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Halle Berry cast doubt that she will reprise her role as Storm in Avengers: Doomsday, but is she being honest or trying to hide the reveal? The Avengers: Doomsday five-hour livestream was filled with surprises, including seven different X-Men members as a significant talking point. With all signs pointing to Avengers: Doomsday being a stealth Avengers vs. X-Men film, the exclusion of names like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, and Halle Berry as Storm was notable.

During Cinema Con, The Associated Press asked Halle Berry if she would reprise her role as Storm in Avengers: Doomsday. The interviewer told Berry they hope to see her name on a chair in the next announcement that Marvel Studios has teased. The Academy Award-winning actress responded with a laugh and said:

"Well, keep waiting because it's not going to be there. [Laughs] It's not going to be there."

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Avengers is one of the most successful franchises in the history of Hollywood. With over a decade in the industry and six movies, including two upcoming ones, the franchise has provided fans with endless entertainment for years. Moreover, two of its four released movies, Infinity War and Endgame, are listed as two of the highest-grossing movies ever.

Rightfully so, as the magnificence they portrayed in them has yet to be matched by the MCU to date. As such, one would expect that the actors playing in those movies would also be compensated properly for their labor.

Carrie Coon as Laurie in The White Lotus | Credits: HBO

The truth, however, is that Marvel’s behavior shifted so drastically from one movie to another that a female Avengers star straight up refused to reprise her role in Endgame.

Marvel allegedly turned stingy when it came to paying a female Avengers star for...

Carrie Coon is a successful actress, who has shown a lot of range in different HBO Original projects including The Gilded Age, The Leftovers, and now The White Lotus. However, she was also briefly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The actress played the humanoid female Proxima Midnight, one of Thanos' loyal Black Order in Avengers: Infinity War. Her character was originally supposed to return to Avengers: Endgame, but the actress previously stated she couldn't work it out due to scheduling conflicts. In a recent episode of The Big Picture podcast, Coon's husband, the actor and playwright Tracy Letts, explained that the reason why she didn't return was because of money.

"I believe [Marvel] went to her for the second one, and they asked her to be in the second one," he explained to hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins and fellow guest Chris Ryan. "And she said, 'Well, the first...

Carrie Coon's Proxima Midnight was a standout character in Avengers: Infinity War, which left many fans slightly disappointed she didn't have a role to play in Avengers: Endgame outside of a small cameo with no lines. Created by Jonathan Hickman for New Avengers #8 in 2013, Proxima Midnight was one of the children of Thanos, the adopted sister of Nebula and Gamora, and one of the big new villains for Avengers: Infinity War and quickly became a fan-favorite, mainly due to Marvel Studios being able to land a star as talented and well regarded as Carrie Coon, who was coming off hit projects like Gone Girl, The Leftover, and Fargo Season 3. It appears the reason Proxima Midnight's voiceless cameo was not a story decision, but a financial one, as Marvel Studios didn't want to pay the actress more money to reprise her role.

Speaking with Ringer Movie's The Playlist podcast, Carrie Coon's husband,...

In the upcoming episode of “Big Lizard,” titled “The Earth Probe,” viewers will join the lovable characters on another exciting adventure. This episode, which airs on Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 4:30 Pm on CBeebies, promises to be filled with fun and a touch of nostalgia.

The story begins when Dad discovers an Earth probe that brings back memories of home. This discovery makes him feel a bit homesick, sparking a heartfelt moment for the family. However, things take a turn when Big Lizard accidentally destroys the probe. This mishap could lead to trouble, but Cosima steps in with her cleverness and creativity.

Cosima decides to recreate the contents of the probe in her own unique way, using her Proxima-style flair. This twist adds a layer of excitement and showcases Cosima’s resourcefulness. As the episode unfolds, the family learns the importance of memories and creativity, making it a delightful watch for everyone.

International rights to Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ thriller “Diamond Shitter,” which stars Raffey Cassidy, Eva Green, Ben Whishaw and Alessandro Nivola, have been picked up by Beta Cinema. The sales company will launch pre-sales at the European Film Market, with UTA Independent Film Group repping North American rights.

The film’s story unfolds against the backdrop of the affluent ex-pat community in Geneva. Young intern Nollaig ignites a darkly visceral shift within the privileged home of her host family when she steals their precious diamonds – absorbing them into her body – in the process unmasking the deeper truths beneath their glittering privilege.

