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Flamin’ Hot : Exclusive Interview Actor Jesse Garcia on Playing Richard Montañez

Synopsis : FLAMIN’ HOT is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who as a Frito Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon. Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language|Brief Drug Material) Genre: Comedy, Drama,…

THEATER CAMP | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures : Starring Ben Platt, Molly Gordon

Searchlight Pictures has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated mockumentary hit from Sundance 2023, “Theater Camp” which sold earlier this year to Searchlight for $8 million. Directed by Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon, “Theater Camp” transports us to AdirondACTS, the titular rundown camp located in upstate New York.  The mockumentary features lifelong best friends, and…

Elle Fanning Cast Alongside Timothée Chalamet In Searchlight Pictures’ Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’

@Photo by Steve Dietl/ HULU – © 2022 Hulu Elle Fanning has been cast to star alongside Timothée Chalamet in Searchlight Pictures’ long in-development Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, Deadline is reporting. The Great actress and Call Me by Your Name actor will also be joined by Monica Barbaro in the biographical movie. A Complete…

POOR THINGS | Official Teaser | Searchlight Pictures : Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Searchlight Pictures has released a new teaser for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest outing, “Poor Things” — which stars Emma Stone. The trailer featured only 30 seconds of footage and one line of dialogue. But there’s a lot of intriguing elements and an engaging collection of surreal imagery from the mind of Lanthimos (The Lobster, The…

Flamin’ Hot | Official Trailer | Hulu : Starring Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzales, Dennis Haysbert, Tony Shalhoub, Matt Walsh

Hulu has dropped a new trailer for “Flamin’ Hot,” an Eva Lonoria directed film about a former Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez(played by Jesse Garcia), a go-getting Mexican American who in real life claims he went from working as a janitor at Frito-Lay to inventing the one of the most successful Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack products. Montañez’s story…

Chevalier : Exclusive Interview with Actress  Samara Weaving 

Synopsis : Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair…

Chevalier : Exclusive Interview with Director Stephen Williams

Synopsis : Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair…

Quasi : Exclusive Interview with Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske

After “Super Troopers 2” became a reality, all Broken Lizard fans around the world thought Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske would immediately work on getting Weed Fest (Beer Fest 2) or maybe Return to Club Dread into production. Instead, they went back and finally made a film they have…

Timothée Chalamet to Do His Own Singing in Bob Dylan Biopic

Timothée Chalamet is continuing to prepare for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in his long in-development big screen biopic, Going Electric, which includes doing his own singing. During a new interview with Collider during the Star Wars Celebration in London, the film’s director, James Mangold, confirmed that the Oscar-nominated actor will be performing his own…

Searchlight’s Ben Plat Led Comedy ‘Theater Camp’ Reveals When the Curtain Will Rise

Following its successful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Searchlight Pictures has set a July 14th release date for the ensemble musical comedy, “Theater Camp” which it acquired out of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for around $8M with a theatrical guarantee. The feature will tell the story of an upstate New York-based camp run…

Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Fire of Love’ Gets Narrative Feature Treatment

One of the Oscar contender for documentary this year, “Fire of Love” is getting the full-fledged romance movie treatment. Searchlight Pictures is making a deal to remake “Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa’s Oscar-nominated doc about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, into a narrative feature film.  The film follows the scientific research and romance of…