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Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones are reuniting in The Brutalist. Prior to starring in Brady Corbet's epic historical drama, Pearce and Jones topped the bill in Breathe In (2013). In the time since they last worked together, the two have put years on their respective careers, with Pearce adding titles like Iron Man 3 and Mary Queen of Scots to his filmography, while Jones put in career performances in The Theory of Everything and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

The Brutalist follows Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) as he emigrates to America and attempts to make a life for himself and his wife, Erzsébet (Jones), who remains stuck in Budapest in the midst of World War II. After years of searching for stable work, László encounters Harrison Lee Van Buren (Pearce), a wealthy industrialist who gives László a long-term project...

Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”), Edgar Ramirez (“Emilia Perez”) and Jack Farthing (“Spencer”) will star in “Next Life” from writer-director Drake Doremus (“Like Crazy”), L.A. and London-based production and management company 42, Mutressa and Fetisoff Illusion have announced.

“Next Life” tells the love story of Ivy (Emilia Clarke), who finds herself confronted with parallel universes in which her life unspools in very different ways set against the modern London jazz scene.

Mutressa’s Elika Portnoy, Gleb Fetisov of Fetisoff Illusion and 42’s Ben Pugh and Kate Buckley are producing alongside Doremus. John Palfery Smith will also produce. Production is currently underway in London and set to wrap in late December. CAA Media Finance is representing worldwide rights.

Clarke is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO award winning series “Game of Thrones,” for which she received four Emmy nominations and three Critics Choice Award nominations.

Alix West Lefler has joined James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Scoot McNairy for Blumhouse's Speak No Evil, a remake of Christian Tafdrup's Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne. James Watkins, who directed the horror films The Woman in Black and Eden Lake (which he also wrote), serves as director and writer for Speak No Evil. The original film director Tafdrup serves as an executive producer for the remake, alongside Paul Ritchie, Jacob Jarek, and Bea Sequeira. The film is produced by Blumhouse's Jason Blum.

The original film, a social satire, premiered in the Midnight section during the 38th Sundance Film Festival in 2022. Gæsterne (which translates to The Guests but is titled Speak No Evil in English) follows a Danish couple, Bjørn and Louise, and their daughter Agnes. While vacationing in Tuscany the three meet a Dutch couple, Patrick and Karin, and their son Abel, who is unable to speak. After...

Milan Records today releases Ammonite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by Dustin O’Halloran and Volker Bertelmann. Available everywhere now, the album features music written by the duo for director Francis Lee’s critically-acclaimed film starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Continuing a fruitful creative partnership, the nine-track album features music co-composed by O’Halloran and Bertelmann, who previously teamed on the Academy® Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe® Award-nominated score for 2016’s Lion, A Christmas Carol and more.

Following its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Neon opened the film in select theaters on November 13.

Please watch the film safely in theatres, but don’t worry if not, it comes out digitally in the US December 4th. I hope you and your loved ones are well pic.twitter.com/ewWAVAuoNx

— Francis Lee (@strawhousefilms) November 13, 2020

Of the soundtrack, composers O’Halloran and Bertelmann say,

“Writing music for Ammonite...

CBS All Access is rounding out the cast for Season 2 of its original anthology series Why Women Kill. Lana Parrilla (The Tax Collector), B.K. Cannon (Sin City Saints) Jordane Christie (The Haunting of Hill House), Matthew Daddario (Shadowhunters) and Veronica Falcón (Queen of the South) join previously announced Allison Tolman and Nick Frost in the series that hails from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios.

This season of the dark comedy features a new ensemble cast and storylines set in 1949 that will explore what it means to be beautiful, the hidden truth behind the facades people present to the world, the effects of being ignored and overlooked by society, and finally, the lengths one woman will go in order to finally belong.

Parrilla will play Rita, the sardonic wife to the wealthy and evil Carlo Castillo. As she waits for her elderly husband to die,...