Campbell-Hughes, who made her directorial debut with “It Is in Us All,” said, “In a time of emotional fatigue, we crave the beauty of justice. This film is a primal howl, a white-knuckle ride that explores the devastating fragility of the human condition. I wish to reinstate hope, to reassess what...

Exclusive: Eva Green, Ben Whishaw and Alessandro Nivola are set to join Raffey Cassidy in the cast of Antonia Campbell-Hughes upcoming thriller Diamond Shitter.

Beta Cinema unveiled the casting additions as it boarded the feature, for a pre-sales launch at the EFM.

Produced by London and Dublin-based Sleeper Films, Diamond Shitter is filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’ second feature after her directorial debut It Is In Us All, which premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW in 2022. Campbell-Hughes will also take a supporting role.

Diamond Shitter unfolds against the backdrop of the affluent expat community in Geneva. Cassidy will star as young intern Nollaig who ignites a darkly visceral shift within the privileged home of her host family when she steals their precious diamonds, absorbing them into her body. In the process, she unmasks the deeper truths beneath their glittering privilege.

“In a time of emotional fatigue, we crave the beauty of justice.

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FX's mini-series "Say Nothing" arrived back in November, but despite that late release date and its invisible advertising, it managed to sneak in as some of the best TV of 2024. The series is based on a 2018 nonfiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe, the full title of which is "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland."

The book and series' story spans decades, focusing on "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland and the scars they left. The Troubles refers to the terrorist campaign waged by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and British forces' attempts to suppress it, which raged from the 1960s until a ceasefire in 1994.

One of the key figures in this narrative is Brendan Hughes, an Ira leader who in middle-age wound up disillusioned; not with the cause, but with his former friend (and...

After almost a few decades starring in only a couple of films of note, Angelina Jolie seems to be entering a more promising era of her career. With Pablo Larraín’s Maria arriving this month, she’s unveiled her next role, teaming with one of the most exciting directors working today.

Jolie will star in the next feature from Alice Winocour, director of Revoir Paris, Proxima, and Disorder. Variety reports she’ll lead Stitches (Coutures), a Paris-set drama unfolding in the world of high fashion. Jolie will play a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week. With filming set to begin early next year, we could see it premiere by the end of 2025.

When I spoke with Alice Winocour last year she mentioned she was writing a horror movie she hoped to shoot this year, but it sounds like this project has taken priority.

Angelina Jolie has a new movie in the works!

The Oscar-winning actress, who is predicted to land another nomination for her upcoming Netflix film Maria, will star in director Alice Winocour‘s next film Stitches.

The French movie is “set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris,” according to Variety.

Angelina “stars in the movie as a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week.”

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Alice most recently directed the 2019 movie Proxima starring Eva Green and the 2022 movie Paris Memories starring Virginie Efira.

In case you missed it, make sure to check out photos of Angelina making a rare red carpet appearance with her 16-year-old son Knox, who she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt.

Even though we are expecting Angeline Jolie to be around campaigning for awards consideration for her new film, “Maria,” it appears the actress has just signed on for what will be her next film, “Stitches.”

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Angeline Jolie has signed on to star in Alice Winocour’s next film, “Stitches.” The film is said to feature Jolie playing a filmmaker who finds her life intersecting others during Paris Fashion Week.

Continue reading Angelina Jolie To Star In ‘Proxima’ Director Alice Winocour’s Drama About Paris Fashion Week at The Playlist.

Oscar winner Angelina Jolie is starring in Alice Winocour’s next movie, Stitches, Deadline has confirmed.

The feature entitled Stitches is set in the world of high fashion, kicking off in Paris. All other plot details are being kept secret. The movie will reportedly be shot in French and English ala Winocour’s previous feature, Proxima.

Charles Gillibert‘s Paris-based CG Cinema is producing. Winocour is working again with Pathe Films here after her feature Paris Memories which premiered in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and notched its actress Virginie Efira a Cesar Award.

Winocour’s Proxima starred Eva Green as an astronaut who is readying for a long run on the International Space Station. She contends with maneuvering a male dominated environment, as well as life as a mother. Green earned a Cesar nom.

Jolie is heavy in this season’s awards conversation for her turn as Maria Callas in the Fremantle/Apartment/Netflix movie,...

