Tag: The Witch
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‘The Witch’ Sold to Cj, Culture Entertainment for Asia, Japan
Korean revenge thriller “The Witch” was acquired across multiple Asian territories by Cj E&M Hong Kong, an offshoot of Cj Entertainment. The film is set for a private screening on Monday at the Toronto Film Festival.The Cj group has various exhibition, distribution and production interests across Southeast Asia including the Cj-cgv multiplex businesses in Indonesia…
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Anya Taylor-Joy, Dean-Charles Chapman Cast in Irish Drama ‘Here Are the Young Men’
Anya Taylor-Joy and “Game of Thrones” star Dean-Charles Chapman will lead the cast of “Here Are the Young Men,” it was announced Friday. The coming-of-age drama, which is set to begin production in Ireland this month, has also cast “Peaky Blinders” star Finn Cole and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, who made his debut as the lead in…
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‘The Lighthouse,’ Robert Eggers’ Follow-Up to ‘The Witch,’ Will Be Black and White
Little is currently known about Robert Eggers’ follow-up to “The Witch,” but its editor just revealed a key detail: “The Lighthouse” is being shot in black and white. Louise Ford, who cut “Don’t Breathe” and “Thoroughbreds” in addition to Eggers’ folkloric debut, shared what she knows of the project in an interview with Mandy News.“It’s…
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Anya Taylor-Joy on ‘Thoroughbreds,’ Anton Yelchin, Women in Movies and What’s Next
Anya Taylor-Joy is a former BAFTA Rising Star nominee and one of Variety’s 2018 Brits to Watch. Having starred in Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split,” she can now be seen in “Thoroughbreds,” described by Variety as a “remarkable debut” for playwright and first-time director Cory Finley.The film set in wealthy Connecticut…
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Anya Taylor-Joy: ‘Whenever I’ve got a girlfriend role, I’ve sent it back’
The 21-year-old actor is quickly carving out a niche for playing strong-willed women, in dark thrillers like The Witch and Split, and her latest film, pitch-black comedy Thoroughbreds, might be her darkest yetHi Anya, how’s your day been?Pretty chilled. Doing press for this movie has actually been pretty wonderful because people are receiving it so…
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Robert Pattinson Journeys to ‘The Lighthouse’ With ‘The Witch’ Director
The next film from the director of The Witch is coming together nicely. Filmmaker Robert Eggers recently cast Willem Dafoe in his upcoming A24 film The Lighthouse, and now he’s added Robert Pattinson to the Lighthouse cast as well. Whatever it is Robert Eggers does next, I’m there for it. Eggers made an impressive directorial…
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Pulse Quickens Content Plans as Lars Knudsen Comes on Board (Exclusive)
Producer Lars Knudsen is joining forces with Pulse Films as the outfit’s movie and high-end TV plans shift up a gear. The producer partnership sees Knusden reunited with Pulse founder Thomas Benski and managing director Lucas Ochoa after the trio worked together on “American Honey.”Knudsen’s upcoming films “A Vigilante” and “City of Alex” will come…
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Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe to Lead ‘The Witch’ Director’s New Film ‘The Lighthouse’
Filmmaker Robert Eggers’ terrifying horror film The Witch was one of the most exciting directorial debuts in recent memory, so it’s with great excitement that the first details have started to surface about Eggers’ next project. Rt Features and A24 Films announced that they will be teaming up on Eggers’ new movie The Lighthouse, which…
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Robert Pattinson to star in Robert Eggers fantasy horror ‘The Lighthouse’
Production on The Witch follow-up to commence in spring.Robert Pattinson has joined Willem Dafoe on The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch that also reunites Rt Features and A24.The project is a fantasy horror story set in the world of sea-faring myths and is scheduled to start production this spring.Robert Eggers and Max Eggers…
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‘The Lighthouse’: Robert Pattinson to Star in Robert Eggers’ Follow-Up to ‘The Witch’
Robert Pattinson would like to live deliciously. To prove it, he’s starring alongside Willem Dafoe in “The Witch” writer/director Robert Eggers’ sophomore feature “The Lighthouse,” described as “a fantasy horror story set in the world of old sea-faring myths.” A24 will distribute the film, as it did “The Witch,” in partnership with Rt Features.“We are…