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Kristen Stewart got to her push her acting to the limit in 'Love Me'.The 34-year-old actress plays lonely buoy Me and influencer Deja in the post-apocalyptic romantic film and admits that it was challenging to create characters that are very different from what she has played before.Speaking to Screen Rant, Stewart said: "It was fun. It was defining itself every day. The script is such a diving board, and it's so astute in terms of how it offers itself to you. I hope that the movie does that as well, even though we've kind of peopled it."The 'Love Lies Bleeding' star felt "anyone" could have starred in the movie from first-time directors Sam and Andy Zuchero but says the part raised intriguing questions about identity.She said: "But it just felt like anyone could have played that part, and so it felt like such an invitation to (say), 'Well,...

The Oscar-nominated novelist, screenwriter and essayist Nick Hornby below writes a special tribute for Deadline commemorating Jenne Casarotto, his agent for nearly 30 years, who died on February 29 aged 77.

The industry titan, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989, was eulogized today by family, friends and close colleagues at an event named a Celebration of the Life of Jenne Casarotto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall located in London’s Southbank Centre.

Private Eye editor Ian Hislop welcomed guests. Agent colleagues Abby Singer, Mel Kenyon and Jodi Shields spoke of working with Jenne, her son Mark Casarotto commemorated his mother, and producers Jeremy Thomas and Tim Bevan and longtime director clients John Madden and Shawn Slovo told stories about the Jenne they knew and loved.

During the ceremony, it was announced that Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and the National Film and Television School have established The Jenne Casarotto Scholarship...

The John Wick: Chapter 4 soundtrack is a mix of Edm, classical music, and rock n' roll covers that perfectly compliment the action. The soundtrack to John Wick 4 is available on all reputable streaming platforms, such as Spotify and Apple Music. John Wick 4 star Rina Sawayama created an exclusive track for the film.

The John Wick: Chapter 4 soundtrack is full of great songs, scoring the visceral, trigger-happy action with thumping Edm tracks and instantly recognizable rock ‘n’ roll covers. With a blood-drenched, globetrotting adventure involving exploding bullets, dueling pistols, and lots and lots of stairs, John Wick: Chapter 4 is even bigger, bolder, and more brutal than any of its predecessors. Putting together the John Wick 4 soundtrack is a unique musical challenge, because the music has to match the intensity of the action on-screen.

Intense beats have always been crucial to bringing the John Wick franchise...

Nothing gold can stay, and to make room for everything new at Hulu in November, we have to say goodbye to dozens of the series and movies on the platform. The streamer will make room for its upcoming Christmas library by losing some of its horror-themed titles throughout the month, including “Stephen King's It,” most of its “Saw” franchise, and “Shaun Of The Dead.” Other major titles leaving the platform include Emma Stone’s breakthrough comedy “Easy A,” the Nora Ephron classic “Sleeping in Seattle,” and more.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what to catch this month on Hulu before they’re gone!

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Before “The Notebook,” “A Walk to Remember” was the go-to Nicholas Sparks coming-of-age schmaltz. Mandy Moore makes her film starring debut...

The cast of Breaking Bad is full of acclaimed actors giving fierce performances as a wide range of morally complicated characters. The series revolves around Walter White, a mild-mannered chemistry teacher who “breaks bad” and resorts to cooking meth to pay his medical bills when he’s diagnosed with lung cancer. Breaking Bad immediately set itself apart from the rest of the TV landscape with that premise. Whereas most shows are built around maintaining a status quo for an indefinite number of seasons, the storytelling of Breaking Bad was driven by change as Walt was gradually corrupted by a life of crime and transformed into a monster.

Series creator Vince Gilligan famously set out to tell the story of Mr. Chips turning into Scarface. Breaking Bad is frequently included on lists of the greatest TV shows ever made, and it even set the Guinness World Record for the most highly praised TV series.

It feels just like last month we were complimenting Hulu on its true crime offerings. Well, with its list of new releases for February 2023, Hulu is staying in the true crime lane. Suppose that’ll happen when you push back the release date of a series or two.

February sees the arrival of three notable true crime series on Hulu. Taiwan Crime Stories premieres on Feb. 1 and presents four true tales from Taiwan’s criminal “dark underbelly.” That will be followed by ABC News Studios’ Killing County on Feb. 3. That three-episode series ponders the question “what happens when police kill?” The most interesting true crime offering premieres on Feb. 9. That’s when Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence College shares its four-episode saga of Larry Ray and the young college students he victimized.

As far as non true crime offerings go, the third and final season of Hulu...