Following her critically acclaimed turn as legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” Angelina Jolie will return to Paris to star in Alice Winocour‘s first English language directorial effort.

The movie, titled “Stitches” (“Coutures”), is set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris. Jolie stars in the movie as a filmmaker and is one of three women whose lives will collide during Fashion Week.

Filming is expected to begin at the start of next year with Charles Gillibert‘s Paris-based banner CG Cinema producing in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media.

“Stitches” also reteams Winocour with French production-distribution powerhouse Pathé Films following her well-received movie “Paris Memories,” which world premiered at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and earned its star Virginie Efira a Cesar Award (France’s equivalent to the Oscar) for her performance as a survivor of a brutal terrorist attack.

Twenty-nine film projects have been selected for the seventh edition of European Work in Progress Cologne (Ewip), the pitching event held from October 14-16.

Among the titles being pitched to an international audience of sales agents, distributors and festival programmers is Bulgarian filmmaker Stephan Komendarev’s seventh feature Made In EU, about a provincial town turning against a seamstress after it appears she is the first local to have contracted Covid.

Other projects include German director Frédéric Halambek’s second feature Marielle, starring child actor Laeni Geiseler as a girl with the telepathic ability to know what her parents are...

Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon have an unlikely reunion in the new Netflix family drama His Three Daughters. Written and directed by Azazel Jacobs, His Three Daughters was released on Netflix on September 20, 2024. The film takes place in a New York City apartment where a man named Vincent is suffering from cancer. His three adult children, all daughters, are somewhat estranged but are forced to face each other and live together while also grasping the impending death of their dad.

Coon and Olsen lead the cast of His Three Daughters along with 5-time Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne. The film originally premiered over a year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. His Three Daughters debuted with a near-perfect 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming one of just a handful of movies to join the prestigious Rotten Tomatoes 99% club, which has generated some early Oscars buzz. Although Lyonne, who will enter...

Elizabeth Olsen is exploring different projects after her long stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Scarlet Witch. The actress famously starred in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as her last appearance in the comic book franchise.

Credits: Elizabeth Olsen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness / Marvel Studios

The massive world of the MCU empire allowed her to collaborate with several Hollywood icons, so it’s not a surprise that she got to work with a fellow Marvel star again outside of the Avengers realm.

Elizabeth Olsen And Carrie Coon Went From Marvel Foes To Estranged Sisters

Helmed by Azazel Jacobs for Netflix, His Three Daughters starred Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne as estranged sisters who reunite to take care of their sick father. Fans would immediately recognize Coon as Proxima Midnight, the adoptive daughter of Thanos and a member of the Black Order.

Understandably, many actors think twice before joining a franchise as huge as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, even amid seemingly endless talk of "superhero fatigue," some realise that getting into business with Marvel Studios can be a wise career move.

Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne recently boarded the cast of The Fantastic Four: First Steps in a mystery role. She'll next be seen alongside MCU vet Elizabeth Olsen in Netflix's His Three Daughters, but did the Scarlet Witch actor offer her co-star any advice?

Talking to Total Film, Olsen explained why she didn't find that necessary.

"No, she needs no advice," the WandaVision star admitted. "She can handle her own in the world. She's a very tough broad. She knows she can navigate any situation, I think."

"She's one of the smartest people I've ever met," Carrie Coon, who played Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Infinity War,...

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Warning: Spoilers for The Ark Season 2.

None of the main crew members died on impact from the blast, but Cat succumbs to her injuries in The Ark season 2 premiere. Kelly's backstory is explored in season 2, creating moral dilemmas and a complex relationship with Garnet. Showrunner Dean Devlin also shared an update on his hit show Leverage: Redemption's new season.

Since returning to Syfy on July 17, The Ark Season 2 has been full of close calls and unexpected twists. Ark One was severely damaged in the season 1 finale, and viewers were left pondering whether their favorite characters survived Proxima B's explosion. While none of the main crew members died on impact, Cat, Sanji, and Angus were all badly wounded from the blast. Cat eventually succumbs to her injuries with Trust at her side, making her the first major casualty of the season.

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Elizabeth Olsen's break from playing Scarlet Witch in the MCU allows her to explore diverse film and TV roles outside the franchise. Olsen's post-mcu roles in the film His Three Daughters and limited series Love & Death prove the MCU needs her more than she needs it. Olsen's return to the MCU is unclear but possible, though the actress may want to pursue her successful career outside the MCU.

