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‘Strange Darling’: Willa Fitzgerald on Making the Complex Thriller with JT Mollner, Kyle Gallner (Video Interview)

If there’s one thing that anyone who sees JT Mollner’s dark thriller, Strange Darling, it’s that Willa Fitzgerald’s performance as a character merely referred to as “The Lady” is one that is going to turn a lot of heads.  So far, Fitzgerald is best known for her TV work on shows like “Reacher,” “Scream: the…

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Official Trailer

New Line Cinema’s original anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Ghost…

Destin Daniel Cretton Reportedly ‘Doing His Stuff’ on Live-Action Adaptation of ‘Naruto’

©Courtesy of TV Tokyo.  Tasha Huo, the scriptwriter for Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the Naruto anime, now in development, reports that director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently “doing his stuff” with the project. Cretton was acclaimed for helming MCU’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and also directed Just Mercy, The Glass Castle,…

‘The Killer’: Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy on John Woo’s Return to His Action Classic (Video Interview)

Back in 1989, legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo was coming off the back-to-back success of A Better Tomorrow and its sequel when he reteamed with Chow Yun-fat for The Killer, a movie that helped both the Asian superstars to crossover and start making films in the United States. Cut forward 35 years and Woo…

‘Industry’ Season 3: Press Conference with Creators Michael Down and Konrad Kay, Actors Marisa Abela, Myha’la, Kit Harrington, Sagar Radia

©Courtesy of HBO Industry : Graduates from all walks of life compete for a limited number of available full-time employment opportunities at Pierpoint, a top investment bank in London; the graduates include Harper Stern, a Black upstate New York native who uproots her life in pursuit of success, despite having lied about the university she…

One Piece Season 2 Casts Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik

Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik,©Courtesy of Netflix Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik have been cast in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s fantasy adventure series, One Piece. The performers will play crucial roles in the sophomore season of the live-action adaptation; the actress will portray Dr. Kureha, while the actor will star as Dr. Hiriluk,…

Lionsgate Pulls ‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Offline Due to Made-Up Critic Quotes

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Finally, the audiences are getting more than just a glimpse of auteur Francis Ford Coppola’s much-anticipated Megalopolis, which features Adam Driver. The film, which also wrote the screenplay, premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The synopsis reads: The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver),…

‘Strange Darling’: Filmmakers JT Mollner,  Giovanni Ribisi, Z Berg on the Violent Action-Thriller (Video Interview)

JT Mollner’s new action-thriller Strange Darling is another example of the insanely original genre films that have been coming out all year, following the likes of Longlegs, Cuckoo, Immaculate, and more. It’s a very different take on the serial killer genre, as it follows Kyle Gallner (Smile) and Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Show) in…

Lucasfilm Scraps Second Season of Leslye Headland’s ‘The Acolyte’

Photo by Lucasfilm Ltd./Lucasfilm Ltd. – © 2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. Lucasfilm will not be producing a second season of The Acolyte, the Star Wars Disney+ series. The first season of The Acolyte had premiered in June to less-than-enthusiastic reviews from fans, some of whom took issue with the way the film…

Y2K | Official Trailer HD | A24 : Starring Rachel Ziegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison

Photo by A24 – © Nicole Rivelli A24 has unveiled the trailer for Y2K, a disaster comedy film that is set to premiere on December 6, 2024. Kyle Mooney, a Saturday Night Live alumnus, wrote and directed it. The studio behind Hereditary, Lady Bird, Moonlight, The Whale and Past Lives is planning to release another film…

‘The Instigators’ is a Gritty Action-Comedy Worth Because of Damon and Affleck

@Courtesy of Apple Original Films Doug Liman must be a filmmaker with an iron will. Even though over the years he has clashed in one way or another with half of Hollywood Studios, reaping in some cases thunderous failures with audiences and critics, he continues undaunted to put forward his ironic, almost irreverent idea of…