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Cassandro, Gael García Bernal Shines As The ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’

The Amazon Studios biographical drama directed by Roger Ross Williams brings to the screen the story of Saúl Armendáriz, the Mexican luchador who worked as an exótico all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. Roger Ross Williams’ narrative directorial debut is set in the Eighties, when Armendáriz lived in El Paso and would…

Saltburn | Official Teaser Trailer : Starring Barry Keoghan, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike and Directed by Emerald Fennell

Amazon has released a trailer for “Promising Young Woman” director Emerald Fennell’s hotly anticipated second feature “Saltburn” which is also selected at the opening film of the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 4th. Set in the mid-2000s, Barry Keoghan stars as student Oliver Quick who is struggling to find his place at Oxford…

Dwayne Johnson Rakes in the Green for ‘Red One’

Dwayne Johnson’s new film “Red One” is set to debut this Christmas, but perhaps The Green One might be a more suitable title. Despite some recent box-office hiccups, Johnson is poised to be the highest-paying actor of all time. According to reporter Matthew Belloni in Puck, the Rock is being paid a whopping $50 million…

SAG-AFTRA Actors Set to Strike After Contract Negotiations with Major Studios and Streamers Collapse

SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents approximately 160,000 Hollywood actors, is poised to go on strike after its talks with major studios and streamers have collapsed. The decision comes after the union completed its final day of negotiations with the studios and streamers yesterday, which didn’t produce an agreement, CNN is reporting. Fran Drescher, the president…

The Consultant – Official Teaser : Starring Christoph Waltz, Nat Wolff, Aimee Carrero

Prime Video debuted the first-look teaser and episodic images for the highly anticipated, Christoph Waltz-led series, “The Consultant.” Prime Video announced that the series will premiere all eight episodes exclusively on February 24 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. 

Based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same name, the characters and story in…

Wildcat, Projects The Power Of Ecological Connectivity

The directors-producers of Wildcat,  Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, lead audiences on an incredible journey of healing through nature. In this story, that takes place in Peru, multiple coming-of-age stories intertwine. Harry learns to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder, Sam acknowledges that she needs to overcome her Wendy Syndrome, Khan succumbs to the perils of…

James Bond Franchise Producers Understand Why Idris Elba Would Turn Down the 007 Role

The James Bond film franchise’s main producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, have responded to Idris Elba’s recent statement that he can’t imagine himself portraying the iconic character. The producing duo  stated during a recent interview with Variety that they understand that the Emmy Award-nominated actor is hesitant about committing to the series for…

“Birds of Prey” Director Cathy Yan Tackles a Live-Action Adaption of Paprika

Cathy Yan (“Birds of Prey,” “Dead Pigs”) will executive produce and direct the live-action series “Paprika,” based on the Yasutaka Tsutsui novel of the same name, for Amazon Studios and Hivemind, according to Deadline. The original book is widely acknowledged as Yasutaka Tsutsui’s masterpiece which unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a mind-bending narrative about…

Was Peter Jackson Snubbed by Amazon Over ‘The Rings of Power’?

Is there something rotten in the state of Middle-earth? That’s what Peter Jackson is trying to figure out in the wake of an apparent snub by Amazon over his involvement in its upcoming series: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.  According to Jackson, Amazon promised to send him scripts but then went…

The Territory | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films

Sundance Award-Winning Documentary About Amazonian Indigenous Environmental Activism From First-Time Feature Filmmaker Alex Pritz and Award-Winning Producers Sigrid Dyekjær and Darren Aronofsky **WINNER – Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft and World Cinema Documentary Audience Award – Sundance FF 2022** **WINNER – Best Documentary – Seattle Int’l FF 2022** **WINNER – John Schlesinger Documentary Award – Provincetown Int’l…

My Policeman – Teaser Trailer | Prime Video / Starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Linus Roache and Rupert Everett

Synopsis : A beautifully crafted story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, My Policeman follows three young people—policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson)—as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert…