediate vibe of “Greedy People,” a new crime comedy from director Potsy Ponciroli (the revisionist Wester “Old Henry”) and playwright and screenwriter Michael Vukadinovich (“Kidding”). Everyone wants to be the Coens at one point in their life, and sure, it’s a big goal to aspire to, and it’s ostensibly entertaining to cast Tim Blake Nelson as a familiar yokel.
Continue reading ‘Greedy People’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Himesh Patel Can’t Save An Uninspired Coen-Esque Crime-Comedy Riff at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Greedy People’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Himesh Patel Can’t Save An Uninspired Coen-Esque Crime-Comedy Riff at The Playlist.
- 8/23/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
[Editor’s note: This post was originally published on July 19, 2024. It has been updated to include the “Bridgerton” prequel stories.]
The “Bridgerton” Netflix TV series is about a family with eight siblings, all either horny rakes or attracted to horny rakes, looking for love on the Regency marriage mart. Based on a beloved bestselling series of books by Julia Quinn that began in 2000, each season of the show is a loose adaptation of one of the books about the Bridgerton family, highlighting one specific sibling.
So far, that includes Book No. 1, “The Duke and I,” which became Season 1 of “Bridgerton,” focusing on Simon and Daphne; Book. No. 2, “The Viscount Who Loves Me,” which became the second season centering Anthony and Kate; and “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” Book No. 4 (twist!), which became Season 3 of the Netflix smash, which saw Penelope Featherington and Colin finding love.
What’s next? Clues at the end of Season 3 suggested that Season 4 will center on Benedict Bridgerton’s story (Benedict’s book is “An...
The “Bridgerton” Netflix TV series is about a family with eight siblings, all either horny rakes or attracted to horny rakes, looking for love on the Regency marriage mart. Based on a beloved bestselling series of books by Julia Quinn that began in 2000, each season of the show is a loose adaptation of one of the books about the Bridgerton family, highlighting one specific sibling.
So far, that includes Book No. 1, “The Duke and I,” which became Season 1 of “Bridgerton,” focusing on Simon and Daphne; Book. No. 2, “The Viscount Who Loves Me,” which became the second season centering Anthony and Kate; and “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” Book No. 4 (twist!), which became Season 3 of the Netflix smash, which saw Penelope Featherington and Colin finding love.
What’s next? Clues at the end of Season 3 suggested that Season 4 will center on Benedict Bridgerton’s story (Benedict’s book is “An...
- 8/23/2024
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
It’s been more than 30 years since John Woo first came to Hollywood, and it often feels like he’s been looking for a way back to Hong Kong ever since — or at least a way back to the iconic action filmmaker he was when he worked there in the ’80s and early ’90s. Orgiastically blending the muted cool of a Jean-Pierre Melville neo-noir with the explosive melodrama of a Martin Scorsese crime epic and the florid grandiosity of a Chinese opera, Woo’s elevated style clashed with the meat-and-potatoes ethos of American blockbusters. The same ecstasy that defined Cantonese-language classics like “Hard Boiled” and “A Better Tomorrow” seemed more like self-parody after being translated into “Mission: Impossible 2,” and last year’s dreadfully generic “Silent Night” suggested that Woo had lost whatever was left of his voice as an artist.
Needless to say, I wasn’t exactly filled with...
Needless to say, I wasn’t exactly filled with...
- 8/23/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Carol Kane probably deserves her own closet filled with classic films she’s been a part of, from “Dog Day Afternoon” to “The Princess Bride,” but for now, the Criterion Closet will have to do. In Criterion’s latest closet video, Kane reflects on influences like Bette Davis, as well as past collaborators like John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, who she describes as a “queen and a goddess.”
“I’m Carol Kane, I’m an ac-tor, and I am so moved to be in this room — this closet — with all these extraordinary films, movies — I don’t know what you’re supposed to call them — but all the creativity. It’s breaking my heart in a good way,” said Kane at the beginning of the video.
As her first pick off the shelf, Kane grabbed “All About Eve” and discussed the effect the lead of the film, Bette Davis, had...
