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FLY ME TO THE MOON Trailer (2024) Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum FLY ME TO THE MOON Trailer (2024) Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, Comedy © 2024 - Sony Pictures / Apple TV Sony and Apple have released the first trailer for “Fly Me to the Moon,” a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, which is set to premiere on July 12. The film is set against the 1960s space race and features Johansson as a marketing exec hired by NASA to film a fake moon landing in case the real mission fails. Apple won the project in a $100 million deal following a bidding war in 2022, and the project was formerly known as “Project Artemis.” Chris Evans was first set to play Tatum’s role, while Oscar nominee Johansson — who also produces — has been attached to the film since its inception. Jason Bateman was originally set as the film’s director but left the project due to creative differences. His exit altered the shooting schedule and meant Evans could not complete the project and Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers” at the same time. Bateman previously told Variety that the film will be set around the moon landing. “Channing is such an easy-going actor, good spirited and professional. Falling in love with him onscreen was pretty easy. He’s such a likable person,” Johansson recently told People magazine. “Kelly and Cole are such opposites. It was fun to play that dynamic with Channing.” Popular on Variety Jim Rash, Ray Romano, Anna Garcia, Donald Elise Watkins, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Nick Dillenburg, Christian Zuber and Woody Harrelson round out the cast. Greg Berlanti will direct from a script by Rose Gilroy. Berlanti has worked as a showrunner, writer and producer on TV shows such as “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Riverdale.” He has also directed the films “Love, Simon” and “The Broken Hearts Club.” Johansson produces under her These Pictures banner, with Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn producing alongside her for These Pictures. Sarah Schechter produces for Berlanti Productions. Robert Dohrmann serves as executive producer. See the full trailer below. Apple Original Films and Sony aren’t at CinemaCon this year, but they’ve dropped a trailer online to fire the week off: The Greg Berlanti-directed space race movie Fly Me to the Moon, which stars Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. The movie follows two-time Oscar nominee Johansson as marketing specialist Kelly Jones who is brought in to pump up NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Interoffice romance shenanigans fly with Tatum’s launch director Cole Davis. Upping the stakes: Jones is tasked with staging a fake moon landing as backup as the countdown begins. Related Stories 'Bread and Roses' Apple Lands Cannes Documentary Selection 'Bread & Roses' Produced By Jennifer Lawrence's Production Company Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry speak onstage at Paramount Pictures' exclusive presentation 'Transformers One' Animates Paramount's CinemaCon Show With Trailer, 3D Footage, Johansson, Hemsworth & Henry “I know a lot more about the moon than I know about you,” woos Cole to Kelly at what looks to be inspiration point. However, Cole seems to have a big problem with staging that moon landing. Sony won the distribution rights to Fly Me to the Moon and Jon Watts’ George Clooney-Brad Pitt noir Wolfs after their release of Napoleon. Fly Me to the Moon will hit theaters July 12, repping the fourth Apple Original Films title to get a wide global release after Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon and Argylle. Rose Gilroy wrote the script based on the story by Bill Kirstein & Keenan Flynn. Producers are Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Keenan Flynn and Sarah Schechter. Robert J. Dohrmann is EP. Fly Me to the Moon also stars Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber and Donald Elise Watkins, with Ray Romano and Woody Harrelson. It’s International Day at CinemaCon today. The big studio panels kick off Tuesday with Warner Bros along with Sony’s Crunchyroll. Tonight, Universal is showing off its summer-season kickoff title The Fall Guy starring Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling to exhibition. "We need to shoot the backup version of the Moon landing…" Sony Pictures & Apple TV have revealed the official trailer for Fly Me to the Moon, a romantic comedy from writer / filmmaker Greg Berlanti, who last directed the hit romcom Love, Simon. This is opening in theaters nationwide in July, a big mainstream comedy set during the Apollo 11 moon landing era of NASA - about creating a fake moon landing "backup". Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star as a 1960s ad shark and a by-the-book launch director on a mission set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic moon landing. Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as alternative incase they need it. In addition to Johansson & Tatum, this also stars Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, with Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson. This looks funny and sweet, though not exactly a nerdy space movie – more of a romcom for everyone to enjoy. It'll likely end up streaming on Apple at the end of the summer after playing in theaters. Here's the official trailer for Greg Berlanti's Fly Me to the Moon, direct from Apple TV's YouTube: Fly Me to the Moon Movie Fly Me to the Moon Movie Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me to the Moon is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing in the 1960s. Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson), brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis' (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems this mission too important to fail, he is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by the acclaimed American writer / producer / filmmaker Greg Berlanti, director of the films Life as We Know It and Love, Simon previously, and also a writer on the TV series "You", "The Flash", "Titans", and "Superman & Lois" most recently. The screenplay is written by Rose Gilroy and Sharon Maguire, from a story by Keenan Flynn and Bill Kirstein. Originally known as Project Artemis. Produced by Giannina Facio, Keenan Flynn, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Sarah Schechter, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott. Developed by Apple TV and Scott Free Productions. Sony Pics will debut Fly Me to the Moon in theaters nationwide starting on July 12th, 2024 this summer movie season. Look any good? Opposites attract in Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's new lunar love story. PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at Fly Me to the Moon, a dramedy starring Johansson and Tatum set during NASA's historic 1969 moon landing mission. She plays Kelly Jones, part of the marketing team helping rehab NASA's public image, and he is launch director Cole Davis. "When the President deems the mission too important to fail," a synopsis teases, "Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup and the countdown truly begins." Johansson, 39, tells PEOPLE she didn't know Tatum, 43, before making Fly Me to the Moon, despite having "many friends in common." "Channing is such an easy-going actor, good spirited and professional. Falling in love with him onscreen was pretty easy. He’s such a likable person," she says, adding of their characters, "Kelly and Cole are such opposites. It was fun to play that dynamic with Channing." The actress, who is also a producer on the film, describes her character Kelly as a "very modern woman living in a time where women were often underestimated." "She uses that to her advantage and is always a few steps ahead," adds Johansson. Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove Shine in New Photos from Netflix's Mother of the Bride (Exclusive) Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) and Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) in FLY ME TO THE MOON. Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN The Fly Me to the Moon cast also features Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, Ray Romano and Woody Harrelson. As Johansson remembers, they "all just laughed a ton and had a great time. It was a total pleasure to be onset with all that good energy." The film is directed by Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon) and written by Rose Gilroy from the story by Bill Kirstein and Keenan Flynn. "The inspiration for this story," Berlanti, 51, tells PEOPLE, "was to craft a big, fun, smart original movie around whether or not the American government could have possibly faked the Apollo 11 moon landing, which is still the most-watched live TV event in the history of the world and has since become one of the most talked about conspiracy theories." Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) in FLY ME TO THE MOON. Scarlett Johansson in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN The director explains that recreating the moon landing (and the methods in which it could possibly have been "faked" at the time) was "most challenging" — and "required a set the size of baseball field." That, plus "months of construction and design work with all of our department heads, wire work with stunt actors, lighting work with lights from that era and a movement coach working with our 'fake astronauts' to match step for step Buzz [Aldrin] and Neil [Armstrong's] first historic walk on the moon." "They are some of the most famous images in history," he says, "and we needed to match them completely — but in a way they could have only done in 1969." But, says Berlanti, even with "rockets going off and moon walks in the film, the real event is watching all of these incredible actors together." Chris Pine Searches for 'Love and Connection' in Trailer for Poolman, His Directorial Debut (Exclusive) Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) and Henry Smalls (Ray Romano) in FLY ME TO THE MOON. Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES/DAN MCFADDEN "Scarlett and Channing had never done a film together, and I'm sure audiences will want them to do many more after this one," he says. "They're each individually a dream, both personally and professionally. They have the rarest of gifts with comedy and drama." "Watching them act together was like watching two great rockstars do a duet for the first time," continues Berlanti. "From rehearsal through the end of shooting, working with the two of them was one of the great pinch-me moments of my life." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) in FLY ME TO THE MOON. Channing Tatum in "Fly Me to the Moon". COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES Johansson says Fly Me to the Moon is appealing because it is "totally original." "It’s not derivative of anything else, it doesn’t follow a formula," she says. "I think audiences haven’t been offered a big-idea movie that is both funny and poignant and original in a long time, and they are hungry for that. The film is totally entertaining and fresh. I’m very proud of it for its newness and scope." Fly Me to the Moon, an Apple Original Film, will be in theaters, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, on July 12.

MY DIVORCE PARTY Trailer (2024) Rumer Willis, Comedy Movie MY DIVORCE PARTY Trailer (2024) Rumer Willis, Comedy Movie © 2024 - Gravitas Ventures ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive new clip from the comedy movie My Divorce Party. My Divorce Party is a new comedy movie starring Rumer Willis, Kimia Behpoornia, and more. The film, which releases later this month, follows a group of friends celebrating one of their member’s divorce. Watch the exclusive My Divorce Party clip below (watch more trailers and clips): You can also watch the official My Divorce Party trailer, and check out the poster for the upcoming film, below: My Divorce Party Trailer Previews Rumer Willis-Led Comedy What is My Divorce Party about? “On the weekend before finalizing Xan’s divorce, she decides to gather her closest friends in Joshua Tree to relax, celebrate, and more appropriately, sulk,” the film’s official synopsis reads. “The gang arrives at their less than tranquil lodging, an RV park in Joshua Tree (no, it isn’t a ‘low-key’ chic one). They meet their ‘eccentric’ neighbors Ezekiel, a pansexual hick, and Amara, an Instagram bohemian hippie. That evening, Xan drunkenly spirals out and reveals that she’ll have to give up half of all of her assets to her soon-to-be ex in the divorce settlement come Monday, so she drained her bank account and brought $100K in cash to the desert.” Along with Willis and Behpoornia, My Divorce Party stars Michelle Meredith, Sarah Hollis, Desiree Staples, Dionne Gipson, Laith Ashley, and Cap Peterson. My Divorce Party is written and directed by Heidi Weitzer, with this marking Weitzer’s feature film directorial debut. “This movie is my love letter to the power of female friendships. I hope people watch it with their best friends and have a laugh,” Weitzer said in a statement to Gravitas Ventures. Adrienne Childress and Geenah Krisht serve as producers on My Divorce Party. My Divorce Party releases on digital and cable video-on-demand services on April 30, 2024 from Gravitas Ventures. "We've got 48 hours to blow this, people!!" This should be filed under "Don't Watch". Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy titled My Divorce Party, about a group of women who try to have a fun time together while celebrating a divorce. Ha ha. Divorcee Xan gathers all of her close friends out in the desert to celebrate her impending split, only to reveal she intends to burn her divorce settlement money to start fresh. Chaos ensues as each friend has a wildly different opinion on what Xan should do. The comedy is set out at Joshua Tree, where she brings her friends and meets some strange people along the way. Starring Desiree Staples as Xan, along with Rumer Willis, Kimia Behpoornia, Michell Meredith, Dionne Gipson Amara, Laith Ashley Ajax, & Sarah Hollis Samantha. This is heading direct-to-VOD later this month, which is the proper place for this very trashy looking comedy meant for a very specific audience. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Heidi Weitzer's film My Divorce Party, direct from YouTube: My Divorce Party Poster On the weekend before finalizing Xan's divorce, she decides to gather her closest friends in Joshua Tree to relax, celebrate, and more appropriately, sulk. The gang arrives at their less than tranquil lodging, an RV park. They meet their “eccentric” neighbors Ezekiel, a pansexual hick, and Amara, an Instagram bohemian hippie. That evening, Xan drunkenly spirals out and reveals that she’ll have to give up half of all of her assets to her soon-to-be ex in the divorce settlement come Monday, so she drained her bank account and brought $100K in cash to the desert. She starts throwing the money into the bonfire before her friends spring into action and stop her. Lines are soon drawn as every friend has a different opinion on what Xan should do with the money. My Divorce Party is written and directed by American indie filmmaker Heidi Weitzer, making her feature directorial debut after the directing on the TV series "Darcy on House Arrest" previously. Produced by Adrienne Childress and Geenah Krisht. Gravitas Ventures will debut Weitzer's My Divorce Party direct-to-VOD starting April 30th, 2024 later this month. Anyone into this movie… or not? In the words of Rumer Willis' character, Ren, "I'm gonna need a lot of therapy after this." Such may be the case for all the friends at the center of My Divorce Party, Heidi Weitzer's comedy starring Willis, Kimia Behpoornia, Michelle Meredith, Sarah Hollis, Desiree Staples, Dionne Gipson, Laith Ashley, and Cap Peterson. The story revolves around Xan (Staples), who rounds up her pals Ren (Willis), Isabella (Behpoornia), Wendy (Meredith), and Samantha (Hollis) in Joshua Tree the weekend before finalizing her divorce. As viewers can expect from the rollercoaster trailer, there's plenty of sharp turns in store for the group as they learn Xan took out $100,000 from her account, attempting to throw it into a bonfire before she has to split it with her ex-husband in their divorce settlement once the weekend is over. With all of the friends disagreeing on what Xan should actually do with the cash, the soon-to-be divorcee decides to split it evenly among them with the only instruction being that they have to spend it that weekend. Rumer Willis in 'The Divorce Party' Film Mode But, as the saying goes, money doesn't buy happiness, and the weekend turns turbulent as their RV park neighbors plot to steal Xan's savings while her friends begin to suspect that Xan is not telling the whole truth. Will the weekend end with money well spent or will they be making those therapy appointments? "This movie is my love letter to the power of female friendships," Weitzer said in a statement. "I hope people watch it with their best friends and have a laugh." This role marks Willis' latest since becoming a first-time mom. The actress gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Derek Thomas, daughter Louetta, nearly a year ago on April 18, 2023. Gravitas Ventures released the trailer for My Divorce Party, the upcoming comedy film starring Rumer Willis and Kimia Behpoornia. The movie is written and directed by Heidi Weitzer and, alongside Willis, stars Michelle Meredith, Sarah Hollis, Desiree Staples, Dionne Gipson, Laith Ashley, and Cap Peterson. My Divorce Party follows the story of a group of friends relaxing ahead of one of the group members’ divorce is finalized. Check out the My Divorce Party trailer below (watch other clips and trailers): What is My Divorce Party about? “On the weekend before finalizing Xan’s divorce, she decides to gather her closest friends in Joshua Tree to relax, celebrate, and more appropriately, sulk,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “The gang arrives at their less than tranquil lodging, an RV park in Joshua Tree (no, it isn’t a ‘low-key’ chic one). They meet their ‘eccentric’ neighbors Ezekiel, a pansexual hick, and Amara, an Instagram bohemian hippie. That evening, Xan drunkenly spirals out and reveals that she’ll have to give up half of all of her assets to her soon-to-be ex in the divorce settlement come Monday, so she drained her bank account and brought $100K in cash to the desert.” My Divorce Party is set to premiere on digital and cable video on-demand services on April 30, 2024.

REFUGE Trailer (2024) Sophie Simnett, Raza Jaffrey REFUGE Trailer (2024) Sophie Simnett, Raza Jaffrey, Aston McAuley, Jason Flemyng, Renny Harlin © 2024 - Vertical The Strangers Trilogy and Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin is unleashing Hell on Earth in this Refuge trailer. The story of Refuge is about a soldier who returns from Afghanistan a changed man, following an attack by a mysterious force during combat in Afghanistan, only for his wife to discover he has been possessed by a malevolent spirit. You can watch the Refuge trailer below. Refuge Trailer Starring in Refuge are Sophie Simnett (Daybreak), Raza Jaffrey (The Rhythm Section), Aston McAuley (Rocketman), Johanna Harlin (Class Reunion 3), Shervin Alenabi (Gangs of London), Atanas Srebrev (Ninja), Max Kraus (The Witcher), Velizar Binev (Hitman), Euan Macnaughton (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Howard Dell (The Doorman), and Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels). Harlin’s been quite busy of late, shooting all three movies in the Strangers Trilogy at once, with the first film due out on May 17, 2024 Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland, Netflix’s Lost In Space) and Sophie Simnett (Netflix’s Daybreak) are on board Renny Harlin horror thriller The Refuge, which Voltage Pictures has acquired for worldwide sales ahead of the virtual Cannes market. Principal photography is underway in Bulgaria on the film from Revelations Entertainment and B2Y Production that marks the latest action foray from the director of Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger. The Refuge centres on US military veteran Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who returns home a changed and dangerous man after a tour of duty in Afghanistan where he suffered an attack by a mysterious force. While officials dismiss his behavior as PTSD and order trauma therapy, Pedroni’s wife Kate discovers her husband has been possessed by a malevolent spirit. Ben Sztajnkrycer wrote the screenplay and the cast includes Johanna Harlin (Class Reunion 3) and Aston McAuley (Rocketman). Producers are Yariv Lerner (Hellboy, Rambo: Last Blood), Rob Van Norden (Olympus Has Fallen, Rambo: Last Blood), Revelations Entertainment partner Gary Lucchesi (Underworld franchise, The Lincoln Lawyer), Michael McKay (Brahms: The Boy II), Revelations Entertainment CEO Lori McCreary (Invictus, CBS’ Madam Secretary), and Harlin. Voltage CEO Nicolas Chartier and president and COO Jonathan Deckter serve as executive producers. “I’m sure our partners the world over will be thrilled with the perfect recipe for success that has been put together for Refuge: great producers Gary, Lori and Yariv with an outstanding track record in the genre (and all spaces), combined with a cool script and the icon that is Renny Harlin,” said Deckter. Flemyng is represented by Kate Buckley at 42; Jaffrey by Principal Entertainment LA and ICM Partners; McCauley by 42; and Simnett by Circle of Confusion and Insight Management & Production.

TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN Trailer (2024) Isabela Merced TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN Trailer (2024) Isabela Merced © 2024 - Max "Imagine being stuck in my head all the time, with no break, no way out!" New Line Cinema & Temple Hill have unveiled an official trailer for a new movie titled Turtles All the Way Down, a romantic comedy coming-of-age film from filmmaker Hannah Marks (also of After Everything and Mark Mary & Some Other People previously). This is unfortunately skipping theaters and being sent direct-to-streaming on Max this May - though it looks worthy enough for theaters. "Your now is not your forever." Based on the best-selling novel by John Green. Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety following its 17-year-old protagonist – Aza Holmes. A story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant story of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Isabela Merced stars as Aza, who is riddled with crushing anxiety all the time; she's joined by Cree, Felix Mallard, Maliq Johnson, Poorna Jagannathan, Judy Reyes, and J. Smith-Cameron. This doesn't look that bad, but it does seem like a Valentine's Day movie and they missed that opening by a few months. Sweet and charming and honest – a good story for people to feel better watching. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hannah Marks' Turtles All the Way Down, direct from YouTube: Turtles All the Way Down Poster Turtles All the Way Down Poster Hannah Marks' new film Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It's not easy being Aza, but she’s trying… trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis (Felix Mallard), her childhood crush, she's confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope. Turtles All the Way Down is directed by the American actress / filmmaker Hannah Marks, director of the films After Everything, Mark Mary & Some Other People, and Don't Make Me Go previously, as well as a few short films. The screenplay is co-written by Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker; based on John Green's bestselling novel of the same name. Produced by Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner. New Line Cinema will debut Turtles All the Way Down streaming directly on Max starting on May 2nd, 2024 coming soon. Who's interested? Get ready for a journey of mystery, romance, and angst with Turtles All the Way Down premiering on May 2. Follow Aza's battle with anxiety and OCD as she navigates her relationships and finds a kindred spirit in Davis. The power of a strong support system is highlighted in this adaptation of John Green's deeply personal novel. The sixth adaptation of John Green's novels is officially only a month away. Turtles All the Way Down is set to premiere on Max on May 2 and a new trailer offers a preview of Isabela Merced's journey of mystery, romance, and plenty of angst. Hailing from director Hannah Marks, the young adult film tackles anxiety through the eyes of Aza Holmes as she navigates the many invasive thoughts that she can't control. New Line Cinema and Temple Hill collaborated for the adaptation of the novel, which Green has described as deeply personal to his experiences growing up. Turtles All the Way Down follows Merced as the 17-year-old Aza, who's just trying to get by in life and be a good student, friend, and daughter while battling obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety. Following news of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett's disappearance, Aza and her best friend Daisy (Cree) go on the hunt to find him and claim the reward money for turning him in to authorities. She's only left with further questions about her future happiness, love, friendship, and hope, however, upon rekindling things with her childhood crush and friend Davis (Felix Mallard), who just so happens to be Russell's son. The trailer promises an exploration of Aza's relationships and life while dealing with the hurdles anxiety and OCD leave for her. Her thought spirals about microbes, her appearance, and life itself are vividly shown as she walks through the school halls, talks with Daisy, and goes on dates with Davis. She fears there's no possibility of having a fulfilling romantic relationship while suffering from anxiety, though, with some encouragement from her friends and counselors, she takes the plunge with Davis and finds in him a kindred spirit. Even with her new boyfriend supporting her, anxiety will remain a constant battle for Aza, pushing her to a breaking point and even nearly killing her. Turtles All the Way Down will show the power of a strong support system, living by the motto, "It's not only what you live with, it's who you can't live without." Who Else Stars in 'Turtles All the Way Down'? Isabela Merced and Cree on the poster for Max's Turtles All the Way DownImage via Max In addition to directing, Marks will also appear in the adaptation as Holly. Marks is no stranger to helming heartfelt dramas, previously delivering the Jeremy Allen White and Maika Monroe-led After Everything and Don't Make Me Go with John Cho and Mia Isaac. The rest of the cast around her, Merced, Cree, and Mallard includes Judy Reyes, Maliq Johnson, J. Smith-Cameron, and Poorna Jagannathan. Writing duties, meanwhile, will be handled by This Is Us showrunners Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, who also serve as executive producers. Turtles All the Way Down debuts on Max on May 2. Check out the trailer below. Isabela Merced and Cree on the poster for Max's Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All The Way Down PG-13 Drama Romance A teenager tries to solve a mystery surrounding a fugitive billionaire. Director Hannah Marks Cast Isabela Merced , J. Smith-Cameron , Judy Reyes , Hannah Marks Main Genre Drama Writers Elizabeth Berger , Isaac Aptaker , John Green Max said Wednesday that its adaptation of John Green‘s bestseller Turtles All the Way Down, from director Hannah Marks (Don’t Make Me Go), has been slated for release on Thursday, May 2. Check out a trailer above. Hailing from New Line Cinema and Temple Hill, Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It’s not easy being Aza, but she’s trying … trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis (Felix Mallard), her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship and hope. Related Stories Will Forte as Gilbert Power, Siobhán Cullen as Dove, Robyn Cara as Emmy Sizergh. ‘Bodkin’: Netflix Drops Trailer, Reveals Premiere Date For Dark Comedy From The Obamas’ Higher Ground Orphan Black: Echoes ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Gets Premiere Date At AMC & AMC+ Also starring Maliq Johnson, Cree, Poorna Jagannathan, Judy Reyes and J. Smith-Cameron, the film was written by the This Is Us duo of Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, who also exec produced alongside Richard Brener, Nikki Ramey and Paulina Sussman for New Line Cinema, as well as Laura Quicksilver, Bart Lipton, Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas. Pic’s producers are Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner. Green is otherwise best known for his 2012 romantic drama The Fault in Our Stars, centered on a meet-cute of cancer patients, which was adapted into a 20th Century Fox film starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff. Directed by Josh Boone, the pic grossed over $307 million worldwide. Previously, the author also saw his book Paper Towns adapted into a Fox romance starring Wolff and Cara Delevingne, with Hulu adapting his book Looking for Alaska as a miniseries led by Charlie Plummer and Kristine Froseth. Marks, as Deadline first reported, recently was tapped to direct the crypto heist pic Razzlekhan, inspired by a 2022 article in the New York Times, for Amazon MGM Studios. She peviously directed John Cho and Mia Isaac in the father-daughter drama Don’t Make Me Go for Prime Video, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival. Other past features from the actor-turned-filmmaker include the Tribeca prizewinner Mark, Mary & Some Other People and After Everything, starring Jeremy Allen White. Previously, she co-wrote and starred in the indie comedy Banana Split featuring Liana Liberato and Dylan Sprouse. The Turtles All the Way Down trailer captures Aza's anxiety struggles and budding romance well. The adaptation seemingly maintains the frenetic energy and humanity of the original novel by John Green. The film is the latest adaptation of one of Green's novels, coming after The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska. The trailer for Turtles All the Way Down shows a look at the upcoming film about a teenage girl struggling with anxiety. Turtles All the Way Down is a bestselling John Green novel published in 2017, which tells the story of a 16-year-old named Aza Holmes who is struggling with OCD and anxiety. The adaptation stars Madame Web’s Isabela Merced, Succession’s J. Smith-Cameron and Judy Reyes, Hannah Marks, and Never Have I Ever’s Poorna Jagannathan. Now, Max has released the trailer for Turtles All the Way Down. Check it out below: From the very beginning of the trailer, Aza is established as someone who is apt to spiral out, as she is first introduced in a mental spiral relating to how the human body is composed of “a massive collection of parasitic organisms ready to cause infection.” Throughout the Turtles All the Way Down trailer, Aza works on navigating challenges with school and her brain, and a budding romance with an old friend named Davis. How Will Turtles All the Way Down Compare To Other John Green Adaptations? Hazel lying in bed and talking on the phone in The Fault In Our Stars The Turtles All the Way Down trailer does a remarkable job capturing the frenetic energy that made the book great. Immersing the reader in the mind of Aza, Green’s Turtles All the Way Down is unrelenting in its portrait of anxiety and yet utterly human. From the trailer, it seems that aspect of the book has translated well to the screen. The relationship between Aza and her best friend Daisy is endearing, as Daisy helps Aza along through a tough period. Turtles All the Way Down comes after a long line of Green adaptations. The first of these came in 2014 with the adaptation of Green’s beloved novel The Fault in Our Stars. That was a critical and commercial success, holding an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes and bringing in $307.1 million at the box office against an estimated $12 million budget. Green later saw his novels Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska get a movie and TV adaptation, respectively. RELATED 15 Movies Like The Fault In Our Stars You Need To See For those who appreciated The Fault in Our Stars' blend of romance, drama, and heartbreak, here are some other must-watch movies. Neither the screen version of Paper Towns nor Looking for Alaska has been able to make the same kind of splash that The Fault in Our Stars managed to back in 2014. This fact leaves Turtles All the Way Down in an interesting spot, as it can either match The Fault in Our Stars’ greatness or sink down to the more mixed reception of the other two adaptations. The film has the advantage of adapting what is arguably Green’s best and most sincere novel to date, and with a promising trailer, there is hope for Turtles All the Way Down. Max has released the official trailer for its upcoming film adaptation of John Green‘s 2017 coming-of-age novel titled Turtles All the Way Down. The video introduces Isabela Merced as a teenager suffering from extreme social anxiety which prevents her from experiencing life. It is scheduled to start streaming on May 2, 2024 on Max. Check out the Turtles All the Way Down trailer below (watch more trailers): What is Turtles All the Way Down about? “The film follows the story of 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It’s not easy being Aza, but she’s trying … trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis (Felix Mallard), her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship and hope,” reads the synopsis. The Turtles All the Way Down is directed by Hannah Marks from a screenplay co-written by Love, Simon scribes Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker. The film also stars Cree, Felix Mallard, Maliq Johnson, Poorna Jagannathan, Judy Reyes, J. Smith-Cameron and more. It is executive produced by Green, Richard Brener, Bart Lipton, Laura Quicksilver and Rosianna Halse Rojas. This marks Merced’s second time starring in a movie based on a Green’s novel, after previously appearing in 2019’s Let It Snow. She is currently in production for James Gunn’s Superman, in which she’ll start as the DCU’s Hawkgirl. Merced will also next be seen playing the role of Dina in HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2. Beloved YA author John Green returns with a movie adaptation of his best-selling novel Turtles All the Way Down. Based on Green’s beautifully heart-wrenching story that navigates complicated teenage experiences, the film follows Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced), a 17-year-old high schooler who’s struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and anxiety. For as long as she’s lived, Aza’s invasive thoughts have become the backbone of her existence, sending her into downward spirals akin to “turtles all the way down”: and endless continuation of complete regression. But with the help of her best friend Daisy (Cree Cicchino). With a penchant for adventure, Daisy’s outgoing personality helps Aza break out of her shell bit by bit. As Aza’s long-lost crush Davis (Felix Mallard) suddenly reappears in town, she starts to question whether there’s room for hope amid the chaos of her life. Although the original novel itself is fiction, Green has shared that the story is based on the author’s personal accounts of grappling with mental illness. A coming-of-age tale exploring love, happiness, friendship, and hope, Turtles All the Way Down promises to deliver both laughter and tears to both loyal fans of Green’s works and new audiences who have yet to read his books. Without further ado, check out everything we know so far about Turtles All the Way Down. Isabela Merced and Cree on the poster for Max's Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All The Way Down PG-13 Drama Romance A teenager tries to solve a mystery surrounding a fugitive billionaire. Director Hannah Marks Cast Isabela Merced , J. Smith-Cameron , Judy Reyes , Hannah Marks Main Genre Drama Writers Elizabeth Berger , Isaac Aptaker , John Green When Is the Release Date for 'Turtles All the Way Down'? Turtles All the Way Down is set to premiere on May 2, 2024, exclusively on Max. If you haven’t subscribed to Max yet, the streaming platform gives you the choice between monthly or yearly payment options. The With Ads plan costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year. For those who prefer an ad-free viewing experience, there’s the Ad-Free plan, priced at $15.99 per month or $149.99 per year. For an even more enhanced ad-free experience, you can opt for the Ultimate Ad-Free plan, which costs $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year. These prices exclude applicable taxes. Watch the Trailer for 'Turtles All the Way Down' It’s tough being Aza. Unlike most of her peers, high school is a different experience for the 17-year-old. As the trailer shows, walking through the corridors alone already feels like an overwhelming task. Although Aza looks calm and collected on the outside, her mind’s constantly going at the speed of light, questioning the massive amount of parasitic organisms contained in her body, ready to cause an infection anytime soon. Her struggles with OCD and anxiety hinder Aza from living a “normal” life, but according to her best friend Daisy and her counselor, nothing can stop her from fulfilling her dreams: one of them being having romantic relationships. As Aza’s old childhood crush, Davis tries to reconnect with her, Aza finds herself reluctant to be romantically attached, fearing that Davis might be repulsed by her condition. However, with Daisy’s encouragement, she breaks out of her shell and takes a chance on him. But as is often the case with mental health journeys, progress is never linear. Despite the support of her loved ones, Aza continues to wrestle with her inner demons, culminating in a car crash that almost takes her life. Turtles All the Way Down isn’t a sad story. It’s filled with hope despite it being far out of reach. Although life can get dark along the way, at the end of the day, there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Who Stars in 'Turtles All the Way Down'? Turtles All the Way Down stars Isabela Merced as Aza Holmes, a high school teenager who suffers from anxiety and OCD. In the novel, Aza is always in fear of the parasites taking over her body and causing bacterial infections. Although she comes across as socially awkward due to her condition, her best friend helps Aza feel safe despite her uncontrollable thoughts. Most recently, Merced played Anya Corazón / Araña in Marvel’s Madame Web. She’s also set to star in a recurring role as Dina in Season 2 of The Last of Us, and she'll be playing Hawkgirl in James Gunn's Superman. Playing Aza’s best friend, Daisy Ramirez is Cree Cicchino, the bubbly and more outgoing counterpart to Aza’s nervousness. Daisy is obsessed with true love and wants Daisy to experience it for herself. When she’s not busy hanging out with Aza, she can be found fangirling over Star Wars. Cicchino stars as Luisa Torres in And Just Like That… and played the main role of Marisol Fuentes in Mr. Iglesias. Another one of Aza’s friends is Mychal Turner, played by Maliq Johnson. A talented art student, Turner was Daisy’s boyfriend for a brief period. Johnson played Kevin in The Many Saints of Newark and Jayson Jackson in Grand Army. Felix Mallard joins the cast as Davis Pickett, Aza’s childhood crush and recent love interest. Coming from a wealthy family, not everything is riches and gold for Davis. As a young boy, his mother died, followed by his father’s sudden disappearance. Mallad is no stranger to young adult movies and television. Mallard starred as Roamer in All the Bright Places, followed by his roles as Lucas Caravaggio in Locke & Key and Marcus Baker in Ginny & Georgia. Rounding out the cast is Poorna Jagannathan as Dr. Singh, Judy Reyes as Gina Holmes, and J. Smith-Cameron as Professor Abbott. Jagannathan is best known for playing Safar Khan in HBO’s The Night Of and Nalini Vishwakumar in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever. Reyes gained prominence for her role as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC medical series Scrubs and most recently starred in the horror flick Smile. Smith-Cameron gained headlines for her solid portrayal of Gerri Kilman in HBO’s Succession, earning her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. What Is 'Turtles All the Way Down' About? Isabela Merced and Felix Mallard, kissing in a room as Aza Holmes and Davis Pickett, in Turtles All The Way DownImage via Max Check out the official synopsis for Turtles All the Way Down from MAX: “TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It’s not easy being Aza, but she’s trying... trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis, her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope.” Who Is Making 'Turtles All the Way Down'? Isabela Merced and Cree as Aza and Daisy paddling down the White River in a green canoe in Turtles All the Way Down.Image via Max Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of some of this generation’s most popular books. Since publishing his first novel, “Looking for Alaska” in 2005, Green further paved his writing path with notable works like “An Abundance of Katherines”, “Paper Towns”, “The Fault in Our Stars”, and “Turtles All the Way Down”. Over the years, especially during the golden era of Tumblr, Green’s books and the author himself garnered worldwide popularity. So far, 24 million copies of his books have sold in print and have been published in more than 55 languages. Besides his writing endeavors, Green and his brother Hank post videos on their educational YouTube channel, Crash Course. Turtles All the Way Down is directed by Hannah Marks. In addition to her acting portfolio, Marks has made her mark in the directing scene with films like After Everything and Don’t Make Me Go. Joining her are executive producers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, who also serve as the film’s screenplay writers. The duo’s previous writing credits include Love, Simon and This Is Us. Completing the team are Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Isaac Klausner as producers. Turtles All the Way Down is produced by New Line Cinema and Temple Hill, with Richard Brener, Nikki Ramey, and Paulina Sussman executive producing on behalf of the former, and Laura Quicksilver, Bart Lipton, Green, and Rosianna Halse Rojas joining as executive producers.

