Westwood Village’s Bruin Theatre and Fox Village Theatre will screen their last films — for now — on Thursday as Regency Theatres’ lease comes to an end at the two historic Los Angeles venues.
Opened in 1937, the streamline-moderne style Bruin is being represented by commercial real estate firm Newmark, which repped the sale of the Fox Village. With 670 seats, it’s smaller than the Fox Village Theatre across the street, which currently has about 1400 seats.
Both venues have a long history of hosting movie premieres, while the Bruin also played an important role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“The owners thank the Golin Family and Regency Theaters for our relationship with them for the last 14 years. The owners are currently evaluating future opportunities for The Bruin,” said Owen Solomon, a representative for the building’s owners.
The 1931 Fox Village is set to reopen at an unspecified...
Opened in 1937, the streamline-moderne style Bruin is being represented by commercial real estate firm Newmark, which repped the sale of the Fox Village. With 670 seats, it’s smaller than the Fox Village Theatre across the street, which currently has about 1400 seats.
Both venues have a long history of hosting movie premieres, while the Bruin also played an important role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“The owners thank the Golin Family and Regency Theaters for our relationship with them for the last 14 years. The owners are currently evaluating future opportunities for The Bruin,” said Owen Solomon, a representative for the building’s owners.
The 1931 Fox Village is set to reopen at an unspecified...
- 7/22/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Garrett Clayton (Teen Beach Movie) has signed on to star in the feature film, Our Family Pride, a coming-out story from writer-director-actor Glen Evelyn.
Based on the filmmaker’s real-life events, Our Family Pride tells the personal journey of a family that comes together through conflict and difficult times, amid finding out their father is gay later in life. Mike (Clayton), along with his mother and siblings, must confront this new reality as well as their own personal struggles on the path to acceptance.
Pic is slated to start shooting later this month in Florida’s Palm Beaches and Ft. Lauderdale areas.
The film also stars Chad Ridgely (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), William Mark McCullough (Manhunt), and Rachel Alig (The Cleaning Lady). Evelyn will produce under his GunnerMAX Productions, along with Dominic Giannetti of Giannetti Films and co-star Ridgely of Full Auto Films.
Clayton is best known...
Based on the filmmaker’s real-life events, Our Family Pride tells the personal journey of a family that comes together through conflict and difficult times, amid finding out their father is gay later in life. Mike (Clayton), along with his mother and siblings, must confront this new reality as well as their own personal struggles on the path to acceptance.
Pic is slated to start shooting later this month in Florida’s Palm Beaches and Ft. Lauderdale areas.
The film also stars Chad Ridgely (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), William Mark McCullough (Manhunt), and Rachel Alig (The Cleaning Lady). Evelyn will produce under his GunnerMAX Productions, along with Dominic Giannetti of Giannetti Films and co-star Ridgely of Full Auto Films.
Clayton is best known...
- 7/16/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sean Baker’s latest triumph is an Oscar frontrunner, and now finally the first trailer for “Anora” is here.
The highly-anticipated “Anora” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, and proved “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Mikey Madison is an actress to watch this awards season. Madison plays an exotic dancer and sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn).
Vache Tovmaysa, Yura Borisov, and Baker’s frequent collaborator Karren Karagulian.
The feature was the first American film to win the Palme d’Or since Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” in 2011.
Writer/director Baker previously helmed Oscar-nominated film “The Florida Project,” groundbreaking iPhone movie “Tangerine,” and Simon Rex’s career-best “Red Rocket,” which also centered on sex work.
“Anora” will be released by Neon, which handled the release of fellow Palme d’Or winners “Parasite,” “Triangle of Sadness,” and “Anatomy of a Fall,...
The highly-anticipated “Anora” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, and proved “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Mikey Madison is an actress to watch this awards season. Madison plays an exotic dancer and sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn).
Vache Tovmaysa, Yura Borisov, and Baker’s frequent collaborator Karren Karagulian.
The feature was the first American film to win the Palme d’Or since Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” in 2011.
Writer/director Baker previously helmed Oscar-nominated film “The Florida Project,” groundbreaking iPhone movie “Tangerine,” and Simon Rex’s career-best “Red Rocket,” which also centered on sex work.
“Anora” will be released by Neon, which handled the release of fellow Palme d’Or winners “Parasite,” “Triangle of Sadness,” and “Anatomy of a Fall,...
- 7/15/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
If you enjoyed the hyper-violent 20-minute finale of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and wondered if you could just have that for the whole movie, you have the movie of your dreams in Indian revenge actioner “Kill.” Relentless bloodletting is not novel to Bollywood cinema, but the volume & degree here might represent a dubious new milestone. As might the fact that “Kill” is one of the very few Indian films acquired for semi-wide release in North America, making its way to nearly 1000 screens.
Continue reading ‘Kill’ Review: Blood-Soaked Indian Actioner Delivers Gratuitous Violence And Schlock at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Kill’ Review: Blood-Soaked Indian Actioner Delivers Gratuitous Violence And Schlock at The Playlist.
- 7/15/2024
- by Ankit Jhunjhunwala
- The Playlist
Protestors for PETA disrupted Thursday night’s premiere of “Twisters” in Los Angeles, calling out a “distressing scene” in the film as an “inhumane” glorification of rodeos and for the use of live animals in the film.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization protested the LA premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre over the “distressing scenes” involving rodeo animals. Protestors wearing cow masks and carrying signs reading “Calves’ Necks Are Twisted at Rodeos” and “The Rodeo Hurts and Kills Animals” were positioned outside the theater.
But one protestor also found her way inside the screening and jumped in front of the audience while director Lee Isaac Chung was introducing the film’s cast, including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos, who were all in attendance.
IndieWire was present at the premiere, where the woman could be heard shouting “There’s no excuse for animal abuse.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization protested the LA premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre over the “distressing scenes” involving rodeo animals. Protestors wearing cow masks and carrying signs reading “Calves’ Necks Are Twisted at Rodeos” and “The Rodeo Hurts and Kills Animals” were positioned outside the theater.
But one protestor also found her way inside the screening and jumped in front of the audience while director Lee Isaac Chung was introducing the film’s cast, including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos, who were all in attendance.
IndieWire was present at the premiere, where the woman could be heard shouting “There’s no excuse for animal abuse.
- 7/12/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson and Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Rumer Willis has boarded director Rohit Karn Batra’s gun crisis drama, The Gun on Second Street.
The indie, which already stars Poppy Delevingne and Tom Arnold, follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. A violent scuffle quickly ensues as officer Tj Meadows III accidentally shoots and kills his partner, officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun.
Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, Meadows moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin’s widow, Kacie. Willis will play the role of Ashley Pullman, Meadow’s former partner with whom she shares a son.
The Gun on Second Street is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films, with Rikin Shah executive producing.
Rumer Willis is also set to appear in the upcoming feature Broken Trail, opposite Gbenga Akinnagbe and Jeff Fahey. Her other screen...
The indie, which already stars Poppy Delevingne and Tom Arnold, follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. A violent scuffle quickly ensues as officer Tj Meadows III accidentally shoots and kills his partner, officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun.
Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, Meadows moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin’s widow, Kacie. Willis will play the role of Ashley Pullman, Meadow’s former partner with whom she shares a son.
The Gun on Second Street is produced by Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films, with Rikin Shah executive producing.
Rumer Willis is also set to appear in the upcoming feature Broken Trail, opposite Gbenga Akinnagbe and Jeff Fahey. Her other screen...
- 7/11/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has just released the teaser trailer for their upcoming limited series about a mystery that surrounds the impending rich in-laws of a bride-to-be. The Perfect Couple sports an all-star cast for an ensemble show, which includes Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning, Eve Hewson, Billy Howle, Jack Reynor, Ishaan Khatter, Meghann Fahy, Sam Nivola, Michael Beach, Donna Lynne Champlin, Mia Isaac, with Liev Schreiber and Isabelle Adjani. It’s brought to us by writer and showrunner Jenna Lamia and is based on the book by author Elin Hilderbrand.
The official synopsis reads,
“Amelia Sacks is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life...
The official synopsis reads,
“Amelia Sacks is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. Her disapproving future mother-in-law, famous novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season — until a body turns up on the beach. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a real-life...
- 7/11/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
France’s Deauville American Film Festival has announced a retrospective gathering 50 U.S. features that have challenged perceptions of the world to mark its 50th anniversary.
The selection ranges from D. W. Griffith’s 1916 silent epic Intolerance to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and also includes Ida Lupino’s groundbreaking 1950 rape drama Outrage as well as Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. (see full list below)
“Cinema has always made us dream, travel, desire, fantasize, laugh, cry. But how many films have been able to shake up our certainties, question our beliefs, question our prejudices and put our own views into perspective?,” said the festival.
“The Deauville American Film Festival wanted to highlight a selection of 50 films that have changed the way we look at the world,” it continued.
Launched in 1975, the festival unfolding in the swanky Normandy beach resort of Deauville, annually fetes Hollywood...
The selection ranges from D. W. Griffith’s 1916 silent epic Intolerance to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and also includes Ida Lupino’s groundbreaking 1950 rape drama Outrage as well as Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. (see full list below)
“Cinema has always made us dream, travel, desire, fantasize, laugh, cry. But how many films have been able to shake up our certainties, question our beliefs, question our prejudices and put our own views into perspective?,” said the festival.
“The Deauville American Film Festival wanted to highlight a selection of 50 films that have changed the way we look at the world,” it continued.
Launched in 1975, the festival unfolding in the swanky Normandy beach resort of Deauville, annually fetes Hollywood...
- 7/9/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Egan, who co-founded Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty and co-wrote and sang on the enduring hit “Stuck in the Middle with You,” died July 6. He was 77. The news was shared on the late Rafferty’s official Facebook page, but no details were provided.
“Very sad news that the other half of Stealers Wheel, Joe Egan, passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon with his nearest and dearest around him,” read the post on the page run by Rafferty’s daughter, Martha. “I will always remember him as a sweet and gentle soul. May he rest in peace.”
Egan — who originally dreamed of soccer stardom — and Rafferty met as teenagers at St. Mirin’s Academy in their hometown of Paisley, Scotland, and formed Stealers Wheel in the early 1970s. Their first two singles stiffed, but the third would become a rock and pop standard.
Related: ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Moment Remembered In Home Video...
“Very sad news that the other half of Stealers Wheel, Joe Egan, passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon with his nearest and dearest around him,” read the post on the page run by Rafferty’s daughter, Martha. “I will always remember him as a sweet and gentle soul. May he rest in peace.”
Egan — who originally dreamed of soccer stardom — and Rafferty met as teenagers at St. Mirin’s Academy in their hometown of Paisley, Scotland, and formed Stealers Wheel in the early 1970s. Their first two singles stiffed, but the third would become a rock and pop standard.
Related: ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Moment Remembered In Home Video...
- 7/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are two incredibly versatile movie stars who got their big break in the 90s. The era showed them proving their worth in the industry and their capabilities. DiCaprio was the absolute heartthrob with films like Romeo + Juliet and Titanic while Pitt impressed audiences with his performances in Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Legends of the Fall, and Fight Club.
Leonardo DiCaprio became a huge movie star after the gigantic success of Titanic | Paramount Pictures
Fans of the two actors have debated over the years on the question of the bigger star between the two. There has also been a tussle over who is the better actor between Pitt and DiCaprio. While the debate continues, most pick Pitt as the more versatile and interesting performer.
Amidst Intense Debate, Brad Pitt Towers Over Leonardo DiCaprio With His Great Looks and Films
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt came together...
Leonardo DiCaprio became a huge movie star after the gigantic success of Titanic | Paramount Pictures
Fans of the two actors have debated over the years on the question of the bigger star between the two. There has also been a tussle over who is the better actor between Pitt and DiCaprio. While the debate continues, most pick Pitt as the more versatile and interesting performer.
Amidst Intense Debate, Brad Pitt Towers Over Leonardo DiCaprio With His Great Looks and Films
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt came together...
- 6/30/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Austin Butler is making a name for himself not just as a talented up-and-coming star, but as a man with a penchant for weird voices. Much like his "The Bikeriders" co-star Tom Hardy (a man who's given us a smorgasbord of weird voices in his time), Butler is showing promise as a master of what Hardy termed the "vocal silhouette." His "Dune: Part Two" voice simply demands further examination, for example, but it was his complete transformation for Baz Luhrman's "Elvis" that gave us the most significant vocal tone. In fact, Butler basically reinvented himself as the King of Rock n' Roll for the movie. After a five-month audition that was unlike any other for "Elvis," he disappeared into the character for three years and claimed to lose touch with who he really was by the end of it.
Still, all that dedication seems to have been worth it. Butler...
Still, all that dedication seems to have been worth it. Butler...
- 6/29/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
"Death Proof" is usually ranked lowest among Quentin Tarantino's directorial efforts, which is a shame since newbies might take that to mean it's not worth seeking out. (It absolutely is.) A 1970s exploitation homage initially released as part of his and Robert Rodriguez's failed 2007 "Grindhouse" double-feature experiment, the movie lends Tarantino's distinctive banter to a slasher about an over-the-hill stunt double, dubbed "Stuntman" Mike (Kurt Russell), who slays his victims using a rigged stunt vehicle.
"Death Proof" abides by the expectations of its genre for its first half, following Mike as he hunts his prey, not by stalking them under the cover of night but by schmoozing them up at a bar and cunningly striking when their defenses are down (but their blood-alcohol levels are up). It's only in its second half that the film stealthily -- and swiftly -- evolves into a women's empowerment story by way of a revenge thriller,...
"Death Proof" abides by the expectations of its genre for its first half, following Mike as he hunts his prey, not by stalking them under the cover of night but by schmoozing them up at a bar and cunningly striking when their defenses are down (but their blood-alcohol levels are up). It's only in its second half that the film stealthily -- and swiftly -- evolves into a women's empowerment story by way of a revenge thriller,...
