Tag: Jacob Elordi
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‘Priscilla’ Set to Become Mubi’s Biggest Box Office Hit Ever With $5 Million Grossed Internationally in First Week (Exclusive)
After just one weekend of international release, “Priscilla” — Sofia Coppola’s biopic starring Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley and Cailee Spaeny as The King’s (then) teenage bride “Priscilla” — has already hit several major milestones for arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi.Produced by Fremantle’s The Apartment, the film currently sits on a box office in excess…
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Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Phoebe Dynevor Among BAFTA Rising Star Nominees
The British Academy has named the nominees for its Rising Star award for up-and-coming onscreen talent, the only honor among the BAFTA film awards to be voted on by the public.Announced more than a week before the full lineup of BAFTA nominations is unveiled on Jan. 18, the 2024 lineup of Rising Star nominees includes…
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Jacob Elordi to Play Frankenstein in Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix Adaptation
Jacob Elordi is alive! The actor will portray Frankenstein, as well as Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.Del Toro, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “The Shape of Water,” is writing, directing and producing “Frankenstein, who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment.“
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Sofia Coppola Almost Raffled Off a Pickleball Game with Jacob Elordi to Help ‘Priscilla’ Budget
Jacob Elordi nearly went to bat for “Priscilla,” literally.Sofia Coppola revealed that Elordi, who portrays Elvis Presley in the indie A24 film, was almost part of a raffle pickleball game to raise funds for the production budget.“He can play pickleball,” Coppola told the Wall Street Journal. “Our budget was always strained, low budget, and I…
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‘Priscilla’ Budget Was So ‘Low’ That Sofia Coppola Debated Raffling a Jacob Elordi Pickleball Game to ‘Raise Money for One More Day of Shooting’
Sofia Coppola told the Wall Street Journal that her “Priscilla” budget was so “strained” at times that she thought of raffling off a pickleball game with her star Jacob Elordi in order to raise funds for additional shooting days. “Euphoria” alum Elordi plays Elvis Presley in the film opposite Cailee Spaeny in the title role.…
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Kirsten Dunst Helped Cast Cailee Spaeny in Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’
Kirsten Dunst handpicked Cailee Spaeny to lead Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” as Coppola revealed in a new W magazine cover story.Dunst, who has collaborated with Coppola in “The Virgin Suicides,” Marie Antoinette,” and “The Beguiled,” worked with “Mare of Easttown” breakout actress Spaeny in upcoming Alex Garland film “Civil War.” Dunst recommended that Coppola meet with…
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Jacob Elordi Joins Richard Gere in Paul Schrader’s ‘Oh, Canada’
Jacob Elordi is trading in his Aussie accent for a Canadian drawl in Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada.”IndieWire can confirm that the star of this year’s “Saltburn” and “Priscilla” has officially joined Schrader’s upcoming film alongside Richard Gere. “Oh, Canada” is an adaptation of late author Russell Banks’ 2021 novel “Foregone.” The novel follows a dying…
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Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ Rocks Venice With 7-Minute Standing Ovation as Priscilla Presley Cries
To borrow a lyric from her famous husband’s hit song, Priscilla Presley was all shook up at the Venice Film Festival premiere of “Priscilla.” The subject of Sofia Coppola’s drama wiped away tears from her face on Monday night in Italy as the audience on the Lido exploded in a 7-minute standing ovation for the…
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Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Photos
The Venice Film Festival looks a little different this year, as the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes mean there are fewer celebrities strolling down the red carpet. Working under approved interim agreements from their guild, Adam Driver is expected to promote “Ferrari,” while Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi will be coming for Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,”…