Take a look at new images of Brit actress Imogen Poots ("Outer Range") in the latest digital issue of "Behind The Blinds" magazine:

Poots first major film role was in "V for Vendetta", followed by playing 'Tammy' in the post-apocalyptic horror feature "28 Weeks Later" (2007), 'Linda Keith' in the Jimi Hendrix biopic "Jimi: All Is by My Side' (2013)...

...'Debbie Raymond' in the biopic "The Look of Love" (2013) and 'Julia Maddon' in the action feature "Need for Speed" (2014). 

She also portrayed 'Jesse Crichton in "A Long Way Down", starred as 'Kelly Ann' in the Showtime series "Roadies' and in 2020 played 'Laura' in "The Father", appeared in "French Exit" and currently co-stars in the Prime Video TV series "Outer Range" (2022). 

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All the Bright Places, set to be Netflix's latest teen drama, is a book that will stay with you long after you turn the last, tear-stained, page. Jennifer Niven's Ya novel is an unlikely love story between two broken teenagers: popular girl Violet Markey and social outcast Theodore Finch. If you are planning to read it, prepare yourself to devour it in one sitting.

Before the film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith hits the streaming service, let's take a deeper look at the story, which serves as reminder to treasure the happy moments with the people that we love. While the movie, available Feb. 28, may not be an exact replica of the book, be warned that this post contains spoilers for key events in the book!

Meet Finch and Violet

The book opens with Theodore Finch, who strictly goes by his last name "Finch," poised on the...

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Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg star in Vivarium, a mind-bending horror film from director Lorcan Finnegan.

Vivarium, a concept-driven indie horror film, is an intriguing showcase for stars Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, taking shape as a sci-fi-themed drama about a couple stuck in a nightmarishly pleasant residence; one that doesn’t seem to exist in the real world and they therefore cannot leave.

Lorcan Finnegan directed the film, following up his 2016 feature debut, Without Name, which was preceded by award-winning shorts such as Foxes, Changes and Defaced. Finnegan worked off a screenplay by Garret Shanley, based off a story he helped develop.

Vivarium Trailer

The Vivarium trailer showcases the dilemma of Gemma (Poots) and Tom (Eisenberg), whose homeowning endeavors lead them toward the misfortune of attending a most fateful house showing. Now stuck – by way of a seemingly supernatural force – in a house and neighborhood that...

Imogen Poots will star in the remake of “Black Christmas” for Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures, with the film set for release on Dec. 13.

Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue and Caleb Eberhardt will also star in the horror film that takes the release date of a previously untitled Blumhouse movie.

Sophia Takal is directing the remake of the 1974 film. Takal and April Wolfe wrote the script, and the film will shoot in New Zealand.

Also Read: Blumhouse's 'The Invisible Man' Sets March 2020 Release Date

Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, and Ben Cosgrove and Adam Hendricks of Divide/Conquer are producing. Greg Gilreath and Zac Locke of Divide/Conquer will executive produce.

Takal worked with Blumhouse’s television arm earlier this year on the film “New Year, New You,” which starred Suki Waterhouse and Carly Chaikin for Hulu’s “Into the Dark” anthology series. There’s synergy...

Exclusive: CAA has signed screenwriter and author Nick Hornby.

Hornby’s novels adapted for the screen include High Fidelity, About A Boy, Fever Pitch, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked. His books have sold 6 million copies worldwide. As screenwriter, he adapted the 2014 film Wild, which starred Reese Witherspoon and Laure Dern. He received Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominations for Brooklyn and An Education, both films earning Best Picture and Best Actress nominations.

He will continue to be represented by Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in the UK.

Looks like “Star Wars: Episode IX” is getting a fresh pair of eyes. The Hollywood Reporter reports that rising British screenwriter Jack Thorne will be contributing rewrites to the script of the upcoming ninth installment of the beloved franchise. While Thorne is a relatively new name in Hollywood, he’s already having a big year: his “Wonder” will arrive on November 17.

Read MoreColin Trevorrow Explains Why He Should Still Direct ‘Star Wars’ Despite That Whole ‘Book of Henry’ Thing

As THR notes, “Trevorrow and his writing partner, Derek Connolly, have been working on the script, but sources say a fresh set of eyes was needed. It is unclear how extensive the rewrites will be.” THR is also quick to note that, despite previous reports, the script for “Episode IX” is not based on a treatment from filmmaker Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed the upcoming “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Disney's Newsies, My Neighbor Totoro and Deconstructing the Beatles make our July Events list!Disney's Newsies, My Neighbor Totoro and Deconstructing the Beatles make our July Events list!Scott Goodyer6/30/2017 10:01:00 Am

It's no secret that we at Cineplex adore movies. But there are plenty of other reasons to visit our theatres - every month we bring special features and old classics to the big screen as part of Cineplex Events programming. Check out some highlights from our July Events list below.