- 6/29/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Garth Ennis, the writer behind "The Boys" and "Preacher," has been called the Quentin Tarantino of comic books. On the surface, both men tell stories filled with violence, profane dialogue, crass comedy, and their fans love them for it. I've adored Tarantino since I first encountered him — no movie, from "Reservoir Dogs" to his latest (and favorite of his own films) "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" — has broken that spell. My feelings on Ennis are more of a journey; I dismissed him in my younger days but I've since settled on the more positive side.
The comic that got me to give Ennis a second look is his 2018 war mini-series, "Sara" (drawn by Steve Epting and colored by Elizabeth Breitweiser). Ennis grew up reading war comics and now he writes them quite well.
Published by Tko Studios, "Sara" is set in Russia during World War II (or as the Russians call it,...
The comic that got me to give Ennis a second look is his 2018 war mini-series, "Sara" (drawn by Steve Epting and colored by Elizabeth Breitweiser). Ennis grew up reading war comics and now he writes them quite well.
Published by Tko Studios, "Sara" is set in Russia during World War II (or as the Russians call it,...
- 6/24/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
For cinephiles who came of moviegoing age during the 1970s and/or '80s, there is a shortlist of movie stars that, if you were talented and fortunate enough to become a filmmaker of some renown, you'd give anything to direct. And if you grew up with a hankering for horror and science-fiction flicks, the name Kurt Russell was probably at or near the top of that list.
Russell wasn't always one of the cool kids. In fact, he was a literally uncool kid for Disney as the teenage star of family comedies like "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes." Indeed, no one viewed Russell as a grown-up actor until he impressed in the title role of Carpenter's 1979 TV movie "Elvis." This did the trick. Two years later, Russell slipped under the scaly skin of laconic scoundrel Snake Plissken in Carpenter's dystopian actioner "Escape from New York." Then he went the...
Russell wasn't always one of the cool kids. In fact, he was a literally uncool kid for Disney as the teenage star of family comedies like "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes." Indeed, no one viewed Russell as a grown-up actor until he impressed in the title role of Carpenter's 1979 TV movie "Elvis." This did the trick. Two years later, Russell slipped under the scaly skin of laconic scoundrel Snake Plissken in Carpenter's dystopian actioner "Escape from New York." Then he went the...
- 6/24/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Move aside, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise; we’ve got a new contender for the Quentin Tarantino film! While fans buzz about Tarantino’s last hurrah, one Marvel superhero stands prepped and ready, sporting a cheeky grin that says, “Why not me?” Is the MCU star going to be the one to add the final flourish to Tarantino’s iconic filmography?
Brad Pitt and Margaret Qualley in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood | Sony Pictures
As Tarantino fans wait with bated breath (wondering who will get the lead role), this shocking twist could redefine the endgame for the iconic filmmaker.
From X-Men Claws to Critic’s Quill: Hugh Jackman Claws His Way into Tarantino’s Final Frontier? Hugh Jackman had previously retired as Wolverine in 2017’s Logan | 20th Century Fox
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and last movie, Movie Critic, has been banished to the director’s cutting room floor,...
Brad Pitt and Margaret Qualley in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood | Sony Pictures
As Tarantino fans wait with bated breath (wondering who will get the lead role), this shocking twist could redefine the endgame for the iconic filmmaker.
From X-Men Claws to Critic’s Quill: Hugh Jackman Claws His Way into Tarantino’s Final Frontier? Hugh Jackman had previously retired as Wolverine in 2017’s Logan | 20th Century Fox
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and last movie, Movie Critic, has been banished to the director’s cutting room floor,...
- 6/22/2024
- by Heena Singh
- FandomWire
You can’t see them, but they see everything in director Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut, The Watchers. And if you missed The Watchers in theaters, you can watch at home as soon as next week.
The Watchers opened in theaters on June 7 and will be available on premium video on demand on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery also revealed in the press release for the film’s at home streaming release that The Watchers will be released on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 27.
The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”), and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).
The...
The Watchers opened in theaters on June 7 and will be available on premium video on demand on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Warner Bros. Discovery also revealed in the press release for the film’s at home streaming release that The Watchers will be released on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 27.
The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”), and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).
The...
- 6/21/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Quentin Tarantino is arguably one of the best auteur directors who brings a distinct style to his films that is enjoyed by fans. With great films like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the filmmaker has always maintained his integrity as a director who goes for original material.
Quentin Tarantino’s filmography includes classic gems like Pulp Fiction | Miramax Films
Tarantino has never done a big-budget studio film or dealt with an existing IP. He has talked about how these types of films are taking up most of the theatrical markets while original films are struggling to find audiences. In 2022, the filmmaker bashed the current era of Hollywood deeming it as the worst one since the 50s and 80s.
Quentin Tarantino Believes Hollywood Is Going Through Its Worst Era And Fans Couldn’t Agree More
Tarantino wants studios making more original films than...
Quentin Tarantino’s filmography includes classic gems like Pulp Fiction | Miramax Films
Tarantino has never done a big-budget studio film or dealt with an existing IP. He has talked about how these types of films are taking up most of the theatrical markets while original films are struggling to find audiences. In 2022, the filmmaker bashed the current era of Hollywood deeming it as the worst one since the 50s and 80s.
Quentin Tarantino Believes Hollywood Is Going Through Its Worst Era And Fans Couldn’t Agree More
Tarantino wants studios making more original films than...
- 6/18/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Sony Pictures gave the first major studio presentation at the 2024 CineEurope trade show on Monday.
In a short but sweet show in Barcelona — which preceded the screening of Greg Berlanti’s rom-com “Fly Me to the Moon,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum — Sony’s president of international distribution Steven O’Dell gave a whistle-stop rundown of the studio’s upcoming titles, revealing an enviable list of filmmakers it’s working with.
Among the films referenced were Danny Boyle’s zombie sequel “28 Years Later,” starring Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Taika Waititi’s “Klara and the Sun,” starring Jenna Ortega; and Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about the four members of the Beatles, which O’Dell said would be “distinct, but interconnected.”
Also mentioned were Jason Reitman’s “SNL 1975,” about the build up to the premiering of “Saturday Night Live,” the sequel to the Tom Holland-starring action-adventure “Uncharted,...
In a short but sweet show in Barcelona — which preceded the screening of Greg Berlanti’s rom-com “Fly Me to the Moon,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum — Sony’s president of international distribution Steven O’Dell gave a whistle-stop rundown of the studio’s upcoming titles, revealing an enviable list of filmmakers it’s working with.
Among the films referenced were Danny Boyle’s zombie sequel “28 Years Later,” starring Cillian Murphy, Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Taika Waititi’s “Klara and the Sun,” starring Jenna Ortega; and Sam Mendes’ upcoming films about the four members of the Beatles, which O’Dell said would be “distinct, but interconnected.”
Also mentioned were Jason Reitman’s “SNL 1975,” about the build up to the premiering of “Saturday Night Live,” the sequel to the Tom Holland-starring action-adventure “Uncharted,...
- 6/17/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Today, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the most acclaimed directors in Hollywood, known not only to cinephiles, but also to people who occasionally enjoy a fun action or gory slasher. The mass appeal is what made the director so popular, but it doesn't take away from his creative genius.