Jónsi has returned with the meditative new song “Exhale,” the Sigur Rós frontman’s first new solo music in 10 years.

The Icelandic singer teamed up with Giovanni Ribisi to direct the video, which features a dancer in a polyethylene tarp surrounded by fleeting, dark fabric that fills the air. “It’s just the way it is/It isn’t your fault,” Jónsi sings against scattered synths. “It isn’t your fault/Just let it go.”

Jónsi teamed up with A.G. Cook to produce the track, known for his collaborations with Charli Xcx.

Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan star in the latest film by director Drake Doremus, Endings, Beginnings, which sounds like another bittersweet, aching tale of romance amidst the challenges of life. Doremus' past films, including Zoe (2018), Newness (2017), Equals (2015), Breathe In (2013), and Like Crazy (2011), have often incorporated romance into their stories, though it's never been viewed in a traditional or stereotypical manner. Combined with down-to-earth visuals, they have presented a somewhat gauzy, yet grounded view of life. In Endings, Beginnings, set "in present day Los Angeles," according to the official synopsis, "Daphne (Woodley), a thirty something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them...

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Filmmaker Drake Doremus is making himself a specialist in love-hate relationships, a kind of cinema couples therapist in such films as Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals, and Newness. With his latest film — Endings, Beginnings — Doremus breaks from the couples path to home in on one character. Her name is Daphne, and she’s drifting into her thirties in Los Angeles (the ultimate place to drift) while having a love-hate relationship with herself. Don’t yawn. As played with banked fire by a terrific Shailene Woodley, Daphne earns our rooting interest.

If you love emotional cinema, you should be a fan of filmmaker Drake Doremus, if you aren’t already. From his breakthrough Like Crazy, to other efforts like Breathe In, Equals, Newness, and Zoe, he’s been a storyteller with one of the biggest beating hearts out there. This week, his newest film Endings, Beginnings is opening, and it’s not just one of his best, but one of the top new releases of the year so far. Doremus was kind enough to hop on the phone with me last week for a short chat about his new movie, but also just about his process, which is heavy on improvisation and letting his actors find their characters organically. Below you will find my chat with Drake Doremus, who puts forth some truly moving work with Endings, Beginnings. My rave review is up on the site, as of Monday, and can be found here,...

"I'm tired of hurting people... I don't know how to stop." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled the trailer for an indie drama titled Endings, Beginnings, the latest feature made by filmmaker Drake Doremus. It follows a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. This kind of intimate film all about romance and love is Drake's knack, he keeps making them, and they continue to be astonishing and heartbreaking and thrilling. Shailene Woodley stars, also with Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, plus Matthew Gray Gubler, Lindsay Sloane, and Kyra Sedgwick. This one is worth a look, especially if you're a fan of these actors. Here's the first official trailer for Drake Doremus' Endings, Beginnings, direct from Sgf's YouTube: In present day Los Angeles,...

Hilary Duff is back with new music and we couldn't be happier! On Wednesday, the 32-year-old singer and actress released a cover of Third Eye Blind's "Never Let You Go" that she did with producer Rac and her husband Matthew Koma. Not only does it mark the couple's first track together, but it also marks Duff's first new song in almost four years. She previously released her album Breathe In. Breathe Out. in 2015, and eventually covered Fleetwood Mac's "Little Lies" for her hit show Younger later that year.

From the upbeat tempo to the soft vocals, the new cover definitely feels reminiscent of Duff's earlier songs like "So Yesterday" or her "Our Lips Are Sealed" cover with her sister, Haylie Duff. Even though Duff is currently busy with Younger and the Disney+ reboot of Lizzie McGuire, is it too much to ask for another album? Maybe she can sing...