For full details and showtimes for each event, click on their titles! The Old Vic's The Crucible - July 2nd

From London's West End, Richard Armitage stars in Arthur Miller’s classic American drama, based on Salem’s infamous witch trials, brought vividly to life in this visceral new production by internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber.

In a small tight-knit community in Salem, Massachusetts, personal grievances collide with lust and superstition,...

I am Heath Ledger, Obsession and Singin' in the Rain top our May Events Guide!I am Heath Ledger, Obsession and Singin' in the Rain top our May Events Guide!Scott Goodyer5/1/2017 10:17:00 Am

With the month of May now upon us, we flip over to a new and diverse list of movies and special features screening in our Events calendar. Whether you are a fan of the movie classics or a fan of Mozart - we have something for everybody!

So check out the list below highlighting some of our showings and for the full list of events - click here!

May 4th: I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger is a feature length documentary celebrating the life of Heath Ledger: actor, artist and icon. The documentary provides an intimate look at Ledger through the lens of his own camera as he films and often performs...

The stars of yesterday now are making three films a year you never knew existed until they show up on Netflix.^ Real Movie ^

In my prior life as a script reader, I certainly read a lot of bad scripts, but at times, an even more common occurrence was a script that seemed to do a great many things right, but somehow fell just short of being something you wanted to champion as a movie. As draining as the terrible scripts were, there’s something pure about clear-cut bad. It takes little effort to explain why they’re unfit.

The real challenges were the scripts that had kind of a decent premise, kind of an okay twist or two, and a lead character who wasn’t bad so much as he or she was just… there. The raw materials are there for what Could be a script. They just happen to be assembled in the least compelling way...

Exclusive: Former Pathé executive Len Rowles joins Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey’s Wildgaze Films.

Brooklyn producer Wildgaze Films has appointed former Pathé UK creative executive Len Rowles to the role of head of development, film and TV.

Rowles will report to company co-directors Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey.

“Len is a perfect fit for Wildgaze, she has immaculate taste and great talent relationships and we’re looking forward to working with her on our existing and future projects,” Dwyer and Posey said.

At Pathé Rowles worked on features including Florence Foster Jenkins, Suffragette, Selma, Pride and the upcoming A United Kingdom...

By now, author and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby (Brooklyn) has had a few of his novels adapted for the big screen. Since 1997’s Fever Pitch (which starred Colin Firth), we’ve seen adaptations of High Fidelity, About a Boy, A Long Way Down, and a second attempt at adapting Fever Pitch. Another one of Hornby’s stories, Juliet, Naked may soon join that list. Our Idiot Brother director Jesse […]

The post ‘Our Idiot Brother’ Director Jesse Peretz Will Adapt Nick Hornby’s ‘Juliet, Naked’ appeared first on /Film.

The residents of a state-of-the-art tower block succumb to a collective breakdown in Ben Wheatley’s ingenious adaptation of the Jg Ballard novel

In the 1970s, people called high-rise buildings slums built up into the sky, and now film-maker Ben Wheatley has built the 1970s out into the future. His new film High-Rise is a bizarre spectacle, sleek and seedy and mad: a world of sideburns, brutalist concrete and shag-pile carpeting matted with fag ash and blood. Very strange, very Sanderson. It’s closer to an installation of non-narrative freakiness and outrageous self-indulgence. This indulgence is the film’s flaw, but it is also in some way its subject.

Related: A long way down: the nightmare of Jg Ballard's towering vision

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The residents of a state-of-the-art tower block succumb to a collective breakdown in Ben Wheatley’s ingenious adaptation of the Jg Ballard novel

In the 1970s, people called high-rise buildings slums built up into the sky, and now film-maker Ben Wheatley has built the 1970s out into the future. His new film High-Rise is a bizarre spectacle, sleek and seedy and mad: a world of sideburns, brutalist concrete and shag-pile carpeting matted with fag ash and blood. Very strange, very Sanderson. It’s closer to an installation of non-narrative freakiness and outrageous self-indulgence. This indulgence is the film’s flaw, but it is also in some way its subject.

Related: A long way down: the nightmare of Jg Ballard's towering vision

Continue reading...