The director once admitted that he will only make 10 movies in his career, and he hasn't released the last one yet. The other 9, however, will make a great addition to anyone's movie night. So check out the ratings below and find out which Tarantino films are the best to start with and which ones you might want to skip.
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof (2007) – 64%
As dynamic and violent as one expects from Quentin Tarantino's movie, Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof failed to impress viewers for some reason. While the rating is still fresh, the 64% mark is a far cry from any of the director's other movies.
The director once admitted that he will only make 10 movies in his career, and he hasn't released the last one yet. The other 9, however, will make a great addition to anyone's movie night. So check out the ratings below and find out which Tarantino films are the best to start with and which ones you might want to skip.
Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof (2007) – 64%
As dynamic and violent as one expects from Quentin Tarantino's movie, Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof failed to impress viewers for some reason. While the rating is still fresh, the 64% mark is a far cry from any of the director's other movies.
- 6/15/2024
- by virginia-singh@startefacts.com (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
On Monday, June 17, Jimmy Kimmel Live! welcomes actor Austin Butler, actor and writer Lionel Boyce, and singer Madison Beer to the show. Austin Butler, known for his roles in “Elvis” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” joins the show to discuss his latest film, “The Bikeriders.” In this crime drama, Butler portrays Benny […]
Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Austin Butler, Lionel Boyce, Madison Beer...
Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Austin Butler, Lionel Boyce, Madison Beer...
- 6/15/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
Since the release of Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist Western thriller The Hateful Eight in 2015, fans had been eagerly awaiting the director’s next project for a torturous four years. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), his grandiose crime drama delves into the relationship between the Manson family murders and a fictional TV actor (& his stunt double).
It is not merely a film; it’s Tarantino’s cinematic celebration of an era—a star-studded tableau that emphatically stakes its claim as one of 2019’s best displays of acting talent. Under the skillful direction of casting director Victoria Thomas, whose ability to bring the fabled talents of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio together to create a screen sensation, the cast of the movie was more brilliant than ever.
Austin Butler as Charles Walter in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Columbia Pictures
Margot Robbie, Sydney Sweeney, Al Pacino, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning,...
It is not merely a film; it’s Tarantino’s cinematic celebration of an era—a star-studded tableau that emphatically stakes its claim as one of 2019’s best displays of acting talent. Under the skillful direction of casting director Victoria Thomas, whose ability to bring the fabled talents of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio together to create a screen sensation, the cast of the movie was more brilliant than ever.
Austin Butler as Charles Walter in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Columbia Pictures
Margot Robbie, Sydney Sweeney, Al Pacino, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning,...
- 6/15/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Just before Halloween back in 2022, it was announced that Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner – who both have experience working in the Scream franchise, as Fitzgerald was in the Scream TV series and Gallner appeared in the 2022 Scream movie – were set to star in the “cat and mouse thriller” Strange Darling. A few months ago, we learned that Magenta Light Studios will be giving Strange Darling a wide theatrical release in the United States on August 23rd – and now a trailer has arrived online to give us a preview of what this movie will have in store for us when it reaches the big screen in a couple months. You can check it out in the embed above.
Reviews from audience members who saw the movie at Fantastic Fest last year indicate that it will work best if viewers have as little information as possible going in. We previously heard that...
Reviews from audience members who saw the movie at Fantastic Fest last year indicate that it will work best if viewers have as little information as possible going in. We previously heard that...
- 6/13/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Writer Jay Glennie will explore the making of Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 and 2019 films in a pair of upcoming books – the first in a planned series.
Quentin Tarantino’s films Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds will be the subject of two upcoming books written by Jay Glennie and published by Little, Brown imprint Voracious next year.
Each book will explore the making of those films individually, with Tarantino providing the foreword for each as well as access to assorted behind-the-scenes stuff including photos, earlier drafts of scripts and so forth.
Glennie has form when it comes to writing in-depth making-of books; his earlier work has covered such classics as Trainspotting, Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter and Nicolas Roeg’s Performance.
“I have Jay Glennie’s books in my collection, and I have read and loved them, in particular on the making of The Deer Hunter. I just...
Quentin Tarantino’s films Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds will be the subject of two upcoming books written by Jay Glennie and published by Little, Brown imprint Voracious next year.
Each book will explore the making of those films individually, with Tarantino providing the foreword for each as well as access to assorted behind-the-scenes stuff including photos, earlier drafts of scripts and so forth.
Glennie has form when it comes to writing in-depth making-of books; his earlier work has covered such classics as Trainspotting, Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter and Nicolas Roeg’s Performance.
“I have Jay Glennie’s books in my collection, and I have read and loved them, in particular on the making of The Deer Hunter. I just...
- 6/12/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Deadline reports that Quentin Tarantino has teamed with Jay Glennie for two books, which will explore the making of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds.
Jay Glennie, who has written books about the making of movies such as The Deer Hunter, Trainspotting, Raging Bull, and more, conducted many hours of interviews with Tarantino about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds. The books will include “unseen personal photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, script drafts, notes, and changes, production and location materials, shooting schedules, and more.” Tarantino will pen the forward for each book.
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“I have Jay Glennie’s books in my collection, and I have read and loved them, in particular on the making of The Deer Hunter. I just know that there is no better guy to take a deep dive into my movies,...
Jay Glennie, who has written books about the making of movies such as The Deer Hunter, Trainspotting, Raging Bull, and more, conducted many hours of interviews with Tarantino about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds. The books will include “unseen personal photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, script drafts, notes, and changes, production and location materials, shooting schedules, and more.” Tarantino will pen the forward for each book.
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“I have Jay Glennie’s books in my collection, and I have read and loved them, in particular on the making of The Deer Hunter. I just know that there is no better guy to take a deep dive into my movies,...
- 6/12/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Little, Brown imprint Voracious has set a fall 2025 publication date for two books exploring the creative genius of Quentin Tarantino in the making of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds.
The books are written by Jay Glennie, and each will have a foreword written by Tarantino. Voracious VP/Publisher Michael Szczerban acquired world rights from Shane Salerno at The Story Factory.
The books will explore the making of these films in depth and detail, the result of hours of interviews that Glennie did with Tarantino about the creation, writing, casting, themes, visuals, production, soundtrack, post-production and global theatrical releases of both films. Aside from the interviews, Tarantino opened his personal archives to Glennie. Over 50 cast and crew also supplied anecdotes and photographs.
The books will include unseen personal photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, script drafts, notes, and changes, production and location materials, shooting schedules and more — painting...
The books are written by Jay Glennie, and each will have a foreword written by Tarantino. Voracious VP/Publisher Michael Szczerban acquired world rights from Shane Salerno at The Story Factory.
The books will explore the making of these films in depth and detail, the result of hours of interviews that Glennie did with Tarantino about the creation, writing, casting, themes, visuals, production, soundtrack, post-production and global theatrical releases of both films. Aside from the interviews, Tarantino opened his personal archives to Glennie. Over 50 cast and crew also supplied anecdotes and photographs.
The books will include unseen personal photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, script drafts, notes, and changes, production and location materials, shooting schedules and more — painting...