THE IMAGE OF YOU Trailer (2024) Sasha Pieterse, Mira Sorvino THE IMAGE OF YOU Trailer (2024) Sasha Pieterse, Mira Sorvino © 2024 - Paramount "What has Anna told you about her past?" Paramount Movies has revealed an official trailer for a romantic comedy thriller titled The Image of You, from filmmaker Jeff Fisher. Arriving to watch in theaters and on VOD directly this May - from director who mostly works in TV and directs cheesy romantic TV movies. The film is about identical twins Anna and Zoe - both played by Sasha Pieterse. It's based on the book of the same name and that description sums it up nicely: Anna and Zoe are twins. Identical in appearance, utterly different in personality, they share a bond so close that nothing – or no one – can rip them apart. Until Anna meets charismatic Nick. Anna is trusting, romantic & hopeful; she thinks Nick is perfect. Zoe is daring, dangerous & extreme; she thinks Nick is a liar. Zoe has seen Anna betrayed by men before. She'll stop at nothing to discover if Nick is as good as he seems. The problem is, lies may hurt. But honesty can kill… The movie also stars Parker Young, Nestor Carbonell, Mira Sorvino, Michele Nordin, Rebekah Graf, and Ben Milliken. This looks extra twisted and cheap and very much like a made-for-TV soap opera trash. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jeff Fisher's The Image of You, direct from Paramount's YouTube: The Image of You Poster Sasha Pieterse, Parker Young, Nestor Carbonell, and Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino star in this twisted tale of deception and desire based on the bestselling thriller by Adele Parks. Identical twins Anna and Zoe find their bond tested over Anna's new love, Nick. While the trusting Anna is head over heels, her skeptical sister Zoe senses a web of deceit. But as Zoe digs for the truth, they're all pulled into a dangerous game where honesty could prove fatal. The Image of You is directed by TV writer / producer / director Jeff Fisher, director of Killer Movie previously, plus lots of TV work + TV movies including Christmas Camp and My Christmas Love. The screenplay is written by Chris Sivertson, adapted from the novel of the same name written by Adele Parks MBE. Produced by Ernie Barbarash, Brad Krevoy, David M. Wulf. Paramount Movies debuts The Image of You in select US theaters + on VOD starting on May 10th, 2024 coming soon. Sasha Pieterse is double the trouble in The Image of You. From Republic Pictures (a Paramount Pictures label), the thriller (in theaters May 10) based on Adele Parks’ hit novel stars the Pretty Little Liars actress as Anna — and Zoe, identical twins in a “twisted tale of deception and desire,” per an official synopsis. “Anna and Zoe find their bond tested over Anna's new love, Nick,” played by Parker Young. The synopsis continues: “While the trusting Anna is head over heels, her skeptical sister Zoe senses a web of deceit. But as Zoe digs for the truth, they're all pulled into a dangerous game where honesty could prove fatal.” 'Pretty Little Liars' ' Sasha Pieterse Marries Hudson Sheaffer at Irish Castle: See the Photos “I don’t trust him,” says Zoe in the film’s trailer, shared exclusively with PEOPLE. “He’s way too hot not to be a complete tool.” “Maybe this one is different,” whispers Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, who plays the twins’ mother, Alexia. She can later be heard screaming in terror and at one point imploring Zoe: “Please don’t do anything rash.” “When have I ever done anything rash?” counters Zoe, who is glimpsed meeting Nick for herself — and crossing the line with her sister’s fiancé. Sasha Pieterse as “Anna” and Mira Sorvino “Alexia” in the thriller, THE IMAGE OF YOU. The Image of You. COURTESY OF REPUBLIC PICTURES Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In November, Pieterse, 28, began promoting The Image of You following SAG-AFTRA’s Hollywood actors strike. “I can finally start sharing behind the scenes of my new movie, Image of You! So many more photos to come,” the actress teased in an Instagram caption. In another post soon afterward, Pieterse posted a photo of her standing with costar Young, whose mouth is open in terror. “What are you so scared of @parker.young 😇 #imageofyou,” she wrote. Stars You Forgot Were in Disney Channel Original Movies Nestor Carbonell as “David” and Sasha Pieterse as “Anna” in the thriller, THE IMAGE OF YOU. The Image of You. COURTESY OF REPUBLIC PICTURES Speaking to PEOPLE in 2019, Pieterse called the conclusion of her hit show Pretty Little Liars, on which she played Alison DiLaurentis, “an end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one.” She has since launched a lifestyle website and cookbook called Sasha in Good Taste. “Obviously acting is always something that’ll be a part of my life and I hope to continue that always, but I think Sasha in Good Taste is going to be a big part of the next couple of years,” she said at the time. The Image of You, also costarring Nestor Carbonell, is directed by Jeff Fisher and adapted by Chris Sivertson and Parks from her best-selling 2017 novel. A best-selling British novelist, Parks was awarded a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her literature. Republic Pictures will release The Image of You in select theaters and on digital May 10. EXCLUSIVE: Republic Pictures has snapped up rights to The Image of You, a recently wrapped thriller starring Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars) in dual roles. Pic is set for release via Paramount Global Content Distribution at a date that hasn’t been disclosed. Related Stories Ice Cube To Star Opposite Dave Bautista In Action-Comedy ‘Killer’s Game’ William Fichtner, Alex Honnold, Brette Harrington and Adrian Ballinger, 'The Sound' stars William Fichtner Joins ‘Free Solo’s Alex Honnold & Other Climbing Elites In Supernatural Horror ‘The Sound’ Parker Young (United States of Al), Nestor Carbonell (The Morning Show), Michele Nordin (Justified) and Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) also star in the film from MPCA (Double Life, Margaux) — an adaptation of the same-name novel from UK-based bestseller Adele Parks MBE, which Jeff Fisher (Killer Movie) directs from a script by Chris Sivertson (Monstrous). The first project to emerge from a multi-picture deal between MPCA and Parks, The Image of You has Pieterse playing identical twins Anna and Zoe, who share a bond so close that nothing — and no one — can tear them apart. While Anna is romantic and trusting, her sister Zoe is daring and dangerous. When Anna meets charismatic Nick (Young), an ambitious stock trader, she thinks he’s perfect. But Zoe, who has seen Anna betrayed by men before, doesn’t trust him. She’s determined to discover the truth about Nick, no matter who stands in the way. Sorvino and Carbonell play the twins’ wealthy parents, Alexia and David, who are harboring secrets of their own, with Nordin as Nick’s sister, Rebecca. Producers are MPCA CEO Brad Krevoy, David Wulf and Ernie Barbarash. MPCA’s Amanda Phillips, Lorenzo Nardini and Kaan Karahan are exec producing alongside AJ Riach. Said author Parks in a statement to Deadline, “I am utterly thrilled by the immense talent MPCA have assembled to take my story on this journey from page to screen. Having had the honour and opportunity to observe the remarkable, vibrant and passionate performances throughout filming, I simply can’t wait for the audiences to see this tense and beautiful movie. It’s an absolute treat!” Added Krevoy, “Sasha is an incredible actress, and I know she, Parker, Nestor, Michelle and Mira will bring Adele’s compelling, complex characters to life, while Jeff’s creative vision and dedication will really elevate the project into a great film.” Best known for her role as Alison DeLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Pieterse has also previously been seen in films like The Honor List, Inherent Vice and Coin Heist. She can currently be seen in Netflix’s three-film family franchise Ivy + Bean, based on the bestselling book series by Annie Barrows. Young starred opposite Adhir Kalyan on CBS’ sitcom United States of Al, portraying combat veteran Riley in the show from EP Chuck Lorre. Other notable credits for him on the TV side include Imposters, Twenties, Enlisted and Arrow. Carbonell can be seen playing meteorologist Yanko Flores on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, which returns for its third season in September. He’s also had major roles on Bates Motel and Lost, and been seen in two of the Dark Knight films from Christopher Nolan. Nordin has been seen to date on shows like Coyote, Justified, Royal Pains and Californication, to name just a few. Sorvino portrays Rosemary, a spirit haunting the home of a dysfunctional Connecticut family, in Starz’s horror comedy series Shining Vale, and currently be seen starring in Angel Studios’ surprise box office hit Sound of Freedom. Other recent credits for the actress include the films Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend and After Ever Happy, as well as Impeachment: American Crime Story. Pieterse is repped by Paradigm, 111 Media and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Young by Gersh and David Dean Management; Carbonell by APA, Thruline Entertainment and Rothman Brecher Ehrich; Nordin by Global Artists Agency and Cohn/Torgan Managent; Sorvino by APA, The Artists Partnership in the UK, and Circle of Confusion; Fisher by Gersh and BenunLaw; and Sivertson by Aperture Entertainment and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo. Sasha Pieterse stars as twins in the thriller The Image of You. Directed by Jeff Fisher with a screenplay by Chris Sivertson, the film features a talented cast including Parker Young and Néstor Carbonell. The Image of You will receive a day and date release in select theaters and on digital platforms on May 10, 2024. Audiences are getting double the Sasha Pieterse with the upcoming thriller The Image of You. The Pretty Little Liars star plays identical twins Anna and Zoe, whose tight-knit bond is tested when love enters the mix. While one falls madly for her new boyfriend, the other goes down a rabbit hole that lands them all in a dangerous game. Collider is excited to share an exclusive poster that emphasizes the twins' dynamic, showing Anna happy in the arms of Nick (Parker Young) while Zoe looms in the shadows, eyeing the couple with suspicion while bathed in a sinister red light. The Image of You takes its cues from the bestselling 2017 novel of the same name by Adele Parks MBE which follows the two twins who are as alike in appearance as they are different in personality. While Anna is the trusting romantic who sees the man of her dreams in Nick, Zoe, the more daring, extreme sister, doesn't buy his facade one bit. Fearful of her sister being betrayed and heartbroken yet again by some liar she met online, Zoe sets out to learn if Nick really is the perfect man for Anna or if there's a darker side to him that he's trying to hide. All her poking and prodding leaves them all stuck in a situation where honesty could be deadly. Pieterse was a fixture in the Pretty Little Liars universe as Alison DiLaurentis, playing the character in 158 episodes across seven seasons and later reprising the role in the spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. Since then, she's appeared in two Ivy + Bean films at Netflix, though her career has also included roles in a few bigger projects like Paul Thomas Anderson's star-studded 2014 feature Inherent Vice. In addition to Young, who's best known for Arrow and The Imposters, she's joined in her new thriller by The Dark Knight alum Néstor Carbonell and Academy Award-winning Mighty Aphrodite star Mira Sorvino. Who Is Behind 'The Image of You'? the-image-of-you-posterImage via Republic Pictures Behind the camera for The Image of You is Jeff Fisher, who reunited with his Killer Movie star Carbonell on the project. Chris Sivertson, meanwhile, penned the screenplay based on Parks's novel. He's mostly known for writing, directing, and producing smaller films, notably working on the Lindsay Lohan-led I Know Who Killed Me and the Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista team-up Escape Plan 2: Hades from 2018. His most recent venture was the crime drama Double Life starring Batwoman lead Javicia Leslie. The Image of You will receive a day and date release in select theaters and on digital platforms on May 10. Check out the exclusive poster above.

SOLO Trailer (2024) Romance, Drama Movie SOLO Trailer (2024) Romance, Drama Movie © 2024 - Music Box Films "You should come to my show." Music Box Films has unveiled the official trailer for a Canadian indie drama titled Solo, the latest creation from Quebecois filmmaker Sophie Dupuis. This is currently set to open in US theaters starting this May, after originally premiering at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. It also showed at the Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival last fall and a few other fests. An electrifying love story quickly develops when a rising star in the Montreal drag queen scene meets his club's newest performer, but how long can the couple sustain an artistic double act when the solo spotlight beckons? Featuring a star-making performance by Théodore Pellerin along with Félix Maritaud. "Beautifully charting the highs and lows of falling in love and finding oneself in one's art, writer and director Sophie Dupuis' Solo is a passionate feat of character-driven storytelling and visual extravagance, celebrating the drag world in all its splendor and heartache." Also stars Alice Moreault & Anne-Marie Cadieux. Looks exquisitely beautiful! Take a peek. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Sophie Dupuis' Solo, direct from Music Box's YouTube: Solo Poster Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is a rising star in Montreal's drag scene performing lively disco pop numbers weekly at his local club. Friendly with his fellow drag queens and supported by his sister, who delights in designing increasingly elaborate and beautiful costumes for his act, Simon vibrates with the passion of his adopted artistic community. When he meets Oliver (Félix Maritaud), the alluring new recruit at the club, their irresistible chemistry sparks an electric romance and also a fulfilling collaboration. Their dynamic is mesmerizing & tender until Oliver’s dominant instincts & destructive behavior jeopardize Simon’s space in the spotlight. Simon has plenty of experience with tempestuous personalities – his mother, a bona fide opera diva, is back in his life after years on the road – but can he get out from under the shadow of their influence? Solo is written and directed by Quebecois indie filmmaker Sophie Dupuis, director of the films Family First and Underground previously, plus many other short films. Produced by Etienne Hansez. With costume design by Cédric Quenneville. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year. Music Box Films opens Dupuis' Solo in select US theaters (NY & LA) starting May 24th, 2024 coming up. “Solo,” a stylish queer romance drama directed by Canadian helmer Sophie Dupuis (“Underground,” “Family First”) has been boarded by SND, the film arm of France’s second biggest commercial network M6. “Solo” is headlined by two up-and-coming talent, Theodore Pellerin (“Killer Game,” “Kaiser Karl”) and Felix Maritaud (“BPM (Beats per Minute)”). SND will launch sales on the project at Cannes Film Market. The edgy film follows Simon, a rising star of Montreal drag queen scene who is simultaneously facing the disappointment of two impossible loves — one of a passionate but destructive crush with Oliver, and the other of a cold and distant relationship with his mother Claire, who has returned home after a 15-year absence. “Solo” reteams Dupuis with the production banner Bravo Charlie, which produced her first two critically acclaimed films, “Underground” and “Family First.” Dupuis’s previous film “Underground” was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, and won two prizes at Namur International Film Festival. Dupuis also directed Pellerin in her feature debut “Family First” which earned him a best actor prize at the Canadian Screen Awards. Popular on Variety Dupuis said she was “always fascinated by the art of drag, because of its richness, complexity and flamboyance. But above everything its importance.” “Drag is political, it deconstructs, it liberates and allows oneself to exist freely. We all need drag in this world that is overshadowed by intolerance,” Dupuis continued. The director said she also wanted to “explore the roots, mechanism and consequences of a toxic love relationship, trying to understand why someone can stay in the grip of an abusing person believing it’s about love.” Dupuis also noted that “Solo” brings together many queer actors and crew members “whose input was crucial and contributed to the realism of the film.” Ramy Nahas, head of international sales and distribution at SND, described “Solo” as an “unnerving, poetic and luminous film that lingers in one’s mind for a long time after it ends.” The executive also praised the performances of Pellerin and Maritaux, as well as the movie’s score, which includes songs by ABBA and Donna Summer. Etienne Hansez, who is producing the film at Bravo Charlie, pointed out “Solo” was about “love being endangered by toxicity,” and stood out as a “manifesto for peace.” The movie will be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2023 and will be released in Canada by Axia Films. It’s the closest thing there is to a universal genre. That’s because, with rare exceptions, everyone falls in love, or at least wants to. And when you think about it, almost every movie is a love story. Thrillers, comedies, sci-fi — no matter what the form, the spectacle of two people falling in love in the middle of it has always been what makes the world of movies go round. That’s why choosing the greatest movie love stories presents a special challenge. Because really, what isn’t a contender? In a way, though, we kept our criteria simple. We were looking for grand passion, for chemistry and heat and all that good stuff. Yet there’s an ineffable quality that elevates a truly great movie romance. Let’s call it the Swoon Factor. It’s about the swoon that happens onscreen; it’s about the swoon that happens between the audience and the screen. What follows are the 50 films that, more than any others, got our hearts racing. Dirty Dancing (1987) Dirty Dancing Image Credit: ©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Set in 1963 but oh-so-’80s in its idea of hairstyles and heartthrobs, this sexy summer-camp romance defied its critics to become a classic. Nicknaming Jennifer Grey’s character “Baby” went a long way to illustrate what’s really going on here: The teenage daughter of conservative Jewish parents is forever being infantilized by her folks, until she meets a slightly older — but undeniably adult — dance teacher (Patrick Swayze) who shows her the time of her life. Corrupted by rock ’n’ roll, Baby grows up fast, getting over her initial shyness (“I carried a watermelon”) while rehearsing with her seductive instructor, who practices a racy new style of close-contact, ultra-suggestive moves that can only be read as carnal. Like “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Grease” before it, the movie plays on the fantasy of an off-limits attraction between Baby and the bad boy. — Peter Debruge Trouble in Paradise (1932) Trouble in Paradise Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection In this gold-standard screwball caper comedy, a gentleman thief, a lady pickpocket and a Parisian heiress form an elegant triangle, the preferred shape of Ernst Lubitsch — that sublime architect of romantic instability — who loved to test how seemingly solid couples might respond to a good romantic upset. Here, the temptation isn’t merely sentimental, as there’s a potential fortune on the line. What’s more, Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) make clear from the moment they meet that each is perfectly capable of robbing the other blind. She boosts his wallet, he knicks her garter (we needn’t see the deed to be scandalized). The movie came out before the Production Code, and it sparkles with the kind of naughty innuendo that was soon prohibited in Hollywood, but which Lubitsch was sophisticated enough to suggest even behind closed doors. — PD Splash (1984) SPLASH, Daryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, 1984. (c) Buena Vista Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection. Image Credit: ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection A man falls in love with a mermaid: What could be simpler, or sweeter, than that? Yet Tom Hanks, in the movie that made him a movie star, does not go lightly into his communion with a woman who’s half-fish. Ron Howard’s landmark comedy was one of the first films to demonstrate that a high-concept premise could be executed in a way that was artful and classic: a throwback to the Hollywood that used fantasy to put us in touch with reality. Daryl Hannah, as Madison the red-tailed mermaid, acts with a dazed curiosity and eagerness that’s irresistible, and Hanks turns his disgruntlement into a profound expression of love’s challenge – namely, that we can’t choose who we love, but we can choose to embrace the love that chose us. — Owen Gleiberman The Bridges of Madison County (1995) THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, from left: Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, 1995. ©Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Amid a career of macho performances, Clint Eastwood tapped into his sensitive side to deliver one of his most indelible characters in Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer on assignment in Iowa, who stops by a farmhouse to ask for directions. He’s greeted by Francesca, a lonely war bride who offers to show him around (an Italian-accented Meryl Streep, who says so much in her silent gestures, like the way she absentmindedly touches herself in the places she wants to be caressed). It’s no big surprise that this dissatisfied housewife develops feelings for this stranger. More touching is Kincaid’s admission that he’s fallen for Francesca, too, but knows she has no intention of leaving her family. Still, that doesn’t stop him from trying. “This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime,” he tells her. The sight of Kincaid looking desperate in the rain, the downpour likely masking tears, is so radically counter-Eastwood, you’ve gotta believe it. — PD The Notebook (2004) THE NOTEBOOK, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, 2004, (c) New Line/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection In the two decades since “The Notebook,” Ryan Gosling has cultivated his image as a chiseled heartthrob to such a degree that he seemed the perfect choice to play a live-action Ken doll in the “Barbie” movie. But back when director Nick Cassavetes was casting the role of Noah Calhoun, he saw the actor (and former Mouseketeer) differently — as someone both relatable and reckless enough to chase his dream girl (Rachel McAdams’ Allie) up a Ferris wheel. No matter what Allie does, he keeps on loving her in the best possible version Hollywood can make of a Nicholas Sparks novel. The secret formula here comes in catching up with Noah and Allie half a century later, as played by screen legends James Garner and Gena Rowlands, coupled with the tear-jerky reason we’ve been reliving all their most romantic memories. — PD All That Heaven Allows (1955) ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, from left: Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, 1955 Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Collection The colors gush in Douglas Sirk’s lush 1950s melodrama, about a New England widow, Cary (Jane Wyman), who falls for the studly but respectful hunk (Rock Hudson) who tends the trees at her house. It may be love, but her two grown children — and nearly the entire community — are disapproving of Cary’s feelings, pressuring her to break off the relationship. Seen today, neither the age difference nor the class divide seem like deal-breakers, which makes Cary’s sacrifice seem all the more futile. (Years later, Todd Haynes updated the dynamic with a Black gardener and a still-living gay husband in “Far from Heaven.”) During the 1950s, Hudson carved out a niche as a sensitive leading man, to the point that he’s almost pathetic here (consider the state of him in the final scene). Others may try to meddle, but in the end, it’s her decision alone whom she loves. — PD The Sound of Music (1965) THE SOUND OF MUSIC, from left: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, 1965. TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection You might ask: How romantic could a musical this notoriously G-rated and squeaky-clean really be? But if “The Sound of Music” has incandescent songs, as well as a singular true-life story about the Von Trapp Family Singers (seven motherless Austrian children returned to vitality through the life force of Julie Andrews’ nun-turned-governess Maria), the movie’s secret weapon is its love story. Andrews, while she’s certainly playing the soul of goodness, invests her slow-blooming affection for Christopher Plummer’s Capt. Von Trapp with an almost forbidden sense of broken decorum. And Plummer, who looks like he belongs in a far darker movie, plays the captain as a lost man literally coming back to existence. When these two dance and realize, at the very same moment, that they’ve fallen in love, it’s one of the most electrifying scenes in movie history. — OG Once (2007) ONCE, Marketa Irglova, Glen Hansard, 2006. TM and ©Copyright Fox Searchlight Pictures. All rights reserved./Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection It’s not unusual to see a musical scale the heights of romantic passion. What’s different about John Carney’s film is that it’s a small-scale, non-stylized, kitchen-sink indie drama, yet in its lo-fi and platonic way it uses songs to create the majesty and devotion of a musical daydream. On the sidewalks of Dublin, a 30ish busker (Glenn Hansard) strums a guitar with a worn-out hole where the pick board should be. Most folks pass him by, but a girl (Markéte Irglová) lingers. They’re drawn into each other’s orbit, and though we never learn their names, a romance — or is it? — begins to play out in the songs they sing together. They both have other relationships, yet ”Once” tells the delicate tale of how, through song, these two save each other. As they give themselves over to numbers like “When Your Mind’s Made Up,” the movie swoons, and you will too. — OG Pretty Woman (1990) PRETTY WOMAN, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, 1990, (c) Buena Vista/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Some think of it as the ultimate guilty-pleasure rom-com. Others say that its story of a wealthy businessman (Richard Gere) who hires an escort (Julia Roberts) for a week to be his public romantic partner represents Hollywood at it most reprehensibly sexist. The truth, however, falls right in between. “Pretty Woman” only got tagged with the guilty-pleasure label because it came out at the dawn of the modern rom-com era (it sparkles like Tracy and Hepburn next to a lot of the films that came afterward). And as far as morality goes, it’s not the movie that’s sexist. It’s the world of high-gloss commodification that Vivian, played by Roberts not just with the boldest smile of her era but with the vivacity that turned her into a singular movie star, must navigate. Look closely at the dance of chemistry and arbitration between Roberts and Gere, and you’ll see that “Pretty Woman,” in its slickly-packaged-by-director-Garry Marshall way, is nothing less than a screwball celebration of the politics of love. — OG Mississippi Masala (1991) MISSISSIPPI MASALA, Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, 1991 Image Credit: ©Samuel Goldwyn Films/Courtesy Everett Collection Mira Nair took a pioneering risk in depicting the romance between Demetrius (Denzel Washington), a blue-collar Black carpet cleaner, and Mina (Sarita Choudhury), a young Indian woman whose family fled Uganda to the American South. Set in Greenwood, Miss., where locals helped the creative team finesse the authenticity of the movie’s dialogue and detail, Nair’s contemporary interracial romance confronts the pushback of both the African American and South Asian communities to Demetrius and Mina’s relationship. But unlike Sidney Poitier social drama “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” her parents’ reaction makes up just a fraction of the script, which gives complex backstories to each side of the couple. It’s also incredibly sexy, whether they’re chatting by phone in separate beds or sharing the same one in the movie’s scorching love scene. The movie argues for colorblindness while celebrating both cultures, modeling a relationship never before seen on screen. — PD Say Anything (1989) SAY ANYTHING, John Cusack, Ione Skye, 1989 TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. Courtesy: Everett Collection Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection “Optimism is a revolutionary act,” writer-director Cameron Crowe quips in the commentary for his late-’80s teenage touchstone. That kind of radical confidence drives high school senior Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), who musters the nerve to ask out valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye), even though all his peers think she’s out of his league. At first, Lloyd may seem like a nobody when compared to his most-likely-to-succeed sweetheart, but over time, he proves to be loyal, decent and unflappably sincere — qualities that made him the model boyfriend for kids of the ’80s. The clincher: Even when dumped, he shows up with a boombox, blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” outside her window. The gesture became an iconic declaration of love for a generation … and still holds up, even if the technology is obsolete. — PD The Way We Were (1973) THE WAY WE WERE, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, 1973 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Today, it would probably be a rom-com about opposites attracting: Katie (Barbra Streisand), a wisecracking Marxist Jewish political activist, and Hubbell (Robert Redford), a debonair WASP writer born with the entitlement not to have to worry about “causes.” But 50 years ago, when the story was filmed by director Sydney Pollack not as a comedy but as a romantic drama of tumultuous love-hate passion, the film, in its high-end soap-opera way, seemed to be expressing something new in the culture — the way that love, after the 1960s, was no longer going to be asking people to stay in their ethnic lanes. “The Way We Were” is a hefty slice of middlebrow Hollywood corn, yet the irresistible tug of it is that Streisand and Redford embody their characters on a level of romantic mythology. And let’s not forget the power of that title song! As sung by Streisand, it’s the incarnation of nostalgic beauty. — OG Carol (2015) CAROL, from left: Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, 2015. ph: Wilson Webb/©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection Movies that involve romantic stories of same-sex couples are inevitably placed in a category called “gay” or “queer” or whatever, often by their biggest fans. Yet if you think about it for five seconds, that’s a retrograde way of putting movies into boxes. The director Todd Haynes has made several masterpieces (“Far From Heaven,” “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story”), but he has never made a drama more darkly romantic and enticing, more seductive in its suspense, more mired in the agonizing compulsion of love than this lavishly mesmerizing adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel “The Price of Salt.” During the Christmas shopping season, Therese (Rooney Mara), a New York department-store clerk, meets Carol, a woman of the world played by Cate Blanchett with a femme fatale swagger just this side of threatening. Their relationship will be fraught with the drama of divorce, blackmail, a private detective, and other elements that, as staged by Haynes, acquire the heightened quality of a vintage film noir. The final scene, set in the bar of the Oak Room, features one of the most transporting locked-gazes-across-a-crowded-room moments you’ll ever see. — OG The Bodyguard (1992) THE BODYGUARD, Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner, 1992, (c) Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Is there anything more romantic than someone jumping in front of a bullet for you? Technically, that’s Frank Farmer’s job, but by the time Kevin Costner’s clean-cut, ex-Secret Service agent leaps in to protect endangered diva Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) — on Oscar night, no less — we know he’s acting out of love more than duty. Frank sweeps both audiences and Rachel off their feet much earlier in the film, during a concert meltdown where he lifts her up and carries her through the mob — a chivalrous image immortalized on the film’s poster. Amazingly enough, “The Bodyguard” never made a big deal of its interracial romance, and that itself was a big deal. Powered by one of the all-time great soundtracks, the pop blockbuster is a classy entry in the oft-smarmy category of R-rated ’90s thrillers. Recent talks of a remake raise the question of which couple could out-sizzle Costner and Houston. — PD Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) SUNRISE, (aka SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS), from left, George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, 1927, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved//courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection Marriage, they say, has its ups and downs. But it’s doubtful that any movie has ever dramatized the ebb and flow of feeling in a relationship with the primal power of F.W. Murnau’s silent classic. In outline, it could almost be a murderous film noir: A man — known only as The Man (George O’Brien), and haunted by better times with his wife, known only as The Wife (Janet Gaynor) — leaves the farmhouse where they live with their child to be with a woman from the city (Margaret Livingston). She wants him to drown The Wife, and part of the film’s shock is that he nearly does. But “Sunrise” proceeds as a series of shocks, which have the effect of jolting love back to life. Shot as a kind of sensuous living daydream, it is the cinema’s most profound and stirring roller-coaster of passion, an affirmation of what it means for two people to be meant for each other. — OG The Princess Bride (1987) THE PRINCESS BRIDE, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, 1987, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved Image Credit: 20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection Presented as a beloved fairy tale passed down between generations, screenwriter William Goldman’s tongue-in-cheek riff on classic adventure tales takes the best parts of nearly a century of cinematic love stories and remixes them for the home-video set (the goal was to get through to media-savvy audiences who thought they’d seen it all). Starting with two impossibly beautiful leads in Cary Elwes and Robin Wright, he builds a legend of swashbuckling pirates, dangerous rescues and well-earned revenge, describing it all (via kindly narrator Peter Falk) as the ultimate example of the form. That’s an impossible tall order — a genre-straddling smorgasbord the studio didn’t know how to market at the time — which director Rob Reiner miraculously achieves by enlisting an astonishing ensemble. Everyone from Billy Crystal to Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn to Andre the Giant assemble to support the sacrifice Westley makes to save his beloved Buttercup from marrying the wrong guy. — PD Past Lives (2023) PAST LIVES, from left: Teo YOO, Greta Lee, John Magro, 2023. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Two men and a woman sit at a bar, and before the audience knows anything about them, we try to figure out what their relationship is. Who belongs with whom? That we can’t entirely tell is key to what makes Celine Song’s remarkable drama such a haunting fable of love’s enigma. It turns out that Nora (Greta Lee), a New Yorker born and raised until the age of 12 in South Korea, is married to Arthur (John Magaro), a mouthy homegrown American she met at a writers’ retreat. The other man, Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), is the childhood friend Nora has maintained ties with; he’s at once her past, the spirit of her homeland, and maybe her romantic partner in another avenue of existence. “Past Lives” is a movie that will strike chords of recognition in any true romantic, as it’s about the secret journey that love takes: a communion that may occur in this life, or that may just be waiting for the next one. — OG Beauty and the Beast (1946) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, (aka LA BELLE ET LA BETE), from left, Josette Day, Jean Marais, 1946 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection It’s one of the most poetic distillations of romantic desire in all of movies; you could also call it the “Splash” of its day. Jean Marais plays the Beast, who in Jean Cocteau’s film is a kind of delicate aristocrat with the face of a courtly lion. Josette Day is Belle, who ends up imprisoned in the Beast’s castle to work off a debt accrued by her father. What follows is an intricate fairy tale of deception and magic, built around the luminous ingenuity of Cocteau’s visual effects. Yet the most magical thing about it is the bond that develops between Belle and her disarmingly chivalrous captor/lover, a character so touching in his passion that when Greta Garbo saw the movie, it’s reported that she reacted to his death at the end by crying out, “Give me back my Beast!” — OG Love & Basketball (2000) LOVE AND BASKETBALL, Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, 2000, (c)New Line Cinema/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection The title of this Y2K sports classic references two very different games, and the rules aren’t fair in either one. After discovering that they both love basketball, Monica cockily challenges childhood friend Quincy to a match (later, famously, she’ll play for his heart). Monica wins that first bout, but he winds up injuring her — an early sign that the dynamic is different when two sexes occupy the court at the same time. That gap widens as they grow up (into Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan). He finds it relatively easy to follow in the footsteps of his NBA-pro dad, whereas there’s no equivalent path for female players. Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood empathizes with Monica, who watches fame go to her old friend’s head. Per the formula, audiences are conditioned to root for the romance to work out, but basketball occupies a bigger part of Monica’s heart, and the movie finds the perfect solution. — PD Call Me by Your Name (2017) CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, from left: Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, 2017. ph: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom / © Sony Pictures Classics / courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Sony Pictures/Everett Collection / Everett Collection Italian director Luca Guadagnino (“I Am Love”) turned André Aciman’s ecstatic, wildly overwritten novel of a formative first love between teenage Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his father’s slightly older — but still relatively inexperienced — teaching assistant, Oliver (Armie Hammer), into a sensual summer dream. There’s an intensity to the sights, sensations and emotions that imprints itself on audiences, such that Elio’s memories become our own. One needn’t be gay to recognize the significance that such an all-consuming early infatuation can leave on a young person’s romantic identity, though the movie offers a welcome message to all who’ve struggled to come to terms with their own sexuality in the eloquent heart-to-heart between the boy and his surprisingly understanding dad: “How you live your life is your business. Just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once,” he says. “Don’t kill it and with it the joy you’ve felt.” — PD Vertigo (1958) VERTIGO, James Stewart, Kim Novak, 1958 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection For a director who was known as the thrillingly precise and methodical Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock was not shy about portraying romantic rapture. A number of his films (“To Catch a Thief,” “Notorious,” “Rear Window”) are entrancing love stories, but in “Vertigo” he dove deep into an almost private zone of love-as-fetishistic-obsession. James Stewart’s middle-aged detective falls for the woman he’s hired to follow — played, with a depressive carnality, by Kim Novak, who also plays the woman’s shop-girl look-alike, who Stewart then feels compelled to transform into the first woman. No classic Hollywood movie balances love on the precipice of kink and danger the way this one does, which is why “Vertigo” opened the door to everything from “Blue Velvet” to the career of Brian De Palma. — OG La La Land (2016) LA LA LAND, from left, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, 2016. ©Summit Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection Damien Chazelle’s glorious, heartrending, bittersweet musical does an extraordinary job of retro-fitting the song-and-dance pleasures of vintage Hollywood into the sunlit freeway landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Yet the film’s most radical feature is the way it brings Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, together with Seb (Ryan Gosling), a jazz pianist drowning in his own purity, and celebrates their union with intoxicating affection — only to show you how their love crashes on the shores of warring egos. What lifts “La La Land” into the realm of transcendently moving love stories is that it presents a happy ending that almost happened, and that could have happened if only life had turned out a bit different. — OG Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, 2004, (c) Focus Features/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Focus Films/Courtesy Everett Collection Dramatically speaking, the most exciting part of a relationship occurs either during the time a couple is falling in love or else at the moment it’s falling apart. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman incorporates both aspects — albeit as endangered flashbacks — while exploring a fantasy that anyone who’s been through the emotional wringer of a relationship can identify with: What if you could erase all traces of an ex from your memory? Director Michel Gondry proved the perfect partner to visualize the sketchy sci-fi apparatus that makes a brain scrub possible for Joel (Jim Carrey), who realizes halfway through that, however painful, he can’t live without any trace of his soulmate, Clementine (Kate Winslet), the manic free spirit with the Kool-Aid-colored hair. As Joel tries to hold on to the good times while his mind’s being wiped, Kaufman allows audiences to absorb their best memories and make them our own. — PD Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, from left: Andie MacDowell, Hugh Grant, 1994, © Gramercy Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Gramercy Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Hugh Grant stammered his way into our hearts, fumbling and fluttering his eyelids the whole way, in a delightfully English rom-com from screenwriter Richard Curtis (who juggled no fewer than eight couples in his 2003 directorial debut “Love Actually”). This more streamlined love story starts where practically every Jane Austen story ends: at the altar. Grant’s not the one getting hitched at those opening nuptials, though he does fall hard for an American guest played by Andie MacDowell. Their courtship is unconventional (it amounts to shagging anytime their friends tie the knot), but the chemistry is undeniable. When it’s time for Charles and Carrie to get married, however, each of them says their vows with someone else. So how do they wind up together? It’s the little surprises that delight. — PD Out of Sight (1998) OUT OF SIGHT, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, 1998 Image Credit: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection In terms of sheer sex appeal, it’s hard to top the chemistry between George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, who play an incorrigible bank robber and the U.S Marshall tasked with apprehending him in Steven Soderbergh’s sultry, time-skipping Elmore Leonard adaptation. It’s steamy from the start, as a prison break leaves cop and quarry stuffed in a trunk together — a cozy way to get acquainted. Four years after “Pulp Fiction,” the picture came at a moment when Soderbergh was experimenting with film editing and features several nifty innovations, including an unconventional love scene that turns up the heat by cutting between flirtation and payoff. In one thread, Jack Foley and Karen Sisco roleplay in the hotel bar, pretending to be strangers. Skipping ahead, it teases glimpses of the “time out” where all this cocktail talk is headed: a striptease upstairs, in which the pair put aside their differences long enough to make love. — PD The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, Juliette Binoche, Daniel Day-Lewis, 1988, (c)Orion Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Orion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Great as he is, we don’t tend of think of Daniel Day-Lewis as an overwhelmingly romantic movie star. In Philip Kaufman’s heady, intoxicating, high-wire adaptation of the Milan Kundera novel, he plays Tomas, a character who is very much a fickle Lothario — a randy physician in 1960s Prague who bounces from one conquest to the next, though he does have a regular thing going with Sabine (Lena Olin), an artist who likes to spice their lovemaking with mirrors and bowler hats. But then Tomas meets Tereza (Juliette Binoche), whose gravity pulls him down to earth. And then the Soviet tanks come rolling in, blowing up all their lives. When that happens, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” becomes one of the most seriously moving love stories in cinema, a tale of three lost souls yearning to connect, to survive, to unlock love’s mystery. — OG A Star Is Born (1954) A STAR IS BORN, James Mason, Judy Garland, 1954 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection For 30 years, the Judy Garland/James Mason version of “A Star Is Born” was tainted by the messy circumstances of its making. The script kept getting rewritten, Garland was a notoriously unstable presence on set, and when the movie premiered in New York, it was three hours long — but executives at Warner Bros. then chopped it by half an hour, without so much as consulting the director, George Cukor. Yet when the movie was re-released in the ’80s, its reputation was elevated in a way that’s comparable to what happened with Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.” A world of moviegoers discovered that Cukor had crafted one of the most darkly entrancing love stories ever made. Its haunted spirit of rapture and loss is incarnated in Garland’s performance of “The Man That Got Away,” in Mason’s jaw-dropping drunken slap of Garland during a scene set at the Oscars, and in the tragic finale, which touches the secret heart of love: the faith necessary to sustain it. — OG The Remains of the Day (1993) REMAINS OF THE DAY, Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, 1993 Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Repression and strict social restraints are constantly keeping lovers apart in the works of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who together made a career’s worth of exquisitely nuanced literary adaptations frequently (and often unfairly) lumped in with lesser, made-for-TV costume dramas. While “A Room with a View” and “Maurice” are more overtly passionate, the trio’s take on Kazuo Ishiguro’s celebrated novel offers a heartbreaking portrayal of a couple kept apart by codes beyond their control. In this case, a butler (Anthony Hopkins) born and raised to serve the English aristocracy is so mindful of his place that he can’t bring himself to tell the housekeeper he adores (Emma Thompson) his true feelings. It’s wrenching to watch this docile attendant struggle between emotions for a colleague and devotion to his job, and yet, between the lines, and in these two masterful performances, are written volumes. — PD Sid and Nancy (1986) SID AND NANCY, Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, 1986, (c) Samuel Goldwyn/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Samuel Goldwyn Films/Courtesy Everett Collection The director Alex Cox brought off something singularly audacious by centering a punk biopic on Sid Vicious, the Sex Pistols’ bassist and all-around showman-fuckup who was so dissolute most of the time that he could barely play his instrument or keep from nodding out. Yet the ultimate audacity of Cox’s film is that it dares to present Vicious’s relationship with Nancy Spungen, the torn-fishnet groupie from suburban Pennsylvania who turned him into a heroin addict, as if they were the Tristan and Isolde of the rock ‘n’ roll gutter. As Sid, Gary Oldman gives what may still be his greatest performance, and Chloe Webb, as Nancy, gives what is simply one of the most powerful performances in the history of cinema. Her Nancy is a caterwauling liar and junkie, such a damaged shard of a human being that it tears your heart apart just to behold her. Nancy and Sid are barely functional narcissist addicts, yet their love affair is fused on an animal level; they need each other to live, and to die. “Sid and Nancy” is raw and exhilarating — the greatest of all music biopics, and (not so incidentally) the most romantic. — OG Moonlight (2016) MOONLIGHT, from left: Jharrel Jerome, Ashton Sanders, 2016. ph: David Bornfriend/ © A24 /courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Told through poetic glimpses over three separate chapters in the life of its main character, “Moonlight” doesn’t feel like a love story at first. Director Barry Jenkins introduces Chiron at age 10, too young to recognize his own homosexuality, and yet already being teased as soft by his peers. In the middle segment, the boy meets Kevin, with whom he starts to explore his feelings, only to have that possibility derailed by bullying. Subverting stereotypes at every turn, the movie gives this lost soul a second chance in the final stretch, focusing on a tender, tentative reunion between Chiron (bulked up and thick-skinned from his time in prison) and his former crush. By this point, audiences are so invested in the character that “Moonlight” broke free of the rigid box that confines most queer stories to LGBT audiences, making it a crossover success and historic Oscar winner. — PD The Apartment (1960) THE APARTMENT, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, 1960 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection The dialogue still zings and the heartbreak still stings in Billy Wilder’s ahead-of-its-time depiction of two Manhattan office drones who are both exploited by the same manager: Jack Lemmon plays ultra-cynical insurance salesman Bud Baxter, while Shirley MacLaine is Fran Kubelik, the elevator girl who brightens his days … but loves his boss. The plot (which involves Bud lending his place to higher-ups to schtup their secretaries) anticipates the #MeToo movement, while also acknowledging the reality that well-intentioned workers frequently fall for their colleagues. Bud goes about it the relatively respectful way, while Fran’s plight illustrates how unfair the world can be to those who mix business and pleasure. For audiences that love “Mad Men,” but identify with the underdog, the movie poses a wonderfully adult conundrum — one which forces Bud to decide between personal ethics and professional ambition, knowing it could all go sideways for him, career-wise. — PD An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, Richard Gere, Debra Winger, 1982, (c) Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection In the New Hollywood ’70s, a great many aspects of classic big-screen romance — the unabashed yearning, the sparkle, the lock-step gender roles — began to fall by the wayside. There was a lot of chatter about how romance itself was fading out of the culture. But that’s part of what made “An Officer and a Gentleman” loom so large. In its meticulous throwback of a story about a drifter, played with pinpoint narcissistic glamour by Richard Gere, who enlists in the Navy and falls for one of the “Puget Sound Debs” (Debra Winger) who want to marry a future jet pilot, the movie seemed to bring back, for the post-feminist era, the kind of shamelessly ardent love story that had fallen out of fashion. It helped that director Taylor Hackford infused it all with a contempo grittiness. As a basic-training movie, “Officer” anticipated much of ”Full Metal Jacket,” but what makes it indelible is the hungry desire enacted by Debra Winger, whose gaze of soulful adoration brings Gere fully alive as a romantic actor. — OG In the Mood for Love (2000) IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, (aka FA YEUNG NIN WA), Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, 2000. ©Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Collection Cinema could hardly conjure a more lovely or elegant couple than cigarette-smoking Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, who floats through stairwells in form-fitting cheongsams. Operating on the wisp of a plot, improvised and evolved over nearly a year, Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai denies these two beautiful avatars a conventional romance. They play neighbors who discover that their spouses are having an affair, and rather than sink to the same level, they indulge in a bit of imaginative detective work, reenacting how their partners might have met. This thin outline leaves near-infinite room for Wong to evoke a subjective range of responses from his audience, using the full range of cinematic tools — color, costume, gesture, music — to solicit a different reading from each viewer. Your mileage may vary, but keep in mind: Wong’s a feel-maker as much as a filmmaker, rewriting the rules via this elliptical dance between unrequited lovers. — PD Moonstruck (1987) MOONSTRUCK, Nicolas Cage, Cher, 1987 Image Credit: ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection At early test screenings, audiences weren’t falling for Norman Jewison’s now-classic New York romance the way they were supposed to, until he laid the tune “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…” over the opening credits. Cher tamped down her natural glamour to embody pragmatic Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini, who’s ready to settle for Johnny’s (Danny Aiello) passionless marriage proposal when she meets his brother Ronnie, played by a hot-blooded Nicolas Cage. Let’s just say, Ronnie gives this sensible Catholic woman reason to go to confession. The script by John Patrick Shanley is all but bursting with culturally specific detail, from drool-worthy dishes to unusual superstitions, but it’s the colorful ensemble — family members who want what’s best for Loretta — that ultimately serves to validate her seemingly reckless choice. After a lifetime of listening to her head, she finally decides to follow her heart. That’s amore! — PD City Lights (1931) CITY LIGHTS, Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, 1931 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Charlie Chaplin stubbornly resisted the film industry’s embrace of sound, releasing this silent treasure into a sea of talkies. Cinema may have gone a different direction, but his stubborn adherence to pantomime (plus his obsessive need to reshoot every shot until perfect) makes this love story seem all the more timeless, as Chaplin’s signature character, the Tramp, falls for a blind flower seller (Virginia Cherrill). She mistakes him for a wealthy man, and the Tramp allows her to go on imagining him that way in the most poetic version of a familiar rom-com trope ever committed to film: At some point, he’ll have to come clean. Will she still love him when she discovers the truth? The final scene, in which she recognizes the vulnerable fool after her vision has been restored, not by sight but by contact, ranks among the medium’s most romantic. — PD Bonnie and Clyde (1967) BONNIE AND CLYDE, Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, 1967 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Of the many qualities that made it a revolutionary movie, two stand above all others. The first, and most talked about, is how violent it was — the bystander shot through the eye, the climactic slow-motion blood ballet, and everything else that rubbed the audience’s nose in what being a criminal really meant. But the other quality that defined “Bonnie and Clyde” was how shockingly sultry and romantic it was. The ads for the movie said, “They’re young. They’re in love. And they kill people.” The subtext was that something in the connection between Faye Dunaway’s torrid hunger and Warren Beatty’s vulnerable stud glamour was itself so dangerous that it was lethal. Just check out the two stars’ faces as they exchange one last look before being strafed to death by a hail of bullets. That look is the essence of true love. — OG The 'Before' Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013) BEFORE SUNRISE, from left: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, 1995. ph: Gabriela Brandenstein /© Columbia /Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Taken by itself, 1995’s “Before Sunrise” represents the perfect encapsulation of young love: Two strangers meet on a train, get off together in Vienna and spend the night walking and talking (there’s some debate as to whether they make love, as the movie’s too modest to show it). Nine years later, director Richard Linklater delivered one of the most satisfying sequels of all time in “Before Sunset,” reuniting with his two characters, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy), in Paris. Their time is once again limited, but now, the conversation deals with their regrets. But the attraction remains, and the movie ends with the implication they wind up together. But is it happily ever after? Linklater and company caught up with the pair once again with “Before Midnight,” and the movie finds them together, but dissatisfied, acknowledging the challenges that confront couples after nearly a decade together. It was impossible to guess when they first met how deep this relationship would go, and still anybody’s guess how it will end. — PD Annie Hall (1977) ANNIE HALL, from left: Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, 1977 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “I lurve you,” says Woody Allen’s Alvy Singer, coming about as close as he can to declaring his feelings for Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), the beguiling thrift-shop space cadet who charmed the world with her la-di-da innocence. Allen’s late-’70s classic was, at the time, a new kind of love story — the saga of a “relationship,” which is to say a partnership not truly built to last. And maybe Alvy Singer had to say “lurve” instead of “love” because, deep down, he wasn’t really sure that he could commit himself to the L-word. Yet the magic of “Annie Hall” is that is channeled how an entire generation had come to regard love in the age of therapeutic navel-gazing: as something intoxicating yet transient, rooted in a seems-like-old-times nostalgia that felt more at home looking back than forward. — OG Jerry Maguire (1996) Image Credit: © TriStar Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Tom Cruise had always been a solo vessel — a cruise missile of a movie star. It was Cameron Crowe’s inspiration, in casting Cruise as a sports agent who gets tossed out of the game and has to reinvent himself as a better person in order to come back, to pair Cruise with Renée Zellweger, an unknown actor who did not come off like some female-movie-star equivalent of Tom Cruise. She had a homespun allure that seemed to be calling his cockiness, his very stardom, on the carpet. The beauty of the line “You complete me” is that Cruise seemed, at last, to be letting down the guard of a dozen years of mega-stardom. The beauty of “You had me at hello” is that it reminds us of how easy love is when it’s real. — OG Roman Holiday (1953) ROMAN HOLIDAY, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, 1953 Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Collection Audrey Hepburn plays the fed-up crown princess of an unspecified country in this escapist romp through the Eternal City. The project kicked off a seven-picture run with Paramount, during which she may as well have been the queen of Hollywood romances: “Sabrina,” “Funny Face,” “My Fair Lady” and more. Suffocating under the obligations of her position, she sneaks out during a European tour, landing in the hands of Gregory Peck’s dishonest (yet honorable) American newspaperman. He thinks he’s hit the jackpot, betting his editor he can deliver an exclusive interview with the princess — but he doesn’t gamble on falling for the dame. Their whirlwind romance lasts but a day, but in that time, the reporter gives Ann/Anya/Audrey a taste of freedom. She plays it coy for most of the movie, but the closeup on her face at the end says it all. — PD Gone with the Wind (1939) GONE WITH THE WIND, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, 1939 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection The scene where Clark Gable carries Vivien Leigh up the stairs, with intimations of (to put it mildly) erotic coercion, would not pass muster today. Yet that scene, and others that rhyme with it, are part of what make the most epic of Old Hollywood love stories one of the most darkly complicated and enthralling of Old Hollywood love stories. Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara is fierce, strong, manipulative — the Southern belle as aristocratic vixen — and so she and Rhett Butler are destined to turn love into a battle that’s doomed to end in a draw. But what heat and light their fireworks give off! “Gone with the Wind” is a movie that’s now seen as “problematic,” yet one of the most seemingly imperfect things about it — the alternating currents of sex and anger, devotion and contempt that fuel the central relationship — is what makes it such a tumultuous classic. — OG The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, (aka LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG), Catherine Deneuve, 1964 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection A couple needn’t end up together for a love story to stand the test of time. In the case of Jacques Demy’s bittersweet musical, there’s a relatable quality to the way circumstances keep a working-class French couple from their happily ever after. That downbeat fate serves to balance the bright colors and bold choice of delivering every line of dialogue, no matter how banal, through song. That recitative strategy is common enough in opera, but downright revolutionary on film, still fresh and highly unusual all these years later. Naive young Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve, doll-like at 19) sells umbrellas in the family shop. Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) fixes cars at a nearby garage. They seem destined to be together, until military service calls him away. Michel Legrand’s score leans into the melancholy what might have been in what feels like a snow globe rendering of real life. — PD Brokeback Mountain (2005) BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, 2005, (c) Focus Features/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Focus Films/Courtesy Everett Collection It’s a queer love story set entirely in the closet. Yet by dramatizing the inner lives of two cowboys who find a romantic home on the range in early 1960s Wyoming, Ang Lee’s breathtaking adaptation of the Annie Proulx short story undermined every expectation of contemporary audiences. In showing us two men who discover a love that they themselves think is forbidden, the film dramatizes how prejudice can worm its way into the very fabric of people’s lives; it also demonstrates that the myth of the straight-as-an-arrow American macho he-man is just that – a myth. At the same time, our yearning for Ennis and Jack to make a life for themselves becomes overwhelming in its heartbreak. The performances of Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are indelible — and, in Ledger’s case, miraculous, as he turns the muffled, barely articulate Ennis into a living metaphor for a love that cannot speak its name. — OG Ghost (1990) GHOST, from left: Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, 1990. ©Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection It’s a love story, a ghost story, a corporate crime story, a pottery story, and a movie in which Whoopi Goldberg plays the world’s funniest cut-up mystic. But who would have guessed that just four months after “Pretty Woman,” it would be the headiest romantic movie of its year? The director, Jerry Zucker, was a veteran of the “Airplane!” troupe, yet somehow he juggled all these elements to touch a chord of pure fairy-tale rapture, spinning out the story of a New York banker who’s killed by a mugger and returns as a ghost to protect his artist girlfriend. The way Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore bond across the ectoplasmic divide is at once thrilling and moving (true love, it seems, knows no restrictions, from either physics or the spirit world). The film turned the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” into a retro smash, but only because of how it tapped the film’s emotions: intimate, operatic, quavering with devotion. — OG Brief Encounter (1945) BRIEF ENCOUNTER, from left: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, 1945 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection It all began with a little piece of grit in her eye. Fortunately — or not — for Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson), a doctor was present to remove the offending particle, and when her vision cleared, there he stood, Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), handsome and kind. The train station where this meeting happens serves as a kind of romantic purgatory, with each locomotive that steams through reminding Laura and Alec of their obligations to their actual partners. But every Thursday, they meet in town, too weak to resist the growing love between them — feelings which the conservative forces of the time could not condone, but which spoke to a human experience too widespread to go ignored. And so David Lean’s slender, achingly honest film has stood for years, staunchly refusing to judge two would-be adulterous souls, letting audiences in on a secret that even their spouses don’t suspect. — PD A Star Is Born (2018) A STAR IS BORN, l-r: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, 2018. ph: Clay Enos /© Warner Bros./ Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection It’s a seesawing Hollywood love story that’s been told on the big screen close to half a dozen times, yet never more powerfully or artfully than by Bradley Cooper in his astonishing directorial debut. From the bombastic kitsch of the 1976 Streisand/Kristofferson version, Cooper borrowed the idea of turning the central character into a rock ‘n’ roll star, and his performance as Jackson Maine — a half-deaf drunken burnout, running on fumes, even though he’s able to fool the world into thinking he’s still a rock god — grounds the soap-opera story in something disarmingly earthy and real. When Jackson meets Ally (Lady Gaga), a budding singer-songwriter, and invites her onstage to sing “Shallow,” you will get chills the way few romantic movies have given them to you — and the tremors don’t let up, as the two get on a serpentine roller-coaster of love vs. jealousy, arena rock vs. dance pop, and tragedy slipping into redemption. — OG Moulin Rouge! (2001) MOULIN ROUGE!, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, 2001, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Baz Luhrmann’s visionary jukebox musical is in love with a lot of things: the look and feel of faux 1890s sound-stage Paris (that nightclub windmill etched in light), the epiphany of pop songs like Elton John’s “Your Song” when they pop up in what should be the wrong place (but then why does it feel so right?). Mostly, though, the film is in love with Christian and Satine, the romantic bohemians played by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, who summon gazes of such doomed longing that the film’s ultimate love affair seems to be with love itself — the unearthly kind, the kind that lives as an impossible dream. — OG To Catch a Thief (1955) TO CATCH A THIEF, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, 1955. Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection From “The Awful Truth” to “An Affair to Remember,” Cary Grant enjoyed a two-decade run as Hollywood’s most dapper leading man, romancing everyone from Katharine Hepburn to Ingrid Bergman, sometimes multiple times over. But it was paired with impossibly elegant star (and future princess) Grace Kelly that Grant sparkled brightest, playing a notorious jewel thief who finds Kelly’s wealthy American tourist even more irresistible than her invaluable diamond necklace. Like a well-practiced cat burglar, this sprightly Hitchcock movie tiptoes so lightly it hardly touches the ground, sweeping audiences away to the chicest of locations on the French Riviera. Whether it’s the scene of Kelly’s gems outdazzling a fireworks show (she stands in the shadow while her diamonds glisten in full view of Grant) or the hilltop picnic overlooking Monaco, the vibrant full-color fling gave landlocked Americans a fizzy Mediterranean fantasy featuring the most distinguished couple imaginable. — PD Titanic (1997) TITANIC, from left: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, 1997. TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection The swooniest romantic movie of its time, and also the most sublime, James Cameron’s ocean disaster epic is the rare Hollywood blockbuster that achieves a larger-than-life quality. Yet its secret weapon as a love story is the too-often-unacknowledged deftness of its storytelling. As Jack and Rose, the sweethearts from opposite sides of the class divide, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have an effervescent chemistry, yet they’re playing starry-eyed youths caught in a puppy-love fling. The implication is that their union might last just about as long as the Titanic’s voyage — were it not for that fateful iceberg. In “Titanic,” it’s disaster itself that elevates love into something timeless. — OG Casablanca (1942) CASABLANCA, from left, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, 1942 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection It was often said that in the 20th century, the movies taught people how to fall in love. You certainly know that watching “Casablanca.” In all of cinema, there is no love connection more pure, more impassioned, more haunted by the past, more alive in the present, more complicated by circumstance than the one between Rick (Humphrey Bogart), the expatriate owner of a shady Moroccan nightclub and gambling den, and Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the woman he fell in love with in Paris in 1940, only to be abandoned by her for mysterious reasons. Do they still love each other? The answer to that is as simple as listening to Sam (Dooley Wilson), the saloon pianist, play “As Time Goes By” and hearing that it’s really about how a kiss is just a kiss…for all time. Yet if Michael Curtiz’s ageless Hollywood classic celebrates what love is, it’s also about the deepest level of what love means: not just rapture but sacrifice, devotion to the other, a giving over of oneself to something larger. “Casablanca” remains the ultimate big-screen romance, in part because Bogart and Bergman show us that love is a force within us powerful enough to connect to — and save — the world. — OG