The past few days have been quite interesting for New Line Cinema's comic book adaptation Sandman. On Friday, we reported that Eric Heisserer signed on to write the screenplay, based on a treatment written by David S. Goyer. Then yesterday, actor/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt dropped quite the bombshell, revealing that he is parting ways with the project. Shortly after the news was announced, Sandman co-creator Neil Gaiman took to his Twitter page to speak about the actor's exit on this highly-anticipated project.

"And, for the record, my respect for [Joseph Gordon-Levitt], is undiminished. Getting to know him was the best bit of the last round. He's special. I very much hope [to work together on something else]. I would love to work with [Joe] some more. He's smart, honest & really nice. Reminder for the curious: I don't own Sandman. DC Comics does. I don't choose who writes scripts, the director, producer or cast. The deal was done when I was 26, long ago,...

Just yesterday, we reported that Warner Bros.' adaptation of Neil Gaiman's classic comic book Sandman had brought on a new writer in Eric Heisserer (Hours). The project seemed to finally be picking up steam. And that report from The Hollywood Reporter seemingly confirmed that Joseph Gordon-Levitt had finally decided to both direct and star in the movie. Today, that is no longer the case.

The actor has announced his exit from the project on his personal Facebook page. He sites creative differences with New Line as the reason for his departure. At this time, it isn't known who will come aboard to direct, and if that director will star in the movie as Joseph Gordon-Levitt had planned to do. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has this to say about leaving the project in the lurch.

"So, as you might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, a while back,...

Warner Bros.' adaptation of Neil Gaiman's classic comic book Sandman is getting closer to becoming a reality. The Hollywood Reporter has word that Eric Heisserer (Hours) has come aboard to write the screenplay, based on a treatment written by David S. Goyer. The treatment was written to help launch the search for a screenwriter, which has now been completed.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt came aboard to star and direct the Sandman adaptation back in December 2013, but he later admitted that he was only producing. Tom Hiddleston was being sought to play Morpheus, but his involvement was never confirmed. Now it seems that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to star, produce and direct the adaptation.

It is believed that the actor/director will play Morpheus, the personification of Dreams in a family known as The Endless, whose members represent other aspects of life such as Death, Delirium, Desire, Destruction, Despair and Destiny.

A drycleaning shop. A barre-workout studio. A fro-yo franchise.

If Nashville‘s Deacon wanted to become a small business owner, any/all of these would’ve been a far smarter investment than his current obsession: being an active proprietor in a bar.

As the saying goes, if you don’t wanna slip, don’t walk where it’s slippery. And for a recovering alcoholic, it’s hard to think of a more treacherous icy patch than a building full of booze you already own.

Yes, I’m aware that the entire endeavor is a tribute to his late sister. But...

Emma de Caunes joins the jury for the 26th British Film Festival in Dinard Photo: Richard Mowe

Actress Emma de Caunes (daughter of former Eurotrash host Antoine de Caunes) will join president Jean Rochefort as a member of this year’s jury at the 26th edition of Dinard British Film Festival, it was announced today (13 Sept).

Among the other jurors at the event from 30 September until 4 October will be actress Melanie Doutey, Virginia Efra, Amara Karan, Alexandra Lamy, actor Bernard Lecoq and producer Bertrand Favre with a few names still to be confirmed. Among the awards to be deliberated will be the top accolade the Golden Hitchcock.

A Long Way Down, directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Pierce Brosnan, will be presented as a tribute to the director in the opening slot at the Dinard British Film Festival

The opening film will be A Long Way Down, directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Pierce Brosnan,...

The French film director died last week after a battle with cancer.

Pascal Chaumeil’s A Long Way Down is to open the 26th Dinard British Film Festival (30 Sept - 4 Oct).

The comedy drama, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul, was the penultimate production for the French director, who died last Thursday aged 54 following a battle with cancer.

The film, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale, was the final English-language film for Chaumeil, who was in post-production on his final feature Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot) when he died.

Competition

The festival also revealed the titles that will compete for the festival’s Golden Hitchock award, including Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends, an adaptation of John Niven’s 2008 novel of the same name starring Nicholas Hoult, Ed Skrein, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette.

Other films vying for the top prize are Craig Roberts’ directorial debut Just Jim, Andrew Steggall’s [link...

French director Pascal Chaumeil died in Paris on Thursday. The filmmaker, who had been suffering from cancer, was 54.Chaumeil is perhaps best known to British audiences for his French-language romantic-comedy Heartbreaker, a huge hit in France, and more recently a Hollywood debut in A Long Way Down. In the former, he gave Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis a Mediterranean-side stage to flaunt their comedy chops, chemistry and Dirty Dancing skills; while the latter offered a first taste of directing in English. That Nick Hornby adaptation combined Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul as four suicidal strangers.Chaumeil’s long-standing passion for filmmaking was sharpened on the sets of Régis Wargnier - I'm The King Of The Castle in 1989 - and Luc Besson. He worked as assistant director on Léon before being promoted to second unit director on The Fifth Element.From there, he secured directorial gigs working...

French film-maker had just completed Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot).

French director Pascal Chaumeil, best known for the 2010 romantic comedy hit Heartbreaker (L’Arnacoeur), has died aged 54.

“He died from on Thursday (August 27) from cancer,” his widow Camille Chaumeil told Agence France Presse on Monday.

“He really lived for cinema. He dreamt of being a director from the age of 15.”

Chaumeil was in the throes of completing post-production on his final film Odd Job (Un Petit Boulot) when he died, starring Romain Duris as an unemployed factory worker who takes on a hitman job to make ends meet.

Gaumont International, which launched sales on the film in Cannes, told ScreenDaily that first images would be available at the American Film Market (Afm) in November and that the feature was expected to released in France in January 2016.

Chaumeil cut his directing teeth on the sets of Régis Wargnier and Luc Besson in the 1990s, working as the...

Riveting, terrifying, and unafraid to confront its own quiet horror. One of the most important movies ever about nuclear weapons and modern governance. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Over the weekend of the 70th anniversary of the first — and so far only — use of atomic bombs in anger, cinemagoers in and around London will have an opportunity to see one of the most extraordinary movies about nuclear warfare ever made. (And then it will air on the BBC next week.) There are no mushroom clouds in War Book. There are no screams of fear or pain. There are no ticking countdowns that may or may not be defused in the nick of time. There is no disaster porn. No stock footage of test blasts from the 1950s is deployed. There are just civil servants...

The long-awaited film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" comics is still in development and last year word was that Jack Thorne ("A Long Way Down") had signed on to write the screenplay adaptation with Neil Gaiman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer producing

Appearing at Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards over the weekend, Gordon-Levitt gave an update on the project's status to MTV saying that progress is good but slow:

"It's really good, man. It's slow but steady. It's a really complicated adaptation because those comics, they're brilliant. But they're not written as a whole. It's not like 'Watchmen,' which is a graphic novel that has a beginning, middle, and end. 'Sandman' was written over the course of whatever - I forget exactly, six or seven years. One at a time. One little 20-page issue at a time. And to try to take that and make it...

If there’s a thriller to be found in international travel regulations, this is not it. Makes a mockery of the unsung heroes it’s meant to celebrate. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

If there’s a thriller to be forged out of the bureaucracy of international travel regulations, Survivor is not it. Not even from the guy — James McTeigue — who brought us V for Vendetta.

Not even from Milla Jovovich (The Three Musketeers, Stone). She’s a badass security consultant — that’s a thing, it seems — riding a desk at the U.S. embassy in London, and she is on the lookout for suspicious physician and pharmaceutical types trying to travel to the United States, because bombs can be made from stuff you find in the Or . I’m sure that’s true…...

Kevin Hart set off comedic fireworks when he teamed with Ice Cube on last spring’s Ride Along, but the comic’s next big-screen vehicle has him collaborating with an even more promising cast. Hart is set to lead Central Intelligence with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who last mined the spy genre for laughs with a supporting role in Get Smart. And today, the action-comedy has expanded to add Breaking Bad alum Aaron Paul.

The Need for Speed actor will play the CIA partner of Johnson’s rogue spy, who seemingly sacrifices himself to save Johnson’s character (with the implication apparently being that he’s a little more of a snake than the other characters give him credit for). Central Intelligence heats up when an accountant (Hart), stuck in a dead-end job and daydreaming about his massive popularity back in high school, reconnects with a nerd he used to bully (Johnson) over Facebook,...

Sometimes, it’s not easy being a former James Bond. Pierce Brosnan made a movie, titled The Moon And The Sun, with Academy Award winner William Hurt, and Paramount Pictures has just cancelled its imminent release. It would have been Brosnan’s first film since the triple 2014 disappointment of The Love Punch, The November Man and A Long Way Down.

Directed by Sean McNamara (Field Of Lost Shoes), The Moon And The Sun is based on the award-winning 1997 novel of the same name by Vonda N. McIntyre. The story brings together elements of science fiction and historical romance, to tell the tale of the Sun King, King Louis Xiv (Brosnan) in 17th Century France, and his quest for immortality.