- 6/11/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Black Bear on Tuesday announced the supporting cast for its Matthew McConaughey film The Rivals of Amziah King, which has wrapped production.
Actors set to join include Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Cole Sprouse (Lisa Frankenstein), Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Scott Shepherd (Killers of the Flower Moon), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jake Horowitz (Bones and All) and newcomer Angelina LookingGlass.
The Rivals‘ plot is being kept under wraps, though the project is described as a character-focused crime thriller set against the backdrop of rural Oklahoma. LookingGlass landed the co-lead opposite McConaughey, we’re told, following a worldwide search. The feature is the second from writer-director Andrew Patterson on the heels of The Vast of Night, a sci-fi mystery distributed by Amazon that won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in its Slamdance...
Actors set to join include Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Cole Sprouse (Lisa Frankenstein), Owen Teague (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Scott Shepherd (Killers of the Flower Moon), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jake Horowitz (Bones and All) and newcomer Angelina LookingGlass.
The Rivals‘ plot is being kept under wraps, though the project is described as a character-focused crime thriller set against the backdrop of rural Oklahoma. LookingGlass landed the co-lead opposite McConaughey, we’re told, following a worldwide search. The feature is the second from writer-director Andrew Patterson on the heels of The Vast of Night, a sci-fi mystery distributed by Amazon that won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature in its Slamdance...
- 6/11/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Another weekend in the books, another disappointing opening for a much-anticipated horror movie. Warner Bros. released Ishana Night Shyamalan's "The Watchers" in theaters this past weekend, and given that the daughter of "The Sixth Sense" director M. Night Shyamalan was getting into the family business, there was excitement around this one. Unfortunately, the end result left much to be desired in the early going, both critically and commercially.
"The Watchers" opened to an estimated $7 million in its debut domestically. It opened against "Bad Boys: Ride or Die," which easily won the weekend with an impressive $56.5 million opening. Unfortunately, even though this seemed like an example of solid counterprogramming, Shyamalan's mysterious horror flick landed at number four on the charts, also placing behind "The Garfield Movie" ($10 million) and "If" ($8 million). Those movies were in their third and fourth weekends, respectively. Needless to say, this isn't what WB had in mind.
"The Watchers" opened to an estimated $7 million in its debut domestically. It opened against "Bad Boys: Ride or Die," which easily won the weekend with an impressive $56.5 million opening. Unfortunately, even though this seemed like an example of solid counterprogramming, Shyamalan's mysterious horror flick landed at number four on the charts, also placing behind "The Garfield Movie" ($10 million) and "If" ($8 million). Those movies were in their third and fourth weekends, respectively. Needless to say, this isn't what WB had in mind.
- 6/11/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' star Julia Butters is set to star alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in 'Freaky Friday 2'.Jeff Sneider confirmed the news on his paid-for newsletter, The InSneider.The 15-year-old actress was only 10 when she appeared as Trudi Fraser in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 blockbuster, before going on to bag rolls in 'The Fabelmans', 'The Gray Man', and 'Queen of Bones'.Julia's father, Darrin, is a Disney animator who has worked on films such as 'Frozen' and 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'.Jamie and Lindsay appeared in the beloved body-swap film in 2003, and it was long rumoured that a follow-up movie was in the works. In April, the pair have teased they will be reuniting for second instalment in the Disney franchise. Taking to Instagram, the two posed together and Jamie wrote: “Duh! Ffdeux!”A subsequent post showed...
- 6/10/2024
- by Lizzie Baker
- Bang Showbiz
Julia Butters, known for her work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Fabelmans, is in talks to join the Freaky Friday sequel at Disney, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The studio first confirmed plans for the long-hoped-for film last year, and in March announced Nisha Ganatra of Welcome to Chippendales had been tapped to direct.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, who starred in the original, were also in talks to return, though the studio has not officially confirmed any of its cast, including Curtis and Lohan. Disney had no comment on Butters’ casting.
Andrew Gunn, who produced the 2003 movie, will produce alongside former Disney exec Kristin Burr.
Curtis and Lohan have spoken openly of their aspirations for a Freaky Friday sequel for years. “We would only make something that people would absolutely adore,” Lohan told the New York Times in 2023.
The pair celebrated the news of...
The studio first confirmed plans for the long-hoped-for film last year, and in March announced Nisha Ganatra of Welcome to Chippendales had been tapped to direct.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, who starred in the original, were also in talks to return, though the studio has not officially confirmed any of its cast, including Curtis and Lohan. Disney had no comment on Butters’ casting.
Andrew Gunn, who produced the 2003 movie, will produce alongside former Disney exec Kristin Burr.
Curtis and Lohan have spoken openly of their aspirations for a Freaky Friday sequel for years. “We would only make something that people would absolutely adore,” Lohan told the New York Times in 2023.
The pair celebrated the news of...
- 6/8/2024
- by Zoe G. Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Things are about to get freaky for Julia Butters.
The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” standout has joined the cast of Disney’s “Freaky Friday” sequel, sources tell Variety. The project was officially confirmed in March, with Nisha Ganatra tapped to direct.
Ganatra most recently directed episodes of Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales.” Her other credits include the 2020 film “The High Note” with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, along with 2019’s “Late Night,” starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.
Original stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are in talks to reprise their roles from the 2003 film.
For years, Curtis and Lohan have been vocal about their desire to reunite for a follow-up to their body-swapping comedy. In March, Curtis shared a photo with Lohan to Instagram, tagging Disney and captioning the snap, “Duh! Ffdeux!”
“Freaky Friday” followed Curtis as straight-laced mom Tess and Lohan as rebellious daughter Anna.
The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” standout has joined the cast of Disney’s “Freaky Friday” sequel, sources tell Variety. The project was officially confirmed in March, with Nisha Ganatra tapped to direct.
Ganatra most recently directed episodes of Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales.” Her other credits include the 2020 film “The High Note” with Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, along with 2019’s “Late Night,” starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.
Original stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are in talks to reprise their roles from the 2003 film.
For years, Curtis and Lohan have been vocal about their desire to reunite for a follow-up to their body-swapping comedy. In March, Curtis shared a photo with Lohan to Instagram, tagging Disney and captioning the snap, “Duh! Ffdeux!”
“Freaky Friday” followed Curtis as straight-laced mom Tess and Lohan as rebellious daughter Anna.
- 6/8/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Dakota Fanning is only 30 years old, but she's been acting professionally for 24 of them. A child actor who fortunately avoided the trap of the teen idol curse, Fanning successfully transitioned into more mature roles like Squeaky Fromme in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Emma Collins in "The Equalizer 3," and as Marge Sherwood on "Ripley." Now, Fanning is starring in Ishana Shyamalan's feature directorial debut, "The Watchers," a dark fairytale about an artist named Mina who gets stranded in the woods and finds sanctuary with three strangers as they are all watched by mysterious, unseen creatures at night.
Fanning plays Mina, a messy, complicated, driven character that is a bit outside of the wheelhouse of what general audiences may be used to seeing her portray. The success of "The Watchers" hinges on whether or not the audience can identify with and root for Mina's survival.