LAZARETH Trailer (2024) Ashley Judd LAZARETH Trailer (2024) Ashley Judd © 2024 - Vertical "Lazareth must be protected at any cost." Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an indie thriller titled Lazareth, from a filmmaker named Alec Tibaldi. This is set to debut to watch in May - both in theaters and on VOD if anyone wants to give it a look. Lee protects her orphaned nieces Imogen and Maeve from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation for 10 years until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence. Ashley Judd stars an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from the harsh world outside their isolated life. Their sanctuary is known as "Lazareth." In addition to Judd, the cast includes Sarah Pidgeon, Katie Douglas, Edward Balaban, and Asher Angel. This is such an old concept that has been done so many times before in so many other movies - just watch Z for Zachariah instead. This time they're using the Covid pandemic as context, which just doesn't sit right and makes it all the more dubious in my opinion. Judd also looks pretty bad in here, along with all the cast. Tread carefully. Here's the first official trailer for Alec Tibaldi's Lazareth, direct from Vertical's YouTube: Lazareth Film Ashley Judd stars as Lee, an aunt who has raised her nieces Imogen (Katie Douglas) and Maeve (Sarah Pidgeon) in an isolated cabin in the woods for over a decade after their parents died and she adopted them — all while a deadly pandemic rages on. For over 10 years, the girls are raised to never leave the woods, avoid any and all interaction with outsiders, and ultimately to rely on Lee as their only connection to the outside world. Lee has convinced the girls this is the key to survival in what is now an infectious and violent world. But when Imogen and Maeve discover an injured man (Asher Angel) in the nearby woods, Lee's absolute control begins to disintegrate as their faith in her, and everything else they've ever known, begins to unravel. Lazareth is written and directed by Australian writer / filmmaker Alec Tibaldi, director of the films Spiral Farm and The Daphne Project previously, plus a few other shorts. Produced by Robert Ogden Barnum and Eric Binns. This hasn't premiered at any fests or elsewhere, as far as we know. Vertical debuts Tibaldi's Lazareth in select US theaters + on VOD starting May 10th, 2024 coming soon. Anyone? Ashley Judd plays a fiercely protective aunt in Lazareth. PEOPLE has the exclusive first trailer for the thriller, in which Judd, 55, plays Lee, an aunt who has raised her nieces Imogen (Katie Douglas) and Maeve (Sarah Pidgeon) in an isolated cabin in the woods for over a decade after their parents died and she adopted them — all while a "deadly pandemic rages on." "For over 10 years, the girls are raised to never leave the woods, avoid any and all interaction with outsiders, and ultimately rely on Lee as their only connection to the outside world," according to a synopsis. "Lee has convinced the girls this is the key to survival in what is now an infectious and violent world. But," the synopsis adds, "when Imogen and Maeve discover an injured man (Asher Angel) in the nearby woods, Lee’s absolute control begins to disintegrate as their faith in her, and everything they’ve ever known, begins to unravel." Sasha Pieterse Leads a Twisty Twin Thriller in The Image of You Trailer (Exclusive) In an Instagram post announcing that she'd finished filming Lazareth in May 2023, Judd said working on her latest project reminded her of making the 1993 film Ruby in Paradise because of its "purity and simplicity." "Night scenes lit by candles. Living in the woods near set," she wrote of her experience at the time. She also praised the "gorgeous acting" of her fellow cast members. Lazareth movie Asher Angel. COURTESY OF VERTICAL Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Lazareth Ashley Judd movie Ashley Judd in "Lazareth". COURTESY OF VERTICAL Judd said the film's director Alec Tibaldi "invited me to be so free" while doing her work. "I am grateful for this pristine experience and all the running charades we played!" she concluded. Lazareth is on demand and in select theaters May 10. EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Judd (She Said) has wrapped production in Oregon on Lazareth, a new thriller written and directed by Alec Tibaldi that she stars in for Vertical, TPC and SSS Entertainment. Others rounding out the cast include Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Asher Angel (Shazam!) and newcomer Edward Balaban. Related Stories Scoot McNairy Scoot McNairy To ‘Speak No Evil’ For Blumhouse & Universal Harvey Weinstein. Harvey Weinstein “Cautiously Excited” After 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned, New Trial Ordered By NY Appeals Court; Accusers Call Ruling “Profoundly Unjust’ – Update The film to be distributed in North America by Vertical follows Lee (Judd), who protects her orphaned nieces, Imogen (Douglas) and Maeve (Pidgeon), from a self-destructing world and raises them in isolation until an outsider (Angel) arrives threatening their peaceful existence. Pic is part of Vertical and TPC’s new sustainable corporate financing model geared toward long-term growth and a symmetry of art and commerce that the companies debuted with Spencer Squire’s 2022 horror Abandoned. Vertical comes to the project after collaborating with Shaun Sanghani’s SSS Entertainment on such releases as Gone in the Night starring Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney, and Last Survivors starring Alicia Silverstone, Drew Van Acker and Stephen Moyer. Lazareth is produced by Robert Ogden Barnum and Eric Binns through The Barnum Picture Company, which has partnered with Vertical on such releases as Collide, starring Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham and Jim Gaffigan; Abandoned, starring Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr. and Michael Shannon; and The Tutor, starring Garrett Hedlund, Noah Schnapp and Victoria Justice. Exec producers include Vertical’s Peter Jarowey, Rich Goldberg and Kristin Harris, TPC’s David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri, Viviana Zarragoitia and John Bails, and The Syndicate’s Michael Lurie and Jeffrey Giles. Andrew Davies Gans serves as co-producer and Vertical’s Sammi Farber is associate producer. The Syndicate will rep international sales for Vertical and SSS, presenting the film at Cannes this month. “We are thrilled to be partnered with Vertical again on a fantastic production,” said producer Barnum. “With Alec’s great script, direction and experience in this genre, coupled with the incomparable Ashley Judd leading the cast to bring his words to life, we fully expect audiences to embrace the film when it is released to market.” Added Vertical Partner Jarowey, “Rob Barnum came to us early with Alec’s impressive script and we jumped at the chance to work together again on such an edge-of-your-seat thriller. We are incredibly proud of the progress of our partnerships thus far in creating a streamlined process for fully financing projects.” Judd recently appeared as herself in Universal’s #MeToo drama She Said, recreating the moment in which she came forward to New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey about the sexual harassment to which she’d been subjected by Harvey Weinstein. The Independent Spirit Award winner who has also been recognized over the course of her career with two noms at both the Emmys and the Golden Globes, has also previously appeared in films including A Dog’s Way Home, the Divergent franchise, Olympus Has Fallen, Frida and Heat, among others. She’s also been seen on series like Berlin Station, Twin Peaks and Missing, to name a few. Jarowey and SVP of Production & Development Harris negotiated the deal for Lazareth on behalf of Vertical, with Lurie and Giles on behalf of The Syndicate, and Barnum and Carissa Knol of Knol Law on behalf of the filmmakers. Judd is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Douglas by Innovative Artists, Noble Caplan Abrams and Skrzyniarz & Mallean; Pidgeon by Gersh, Anonymous Content and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; and Angel by UTA, Atlas Artists and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.