Seeking endless youth, he dispatches representatives to capture endangered sea monsters, rumoured to provide eternal life. Father Yves de la Croix (Benjamin Walker) returns with two – one dead and one alive.

New film from Pascal Chaumeil, director of A Long Way Down, secures biggest support of more than $500,000; next film in the Department Q series also receives support.

Eurimages is to plough $4.7m (€4,444,000) into 18 feature films and two documentaries, following its latest meeting in London from March 9-12.

Among the titles to receive support is Walking To Paris, from British auteur Peter Greenaway, which received $300,000 (€280,000).

The biopic of sculptor Constantin Brancusi is being made with Dutch producer Kees Kasander. The film will focus on the 18 months when a 27-year-old Brancusi walked through Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France.

The film is due to begin shooting this month in Switzerland.

Speaking to ScreenDaily about the feature early this year, Greenaway said: “Along the way, living off the land as his years of being a shepherd boy had taught him, he had adventures - comic, violent, sexual and romantic - and certainly formative of his future sculpture, constantly building...

A new collection of Doctor Who short stories features a "hidden" Twelfth Doctor tale.

Doctor Who: Time Trips Collection from BBC Books features several stories previously published as eBooks last year, alongside the new story cleverly hidden in its dust jacket.

"At turns frightening and funny, poignant and gripping, the Time Trips stories journey from Ancient Alexandria and 16th Century England to mysterious planets in the distant future, and feature Doctors from across the history of the programme," said the publishers.

The book is available from March 5 in hardback and is priced at £20.

The contents of Time Trips are as follows:

The Death Pit by Al Kennedy (Fourth Doctor)

Into the Nowhere by Jenny T Colgan (Eleventh Doctor)

Keeping up with the Joneses by Nick Harkaway (Tenth Doctor)

Salt of the Earth by Trudi Canavan (Third Doctor)

A Handful of Stardust by Jake Arnott (Sixth Doctor)

The Bog Warrior...

Aaron Paul and Edgar Ramirez are reportedly two of the actors Disney is interested in for the male lead role in their Untitled Gareth Edwards Directed Star Wars Spin-Off. This is the first we're hearing of Edgar Ramirez being in the running for the project, but a rumor from late December revealed that Aaron Paul had already been set to star in the spinoff. The actor himself wouldn't confirm or deny the report in a tweet he sent out back in early January.

The original rumor claimed that director Gareth Edwards' Star Wars spinoff centers on a group of space pirates, including a young Han Solo, although the report didn't indicate if Aaron Paul was playing Han Solo or not. There have also been rumors that the plot includes both Han Solo and the bounty hunter Boba Fett. There are also unconfirmed details from earlier today that claim the female lead character,...

Simultaneously the dullest and the most insulting version of itself it could possibly be. If only it had managed to be campy, that’d be something… I’m “biast” (pro): have been a fan of Ridley Scott in the past…

I’m “biast” (con): …but not so much lately

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

I think I’ve finally figured out what Exodus: Gods and Kings is all about. I don’t mean how it’s a painfully boring, too-literal adaptation of a Biblical fantasy that’s been told plenty often before, and was not calling out to be told again. I mean how it’s possible that Ridley Scott could have made such a stodgy flick, and one that’s utterly tone-deaf to modern sensibilities. Cuz Scott used to be ahead of the curve, not decades behind it: This is the guy who...

A film full of spectacular landscapes of both the natural world and the human spirit. This is what it looks like when women get to be people onscreen. I’m “biast” (pro): I am desperate for stories about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Cheryl Strayed was a mess. She was in the midst of divorcing her husband; she’d ruined their marriage with her constant random fucking of strangers. She was using heroin. She was lost. So, in the summer of 1995, she figured maybe she might be able to find herself by hiking a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. Which she did. And then she wrote a book about her transformative experience. And now it’s a movie.

Please, everyone stop with the “Oh, this is the movie where...

Exclusive: Oliver Stone and Audiard dramas, Mel Gibson action Blood Father and Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire among haul.

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has finalized deals for 26 films from the Afm, including Oliver Stone’s Untitled Snowden Project starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, action-thriller Blood Father with Mel Gibson and Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There, all from Wild Bunch.

Front Row continued to cement its long-standing relationships with the likes of Protagonist Pictures and HanWay Films, acquiring the former’s upcoming Ben Wheatley action film Free Fire, Rob Zombie’s 31, David Farr-directed horror The Ones Below and the untitled Joshua Marston drama with Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon.

From HanWay, Front Row secured Thai Boxing action film A Prayer Before Dawn, set to star Charlie Hunnam, The Limehouse Golem, written by Jane Goldman and the Kinks’ biopic You Really Got Me, produced by Jeremy Thomas.