“I’m Carol Kane, I’m an ac-tor, and I am so moved to be in this room — this closet — with all these extraordinary films, movies — I don’t know what you’re supposed to call them — but all the creativity. It’s breaking my heart in a good way,” said Kane at the beginning of the video.
As her first pick off the shelf, Kane grabbed “All About Eve” and discussed the effect the lead of the film, Bette Davis, had...
- 8/23/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
TV has always loved a murder mystery. From news headlines that preceded the true crime boom to the heydays of “Poirot” and “Murder, She Wrote,” audiences have always been drawn in by sinister theories — and the often squeamish truth. There’s a morbid fascination with the minds of criminals but also a basic human desire to answer questions, find logic, and make sense of a senseless world.
To honor the end of Alma Har’el’s “Lady in the Lake,” which airs its seventh and final episode August 23 on Apple TV+, IndieWire’s TV team got to thinking about the best TV murder mysteries in recent years. We didn’t include episodic procedurals (sorry to “Columbo”) or anything before the 21st century. We opted for the “whodunit” over the “howcatchem” — but occasionally allowed a pick where the “who” is known but the “how” drives the series. Single seasons of larger shows...
To honor the end of Alma Har’el’s “Lady in the Lake,” which airs its seventh and final episode August 23 on Apple TV+, IndieWire’s TV team got to thinking about the best TV murder mysteries in recent years. We didn’t include episodic procedurals (sorry to “Columbo”) or anything before the 21st century. We opted for the “whodunit” over the “howcatchem” — but occasionally allowed a pick where the “who” is known but the “how” drives the series. Single seasons of larger shows...
- 8/22/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Bill Skarsgård is an inked-up, goth angel of death in Rupert Sanders’ dreary new spin on “The Crow,” here an adaptation of James O’Barr’s supernatural graphic novel series rather than a retread of Alex Proyas’ controversial 1994 cult favorite.
Written by Zach Baylin and William Schneider, this version of “The Crow” wisely banned real guns from the set, even though it’s filled with plenty of stylized ballistic killings and led by an undead Eric Draven avenging the brutal death of his girlfriend. Despite moody, doomy set design and Skarsgård’s ominous silhouette as a very tall and beautiful walking corpse, Sanders’ “The Crow” is less giving with plot, hampered by an unfleshed and often confusing mythology that leaves the unsettling particulars of O’Barr’s source material for dead.
Setting up Eric as a traumatized Freudian headcase haunted by a hardscrabble childhood somewhere in Michigan, “The Crow” opens gruesomely...
Written by Zach Baylin and William Schneider, this version of “The Crow” wisely banned real guns from the set, even though it’s filled with plenty of stylized ballistic killings and led by an undead Eric Draven avenging the brutal death of his girlfriend. Despite moody, doomy set design and Skarsgård’s ominous silhouette as a very tall and beautiful walking corpse, Sanders’ “The Crow” is less giving with plot, hampered by an unfleshed and often confusing mythology that leaves the unsettling particulars of O’Barr’s source material for dead.
Setting up Eric as a traumatized Freudian headcase haunted by a hardscrabble childhood somewhere in Michigan, “The Crow” opens gruesomely...
- 8/22/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
Click on for more of our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The State of the Race
The Emmy nominations for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special were definitely more predictable than their counterparts on the series end. Most of the projects recognized fit the mold of what has won recently, with one nominee “Girls State” even being...
Click on for more of our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The State of the Race
The Emmy nominations for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special were definitely more predictable than their counterparts on the series end. Most of the projects recognized fit the mold of what has won recently, with one nominee “Girls State” even being...
- 8/22/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Glen Powell is the big man on campus once again.
After starring as a college student in “Everybody Wants Some!!” and later as a college professor in “Hit Man,” both directed by Richard Linklater, Powell is now going quasi-undercover as a college quarterback for Hulu comedy series “Chad Powers.”
Powell, who recently co-wrote “Hit Man” with Linklater, is the co-creator, co-writer, executive producer, and lead star of “Chad Powers,” which is inspired by Eli Manning’s former sketch series. Powell co-created the half-hour Hulu comedy with Michael Waldron, who also executive produces. Powell and Waldron co-wrote the pilot episode.