DOWNTOWN OWL Trailer (2024) Vanessa Hudgens, Lily Rabe DOWNTOWN OWL Trailer (2024) Vanessa Hudgens, Lily Rabe, Ed Harris © 2024 - Sony Pictures Lily Rabe takes a small town by storm, with the help of Vanessa Hudgens, in the upcoming Downtown Owl. The new movie (available to buy or rent on digital April 23) marks the American Horror Story star’s directorial debut alongside longtime boyfriend and Midnight Mass star Hamish Linklater, who adapted the screenplay from Chuck Klosterman’s 2008 novel of the same name. PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at Sony Pictures Entertainment’s “Great Plains dark dramedy” Downtown Owl, which costars Ed Harris, August Blanco Rosenstein, Jack Dylan Grazer, Arianna Jaffier, Finn Wittrock and Henry Golding. Rabe plays Julia, a woman retreating to an 800-strong town of Owl, North Dakota in 1983. “You’re back in high school now,” Hudgens’ outgoing character Naomi tells Julia in the trailer. “And everyone’s looking at you through homecoming glasses.” Lily Rabe Says Kids Help Her ‘Come Back to Present’ After Filming: 'That’s What I Go To’ (Exclusive) Downtown Owl_Sony_2022 Vanessa Hudgens and Lily Rabe in "Downtown Owl". SONY PICTURES She urges Julia to let her hair down for a night on the — small — town. “Wear your least comfortable bra,” she advises. Julia is “searching for a break from her cosmopolitan life in Milwaukee,” per the movie’s official synopsis. After arriving to teach high school for a semester in “the close-knit Reagan-era town of Owl,” it continues, “the small town turns out to be a wonderland of second-string poets, smoldering Marlboro Men, and a social hierarchy that echoes high school.” The synopsis adds, “Julia doesn’t know if she’s come to town to get away from home or to find it.” Downtown Owl_Sony_2022 Behind the scenes of "Downtown Owl". SONY PICTURES In the trailer, Rabe can be seen partying with Hudgens at the town’s local bar Hugo’s, asking Harris for guidance, and getting snowed into her car in North Dakota’s harsh winters. “Pretty much everyone advises against making a movie with the parent of your children, especially your first movie, especially when the newest child is a newborn,” Rabe, 41, and Linklater, 47, tell PEOPLE in a statement. The couple, who have been dating since around 2016, share three children together. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Downtown Owl_Sony_2022 Lily Rabe in "Downtown Owl". SONY PICTURES “But making Owl was so rewarding, and we hope audiences have as exhilarating an experience watching it as we had working on it together,” they add. The filmmaking duo also call the movie’s cast “all such elite talents and humans” who “just dropped from heaven into our prairie badlands.” Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens Navigate an Awkward Love Triangle in French Girl Trailer (Exclusive) Downtown Owl SONY PICTURES The film includes “an undeniable soundtrack by T Bone Burnett,” they add, and features songs from Elvis Costello, Margo Price, Charley Crockett and more. Among Rabe's upcoming projects is the Jessica Lange movie Places, Please. Linklater plays President Abraham Lincoln in the Apple TV series Manhunt. Downtown Owl is available to buy or rent on digital April 23. "You just moved to another town and pretend to be somebody you're not?" Sony Pictures Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a indie film titled Downtown Owl, set for a direct-to-VOD / digital release later this April. This originally premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year and marks the directorial debut of the two actors Hamish Linklater & Lily Rabe. "Getting away from home to try and find it." Based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Klosterman, Downtown Owl is a sparkle dark Reagan Era comedy set in the fictional town of Owl, North Dakota in the leading days up to the region's most intense whiteout blizzard in a century in Minnesota. Lily Rabe stars as Julia, who escapes to this Reagan-era town of Owl for a temporary high school teaching job. Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Henry Golding, August Blanco Rosenstein, Jack Dylan Grazer, Arianna Jaffier, and Finn Wittrock also appear in this Great Plains dark dramedy. Looks like it has some sweet Americana moments in it, along with tons of fun performances. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hamish Linklater & Lily Rabe's Downtown Owl, from YouTube: Downtown Owl Poster Searching for a break from her cosmopolitan life in Milwaukee, Julia Rabia (Lily Rabe), arrives in the close knit Reagan-era town of Owl, North Dakota for a one-semester high school teaching job. But when the small town turns out to be a wonderland of second-string poets, smoldering Marlboro Men, and a social hierarchy that echoes high school, Julia doesn’t know if she's come to town to get away from home or to find it. Downtown Owl is co-directed by actors turned filmmakers Hamish Linklater & Lily Rabe, both making their feature directorial debut with this project. The screenplay is written by Hamish Linklater. Produced by Bettina Barrow, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, and Rebecca Green. This initially premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year. Sony Pictures Entertainment releases Linklater & Rabe's first film together, Downtown Owl direct-to-VOD starting April 23rd, 2024 this spring. Anyone interested in htis? Lily Rabe directs and stars in Downtown Owl, a film about finding home in unexpected places. The trailer shows Rabe's character navigating small-town life and questioning her reason for leaving the city. Based on Chuck Klosterman's novel, the star-studded film will be available on digital on April 23, and promises a heartwarming story. Lily Rabe is a director now. The American Horror Story star added a hyphen to her career descriptor after taking on the script for Downtown Owl written by Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass). A new trailer for Downtown Owl sees Rabe's character arrive in a small town and find that what she had deemed a place of escape might be where her heart is content. The film features a star cast including Finn Wittrock―whom Rabe starred on American Horror Story Season 10 with―Ed Harris, and Vanessa Hudgens. The trailer opens with Rabe's character, Julia Rabia, arriving in the fictional quaint town of Owl, North Dakota. A narrator welcomes Rabia to Owl and makes all kinds of promises about what a great place the town is. The reality is much different because some people are unfriendly, like Horace (Ed Harris), a man in the diner who acts like being asked a question is a serious violation of personal space, the students are unmotivated, and some, like Eli (Jack Dylan Grazer), are tough to deal with. Her coworkers are an eclectic bunch, with Coach Laidlaw taking out his frustrations with his team on other people, while Naomi (Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical) has serious boundary issues. Naomi drags Rabia out to a bar and she meets some town residents. Owl can have really bad weather, but what disrupts Rabia's life is interacting with the townsfolk, including, Vance (Henry Golding), a former football star whose best days are behind him. Rabia gets into the town's rhythm, and before she knows it, she's accustomed to it. But questions about her life before the small town make it clear that she has been lying to herself about her reason for leaving the city. She thought she wanted to give her husband space to work on his Doctorate, but what if that was a ruse? What if she hated the life she led in the city? What if this small town was the home she never knew she wanted? As the trailer ends, a mundane question takes on an existential meaning. What was she going to do? Who Is Behind Downtown Owl? Linklater adapted the film from a 2008 novel of the same name by Chuck Klosterman. Rabe directed the film with help from Linklater. She also stars alongside Hudgens, Wittrock, Linklater, Harris (Westworld), Golding, Dylan Glazer (We Are Who We Are), and August Blanco Rosenstein. T Bone Burnett was the music director. The Sony Pictures Entertainment film will be available on digital to buy or rent on April 23. Watch the trailer below. The new feature film “Downtown Owl,” which was shot in and around St. Paul two years ago, has a lot going for it. Locals will likely be interested to see how first-time filmmakers and real-life couple Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater transformed St. Paul locations like the Spot Bar and Highland Park High School into the fictional North Dakota small town of Owl. While the film’s small budget is apparent on screen, the pair made the most of it and fashioned a credible rural setting in the process. Also, Rabe is a delight to watch as Julia, even if her character makes a series of illogical and irritating decisions. She’s best known for starring in nine seasons of “American Horror Story” and that experience has helped her develop a warm, likable screen presence. Really, the acting overall is top notch, from Ed Harris as the elderly townsperson Horace to “It”/“Shazam” star Jack Dylan Grazer as hyperactive teen Eli. But “Downtown Owl” really falters with the basics of telling a coherent story. It’s based on the 2008 novel of the same name by essayist and North Dakota native Chuck Klosterman (who, full disclosure, is a friend of mine). But without giving too much away, Linklater’s adapted script makes some substantial — and questionable — changes to the story, which is set in 1983. The book focuses on three characters: Julia, Horace and sullen football player Mitch (August Blanco Rosenstein). But the film homes in on Julia, effectively knocking down the other two to supporting roles. It opens with her arrival to Owl, as she’s decided to teach a semester at the high school, seemingly to give her husband the time and space he needs to finish his graduate thesis. From the start, Rabe and Linklater introduce a blur of characters, including several of the town’s teens, a football coach played by “AHS” alum Finn Wittrock and fellow teacher Naomi (Vanessa Hudgens), the only person in the film with a serious commitment to period-correct fashion and at least an attempt at a North Dakota accent. Naomi lives a wilder life than her students and convinces Julia to join her for drinks at a local bar populated mostly by drunk dullards. (One of the few jokes that lands in the film comes from a bit about how everyone there has a nickname.) From there, we learn Julia does indeed enjoy drinking alcohol and that her marriage is on the rocks. We also meet former high school football star and local celebrity Vance (Henry Golding), a brooding and inarticulate semi-hunk in a cowboy hat and tight Wranglers with whom Julia inexplicably becomes obsessed. Julia remains at the center of the action, but the script introduces far too many side plots — many of which are left unexplained — that muddle the overall action. It’s difficult to understand why some of the characters are even on the screen, let alone care about them. Rabe and Linklater seem to have been aiming for the whimsical, sometimes surreal vibe of Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 classic “Fargo.” Not only do they fail, they somehow manage to make the 90-minute running time feel like twice the length. “Downtown Owl” is currently available to purchase or rent online through sites like Amazon and Fandango. While Sony has yet to announce plans, it will likely show up on a streaming service later this year. ‘Downtown Owl’ Directed by: Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater Starring: Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Finn Wittrock Rated: R for language, substance use, alcohol use and smoking Should you watch? The local locations are far more compelling than the actual plot. 2 stars

AISHA Trailer (2024) Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor AISHA Trailer (2024) Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor © 2024 - Samuel Goldwyn Films "I feel happy. And sometimes I feel really scared." Goldwyn Films from the US has revealed their official US trailer for the indie film Aisha, an emotional drama about an immigration made by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry. This originally premiered in 2022 and opened in the UK back in 2022 as well, debuting on Sky Cinema. It only now has a May 2024 release date (also on VOD) after years in limbo. While caught for years in Ireland's immigration system, Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with the former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha's future in Ireland comes under threat. Letitia Wright (also seen in The Silent Twins and Wakanda Forever from 2022) stars as Aisha Osagie, with Josh O'Connor, Ruth McCabe, Emmet Byrne, Joanne Crawford, Geraldine McAlinden, Tara Flynn, Joseph Palmer, and Abdul Alshareef. The film has positive reviews across the board from most critics, saying it's "an absorbing drama given sympathy and life by two very high-calibre performers." Have a look. Here's the new official US trailer (+ simple poster) for Frank Berry's Aisha, direct from YouTube: Aisha Poster You can rewatch the original UK trailer for Berry's Aisha film right here, to view even more footage. Aisha (Letitia Wright), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, is floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Conor (Josh O’Connor), an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own. Together they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options. Aisha is both written and directed by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry, director of the movie I Used to Live Here and Michael Inside previously. Produced by Sam Bisbee, Donna Eperon, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O'Sullivan. This first premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and also played at the 2022 London Film Festival and the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. This Sky Original film already opened in UK cinemas / streaming back in 2022. Samuel Goldwyn Films will finally release Frank Berry's Aisha film in select US theaters + on VOD starting May 10th, 2024. Samuel Goldwyn Films released a new trailer for Aisha, the Irish drama film starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor. Written and directed by Frank Berry, Aisha originally had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, before getting a release in the United Kingdom in the same year. Now, the film is set to release in theaters in the U.S. The movie follows Aisha (Wright), a Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland who develops a close friendship with a former prisoner (O’Connor). Check out the Aisha trailer below (watch other clips and trailers): What is Aisha about? “While caught for years in the Republic of Ireland’s immigration system, Nigerian refugee Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha’s visa comes under threat,” reads the film’s official synopsis. Aisha is currently set to premiere in theaters on May 10, 2024. Having debuted at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, the immigration drama “Aisha” starring Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”) and Josh O’Connor (“Challengers”), is finally coming to North American theaters. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Tubi Films, “Aisha” has been set for a May 10, 2024 release. READ MORE: ‘Aisha’ Review: Letitia Wright Stuns in a Moving Character Drama [Tribeca] Directed by Frank Berry (“Michael Inside,” “I Used To Live Here”), an award-winning filmmaker whose work focuses on critical social issues in Ireland, “Aisha” centers on the title character (Wright), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, who struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation. Here’s the long-form synopsis from the Tribeca Film Festival. Aisha, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, is floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. Alone and unwilling to sacrifice her dignity to satisfy the demands of the authorities, she finds an ally in Connor, an employee at her residence home, a local young man with a troubled past of his own. Together, they struggle to maintain their tender friendship in the face of Aisha’s increasingly dire predicament and her rapidly diminishing options. “Aisha” also stars Irish actors Lorcan Cranitch, Denis Conway, Ruth McCabe, and many more. Our review of “Aisha” described it as a ”thoughtful and intelligent film, and it finds a gifted actor doing some very tricky things quite well.” “Aisha” is due out in theaters on May 10. Watch the first trailer below. EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a clip from Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor-starring Aisha, which will premiere at Tribeca in three days’ time. Wright plays the lead, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy. As her situation becomes increasingly dire, she struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation. Wright said of the clip: “This moment is a breaking point for Aisha, she has to hold it together during a time that’s incredibly difficult.” The film, which will be given its world premiere in Tribeca’s Spotlight Narrative section, comes from Frank Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here) and also features The Crown breakout O’Connor. Producers are Tristan Orpen Lynch, Donna Eperon Josh O’Connor is having a moment, and it looks as if 2024 will be his breakout year. He’s receiving acclaim for his performance in Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera, which just released here last month. But it’s his role in Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis rom-com Challengers opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist that looks to be his biggest film yet. But there’s another that fans of O’Connor will want to look forward to. Aisha stars the actor alongside Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright in a story that explores Ireland’s immigration system and the relationship between two people from very different worlds. Debuting at Tribeca back in 2022, Aisha stars Wright as a Nigerian refugee in Ireland who strikes up a friendship with O’Connor’s ex-con, not long before her Visa is set to expire. The film is written and directed by Irish filmmaker Frank Berry. It’s his first since 2017’s Michael Inside which dealt with the Irish prison system. Here’s the synopsis: Aisha, a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland, struggles to maintain hope and dignity against the looming threat of deportation. Aisha opens on May 10th.

A MAN IN FULL Trailer (2024) Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Drama Movie A MAN IN FULL Trailer (2024) Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Jeff Daniels, Drama Movie © 2024 - Netflix UPDATED, 9 AM: Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for A Man in Full, starring Jeff Daniels as a real estate titan who’s going broke in the six-episode limited series based on Tom Wolfe’s novel. Check out the new trailer above and previous teaser trailer below. PREVIOUS, March 20: We’re getting the first look at Jeff Daniels as bankrupt real estate mogul Charlie Croker in the first trailer for A Man In Full, Netflix‘s six-episode limited series from David E. Kelley and Regina King, based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel. The series premieres May 2 on the streaming network. Related Stories Nava Mau as Teri on 'Baby Reindeer' Nava Mau On Viewer Reactions To 'Baby Reindeer': "The Response Has Been Overwhelming, Like Whoa" Richard Gadd, star and creator of 'Baby Reindeer' 'Baby Reindeer' Star & Creator Richard Gadd Has Message For Viewers: "Please Don't Speculate On Who Any Of The Real Life People Could Be" A Man In Full is written and executive produced by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner. In it, when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. The stellar cast also includes Tom Pelphrey, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill and Chanté Adams. Regina King directs episodes 101, 105 and 106 and executive produces via her Royal Ties Productions as part of her first-look deal with Netflix.Tommy Schlamme directs episodes 102, 103 and 14 and executive produces. Reina King, Matthew Tinker, Thomas C. Wolfe, Alexandra Wolfe also executive produce. A Man In Full is produced by David E. Kelley Productions and King’s Royal Ties Productions, Inc. Jeff Daniels faces the law's wrath after financial downfall in Netflix's A Man in Full. The rich cast features William Jackson Harper, Lucy Liu, and Bill Camp. Regina King and Tommy Schlamme direct the drama based on Tom Wolfe's novel. The law is breathing down Jeff Daniels’ neck in the first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming limited drama series, A Man in Full. Based on Tom Wolfe’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, the title follows the life of Charlie Croker (Daniels), a larger-than-life real estate tycoon who’s been living life in the fast lane as one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. After he’s forced to file for bankruptcy, Charlie’s world comes crashing down, both at work and at home. On top of that, the doomed businessman finds himself engaged in a dangerous tango with crooked politicians and knows that he’s his only hope of getting out of everything with some dignity left to his name. In the trailer, we see the moments leading up to, during, and after Charlie’s life collapses. Literally flying high aboard his private jet, when Charlie’s airplane lands, the feds are waiting for him, and at that moment, his empire begins to crumble. Not just a serious business owner, Charlie is quite the eccentric as we see him addressing his pain in the only way one should - wrestling with a rattlesnake. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Martha (Diane Lane) considers a deal with the prosecutors as she has more than enough ammunition in her arsenal to make sure Charlie stays behind bars forever. While many, like Bill Camp’s Harry Zale, think it will be easy to tear down the bricks of Charlie’s business, those in the mogul’s corner plan to make it as difficult as possible. Already boasting an incredibly stacked cast, the rest of the names lining the call sheet for A Man in Full include the likes of William Jackson Harper (The Good Place), Tom Pelphrey (Outer Range), Jon Michael Hill (Pass Over), Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Sarah Jones (For All Mankind), Lucy Liu (Kill Bill: Volume 1), Chanté Adams (A League of Their Own), and Evan Roe (Madam Secretary). Who Is Behind ‘A Man in Full’? Netflix’s limited drama welcomes Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress Regina King back to the realm of directing. The project comes four long years after she made her feature-length filmmaking debut with the critically acclaimed feature, One Night in Miami… Her directorial credit for A Man in Full will be added to an already long list that includes stints on shows such as Insecure, The Good Doctor, This Is Us, Shameless, and more. The other half of the six-episode production was under the vision of Tommy Schlamme who brought audiences Miss Firecracker and So I Married an Axe Murderer and sat in the director’s chair for shows including Spin City and Parenthood. Check out the first trailer for A Man in Full below and binge all six episodes when the series arrives on Netflix on May 2. "I don't just want to take down your ex-husband, I want to devour him." Oh damn! It seems the battle has begun. Netflix has debuted the full official trailer for the series A Man in Full, arriving for streaming early May in a few weeks (first teaser here). It's adapted from the novel "A Man in Full" written by the late Tom Wolfe, a book many are familiar with already. The main character is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. Starring Jeff Daniels as Croker, with Tom Pelphrey, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, William Jackson Harper, Aml Ameen, Sarah Jones, Jon Michael Hill, and Chanté Adams. This looks wicked and amusing and, you know, from this trailer I'm kinda on the side of everyone trying to take him down. Will they be successful…? Here's the main official trailer (+ new poster) for Netflix's series A Man in Full, direct from YouTube: A Man in Full Series You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Netflix's series A Man in Full right here, for the first look again. When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. A Man in Full is based on the NY Times bestselling novel by the late Tom Wolfe. A Man in Full is a series created and written and showrun by TV writer David E. Kelley, creator or producer on tons of other series including Doogie Howser, M.D., Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice and also its spin-off Boston Legal, plus Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Goliath, Big Little Lies, Big Sky, and The Lincoln Lawyer series most recently. Featuring episodes directed by Regina King and Tommy Schlamme. Adapted from Tom Wolfe's novel of the same name first published in 1998. Developed by David E. Kelley Productions, Royal Ties Productions, Inc. Executive produced by David E. Kelley, Reina King, Matthew Tinker, Thomas C. Wolfe & Alexandra Wolfe. Netflix debuts A Man in Full streaming on Netflix starting May 2nd, 2024 coming soon. Who's interested? Jeff Daniels stars as a real estate agent facing bankruptcy in Netflix's A Man in Full, based on Tom Wolfe's novel. The series will showcase the collapse of Charlie's luxurious life, intertwined with other characters' struggles. Regina King directs all six episodes, which feature a star-studded cast including Lucy Liu and Diane Lane. During our short(ish) time on this planet, many of us hope to leave things better than we found them and pass on some sort of legacy to the next generation. Such is partially the case for Jeff Daniels (Dumb and Dumber) in the first teaser for Netflix’s upcoming drama series, A Man in Full. Based on Tom Wolfe’s novel of the same name, our first look at the limited project showcases Daniels as Charlie Croker, a real estate agent who’s gotten used to living the high life. As teased by the trailer, Charlie’s life has taken a sudden downturn, and he’ll be forced to accept things for what they are and not what he wants them to be. Mixed in with shots of Charlie and his voiceover, we see a handful of other characters who will make up the rest of the web of stories, colliding together in A Man in Full. While it isn’t totally clear how close the small screen adaptation will stick to Wolfe’s novel, we know that Charlie and his struggles will be the primary plot. After announcing that his company has filed for bankruptcy, Charlie’s life of luxury begins to crumble, with the wolves popping out from every corner, prepared to feast on what’s left. Meanwhile, there are other characters with their own sets of problems with the American judicial system whose lives will collide with Charlie’s during his downfall. Boasting a stellar call sheet, the series also features performances from Lucy Liu (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Diane Lane (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans), Bill Camp (Drive-Away Dolls), William Jackson Harper (The Good Place), Tom Pelphrey (Mank), Chanté Adams (Roxanne Roxanne), Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Sarah Jones (For All Mankind), and Jon Michael Hill (Elementary). Who Is Behind ‘A Man in Full’? Marking an exciting return for one of Hollywood’s top multi-faceted creatives, each of A Man in Full’s six episodes will be under the direction of Regina King. There’s seemingly nothing the Academy Award-winning performer can’t do with the Daniels-led show serving as her latest directorial project following her feature-length directorial debut with 2020’s One Night in Miami… The If Beale Street Could Talk star has also backed episodes of shows including Insecure, The Good Doctor, Shameless, This Is Us, and more. Working alongside King as the limited series’ creator is David E. Kelley, who has previously brought audiences such hits as Big Little Lies, Goliath, Ally McBeal, The Practice, and more. You can see Daniels step into his latest dramatic role in the first teaser for A Man in Full below and tune in for all six episodes when they arrive on Netflix on May 2.Diane Lane, Jeff Daniels, and Lucy Liu are stepping out for the premiere of their new Netflix series! The three stars posed together on the black carpet at the premiere of A Man In Full on Wednesday (April 24) held at the Tudum Theater in Hollywood, Calif. Fellow cast members in attendance included Jon Michael Hill, Chanté Adams, Aml Ameen, Evan Roe, and Sarah Jones. Directors Regina King and Thomas Schlamme were also in attendance along with showrunner David E. Kelley. Here’s the synopsis: “When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.” The series is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by the late Tom Wolfe. A Man in Full hits Netflix on May 2.

BANEL & ADAMA Trailer (2024) Drama Movie BANEL & ADAMA Trailer (2024) Drama Movie © 2024 - Kino Lorber "Back when we were kings, masters of ourselves, masters of the world, free. Today, who are we?" Kino Lorber has revealed an official US trailer for Banel & Adama, a visually magical African love story movie from French filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy. This premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition, and went on to play at the Toronto, London, Chicago, and Denver Film Festivals in 2023. It's now set for a US release starting in June this summer. Kino Lorber is pleased to present Banel & Adama, a haunting, visually stunning West African love story and the directorial debut of Ramata-Toulaye Sy. A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village. This stars Khady Mane as Banel and Mamadou Diallo as Adama. It received mostly positive reviews out of last year's film festivals, praising both the gorgeous cinematography and passionate performances from the two leads, which we get a glimpse of in this trailer. Glad it will be getting a proper art house theatrical run in the US soon. Take a look. Here's the official US trailer (+ posters) for Ramata-Toulaye Sy's Banel & Adama, direct from YouTube: Banel & Adama Poster Banel & Adama Poster Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama accept the role of chief. The two lovers have their own plans… until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave. The curse weighs on Adama's sense of duty, and the chasm between them drives Banel into a feverish, mystical chaos. Banel & Adama is a lush and lyrical West African dreamscape, a tragic romance that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth as it sets its protagonists' perfect everlasting love on a collision course with their community's traditions. Banel & Adama is written & directed by French filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, making her feature directorial debut after a short film previously. It's produced by Margaux Juvénal, Maud Leclair-Névé, & Éric Névé. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival last year. Kino Lorber will debut Banel & Adama in select US theaters starting on June 7th, 2024 this summer. Who's intrigued? Kino Lorber shared the official trailer for Banel & Adama, the Senegalese romantic drama film starring Khady Mane as Banel and Mamadou Diallo as Adama, young adults who fall in love and decide to live separately from their families in a remote village in northern Senegal, and find their relationship tested by pressures from the community. The movie was selected as the Senegalese official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Release Date Directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy, making her feature directorial debut, Banel & Adama world premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, and opens in theaters on June 7, 2024. Synopsis Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The married couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama accept the role of chief. The two lovers have their own plans… until something in the air changes. The rains do not come, the cattle begin to die, the men leave. The curse weighs on Adama’s sense of duty, and the chasm between them drives Banel into a feverish, mystical chaos. Banel & Adama is a lush and lyrical West African dreamscape, a tragic romance that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth as it sets its protagonists’ perfect everlasting love on a collision course with their community’s traditions. Reviews The Guardian review gave the film 4 of 5 stars, wrote, “Even at the very start of the film, when the sun smiles on the devoted love between Banel and her husband of one year, there are indications that she is different. She rejects traditional scarves and wears her hair defiantly uncovered; she prefers the man’s work of herding cattle alongside Adama to the women’s field work and laundry. And, as several lizards learn to their cost, there’s a violence lurking in her heart. Banel’s will is fearsome, but when a drought strikes, she finds herself facing up against the might of the natural world. Tragedy is inevitable, but the poetry of Sy’s vision is fresh and distinctive.” Variety review called first-time feature director Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s movie a ‘Dreamlike Debut’, wrote, “Sy’s film is a curious little fable, not quite fully formed in its final stages, and occasionally so sedate and opaque, under Bachar Mar-Khalifé’s melodic, piano-forward score, that it feels like it is drowsing. But it’s a striking debut nonetheless, especially as it revolves, with graceful poetry around the inner experiences of such a curious, unknowable woman. Banel, beautifully played by Mane who, even when we don’t, seems to perfectly understand her character’s joys and miseries and her flashes of prideful feminine ego (“Look at him,” she murmurs in voiceover, “No, look at me. Aren’t I a woman?”) is the one who will, for all her protestations of devotion, inherit the film.” Official Trailer Watch the official trailer for Banel & Adama. There are few characters more unsettling in cinema – or theatre, or literature for that matter – than a single-minded woman determined to shape her own destiny at any cost. It shouldn’t be so, obviously. Why can’t a woman exhibit the same drive and ruthlessness as her male counterparts? But as Anatomy of a Fall demonstrated, a strong, self-interested female character tends to be viewed by society (and by extension, the audience) as inherently suspect. In the case of Banel (a knockout performance from the mesmerising Khady Mane), the besotted wife of Adama (Mamadou Diallo), that suspicion is justified. The Pulaar-language feature debut from French-Senegalese film-maker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Banel & Adama has a sparse, fable-like quality and poisonous, creeping momentum. Dealing with a passionate love that tips into something darker, the story unfolds in a Senegalese rural community in which gender roles are firmly inscribed and tradition is a guiding force in the lives of the villagers. Even at the very start of the film, when the sun smiles on the devoted love between Banel and her husband of one year, there are indications that she is different. She rejects traditional scarves and wears her hair defiantly uncovered; she prefers the man’s work of herding cattle alongside Adama to the women’s field work and laundry. And, as several lizards learn to their cost, there’s a violence lurking in her heart. Banel’s will is fearsome, but when a drought strikes, she finds herself facing up against the might of the natural world. Tragedy is inevitable, but the poetry of Sy’s vision is fresh and distinctive. Sales banner Best Friend Forever has unveiled the teaser for Ramata Toulaye-Sy’s buzzed-about Senegalese drama “Banel & Adama,” which is the sole feature debut slated for the competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The lushly lensed female emancipation drama, set to bow on May 20, takes place in a remote village of Northern Senegal where Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. Longing for a home of their own, they have decided to live apart from their families. When Adama refuses his blood duty as future chief and informs the village council of his intentions, the whole community is disrupted and chaos ensues. The film was shot in Pulaar language with a cast of local non-professional actors, including Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy and Moussa Sow. Popular on Variety Toulaye-Sy said she wanted the film to tell a tragic love story that would be relatable to everyone. The helmer, who studied at France’s prestigious film school La Femis, said she was also interested in setting the action in Senegal where her parents are from. “When I started working on the script, I felt that most contemporary African films I watched were dealing with violence, war, terrorism and poverty… and were all made with a naturalistic aesthetic,” she said. “That’s when I realized that I had this desire to make a universal that would speak to Africans but not only. I’ve been passionate about literature since my childhood and I dreamed of a great tragedy, a tale, weaved with magic realism and poetry,” Toulaye-Sy continued. She also said she felt proud to belong to a new generation of African filmmakers who are making different kinds of movies, mixing drama and genre elements, like Mati Diop, whose Senegalese ghost movie “Atlantics” won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2019. Toulaye-Sy previously directed the short film “Astel” which played at Toronto, New Directors/New Films and Clermont, where it won the Special Jury award, among 80 festivals to date. She also co-wrote “Our Lady of the Nil” which played at Toronto, and “Sibel” which played at Locarno and Toronto. “Banel & Adama” was produced by Eric Névé and Maud Leclair Névé at the Paris-based company La Chauve-Souris (“The Pirogu”), Margaux Juvénal at Take Shelter. Souleymane Kébé at Astou Production is co-producing. Tandem will release the film in France. The crew includes the editor Vincent Tricon (“Divines”), cinematographer Amine Berrada (“The Unknown Saint”) and music composer Bachar Mar-Khalifé (“My Brothers and I,” “Skies of Lebanon”).

NEW LIFE Trailer 2 (2024) Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Thriller NEW LIFE Trailer 2 (2024) Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Thriller © 2024 - Brainstorm Media "What we need now is for you to put an end to this…" Brainstorm Media has unveiled an official trailer for an indie apocalyptic survival thriller made in Canada titled New Life, marking the debut of filmmaker John Rosman. This premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival up in Montreal last year, and is set for a US release on VOD starting in May. A mysterious woman on the run (starring HayleyErin as Jess), and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions. Soon it spirals toward a harrowing confrontation between the two women. She's on the run some kind of disease, but is there really a disease? Or something else. Also starring Sonya Walger and Tony Amendola. Reviews from last year say: "This piece of deeply moving, bittersweet, and terrifying horror filmmaking will embed itself in your heart like a sliver of glass… Go in with an open mind and get ready for your jaw to drop." That's a kicker that should make anyone curious about wanting to see this film. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for John Rosman's film New Life, direct from Brainstorm's YouTube: New Life Film Poster Jess is a woman on the run, desperate to cross the Canadian border to escape her past. On her tail is Elsa, a resourceful agent, whose recent life-altering diagnosis leaves her one step behind Jess. As their chase narrows to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, holes in Elsa's investigation begin to fill with fresh bodies. Soon the pursuit spirals toward its harrowing confrontation between the two women, in search of meaning and redemption, on the razor’s edge of catastrophe. New Life is written and directed by newcomer Canadian filmmaker John Rosman, making his feature directorial debut with this project. Produced by T. Justin Ross and Mike Marchlewski. This initially premiered at the 2023 Montreal Fantasia Film Festival and at FrightFest last year. Brainstorm Media will debut John Rosman's New Life film in select US theaters + on VOD starting on May 3rd, 2024 coming soon this summer movie season. Look any good? Want to watch? Brainstorm Media shared the trailer for New Life, the horror thriller starring Hayley Erin as a mysterious woman on the run, and Sonya Walger as the fixer assigned to bring her in. Also starring in the film are Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin and Tony Amendola. Release Date Directed by John Rosman, making his feature film directorial debut, New Life world premiered at the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival, then stopped at FrightFest London, Overlook Film Festival, Panic Fest, Florida Film Festival, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, and the Heartland International Film Festival, where it took the 2023 Audience Choice Award; and opens in theaters and on demand on May 3, 2024. Synopsis A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions. The film is written and directed by Rosman, who pulled from his documentary background by recalling a story he worked on about a young woman diagnosed with ALS (Summer Whisman, to whom the film is dedicated), which would heavily motivate the feature. New Life is produced by T. Justin Ross, producer on Shudder’s record-breaking hit The Mortuary Collection and the Judy Greer-led Aporia, and Mike Marchlewski, and executive produced by David Lawson Jr., producer of the Independent Spirit-Award Nominated Sundance darling Something in the Dirt, critically acclaimed science fiction horror The Endless, and EP on the recent SXSW breakout Things Will Be Different. Sonya Walger (For All Mankind, Lost), Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, The Young and the Restless), and Tony Amendola (Annabelle, Curse of Llorona) star. Reviews Bloody Disgusting review gave the film 3 1/2 of 5 stars, wrote, “At its core, New Life is an existential drama centered around two different women at different stages of life, bound by a discomforting desperation to seize what final fleeting freedom they have left. Rosman leaves it up to Erin and Wagner to impart the depth of emotion, then incorporates horror and suspenseful thriller conventions to decimate emotionally. The abrupt shift from quiet drama to jarring horror comes late, by design, creating urgency as it raises relevant questions with no easy answers.” Official Trailer Watch the official trailer for New Life EXCLUSIVE: Sonya Walger (For All Mankind) has signed on to star alongside Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) and Tony Amendola (Annabelle) in the horror-thriller, New Life. The film from writer-director John Rosman centers around a deadly cat and mouse game in the Pacific Northwest. Walger will play Elsa, a brilliant “fixer” assigned to capture a mysterious woman on the run. As the snare of the pursuit tightens, Elsa must fight her own secret battle with ALS to stay on top of the explosive case, before it reaches an apocalyptic endgame. Justin Ross (The Old Ways, The Mortuary Collection) and Mike Marchlewski are serving as the pic’s producers. Walger is perhaps best known for her turn as astronaut Molly Cobb on the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind, which wrapped production on its third season late last year. She has also appeared in such series as Get Shorty, The Catch, Power, Parenthood, In Treatment, Lost and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, among others. Additional film credits include Clementine and Admission. Walger also recently released the latest season of her podcast Bookish, in which guests such as William H. Macy and Damon Lindeloff discuss the five books most formative to their lives. She is represented by Gersh and Authentic Talent and Literary Management. Brainstorm Media has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming apocalyptic survival thriller titled New Life. Hailing from The Mortuary Collection and Something in the Dirt producers, the John Rosman-directed film is set to arrive in theaters and On Demand on May 3. New Life follows two different women with connecting stories. Jess, desperate to escape her past, is on the run trying to cross the Canadian border. Elsa, on the other hand, is a resourceful agent assigned to bring her in. As the two embark on a quest for redemption, things quickly turn into a terrifying confrontation in the midst of a disaster. “A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions,” the logline reads. You can watch the trailer down below (watch more trailers): Who’s involved in New Life? The upcoming movie, produced by T. Justin Ross and Mike Marchlewski, serves as Rosman’s feature directorial debut. It stars Sonya Walger (For All Mankind), Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), and Tony Amendola (The Curse of La Llorona). David Lawson Jr. is the film’s executive producer. In a statement (via BloodyDisgusting), Brainstorm Media CEO Michelle Shwarzstein expressed her excitement about the forthcoming genre-bending apocalyptic thriller. “New Life is an impressive debut from John Rosman that will captivate audiences in unexpected ways. It is not often we see a film in the genre reveal such depth and complexity. We are honored and excited to present this very special film,” said Shwarzstein. New Life hits theaters on May 3.