They'll never let you go! Hilary Duff has returned to music, this time with her man, Matthew Koma. The newly married couple dropped their cover of Third Eye Blind's "Never Let You Go" on Wednesday. The song was made in collaboration with producer Rac and in tribute to Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins, whom Koma said on his Instagram he's a huge fan of. The song also comes with a lyric video, making it a fun and glorious return for the Lizzie McGuire star, whose last music release was her 2015 album Breathe In. Breathe Out. As Luca and Banks' mom wrote on Instagram, "Volume Up! It's a bop and I sing with my husband @matthewkoma who thinks(dreams)...

Exclusive: CAA has signed award-winning filmmaker Drake Doremus.

The write-director-producer’s latest movie Endings, Beginnings which stars Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, and Sebastian Stan, was recently sold to Samuel Goldwyn Films in the wake of the pic’s world premiere at Tiff.

The Orange, California native and AFI alum’s feature Douchebag, which made its world premiere in Dramatic Competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. There was more immediately in store for Doremus, for the following year he premiered his Anton Yelchin-Felicity Jones-Jennifer Lawrence $250K feature Like Crazy (which was largely improvised) winning the fest’s Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture. In addition, the pic landed a Special Jury Prize for Jones. The film was released by Paramount the following October and also garnered a Breakthrough Actor award from the National Board of Review for Jones.

Doremus’ other credits include Breathe In, which starred Emmy winner Guy Pearce.

Writer/director Drake Doremus debuts his latest picture, “Endings, Beginnings,” at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. The film centers on a young woman (Shailene Woodley) navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year while confronting the pain of a recent traumatic experience, and finding hope in the most surprising of places.

Your films are driven by the intimacy of the characters. Where did this story derive from?

I want to make stuff that I want to see, and I’m interested in relationships and momentary feelings that people experience. This is my most personal film since “Like Crazy” as I’d just gotten out of a six- year relationship before I started to work on the script. Life very much informs your own work, and you have to be ready to take an introspective look at the truth of your current situation, which can be cathartic.

What will surprise people about this film?...

Shailene Woodley ponders over a pinball table in this exclusive first look from the as-yet-untitled next film from Like Crazy and Breathe In director Drake Doremus.

The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) and Sebastian Stan (I, Tonya) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.

Written ...

Shailene Woodley ponders over a pinball table in this exclusive first look from the as-yet-untitled next film from Like Crazy and Breathe In director Drake Doremus.

The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) and Sebastian Stan (I, Tonya) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.

Written ...

Shamier Anderson, who starred in Syfy’s TV adaptation of the comic book series, Wynonna Earp, is set to co-star opposite Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan in the Drake Doremus-directed drama, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.

Doremus has directed films such as Like Crazy, starring Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, and Jennifer Lawrence, Breathe In, with Jones and Guy Pearce, as well as the more recent Zoe, starring Ewan McGregor, Léa Seydoux, and Theo James.

His latest film is about an artist (Woodley) who dumps her longtime boyfriend in an effort to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.

Doremus is producing the pic with Robert George, Francis Chung, Jihyun Ok, and Fred Lee.

Anderson can next been seen on the big screen opposite Nicole Kidman in Annapurna’s Destroyer, out Christmas Day, and in the indie comedy,...

"I wonder all the time if you think about me..." Amazon has debuted an official trailer for an intriguing sci-fi romance film titled Zoe, the latest film from filmmaker Drake Doremus. This is about two people at a research lab who are designing technology to "improve and perfect romantic relationships", but things go even further than they thought possible with a synthetic romance bot. Ewan McGregor stars, with Léa Seydoux playing the titular Zoe, and a cast including Rashida Jones, Theo James, Matthew Gray Gubler, Miranda Otto, Christina Aguilera, and Helen Johns. I really enjoy seeing Doremus play with love and how it all works, exploring it in unique and philosophical ways. He's also great with visuals and intimate shots, but I'm curious if the rest of the film is as good as this looks. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Drake Doremus' Zoe, direct from YouTube: Two...

When actors are asked about their career motivations, they often default to “just wanting to do something different.” Judging by her resume, however, Mackenzie Davis really means it. Over the course of only seven years and just over two dozen roles, the actress has already done a little bit of everything, sliding from indies to mainstreams films and back again, and that’s not about to change, even with Davis stepping into her most high-profile role yet.