Fanning plays Mina, a messy, complicated, driven character that is a bit outside of the wheelhouse of what general audiences may be used to seeing her portray. The success of "The Watchers" hinges on whether or not the audience can identify with and root for Mina's survival.
- 6/7/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Just last month, we learned that Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Ed Harris (The Truman Show) had signed on to star in the revenge thriller Huntington for A24 and writer/director John Patton Ford. Now Huntington has gone into production, and Deadline has revealed that the cast also includes Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion), Topher Grace (That 70s Show), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley), and Raff Law (Masters of the Air). Details on the characters they’ll be playing have not been revealed.
Drawing inspiration from the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Huntington will see Powell taking on the role of Becket Redfellow, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves… Or what he thinks he deserves. Kind Hearts and Coronets told the following story: When Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, who hails from a royal family,...
Drawing inspiration from the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Huntington will see Powell taking on the role of Becket Redfellow, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves… Or what he thinks he deserves. Kind Hearts and Coronets told the following story: When Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, who hails from a royal family,...
- 6/7/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Heyday Television has acquired adaptation rights to Gillian McAllister’s novel Just Another Missing Person.
After what’s been described as a “highly competitive situation,” British screenwriter Georgia Pritchett will adapt the story for TV. It’s another example of how hot the book-to-tv market is right now, with Heyday’s parent Universal International Studios among the most active in the space.
Heyday founder and Academy Award-nominated producer David Heyman, whose credits include the Harry Potter films, Barbie and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, will executive produce alongside Pritchett, McAllister and Sue Gibbs.
Just Another Missing Person follows Julia, a detective brought in to investigate the high-profile disappearance of a young woman. However, the simple case quickly becomes complicated when a mysterious stranger blackmails Julia into framing a seemingly innocent person for the crime. Julia is forced to choose between getting to the truth of the case,...
After what’s been described as a “highly competitive situation,” British screenwriter Georgia Pritchett will adapt the story for TV. It’s another example of how hot the book-to-tv market is right now, with Heyday’s parent Universal International Studios among the most active in the space.
Heyday founder and Academy Award-nominated producer David Heyman, whose credits include the Harry Potter films, Barbie and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, will executive produce alongside Pritchett, McAllister and Sue Gibbs.
Just Another Missing Person follows Julia, a detective brought in to investigate the high-profile disappearance of a young woman. However, the simple case quickly becomes complicated when a mysterious stranger blackmails Julia into framing a seemingly innocent person for the crime. Julia is forced to choose between getting to the truth of the case,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sean Baker’s “Anora” is betting big with a fall release date.
The feature, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, will be released October 18 from Neon, IndieWire can confirm. The limited release window makes “Anora” primed for the fall festival circuit, with possible inclusions at Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF, which concludes right before “Anora” will hit theaters.
“Anora” stars “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Mikey Madison as an exotic dancer and sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn). Writer/director Baker previously helmed Oscar-nominated film “The Florida Project,” groundbreaking iPhone movie “Tangerine,” and Simon Rex’s career-best “Red Rocket.”
The release of “Anora” on October 18 proves that Neon has high hopes for the Palme d’Or winner. Neon has released a trio of Palme d’Or winners before, all in October and all going on to be Oscar-nominated.
Neon released “Parasite...
The feature, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2024, will be released October 18 from Neon, IndieWire can confirm. The limited release window makes “Anora” primed for the fall festival circuit, with possible inclusions at Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF, which concludes right before “Anora” will hit theaters.
“Anora” stars “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Mikey Madison as an exotic dancer and sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn). Writer/director Baker previously helmed Oscar-nominated film “The Florida Project,” groundbreaking iPhone movie “Tangerine,” and Simon Rex’s career-best “Red Rocket.”
The release of “Anora” on October 18 proves that Neon has high hopes for the Palme d’Or winner. Neon has released a trio of Palme d’Or winners before, all in October and all going on to be Oscar-nominated.
Neon released “Parasite...
- 6/4/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Anora,” Sean Baker’s comic look at an exotic dancer and sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, will hit theaters next fall. The film will open in limited release on Oct. 18 from Neon.
It’s a lucky time of year for the indie studio. Neon previously launched “Parasite” on Oct. 11, debuted “Triangle of Sadness” on Oct. 7 and opened “Anatomy of a Fall” on Oct 13. Like “Anora,” all three of those films premiered at Cannes and won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top honor. “Anora” was the first U.S. film to earn the prize since 2011’s “Tree of Life” from director Terrence Malick.
In a rave review for Variety, Peter Debruge enthused that the film was the “uncut gem of this year’s Cannes competition,” adding that it is “a rowdy Safdie-style movie about two cultures (Russian and American), two languages (Russian and English...
It’s a lucky time of year for the indie studio. Neon previously launched “Parasite” on Oct. 11, debuted “Triangle of Sadness” on Oct. 7 and opened “Anatomy of a Fall” on Oct 13. Like “Anora,” all three of those films premiered at Cannes and won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top honor. “Anora” was the first U.S. film to earn the prize since 2011’s “Tree of Life” from director Terrence Malick.
In a rave review for Variety, Peter Debruge enthused that the film was the “uncut gem of this year’s Cannes competition,” adding that it is “a rowdy Safdie-style movie about two cultures (Russian and American), two languages (Russian and English...
- 6/4/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
If the past decade of his career has proven anything, it’s that Ryan Gosling was born to play a silly, relatable guy. His performances as the penniless pianist Sebastian in ‘La La Land’ and the lovesick plastic doll Ken in ‘Barbie’ both rightfully earned him Oscar nominations. Both roles required a sense of boyish charm, which Gosling’s completely mastered over the years. His mass appeal has been heightened by the social media trend of male fans claiming Gosling is “literally them,” and adjusting their personalities to match his latest character. ‘The Fall Guy’ is no exception — Gosling whips out his impeccable comedic delivery skills to play stuntman Colt Seavers, who falls (no pun intended) victim to a career-altering injury on the set of a new action film. Not only does he quit his job, but he also breaks things off with his girlfriend, camerawoman Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt...
- 6/4/2024
- by Kaitlyn Murphy
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Nepotism has always been a part of the entertainment industry, whether you like it or not. From George Clooney to Lily-Rose Depp, “nepo baby” are everywhere, and fans have varying opinions on them all. Despite the hate these actors may get sometimes, there are many who wholeheartedly embrace the term, including Maya Hawke.
Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman in a still from Gattaca (1997) |Columbia Pictures
Maya Hawke is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, and she is completely okay with being called a “nepo baby.” In a recent interview, the Stranger Things actress got candid about whether or not nepotism has anything to do with her getting roles in the industry and whether she thinks she deserves the opportunities she gets.
Maya Hawke Opens Up About Nepotism
Maya Hawke in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) | Columbia Pictures
Everyone has their own opinion on nepotism and to what extent...
Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman in a still from Gattaca (1997) |Columbia Pictures
Maya Hawke is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, and she is completely okay with being called a “nepo baby.” In a recent interview, the Stranger Things actress got candid about whether or not nepotism has anything to do with her getting roles in the industry and whether she thinks she deserves the opportunities she gets.