KINDS OF KINDNESS Teaser 2 (2024) Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley KINDS OF KINDNESS Teaser Trailer 2 (2024) Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Yorgos Lanthimos © 2024 - Searchlight Pictures Here’s the striking first trailer and image for Yorgos Lanthimos‘ new movie Kinds Of Kindness, which has a June 21 release date. The Searchlight Pictures charge stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer. The anthology movie is described as a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.” The project, which is widely anticipated to debut at the Cannes Film Festival, reunites many of the team behind Oscar and box office hit Poor Things and is expected to skew towards Lanthimos’ earlier work. The original screenplay was written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, making this their fourth collaboration (The Lobster, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, Dogtooth). The movie was produced by Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Kasia Malipan, and Yorgos Lanthimos. Emma Stone is back with director Yorgos Lanthimos for “Kinds of Kindness,” the movie they shot in secret in New Orleans in fall 2022. Stone won the Best Actress Oscar this year for Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” which was in post-production and readying for fall festivals by the time “Kinds of Kindness” had wrapped. Watch the latest trailer for the “Kinds of Kindness,” which was just confirmed to premiere in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, below. Along with Stone, the triptych film from Lanthimos stars Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, and Hunter Schafer. Searchlight Pictures’ previously announced June 21 release date for “Kinds of Kindness” was the writing on the walls that the film would show up in Cannes competition — Lanthimos’ first at-bat on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” Related Stories Kinds of Kindness New Trailer: Emma Stone Dances for Yorgos Lanthimos Stephen Colbert Once Laughed So Hard at ‘Tropic Thunder’ His Wife Thought He Was Dying The 10 Best Teen Rebellion Movies The 10 Best Teen Rebellion Films: ‘Pump Up the Volume,’ ‘Heathers,’ and More Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie also star in the film that converges three storylines and has a “Pulp Fiction” sort of vibe given the first teaser released at the end of March, not long after Emma Stone took home her Best Actress Oscar. Unlike the far-out worlds of “Poor Things” and the 18th-century setting of “The Favourite,” “Kinds of Kindness” is set in contemporary times, with the actors all playing multiple roles across the storylines. Lanthimos wrote the script with Efthimis Filippou, the co-scribe of “Dogtooth,” “The Lobster,” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” among others. The filmmaker has most recently worked with screenwriter Tony McNamara on the films “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.” “Kinds of Kindness” is Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos’ eighth feature overall and his third with Stone after “Poor Things” and “The Favourite,” which earned the “The Curse” star a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. She next teams with another boundary-pushing director, Ari Aster, for A24’s “Eddington.” Hot off their “Poor Things” collaboration, Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos and best actress winner Emma Stone already have their next film ready to go. Searchlight has released the trailer for Lanthimos’ new film “Kinds of Kindness,” set for release on June 21. The rest of the cast includes Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, both of whom were in “Poor Things,” in addition to Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer. Alwyn previously worked with Stone and Lanthimos on the 2018 period film “The Favourite.” Lanthimos co-wrote the script for “Kinds of Kindness” alongside Efthimis Filippou, with whom he previously collaborated with on his films “The Lobster,” “Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “Dogtooth.” According to its official synopsis, “Kinds of Kindness” is a “triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.” Popular on Variety “Kinds of Kindness” follows the success of “Poor Things,” which won four Oscars. Stone starred as Bella Baxter, a Victorian-era woman who committed suicide and is brought back to life with the brain of her unborn baby. The fantastical period film, which traverses many countries and explores themes of female autonomy, won Academy Awards for best production design, costume design hair and makeup and best actress. The film was nominated for a total of 11 Oscars, including best picture. Stone and Lanthimos’ first feature collaboration “The Favourite” was set in 18th-century England and starred Stone and Rachel Weisz as cousins competing for the attention of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman); the film received 10 Oscar nominations. Stone and Lanthimos’ other collaborations include the 2022 silent short film “Bleat.” “Kinds of Kindness” was filmed in New Orleans in late 2022. Watch the trailer below. The first trailer for the Yorgos Lanthimos movie Kinds of Kindness has been revealed. Kinds of Kindness is set for release on June 21. While the teaser trailer gives a hint at what's to come for Kinds of Kindness, there are still a lot of secrets to be revealed. The first trailer for Kinds of Kindness has been released, revealing Yorgos Lanthimos' mysterious follow-up to last year's Poor Things. The ensemble film will reunite Lanthimos with Emma Stone for the third time after the star won Best Actress for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things. Kinds of Kindness also stars Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Hunter Schafer, and Mamoudou Athie. The secrets behind Kinds of Kindness have been partially revealed now that Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for the film. The brief teaser begins with the voice of Stone saying “this is it, the moment of truth” as a car whips down the street. Set to the song “Sweet Things,” the scene then cuts to reveal more of the main characters, in snippets that hint at interpersonal drama, getaway cars, and potential death. Kind of Kindness Is Mysterious, Yet So Enticing The trailer for Kinds of Kindness reveals very little as to the plot of the film. The trailer’s description cites the film as a “triptych fable.” These three parts consist of: 1) a man trying to take control over his own life, 2) a policeman who is alarmed at the changes his once-missing wife has undergone and 3) a woman determined to find someone with a special ability. Exactly how these plot points will (or will not) interact with each other during Kinds of Kindness is yet to be determined. Even though a lot remains dubious about Kinds of Kindness, there are many reasons to be excited about the film. Stone has just come off a Best Actress win for her stunning work in Lanthimos’ Poor Things. The director-actor duo are now a dynamic pairing, having worked together on several different projects. Poor Things also featured both Dafoe and Qualley, making Kinds of Kindness a grand reunion for the three actors, boding well for the chemistry in the film. Daisy-Edgar-Jones-as-Marianne-from-Normal-People-(2020)-&-Anya-Taylor-Joy-as-Beth-Harmon-from-The-Queen's-Gambit-&-Amy-Adams-as-Louise-Banks-from-Arrival RELATED 10 Actresses We Want To See In Yorgos Lanthimos’ Next Movie Yorgos Lanthimos has proven himself as a director who uplifts female voices, and these actresses would make great additions to upcoming movies. The Kinds of Kindness trailer seems to indicate that there will be an action element to the film. If Lanthimos knows how to do anything, though, it is how to consistently defy the boundaries of genre. Poor Things is both costume drama and science-fiction, and The Lobster is dystopian fiction and dark comedy. Especially with its triptych-style storytelling, Kinds of Kindness will likely fit well with the idiosyncratic Lanthimos filmography. Source: Searchlight Pictures Kinds of Kindness (2024) Comedy Drama Kinds of Kindness is a 2024 comedy-drama film by writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos. Split across segments, Kinds of Kindness tells the stories of a man trying to reclaim his destiny, a police officer whose wife returns after being lost at sea only to seem like a different person, and a woman tasked with finding a future spiritual leader. Director Yorgos Lanthimos Release Date June 21, 2024 Studio(s) Film4 , Element Pictures , TSG Entertainment Distributor(s) Searchlight Pictures Writers Yorgos Lanthimos Efthimis Filippou Cast Emma Stone , Jesse Plemons , Willem Dafoe , Margaret Qualley , Hong Chau , Joe Alwyn , Mamoudou Athie , Hunter Schafer

BABES Trailer (2024) Michelle Buteau, Ilana Glazer BABES Trailer (2024) Michelle Buteau, Ilana Glazer, Comedy © 2024 - NEON Neon has dropped a trailer for Pamela Adlon’s (Better Things) feature directorial debut comedy Babes. From co-writers Ilana Glazer (Broad City) and Josh Rabinowitz and starring Glazer, Michelle Buteau and Hasan Minhaj, Babes centers on the bonds of friendship and the messy, unpredictable challenges of adulthood and becoming a parent. The film follows inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Glazer) and Dawn (Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree and single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. Babes delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears, and labor pains. Related Stories Hunter Schafer in 'Cuckoo' Neon Inks Strategic Partnership With Waypoint Entertainment For Indie Film Slate Immaculate 'Immaculate' Review: Sydney Sweeney-Led Religious Horror Movie Overshadowed By Overplayed Tropes - SXSW Adlon and Louis C.K created Better Things for FX, and earned Emmy nominations for Adlon playing a divorced actress who raises her three daughters on her own. The series ran for five seasons and concluded in 2022. Glazer is best known for co-creating, showrunning, directing and starring in Broad City, the Comedy Central show she co-created with Abbi Jacobson that ran for five seasons about two Jewish American women in their 20s and their adventures in New York City. Babes is produced by Glazer, Josh Rabinowitz, Susie Fox, Ashley Fox and Breean Pojunas. The U.S. deal was made by FilmNation Entertainment, Range Media Partners and CAA Media Finance. International sales are being done by FilmNation. Check out the trailer above. As Mashable's Kristy Puchko points out, Babes, a forthcoming film by Better Things' Pamela Adlon, is helmed by "a trio of badass comediennes." Adlon, who makes her feature directorial debut, enlisted Survival of the Thickest's Michelle Buteau and Broad City's Ilana Glazer for her film about childhood best friends navigating adulthood and motherhood. The comedy, co-written by Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz, is the latest in the female friendship genre, and seems poised to entertain. Dawn (Buteau) and Eden (Glazer) have been with each other through it all: career ups-and-downs, marriage, babies, the works. When Eden discovers that she's pregnant after a one-night-stand, their friendship becomes more important than ever. Babes opens in theaters May 17. Neon has released an official trailer for Pamela Adlon‘s directorial debut “Babes,” a comedy starring Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau. “Babes” follows childhood best friends Eden (Glazer) and Dawn (Buteau) as Eden becomes pregnant after a one night stand and leans on Dawn to guide her through her pregnancy and beyond. While Dawn navigates motherhood and raising her second child with her husband (Hasan Minaj), she and Eden explore their vastly different adulthoods with one another. Glazer, the co-creator and star of Comedy Central’s sitcom “Broad City,” co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Rabinowitz. She also produced the movie. The film, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last month, is set to release on May 17. Watch the trailer below. Popular on Variety Black Comedy Thriller ‘Anywhere’ Begins Production in Oklahoma Adam Seidel’s upcoming black comedy thriller “Anywhere” has commenced production in Oklahoma. The film’s description reads, “A lonesome roughneck commits a hasty and brutal crime after discovering his scumbag brother is planning to run off with his unfaithful wife, upending the only life he’s ever known.” The cast includes Hayley McFarland, Joshua Burge, Sean Gunn, Ryan Francis, Jonathan Lipnicki, Annie Funke and Mary Buss. Producers include Jacob Ryan Snovel, Kyle Kauwika Harris, Nicholas Clement, and Maddison Bullock for SafeHouse Films. (Clement is a Variety contributor). Seidel, who is also a playwright, penned the script for “Anywhere.” His off-Broadway plays include “Catch the Butcher,” “Original Sound” and “Williston.” His first screenplay was the sci-fi indie film “Alien Intervention.” Palm Springs International Film Society Announces Film Awards and Festival Dates The Palm Springs International Film Society announced its 2025 Film Awards will take place on Friday, Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled for Jan. 2-13. The Film Society aims to celebrate a range of global films and cultivate and promote the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness through the PSIFF. Nearly all of the honorees at this year’s festival went on to receive Academy Award Nominations including Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Cillian Murphy, Carey Mulligan, Colman Domingo, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and more. Sundance CDMX 2024 By Cinépolis Reveals Official Lineup for First Mexico City Edition The Sundance Institute and Cinépolis, the premiere theater company of Mexico and Latin America, have announced their program comprised of 12 features and six Mexican short films for the inaugural edition of the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024. The event will take place in Mexico City April 25-28 with screenings at Cinépolis Diana, Cinépolis VIP Miyana, Cinépolis VIP Perisur, Cinépolis VIP Mitikah and Cinépolis VIP Satélite. “The selection of feature films we’ve invited to this first Sundance Film Festival CDMX is a bold, exciting group of discoveries from the Sundance Film Festival,” said Eugene Hernandez, director of Sundance Film Festival and public programming. “We know that Mexico City audiences will be moved, inspired, and entertained by the originality and creativity coming from a visionary group of new filmmakers. We can’t wait to gather together in Cinépolis cinemas next month to celebrate independent cinema – we hope to see you there!” Feature films planned for the festival include “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Your Monster,” Oscar winner “20 Days in Mariupol” and “In The Summers,” which won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Festival. “Chica de Fábrica,” “Motociclista no le Cabe la Felicidad en su Traje” and “La Odisea Espeleológica de Sócrates” are among the short films set to screen. “The Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 goes beyond a showcase of films; it is a gathering point for creativity, innovation, and exploration in the world of independent cinema,” added Alejandro Ramírez, Cinépolis CEO. “We are thrilled to bring this celebration of cinema to Mexico City and to provide a platform for filmmakers and audiences to engage in meaningful conversations about the power of film to inspire, educate, and transform.” Freestyle Digital Media Acquires North American VOD Rights for ‘Pratfall’ Freestyle Digital Media, a division of Allen Media Group, acquired the North American VOD rights to the feature “Pratfall.” The film will screen for one week at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles beginning April 26, the same day it becomes available to rent/own on VOD platforms. “Pratfall” is directed by Alex Andre and stars Joshua Burge. The film’s description reads, in part, “’Pratfall’ centers around Eli, a deeply troubled New Yorker grappling with a devastating loss. His life becomes an unending cycle of sleepless nights, relentless self-conversation, and a diet of coffee and hot dogs. Eli’s daily routine is disrupted when he crosses paths with Joelle, a captivating yet down-on-her-luck French tourist.” “Pratfall is a darkly comedic and tragic exploration of loss, loneliness and the profound longing for connection to which we can all relate,” said Andre. “The juxtaposition of our two lead characters, Eli and Joelle, both stunningly portrayed by Joshua Burge and Chloé Groussard, allows us to venture into the raw corners of the human psyche against the beautifully frenetic backdrop of New York City.” Watch the trailer below. Mikaël Damant-Sirois Named Vice President of Operations for Pitch Black Mikaël Damant-Sirois has been named vice president of operations for Pitch Black, the parent company of visual effects studios FuseFX, FOLKS, Rising Sun Pictures and El Ranchito. Damont-Sirois most recently served as vice president of creative operations at Rodeo FX. He has held a myriad of positions in his nearly twenty-year career, moving up from the position of classical generalist artist. His previous senior roles include CG supervisor, head of CG and head of operations. Some of the titles he’s worked on include “Lord of the Rings,” “John Wick: Chapter 4,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Fantastic Beasts.” Sébastien Bergeron, CEO of Pitch Black, said, “Mikaël’s track record in a fast-paced creative environment is second to none. He is a valuable addition to our world-class executive team, supporting our brands’ success and continuing the evolution of our global creative capability.” Carlos López Estrada’s Antigravity Academy Announces Screenwriters Camp Fellows Oscar-nominated filmmaker Carlos López Estrada and his production banner Antigravity Academy have announced the inaugural class of fellows for its Screenwriters Camp. The incubator program, which Variety exclusively announced last year, is designed to develop and package features from first-time emerging filmmakers. More than 700 filmmakers applied for the program and the six selected fellows are: A.J. Riggins (“Look at Toine”), Alexandra Qin (“Thirstygirl”), Andrés Pérez-Duarte (“The Last Supper”), Carrie Carusone (“Somebody Said Nobody”), Jay Pendarvis Jr. (“Brother’s Keeper”) and SM Goldberger (“Your Heart is a Hummingbird”). Loglines for the films are as follows: “Look at Toine”: In rural North Carolina’s sweltering summer of 2004, Toine, a short-tempered teen, prays for a life beyond the volatile shadow of his family. After a surprising escape from the domestic tension, he embarks on a transformative journey, where unexpected encounters and challenges redefine his understanding of forgiveness, family, and what it means to be a man. “Thirstygirl” – When her estranged alcoholic sister lands in the hospital after a relapse, Charlie reluctantly agrees to drive her from New York to a rehab in Kentucky. But she must deal with a secret addiction of her own along the way. “The Last Supper”: In a close-knit, devout Mexican-American coastal town, a young baker prays away her homosexuality to secure her place within a prominent local family. However, when her prayer for change backfires, it causes a bizarre twist of fate as everyone’s sexual orientation is reversed overnight—plunging the community into a state of bewildering chaos. “Somebody Said Nobody”: Four forgotten girls decide to squat in abandoned homes of the Floridian boonies while grappling with sexuality, survival, and the ways of the south. “Brother’s Keeper”: Fueled by a thirst for vengeance after his brother’s tragic death in a gang-related shooting, a determined young man’s quest takes an unexpected turn when his departed sibling returns for a fleeting day, offering a unique opportunity for closure and redemption. “Your Heart is a Hummingbird”: When successful adult film star Rebekah Rosenberg – aka Bex Bacall – learns her mother has cancer, the life she’s built in LA becomes intertwined with the life she left behind back home. Forced to confront how the girl she used to be fits into the life of the woman she has become, Rebekah realizes the power in grief and the importance of chosen family. The Screenwriters Camp is being run by Abiram Brizuela, former director of artist community at the Sundance Institute, with López Estrada serving as artistic director, and backed by independent film financier and Unapologetic Projects co-CEO Chris Quintos Cathcart. “The undeniable talent and creativity displayed in the hundreds of applications we read confirms that more programs like this are desperately needed,” stated López Estrada and Brizuela announcing the inaugural class. “Only by empowering these early-career filmmakers will our industry truly change for good. We are extremely honored to support these six filmmakers in bringing their films to life and are working tirelessly to create more initiatives to reach even more emerging artists.” The Screenwriters Camp begins with a weeklong intensive, running from May 24-29, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., followed by five monthly virtual workshops and a month of “industry exposure.” Upon completion of the program, participants will have a new draft of their screenplay, a first-look deal for production financing from Unapologetic Projects and Antigravity’s commitment to help bring the projects to market. Golden Globes: Key Dates Announced The 82nd Golden Globe Awards will air on Sunday, Jan. 5 on CBS, the organization announced on Tuesday. The nominations will be announced on Monday, Dec. 9. USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Ganek Immersive Studio Launches Immersive Showcase USC School of Cinematic Arts has set a special showcase to demonstrate the groundbreaking VR, XR and AR projects emerging from the state of the art studio. SCA associate professor and studio director Jordan Halsey announced plans for the special event, which will take place on Thurs., April 4 and will feature a slate of projects in various stages of production and development. “We take immense pride in presenting the innovative work underway at the studio. The selected projects underscore the bleeding edge and imaginative efforts of our talented students, poised to profoundly impact and shape the future of immersive storytelling and experiences,” states Halsey. “At SCA, our primary goal has always been exceptional storytelling and our students continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible by leveraging the technology available and expanding their creative abilities to transport us into uncharted realms.” The Ganek Immersive Studio is the first of its kind at the university level and commenced operations in the fall of 2022, thanks to the support of David and Danielle Ganek and the Ganek Family Foundation. Adds David Granek: “Seeing the School of Cinematic Arts come to life through these projects and the brilliant storytellers behind them continues to inspire and influence the limitless possibilities of the immersive experience. We look forward to the groundbreaking work that will play a role in the film industry for years to come.” What if Ilana from “Broad City” was pregnant? If you want to find out, watch the trailer for “Babes,” which Neon released on Thursday. In the comedy film, which Ilana Glazer wrote with Josh Rabinowitz, the “Broad City” alum plays Eden, a proudly single, thirtysomething New Yorker who gets pregnant from a one-night stand and decides to keep the baby. She relies on her best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau), a married mother of two, for help. It’s going to be a very challenging process, and not even Dawn is sure Eden will be able to pull it off. The humor seems like a more grown-up version of the chaotic whimsy Glazer brought to “Broad City,” her beloved Comedy Central sitcom. “Babes” is directed by “Better Things” creator Pamela Adlon in her feature directorial debut. The cast also includes Hasan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch, Stephan James, Oliver Platt, the Lucas brothers, and Sandra Bernhard. The film premiered in March at South by Southwest, where it earned positive reviews from critics. It currently has a 100% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. “Even more than the gloriously gross-out stuff, designed for big laughs and OMG body-horror reactions, it’s the blunt, unfiltered way they treat the ties that bind these two women that sticks with you,” Rolling Stone’s David Fear wrote in his review of the film from SXSW. It’s Glazer’s second film about pregnancy, following the 2021 horror movie “False Positive.” “Babes” opens in theaters on May 17. PREDICT the 2024 Emmy nominees through July 17 Make your predictions at Gold Derby now. Download our free and easy app for Apple/iPhone devices or Android (Google Play) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. See our latest prediction champs. Can you top our esteemed leaderboards next? Always remember to keep your predictions updated because they impact our latest racetrack odds, which terrify Hollywood chiefs and stars. Don’t miss the fun. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our famous forums where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Everybody wants to know: What do you think? Who do you predict and why? “Babes,” a new comedy about the highs and lows of pregnancy and early motherhood, received a boisterous welcome at its SXSW premiere on Saturday. The audience frequently broke into sustained waves of laughter as they watched BFFs Eden (Ilana Glazer, who also co-wrote and produced) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) contend with how Dawn’s second child and Eden’s unexpected pregnancy upend their lifelong, so-close-they-send-each-other-photos-of-their-poops friendship. At the post-screening Q&A, Glazer — also joined by director Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”) and co-writer Josh Rabinowitz — explained that producer Susie Fox, while showering, had a vision of making a movie about how she and so many people she knew (including Glazer and Rabinowitz) were either impending or new parents. “We found that we were really interested in how it changed our friendships,” Glazer said. “That was the way we started organizing all the ideas.” Popular on Variety Adlon, who is making her feature directing debut with “Babes,” said she was “moved” by the resulting script, fascinated by its depiction of “how friendships change and morph. Somebody gets a partner and somebody gets a kid, and maybe another kid, and somebody doesn’t have that yet.” “I’m floating more towards the female direction in terms of the worlds that I’m interested in,” Adlon added. She was particularly taken with the extended sequence dramatizing how Eden and her baby’s father, Claude (Stephan James), meet on the subway and awkwardly joke about their interest in the “feels” of unprotected sex before they eventually sleep together. “It’s a scene about consent,” Adlon said. “I want my kids to see that. I think this movie is for all ages. I know we’re in Texas, but Texas is big.” Adlon was also keen to embrace the “raw” nature of pregnancy. In the film’s opening sequence, for example, Dawn asks Eden to look under her dress to see whether she is, indeed, in labor. “You see all of this raw stuff in men’s comedies,” Adlon said. “We weren’t trying to be salacious, but it’s really important because we laugh so much as women.” The film also involves a fair amount of improvisation, especially between its two leads. But Buteau was also quick to credit the creative work that Adlon, Glazer and Rabinowitz did to create a solid narrative foundation in which to play. “These two writing a fantastic fucking script, this one directing her ass off. I felt like Beyonce and Usher at a Super Bowl,” she said. Asked what the vibe was like on the set, Buteau smiled. “You know spirit week at daycare, where every day, it’s like crazy pajama day, crazy hat day?” she said, to another wave of laughter. “That’s what it was.”

THE ABSENCE OF EDEN Trailer (2024) Zoe Saldana THE ABSENCE OF EDEN Trailer (2024) Zoe Saldana, Garrett Hedlund, Thriller © 2024 - Roadside "Your crops, your children, your future. We make it all grow. And what do you do…?" Roadside Attractions has revealed an official trailer for an indie border drama titled The Absence of Eden, made by filmmaker Marco Perego. This premiered at a few festivals last year including the Newport Beach Film Festival and is now set for a US release in limited theaters this April. The Absence of Eden traces the sprawling romance of a man and a woman whose love for each other struggles to prevail amid the divisiveness of life on America’s southern border. The film explores the humanity of immigration and the fragility of life as an immigration agent unknowingly dooms a former lover and a woman struggles to escape her past. Zoe Saldana stars as a woman who flees across the border, and helps protect a young girl. The cast includes Garrett Hedlund, Adria Arjona, Tom Waits, and Chris Coy. As vitally important as it is to tell stories about what's really happening on the US-Mexico border, this doesn't seem like the kind of film that will change anyone's mind. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Marco Perego's The Absence of Eden, direct from YouTube: The Absence of Eden Poster Marco Perego's film The Absence of Eden takes place at the border between the United States and Mexico – a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, many desperate immigrants, and refugees. When Esmee (Zoe Saldaña), a young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico, is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense that results in the death of a cartel member, she must flee her homeland to find sanctuary in the United States. Guided by a ruthless Coyote and a group of undocumented immigrants, she befriends a young mother and her daughter along the way. Before crossing the border, the mother is taken from the group, and Esmee promises to protect her daughter and help them reunite in America, touching off an interlocking story about the people struggling to survive on America’s border with Mexico. The Absence of Eden is directed by Italian indie filmmaker Marco Perego, making his feature directorial debut with this film after producing a few other projects previously. The screenplay is also written by Marco Perego along with Rick Rapoza. It's produced by Karl Herrmann, Robert Kravis, Alexandra Milchan, Marco Perego, Zoe Saldana, Julie Yorn, and Rick Yorn. This initially premiered at the 2023 Taormina Film Fest last year, and at the 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival. Roadside Attractions will debut Perego's The Absence of Eden in select US theaters starting April 12th, 2024 coming up this spring. Anyone interested in this film? Two parallel but inevitably intersecting stories make up Italian-born director Marco Perego‘s debut feature “The Absence of Eden,” a strikingly shot and superbly acted immigration drama. But for all its commendable on-screen elements, it’s the screenplay that Perego co-wrote with Rick Rapoza that falls short, traversing overly familiar and rather sordid tropes related to a divisive political issue. While the actors — led by Zoe Saldaña, who is also married to the director — give powerful portrayals that challenge the country’s anti-immigrant climate, but there’s little in the way of thematic novelty here. New ICE Agent Shipp (Garrett Hedlund), whose estranged father often leaves voice messages he never hears, has just moved to an unnamed border town. Though Shipp’s decision to join this line of work doesn’t stem from a strong ideological stance, his partner and friend Dobbins (Chris Coy) tries to instill in him a dehumanizing “us against them” mentality. As he settles into the dangers and moral conundrums of the job, it’s his romance with Yadira (Adria Arjona), a single mother of Mexican descent, that complicates matters. On the other side of the fence, Esmeralda (Saldaña), an exotic dancer forced to flee her hometown after a violent encounter with a client, embarks on the dangerous desert-crossing journey into the United States. Along the way, she becomes the de facto guardian for a young girl left alone. Once they arrive, Esmeralda agrees to take on an illicit job the smugglers offer her in order to preserve her safety and that of the child. In a mostly Spanish-language role, Saldaña convincingly communicates the perpetual distress of the experience, her facial expressions bearing a muted anguish. It’s a welcome display of vulnerability from a star best known for big-budget Hollywood outings. Perego demonstrates a strong cinematic voice through the film’s dreamlike atmosphere, evoking the characters’ sentiments instead of presenting them didactically. This ethereal, not-of-this-world mood is in major part the work of Argentine cinematographer Javier Julia (“Argentina, 1985”). With sumptuous interplay of composition, light, and delicate camera movement, Julia takes his time introducing us to new environments. While “Absence of Eden” lacks narrative originality, it often dazzles visually. Within this thoughtfully conceived milieu, Hedlund’s sorrowful stoicism commands attention. Shipp rarely speaks, and his guarded demeanor only breaks in the presence of Yadira. He hasn’t yet been corrupted by the agency’s toxic culture, so the film doesn’t need to humanize him, yet it does map his transition into becoming more like Dobbins. Perego has an affinity for moments showing his characters at their breaking point. A hard-to-stomach scene sees Saldaña’s Esmeralda screaming in desperation without making a sound — a prisoner trapped in a dreadful no-win arrangement. Another captures Yadira in tears, pleading to Shipp when her true identity is revealed. The actors’ performances in such moments elevate the piece. From the supporting players who aren’t first-language Spanish speakers, some dialogue sounds stilted in comparison to Saldaña and Arjona’s more natural fluidity. Given how many of these secondary characters are meant to be native speakers, this is a misstep that goes against the movie’s presumed desire for authenticity. That may go unnoticed by most American viewers, but the presence of drugs, human trafficking, and plenty of stereotypical Latino bad hombres will be recognizable to them, based on other projects set in this region. Still, Perego lands other meaningful points about the rampant xenophobia that fuels the immigration discourse. A scene halfway through, as Shipp’s relationship with Yadira deepens, shows Dobbins’ biases as standard for those in his department. When Dobbins hears Yadira speak Spanish at a Mexican restaurant, he instinctively questions where she was born, claiming it’s for the sake of getting to know her. Near the end of this downhearted saga, Esmeralda gives a speech, explanatory despite its poetic language, about the mistreatment of her people in this country — her fury even more palpable in her delivery than in the words themselves. By the time this conclusion arrives, the film’s threads don’t feel fully processed. But it’s highlights like this that give “The Absence of Eden” enough panache to serve as a strong calling card for Perego. Immigration has often been a topic that sparks strong emotions around the globe, and it is an especially hot topic this election season, particularly when you have a U.S. presidential candidate characterizing undocumented immigrants not as “human” but rather as “animals” and using phrases such as “they are poisoning the blood of our country” at campaign rallies. Now seems to be a perfect time for a powerful new film, The Absence of Eden, to perhaps help lower the temperature and show the human side of those trying to cross the border into a new and hopefully better life. None other than Martin Scorsese has lent his name to this film by signing on as an executive producer, and it represents the first feature for artist and producer Marco Perego who also happens to be the husband of the film’s star Zoe Saldaña. Perego says it was all inspired by a sculpture he did in 2017. For that one he filled 714 shoes with concrete to represent children fleeing from Syria to Italy. Related Stories The Absence of Eden movie Zoe Saldana, Marco Perego & Their Producers On Why The Couple’s First Screen Duet ‘The Absence Of Eden’ Is Such A Gut Punch – Taormina Studio From Scratch. Zoe Saldana 20 Questions On Deadline Podcast: Zoe Saldana On ‘From Scratch’, Upcoming ‘Lioness’ & “Exploring Colonization” In ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ The Absence of Eden is set at the U.S.-Mexico border and actually deals with an undocumented immigrant named Esmee (Saldaña), working as a private dancer who finds herself in deep trouble after killing a drug cartel member in the club where she works and who had tried to rape her. This leads to her getting involved with a shady coyote providing travel across the border for immigrants unable to flee any other way. When she meets a mother travelling with her daughter things get worse as their caravan is stopped and the daughter, Alma (Maeve Garay), is separated from her mother who pleads with Esmee to take care of her as the desperate woman is carted away by cartel members. Esmee promises she will make sure they are reunited in America. A parallel story deals with a morally conflicted ICE agent, Shipp (Garrett Hedlund), who clearly has issues with the demands of his job and is also, as it turns out, romantically involved with Yadira (Adria Arjona), who is living a life near the border but perhaps hiding a secret of her own. Their relationship plays out as he goes about a daily life that exposes the inhumanity involved, even as his partner, Dobbins (Chris Coy), has another view of things as he looks at these people with far less compassion. Perego, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Rapoza, structures the story by going back and forth between these two characters and the shadow of the cartel hanging over everything in this explosive scenario, especially when Esmee herself is separated from Alma, helpless to protect her even as her own life continues to be in danger. While the film packs plenty of action and moves swiftly, the emphasis here is on humanity, and showing that these people caught up in harrowing circumstances are people just like us; Perego is clearly dedicated to never letting the focus change from that. He is helped greatly by a terrific cast including Saldaña who brings grace and grit to Esmee. Also impressive is Arjona, who skillfully plays the contradictions of a character who slowly reveals herself. Hedlund, morose for much of the film, is also very fine as a man uncomfortable with his job and himself. The film is in fact dedicated to Saldaña’s late maternal grandmother, who immigrated from the Dominican Republic in the 1960s. Producers are Julie Yorn, Perego, Robert Kravis, Karl Herrmann and Alexandra Milchan. Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have teamed up on the release. Title: The Absence of Eden Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment Release date: April 12, 2024 Director: Marco Perego Screenwriters: Marco Perego and Rick Rapoza Cast: Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund, Adria Arjona, Chris Coy, Sophia Hammons, Noah Ziggy James, Maeve Garay Rating: R Running time: 1 hr 37 min The Absence of Eden follows Zoe Saldaña's character on the run, showcasing themes of humanity and survival in a thrilling storyline. Set on the US-Mexico border, the movie explores the harsh reality faced by undocumented immigrants and refugees, offering a poignant commentary. With a talented team behind it, including Zoe Saldaña and Garrett Hedlund, The Absence of Eden promises an intense and emotional cinematic experience. Zoe Saldaña is on the run in the new trailer of the upcoming feature The Absence of Eden. The movie marks the directorial debut of the actor’s husband Marco Perego, and revolves around themes of humanity and survival. The clip sees her as a private dancer who accidentally kills a mob boss and then goes on a run to protect herself and joins a group of undocumented immigrants going to America. The feature looks very thrilling and is unafraid to pull its punches and Saldaña seems to carry the movie high on emotions like a bonafide star. The Absence of Eden is set in the backdrop of the border between the United States and Mexico. It’s a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, desperate immigrants, and refugees, all alike. The movie follows a young woman, Esmee (Saldaña), working as a private dancer in Mexico, when she is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense, she has no option left but to run to America for safety. On this journey, guided by a ruthless Coyote, she befriends a young mother and her daughter, but things take a turn when before crossing the border, the mother is taken from the group, and Esmee promises to protect her daughter and help them reunite again in America. The Team Behind ‘The Absence of Eden’ The feature is billed as an “interlocking story about people struggling to survive on America’s border with Mexico,” which makes a good commentary on the geopolitics of the region. Perego, who also produces, co-wrote the feature with scribe Rick Rapoza. The themes of the movie look quite intense as it takes a good look at humanity and survival instinct through the lens of undocumented immigrants. Saldaña is coming fresh off the success of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, which marked the end of the trilogy of MCU’s favorite band of misfits. She recently appeared in films like James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water, which blew away the audience again as well as the TV series Special Ops: Lioness, a Taylor Sheridan thriller, that was well-loved by fans and critics, alike. She’s supported in the cast by Garrett Hedlund, whose credits include Unbroken, Mudbound, Triple Frontier, The Marsh King's Daughter and more. The feature is executive produced by Martin Scorsese while Saldaña, Karl Herrmann, Robert Kravis, Alexandra Milchan, Perego, Julie Yorn, and Rick Yorn serves as producers. The Absence of Eden will premiere this April. You can check out the new trailer above.