A well-earned break from her long-standing role as the McU's Wanda Maximoff has allowed Elizabeth Olsen the room to explore new and exciting roles in film and TV. Olsen debuted as Wanda Maximoff's Scarlet Witch, in the McU's Avengers: The Age of Ultron following an uncredited cameo appearance in 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As is the case for most of the McU's cast superhumans, Olsen reprised her character over the years in multiple movies, including Captain America: Civil War,...

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Warning: Spoilers for The Ark Season 2, Episode 1.

Angus and Alicia had finally begun to accept their feelings for one another in The Ark season 1 finale. Angus and Alicia's relationship faces challenges is season 2 due to his recovery and her ship responsibilities. Ryan Adams and Stacey Read discuss their characters with Screen Rant in a new interview.

The Ark Season 2 kicks off with an installment that leaves viewers equally devastated and relieved. While most of the main characters survived Proxima B's explosion, Trust is forced to watch as Cat succumbs to her injuries and passes on. It was up in the air whether Angus would make it out of the premiere alive, but in a surprising turn of events, Kelly gives the horticulturist a blood transfusion that allows him to heal at an impossibly fast rate.

Before the blast that separated them, Angus...

The wait is almost over until we check back into the spacey world of The Ark for Season 2 (premiering July 17). The series is Set 100 years into the future, and the road to planetary colonization has been anything but smooth when surviving members of the Ark One crew prematurely woke up from their cryo-pods to find themselves in a dire situation. They were left to pick up the pieces of a failing ship, hoping to live and continue their adventures. It’s a similar scenario for our brave heroes going into the next chapter of the popular Syfy series. We know Lt. Sharon Garnet (Christie Burke), Lt. Spencer Lane (Reece Ritchie), Lt. James Brice (Richard Fleeshman), and Alicia Nevins (Stacey Read) are among those to survive but there could be casualties aboard Ark One after the explosion of Proxima B, the planet they’d hope to inhabit. Garnet brokered a deal...

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Mark Cousins‘ documentary essay about Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and her neurodiversity, including diary passages narrated by Tilda Swinton, won the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe, the top award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) on Saturday. Clive Owen was honored with a Kviff award at the closing ceremony.

A Sudden Glimpse is “exploring the pivotal 1949 experience atop Switzerland’s Grindelwald glacier that reshaped British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s artistic perspective for decades to come.” The Crystal Globe comes with a $25,000 prize. “I did not expect this in a million years,” Cousins said in accepting the honor. About Barns-Graham, he said: “She didn’t change the world. But she lived completely, fully and utterly. Let’s try to do that.”

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival‘s closing ceremony also honored the Norwegian marital drama Loveable, directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir, with its special jury prize,...

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6) came to a close this evening with an awards ceremony that saw Mark Cousins’ essay film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things win the main prize in the festival’s Crystal Globe competition. Narrated by Tilda Swinton and — in Cousins’ familiar, idiosyncratic style, exploring themes of gender, climate change and creativity — the UK film offers a creative biography of Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004). Coming what most have been a close second to take the Jury Prize — and Best Actress Award for its star, Helga Guren — was Norway’s acclaimed divorce drama Loveable, directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir.

Also taking the stage tonight was Czech actor Ivan Trojan, already perhaps the country’s most garlanded performer, who received the Festival President’s Award for Contribution to Czech Cinema. And following hot on the heels of Viggo Mortensen and Daniel Brühl, British actor...

UK director Mark Cousins’s A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things has won the top prize, the Crystal Globe, at this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival, while Loveable by Norwegian director Lilja Ingolfsdottir won five awards in total including the special jury prize and best actress award for Helga Guren.

Cousins‘ A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things is a documentary portrait of British painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, a leading figure in the modernist St Ives group of artists. Screen’s review said that Cousins brought “his distinctively poetic and enquiring approach to this elegiac cine-essay“ to the film. Conic acquired...

It’s hard to get a cellphone signal up in the high mountains of Himachal Pradesh, in Northern India. Especially in the dead of winter when deep snowdrifts absorb all sound and jagged encircling ridges form an impenetrably icy barrier. But without WiFi coverage, Subhadra Mahajan’s spectacular and serene “Second Chance” suggests, a different, deeper kind of connection is possible — to these stark, unearthly landscapes, to the people who’ve made their lives among them, and perhaps even to the self you might have lost touch with through trauma or tiredness, down in the busy, noisy world below.