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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently participated in a Reddit Ama session and gave a brief update on the progress of the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed comic "Sandman".

At last report earlier this year, Jack Thorne ("A Long Way Down") had signed on to write the screenplay adaptation with Gaiman, Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer producing the project. Gordon-Levitt says things haven't progressed much since then with the script still being worked on:

"Been doing a lot of work with David Goyer and Jack Thorne, working on the screenplay. We've been doing our meetings at the DC office, which is a frickin rad place to work. Also just had a great conversation last week with David and Mr. Gaiman. Neil has been extremely big hearted with me, and he's the one I want to please most."

Goyer also commented on the film in a recent Deadline story, saying a...

We haven't heard much about the comic book adaptation Sandman since it was first announced back in December 2013, but we know that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer are producing alongside author Neil Gaiman. Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down) signed on to write the screenplay adaptation back in February, but we're still not sure how long we are from a Sandman movie arriving in theaters. Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently held a Reddit Ama session, where he offered a brief update on the adaptation's progress.

"Been doing a lot of work with David Goyer and Jack Thorne, working on the screenplay. We've been doing our meetings at the DC office, which is a frickin rad place to work. Also just had a great conversation last week with David and Mr. Gaiman. Neil has been extremely big hearted with me, and he's the one I want to please most."

David S. Goyer...

Rosamund Pike nearly stole the show in David Fincher's "Gone Girl" but he stole the hearts of the Palm Springs International Film Festival's committee members. The actress is getting the Breakthrough Performance Award! Last year, "12 Years A Slave's" Lupita Nyong'o received the same award and walked all the way to Oscar glory!

Pike is joining recently announced recipients Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore, and J.K. Simmons. Here's the press release:

Palm Springs, CA (November 21, 2014) . The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Rosamund Pike with the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress at its annual Awards Gala. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons. Presented by Cartier, and hosted by Mary Hart, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2-12.

.Rosamund Pike perfectly taps into Gillian Flynn.s...

The adaptation trend for Young Adult fiction continues apace, with news that Maggie Stiefvater’s popular and award-winning novel The Scorpio Races is under development for the big screen. Focus Features have tasked Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down) with writing the screenplay, with KatzSmith Productions putting their considerable weight behind the project – which has been in the works since the novel was first optioned in 2011, shortly after publication.

As with almost every Young Adult adaptation to grace our theatres in recent years, The Scorpio Races concerns a matter of life and death. Every November, on the fictional island of Thisby, the community stages a deadly race in which people compete on mystical and dangerous water horses. There can be only one winner, and the annual death toll is always high. The returning champion is 19 year old Sean Kendrick, who finds himself competing against Puck Connolly. She is a novice,...

Sam Claflin and Lily James are circling starring roles in Their Finest Hour and a Half for BBC Films.

The plot is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Lissa Evans, which follows a British movie crew during World War II, who try to boost morale after the infamous London Blitz devastated the area. Gabby Chiappe, who has written for British TV shows such as The Paradise and Shetland, is writing the adapted screenplay.

Lone Scherfig (An Education, One Day) is directing, with Amanda Posey (A Long Way Down) and Stephen Wooley (Byzantium) producing. Principal photography is scheduled to take place in summer 2015.

Sam Claflin most recently starred in The Quiet Ones and he will next be seen as Finnick Odair in Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. He is also starring in Lone Scherfig's The Riot Club, which is rolling out in overseas territories soon.

Exclusive: Lily James (Disney’s Cinderella) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) are circling to star in Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest Hour And A Half. James, currently filming Burr Steer’s Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, is one of Britain’s hottest young actresses and is also attached to the plum role of Natasha in The Weinstein Company’s War And Peace miniseries.

Their Finest Hour And A Half, based on Lissa Evans’ 2009 novel that was nominated for Britain’s prestigious Orange literary prize, follows the misadventures of a British movie crew trying to make a patriotic film to boost morale after the Blitz during World War II. TV writer Gabby Chiappe is adapting. Principal photography is set for summer 2015.

The prestige picture is being produced by Wild Gaze’s Amanda Posey (A Long Way Down) and longtime associate Stephen Wooley (Byzantium) through his Number 9 Films. The pair previously...

Fright Night stars Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots are reuniting for the new thriller Green Room from director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin).

The story centers on a punk rock bank, lead by Anton Yelchin's character, who witness a murder at one of their small venue concerts in the middle of nowhere. They lock themselves in the green room, as they become targeted by a group of murderous and racist skinheads. Imogen Poots is playing a skinhead whose friend is the murder victim, which causes her to join forces with the band.

Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Joe Cole, Macon Blair and Mark Webber have also signed on to star in unspecified roles.

Jeremy Saulnier is directing from his own screenplay, with Broad Green Pictures producing and providing financing for the indie thriller. Production is slated to begin next month in Portland.

Anton Yelchin most recently starred in Only Lovers Left Alive and this weekend's Rudderless.

Having made his feature length directorial debut in 2013 with the Daniel Radcliffe-starring Kill Your Darlings, John Krokidas will now tackle Lionsgate’s Young Adult fiction adaptation of the award-winning book Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. The novel, which took the top slot of the New York Times bestseller list on publication, won both a Maine Student Book Award and Vermont’s Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award, as well as featuring on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list. It is hardly surprising, then, that Hollywood would snap it up.

Wonder tells the story of 10-year-old Auggie Pullman, who has a rare facial malformation caused by mandibulofacial dysostosis. Having been previously home-schooled by his mother, Auggie finds himself heading into fifth grade at Beecher Pre, and must try to fit in and make friends. He meets prejudice and bullying from many quarters – but also makes firm and long-lasting connections with his fellow students.

Exclusive: Tom Harper’s thriller to debut at London Film Festival; acquisitions exec re-locating to UK.

K5 International has snapped up international rights to Tom Harper’s thriller War Book, set to receive its world premiere at the London Film Festival on Oct 13.

The film, written by Jack Thorne (How I Live Now, A Long Way Down), centres on a war game amongst a group of government officials that reaches boiling point when their hypothetical global crisis escalates and the fragility of everyday life and those who govern it is brutally exposed.

The ensemble cast includes Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, Anthony Sher, Kerry Fox and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

Producers are Lauren Dark at Sixteen Films, and Mike Brett and Steve Jamison’s Archer’s Mark, in association with Ivana MacKinnon’s Stray Bear Films.

The acquisition comes as K5 looks to boost its presence in the UK. Kathrin Schöftenhuber is to relocate from the company’s Munich...

Drama ordered by Sky and Canal+, to be co-produced by Warp Films and Haut et Court.

Sky Atlantic and Canal+ have commissioned six-part crime drama series The Last Panthers, starring Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahmin and John Hurt.

The series, based around real-life jewel thieves the Pink Panthers, will be developed and co-produced by Haut et Court TV (The Returned) and Warp Films (This is England, Four Lions).

The Last Panthers originated as an idea from French journalist Jerome Pierrat and the screenplay has been written by Jack Thorne, whose film and TV credits include Skins, This is England, A Long Way Down, Glue and The Fades.

The series will be directed by Johan Renck (Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead).

Filming will start on 27th October with the four key shooting locations in London, Marseille, Belgrade and Montenegro.

Worldwide distribution is being handled by StudioCanal-owned Tandem and BSkyB’s international division, Sky Vision...

Looking for what's new on Netflix streaming for October 2014? You've come to the right place.

We've rounded up the best TV shows and movies arriving soon. So take some time to peruse this list, and maybe block off a weekend or two so you can binge-watch Season 5 of "The Vampire Diaries" or something.

Here's a much larger rundown of what subscribers can expect in September, courtesy of Netflix. All title dates are subject to change.

Available October 1

"Annie" (1982)

Based on the Depression-era comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," this adaptation of the smash Broadway musical follows America's favorite urchin (Aileen Quinn) as she captures Daddy Warbucks' (Albert Finney) heart with her unquenchable optimism. In the meantime, Annie must try to dodge the treacherous head of the orphanage (Carol Burnett). Directed by John Huston, Annie features the hit song "Tomorrow."

"Annie: A Royal Adventure" (1995)

Annie, the charming orphan with a head full of red curls,...

Aaron Paul hasn’t exactly enjoyed the greatest cinematic year, what with the double disappointment of Need For Speed and A Long Way Down. But he has plenty of interesting projects coming up and has just signed on for supernatural thriller The 9th Life Of Louis Drax.Adapted by Max Minghella from Liz Jensen’s novel, the story starts on the titular lad’s ninth birthday when, following a lifetime of strange accidents, he suffers a fall that nearly kills him. Jamie Dornan is set to play a doctor who starts treating the boy, and discovers a mystery that snaps the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Paul will play the boy’s father, who comes under investigation following the incident. Alexandre Aja is directing, bringing to life a project originally developed by Anthony Minghella before his death and kept moving by his son. Cameras are scheduled to start rolling next month in Vancouver.