Best known for her work in indies like “Breathe In” and “Almost Shine,” the actress is currently filming her biggest film to date: a “Terminator” reboot in which she’s rumored to be playing a “soldier-assassin from the future.” It’s the kind of movie that seems poised to catapult the 31-year-old performer into a different stratosphere, but before that, she’s still diligently stumping for her latest indie.

That role — likely the...

Hilary Duff is pregnant again! The Younger star announced on Friday that she is expecting a baby girl with boyfriend Matthew Koma, and we could not be happier for the couple. But how much do you actually know about Matthew? As we await the arrival of baby Koma, keep reading to get to know more about Matthew with these five quick facts.

Related: 18 Times Hilary Duff Chased the Sun in a Bikini He's a musician. Matthew is a singer, a songwriter, and a record producer. He's produced hits for Shania Twain, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, and Zedd. He recently dropped a new single called "Over Getting Over You" with Said the Sky. He's clearly great with kids. Even though Matthew doesn't have any kids yet, he is incredibly close with his goddaughter and often shares photos of their fun adventures on Instagram. He and Hilary have history. Hilary and Matthew...

The connective spark with somebody new can be exciting, but does that flood of emotion always lead to love? That question is at the heart of “Newness,” the latest effort by Drake Doremus (“Like Crazy,” “Breathe In“). And today, we have an exclusive clip from the film.

Read More: ‘Newness’ Trailer: Nicholas Hoult Discovers Hookup Apps

Led by Nicholas Hoult (who also starred in Doremus’ “Equals“) and Laia Costa, the story follows Martin and Gabi, who meet through the dating app Winx, and find themselves talking into the early hours.

Continue reading ‘Newness’ Clip: Nicholas Hoult & Laia Costa Talk About Love [Exclusive] at The Playlist.

Enter here for your chance to win a pair of run of engagement (Roe) passes to see the new film from director Andy Serkis, Breathe starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, and Hugh Bonneville.

For your chance to receive two (2) Roe passes to see the new film Breathe, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because there are a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! The contest will end on Wednesday, October 25th at midnight.

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Breathe: For his directorial debut, Andy Serkis brings to life the inspiring true love story between Robin and Diana Cavendish (Academy Award® nominee Andrew Garfield, Golden Globe® winner Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. When Robin is struck down by polio at the age...

It's been a good year for Blumhouse Productions so far with Get Out and Split delivering impressive returns on minuscule budgets. This weekend their latest, Happy Death Day, hopes to follow suit as it targets a #1 finish, pushing WB's Blade Runner 2049 into runner-up position after just one week in theaters. Additional new releases include Stx's The Foreigner, Annapurna's Professor Marston & the Wonder Women and Open Road's Marshall as there's a little something for everyone in theaters, though it doesn't appear that little something will deliver big numbers at the box office collectively. On the heels of a very strong year so far, Blumhouse brings Happy Death Day to 3,149 theaters nationwide. The film takes the Groundhog Day concept and turns it into a horror film with Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones director, Christopher Landon, at the helm. Industry expectations are for a debut in the mid-teens, though we're anticipating a result just a bit higher.

For his directorial debut, Andy Serkis brings to life the inspiring true love story between Robin and Diana Cavendish (Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

When Robin is struck down by polio at the age of 28, he is confined to a hospital bed and given only a few months to live. With the help of Diana’s twin brothers (Tom Hollander) and the groundbreaking ideas of inventor Teddy Hall (Hugh Bonneville), Robin and Diana dare to escape the hospital ward to seek out a full and passionate life together — raising their young son, traveling and devoting their lives to helping other polio patients.

We Are Movie Geeks would like to invite you to an advance screening of Breathe. It’s next Monday, October 16th at 7pm at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theater

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The following article contains minor spoilers for “Blade Runner 2049.”