Twenty-five-year-old Nia (Dheera Johnson) is feeling estranged from herself when she takes refuge here. In a startling juxtaposition, Mahajan cuts from a black screen over which audio of an anguished voicemail plays to Nia gazing out over a stunning black-and-white vista of mountain crags riisng up from a frozen valley basin.

The programme of the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which opens on Friday (June 28), is typically wide-ranging, befitting its reputation as a platform for both fresh discoveries and world cinema highights.

The Crystal Globe competition has the world premiere of UK director Mark Cousins’ A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, a documentary portrait of UK painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Also in competiton is Beata Parkanova’s Czech-Slovak title Tiny Lights which follows a family break up as perceived by a child. Parkanova won the best director award at Karlovy Vary in 2022 for Word.

Rising Norwegian writer director Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s...

Trans Memoria, the first feature film from Swedish artist Victoria Verseau, is the documentary diary of her return to Thailand, the place of her transition in 2012, and her journey to deal with the challenges before and after. It is set to world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this Saturday.

The film, screening in the Proxima competition section of the 58th edition of Kviff in the scenic Czech spa town, sees Verseau navigating uncertainty amplified by her friend Meril’s death, as well as discussing challenges faced by trans women.

Now, the trailer for the film has made its debut. “‘Never be yourself.’ That’s what the told us,” one friend says to Verseau in one of the scenes featured in the trailer. “It is a fact that Meril killed herself,” Verseau shares in another emotional clip from the movie. “And I have to digest it.”

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It’s that time of year again in Europe! With the start of the official summer holiday season looming, movie fans, film industry folks, party seekers, and global stars are ready to congregate at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) in the Czech Republic.

The Czech spa town has earned the reputation as one of the biggest summer celebrations of film in Central Europe, putting the spotlight on new releases from the region and far beyond, along with highlights of the film festival circuit from the past year.

This year’s 58th edition runs June 28-July 6. Karel Och, who has been serving as the artistic director of the festival since 2010, and his team have touted 15 directorial or feature-directorial debuts in the official selection, along with a slew of world premieres.

Star power is also guaranteed again this year. After all, Viggo Mortenson, Daniel Brühl, and Clive Owen will receive Kviff honors,...

Exclusive: Deadline can reveal a first look at writer-director Subhadra Mahajan’s debut feature, Second Chance, which will premiere at the upcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

The black-and-white film from India will compete in the festival’s Proxima section, which kicks off on June 28. Set in the Pir Panjal range of the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, the film follows the story young woman Nia, who after experiencing the first major trauma of her life, retreats to her family home in the Himalayas where time, nature and unlikely friendships help her heal. The caretaker of the house departs on an errand, leaving his mother-in-law Bhemi, 70, in charge along with his son Sunny, 8.

In a statement, Mahajan said that the film is inspired by some of her personal experiences, especially growing up in Himachal Pradesh — although she currently resides in Mumbai. The film features Hindi, English and Kullavi languages.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has unveiled the official selection for its 58th edition, including new features by Mark Cousins, Noaz Deshe, Oleg Sentsov and Beata Parkanova.

The festival, which runs from June 28-July 6 in the Czech spa town, has selected 34 films for its official selection, which spans the main Crystal Globe Competition, the Proxima Competition and Special Screenings.

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There are 11 world premieres and one international premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition. UK director Cousins world premieres A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, a documentary portrait of British painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, a leading figure in...

Wes Ball is adding another installment to the popular Planet of the Apes franchise starring Owen Teague in the lead alongside Lydia Peckham, and Freya Allan. Kevin Durand plays the main villain in the narrative, Proximus Caesar, and the actor recently revealed that he was partly inspired by one of the richest men in the world.

Kevin Durand’s Proximus Caesar in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Elon Musk who currently stands as the second richest man in the world after Lvmh chairman, Bernard Arnault, has inspired several characters in movies and shows. Musk who is undoubtedly one of the most popular among all the billionaires, also appeared in several cinematic projects including his The Big Bang Theory appearance and of course, in Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man 2.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Villain Actor Revealed His Inspiration

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Elizabeth Olsen has played the role of Wanda Maximoff a.k.a Scarlet Witch in the MCU since Avengers: Age of Ultron. From being a brainwashed member of Hydra to being one of the Og Avengers, the character has had an interesting arc in the MCU, which seemingly ended in 2022’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

However, Scarlet Witch had one of her most powerful and tragic moments in Avengers: Infinity War where she had to protect Vision, who possessed the Mind Stone, from the Black Order. While there are some amazing scenes with the actress in the film, fans seem to be annoyed at the MCU for deleting a pivotal sequence from the movie.