Maya Hawke Opens Up About Nepotism
Maya Hawke in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) | Columbia Pictures
Everyone has their own opinion on nepotism and to what extent...
- 6/3/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Maya Hawke Is Ok With Being a Nepo Baby: ‘I’m Comfortable With Not Deserving It and Doing It Anyway’
Maya Hawke is fine with being called a “nepo baby.”
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently admitted to the Times of London that she believes her family ties influenced her casting in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as Flower Child, one of Charles Manson’s followers.
“I’ve been wildly made fun of for this clip when I said, on the red carpet, that I auditioned,” Hawke said of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” “I never meant to imply that I didn’t get the part for nepotistic reasons — I think I totally did.”
Hawke got her big break playing Robin Buckley in the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” and her other credits include “Do Revenge,” “Asteroid City” and “Maestro.”
While talking about if she deserves the opportunities she’s had, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word…there are so many...
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently admitted to the Times of London that she believes her family ties influenced her casting in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as Flower Child, one of Charles Manson’s followers.
“I’ve been wildly made fun of for this clip when I said, on the red carpet, that I auditioned,” Hawke said of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” “I never meant to imply that I didn’t get the part for nepotistic reasons — I think I totally did.”
Hawke got her big break playing Robin Buckley in the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” and her other credits include “Do Revenge,” “Asteroid City” and “Maestro.”
While talking about if she deserves the opportunities she’s had, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word…there are so many...
- 6/2/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood loves a buzz word and for the last few years, it feels like “nepo-baby” has been the buzziest. When you really think about it though, family giving family a leg up in life — in most cases — is rather innocuous. And the concept doesn’t only apply to work in the entertainment industry, but in every field. Or at least this is what Maya Hawke — daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman — would want you to believe. Talking to The Times of London for a recent interview, Hawke defended her benefiting from her parents’ fame and admits she can’t help the life she was born into.
“‘Deserves’ is a complicated word… There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway,” Hawke said when asked if she deserves the work she’s been given.
“‘Deserves’ is a complicated word… There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway,” Hawke said when asked if she deserves the work she’s been given.
- 6/2/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Maya Hawke has accepted the term “nepo baby.”
The Stranger Things star, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently opened up to The Times of London about her path to Hollywood, acknowledging that she’s had an advantage because of her parents.
While considering whether she deserves the success she’s received in the industry, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word. There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone. I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles.”
Hawke said she’s “comfortable” choosing the second option and embracing her nepotism, even if it leads to jokes.
The Stranger Things star, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently opened up to The Times of London about her path to Hollywood, acknowledging that she’s had an advantage because of her parents.
While considering whether she deserves the success she’s received in the industry, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word. There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone. I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles.”
Hawke said she’s “comfortable” choosing the second option and embracing her nepotism, even if it leads to jokes.
- 6/2/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Friday, May 31, CBS Mornings welcomes actor and singer-songwriter Maya Hawke, and “Hell’s Kitchen” stars Shoshana Bean and Maleah Joi Moon to the show. Maya Hawke, known for her roles in “Stranger Things” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” will discuss her career and musical endeavors. Hawke is the daughter of actors Ethan […]
CBS Mornings: Maya Hawke, Shoshana Bean...
CBS Mornings: Maya Hawke, Shoshana Bean...
- 5/31/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
No one really expected this year’s Cannes Film Festival to replicate the stellar showing of last year at the Oscars, when official selections Killers of the Flower Moon, Anatomy of a Fall, and The Zone of Interest took an unprecedented three of the 10 Best Picture nominations and a total of 20 noms and three wins among them. How many times can the French catch lightning in a bottle like that achievement? Who thought 2019 could be equaled or topped, when Parasite became the first Palme d’Or winner to take the Best Picture Oscar since Marty did it in 1955 and where Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (also an official selection that year) went on to 10 Oscar nominations and two wins?
Cannes largely had been thought too risky, too early for serious launches of potential Oscar nominees and winners, except for those hoping to land a spot in...
Cannes largely had been thought too risky, too early for serious launches of potential Oscar nominees and winners, except for those hoping to land a spot in...
- 5/28/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
We present our interviews for The Watched (Aka The Watchers), the debut from director Ishana Night Shyamalan. Produced by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan and Olwen Fouere also star.
The movie will be released on June 14th, 2024. Scott Davis and David Sztypuljak were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The Watched Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Witten and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
You can’t see them, but they see everything.
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The movie will be released on June 14th, 2024. Scott Davis and David Sztypuljak were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The Watched Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Witten and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
You can’t see them, but they see everything.
The post The Watched Premiere Interviews: Ishana Night Shyamalan, Dakota Fanning, M. Night Shyamalan & more appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 5/28/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There is a notorious movie principle that says every element of the plot must be there for a reason, while the details that are unnecessary to the plot should be removed. Some films follow this rule in a way they put some hidden easter eggs to call on them in the most important scene to the audience’s excitement.
Here are 5 movies where Chekhov’s guns shot us right in the heart.
1. Shaun of the Dead (2004) - The Gun
Edgar Wright’s zombie comedy is probably the best example of using this technique. Here Chekhov’s gun appears to be a real gun that is hanging on the wall of a local bar. It is introduced in the movie’s beginning and is of much help to the main characters in the climax, as they are trapped in the bar and surrounded by the army of zombies.
2. The Fifth Element...
Here are 5 movies where Chekhov’s guns shot us right in the heart.
1. Shaun of the Dead (2004) - The Gun
Edgar Wright’s zombie comedy is probably the best example of using this technique. Here Chekhov’s gun appears to be a real gun that is hanging on the wall of a local bar. It is introduced in the movie’s beginning and is of much help to the main characters in the climax, as they are trapped in the bar and surrounded by the army of zombies.
2. The Fifth Element...
- 5/28/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., and Keanu Reeves are three of the most prominent stars in Hollywood. Pitt was at the beginning of his career giving fans acclaimed movies like Thelma & Louise in 1991 but the actor lost a movie role he wanted in the same year and it also happened to Downey Jr. and Reeves.
William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland in Backdraft. Credit: Universal Pictures
The impact of losing the role upon all three stars may seem insignificant considering their remarkable cinematic career but the loss of a movie may hit hard. After their horrible auditions for Ron Howard’s Backdraft, the trio lost the role to William Baldwin. The movie could have been in the resume of one of the actors.
Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr. And Keanu Reeves Lost A Role To William Baldwin Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., and Keanu Reeves. Credit: MGM, Fine Line Features, and...
William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland in Backdraft. Credit: Universal Pictures
The impact of losing the role upon all three stars may seem insignificant considering their remarkable cinematic career but the loss of a movie may hit hard. After their horrible auditions for Ron Howard’s Backdraft, the trio lost the role to William Baldwin. The movie could have been in the resume of one of the actors.
Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr. And Keanu Reeves Lost A Role To William Baldwin Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., and Keanu Reeves. Credit: MGM, Fine Line Features, and...
- 5/23/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
If Mark Eidelstein’s career takes off in Hollywood, he can thank his decision to record a self tape of himself fully naked.