In addition to a pair of memorable performances from Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, cinematographer Roger Deakins’ stunning visual work, and director Denis Villeneuve’s dystopian vision, “Blade Runner 2049” has one more element worthy of excitement: a supporting cast of new and rising stars. Many of them have already made their mark on indie cinema, like the perpetually working David Dastmalchian or the irreverent Carla Juri, while others will likely use Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic as a springboard for even bigger careers (like Ana de Armas, the film’s biggest find).

Read More:‘Blade Runner 2049’ Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Neo-Noir Sequel Is Mind-Blowing Sci-Fi Storytelling

It’s only appropriate that a future-oriented world like the one on display in the “Blade Runner” franchise would spawn new stars, but they’ve shined quite brightly before. Here’s where you...

Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield attended the red carpet premiere of Breathe in London on Wednesday. Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield At Breathe UK Premiere Foy, 33, wore a glamorous semi-sheer gown by Gucci. The ensemble was black with many different colors in floral arrangements on the skirt and sheer bodice. The top featured a signature Gucci bow. Garfield […]

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Drake Doremus has become one of the indie film world’s constant observers of disconnected romance, from his breakthrough debut “Like Crazy” to “Breathe In” and the Kristen Stewart-starring “Equals,” and he continues firmly in this wheelhouse in his next feature, “Newness.” The romance drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and reunites the director with his “Equals” leading man Nicholas Hoult.

Read More:‘Newness’ Review: Nicholas Hoult And Laia Costa Can’t Save Drake Doremus’ Dating App Drama

“Newness” stars Hoult and “Victoria’ breakout Laia Costa as two Los Angeles millennials who match on a social media dating app and begin an intense and challenging open relationship. Danny Huston, Courtney Eaton, and Matthew Gray Gubler co-star.

“‘Newness’ is a very emotionally and physically bare movie — there’s nowhere to hide,” Doremus said to People, which has premiered the official first trailer below. “I think the...

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, My Little Pony, Breathe, and more make our daily movie newsJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, My Little Pony, Breathe, and more make our daily movie newsZachary Dent6/29/2017 4:42:00 Pm

In today's movie news we have a a few trailers with a couple posters sprinkled in!

The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer dropped today! In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.

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The best stories are always those told from the lives of real people and Andrew Garfield seems to have a soft spot for a biographical tale as he yet again steps into the real-life shoes of Robin Cavendish in Breathe in which the trailer has been released.

Directed by Planet of the Apes Mvp Andy Serkis, who also runs The Imaginarium Studios the production company behind the film alongside Cavendish’s son Jonathan, Breathe tells the story of his Father. Paralysed from the neck down from the age of 28, Robin was given only a matter of months to live. Robin went on to become a pioneering advocate for the disabled alongside his wife Diane, travelling the world with the hope to transforms the lives of others like him.

Joining Garfield on the picture, which is written by William Nicholson, are The Crown’s Claire Foy as Cavendish’s loving wife Diana,...

The 61st BFI London Film Festival has set Andy Serkis’ feature directorial debut Breathe as its opening night gala. Based on the true story of Robin Cavendish, the uplifting period drama stars Andrew Garfield and The Crown‘s Claire Foy. The October 4 opening night screening will be simulcast to cinemas across the UK and is billed as the European premiere, suggesting the film will likely hit the fall fest circuit in September. The Lff berth showcases Breathe in front of…...

After years of wondering, waiting, and rolling on the floor in a state of perpetual depression, fans of Arrested Development can finally look happily into the sun knowing that Netflix has officially greenlit the fifth season of the show. Breathe in the good air folks…it smells like bananas. Netflix announced this morning that the fifth season was in development and will air in 2018 with all of... Read More...

It seems impossible that a new television show about the undead could possibly offer anything fresh.

The mere thought of the undead bring up visions of a pleathora of zombie shows already on the air. Whether it's violent horror or light-hearted attempt at comedy, we're already doing it.