The logline reads: “When bad behavior nukes hotshot Qb Russ Holliday’s college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.”
And the Chad Powers look includes Powell donning a prosthetic to be eerily similar to his “Top Gun” co-star and public mentor Tom Cruise.
After starring as a college student in “Everybody Wants Some!!” and later as a college professor in “Hit Man,” both directed by Richard Linklater, Powell is now going quasi-undercover as a college quarterback for Hulu comedy series “Chad Powers.”
Powell, who recently co-wrote “Hit Man” with Linklater, is the co-creator, co-writer, executive producer, and lead star of “Chad Powers,” which is inspired by Eli Manning’s former sketch series. Powell co-created the half-hour Hulu comedy with Michael Waldron, who also executive produces. Powell and Waldron co-wrote the pilot episode.
The logline reads: “When bad behavior nukes hotshot Qb Russ Holliday’s college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.”
And the Chad Powers look includes Powell donning a prosthetic to be eerily similar to his “Top Gun” co-star and public mentor Tom Cruise.
- 8/22/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
As far as TV and movie adaptations go, Steven Zaillian’s limited series “Ripley” is fairly faithful to Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. In particular, the writer/director was keen to capture the sinister and dark tone of Highsmith’s portrayal of Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), a conman who proves capable of two murders, and lies with the skill of a sociopath. To further explore this aspect of the character, Zaillian did introduce one particularly bold stroke of his own: The 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio.
“The Caravaggio references are not in the book,” said Zaillian, while on IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast. “That’s based on when I first went to Italy [in the early ‘80s]. That’s when I discovered Caravaggio and I was fascinated with his paintings. And then did the same thing [as Tom in “Ripley”], I started reading about his life.”
As Zaillian sat down to write the “Ripley” scripts, it felt natural to...
“The Caravaggio references are not in the book,” said Zaillian, while on IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast. “That’s based on when I first went to Italy [in the early ‘80s]. That’s when I discovered Caravaggio and I was fascinated with his paintings. And then did the same thing [as Tom in “Ripley”], I started reading about his life.”
As Zaillian sat down to write the “Ripley” scripts, it felt natural to...
- 8/22/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The passing of time has had inverse effects on BoJack Horseman, the character, and “BoJack Horseman,” the show. While the character aged ungracefully as an emotionally stunted, washed-up sitcom star, the show has come to represent a sliding doors moment for TV animation. Premiering as a frontline warrior in Netflix’s battle to take over the industry, “BoJack” opened up wider possibilities for long-form animated storytelling.
In the same week that “BoJack” celebrates its 10th anniversary, its creator also reaches a landmark. Raphael Bob-Waksberg, talking to IndieWire on the eve of his 40th birthday, reflected on the last 10 years, saying, “When working on other people’s shows and on ‘BoJack,’ I was one of the youngest guys in the room, a young talent, the voice of the young people. Then I went into this hole for seven years and came out of it as one of the old guys. It...
In the same week that “BoJack” celebrates its 10th anniversary, its creator also reaches a landmark. Raphael Bob-Waksberg, talking to IndieWire on the eve of his 40th birthday, reflected on the last 10 years, saying, “When working on other people’s shows and on ‘BoJack,’ I was one of the youngest guys in the room, a young talent, the voice of the young people. Then I went into this hole for seven years and came out of it as one of the old guys. It...
- 8/22/2024
- by Ryan Gaur
- Indiewire
Diane Lane whips out her copy of the same Slim Keith book I’ve loved for years: “Slim: Memories of a Rich and Imperfect Life.” It details her love affair and marriage to Hollywood auteur Howard Hawks, how she befriended Ernest Hemingway when Hawks was wrangling the rights to “To Have and Have Not,” and her discovery of Harper’s Bazaar covergirl Lauren Bacall to play “Slim” in the movie, a character based on Keith.
An entire chapter is devoted to her deep and loving friendship, during and after her marriage to uber-agent Leland Hayward, with gay novelist Truman Capote, who eventually betrayed her with his infamous Esquire article, “La Cote Basque 1965.” At that moment, as dramatized in the FX series “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” Keith (Lane) and her best pal, New York socialite Barbara “Babe” Paley (Naomi Watts), angrily turned their backs on Capote (Tom Hollander), who had...