In Sean Baker’s raucous comedy “Anora,” the young Russian actor plays Ivan, the hilariously energetic, fast-living son of an oligarch happily spending his parents’ millions while decamped in their New York mansion who then falls in love with Mikey Madison’s Manhattan sex worker Ani. It’s a wild ride from start to finish, awash in drugs, sex, violence, gangsters, Vegas weddings and a lounge full of expensive ornaments getting smashed to pieces.
Put forward by Yura Borisov, his co-star on on Russian sci-fi “Guest From the Future,” who had just been cast as a reluctant heavy in “Anora,” Eidelstein was sent a script like nothing he’d ever seen before, littered in what he describes as “flash, flash, flash, bam, bam, action, action, action.” It...
In Sean Baker’s raucous comedy “Anora,” the young Russian actor plays Ivan, the hilariously energetic, fast-living son of an oligarch happily spending his parents’ millions while decamped in their New York mansion who then falls in love with Mikey Madison’s Manhattan sex worker Ani. It’s a wild ride from start to finish, awash in drugs, sex, violence, gangsters, Vegas weddings and a lounge full of expensive ornaments getting smashed to pieces.
Put forward by Yura Borisov, his co-star on on Russian sci-fi “Guest From the Future,” who had just been cast as a reluctant heavy in “Anora,” Eidelstein was sent a script like nothing he’d ever seen before, littered in what he describes as “flash, flash, flash, bam, bam, action, action, action.” It...
- 5/22/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
At a Cannes press conference for his new film “Anora” on Wednesday, Sean Baker discussed his affinity for making films about sex workers — and teased his next film.
“Anora,” which premiered at the film festival on Tuesday, follows a strip club worker who falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch. When asked about how sex workers came to be the subject of the last five of his movies, Baker said after making 2012’s “Starlet,” he was “introduced to the adult film world.”
“I became friends with [sex workers] and realized there were a million stories from that world. If there is one intention with all of these films, I would say it’s by telling human stories, by telling stories that are hopefully universal,” he said. “It’s helping remove the stigma that’s been applied to this livelihood, that’s always been applied to this livelihood.”
Baker said...
“Anora,” which premiered at the film festival on Tuesday, follows a strip club worker who falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch. When asked about how sex workers came to be the subject of the last five of his movies, Baker said after making 2012’s “Starlet,” he was “introduced to the adult film world.”
“I became friends with [sex workers] and realized there were a million stories from that world. If there is one intention with all of these films, I would say it’s by telling human stories, by telling stories that are hopefully universal,” he said. “It’s helping remove the stigma that’s been applied to this livelihood, that’s always been applied to this livelihood.”
Baker said...
- 5/22/2024
- by Ellise Shafer and Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes film festival
Sean Baker’s tragicomedy features Madison as an escort betrayed by a bratty oligarch’s son who she marries in a film that offers a more realistic take than Pretty Woman
What would Pretty Woman look like if it bore the smallest resemblance to the reality of sex work? Maybe something like this, Sean Baker’s amazing, full-throttle tragicomedy of romance, denial and betrayal. It’s a non-love story which finds its apex in a Las Vegas wedding chapel in the middle of the night and then, with a terrible inevitability, slaloms downwards into the most extraordinary, cacophonous uproar of recrimination unfolding in what is more or less real time. The hangover outlasts the party by many days.
The heroine is Anora, though she prefers Ani, a New York escort and table dancer played with vocal snap and physical grace by Mikey Madison (Manson groupie Susan “Sadie...
Sean Baker’s tragicomedy features Madison as an escort betrayed by a bratty oligarch’s son who she marries in a film that offers a more realistic take than Pretty Woman
What would Pretty Woman look like if it bore the smallest resemblance to the reality of sex work? Maybe something like this, Sean Baker’s amazing, full-throttle tragicomedy of romance, denial and betrayal. It’s a non-love story which finds its apex in a Las Vegas wedding chapel in the middle of the night and then, with a terrible inevitability, slaloms downwards into the most extraordinary, cacophonous uproar of recrimination unfolding in what is more or less real time. The hangover outlasts the party by many days.
The heroine is Anora, though she prefers Ani, a New York escort and table dancer played with vocal snap and physical grace by Mikey Madison (Manson groupie Susan “Sadie...
- 5/21/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a hilarious yet touching drama in which a sex worker falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch, energized Cannes Film Festival with a 7.5-minute standing ovation on Tuesday.
As the crowd applauded, the indie maverick director and Cannes darling said into the microphone, “Thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for making dreams come true … And also thank you to all of you for coming out and seeing our film on the best screen in the world. Long live cinema!”
The ovation wasn’t the only chance for applause — the audience erupted into cheers numerous times during the two-hour film, including on several occasions during one wild scene in which the oligarch’s associates raid his son’s mansion.
In the film, Mikey Madison plays Anora, a 23-year-old working at a strip club outside of New York City. Her luck changes when she...
As the crowd applauded, the indie maverick director and Cannes darling said into the microphone, “Thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for making dreams come true … And also thank you to all of you for coming out and seeing our film on the best screen in the world. Long live cinema!”
The ovation wasn’t the only chance for applause — the audience erupted into cheers numerous times during the two-hour film, including on several occasions during one wild scene in which the oligarch’s associates raid his son’s mansion.
In the film, Mikey Madison plays Anora, a 23-year-old working at a strip club outside of New York City. Her luck changes when she...
- 5/21/2024
- by Ellise Shafer and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hannah Dakota Fanning, born February 23, 1994, is a well-known American actress. She is 5 feet 4 inches (162.6 cm) tall, the average height for an American woman, and wears a size 7 (US) shoe.
In other systems, her shoe size would be approximately 37 in European sizing, 5 in the UK, and 23.5 in the Japanese.
“I’m a shorter person, so I’ll see something and think, ‘That looks amazing!’ But that person is 6ft 1in. It’s going to look different on my 5ft 5in frame,” she told The Guardian about her average height in 2016.
Dakota Fanning in Staud x New Balance 327 “Sea Salt Atlantic” sneakers paired with a khaki vest and navy leggings makes her way to the gym on October 13, 2022, in Los Angeles, California (Credit: BauerGriffin / INSTARimages / Cover Images)
Early Beginnings: Dakota’s Rise to Fame
Her career took off at seven when she delivered an impressive performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama...
In other systems, her shoe size would be approximately 37 in European sizing, 5 in the UK, and 23.5 in the Japanese.
“I’m a shorter person, so I’ll see something and think, ‘That looks amazing!’ But that person is 6ft 1in. It’s going to look different on my 5ft 5in frame,” she told The Guardian about her average height in 2016.
Dakota Fanning in Staud x New Balance 327 “Sea Salt Atlantic” sneakers paired with a khaki vest and navy leggings makes her way to the gym on October 13, 2022, in Los Angeles, California (Credit: BauerGriffin / INSTARimages / Cover Images)
Early Beginnings: Dakota’s Rise to Fame
Her career took off at seven when she delivered an impressive performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama...
- 5/16/2024
- by Anne De Guia
- Your Next Shoes
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