But before Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet, Victor Fresco (Better Off Ted), hadn't yet joined the fray. Suddenly the smell of death is sweet again.

There are many ways to look at what Fresco is offering with his look at the sudden eruption of undead in suburbia. It's a reminder that life is short – and ironic, too – since it's often under the worst circumstances that we come to realize the beauty that already surrounds us.

It's also an effective tale of a marriage that needed a boost, a look at commitment and what it's like to stand by your partner through the good times and the really,...

Back in 2011, director Drake Doremus made a splash at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival with his indie romance Like Crazy, which won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic category. Since then, his films Breathe In and Equals haven’t really reached the same level of praise. But with his latest work behind the […]

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It looks like love is in the air for Hilary Duff. After weeks of speculation, the Younger star seemingly confirmed her new romance with 29-year-old singer Matthew Koma when the two stepped out together for Entertainment Weekly's SAG Awards pre-party in La on Saturday night. Matthew wrapped his arm around Hilary as they blazed through the red carpet, and a source told Us Weekly, their relationship is "pretty recent" and "Hilary thinks Matt is very talented and cute." The duo previously worked together on Hilary's 2015 Breathe In. Breathe Out. album, and she was most recently linked to personal trainer Jason Walsh. Related:Hilary Duff on Coparenting With Ex Mike Comrie: "I Wouldn't Choose Anyone Else"Bikini-Clad Hilary Duff Enjoys a Low-Key Day at the Beach With Her Family...

Hilary Duff is moving on!

The 29-year-old actress was spotted getting coffee with musician Matthew Koma on Thursday, a month after her split from trainer Jason Walsh.

Watch: Hilary Duff Reportedly Splits From Boyfriend Jason Walsh

Duff looked casual and cute for the outing at Alfred Coffee in Studio City, California, sporting ripped jeans, and tied-up flannel button-down and cute booties. Koma also went for the distressed denim look, wearing a white T-shrirt, black jacket and cool shades.

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Related: Hilary Duff Opens Up About Her Amicable Divorce: 'I Don't Feel the Need to Get Married Again'

The pair also reportedly spent the long weekend together at Santa Barbara's San Ysidro Ranch -- the same hotel Duff spent her wedding night with then-husband Mike Comrie in August 2010 --  where they were seen kissing at a restaurant, according to Us Weekly.

Koma, who produced several tracks for Duff's fifth studio album, Breathe In. Breathe...

Filmmakers around the world harbor the same fantasy: I’m going to make a film so good that it will play the Sundance Film Festival, score rave reviews, sell in an overnight bidding war for a multi-million-dollar minimum guarantee to a major theatrical buyer, open in packed theaters around the country, and launch my career.

Right.

Truth is, this hardly ever happens. We checked in with a group of lauded Sundance filmmakers, all who are returning to the festival this year with new films, to glean what they learned the hard way from their Sundance experiences.

1. Manage expectations.

Alex Ross Perry (“Golden Exits”): My first time was with “Listen Up Philip” [2014], which was a huge step forward from my last movie, “The Color Wheel,” which I made for $25,000 with all my friends. This was a sizable, produced movie with a cast of well-known people [Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce]. The first days was all...

Filmmakers around the world harbor the same fantasy: I’m going to make a film so good that it will play the Sundance Film Festival, score rave reviews, sell in an overnight bidding war for a multi-million-dollar minimum guarantee to a major theatrical buyer, open in packed theaters around the country, and launch my career.

Right.

Truth is, this hardly ever happens. We checked in with a group of lauded Sundance filmmakers, all who are returning to the festival this year with new films, to glean what they learned the hard way from their Sundance experiences.

1. Manage expectations.

Alex Ross Perry (“Golden Exits”): My first time was with “Listen Up Philip” [2014], which was a huge step forward from my last movie, “The Color Wheel,” which I made for $25,000 with all my friends. This was a sizable, produced movie with a cast of well-known people [Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce]. The first days was all...