OUTER RANGE Season 2 Trailer (2024) Imogen Poots, Josh Brolin OUTER RANGE Season 2 Trailer (2024) Imogen Poots, Josh Brolin, Thriller Series © 2024 - Prime Video Prime Video has released the official trailer for the second season of Outer Range, the Josh Brolin starrer that follows a rancher who discovers an unfathomable phenomenon at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness. Returning May 16, Outer Range will go deeper into the mystery surrounding the enigmatic void on the west pasture of the Abbott family ranch, as Royal (Brolin) and his wife Cecelia (Lili Taylor) struggle to keep their family together in the aftermath of their granddaughter’s sudden disappearance. The stakes have never been higher for the Abbotts, who now face threats on multiple fronts. Season 2 propels the characters deeper into the void with profound and unforeseen circumstances that could shake the very foundations of time itself. Related Stories 2024 TV premiere dates 2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming 'Outer Range' Season 2 trailer Josh Brolin Poses Nude To Say Season 2 Of Prime Video’s ‘Outer Range’ Is “Taking Things In A Different Direction” Season 2 is led by showrunner and executive producer Charles Murray, with all seven episodes dropping on May 16. Brolin will make his directorial debut with Season 2’s penultimate episode. The cast also includes Imogen Poots, Tamara Podemski, Lewis Pullman, Tom Pelphrey, Noah Reid, Shaun Sipos, Isabel Arraiza, Olive Abercrombie and Will Patton. Outer Range comes from executive producers Charles Murray, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ernest McNealey, Brolin, Tony Krantz, Heather Rae and Jon Paré. The mysterious hole at the center of Amazon’s Outer Range was something to fear when the sci-fi / western drama first debuted. But the show’s new season 2 trailer makes it seem like the gaping chasm might wind up answering all of the Abbott family’s prayers. Outer Range’s first season came to a close with Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) gaining an even deeper understanding of what the bottomless pit on his farm is and realizing how — terrifying as the thing may be — it could actually help him reunite his fractured family. It was because of the hole that Royal was able to piece together who Autumn (Imogen Poots) truly is, and Outer Range’s new trailer suggests that season 2 will see the duo’s relationship change as the Abbotts begin searching in earnest for Amy (Olive Abercrombie), who disappeared in the last season finale. The trailer makes it hard to tell whether people other than Royal and Autumn have any idea what happened to Amy or where (or when) exactly the young girl might have gone. But from the way Celia (Lili Taylor) is willing to hear them out about their theory that the hole is a kind of portal through time and space, it feels like Outer Range’s second season is going to lean even heavier into its intriguing sci-fi elements when it premieres on May 16th. Outer Range season 2, set in Wyoming, continues the sci-fi neo-Western story of the Abbott family and their encounter with a mysterious black void. Outer Range season 2 will return on May 16, 2024. With a returning cast including Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, and Lewis Pullman, Outer Range season 2 is highly anticipated on Amazon Prime Video. Outer Range season 2 is coming to Amazon Prime Video, and there are already several hints at what’s next for the Josh Brolin sci-fi neo-Western. Set in Wyoming, Outer Range follows ranching family, the Abbotts, headed by household patriarch Royal (Brolin). Often described as Yellowstone meets Black Mirror, the neo-Western setting of Outer Range takes a huge sci-fi turn when a mysterious black void appears on the Abbot’s ranch. Created by Brian Watkins, the first chapter of the show was a hit for Amazon Prime Video in 2022, and it set the stage for Outer Range season 2. The finale of the first season was explosive and left more than its share of cliffhangers, meaning there’s intense speculation on what’s next for Outer Range when the second season arrives. The mystery of the void in Outer Range has started to unravel, although the time-travel-related answers it provides only create further questions — especially when it comes to Autumn and her connection to Amy Abbott, Royal’s missing granddaughter. Outer Range season 2 is already one of the most anticipated returning shows on Amazon Prime Video. STREAM ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO Most Recent Outer Range Season 2 News A Trailer Is Revealed With the sophomore season's debut coming closer and closer, the latest news sees a full trailer for Outer Range season 2 released by Amazon Prime Video. The teaser, narrated by Josh Brolin's Royal, expounds upon the mysteries of life and more specifically the mysterious void which appeared on the Abbott's land in season 1. Promising even more action than its predecessor, the trailer sees the world begin to unravel around the Abbotts as things around the void begin to affect the outside world. The trailer even hints at someone or something else coming through the rift. Outer Range Season 2 Release Date The Sci-Fi Series Returns In May Noah Reid behind the wheel of a truck in Outer Range Though the series first had its release year teased by Amazon Prime Video, followed by its release month, the exact release date was finally revealed in March 2024. Coming sooner than expected, Outer Range season 2 will now premiere on May 16. Like season 1, the second season of Outer Range will premiere all 7 episodes on the same day. Outer Range Season 2 Cast Josh Brolin Leads The Mind-Bending Second Season Autumn (Imogen Poots) talking on the phone and looking worried in Outer Range The cast of Outer Range season 2 will be more-or-less unchanged from the first season. There have been no recast announcements, nor have any of the current stars of the show expressed a desire to leave before the next chapter. The Outer Range season 2 cast will once again be led by Josh Brolin (Deadpool 2) as Royal Abbott, with Lili Taylor (Hemlock Grove) as his wife and Abbott family matriarch Cecilia. Royal and Cecilia’s boys, Perry and Rhett, will be played once again by Tom Pelphrey and Lewis Pullman, respectively. Perry’s wife Rebecca will be played by Kristen Connolly, with missing daughter Amy once more portrayed by Olive Abercrombie. However, the Abbotts aren't the only characters in Outer Range season 2, and the full cast includes: Actor Outer Range Role Josh Brolin Royal Abbott Josh Brolin as Royal talking to someone in Outer Range season 2 Imogen Poots Autumn Imogen Poots in The Art of Self-Defense Lili Taylor Cecilia Abbott Lili Taylor smiles while crossing her arms and looking at something offscreen in There There Olive Abercrombie Amy Abbott Amy looks up while wearing a baseball cap in Outer Range Tom Pelphrey Perry Abbott Tom Pelphrey as Jason Derek Brown in American Murderer Lewis Pullman Rhett Abbott Lewis Pullman in Lessons In Chemistry 107-1 Kristen Connolly Rebecca Abbott Kristen Connolly smiles in House of Cards Tamar Podemski Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk Tamara Podemski as Joy in Outer Range Will Patton Wayne Tillerson Will Patton in Hammer 3 Shaun Sipos Luke Tillerson Shaun Sipos laughing as David O'Donnell in Reacher Noah Reid Billy Tillerson Noah Reid sitting in the kitchen in Baffaloed Outer Range Season 2 Story More Mysteries From The Void Await A composite image of Royal looking on with Autumn bathed in red light in Outer Range season 2Custom Image By SR Image Editor When it comes to secrets, nobody in Outer Range season 2 will have more explaining to do than Josh Brolin’s Royal. The finale of the prior Outer Range season left many cliffhangers, and the plot of Outer Range season 2 promises to be just as mysterious and full of intrigue. The big reveal in season 1 was the nature of the void on the Abbotts' land, which transpires in a rift in time. What’s more, Royal reveals to Perry that he is a time traveler who arrived in the 1960s after falling into the void back in the 1800s. However, the tear in time isn’t a direct link to Royal’s home century, as evidenced by the mastodon that emerged earlier in the season. The other big plot threads for Outer Range season 2 pertain to Amy and Autumn. Autumn is revealed to be a time-traveler from the future and, what’s more, she’s a future version of the missing Amy Abbott. This also ties into the mystery of Perry’s once-missing wife Rebecca, who’s shown up briefly and knows more about the situation than she’s letting on. She seems to have a connection to Amy, and the cult Autumn joins (or possibly even starts) in the future. However, when it comes to secrets, nobody in Outer Range season 2 will have more explaining to do than Josh Brolin’s Royal. Outer Range Season 2 Trailer Catch The Full Trailer For The Prime Video Exclusive Below Josh Brolin as Royal shining a flash light into the darkness in Outer Range In preparation for the show's return in May, Prime Video has released a full-length trailer for Outer Range season 2 that sets up an even more explosive sophomore outing. While Royal muses about the nature of time and the mysteries of the universe, things on the Abbott ranch get more complicated as the void begins to impact the world more and more. The violent actions of the Tillerson clan are put on full display and more time-traveling shenanigans involving Joy take her back to the Old West days. Furthermore, Autumn's connection with the void is teased, even as some mysterious figure is seen crawling from the ground. Outer Range Drama Mystery Thriller Created for Amazon Prime Video, Outer Range is a Sci-Fi and Western television series that began in 2022. The series was created by Brian Watkins and stars both Imogen Poots and Josh Brolin. The premise sees a Wyoming rancher trying to care for his farm and keep his land safe when a strange void shows up in one of his pastures. Cast Shaun Sipos , Lewis Pullman , Isabel Arraiza , Imogen Poots , Tom Pelphrey , Noah Reid , Lili Taylor , Tamara Podemski , Olive Abercrombie , Josh Brolin Release Date April 15, 2022 Seasons 1 Network Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service(s) Amazon Prime Video Outer Range Season 2: Further News & Info Josh Brolin's Outer Range Season 2 Confirmed At Prime Video Outer Range Season 2 Release Year Revealed Outer Range Season 2 Release Window Revealed By Josh Brolin (& It's Sooner Than Expected) Outer Range Season 2 Release Window Revealed By Josh Brolin (& It's Sooner Than Expected) Outer Range Season 2 First Images Revealed As Prime Video Announces Release Date Outer Range Season 2 First Images Revealed As Prime Video Announces Release Date "There's this theory that the fabric of time and space is fluid… That's why I believe is flowing beneath the land…" Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer for the next season of mysterious sci-fi series Outer Range, starring Josh Brolin as a rancher in Wyoming. This series initially launched back in 2022, and we featured the original trailer back then. Now Season 2 of Outer Range is ready to launch streaming on Prime Video in May 2024, featuring one episode directed by Brolin himself. It's about what happens with this rancher discovers a mysterious black void on his land, digging up old secrets and plenty more. "A thrilling fable with hints of wry humor & supernatural mystery, Outer Range examines how we grapple with the unknown." This second season propels its characters deeper into the void with profound and unforeseen circumstances that could shake the very foundations of time itself. Brolin stars with an ensemble including Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, Lewis Pullman, Tom Pelphrey, Noah Reid, Olive Abercrombie, Isabel Arraiza, Shaun Sipos, & Will Patton. Whoa - this an an excellent trailer, got my attention again. There's a whole lot of crazy things going on in here - this might be worth catching up with. Here's the official trailer (+ posters) for Prime Video's series Outer Range - Season 2, from YouTube: Outer Range Series - Season 2 Outer Range Series - Season 2 You can watch the official Season 1 trailer for Brian Watkins' Outer Range right here, for more footage. Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable phenomenon at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness, in the form of a strange dark void. The mystery surrounding the enigmatic void on the west pasture of the Abbott Family ranch deepens in Season Two, as Royal and his wife Cecelia (Taylor) struggle to keep their family together in the aftermath of their granddaughter's sudden disappearance. The stakes have never been higher for the Abbotts, who now face threats on multiple fronts. Outer Range is created and written by Brian Watkins. Featuring eps in this season directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Blackhorse Lowe, Deborah Kampmeier, Josh Brolin, and Catriona McKenzie. Produced by Plan B. Executive produced by Charles Murray, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ernest McNealey, Josh Brolin, Tony Krantz, Heather Rae, Jon Paré. Amazon debuts Outer Range - Season 2 streaming on Prime Video starting May 16th, 2024 this summer. Who's ready for more? Outer Range season 2 trailer hints at answers to void mystery with Oscar nominee Josh Brolin in the lead role. Season 2 promises profound and unforeseen circumstances that shake the foundations of time. The trailer also teases further exploration of the mysterious void, Autumn's backstory, and Royal's dynamic with her. The trailer for Outer Range season 2 dives back into the mystery of the void, hinting at potential answers to the show's central questions. Debuting on Prime Video in April 2022 with Oscar nominee Josh Brolin in the lead role of Royal Abbott, the sci-fi Western focuses on the Abbott family. Still coming to terms with the loss of their daughter-in-law, the Abbotts' lives are changed by the discovery of a mysterious black void on their land. The situation is further complicated by the arrival of the drifter Autumn (Imogen Poots), who proves to know more than what she claims. Outer Range season 2 is set to debut all seven episodes on Thursday, May 16. The new trailer starts with Royal's narration as he pontificates about the creation of man and the nature of time. The preview also teases potential answers about the mysterious hole that has upended the lives of the Abbotts, in addition to furthering the tension between Royal and Autumn. Check it out below: What To Know About Outer Range Season 2 The Sci-Fi Drama Has A New Showrunner The official summary for season 2 promises to take the characters “deeper into the void with profound and unforeseen circumstances that could shake the very foundations of time itself.” Although plot specifics are not mentioned, the upcoming episodes arrive with several unanswered questions. In the Outer Range season 1 finale, Autumn's identity is uncovered. She's revealed to be Amy, the granddaughter of Royal, from the future. It's further explained that, at some point, Amy grew interested in the black void's history and its ability to time travel. Making the situation more complicated, Autumn becomes obsessed with the Void and seemingly puts Royal's life at risk as a result. This is mentioned in the latest trailer, which underlines the attention to further explore Royal's dynamic with Autumn. There are other questions the series is set up to address, such as what happened to Perry (Tom Pelphrey) and whether the Abbott family will find a measure of peace, another story thread that receives focus in the trailer. Outer-Range-(2022–-)-cast READ MORE... 10 Biggest Questions Outer Range Season 2 Needs To Answer Outer Range season 1 left off with more questions than answers, and as season 2 draws closer, there's much speculation about what lies in store. The sci-fi Western, which also stars Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, Lewis Pullman, Noah Reid, Shaun Sipos, and Will Patton, includes a change behind the scenes as Sons of Anarchy and Luke Cage writer Charles Murray takes over as showrunner, replacing series creator Brian Watkins. With the premiere almost exactly one month away, and all episodes arriving at once, there won't be too long of a wait to see how Outer Range season 2 and its various unknowns develop after a creative shift. Source: Prime Video Outer Range is currently streaming on Prime Video. Outer Range Drama Mystery Thriller Created for Prime Video, Outer Range is a sci-fi and western television series that began in 2022. The series was created by Brian Watkins and stars both Imogen Poots and Josh Brolin. The premise sees a Wyoming rancher trying to care for his farm and keep his land safe when a strange void shows up in one of his pastures. Cast Shaun Sipos , Lewis Pullman , Isabel Arraiza , Imogen Poots , Tom Pelphrey , Noah Reid , Lili Taylor , Tamara Podemski , Olive Abercrombie , Josh Brolin Release Date April 15, 2022 Seasons 1 Network Amazon Prime Video Streaming Service(s) Amazon Prime Video Mind-boggling adventures await in Outer Range Season 2 as Royal Abbott explores the mysterious black void on the ranch. Royal grapples with time and family fabric while tensions rise with neighbors in the new season. The series returns to Prime Video on May 16. Giddy up, time travelers! We’re galloping directly into new mind-boggling adventures as the trailer for the second season of Prime Video’s Outer Range has arrived. Join Josh Brolin’s (Dune: Part Two) Royal Abbott and the rest of the Abbott clan as they seek to understand the mysterious black void on the edge of their expansive property and how it might tie in with the disappearance of one of their own. All the while, the family will continue to clash with those hungry to take over their land as their neighbors, the Tillersons, work against Royal and his clan. Just as he did for the majority of Season 1, the trailer for the sophomore installment sees Royal Abbott tossing over deeper questions about time, how it’s logged, and how it’s understood. Every member of the ranching family has questions about the black hole’s connection to the farm and what powers it holds, while Royal and his wife, Cecelia (Lili Taylor, The Conjuring), understand that their roles of patriarch and matriarch mean they’ll be in charge of holding the fabric of their family together. Meanwhile, tensions are still at an all-time high between the Abbotts and the Tillersons, as Will Patton’s Wayne Tillerson continues to butt heads with Royal over the former’s ranch. With the past flowing through present and future, the fabric of space and time will be put to the ultimate test when the second season of the brilliant sci-fi Western returns on May 16 with all seven episodes available to binge. Joining Brolin and Taylor in Season 2 of Outer Range is a call sheet that includes Tom Pelphrey (Ozark), Imogen Poots (Baltimore), Tamara Podemski (Reservation Dogs), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Isabel Arraiza (The Little Things), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), Olive Abercrombie (The Haunting of Hill House), and Shaun Sipos (Reacher). Not only will Brolin return to his position as the leading man in the fresh batch of episodes, but the penultimate installment marks a milestone event in the performer’s life, as he’ll be using it to make his directorial debut. Who’s Behind ‘Outer Range’? The folks backing the one-of-a-kind series are just as notable as the ones starring in it as Sons of Anarchy and True Story’s Charles Murray takes over the reins from Brian Watkins as showrunner and also joins the team of executive producers. Joining him is Brolin and others including Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Ernest McNealey, Heather Rae, Jeremy Kleiner, Jon Paré, and Tony Krantz. If you need to get caught up on the first season of Outer Range, all eight episodes are available on Prime Video and make for the perfect binge as you’ll want to get to the bottom of the mystery right alongside the Abbotts. Check out the trailer for Season 2 of Outer Range below and start your next Western sci-fi binge when the title arrives on Prime Video on May 16. outer range Outer Range Sci-Fi Western Release Date April 15, 2022 Creator Brian Watkins Cast Josh Brolin , Lili Taylor , Tamara Podemski Seasons 2

THE LEGEND OF CATCLAWS MOUNTAIN Trailer (2024) Hayden Hishaw, Fantasy Movie THE LEGEND OF CATCLAWS MOUNTAIN Trailer (2024) Hayden Hishaw, Family Movie © 2024 - Lionsgate Lionsgate will release the family adventure The Legend of Catclaws Mountain via on demand and for digital purchase May 28. In the magical family adventure, Mindy adopts Angel, a high-spirited pony that — according to legend — will lead its owner to gold hidden in the nearby mountains. When Angel is kidnapped by a mad treasure hunter, Mindy and her school friends head into the hills to rescue the pony and hunt for the lost gold. But Mindy meets a mountain man that warns her the treasure is part of an ancient curse — if they remove the gold, they’ll destroy the beautiful forest. Now Mindy has a hard decision to make. The film stars Hayden Hishaw, James Duval, Robert Davi and Dee Wallace. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onApril 16, 2024 CategoriesDigital, News, Product News, Transactional VOD TagsAdventure, Digital, Family, Lionsgate, On Demand, VOD Leave a commenton Family Adventure ‘The Legend of Catclaws Mountain’ Due Digitally May 28 Adventure ‘The Book of Clarence’ Headed to Digital Feb. 6 Adventure ‘The Book of Clarence’ Headed to Digital Feb. 6 The religious-themed adventure The Book of Clarence will be released for digital rental and sale Feb. 6 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film has earned $5.9 million at the global box office. In the film, streetwise but struggling, Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) is trying to find a better life for himself and his family, make himself worthy to the woman he loves, and prove that he’s not a nobody. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and his apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, a journey through which he finds redemption and faith, power and knowledge. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! Special features include: commentary with Jeymes Samuel and LaKeith Stanfield “Band of Brothers: Meet the Cast” “Song of Songs: An Epic Collaboration” “The Gospel of Jeymes: On the Set with Jeymes Samuel” “Book 4: Making the Film” gag reel AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onFebruary 5, 2024 CategoriesDigital, News, Product News, Transactional VOD TagsAdventure, Digital, religious, Sony, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Leave a commenton Adventure ‘The Book of Clarence’ Headed to Digital Feb. 6 ‘Wonka’ Headed to Premium Digital Jan. 30, Disc Feb. 27 ‘Wonka’ Headed to Premium Digital Jan. 30, Disc Feb. 27 The adventure Wonka debuts for premium digital purchase and rental on Jan. 30, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on Feb. 27. The film has earned more than $544.2 million at the global box office. Based on the iconic character at the center of Roald Dahl’s children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role, introduces audiences to a young Willy Wonka, as he becomes the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker. Starring alongside Chalamet are Calah Lane, Emmy and Peabody Award winner Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Hugh Grant. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! The film is from Paul King, writer/director of the “Paddington” films; David Heyman, producer of “Harry Potter,” Gravity, Barbie and Paddington; and producers Alexandra Derbyshire (the “Paddington” films, Jurassic World: Dominion) and Luke Kelly (Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical). AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onJanuary 23, 2024 Categories4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, DVD, News, Physical Media, Product News, Top News Story, Transactional VOD Tags4K, 4K Ultra HD, Adventure, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, DVD, PEST, Premium digital, Premium Digital Rental, Premium Digital Sale, PVOD Leave a commenton ‘Wonka’ Headed to Premium Digital Jan. 30, Disc Feb. 27 Chinese Animated Adventure ‘I Am T-Rex’ Due Digitally and on Disc June 20 From Well Go Chinese Animated Adventure ‘I Am T-Rex’ Due Digitally and on Disc June 20 From Well Go The Chinese animated fantasy adventure I Am T-Rex debuts on digital, Blu-ray and DVD June 20 from Well Go USA Entertainment. In the film, after a power-hungry dinosaur from outside the valley attacks the king of dinosaurs by surprise, a young T-Rex escapes and begins to train, vowing never to return until he is the biggest and bravest in all the land — and finally strong enough to challenge the evil Fang and restore peace to Green Valley. Directed by Cai Shangming and Chen Silin, I Am T-Rex features a new English dub. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onMay 16, 2023 CategoriesBlu-ray Disc, Digital, DVD, News, Physical Media, Product News, Transactional VOD TagsAdventure, Animated, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, China, Chinese, Digital, DVD, Fantasy, Foreign Film, Well Go, Well Go USA, Well Go USA Entertainment Leave a commenton Chinese Animated Adventure ‘I Am T-Rex’ Due Digitally and on Disc June 20 From Well Go Animated Adventure ‘Mummies’ Due Digitally April 7 Animated Adventure ‘Mummies’ Due Digitally April 7 The animated adventure Mummies will be available to own digitally April 7 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. The film follows the adventures of three ancient Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city, hidden in ancient Egypt. The trio includes a princess, a former charioteer, and his younger brother, along with their pet baby crocodile. Through a series of unfortunate events, the mummies end up in present-day London and embark on a wacky journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, which was stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby. From Spanish director Juan Jesús García Galocha, the film’s voice cast includes Joe Thomas (“The Inbetweeners,” “White Gold”), Eleanor Tomlinson (“The Nevers,” Jack the Giant Slayer, The Illusionist), Santiago Winder (“The Hope Rooms”), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), Dan Starkey (“Doctor Who”), Hugh Bonneville (Paddington, “Downton Abbey,” Notting Hill), singer, songwriter and record producer Shakka, and Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones,” The Martian, “The Lord of the Rings”). The script was co-written by Jordi Gasull and Javier Barreira, Goya Award winners for Best Screenplay for Tad: The Lost Explorer. Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Ricky Roxburgh (“Tangled: The Series”) supported the English language adaptation of the script. Gasull, winner of three Goya Awards for Best Animated Film for Tad: The Lost Explorer, Capture the Flag and Tad, The Lost Explorer, and The Secret of King Midas, is also the film’s producer. Pedro Solis, writer/director of the Goya Award winning animated short film “Strings,” is behind the film as head of Core Animation Sudio. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! The film’s music is composed by Goya Award winner Fernando Velazquez. The film features three original songs, including “I Am Today,” “New Song” and “Ring Song.” The latter features lyrics by writer/producer Jordi Gasull. AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onApril 4, 2023 CategoriesDigital, News, Product News, Transactional VOD TagsAdventure, Animated, Digital, Warner, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Leave a commenton Animated Adventure ‘Mummies’ Due Digitally April 7 Chinese Films ‘The Sparring Partner,’ ‘Too Cool to Kill’ Among Titles Available Digitally From Well Go Chinese Films ‘The Sparring Partner,’ ‘Too Cool to Kill’ Among Titles Available Digitally From Well Go Available now through digital retailers from Well Go USA Entertainment are the Chinese crime thriller The Sparring Partner, the Chinese comedy Too Cool to Kill, the Greek adventure thriller Short Fuse, and the Korean court drama Herstory. The Sparring Partner is based on actual events. In the film, after a man murders his parents with the help of a friend, the truth proves difficult to untangle in court, leaving the jury to wrestle with their own ideas of right and wrong as two men’s lives lay in the balance. Directed by Ho Cheuk-tin, the film stars Alan Yeung, Mak Pui-tung, Louisa So, Michael Chown and Jan Lamb. In Too Cool to Kill, while pursuing his lifelong dream of landing a starring role, amateur actor Wei Chenggong (Wei Xiang) receives an invitation from famous actress Milan (Ma Li) to play her leading man, “Killer Karl.” However, unbeknownst to Mr. Wei, the new gig has landed him directly in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. As the brutal truth inches closer and closer, he is left to rely on only his good luck and (somewhat questionable) acting skills to survive. Directed by Wenxiong Xing and Ru Qian, the film stars Li Ma, Xiang Wei and Minghao Chen. In the ticking clock action-thriller Short Fuse, a courier’s last delivery of the day may also be the last day of his life. Strapped with explosives, he must fight for his life while trying to solve a mystery involving both his family and a criminal empire. Directed by Andreas Lampropoulos and Kostas Skiftas, the film stars Apostolis Totsikas, Tasos Nousias and Evgenia Dimitropoulou. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! Herstory is based on the story of 10 Korean women fighting for a formal apology from the Japanese government for their horrific ordeal as WWII “comfort women.” In the film, after learning of the horrors her housekeeper faced during forced sexual servitude as a WWII “comfort woman,” a Korean businesswoman takes on the Japanese government in a trial seeking reparations and a formal apology for ten plaintiffs. Directed by Kyu-dong Min, the film stars Kim Hee-ae, Kim Hae-sook, Ye Soo-jung, Moon Sook, Lee Yong-nyeo and Kim Sun-young. AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onApril 4, 2023 CategoriesDigital, News, Product News, Transactional VOD TagsAdventure, China, Chinese, Comedy, Crime Thriller, Digital, Drama, Greek, Korea, Korean, Thriller, Well Go, Well Go USA, Well Go USA Entertainment Leave a commenton Chinese Films ‘The Sparring Partner,’ ‘Too Cool to Kill’ Among Titles Available Digitally From Well Go 1991 Sci-Fi Actioner ‘The Grand Tour’ Due on DVD and Blu-ray March 14 From Unearthed and MVD 1991 Sci-Fi Actioner ‘The Grand Tour’ Due on DVD and Blu-ray March 14 From Unearthed and MVD The 1991 sci-fi action-adventure The Grand Tour will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (sporting a new 4K scan from the negative) from Unearthed Classics and MVD Entertainment Group. Directed by David Twohy (Pitch Black, The Arrival), the film follows a widowed innkeeper (Jeff Daniels ) who battles a band of disaster-groupies from the future with explosive results. Ben Wilson (Daniels) and his daughter (Ariana Richards) buy an old Victorian mansion and begin renovations with plans to open up an inn. Their first guests are a strange and mysterious covey of tourists led by the eccentric Madame Lovine (Marilyn Lightstone). In a race against time, Ben must battle the seductive time bandits as well as his own personal demons in an attempt to save his daughter and the town from total destruction. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onMarch 6, 2023 CategoriesBlu-ray Disc, DVD, News, Physical Media, Product News TagsAction, Action-Adventure, Adventure, Ariana Richards, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Jeff Daniels, MVD, MVD Entertainment, MVD Entertainment Group, Sci-Fi, Science-Fiction, Unearthed Leave a commenton 1991 Sci-Fi Actioner ‘The Grand Tour’ Due on DVD and Blu-ray March 14 From Unearthed and MVD Thriller ‘Frost’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 11 From Cleopatra and MVD Thriller ‘Frost’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 11 From Cleopatra and MVD The thriller Frost will be released on Blu-ray (plus CD) and DVD Oct. 11 from Cleopatra Entertainment and MVD Entertainment Group. In the film from writer James Cullen Bressack (Hot Seat, Fortress) and director Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed), a young woman, Abby (Devanny Pinn, Ride Along 2), and her estranged father, Grant (Vernon Wells, Commando), fight to survive after being stranded on a remote mountainside during a winter storm. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! The Blu-ray includes a bonus CD soundtrack, slide show and bonus trailers from Cleopatra Entertainment. The soundtrack features contributions by Rick Wakeman (YES), Geoff Downes (YES/ASIA) and Terry Reid. The DVD includes the slide show and bonus trailers. AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onOctober 7, 2022 CategoriesBlu-ray Disc, DVD, News, Physical Media, Product News TagsAdventure, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Cleopatra, Cleopatra Entertainment, DVD, MVD, MVD Entertainment, MVD Entertainment Group, Thriller Leave a commenton Thriller ‘Frost’ Due on Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 11 From Cleopatra and MVD ‘Kingdom of the Dinosaurs’ Due on DVD Sept. 6 From Uncork’d and Distribution Solutions ‘Kingdom of the Dinosaurs’ Due on DVD Sept. 6 From Uncork’d and Distribution Solutions The action adventure Kingdom of the Dinosaurs is being released on DVD Sept. 6 from Uncork’d Entertainment and Distribution Solutions. In the film set in 2030 during World War III, a small group of survivors make it into a bunker. Two years later they have to exit to find new supplies, but they are greeted by dinosaur predators. Directed by Scott Jeffrey, the film stars Mark Haldor, Darcie Rose, Chelsea Greenwood, Chrissie Wunna, Stephen Staley and Clint Gordon. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter! AuthorStephanie Prange Posted onSeptember 2, 2022 CategoriesDVD, News, Physical Media, Product News TagsAction, Adventure, Alliance Entertainment, Distribution Solutions, DVD, Uncork'd Entertainment Leave a commenton ‘Kingdom of the Dinosaurs’ Due on DVD Sept. 6 From Uncork’d and Distribution Solutions Family Adventure ‘Guardians of Time’ Headed to Digital and DVD Oct. 11 Family Adventure ‘Guardians of Time’ Headed to Digital and DVD Oct. 11 The family adventure Guardians of Time will be released via on demand, digital and DVD Oct. 11 from Lionsgate. In the film, when Sybil, her kid sister Alex, and two cousins discover a magical book in the family manor, it opens a hidden door into the forest of Keoherus. As the powerful Warriors Four, the girls must now locate secret temples and solve intricate puzzles to gather crystals that will allow them to control time. When Alex is captured by an evil force, they must rescue her and find a way home — or stay trapped in Keoherus forever.

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA Trailer (2024) Daisy Ridley YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA Trailer (2024) Daisy Ridley © 2024 - Disney “I’m going to swim the English Channel,” Daisy Ridley’s Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle tells her father in the first trailer from Disney’s movie Young Woman in the Sea. “I wasn’t asking!” she tells him. “Now, please pass the bread.” “The thing that you love the most terrifies me,” says Trudy’s mom (Jeanette Hain). Related Stories Daisy Ridley Movie ‘Young Woman And The Sea’ Officially Swimming From Disney+ To May Theatrical Release – Update Daisy Ridley Daisy Ridley Says There Are “New Characters” In Next ‘Star Wars’ Film, But Probably No Kids For Rey – SXSW Studio On Thursday, the first trailer for the movie dropped at CinemaCon during Disney’s session, and to the public. See it above and check out the key art below. RELATED: ‘Captain America: Brave New World’: Harrison Ford’s POTUS Wants Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson To Rebuild The Avengers In First Look At CinemaCon If you loved the two-time Oscar-nominated Annette Bening-Jodie Foster swimming drama Nyad, here’s another true-life, female empowerment movie about a woman who never let the odds get in the way. “I came all this way, I might as well see England,” Trudy says in the trailer. As Deadline first told you in February, Disney flipped the Jerry Bruckheimer production from Disney+ to a May 31 limited theatrical release. We’ve heard that the movie tested in the high 90s. “This is the highest-tested movie of my career,” Bruckheimer said in a pre-roll. RELATED: Daisy Ridley Teases New ‘Star Wars’ Film Is Taking Story In A “Different Direction” The Jeff Nathanson-scripted, Joachim Rønning-directed drama chronicles the daring journey of the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel. Ederle made the 21-mile swim in 1926. The daughter of a German butcher from Manhattan, Ederle was a competitive swimmer who won gold in the 1924 Olympics when she decided to attempt crossing the channel. She undertook the feat after first swimming 22 miles from Battery Park in New York to Sandy Hook, NJ, setting a record that stood for 81 years. She contracted with two newspapers and sold her story, thereby financing her quest. There was actually a race among women who would be first to cross as only five men had done so before. RELATED: ‘Inside Out 2’: Pixar Returns To Hysterical, Heartfelt Form In First 35 Minutes Shown To Exhibs – CinemaCon Walt Disney Studios has released the official Young Woman and the Sea trailer for its upcoming biographical drama starring Star Wars vet Daisy Ridley. The video features Ridley as she portrays a young, talented, and determined swimmer who defied the odds by becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel. The film is scheduled to arrive in select theaters on May 31. Check out the Young Woman and the Sea trailer below (watch more trailers): What is Young Woman and the Sea about? “The film centers around an accomplished swimmer who was born to immigrant parents in New York City in 1905,” reads the synopsis. “Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the staggering achievement – a 21-mile trek from France to England.” Inspired by the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, Young Woman and the Sea is directed by Joachim Rønning from a screenplay written by Jeff Nathanson. It is based on Glenn Stout’s novel of the same name. The film also stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Christopher Eccleston, and Glenn Fleshler. In addition to leading the cast, Ridley is also serving as an executive producer alongside Rønning and John G. Scotti. It is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Omen and Jeff Nathanson. Young Woman and the Sea, starring Daisy Ridley, tells the true story of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. The trailer showcases a carefully told and lovely story that captures Ederle's determination, the dangers she faced, and the prejudice of the 1920s. Director Joachim Rønning leads the talented cast in this high-testing movie that promises adventure and inspiration for viewers. Everyone loves a true story told on the big screen, but some of them are just so impressive that transforming them into movies is practically mandatory. Today, Disney released a trailer for Young Woman and the Sea, which hits theaters on May 31. The movie stars Daisy Ridley (Star Wars franchise) as the legendary Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle who in 1926 became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Young Woman and the Sea has been in the works since late 2020, and the early stages of production certainly had some limitations due to the COVID era. The trailer makes it clear that taking the time to tell the story was the right move: It plays out like a carefully told and lovely story that encapsulates a woman's love for her craft, the dangers and the sense of wonder that a massive challenge brings, and the dose of prejudice of the 1920s – an era in which everything that seemed impossible was met with skepticism rather than with excitement. The first trailer follows Gertrude Ederle (Ridley), a championship swimmer who is determined to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel. But this being the 1920s, she faces her fair share of doubt from everyone around her, who feel that it's neither right nor possible for a woman to swim that distance. The film is based on a true story, and as reported by Collider's Britta DeVore, who was on location at CinemaCon for the trailer's premiere, producer Jerry Bruckheimer says the film is the "highest-testing movie of [his] career," a positive sign for those looking forward to it. The Team Behind 'Young Woman and the Sea' Young Woman and the Sea is directed by Joachim Rønning, a household name at Disney who has the peculiar talent of helming adventure movies and real-life stories: The perfect combination for the new title. Ronning also directed Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, but also Kon-Tiki, which tells a story similar to his new movie's. The screenplay is written by Jeff Nathanson (2019's The Lion King), who adapted the story from the book Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World by author Glenn Stout. Aside from Ridley, the cast from Young Woman and the Sea also features Tilda Cobhman-Hervey (Hotel Mumbai), Stephen Graham (Snatch), Jeanette Hain (The Young Victoria) and Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who). Disney premieres Young Woman and the Sea on May 31. You can watch the trailer below: Young Woman and the Sea 2024 Film Poster Young Woman and the Sea PG Biography Drama Romance Charting the true story of a pioneering female swimmer who sets out to conquer the English Channel, a feat dominated by men in the early 20th century. Her grueling preparation and the swim itself test her physical and emotional limits, challenging societal expectations and changing perceptions of women in sports. Release Date May 31, 2024 Director Joachim Rønning Cast Daisy Ridley , Tilda Cobham-Hervey , Stephen Graham , Christopher Eccleston , Jeanette Hain Runtime 100 Minutes Main Genre Biography Writers Jeff Nathanson , Glenn Stout