An entire chapter is devoted to her deep and loving friendship, during and after her marriage to uber-agent Leland Hayward, with gay novelist Truman Capote, who eventually betrayed her with his infamous Esquire article, “La Cote Basque 1965.” At that moment, as dramatized in the FX series “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” Keith (Lane) and her best pal, New York socialite Barbara “Babe” Paley (Naomi Watts), angrily turned their backs on Capote (Tom Hollander), who had...
- 8/22/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic legendarium is back on the big screen this December, in a way that we’ve never seen Middle-Earth before — as an anime film. Finally, we’ve now got the first trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” Kenji Kamiyama’s bold new vision of that sword-and-sorcery universe, executive produced by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, and released by Warner Bros. Watch it above.
The 58-year-old Kamiyama worked his way up in anime, initially as a background artist on “Akira” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” before making his debut as a director with “MiniPato.” He directed several of the “Ghost in the Shell” sequels as well as serving as co-director alongside Shinji Aramaki on “Blade Runner: Black Lotus,” which was a co-production of Crunchyroll and Adult Swim.
Warner Bros. tapped him for “War of the Rohirrim,” a unique expansion of the...
The 58-year-old Kamiyama worked his way up in anime, initially as a background artist on “Akira” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” before making his debut as a director with “MiniPato.” He directed several of the “Ghost in the Shell” sequels as well as serving as co-director alongside Shinji Aramaki on “Blade Runner: Black Lotus,” which was a co-production of Crunchyroll and Adult Swim.
Warner Bros. tapped him for “War of the Rohirrim,” a unique expansion of the...
- 8/22/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Jason Schwartzman’s been a totemic figure so long it can be hard to separate player from part. Beginning as idol of teenage rebellion Max Fischer in Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore,” the actor’s spent a quarter-century inhabiting numerous types — stuffy writers, disgruntled husbands, mourning widows, drug addicts, a bumping Pi on HBO’s perpetually ill-appreciated “Bored to Death” — that have doubled as progressions of professional versatility and real-life aging.
Like Jean-Pierre Léaud before him, Schwartzman is seemingly now cast for the weight his name and visage can carry. This sequence continues with “Between the Temples,” which finds him playing Benjamin, a cantor whose mourning for his deceased wife finds focus in sessions with Carla (Carol Kane), a fellow widow who decides now’s high time to receive the Bat Mitzvah she missed 60-or-so years prior. A brilliantly shaped scriptment from Nathan Silver and C. Mason Wells makes ideal scene...
Like Jean-Pierre Léaud before him, Schwartzman is seemingly now cast for the weight his name and visage can carry. This sequence continues with “Between the Temples,” which finds him playing Benjamin, a cantor whose mourning for his deceased wife finds focus in sessions with Carla (Carol Kane), a fellow widow who decides now’s high time to receive the Bat Mitzvah she missed 60-or-so years prior. A brilliantly shaped scriptment from Nathan Silver and C. Mason Wells makes ideal scene...
- 8/22/2024
- by Nick Newman
- Indiewire
It seems like it’s been forever. Since first being announced in June 2021, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” has titillated fans with all the possibilities. The film is a semi-rare American anime feature from a major studio, which alone makes it a very intriguing offering from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation.
While it hasn’t been forever, the “War of Rohirrim” has faced delays due partly to the SAG-AFTRA strikes in the summer of 2023.
Continue reading ‘Lord Of The Rings: The War Of Rohirrim’ Trailer: Kenji Kamiyama’s Much Anticipated Animated Epic Arrives December 12 at The Playlist.
While it hasn’t been forever, the “War of Rohirrim” has faced delays due partly to the SAG-AFTRA strikes in the summer of 2023.
Continue reading ‘Lord Of The Rings: The War Of Rohirrim’ Trailer: Kenji Kamiyama’s Much Anticipated Animated Epic Arrives December 12 at The Playlist.