Bidding wars have already begun for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Buyers snapped up six titles in the days leading up to the fest, including one that A24 purchased sight unseen: David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story,” starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Other movies acquired in the past two weeks are “Berlin Syndrome” (Netflix), “Call Me By Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics), “Casting JonBenet” (Netflix), “Cries From Syria” (HBO for television rights) and “Long Strange Trip” (Amazon).

Read More: Sundance 2017: Netflix, Vertical Acquire ‘Berlin Syndrome’

With 120 features playing at Sundance, there are plenty of hot titles remaining for acquisition executive, though it will be tough for any film to exceed last year’s $17.5 million purchase of “The Birth of a Nation” by Fox Searchlight, the biggest deal in the festival’s history.

Which movies are likely to have buyers lining up in the cold this year? Here are 14 hot...

The new Drake Doremus movie “Newness” is the rare film that was kept a secret almost by accident. A last-minute addition to the Sundance Film Festival, the movie was financed and produced so quickly that the filmmaking team skipped the usual casting announcements and other publicity efforts that accompany most Hollywood movies. It’s not that the producers tried to fly under the radar – they were just too busy making the actual movie.

Read More: Sundance 2017: ‘Newness’ and ‘Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time’ Added to Lineup

Doremus’ fourth film to premiere in Park City after “Douchebag,” “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In,” the movie stars Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa as a couple in contemporary Los Angeles navigating the world of online dating and social media–driven hookup culture. The film co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Courtney Eaton.

“Newness” writer Ben York Jones (“Like Crazy,...

Two new films have just been added to this year’s Sundance Film Festival: Drake Doremus’ “Newness” and Banks Tarver, Ted Bourne and Mary Robertson’s “Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time.” The former marks Doremus’ fourth film to premiere in Park City after “Douchebag,” “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In,” while the latter continues Sundance’s tradition of ultra-timely political documentaries.

Read More: ‘A Ghost Story’: David Lowery’s Sundance Drama Starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara Acquired by A24

Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Danny Huston and Courtney Eaton star in “Newness,” which the program notes describe thusly: “In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.” Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon feature in “Trumped,” meanwhile, which follows its subject’s unlikely election last November.

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After discussing the year’s breakthrough directors, it’s time to traverse to the other side of the camera. Whether it’s their very first performances or a talent who’s been seen in a variety of features, yet, for whatever reason, hadn’t been allowed to command the screen, this year’s breakthrough actors are an eclectic group. Ranging from Hollywood offerings to minuscule independent dramas, check out our rundown.

Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz (Little Men)

Taking the concept of “Parents Just Don’t Understand” and conveying it through the economic realities of gentrification, Ira Sachs‘ Little Men is an affecting look at what happens when a friendship can fracture due to external pressures. Playing the two friends at the center, Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz honestly communicate the experience of an innocent relationship as they both explore what they want out of their teenage life. Barbieri, in particular,...

"Be careful, Izzy... People are fragile." Another intriguing sci-fi short to watch. This one is titled Memory Box, directed by filmmaking team Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. Sadly, Aaron Aites passed away from cancer and this is his last film as a director. Ewell is keeping his memory alive and has started an Indiegogo for extra funding to release this short (beyond the internet). It first premiered at Fantastic Fest last month and is now out online. Described as a "psycho-sexual sci-fi tinged short film", Mackenzie Davis (from The Martian, Breathe In, "Halt & Catch Fire") stars a young mother who works at a memory-recreation facility where actors recreate clients' memories. Fellow sci-fi filmmaker Shane Carruth also stars. Love the score. Thank you to The Playlist for the tip on this. Description from Vimeo: "Memory Box is the third and final film directed and produced by the filmmaking team of Aaron Aites...

The Oscar-nominated actor will receive Batfa Los Angeles’ Britannia Award for British Artist Of The Year presented by Burberry in October.

Jones, who will be seen in A Monster Calls and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story later this year, will collect the honour at the 2016 Britannia Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on October 28.