A DATE WITH DECEPTION Trailer (2024) Hannah Jane McMurray, Drama Movie A DATE WITH DECEPTION Trailer (2024) Hannah Jane McMurray, Thriller, Drama Movie © 2024 - MarVista Entertainment EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures has acquired film rights to Elena Armas‘ 2022 New York Times bestseller The Spanish Love Deception, tapping Peter Hutchings (The Hating Game) to adapt it for the big screen. The romantic comedy from Simon & Schuster is the first installment in a series of the same name. It tells the story of Catalina Martín, who desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding in Spain. Especially since she lied and told her large, raucous family that she has a new American boyfriend. Now everyone expects her to bring him, including the ex who drove Catalina to leave Spain in the first place. Enter Aaron Blackford – her tall, handsome, insufferably condescending colleague – who surprisingly offers to step in. Related Stories 'RAW10' 'RAW10': McFarlane Films, wiip & Rooster Teeth Developing Adult Animated Series From Dan Dominguez Based On McFarlane Toys' Action Figures Awards Season 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar - Dates For Oscars, Tonys, Guilds, BAFTAs, Spirits & More The Spanish Love Deception has been published in over 25 languages. The book won the Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Novel of the Year, and has become a phenomenon on TikTok, boasting a hashtag with over 100M views. It has also been named a “Must-Read” by Cosmopolitan, Publisher’s Weekly, Bustle, Elle, Paste, Glamour, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, and USA Today. Its sequel, The American Roommate Experiment, will follow in September. Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady will produce the Spanish Love Deception film for BCDF Pictures. “I am thrilled to have BCDF Pictures working on the adaptation of THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and I have no doubt they will do an amazing job bringing Aaron and Catalina to life,” said Armas. “Believe me when I say that I am obsessed with the script and Peter Hutchings’s vision of these characters and Spanish setting I keep so close to my heart. THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION readers are not ready for the Martín family!” Hutchings’ credits on the directing side include the upcoming Which Brings Me to You, as well as the features The Hating Game, Then Came You, The Outcasts and Rhymes with Banana. He also previously penned the films Can You Keep a Secret? and The Last Keepers, exec producing the latter. Past titles from BCDF include Hutchings’ The Hating Game and Then Came You, Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette, Josh Radnor’s Liberal Arts and Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground. This year, the company is also producing titles including the female trucker pic Big Rig, starring Vanessa Hudgens; The Ploughmen, directed by Ed Harris; Which Brings Me to You, starring Lucy Hale; 2022 SXSW title To Leslie starring Andrea Riseborough and Allison Janney; an adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin’s International Bestseller The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, starring Kunal Nayyar, Christina Hendricks and Hale; and an adaptation of the bestselling supernatural romance series Hush, Hush, which has been greenlit as a feature franchise at Paramount+. Hollywood has always been entangled with the reflections of life, death, crime, and all the chaos in between. To this day, gun-swinging, charismatic assassins or hitmen, who can turn anything around them into fatal weapons populate our screens and interest viewers and filmmakers alike. On one hand, we have the John Wicks of the world, and on the other, the noirish hired guns who like to philosophize about their kills through voiceover. Seeing the popularity of assassins, many filmmakers have attempted to satirize the genre in the past by adding elements of dark comedy to the bloody mixture of violence, stunts, and philosophy. Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges and David Leitch’s Bullet Train are examples of comedies surrounding assassins who are killers as much as they are jesters, and the HBO series Barry, starring Bill Hader, also brilliantly satirizes the trope of the traumatized assassin and Hollywood’s fascination with the same. Richard Linklater's Hit Man looks to find a middle ground as the action-packed noir thriller filters the hitman tropes through lighthearted moments and a darkly comedic lens. Featuring Glen Powell, in a star-making turn he wrote for himself, the film explores an undercover mission turned into an impossible romance. If an intriguing new film from one of our best modern filmmakers sounds as exciting to you as it does to us, read our guide below to learn everything we know about Richard Linklater’s Hit Man. Editor's Note: This piece was updated on April 18, 2024. hit man poster Hit Man R Action Crime Inspired by an unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man. He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities. Release Date June 7, 2024 Director Richard Linklater Cast Glen Powell , Adria Arjona , Austin Amelio , Retta , Molly Bernard , Mike Markoff Runtime 113 minutes Main Genre Romantic Comedy Writers Richard Linklater , Glen Powell Studio(s) Aggregate Films , AGC Studios , BarnStorm Productions , Detour Filmproduction Distributor(s) Netflix Does 'Hit Man' Have a Release Date? Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, smirking, in Hit ManImage via Netflix Hit Man is set to stream on Netflix on June 7, 2024, right in the midst of the summer movie season. Hit Man will be joining an exciting lineup of titles arriving on Netflix during the summer movie season, including Atlas starring Jennifer Lopez, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F starring Eddie Murphy, Unfrosted starring Jerry Seinfeld, and The Union starring Mark Wahlberg. Hit Man had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2023. Soon after that, it had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11. The film has been extremely well received at both festivals, as evident from Ross Bonaime's review for Collider, which you can read right here. Netflix purchased the distribution rights for Hit Man for a whopping $20 million, which made it the biggest purchase at TIFF 2023. Hit Man wasn't the only buzzy film that the streamer bought at the festival as it also acquired Anna Kendrick's directorial debut Woman of the Hour and the Elizabeth Olsen-led drama His Three Daughters. Will 'Hit Man' Receive a Theatrical Release? Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, knocking on a motel room door in Hit ManImage via Netflix While Netflix will be distributing Hit Man and releasing it on the service on June 7, they have announced that the film will receive a limited theatrical release on May 24, 2024. This isn't new territory for Netflix as many of their films have received limited theatrical releases to qualify for awards. Most recently, titles such as David Fincher's The Killer and Bradley Cooper's Maestro received theatrical releases before landing on the streaming service. Is There a Trailer for 'Hit Man'? Netflix released the first teaser trailer for Hit Man on January 22, 2024. Set to "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" by Jay & The Techniques, the first look highlights the film's comically dark tone, mixing elements of crime movies and romantic comedies. The second trailer for Hit Man was released by Netflix on April 18, 2024. Set to Santa Esmeralda's cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," the trailer captures the movie's central romance between the characters played by Powell and Arjona. What Is 'Hit Man' About? Hit Man is about an ordinary philosophy professor named Gary Johnson, who's devoted all his time to devouring Kant and taking care of his cats Id and Ego, with no time for any thrills or a dating life for that matter. Gary decides to help out the police in small undercover gigs for surveillance and ends up pretending to be a hired assassin, and quickly discovers that he's good at it owing to his understanding of the human condition. The job eventually takes Gary to Madison, who hires Gary to kill someone for her. Their first meeting establishes their instant chemistry and an interesting dynamic, which forms the crux of the film. Linklater takes the fairly standard setup for a compelling noir and finds the underlying dark humor and philosophical questions, and the result is a darkly thrilling romp that keeps you on the edge of your seats and has you gasping for breath despite Linklater's usual laid-back style. Inspired by a true story published in the Texas Monthly, the film often feels like a meta-exploration of the art of acting itself, and has a lot of things going on with a busy plot unlike most of Linklater's films, which he commented on in an interview with Collider: "Yeah, this one was kind of different for me, if anyone wants to look too closely. It's a little more plotty, there's twists and turns, and I felt like, “I'm in a genre here. I'm trying to deliver in the film noir genre and the screwball comedy.” This is very plotty, and it turns, and we're manipulating the audience, so they have to be oriented in a certain way. So, it's not my usual flow, but I mean, that was the fun challenge." The official synopsis for Hit Man from Netflix reads: Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona). As Madison falls for one of Gary’s hit man personas — the mysteriously sexy Ron — their steamy affair sets off a chain reaction of play acting, deception, and escalating stakes. Co-written by Linklater and Powell and inspired by an unbelievable true story, Hit Man is a cleverly existential comedy about identity. Who Stars in 'Hit Man'? Adria Arjona and Glen Powell cozy up in a kitchen in Hit ManImage via Netflix Glen Powell plays the leading man in Hit Man, in what many are calling his breakout performance. Powell puts his charisma and acting chops on full display in a role that sees him don many avatars and a wild array of outfits that come together in this delightfully fun turn as a fake hitman. 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the Top Gun: Maverick star, with the raunchy rom-com Anyone But You co-starring Sydney Sweeney releasing in December, and seems poised to shoot the actor further into superstardom. This isn't Powell's first time working with Linklater, having previously appeared in Fast Food Nation, Everybody Wants Some!!, and Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. In an interview with Collider, Linklater praised Powell as an ideal collaborator and compared him to Ethan Hawke, saying: "Over the pandemic, he called me up with this article he had read, and I was like, 'Yeah, I read that a long time ago. I do know that story from Texas Monthly,' and then we just started collaborating on it. Glen's like the greatest guy. He's an ideal collaborator, like super smart, super funny. All we do is laugh and make each other laugh and kind of keep pushing each other, too. So, I think this thing reflects both of our greatest hits, maybe, to kind of put our sensibilities together and make this work. And I like collaborating with the actors, too. That's why I work with Ethan [Hawke]; he's a future actor, and I'm a future director, but at this moment, we're screenwriters, we're conjuring this movie together. I've done that with other actors, like I was saying. Ethan and Julie [Delpy], for instance, and Glen, such a great creative partner, just really fun." Adria Arjona, most known for her role as Bix Caleen in Andor, plays Maddy Masters, the film's leading lady, and has received equally impressive reviews for her performance along with the undeniable instant chemistry between her and Powell that just seeps through the screen, which even director Richard Linklater couldn't help gush over. The film also stars Austin Amelio (Everybody Wants Some!!), Retta (Parks and Recreation), comedian Sanjay Rao, Evan Holtzman (Hidden Figures), Molly Bernard (Younger), and Mike Markoff in various supporting roles. Who Is Making 'Hit Man'? Richard Linklater at a diner on the set of Hit Man alongside Adria Arjona and Glen Powell.Image via Netflix Hit Man is directed by Richard Linklater and is written by both Linklater and Glen Powell, who makes his screenwriting debut. Linklater is one of the finest American filmmakers of his generation and has made significant contributions to the canon of cinema, including celebrated classics such as the Before Trilogy and Boyhood. With Hit Man, the acclaimed artist looks to experiment with something new and broaden his horizon. Linklater and Powell also serve as producers on the film along with Jason Bateman, Mike Blizzard, Connor Flanagan, and Mike Costigan. Principal photography for the film began in October 2022, in New Orleans with cinematographer Shane F. Kelly, who has worked with Linklater since 2006's A Scanner Darkly, and production wrapped in November. A Date With Deception is set to premiere on the Lifetime Movie Network Thursday, Feb. 9 at 8/7c. Though airing on LMN, those who have ditched regular cable can still tune in tonight with Philo. Luckily, Philo is one of the cheaper live-streaming services available as it allows users to stream over 60 channels live and on-demand for only $25 a month. Other than Lifetime, popular live channels offered with the streaming service include the Hallmark Channel, MTV, AMC, HGTV, History Channel, Discovery Channel, CMT, TLC, BET and more. New subscribers can also take advantage of Philo’s 7-day free trial and watch A Date With Deception for free before committing to anything. What is A Date With Deception about? Lifetime’s official description of A Date With Deception is as follows: After four years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, Diana finally returns home. Determined to prove her innocence, she enlists the help of fellow inmate Chandler, to track down Diana’s ex-husband, Elias, who framed her for medical fraud. All is going according to plan until Diana and Chandler discover a much more nefarious plot that involves the mysterious disappearance of Elias’ mistress, Cindy. In a race to clear her name and solve Cindy’s disappearance, Diana and Chandler must stop Elias before he hurts someone else. Hannah Jane McMurray, Rib Hillis, Kia Dorsey and Paul Diaz star. "Who gets to decide what art is?" Dekanalog has revealed a new trailer for Art College 1994, an animated drama from Chinese filmmaker Jian Liu, also known for Have a Nice Day. This initially premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival more than a year ago, and it played on the festival circuit all of 2023. Beginning on April 26th, Art College 1994, Liu Jian's latest strikingly animated & affecting feature, opens for a week-long NYC exclusive theatrical run at Metrograph In Theater. Lao Wang works in a security department of a college in a big school town. Xiao Wang is a freshman. He has a conflict with his roommate and is taken to security by his counselor. In a room on this foggy winter day, Lao Wang and Xiao Li are tasting the life of their own, and something unexpected is about to happen… The town is waiting quietly for the next day as it always is. Described as a "shaggy, Slacker-ish tale from the pre-millennium Middle Kingdom," based on the director's own experiences at art college in China in the 1990s. Starring the voices of Dong Zijian, Chizi, Zhou Dongyu, and fellow filmmakers Jia Zhangke & Bi Gan. Animation fans especially need to see this. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 21 in Animation, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments New Trailer for Doc 'H2: The Occupation Lab' About a Palestinian City By Alex Billington H2: The Occupation Lab Trailer "As a Palestinian here, I don't exist." Film Movement has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled H2: The Occupation Lab, from filmmakers Idit Avrahami & Noam Sheizaf. It was originally made and finished in 2022 before the current Israel-Palestine war broke out. It premiered in 2022 at the Docaviv Film Festival in Israel, and will be relased in the US sometime this year. H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron - the only Palestinian city with a Jewish settlement in it. Here, along a one-Kilometer road, lies the holy Tomb of the Patriarchs, where both Jews & Muslims believe their common father, Abraham, is buried. This is also where the massacre of 1929, known as "year zero" of the conflict, took place; where the Jewish settlement movement was born, and where the policy of ethnic separation was first implemented by the military. With rare archive footage as well as interviews with Hebron's military commanders and locals, H2: The Occupation Lab tells the story of a place that is both a microcosm of the entire conflict and a test site for the methods of control Israel is implementing throughout the West Bank. This is another honest, clear-eyed look at what's really going on in Palestine and how Israel occupation is the more serious danger. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 21 in Documentaries, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Bonkers Full Trailer for Takashi Miike's 'Lumberjack the Monster' Film By Alex Billington Lumberjack the Monster Trailer "If he's trying to murder me, I'll kill him first." Another official trailer is available to watch for this kooky and crazy Japanese horror film called Lumberjack the Monster, based on the novel of the same name. A suspenseful thriller directed by Takashi Miike and starring Kazuya Kamenashi. The brutal film is about a series of bizarre murders by someone wearing a strange monster mask found in the picture book 'Monster Woodcutter' who then steals their brains. Akira heads out to get revenge on this Lumberjack killer. The plot follows this Patrick Bateman-like psychopath lawyer (who also kills) going up against this vicious masked murderer - pitting a psychopath against a serial killer in a totally bonkers new Takashi Miike creation. Only someone like Miike could make something so absurd! Lumberjack the Monster stars Kazuya Kamenashi as Akira Ninomiya, Nanao, Riho Yoshioka, Shota Sometani, and Shido Nakamura. The film already opened in Japan last December, and it will premiere at a Japan Society event in NYC this May - but is still waiting for a US release eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. Click on [cc] to view with English subtitles. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 19 in Foreign Films, Horror, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Scary Trailer for 'Trim Season' North Cali Marijuana Farm Horror Film By Alex Billington Trim Season Traler "You'll never understand. If she wants to, Mona can control the whole mountain." Paper Street Pics has revealed the trailer for Trim Season, a horror thriller film set at a marijuana farm in Northern California. This trailer is dropping in time for 4/20 this wekend, but the film won't actually release until June in the summer. "The Ultimate Nightmare Blunt Rotation." A group of young people go to a remote marijuana farm where they hope to make quick cash during "trim season" - trimming marijuana at the end of the growing season. But they discover the location's dark secrets and now must try to escape the mountain on which they are trapped. It becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives. From the same director as Vide Noir, Trim Season stars Bethlehem Million as Emma, Jane Badler, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Alex Essoe, Ryan Donowho, Cory Hart, & Ally Ioannides. Aside from the freaky eco-horror concept, I really dig the poster they made for this (seen below). This looks terrifying! Watch out. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 19 in Horror, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Petaluma Lycanthrope Comedy Film 'Werewolf Serenade' Official Trailer By Alex Billington Werewolf Serenade Trailer "If you do have it, don't spread it." The first full trailer has debuted for an indie comedy called Werewolf Serenade, filmed in & around the city of Petaluma, California (same place as American Graffiti or Peggy Sue Got Married). The film is premiering in a few weeks at AVFest, and out later this year. It's a campy, low-budget indie dramedy about a middle-aged couple navigating the humorous challenges of transforming into a werewolf. When the burnt-out college professor Peter MacTire accidentally becomes a werewolf after his colleague turns up dead, he and his concert cellist wife Julia embrace the change to thwart an evil occultist plot, save the college, and their marriage. Hopefully. Starring writer / director Daedalus Howell as Peter, with Emily Keyishian, Mark P. Robinson, Alia Beeton, Christopher Sawyer, Rapheal Gavin, and Natalie Crafts. Yet another super low budget werewolf film, lots of them these days. Not exactly expecting this to win any prizes, but it does look like some small town kooky fun. Especially if you're into werewolves. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 19 in Comedy, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Official Trailer for 'In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon' Doc By Alex Billington In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon Trailer "I want to go and follow the music, but you never know what you're going to find along the way." Another new official trailer has debuted for the documentary film titled In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, the latest from Alex Gibney following his docs on The Forever Prisoner, and Boris Becker. This first premiered at the 2023 Toronto & London Film Festivals last fall, and is already streaming on MGM+ in the US (though we missed this when it first dropped). The film follows Paul Simon inside the studio making his new album Seven Psalms while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to Graceland. Gibney's In Restless Dreams is supposedly the definitive musical biography of Paul Simon, one of the greatest songwriters (and performers as well) in the history of rock 'n roll. It's yet another one of these music docs that is a mix between promoting his new album he's been working on, and a quick look back at his entire career as a musician. He's got plenty of good stories to tell about music. Enjoy. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 19 in Documentaries, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Cheerleader Squad Thriller 'Backspot' Trailer Feat. Evan Rachel Wood By Alex Billington Backspot Trailer "This world is not kind to weak people." XYZ Films has revealed the trailer for a Canadian cheerleading film called Backspot, which plays more a serious drama or intense thriller than a sports comedy or satire. This is similar to that rowing film The Novice a few years ago. This premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year and hits US theaters in May. Devery Jacobs (from "Reservation Dogs") stars as Riley, who is given the chance to cheer with the all-star squad, Thunderhawks. With a competition looming, Riley must navigate her crippling anxiety, her relationship with her girlfriend, and also her desperate need for approval from her new coach. One positive review states: “You may think you know your sports movie tropes, but you’ve never seen them used quite this way — that is, within a queer cheerleading drama firmly focused on complex female characters — and Waterson’s Backspot delights in skewing such expectations." Dang, okay! This also stars Evan Rachel Wood as coach, Shannyn Sossamon, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Thomas Antony Olajide, and Wendy Crewson. It's also executive produced by Elliott Page. Check it out below. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 19 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments Strange Trailer for Horror 'The Coffee Table' About Demonic Furniture By Alex Billington The Coffee Table Trailer "Enjoy if you dare…" What crazy idea will they come up with next for a horror movie?! Try this on for size, why don't ya. Watch out for deadly tables! The Coffee Table is a Spanish horror film about, uh, some kind of haunted, killer furniture. Jesus and Maria are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents and are also struggling with the pressures of a newborn baby. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence and their lives forever. This indie horror was entirely shot over the course of 10 days. Starring David Pareja and Estefanía de los Santos, with Josep Maria Riera, Claudia Riera, and Eduardo Antuña. It's described as "an unsettling descent into absolute madness and misery," and also "uproariously funny until it is not at all." Well, this definitely sounds nuts! And looks much more weird and freaky than it does comedic. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 18 in Horror, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments A Record Store in NJ Inspires a Mid-Life Crisis in 'Flipside' Doc Trailer By Alex Billington Flipside Doc Trailer "It's beautiful and inspiring." Oscilloscope Labs has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Flipside, which first premiered last year at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. It's the latest creation from doc filmmaker Chris Wilcha, who worked for "This American Life" and also made a few docs, including Knock Knock It's Tig Notaro in 2015 and his breakout The Target Shoots First. Flipside is his comical attempt to save a New Jersey record store and confront a mid-life crisis. TIFF adds: "In the process of looking back, he gets inspired to revisit the half-finished documentaries that exist only on his hard drives. He pulls up old interviews that no one has seen with creative people who faced their own crossroads, including radio host Ira Glass, writer Starlee Kine, jazz photographer Herman Leonard, and television writer David Milch. The passage of time brings a deeper poignancy to their testimonies… His quest may be personal, but many will see themselves in it." Seems like another super nerdy meta filmmaker film! Which I'm always curious about. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 18 in Documentaries, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Nick Stahl Stars in a Twisted Chef Thriller 'What You Wish For' Trailer By Alex Billington What You Wish For Trailer "A bad dish from you and your life will end." Magnolia Pictures has revealed the official trailer for What You Wish For, an indie thriller from filmmaker Nicholas Tomnay, a follow-up to his first film The Perfect Host. This new one premiered at many genre fests: Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, FrightFest, A Night of Horror, Grimmfest, Celluloid Screams, and Screamfest previously before its upcoming release in theaters this May during the start of the summer. A down-on-his-luck chef with gambling problems flees to a Latin American villa, where he assumes the identity of another skilled chef. "A Hitchcockian, edge-of-your-seat descent into escalating moral compromise with generous servings of dark humour, shock, and surprise." The title is an obvious riff on the "be careful what you wish for" idiom, as the full synopsis hints that he "soon discovers just what Jack's been doing to maintain the lifestyle he so desperately craved." Uh oh. Starring Nick Stahl as Ryan, with Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez, Penelope Mitchell, Juan Carlos Messier, Ariel Sierra, & Brian Groh. Yeah this looks crazy and unsettling. I dig that final line: "Make the dessert, Jack." Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 18 in Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Must Watch Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's 'Trap' with Josh Hartnett By Alex Billington Shyamalan's Trap Movie Trailer "This whole concert is a trap. They're watching all the exits." Get ready for a whole new twist! Warner Bros has revealed an official trailer for the next new M. Night Shyamalan movie titled Trap, arriving in theaters in August at the end of the summer. This was teased at CinemaCon last week, and we finally all get a look at the trailer. Josh Hartnett stars as a father who takes his daughter to a pop star concert (inspired by Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga). However, while there they discover that the concert is all a setup to catch a serial killer. But who is the killer? This first big twist is revealed IN the trailer, so it's not really a spoiler. I also have a feeling Shyamalan has worked in a few other big twists that we don't know about yet. The cast also includes Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan performing as Lady Raven, Hayley Mills, and Allison Pill. With cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (of Call Me by Your Name) and a score by Herdĭs Stefănsdŏttir. Trap is a nice compliment to M. Night's daughter's first film The Watchers also out in theaters this summer. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on April 18 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments New US Trailer for Stunning Love Story 'Banel & Adama' from Senegal By Alex Billington Banel & Adama Trailer "Back when we were kings, masters of ourselves, masters of the world, free. Today, who are we?" Kino Lorber has revealed an official US trailer for Banel & Adama, a visually magical African love story movie from French filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy. This premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition, and went on to play at the Toronto, London, Chicago, and Denver Film Festivals in 2023. It's now set for a US release starting in June this summer. Kino Lorber is pleased to present Banel & Adama, a haunting, visually stunning West African love story and the directorial debut of Ramata-Toulaye Sy. A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village. This stars Khady Mane as Banel and Mamadou Diallo as Adama. It received mostly positive reviews out of last year's film festivals, praising both the gorgeous cinematography and passionate performances from the two leads, which we get a glimpse of in this trailer. Glad it will be getting a proper art house theatrical run in the US soon. Take a look.

THE VEIL Trailer (2024) Elisabeth Moss, Thriller THE VEIL Trailer (2024) Elisabeth Moss, Thriller Series © 2024 - FX Networks "I've played so many people in my life, I don't know where I belong anymore…" Hulu has revealed the official trailer for a new mystery thriller series titled The Veil, an FX Production arriving for streaming this spring on FX on Hulu. Created and written by Steven Knight ("Peaky Blinders", "See", "Great Expectations", "All the Light We Cannot See"). Starring Elisabeth Moss as a double agent of sorts, The Veil is a new spy thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, the CIA and French DGSE must work together to avert potential disaster. One of them posses a secret which the other needs to expose – they're very vague about any other details beyond this, even in the trailer. In addition to Moss, the series features Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah, Haluk Bilginer, and Josh Charles. This looks like Elisabeth Moss is Jason Bourne in a new Hulu series about a complicated spy who knows too much. Might be good? Or it might not. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for FX on Hulu's series The Veil, direct from Hulu's YouTube: The Veil Series Poster FX’s The Veil is an international spy thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put their differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster. The Veil is a series created and written by acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight, writer of the movies Seventh Son, Pawn Sacrifice, Burnt, Allied, Woman Walks Ahead, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Serenity, Spencer, and most recently the series "Peaky Blinders", "See", "Great Expectations", "All the Light We Cannot See", and "Rogue Heroes". With episodes directed by Damon Thomas and Daina Reid. Produced by FX Productions. Executive produced by Knight alongside Di Novi Pictures' Denise Di Novi, and Elisabeth Moss through her Love & Squalor Pictures company. FX will release The Veil mystery thriller series streaming on Hulu starting on April 30th, 2024 this spring. First impression? Intrigued? Elizabeth Moss is the star of FX’s The Veil, which explores the fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. The Veil premieres with two episodes on Tuesday, April 30, exclusively on Hulu. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows. Mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster. Starring Moss, Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah and Josh Charles. The story is written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, FX’s Taboo), with the series executive produced by Knight alongside Di Novi Pictures’ Denise Di Novi, and Moss under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner. The Veil is produced by FX Productions. The Veil stars Elisabeth Moss as super spy Imogen, facing off against Yumnah Marwan's character Adilah. The series explores tense relationship and high stakes between the two women amidst international conflict. Moss serves as executive producer for the limited series, inspired by real-life encounters with spies. FX has just released the first trailer for its latest spy-thriller The Veil led by The Handmaid’s Tale and Madmen’s star Elisabeth Moss. The first two episodes of the limited series are set to premiere on April 30, 2024, exclusively on Hulu, while the remaining four episodes will be released weekly. The show features Moss as a super spy Imogen Slater with Yumnah Marwan (Little Birds) as Adilah, who is going to be the antagonist of the series, apparently. This is evident by the official synopsis, which states that The Veil will explore “the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London; one woman has a secret, and the other has a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.” In the background, you also have the mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE working together to avert a major political disaster. While the rest of the details about the plot are mostly under wraps, The Veil marks the fourth time screenwriter Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) is making a series with FX Productions. Moss herself has taken on the role of executive producer for the show under the banner of her production company Love & Squalor. ‘The Veil’ is Expected to Have Only a Single Season Because The Veil is a limited series, the show is only expected to have a single season. But it also means that the stakes in the plot are going to be extremely high, with Imogen suspecting Adila of being a high-level member of ISIS. As the two women travel across the Middle East and Europe, they’re forced to confront their differences while being surrounded by a greater international conflict. According to Knight, “The thing that appeals to me most is when big, big, big international conflicts boil down to individuals. What I wanted to do with The Veil is to take huge issues and boil it down to two people in a car, driving through the snow,” the screenwriter told the Television Critics Association (TCA) at their winter press tour, according to Mashable. Knight also talked about how he has wanted to work with Moss for a long time and how thrilled he is to tell this story. The Veil also takes inspiration from a chance encounter between executive producer Denise Di Novi and a retired French agent who once gave her an insight into the life of an international spy. As far as realism goes, Moss actually learned how to speak with a British accent and completed stunt training to play Imogen. In her own words, the process was like “acting times 100.” The actress also lived in Turkey for a while to really get involved in the post-production. In addition to Moss, the main cast also includes Josh Charles as CIA agent Max Peterson, Dali Benssalah as Malik Amar, Imogen’s ally within the DGSE, and Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer. The first two episodes of The Veil will be available to stream on Hulu on April 30, 2024. Check out the official trailer above. How far will one woman go to stop a disaster?” The Veil” contrasts two distinct characters. One is set on a deadly path that could lead to a global crisis, while the other seeks to stop her plans by any means necessary. Elisabeth Moss stars in the FX Productions drama and is also an executive producer under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah, and Josh Charles round out the cast. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2024 The project features a celebrated name in drama. “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight writes the series and acts as executive producer. The in-demand creative has several projects outside of “The Veil.” One of the most anticipated is an upcoming “Star Wars” film featuring the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey. The limited series’ official synopsis: FX’s The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women (Moss and Yumna Marwan) who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster. A tense chase unfolds in “The Veil.” The first two episodes debut on Hulu on April 30. New episodes premiere each Tuesday. The series will also be released on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in other territories. Get your first look at the trailer below.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Trailer (2024) Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Trailer (2024) Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Drama, Thriller Movie © 2024 - Lionsgate Damian Hurley cooked up a seductive new thriller — and enlisted mom Elizabeth Hurley for a key role. PEOPLE is exclusively debuting the first trailer for Strictly Confidential, which is billed as a "sensual thriller with a devilish twist" and serves as the feature directorial debut for Damian, 21. As the plot goes, "On the anniversary of Rebecca’s (Lauren McQueen) death, Mia (Georgia Lock) returns to the Caribbean paradise where she and her best friend shared her final days." "As Mia and sets out to unravel the mysterious events of her passing, old passions rise, new secrets are uncovered, and Mia is pulled into a seductive world of sex, betrayal and murder." Damian tells PEOPLE that his movie-star mom, 58, "promised" years ago that she'd star in his first film, and she "dropped everything" to participate. Elizabeth Hurley Wants to Do Another 'Austin Powers' Movie — Just in 'Slightly Different Costumes' Elizabeth Hurley - Strictly Confidential Elizabeth Hurley in "Strictly Confidential". COURTESY OF LIONSGATE "During the making of my first-ever short film back in 2010 when I was 8, my mother promised me she’d be in my first feature. True to her word, the minute Strictly Confidential was green-lit, my mother dropped everything and raced out to the Caribbean to help," he says. While he says the "power dynamic" between a director and an actor can be "complicated at the best of times," Damian says about working with his mother: "It was a joy to come to work and tackle each day together." Elizabeth Hurley - Strictly Confidential "Strictly Confidential". COURTESY OF LIONSGATE "We only had 18 days to shoot the whole film, so our twin-like telepathy was invaluable throughout," says Damian, who also worked with Elizabeth on her series The Royals. The actor-model acknowledges that writing and directing a feature film is something "not many have the opportunity" to do at "such a young age and so early in their careers." Still, he says the experience was "both immensely challenging and genuinely thrilling." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Damian Hurley and Elizabeth Hurley at Tod's Cocktail Party and Dinner as part of New York Ready to Wear Fashion Week held on February 13, 2024 in New York, New York Damian Hurley and Elizabeth Hurley on Feb. 13, 2024. GILBERT FLORES/WWD VIA GETTY "To work tirelessly alongside such a committed and talented cast was truly inspiring," he adds. "I’m eternally grateful to all involved for trusting and believing in me." On Instagram back in December 2022, Damian celebrated the team completing filming on Strictly Confidential, sharing behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram and giving a shout-out to "my beautiful and supreme mother." "Working together was a dream," he added at the time, also expressing he is "so so proud of this film." Strictly Confidential is in theaters and on digital April 5. “Some secrets are meant to stay buried” says the ad line for “Strictly Confidential.” But you’d need a sizable underground bunker to contain all the effortfully shocking revelations sprung in this very silly sudser, which starts out looking like an erotic thriller-mystery, then descends into a series of flashback-laden explication monologues more apt for “Dynasty” than Agatha Christie. Damian Hurley’s directorial feature, with famous mum Elizabeth top-billed and producing, provides several hardbodied younger performers opportunity to model clothes and approximate recognizable human emotions on the coastline of tax haven island nation Saint Kitts and Nevis. But what was likely an enjoyable working Caribbean vacation for cast and crew proves somewhat labored for viewers. Nonetheless, watched in the right spirit, with appropriate libations, it could prove quite entertaining … if not in the way presumably intended. Lionsgate is releasing to U.S. theaters, digital and on-demand platforms on April 5. A note of fashion/travel advertisement is struck immediately with images of bikinied thespians floating in clear blue waters, writhing in the arms of muscular shirtless men, and so forth — an opening montage not elevated when it turns out to be dreamt by someone bathing in the requisite luxury bathtub surrounded by (doubtless scented) candles. Popular on Variety That someone is Mia (Georgia Lock), who seems to wake from another such vaguely troubling reverie every 20 minutes or so here. She is the erstwhile best friend of Rebecca (Lauren McQueen), who presumably drowned herself last summer. But as the reasons for suicide were obscure, her body remains unfound, and her father had also died a rather murky death just weeks prior, the whole affair as yet lacks “closure.” That emotional effect is exactly what’s being sought by mother Lily (Hurley) and surviving eldest daughter Jemma (Genevieve Gaunt) in their inviting Rebecca’s usual friends back for another holiday, the first since tragedy struck. Still traumatized, they’ve dropped contact with one another since, Mia even dumping boyfriend James (Freddie Thorp). So it’s a reunion for the aforementioned, as well as Rebecca’s own boyfriend Will (Max Parker), plus everyone’s friend Natasha (Pear Chiravara), who for some reason now works as an upscale stripper in a posh club. (This is the sort of movie in which almost no one seems to have a vocation or job, but we assume they are all trustafarians.) Mia has a lot of questions about what happened last summer. No one else wants to talk about it — albeit not from painful grief, it turns out. Rather, it’s because they’ve all got guilty secrets to hide. They hide them pretty poorly, since gape-mouthed Mia keeps walking in on people caught making out with the “wrong” other party. There are also flashbacks to other makeout scenes, though the initial steamy musk redolent of vintage “Skinemax” and Zalman King movies proves deceptive. Eventually the film grows less interested in softcore suggestiveness than murder-mystery-adjacent plot mechanizations as convoluted (and flashback-laden) as they are increasingly ridiculous. Somewhere around the two-thirds mark, escalating levels of pure tosh begin to perversely work in the movie’s favor. What had been a mildly scenic if paper-thin diversion turns into the kind of joint whose narrative big reveals also trigger big laughs — with considerable help from hackneyed dialogue and some awkward acting moments. The histrionic burden falls heaviest on Lock, who cannot be said to emerge unscathed. But in truth, as written and directed, these roles might flummox the most talented interpreters. Plausibility of action and psychology appears to have taken a distant back seat to concerns of how the performers look in the variably skimpy or low-cut costumes by Gabbi Edmunds. Likewise, George Burt’s widescreen cinematography eschews any suspenseful atmospherics in favor of a bright, bland showcasing of handsome getaway decor (Tom Downey is the production designer) and attractive beach views. Michael Richard Plowman’s original score further underlines that we’re basically watching a cheesy soap opera in B-movie form. Purportedly shot in just 18 days, “Strictly Confidential” is most kindly viewed as on-the-job training for the junior Hurley, who under those circumstances acquits himself well. His film has sufficient professional polish and passable entertainment value, intentional or otherwise. But one assumes his scriptwriting did not suffer from the same time constriction, in which case that labor should definitely be left to others in future projects.

