Category: Movie News
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My streaming gem: why you should watch The Selling
The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser known films to stream is a recommendation for a smart and funny comedy horror about real estateEver since the mid-1970s when George and Kathleen Lutz bought the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, for $80,000 without realising it was haunted, the horror genre and…
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Ammonite to get Neon’s first PVoD release in US
AFM keynotes hear from Neon distribution head Elissa Federoff, Solstice Studios head Mark Gill.Neon will release Francis Lee’s awards contender Ammonite theatrically on Friday (November 13) in the US followed by the company’s first PVoD release on December 4.“This is our first PVoD release that we’ve done and we’re really excited about it,” said Neon…
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Leslye Headland Teases ‘Star Wars’ Series, Set in a Timeline Fans ‘Don’t Know Much About’
Leslye Headland, the creator of Netflix’s acclaimed “Russian Doll,” is making steady progress on her untitled “Star Wars” series for Disney+.Headland discussed the upcoming streaming series in a YouTube interview with Fantastic Frankie in early November, where she discussed her lifelong affinity for the franchise and its broad appeal. Though the interview was short on…
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Ethan Hawke to Star in War Thriller ‘Zeros and Ones’
Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac and Phil Neilson will star in the upcoming war thriller “Zeros and Ones,” with Abel Ferrara directing from his own script.Filming begins in Italy later this month. Hawke will portray an American soldier stationed in Rome as it’s under siege, with the Vatican blown up. He embarks on a hero’s journey…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Universe Expands to Include a Jeff Nichols-Directed Spinoff
A new movie set in the world of A Quiet Place is on the horizon. It looks like the universe established in A Quiet Place will be expanding thanks to a recently announced spinoff in the works to be helmed by director Jeff Nichols and produced by John Krasinski. Krasinski wrote, directed, and starred in…
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‘The Princess Switch’ Sequel Trailer: Three Vanessa Hudgens in One Netflix Chrismas Movie?!
The trailer for the sequel to Netflix’s The Princess Switch, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, is here. It was only a matter of time before we got the very cheerful, season-appropriate trailer, which stars Vanessa Hudgens, after new images from the movie were released back in October. Hudgens has been making a killing in the…
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Exclusive ‘Jiu Jitsu’ Clip Takes Us Behind-the-Scenes of Nicolas Cage’s Batshit Sci-Fi Martial Arts Flick
We like to keep our finger pretty firmly on the pulse of Nicolas Cage movies, so we would be remiss if we didn’t keep you up to speed on the upcoming sci-fi martial arts action film Jiu Jitsu, starring Cage as a legendary warrior recruiting a team of fighters to repel a prophesied alien invasion.…
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Viola Davis Praises ‘Ma Rainey’ Co-Star Chadwick Boseman’s “Total Commitment” To Acting
This year has been a doozy, huh? It would have been plenty just to deal with the ridiculousness of the US Presidential Election, but to add a global pandemic on top of it? The universe is clearly testing us all. However, this has also been a year filled with some heartbreaking passings, such as with…
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‘The Crown’ Star Olivia Colman to Headline ‘Joyride’ – AFM
“The Crown” star Olivia Colman, Oscar-winner for “The Favourite,” will play the lead in “Joyride,” the first dramatic feature film from Emmy-wining documentary filmmaker Emer Reynolds (“The Farthest”).Colman will play Joy, a train-wreck who is on an adventure but ready to give away her new-born baby to her best friend. What she can’t anticipate is…
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‘Snake Eyes’ Actor Andrew Koji Teases His Take on Storm Shadow: “I Wanted Him to Be Human”
You should start keeping tabs on Andrew Koji now because the current star of Cinemax’s epic martial arts series Warrior is about to make an even bigger break with the upcoming G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes. The forthcoming Paramount Pictures release stars Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) as the titular Snake Eyes, the masked member…