Elizabeth Olsen’s Amazing Battle Sequence Was Reduced In Avengers: Infinity War A still from Avengers: Infinity War

Elizabeth Olsen quickly became a fan favorite when she starred as Wanda Maximoff in the MCU.

Marvel's female villains make a lasting impact despite being fewer in number compared to male counterparts. Female villains like Lady Deathstrike, Viper, and Proxima Midnight stand out for their formidable abilities and unique character designs. Marvel's portrayal of sympathetic villains like Ghost and Dar-Benn adds depth to the MCU, showcasing complex motives and intriguing storylines.

Marvel Movie villains are almost as important as their heroic enemies, with some of the best being female characters. The modern age of Marvel movies is replete with iconic villains from Marvel Comics, though the first female arch-villain would not debut until 2017. That villain in particular would prove why it should never have taken so long for female villains to take center stage, though there are thankfully plenty of stand-out examples of secondary villains in the preceding years.

Marvel has a pretty good track record when it comes to portraying its female rogues' gallery, even...

Gallic cinephiles gave James Cameron a hero’s welcome at a Paris masterclass on Thursday, ushering the action auteur onstage with a reception so thunderous that it shook the filmmaker’s oft-unflappable public demeanor.

“That’s the record,” he said in between laughs and in a show of uncommon giddiness. “That’s the record for the longest applause I’ve ever had in my life. Thank you. This is a high point of my career!”

The event kicked off a new exhibition at Paris’ Cinematheque Française that positions Cameron as a graphic artist who draws inspiration from his own subconscious. Running until January 2025, “The Art of James Cameron” showcases more then 300 paintings, etchings and production designs pulled from Cameron’s private collection, signed by the filmmaker’s own hand, and exhibited as a kind of career retrospective.

“I wasn’t involved in the layout or the design or any of that,...

Quick Links Jungle Cruise 2 Latest News Jungle Cruise 2 Is Not Confirmed Jungle Cruise 2 Cast Jungle Cruise 2 Story Jungle Cruise 2: Further News & Info Jungle Cruise 2: Further News & Info Jungle Cruise 2 is not confirmed despite early talks, and cast reprisals remain uncertain. Dwayne Johnson was evasive about the sequel's status, and the potential of a future collaboration with Disney. Possible sequel storylines could explore new curses, continents, and characters.

With the success of the first installment, Jungle Cruise 2 seems like a foregone conclusion, but will the action/adventure film ever happen? Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt, Jungle Cruise arrived in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access in July 2021 after a year-long delay due to the pandemic. The film, which is based on the Disney theme park ride, may have wrapped up its main story, but the movie has proven...

Toronto — TIFF today unveiled the 10 World Premiere features that comprise the Platform programme for 2023, along with the 2023 Platform jury members: Academy Award–winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, joined by Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki, and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim.

Since its introduction in 2015, Platform has celebrated and showcased films with unique directorial perspectives. The 10 films in the 2023 programme are eligible for the Platform Prize, an award of $20,000 Cad given to the best film in the programme, selected by an in-person international jury.

“I am delighted to announce that we have an international dream jury with acclaimed filmmakers Barry Jenkins, Nadine Labaki, and Anthony Shim as jury members for the Platform programme at TIFF,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “Together, they represent the bold and independent spirit of the Platform Prize.”

Platform is TIFF’s competitive programme that champions bold directorial visions. The...

The Toronto Film Festival is almost a month away and that means there are more films still to be announced as part of the 2023 slate. Today, TIFF revealed the 10 movies selected as part of the competition Platform program. They include works from 12 countries across three continents including Kristoffer Borgli’s follow-up to “Sick of Myself,” “Dream Scenario” which just happens to star Nicholas Cage.

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While the Platform program is entering its eighth year, it has included notable works such as Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie,” William Oldroyd’s “Lady Macbeth,” Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin,” Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal,” and Alice Winocour’s “Proxima,” among others.