- 8/22/2024
- by Josh Halpern
- The Playlist
In 2012, Angela Patton delivered a viral Ted Talk about her revolutionary Date with Dad prison program—a father-daughter dance between incarcerated dads and their daughters, giving separated families a unique chance to connect and reunite without any physical barriers. The CEO of Girls for a Change—a youth development nonprofit with a mission to empower Black girls in Central Virginia—Patton then found a partner in Natalie Rae, who reached out to collaborate on a film together. The result of their nearly a decade-in-the-making work is Daughters, a heartrending documentary that premiered in Sundance in January 2024, where it was bought by […]
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- 8/22/2024
- by Tomris Laffly
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In 2012, Angela Patton delivered a viral Ted Talk about her revolutionary Date with Dad prison program—a father-daughter dance between incarcerated dads and their daughters, giving separated families a unique chance to connect and reunite without any physical barriers. The CEO of Girls for a Change—a youth development nonprofit with a mission to empower Black girls in Central Virginia—Patton then found a partner in Natalie Rae, who reached out to collaborate on a film together. The result of their nearly a decade-in-the-making work is Daughters, a heartrending documentary that premiered in Sundance in January 2024, where it was bought by […]
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The post “Be With the Girls, Be Active Listeners, Be in Awe of Their Imagination”: Angela Patton and Natalie Rae on Their Powerful Netflix-Premiering Doc, Daughters first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/22/2024
- by Tomris Laffly
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
More than four years since her passing in 2020, and filmmaker Lynn Shelton continues to leave a characteristically positive mark on the indie filmmaking community. Now in its fifth year, the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” grant is now seeking applicants for its latest iteration.
The grant awards $25,000 to a U.S.-based woman, non-binary, or transgender filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature. Similar to the previous iterations, the grant will be a national open call, and seeks to recognize a film director for their distinct vision, storytelling, and singularity. Previous recipients include Erica Tremblay, who has said the grant was integral to the development of her debut feature, the lauded “Fancy Dance,” and most recent winner, Mirta Desir, who is in active development on her own first feature now.
“The Lynn Shelton ‘Of a Certain Age’ Grant is an amazing source of support...
The grant awards $25,000 to a U.S.-based woman, non-binary, or transgender filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature. Similar to the previous iterations, the grant will be a national open call, and seeks to recognize a film director for their distinct vision, storytelling, and singularity. Previous recipients include Erica Tremblay, who has said the grant was integral to the development of her debut feature, the lauded “Fancy Dance,” and most recent winner, Mirta Desir, who is in active development on her own first feature now.
“The Lynn Shelton ‘Of a Certain Age’ Grant is an amazing source of support...
- 8/22/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Remember 2019’s “The Climb,” the sole American film in the Un Certain Regard section and a breakout title that year? Well, its director and co-writer, Michael Angelo Covino, finally has a new movie on the way called “Splitsville.” Moreover, it boasts a terrific cast that features Covino, Dakota Johnson (“Daddio”), Adria Arjona, and Kyle Marvin, the co-writer and co-star of “The Climb” (read our review here; check out our interview with Covino and Marvin here).
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Continue reading ‘Splitsville’: Dakota Johnson & Adria Arjona Join ‘The Climb’ Director’s New Film at The Playlist.
- 8/22/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
In “Hollywood Black,” a four-part docuseries streaming on MGM+, director Justin Simien chronicles the vast and untold history of the Black experience in Hollywood. Inspired by historian Donald Bogle’s book by the same title, the series unearths parts of film history that don’t get taught in film school, and puts into historical, cultural, and societal contexts those performers and films that did break through to the mainstream. When Simien was a guest on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, he talked about how he was inspired to make the series by his own recent discovery of films, filmmakers, and rich periods of Black cinema that he was previously unaware of and wasn’t taught in film school.
“I am so shocked because it’s not what you think, it’s not what you were conditioned to believe,” said Simien. “What you finally uncover is some of the work is so sophisticated,...
“I am so shocked because it’s not what you think, it’s not what you were conditioned to believe,” said Simien. “What you finally uncover is some of the work is so sophisticated,...
- 8/22/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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