Tag: The Whale
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How did Venice 2022 titles perform at the global box office?
The 2022 cohort included several US-financed titles that would go on to become major awards contenders.As this year’s Venice Film Festival prepares to kick off on August 30, Screen International looks at how 2022’s Competition titles fared at the global box office.Scroll down for box office figuresThe 2022 cohort included several US-financed titles that would…
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Darren Aronofsky to Open Immersive Theater Experience in Las Vegas
You may be wondering what Oscar-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is up to. And you’d be right to wonder. Following his latest Oscar-winning film, The Whale, it seems like the already experimental Aronofsky has shifted into even more experimental territory with his upcoming project Postcard From Earth, a new immersive experience that will go far beyond…
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A24, Anuvu in exclusive airlines distribution pact
Partnership includes Past Lives and Talk To Me, The Iron Claw.A24 and Anuvu have agreed an exclusive airlines distribution deal including seven upcoming features, among them Sundance hits Past Lives and Talk To Me.The deal follows the companies’ collaboration on multiple Oscar winners Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, and Moonlight.The seven titles are:…
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Trey Shults to Direct Secret A24 Movie
Trey Shults is riding the wave of Hollywood stardom.After the “Waves” director recently confirmed an upcoming film starring Jenna Ortega, Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan, and The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, sources told IndieWire that Shults is additionally helming a secret A24 film. Casting has not yet been announced for the still-untitled feature.A24 recently took home…
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Angela Bassett Held Austin Butler’s Hand When Best Actor Was Announced — Even After Her Own Disappointment
Angela Bassett took Lady Gaga’s “Top Gun: Maverick” lyrics literally and held the hand of her fellow acting nominee, Austin Butler.In a moving moment during the 2023 Oscars, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Best Supporting Actress nominee Bassett held “Elvis” star Butler’s hand while his category was being read. Bassett had already lost earlier in…
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Why Are We Still Putting Actors in Fat Suits?
Brendan Fraser’s performance in The Whale has garnered a lot of critical acclaim, including Golden Globe and Oscar nominations and a SAG Award, and kicked off a long overdue Brennaissance. And there’s no doubt that the praise is well deserved. But Fraser’s casting as Charlie, a 600-pound man who deals with his past trauma by…
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‘Knock at the Cabin’ Tops All PVODs While ‘The Whale’ Tops the Oscar Nominees
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Knock at the Cabin” (Universal/$19.99), his final film at the studio before moving to Warner Bros. Discovery , was #1 on all VOD charts in its first week in release. This comes, as usual for Universal titles, after its third weekend in theaters. By contrast, the director’s 2021 “Old” waited more than…
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A24 Sweeps Film Categories at the 2023 SAG Awards as ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Breaks Record for Most Wins
A24 just swept the Screen Actors Guild Awards.Thanks to “Everything Everywhere All At Once’s” massive showing throughout the night (the multiverse movie took home four wins at the 2023 SAG Awards ceremony) and Brendan Fraser’s victory for “The Whale.” Thus making this the first time in history that a studio has captured every major film…
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Woody Harrelson Spoofs ‘The Whale’ on ‘SNL’: ‘I Gained 450 Pounds in 6 Months’ — Watch
If there’s one awards season movie that lends most easily to parody, it may be Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale.” It stars Brendan Fraser as an obese online English teacher, with the now-Oscar-nominated actor wearing a quite-heavy fat suit to play the role, coming to terms with the looming end of his life.And so, of course,…
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Oscar Nominees Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu and Paul Mescal Reveal the Last Time They Cried at the Movies
From “All Quiet on the Western Front” sparking tears for Colin Farrell to “Triangle of Sadness” making Brian Tyree Henry laugh so hard he cried, this year’s Oscar hopefuls spoke with Variety‘s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin at the annual nominee luncheon about which film most recently brought them to tears.For Farrell (“The…