Continue reading ‘Dream Scenario’ With Nicolas Cage Tops 2023 TIFF Platform Slate at The Playlist.

Having already announced documentary as well as gala and special presentation lineups, TIFF now unveils 10 world premiering films selected for this year’s Platform program. The 2023 Platform jury is also revealed today, consisting of of Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, Cannes Jury Prize-winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki and Anthony Shim, whose 2022 film Riceboy Sleeps won the Platform Prize last year. The Platform Prize—consisting of $20,000 Cad—is given to the best film as selected by the jury. Notable past recipients of the Platform Prize also include Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon (2021), Kamila Andini’s Yuni (2021), Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal (2019), Alice Winocour’s Proxima (2019), […]

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Having already announced documentary as well as gala and special presentation lineups, TIFF now unveils 10 world premiering films selected for this year’s Platform program. The 2023 Platform jury is also revealed today, consisting of of Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, Cannes Jury Prize-winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki and Anthony Shim, whose 2022 film Riceboy Sleeps won the Platform Prize last year. The Platform Prize—consisting of $20,000 Cad—is given to the best film as selected by the jury. Notable past recipients of the Platform Prize also include Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon (2021), Kamila Andini’s Yuni (2021), Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal (2019), Alice Winocour’s Proxima (2019), […]

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The Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday revealed the 10 titles in its Platform program, a sidebar that will tee off with A24’s Kristoffer Borgli comedy Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage. This year’s Platform includes movies from 12 countries across three continents, all of which are making their world premiere at TIFF, which this year runs from September 7-17.

In addition, the fest today unveiled this year’s Platform jury, which includes Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins as chair; Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki; and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim.

The Platform program, going into its eighth year, is curated for its bold directorial visions. The movies in the 2023 program are eligible for the Platform Prize, an award of CA$20,000 selected by the in-person international jury.

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The Toronto International Film Festival has today announced the 10 world premiere features that comprise its Platform program for the 2023 edition, along with the 2023 Platform jury members: Academy Award–winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins serves as jury chair; joined by Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki; and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim. Both Jenkins and Shim have previously shown work in the section, and Shim was awarded program’s highest prize in 2022 for his “Riceboy Sleeps.”

Per TIFF, “Since its introduction in 2015, Platform has celebrated and showcased films with unique directorial perspectives.” The section is the fest’s “competitive program that champions bold directorial visions.” The films selected for this year’s lineup come from 12 countries across three continents, all of which will be making their world premiere at TIFF.

This year’s lineup includes new films from Kristoffer Borgli, whose razor-sharp “Sick of Myself” recently hit America,...

Russell Crowe is standing on a stage, playing an electric guitar. He’s singing “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash, accompanied by a trumpetist, a drummer, someone at a keyboard, another guitarist, and even four backing singers. He starts rocking out to the instrumental section. The crowd, full of Czech film industry insiders, international critics, and fans, is undoubtedly entertained.

This is not yet another remake of “A Star Is Born,” but simply the kind of event you can expect to witness at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking place every summer in the Czech city and welcoming talent from all over the world.

First established in 1946, Kviff went through a transformation in the early 1990s following the fall of communism. Karel Och, working at the festival since 2001 and its artistic director since 2011, thinks this shift explains how spectators themselves have changed.

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A common question asked in many stories told throughout all of cinema history has been: how far will you go to achieve your dreams? What will you do to get there, what will you give up, what will it take? This one is yet another worthwhile cinematic creation that grapples with these kind of existential questions. One of the better discoveries at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival is a film titled In Camera, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Naqqash Khalid. Written and directed by Khalid, the film is a world premiere in the festival's Proxima Competition section. It's a story about a budding actor living in London trying to get work and break into the world of acting in the British film and TV industry, but he continues to encounter problem after problem after problem. Mainly problems with racism or carelessness or typecasting and beyond. It's frustrating – and...

The Karlovy Vary Film Festival organization has announced winners from the 2023 event, with the Bulgaria/Germany co-production “Blaga’s Lessons” (“Urotcite na Blaga”) and the Germany/Iran co-production “Empty Nets” (“Toorhaye khali”) taking home top honors.

“Blaga’s lessons” won the Grand Prix Award, which includes a $25,000 cash prize for director Stephan Komandarev, to be split with the film’s producer.

