Tag: Promising Young Woman

  • Dave Ligorner Joins Creative Advertising Agency Major Major

    Dave Ligorner Joins Creative Advertising Agency Major Major

    Major Major, the Los Angeles-based full-service creative advertising agency, has welcomed Dave Ligorner as its latest addition to the company.Hailing from his previous role at Buddha Jones, Ligorner is an impactful horror, indie and tentpole trailer producer. With 20 years in the field, Ligorner has produced several DC film trailers, including the 2023 Ezra Miller-led…

  • Amazon Studios, MGM set year-end release for ‘Saltburn’

    Amazon Studios, MGM set year-end release for ‘Saltburn’

    Barry Keoghan plays Oxford misfit drawn into aristocratic world.Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to Promising Young Woman, will open via MGM in limited release on November 24 followed by a December 1 expansion.The film stars Barry Keoghan as newly arrived Oxford University student struggling to fit in who gets drawn into the world of the charming…

  • Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ Lands November Release and Unveils Synopsis

    Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ Lands November Release and Unveils Synopsis

    The next film from “Promising Young Woman” director Emerald Fennell will open in theaters late this November, Amazon Studios and MGM announced Tuesday.The film starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi will open in limited release on November 24 followed by an expansion theatrically on December 1 as distributed by MGM.We also got a first plot…

  • Oscars 2023: Early Best Picture Predictions

    Oscars 2023: Early Best Picture Predictions

    This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Oscar race. The nomination round of voting will take place from January 12 to January 17, 2023, with the official Oscar nominations to be announced on January 24,…

  • Promising Young Woman Director Emerald Fennell Helped Co-Write Ana De Armas’ John Wick Spin-Off

    Promising Young Woman Director Emerald Fennell Helped Co-Write Ana De Armas’ John Wick Spin-Off

    Anyone who was concerned that the woman-led “John Wick” spin-off “Ballerina” was being written by men can take a sigh of relief, well, that is depending on how you felt about 2020’s “Promising Young Woman.” Emerald Fennell appears to be staying booked and busy, as it was announced that she was hired by Ana de…

  • Emerald Fennell’s Next Movie Saltburn Headed To Prime Video

    Emerald Fennell’s Next Movie Saltburn Headed To Prime Video

    Great news for anyone who has been thirsting for more information regarding “Promising Young Woman” writer/director Emerald Fennell’s next project, “Saltburn.” Fennell’s “story of obsession” with a ridiculously talented cast of actors known for playing hot, mean people, as English aristocrats is reportedly in final negotiations with Amazon to pre-buy the rights to the film…

  • From ‘Barbie’ to ‘Babylon,’ Here’s Everything Margot Robbie Has in the Works

    From ‘Barbie’ to ‘Babylon,’ Here’s Everything Margot Robbie Has in the Works

    Margot Robbie is everywhere — and we mean, everywhere.The founder of critically acclaimed production company LuckyChap Entertainment has starred in some of the biggest auteur films of the decade and produced independent feminist films “I, Tonya” and “Promising Young Woman,” all while making at least one movie per year since 2013.Robbie landed Oscar nominations for…

  • ‘House of Darkness’ Review: A Player Becomes the Prey in Kate Bosworth and Justin Long’s First Date

    ‘House of Darkness’ Review: A Player Becomes the Prey in Kate Bosworth and Justin Long’s First Date

    “Silence. Darkness.” Those two words appear up front in most of Neil Labute’s stageplays, though his latest feature, “House of Darkness,” opens with a more playful “Once Upon a Time …” The film — Labute’s first in a bumpy seven-year stretch since “Dirty Weekend,” during which the provocateur was abruptly dropped by longtime Off Broadway…

  • Emerald Fennell Sets Next Movie at MRC, Plans Summer Shoot (Exclusive)

    Emerald Fennell Sets Next Movie at MRC, Plans Summer Shoot (Exclusive)

    Emerald Fennell — who won the Academy Award for best original screenplay last year for her directorial debut “Promising Young Woman” — has set up her next project. Though plot details are being kept under wraps, it’s said to be a story of obsession.MRC Film is the studio behind the movie, and LuckyChap Entertainment, which…

  • LA Film Critics Awards: ‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture, ‘Power of the Dog’ Runner-Up

    LA Film Critics Awards: ‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Picture, ‘Power of the Dog’ Runner-Up

    The voting for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s (Lafca) best films and best performances of 2021 took place virtually on Saturday. The awards were announced via the group’s Twitter account. throughout the day. The top prizes went to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” for Best Picture, plus Best Director, Best Actor Simon Rex (“Red…