British Artist Of The Year “pays tribute to a talented British artist whose outstanding performances in a year have demonstrated the high quality of their craftsmanship… a person who represents the best of British talent.”

Prior recipients include Emma Watson, Daniel Craig, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Blunt, Michael Sheen, Rachel Weisz and James Cordon.

Jones earned a lead actress Academy Award nod in 2015 for her role opposite Eddie Redmayne in The Theory Of Everything. She also stars in December release Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

“Felicity Jones is one of the finest, most sought-after...

Quick Takes The top three from last week all maintain their positions with Don’t Breathe in the lead followed by Suicide Squad and Kubo and the Two Strings. Pete’s Dragon jumped back into the Top 5 at number four, while Sausage Party dropped to number five. Box Office Top Five Don’t Breathe made $15.8 million in its second weekend to once again take first place. Suicide […]...

Don't Breathe clip playlist shows just how bad an idea robbery isDon't Breathe clip playlist shows just how bad an idea robbery isAmanda Wood8/25/2016 11:00:00 Am

We’ve seen a lot of clips released for the very freaky-looking Don’t Breathe, so we decided to conveniently round them all up in one place for you.

Don’t Breathe, which puts a twist on the classic home invasion subgenre, comes out this Friday, and these clips prove that it looks downright terrifying. The film follows a morally corrupt group of youngsters that decide to rob a blind man while he’s still in the house. Little do they know, this blind man has some very special skills, and they’re in for more than they thought.

Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, and Dylan Minnette star in the film, and these clips show off just how bad an idea it was to...

Credit wars are a fact of Hollywood life that’s rarely laid bare. Those involved are often intimidated by the possible consequences, and the backstories aren’t simple; there’s the question of whether they’ll be believed, or if anyone really has the patience to hear them out.

The battle over costume design credits on “Equals” is different.

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Directed by the Sundance-winning Drake Doremus, “Equals” stars Kristen Stewart and Nicolas Hoult. Two costume designers are officially credited to the production: In first position is Abby O’Sullivan, a veteran whose credits included “Frozen River,” “Sinister,” and “Mississippi Grind.” In second position, Alana Morshead, who was an actress and stylist when she started collaborating with Doremus on the film.

However, according to O’Sullivan and others who worked on the film’s costumes, Morshead...

With his sci-fi romance “Equals” still in theaters, writer/director Drake Doremus has already lined up his next project. Described as “a unique love story,” the untitled film will star Charlie Hunnam and Léa Seydoux. No plot details are being revealed at this time. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the story.

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Rich Greenberg, best known for his theater and television work, is writing the screenplay. Prior to “Equals,” which stars Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart as two members of a future society in which all emotional displays are verboten (they fall in love, natch), Doremus came to attention for writing and directing “Breathe In” and “Like Crazy.”

Read More: ‘Equals’ Exclusive Featurette: Kristen Stewart & Nicholas Hoult Go Behind The Scenes of Their Dystopian Love Story

Hunnam will soon appear in both James Gray’s...

And the “American Horror Story” hype train keeps rolling along with another trio of teasers (one eye-poppingly odd, another that reminds us to breathe, and a third that’s rather hairy) plus some new artwork courtesy of EW that features one… Continue Reading →

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“This house looked like an easy target. Until they found what was inside!”

You’ve been warned! Don’T Breathe is rated R for terror, violence, disturbing content, and language including sexual references!

Rocky, a young woman wanting to start a better life for her and her sister, agrees to take part in the robbery of a house owned by a wealthy blind man with her boyfriend Money and their friend Alex. But when the blind man turns out to be a serial killer, the group must find a way to escape his home before they become his newest victims.

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Director Fede Alvarez brought us an interestingly brutal remake of the 1981 classic, The Evil Dead. Now, he has his own original film coming out next week with Don’t Breathe. Not only have I heard great things, we have passes to giveaway to our loyal fiends to check out the film before it hits theaters next Friday, August 26.

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