Meanwhile, “Empty Nets” won the Special Jury Prize, securing a $15,00 prize for its director, Behrooz Karamizade, also to be split with the film’s producer.

Other winners include Best Director for Babak Jalali for the American production “Fremont,” and the French entry, “The Edge of the Blade,” directed by Vincent Perez, which won the The Pravo Audience Award.

Read on for the complete winner’s list.

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Stephan Komandarev’s Blaga’s Lessons, a Bulgarian/German co-production, has been chosen as the winner of the top prize — the Crystal Globe, which comes with a $25,000 prize — of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The festival announced the winners during its closing ceremony on Saturday. The film’s star, Eli Skorcheva, was named best actress. (See THR‘s review of the film here.)

Meanwhile, the top Czech festival’s special jury prize, which comes with a $15,000 check, was awarded to Behrooz Karamizade’s German-Iranian co-production Empty Nets (see THR’s review). Its audience award went to Vincent Perez’s The Edge of the Blade, a French film (see THR’s interview with Perez), and a special jury mention was designated for Cyril Aris’ Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano, a German-Lebanese entry (see THR’s review).

Babak Jalali was honored as best director for the American film Fremont,...

Prizes also for ‘The Hypnosis’, ‘Fremont’.

Stephan Komandarev’s Bulgarian-German drama Blaga’s Lessons led the winners at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), taking three prizes including the Crystal Globe Grand Prix.

The eighth feature from Bulgarian filmmaker Komandarev also received the best actress prize, for Eli Skorcheva; and a non-statutory Grand Prize from the ecumenical jury.

The main Grand Prix from the Crystal Globe jury consists of $25,000, to be shared equally between the director and producers, the latter of which are Komandarev and Katya Trichkova.

Scroll down for the full list of winners

Blaga’s Lessons...

Naqqash Khalid always wanted to make films.

An English literature graduate of Salford University in Manchester, England, who began his working life as a lecturer in the university’s School of Arts and Media, Khalid dreamed of working with actors to create films that reflect our 21st century experience of a fractured world, dominated by mobile phones and social media, where time no longer seems to follow a linear path.

His chance to make his dreams reality came when a script he wrote while still teaching at Salford was picked up by iFeatures – a BBC Film/Creative England/British Film Institute program for debut directors. A development grant in early 2020 enabled him to realize his script “In Camera,” which had its world premiere Saturday in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Proxima competition slot (for the Variety review see here).

Khalid, now 30, says the film enabled him to explore the nature...

Opening ceremony featured Johnny Depp trailer, which poked fun at the actor’s 2021 attendance.

Russell Crowe brought rock and roll to the opening night of the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), playing a 90-minute set having earlier accepted the Crystal Globe for outstanding contribution to world cinema.

Crowe and his band Indoor Garden Party combined their own music – including new single ‘Let Your Light Shine’, the title track from their upcoming album, and ‘Southampton’, about the English city – with covers including Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’, Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘A Hazy Shade Of Winter’, a Crowe-solo...

From indoor ice skating feats to Russell Crowe rocking the crowd, the 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival has launched with all its unconventional charisma intact.

Audiences who had to weather a downpour clearly showed no signs of dampened spirits as they cheered the fest’s opening gala dancers on ice skates, then rose to their feet to applaud guests Crowe and Alicia Vikander, both of whom accepted honors for their robust range of film work.

Vikander, in accepting the award of fest president Jiri Bartoska, said she was moved to be celebrated in the Czech Republic, where her international career first took off with the 2012 shoot of “A Royal Affair.”

“I had a flush of amazing memories,” she told the crowd assembled in the grand hall of the 70s-tastic Hotel Thermal. Vikander, who will be presenting “Firebrand,” said the role of Henry VIII’s surviving wife appealed...

The Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which takes place in an elegant spa resort in the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, is set to get political during its 57th edition, but in a subtle way.

“I am not sure if you can even use the word ‘subtle’ when talking about politics, but it doesn’t always have to be in your face. You can be political by showing the existential struggles of an elderly lady who gets framed by some crooks,” says artistic director Karel Och, mentioning Stephan Komandarev’s “Blaga’s Lessons,” which will vie for the Crystal Globe.

While the main competition features many stories about people trying to return home or simply find their place in the world, he adds, the festival will also celebrate Iran with a separate section “Another Birth. Iranian Cinema Here and Now.” “Before our consultant Lorenzo Esposito came up with this name,...