RELATIVE Trailer (2024) Elizabeth Stam, Drama, Romance Movie RELATIVE Trailer (2024) Elizabeth Stam , Drama, Romance Movie © 2024 - Music Box Films "I don't want an empty nest!" Music Box Films has posted their official trailer for an indie drama about a family titled Relative, from filmmaker Michael Glover Smith. This originally premiered back in 2022, but we have only caught up with it now and haven't ever posted about this film before. It played at a few small film festivals in 2022/2023, with a very limited release in art house theaters around the country. As various members of the Frank family come together for a college graduation party in Chicago, they find their bonds being tested, and strengthened, in surprising ways. The story focuses on the parents of four kids, who decide to announce that they're about to sell the house they grew up in. "Relative is a warm blend of comedy and drama about a modern American family." This stars Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Clare Cooney, Keith D. Gallagher, Emily Lape, Melissa DuPrey, and Elizabeth Stam. The review quoted all over this marketing says that it's an "impeccably cast [and] superbly directed" film from Chicago. A handful of unknown actors might actually give great performances in an indie flick like this. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Michael Glover Smith's film Relative, direct from YouTube: Relative Poster David & Karen Frank (Francis Guinan & Wendy Robie) are retirement-age progressive activists & parents who have lived in the same Victorian home on the north side of Chicago for 30 years. It's the house their children grew up and where two of them, Benji (Cameron Scott Roberts) & Rod (Keith D. Gallagher), still live. On the eve of Benji’s college graduation, daughters Evonne (Clare Cooney) & Norma (Emily Lape) return from out-of-state for a weekend celebration. Evonne brings her daughter, and newly separated wife; Norma is alone, with thoughts of wasted potential as she reconsiders her life; Rod, an unemployed burnout, pines for his ex who left years ago; and all Benji wants to do is escape the party to rendezvous with a free-spirited actress he met the night prior. As David & Karen announce the potential sale of their home, each member of the Frank family finds their bonds with the others being tested and strengthened in many surprising ways. Relative is a warm blend of comedy and drama about a modern American family. Relative is both written and directed by American indie filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, director of the indie films Cool Apocalypse, Mercury in Retrograde, and Rendezvous in Chicago previously, plus other short films. Produced by Clare Cooney & Aaron Wertheimer. This initially premiered at the 2022 Gasparilla Film Festival, and a few other small festivals that same year. The film was first released in select US theaters last year. Music Box Films is handling the US release of Relative - for more info, visit the film's official site. "Can you imagine to be remembered like that?" Max has unveiled the first real teaser trailer for the spin-off series The Penguin, set to debut in the fall this year. This streaming series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot from a disfigured nobody to the noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie. Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman (loved him in it) as Oz, bringing us his full transformation into the infamous DC Comics villain who gives Batman quite a fright. The first episodes are being directed by Craig Zobel (of Compliance, Z for Zachariah, The Hunt) who seems like a perfect choice for this. We featured an early production teaser last year. The full ensemble cast also has Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo, and François Chau. Ohhhhhhh this looks SO damn good. What a killer teaser. Perfect setup, the way it all plays out, his dialogue, it's all so dark. This is going to be worth the wait. Check it out + stay tuned for more. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 22 in DC Movies, Streaming, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Netflix Trailer for 'Baby Reindeer' Awkward Stalker Dark Comedy Series By Alex Billington Baby Reindeer Series Trailer "Martha can you let go of my hand now, please??" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a dark comedy series titled Baby Reindeer, arriving for streaming on Netflix starting in early April. The series is created and written by the Scottish comedian & actor Richard Gadd, telling his own story once again. This story about his stalker and his relationship with her was already turned into a play that he debuted at Edinburgh Fringe a few years ago. Now it's being turned into a Netflix series, expanded into eight 30-minute episodes. In Baby Reindeer, when a struggling comedian shows an act of kindness to a vulnerable woman stalking him, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives. Starring Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn, along with Jessica Gunning as Martha, Danny Kirrane as Gino, Nava Mau as Teri, plus Hugh Coles, Tom Goodman-Hill, Jamie Michie, and Chloe Driver. Well, well, this looks damn good! An impressive dark comedy twist on a very uncomfortable, unsettling real life situation. This is worth a look. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 22 in Streaming, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Christine Roche Stars in Alien Planet Sci-Fi Indie Film 'Light' Trailer By Alex Billington Light Trailer "It comes for the light! It comes for the light!" Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an indie sci-fi film from the UK titled Light, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Matt Woollard. It's set to open next week on VOD in the US & Canada if anyone wants to give it a look. "Sometimes it's better to be in the dark." Survivors from an interstellar transport ship accident have to work together after crash landing on an inhospitable planet. Woollard explains that he was inspired partially by A Quiet Place: "the idea of doing for light what they did for sound" with this crew trying to figure out what happened and how to survive on this mysterious alien planet. Light stars Christine Roche, Gia Lily, Tedroy Newell, and James Woollard as the boy, plus Anna Swan. For a super low budget sci-fi film, this actually looks good. The gigantic light creatures are crazy cool. I'm curious to see how this film plays out - yep I'll be watching. Check it out below. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Indies, Sci-Fi, To Watch, Trailer | Comments First Teaser for 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel with Michael Keaton By Alex Billington Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Teaser Trailer "The juice is loose!" He's back!! Warner Bros has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the legacy sequel titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, reuniting mastermind filmmaker Tim Burton with actor Michael Keaton for a long-awaited follow-up 36 (!!) years later. Long enough? Did anyone see the original in theaters? The first Beetlejuice movie opened in 1988 (right before Burton's Batman in 1989) and ended up as a modest success and cult favorite for many fans. The sequel continues the story with the very same family. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. Michael Keaton returns as Betelgeuse again, along with Winona Ryder back as Lydia Deetz, plus a cast including Jenna Ortega as Astrid, Catherine O'Hara, Monica Bellucci, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, Burn Gorman, and Filipe Cates; plus Willem Dafoe as a ghost detective who, in his life, was a B movie action star. Barely 60 seconds of footage in this! I'll wait to see more – for now this is an amusing re-introduction. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Horror, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Elisabeth Moss in Truth & Lies Thriller Series 'The Veil' Official Trailer By Alex Billington The Veil Series Trailer "I've played so many people in my life, I don't know where I belong anymore…" Hulu has revealed the official trailer for a new mystery thriller series titled The Veil, an FX Production arriving for streaming this spring on FX on Hulu. Created and written by Steven Knight ("Peaky Blinders", "See", "Great Expectations", "All the Light We Cannot See"). Starring Elisabeth Moss as a double agent of sorts, The Veil is a new spy thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, the CIA and French DGSE must work together to avert potential disaster. One of them posses a secret which the other needs to expose – they're very vague about any other details beyond this, even in the trailer. In addition to Moss, the series features Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah, Haluk Bilginer, and Josh Charles. This looks like Elisabeth Moss is Jason Bourne in a new Hulu series about a complicated spy who knows too much. Might be good? Or it might not. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Streaming, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Population Control Satire Film 'Humane' Trailer Featuring Jay Baruchel By Alex Billington Humane Trailer "We are engaged in a life or death struggle against our own extinction." Oh oh what do we have here?? IFC Films + Shudder have revealed the first official trailer for Humane, marking the feature directorial debut of Canadian photographer Caitlin Cronenberg. Yet another Cronenbrg getting into making horror films - yes she's the daughter of David Cronenberg, and brother of fellow filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg. Humane is a chilling dystopian satire opening in theaters first this April before it's streaming on Shudder in the summer. In the wake of a catastrophic environmental collapse that is forcing humanity to shed 20% of its population (are we headed here?), a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's plan to enlist in the government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry. Set over one night at this home. The film stars Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni, Sebastian Chacon, with Alanna Bale, and Sirena Gulamgaus. This looks like a very spicy thriller that will stir up some big conversations, and I like that it has a kooky satirical vibe. Also reminds me of the British sci-fi film Silent Night from a few years ago. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Horror, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments One Final Trailer for Dev Patel's Kick Ass Action Movie 'Monkey Man' By Alex Billington Monkey Man Trailer "If a man wishes to challenge the gods, he must become more than a man… he must become a beast." Hits in theaters soon!! Universal has revealed a second & final trailer for Monkey Man, the entirely awesome action movie from Dev Patel. Directed by Patel, and produced by Jordan Peele & his company Monkeypaw. The first trailer dropped in earlier in the year, it just premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to rave reviews, and hits theaters worldwide in April. Acclaimed British actor Dev Patel achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man's quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who killed his mother and continue to systemically victimize all of the poor and powerless. Packed with thrilling & spectacular fight and chase scenes, Monkey Man is inspired by the legend of Hanuman. The cast features Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande, Adithi Kalkunte, Sikandar Kher. Recently watched this on the big screen and yes it KICKS ASS! A totally satisfying experience that's completely worth the ticket price. Don't miss it. 🐒 Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments Cheesy Crime Thriller 'Deadly Justice' Trailer Starring Kelly Sullivan By Alex Billington Deadly Justice Trailer "There's a person you know who is not who they say they are." Who?! Who could it be?? Level 33 Ent. has debuted an official trailer for a very cheesy crime thriller titled Deadly Justice, made by filmmaker Karyn Klein, from a screenplay written by actor Corin Nemec. This film is set for a VOD debut in April, though this really looks like made-for-TV junk. A successful female prosecutor who put away a prominent but corrupt Judge, has her life and business turned upside down by a murderous stalker after appearing on a true crime show to discuss the case. He is convinced that Judge Halstead is an innocent man and becomes hellbent on putting Holly away for good. The movie stars Kelly Sullivan, Brian Krause, Corin Nemec, Christiana Leucas, Jason London, and Marco St. John. That super specific final scene from the trailer makes me wonder if it's actually the TV show host who is behind all of this? Probably. The rest of this looks pretty bad. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in To Watch, Trailer | Comments Official Trailer for 'The Blue Angels' Doc About the Elite Navy Pilots By Alex Billington The Blue Angels Doc Trailer "When you're flying 12 inches apart, everyone's lives are in each other's hands." Amazon MGM Studios has revealed the thrilling official trailer for The Blue Angels, an exciting documentary movie about the iconic Navy pilots. At some point or another, almost every American has seen The Blue Angels jets fly over them. "Sky's the limit." Soar with The Blue Angels in a brand-new documentary with never-before-seen footage that chronicles a year with the Navy's elite Flight Demonstration Squadron—from selection through the challenging training and demanding show season—showcasing the extraordinary teamwork, passion, and pride that fuels America's best, the Blue Angels. The film is a fitting tribute to the extraordinary teamwork, passion and pride of the hundreds of outstanding men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps who have had the honor to serve in the Blue Angels squadron… past, present and future. It's produced by Glen Powell and J.J. Abrams, and shot with IMAX cameras for an initail debut in IMAX theaters for one week this May. "To make six jets fly as one, that's the Blue Angel magic." Rated G for everyone! Take the kids & enjoy. ✈️ Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Documentaries, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Action-Packed Full Trailer for 'Parasyte: The Grey' Korean Horror Series By Alex Billington Parasyte: The Grey Trailer "Your life's been brutal, just like the one inside of you." Parasite mania! Netflix has debuted the official trailer for the Korean horror sci-fi thriller series titled Parasyte: The Grey, arriving for streaming in early April. When unidentified parasites violently take over human hosts and gain power, humanity must rise to combat the growing threat. Parasyte: The Grey draws inspiration from the acclaimed manga "Parasyte" written by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Set in a new locale with fresh characters, the series charts its own unique course while maintaining the imaginative world & profound message of the beloved original manga. At the center of the story is Su-in, portrayed by Jeon So-nee, as she grapples with her newfound coexistence with one of these parasites. The series also tracks the efforts of "Team Grey," a group dedicated to fighting mysterious parasites that live off humans. This also stars Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-ho, Kim In-kwon, and many others. This looks crazy cool! The parasite tentacles & eyes designs are pretty funky, with so much CGI in every shot. Lots of exciting action - the fight in the car at the end looks fun. Fire it up below. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 21 in Horror, Streaming, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Eerie Trailer for Folk Horror Film 'All You Need is Death' from Ireland By Alex Billington All You Need is Death Trailer "Not for public consumption." "Just for us to hear…" Some spook new Irish horror! XYZ Films has revealed an official trailer for a folk horror indie film titled All You Need is Death made in Ireland. This initially premiered at Beyond Fest last year, and it also played at the Cork & Sitges Film Festivals. It's opening in the US in April available on VOD to watch at home. A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past. They find an elderly, mysterious woman who sings songs that have never been heard before, though they also open the door to ancient evil and madness. All You Need is Death is the narrative feature debut from Dublin-based writer/director Paul Duane and stars Olwen Fouéré, Charlie Maher, Simone Collins, and Gary Whelan. Plenty of creepy shots in here, not even sure what's going on. Beware the song. Watch the Trailer ›› 🍿 › Posted on March 20 in Horror, Indies, To Watch, Trailer | Comments Watch: Comedy Short 'Jimmy Boden' - Snack Size Tester Breaks Down By Alex Billington Jimmy Boden Short Film "That's 8. Mark it down. Let's continue…" Have you ever looked at a bag of snacks and wondered, how do they come up with the "serving size" count on the nutrition label? There is technically a real answer to this question, but I like the concept in this short much more. Jimmy Boden is a clever short made by a young filmmaker named Chris Pickering. After premiering at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival and playing at other fests last year, it's available to watch online. An imprisoned government asset, whose sole purpose is determining the serving sizes of snacks, has finally reached his breaking point. "I came up with the idea for Jimmy Boden as I was eating a bag of chips. I looked at the back and noticed the serving size: seven chips. Who ever just eats seven chips?" Indeed. Pickering's friend Andrew Simmons stars as Jimmy. They really got this just right - from the slick set design to the snack "props" to Jimmy's hilarious performance. Aced it.

MÚSICA Trailer (2024) Camila Mendes, Romance Movie MÚSICA Trailer (2024) Camila Mendes, Romance Movie © 2024 - Prime Video "She's different, she's beautiful, she's smart, she's funny." Prime Video has revealed the first official trailer for a film titled Música, marking the feature directorial debut of actor / filmmaker Rudy Mancuso. This will be premiering at the upcoming 2024 SXSW Film Festival in March, with a theatrical unveiling, before it launches on streaming on Prime Video in early April for everyone else. Música is a coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey. Mancuso was raised in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of an Italian-American father and a Brazilian mother. He lived in Rio de Janeiro for a while and speaks Portuguese fluently, and also really does have synesthesia. "From the colorful mind of Rudy Mancuso comes Música," starring Camila Mendes, Francesca Reale, and J.B. Smoove. This is an energetic and eclectic trailer! I dig the creative editing mixed with the Brazilian beats. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Rudy Mancuso's Música, direct from Prime Video's YouTube: Música Poster Based on writer, director and star Rudy Mancuso, Música is a coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey. Música is directed by American actor / writer / filmmaker Rudy Mancuso, making his feature directorial debut with this personal project after working on the "Tempo" series, and directing lots of other short films and music videos previously. The screenplay is written by Rudy Mancuso and Dan Lagana. It's produced by Mary Viola and McG. This will premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival in the Spotlight section this March. Amazon will then debut Rudy Mancuso's Música streaming on Prime Video starting April 4th, 2024 this spring. Anyone want to watch? Amazon Prime Studios has debuted the first trailer for the Rudy Mancuso-directed feature “Música,” a cinematic look at how love and music coexist. The new film, loosely based on Mancuso’s life experiences, follows the character of Rudy (played by Mancuso himself), a street performer and soon-to-be college graduate living with his mom, played by Mancuso’s real-life mother Maria. He is also struggling with synesthesia, wherein he hears multiple sounds simultaneously. Rudy is distraught at his current life, his mother’s health and his long-term relationship, but things get more complex after Rudy meets Isabella (Camila Mendes) and finds himself torn between his new relationship and his past. Mancuso also wrote the screenplay. In the trailer you can also catch glimpses of J.B. Smoove and Francesca Reale. Mancuso is a social media internet personality who gained attention through his Vine videos and voicing on the YouTube channel “Awkward Puppets.” Mancuso is also a notable musician and entertainer. The film looks to be a great example of Latinx representation, something Mendes herself has been vocal about. In her recent appearance on the UnWrapped podcast, Mendes said “there’s something really strong happening” between Latinx creatives right now. “Right now, there’s this group chat that all the Latinx actors in Hollywood are on,” Mendes explained. “And it’s just nothing but love and support and people posting and sharing each other’s accomplishments and lifting each other up. And Jessica Alba recently threw this really lovely event at her house and brought all these people together.” You can watch the full trailer above. “Música” will receive its world premiere on March 13th at SXSW and be available to stream on Prime Video April 4th. EXCLUSIVE: Camila Mendes (Riverdale) has signed on to star opposite Rudy Mancuso in the film Música, which he is directing for Amazon Studios and Wonderland Sound and Vision. The Prime Video title going into production this summer is billed as a fresh spin on the rom-com. It follows a young man (Mancuso), plagued by the music in his head, who has to come to terms with an uncertain future while balancing love, family and Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey. It’s the latest romance to come from Wonderland, on the heels of its success with titles including Love Hard, Holidate and Tall Girl. (The sequel to the latter became Wonderland’s seventh in a row to reach #1 on Netflix upon its release in February.) Related Stories Danielle Deadwyler To Star In J.J. Abrams' HBO Series 'Demimonde' Awards Season 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar - Dates For Oscars, Tonys, SAG Awards & More Mancuso wrote the script with American Vandal‘s Dan Lagana, and will also compose the film’s original score and soundtrack. McG and Mary Viola will produce via their Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, with Shots Studios’ John and Sam Shahidi exec producing alongside Lagana, Wonderland’s Steven Bello, and Mendes. “I’m beyond excited to have the wildly gifted mind of Camila join this special journey of Música,” said Mancuso, “where we’re telling an authentic Brazilian-American story through the eyes of a synesthete.” “We are thrilled to team up with Cami, both in front of the camera and behind it,” added Viola. “Not only is she one of the most talented actresses of her generation, she also brings an authenticity to the project with her cultural knowledge of Brazil.” Mendes is a Brazilian American actress best known for her role as Veronica Lodge on The CW’s series Riverdale, which was recently renewed for a seventh season. She will next star opposite Maya Hawke in the Netflix film Strangers, from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and producer Anthony Bregman, having also been seen in Max Barbakow’s critically acclaimed film Palm Springs, among others. Wonderland Sound and Vision recently wrapped production on the Netflix film Uglies, starring Joey King, which McG directed. Projects in development at the company include the comedy series Bad Habit, written by Annie Mumolo and Emily Goldwyn; the rom-com The Tradition for Netflix; Mystery Girl, directed by McG and starring Tiffany Haddish; the BET+ show Average Joe, which received a script-to-series order in February; and the ABC pilot for Not Dead Yet, based on the 2020 novel Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. Mendes is represented by CAA, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Wonderland by WME.

THE IDEA OF YOU Trailer (2024) Anne Hathaway, Romance Movie THE IDEA OF YOU Trailer (2024) Anne Hathaway, Romance Movie © 2024 - Prime Video In the trailer for Prime Video’s “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway portrays a 40-year-old single mom who gets to live out a teenage girl’s dream: embarking on a whirlwind romance with the 24-year-old lead singer of the world’s hottest boy band, played by Nicholas Galitzine. The R-rated film will stream globally on Prime Video starting May 2. After the couple meet backstage at Coachella, they kindle a steamy relationship. As Hayes (Galitzine) plays Solène (Hathaway) a song on the piano, he grips her thigh. “I’m too old for you,” she insists, before he pulls her in for a kiss: “No you’re not.” The couple is seen navigating paparazzi while embarking on romantic outings, causing Hathaway’s character to ask, “What about what people will say?” — to which Galitzine responds, “I don’t care what they say.” The trailer features the debut single from the film’s soundtrack, “Dance Before We Walk,” which is also out now. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name from Robinne Lee, the plot kicks off with Solène’s husband, played by Reid Scott, choosing to end their marriage — which means canceling his Coachella trip with their 16-year-old daughter Izzy (Ella Rubin). At the festival, Solène crosses paths with Hayes Campbell, the frontman of popular band August Moon, who is said to be based on Harry Styles. As an unexpected romance begins between the two, Solène must balance her career, her obligations to her teenage daughter and the 24-hour news cycle surrounding her relationship. Popular on Variety In an interview with Vogue in 2020, Lee was asked if the novel was inspired by Styles, to which she responded, “Inspired is a strong word.” However, Lee said “the seed was planted” after researching One Direction in 2017 and discovering that Styles often dated older women. She also noticed how scenes she had written would eerily play out in Styles’ life. For instance, after writing a scene in which the paparazzi catch Soléne and Hayes in a compromising position on a yacht, similar photos of Styles and Kendall Jenner were released. Michael Showalter directs the film from a script by Jennifer Westfeldt, who will also executive produce. Producers include Cathy Schulman via her Welle Entertainment label, Gabrielle Union through her I’ll Have Another banner, Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label, Lee, Eric Hayes, Showalter and Jordana Mollick. Kian Gass of I’ll Have Another will also executive produce. Other cast members include Annie Mumolo, Perry Mattfeld and Jordan Aaron Hall. Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham, Vik White and Dakota Adan portray the remaining August Moon members. The film is comprised of a number of Oscar winners, including Hathaway for her role as Fantine in 2013’s “Les Misérables,” Mumolo for co-writing “Bridesmaids” and Schulman for producing best picture winner “Crash.” Watch the trailer below. Prime Video has dropped the trailer for The Idea of You, the upcoming romantic dramedy starring Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old single mom who embarks on an unlikely romance with a 24-year-old boy band star (played by Red, White & Royal Blue‘s Nicholas Galitzine). The pic will close the South by Southwest festival on March 16. Have a look above. With the line “We met at Coachella” destined to be some sort of rom-com classic, the movie, based on Robinne Lee’s novel, follows Solène (Hathaway), whose husband (Reid Scott) walks out on the marriage just when the couple’s 16-year-old daughter (Ella Rubin) has her heart set on attending the Coachella music fest. Mom steps in to save the day and the trip. Related Stories Heartbreak High Australian Screen Industry Body Demands Global Streamers Pay Content Levy 2024 TV premiere dates 2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming At the fest, Solène meets Hayes Campbell (Galitzine), a Harry Styles-type pop star. No surprise that sparks fly. “I’m too old for you,” she says. “No you’re not,” says he. Michael Showalter directs the film from a script by exec producer Jennifer Westfeldt. Also in the cast are Annie Mumolo, Perry Mattfeld, Jordan Aaron Hall, Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham, Vik White and Dakota Adan. Producing are Cathy Schulman — who returns to SXSW after premiering Bernie there in 2012 — via her Welle Entertainment label, Gabrielle Union through her I’ll Have Another banner, Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label, Lee, Eric Hayes, Showalter and Jordana Mollick. Kian Gass of I’ll Have Another will also executive produce. The film, rated R, streams globally on Prime Video starting May 2. Anne Hathaway gets into a whirlwind romance with Nicholas Galitzine in their new movie. On Wednesday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for The Idea of You, an adaptation of author Robinne Lee's 2017 novel of the same name. According to a synopsis, "When Solène (Hathaway, 41) must step in to chaperone her teenage daughter’s trip to the Coachella Music Festival after her ex bails at the last minute, she has a chance encounter with Hayes Campbell (Galitzine, 29) and there is an instant, undeniable spark." "As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn’t long before Hayes’ superstar status poses unavoidable challenges to their relationship, and Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for." Jessica Chastain Shares New Trailer for 'Literal Mother-Off' with Anne Hathaway in Mothers' Instinct Watch Anne Hathaway Fall For Nicholas Galitzine's Young Pop Star in The Idea of You Trailer Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway in The Idea of You. AMAZON MGM STUDIOS Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The book and its movie adaptation has received considerable attention from fans who liken the character Galitzine plays, Hayes, to Harry Styles in his One Direction days. The Idea of You's author Lee has dispelled the idea that the character is directly based on Styles in recent years, though. "This was never supposed to be a book about Harry Styles,” she told Vogue in 2020. “It was supposed to be a story about a woman approaching 40 and reclaiming her sexuality and rediscovering herself, just at the point that society traditionally writes women off as desirable and viable and whole.” 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Star Nicholas Galitzine Reveals If His Character Is Based on Prince Harry (Exclusive) The Idea of You is co-written by Jennifer Westfeldt and Michael Showalter from Lee's novel. Showalter, known for 2017's The Big Sick and 2021's The Eyes of Tammy Faye, is directing the movie. Aside from Hathaway and Galitzine, the movie also stars Ella Rubin, Reid Scott, Annie Mumolo, Viktor White, Raymond Cham, Jaiden Anthony and Dakota Adan. The Idea of You is on Prime Video May 2. "What about what people will say?" "I don't care what they say." Amazon's Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for The Idea of You movie, a passionate love story adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name. A love story or a romantic fantasy? The Idea of You centers on Solène, a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. When Solène and Hayes' romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fans and an insatiable media, Solène must face how her romantic life has impacted the lives of those she cares about most. Anne Hathaway stars as Solène, with Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes, and a cast including Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld, Jordan Aaron Hall, Mathilda Gianopoulos, Meg Millidge, Raymond Cham Jr., Jaiden Anthony, and Dakota Adan. This is rated R for sexual content, so unfortunately the kids can't watch this with the adults this time, despite it being about a boy band hottie and how cool he really is. Ha. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Michael Showalter's The Idea of You, direct from YouTube: The Idea of You Poster Based on the acclaimed, contemporary love story of the same name, The Idea of You centers on Solène (Anne Hathaway), a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. When Solène must step in to chaperone her teenage daughter’s trip to the Coachella Music Festival after her ex bails at the last minute, she has a chance encounter with Hayes and there is an instant, undeniable spark. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn't long before Hayes' superstar status begins to pose unavoidable challenges to their relationship, and Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for. The Idea of You is directed by the American writer / filmmaker Michael Showalter, director of the films The Baxter, Hello My Name Is Doris, The Big Sick, The Lovebirds, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Spoiler Alert previously. The screenplay is written by Michael Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt; based on the book of the same name by Robinne Lee. It's produced by Cathy Schulman, Gabrielle Union, Anne Hathaway, Robinne Lee, Eric Hayes, Michael Showalter, & Jordana Mollick. Amazon will debut The Idea of You movie streaming on Prime Video starting on May 2nd, 2024. Anyone into this?

THE GREATEST HITS Trailer (2024) Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, Romance Movie THE GREATEST HITS Trailer (2024) Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, Romance, Drama Movie © 2024 - SearchlightPictures Like many people, Lucy Boynton uses music to reminisce on special times in her life. So much so that she felt like she was holding up a mirror while playing her time-traveling character in “The Greatest Hits,” who discovers that certain songs can literally transport her back in time. “It was a full spectrum of emotions that, as an actor, I think is so appealing to get to dive into,” Boynton told Variety at the premiere for the film, which debuted on Hulu on April 12, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Monday. “I love the way that the film handles grief and loss of self. It’s such a grounded take on that. Even if you take away the sci-fi element of this film, it still stands out as a psychological investigation of what music does to us.” Harriet is launched back through time while listening to specific tunes that trigger memories of her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet), who died in a car accident. But soon enough, her time traveling collides with a burgeoning new love interest (Justin H. Min), whom she meets at a grief group. Min said he was grieving the loss of a loved one when he read the script, which helped draw him to the project. Popular on Variety To help the cast bond, Ned Benson, the director, writer and producer on the film, held karaoke nights at his house. (Min tells Variety his song of choice was “Where Is the Love?” by Black Eyed Peas.) “Let me be clear, [Benson] forced us. None of us did this voluntarily,” Min joked. “He locked the door. He didn’t allow us to leave until we sang. ‘Where Is the Love?’ has a little rap, it has a little melody and gives me a bit of everything to showcase my horrible karaoke abilities.” Michael London, Shannon Gaulding, Austin Crute, Lucy Boynton, Ned Benson, Cassandra Kulukundis, Justin H. Min, Stephanie Davis, and Matthew Greenfield, President, Searchlight Pictures, at the premiere “The Greatest Hits.” WireImage Boynton, who opted for “Shallow” from Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” said despite their hectic and busy filming schedule, the cast and crew still wanted to be around each other on their few days off during the weekends. Nelly Furtado, who appears briefly in the film, crafted the original song “Never Lost” with Ryan Lott. She told reporters that approaching a song for a film is very different than her other musical endeavors, and that while she didn’t participate in any karaoke nights, her go-to is any Boyz II Men hit. "I love how music can do that… pull you back to some moment in time." Searchlight Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie romantic drama called The Greatest Hits, the latest film from filmmaker Ned Benson (of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby films). Premiering today at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin before it lands on Hulu for streaming in April. Written and produced by Benson, Harriet experiences a unique connection between art and reality. She discovers that specific songs have the power to transport her back in time, driving her to relive special moments with her ex-boyfriend. Her time-traveling begins to bleed into the present when she meets someone new. Throughout the journey, she explores the mesmerizing link between music and memory, facing her with difficult decisions of whether altering the past is a choice worth making. Lucy Boynton stars with Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Andie Ju, Retta, Austin Crute. This looks great! Not really a romcom at all, more of an emotional story about music, grief, and love. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Ned Benson's The Greatest Hits, direct from YouTube: The Greatest Hits Poster Harriet (Lucy Boynton) finds art imitating life when she discovers that certain songs have the power to transport her back in time – literally. While she continues to relive the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend (David Corenswet), her time traveling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present (Justin H. Min). As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she? The Greatest Hits is written and directed by American indie filmmaker Ned Benson, director of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him & Her & Them trilogy of films previously, plus a few other shorts. Produced by Stephanie Davis, Shannon Gaulding, Cassandra Kulukundis, Michael London, Ned Benson. This is premiering at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival this month in the Narrative Spotlight section. Searchlight will release Benson's The Greatest Hits in select US theaters on April 5th, 2024, then streaming on Hulu starting April 12th this spring. Any good? The trailer for The Greatest Hits teases a unique time travel romance with a musical connection. The movie stars Lucy Boynton as a young woman torn between a new love interest (Justin H. Min) and her late ex-boyfriend Max (David Corenswet). Boynton's potential breakout lead role could elevate her career to new heights. The trailer for the upcoming movie The Greatest Hits showcases a unique time travel romance. The movie was written and directed by The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby's Ned Benson, who also has a story credit on 2021's Black Widow. It follows Harriet (Lucy Boynton), who discovers that listening to certain music can allow her to travel back in time, which leaves her torn between her current love interest (Justin H. Min) and her ex-boyfriend Max (David Corenswet) as she ponders whether she can or should change the past. Searchlight Pictures has now unveiled the official trailer for The Greatest Hits on the same day as the movie's premiere at SXSW. Check it out below: After kicking off by showing the way Harriet time travels, the trailer immediately raises the stakes by revealing that Max died in a car wreck, and she can potentially reverse his fate, but doing so might make it so that they never met. When she meets and begins to bond with Min's character, another grief-stricken artistic soul, her romantic life gets even more complicated but never less musical. The Greatest Hits Could Be Lucy Boynton's Breakout Lead Role Lucy Boynton and David Corenswet Looking Like They're About to Kiss in The Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits could have the potential to become Boynton's breakout lead performance. She has held roles in major projects before, including being part of the Barbie cast in a brief appearance as Proust Barbie, but most of her major roles have been co-leads. This includes starring opposite Will Poulter in the Agatha Christie miniseries adaptation Why Didn't They Ask Evans? and being part of the ensemble cast of Netflix's The Politician. The Greatest Hits features a Politician reunion, as Corenswet also held a major role in the Ryan Murphy show. Boynton's career could reach new heights if the movie becomes a hit, something that is entirely within the realm of possibility. The trailer, while showing that the movie is carving its own narrative path, recalls previous similar titles that have blended science fiction and romance, including the Rachel McAdams time travel movies The Time Traveler's Wife and About Time. While not every movie was a runaway success, the major examples of the crossover genre all made their money back. Below, check out how the aforementioned movies and other comparable titles fared at the box office: Title Budget Worldwide Box Office Somewhere in Time (1980) $4 million $9.7 million The Lake House (2006) $40 million $114.8 million The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) $39 million $101.3 million About Time (2013) $12 million $88.5 million The Age of Adaline (2015) $25 million $65.7 million The precedent set by those titles shows that The Greatest Hits has a strong potential to connect with a wide audience, even though the majority of its release will take place on streaming as a Hulu movie. It could very well follow in the footsteps of the platform's previous streaming hits, including Prey and Palm Springs. The latter title was a romantic comedy set in a time loop, so its success especially could show that The Greatest Hits and Boynton both have bright futures. Source: Searchlight Pictures The Greatest Hits Movie Poster Showing the Cast on the Cover of a Vinyl Record The Greatest Hits (2024) PG-13 Comedy Drama Fantasy Harriet (Lucy Boynton) finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time - literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend (David Corenswet), her time-traveling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present (Justin H. Min). As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders - even if she could change the past, should she?q Director Ned Benson Release Date March 14, 2024 Writers Ned Benson Cast David Corenswet , Lucy Boynton , Retta , Justin H. Min , Rory Keane , Jackson Kelly , Andie Ju , Austin Crute Runtime 87 Minutes