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20th Television have dropped yet another teaser for Alien: Earth, their upcoming sci-fi horror series that will serve as a prequel to the first film in the franchise, revealing what happened back home on Earth two years before the events of the 1979 movie.

While we don't have an official premiere date, the series is slated to debut this Summer on FX on Hulu domestically and Disney+ via Star internationally. Also, with the Super Bowl right around the corner, there's a very real possibility that a full-length trailer could debut during the annual event, especially considering the Big Game is airing on Fox.

Plot details remain relatively under wraps, but the basic premise is as follows, "When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat."

Based on the quick teaser,...

20th Television have dropped yet another teaser for Alien: Earth, their upcoming sci-fi horror series that will serve as a prequel to the first film in the franchise, revealing what happened back home on Earth two years before the events of the 1979 movie.

While we don't have an official premiere date, the series is slated to debut this Summer on FX on Hulu domestically and Disney+ via Star internationally. Also, with the Super Bowl right around the corner, there's a very real possibility that a full-length trailer could debut during the annual event, especially considering the Big Game is airing on Fox.

Plot details remain relatively under wraps, but the basic premise is as follows, "When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat."

Based on the quick teaser,...

Mister Smith Entertainment has closed multiple international sales for the adventure comedy Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher.

The feature, from Come to Daddy director Ant Timpson follows 11-year-old Mildred (Fisher) whose life takes a wild turn when her estranged father, a washed-up Las Vegas illusionist Strawn Wise (Wood) suddenly reappears. Strawn is left to care for Mildred while her mom is hospitalized and the pair set off on a trip to find the mythological Canterbury Panther.

Mister Smith closed deals on the film for Photon Films in Canada; Metropolitan in France; Plaion Pictures in Germany, Italy and Switzerland; and La Aventura in Spain, among other territories. Vertical Entertainment picked up the film for the U.S. earlier this year. Signature Entertainment will release in the U.K.

Written by Toby Harvard, Bookworm is produced by Emma Slade, Roxi Bull, Victoria Dabbs, Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall. It is...

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has been blogging a lot lately. We've been bowled over by some of his blunt criticisms of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel show House of the Dragon, but it hasn't been all about drama. A lover of all books, movies and TV, Martin also talked about some of the media he's been enjoying lately, including the canceled Prime Video show My Lady Jane.

Based on a book of the same name by author Jodi Meadows, My Lady Jane is about the life of Lady Jane Grey, who was technically queen of England for nine days before being deposed and eventually executed. Or...well, it's kind of about Lady Jane Grey if she lived in an alternate reality version of 15th century England occupied by shapeshifting people called Ethians.

The show quickly found a passionate fanbase, but Prime Video canceled it...

Bill Skarsgrd had a monumental task on his shoulders when he was cast as Pennywise in the newest adaptation of the Stephen King novel It. Not only was It set to be one of the most anticipated R-rated horror movies of the 21st century, but Skarsgrd was taking on a role that Tim Curry had already made iconic in the cult classic television miniseries. Given how well Skargads performance in both It and its slightly underwhelming sequel were, it isnt surprising that he has succeeded in earning many other roles in high-profile horror films. To his credit, Skarsgrd's work in the twisty confinement thriller Barbarian, the Southern Gothic thriller The Devil All The Time, and the dark comedy Villains hasnt entirely been derivative of his role as Pennywise. However, Skarsgrd showed his range as a dramatic actor in the highly underrated fantasy drama Nine Days.

While coming from a family of actors comes with expectations, Bill Skarsgård has already established his own path. The son of Stellan Skarsgård, Bill first crept into homes on Hemlock Grove from the mind of Eli Roth. Soon after, he became an icon for fans of Stephen King, developing popular characters in It and Castle Rock. In 2024, Bill is having a career year. With Nosferatu, The Crow, and Boy Kills World, Skarsgard is conquering new genres and prestige work. With the release of The Crow today, we’re highlighting seven of his best performances to date.

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In a short but incredible sequence, Skarsgård joins the X-Force. Played mainly for laughs, Skasgard shines in a sequence that includes Brad Pitt and Terry Crews. However, the power set of the character and a grisly ending...

Exclusive: David Rysdahl (Fargo) has been tapped to star opposite Lily Sullivan in SOULM8TE, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s new film out of the M3GAN universe, Deadline has learned.

In the film from director Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother), Rysdahl plays a man who acquires an Artificially Intelligent android (Sullivan) to help him cope with the recent loss of his deceased wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, the man inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.

Dolan is directing after rewriting the original draft from Rafael Jordan (Salvage Marines), which was based on a story by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu and Jordan. Sources tell us this film is a deal more risqué than M3GAN, falling in the tradition of ’90s domestic thrillers but with a modern, technological twist.

Wan and Jason Blum will produce, with Michael Clear and Judson Scott...

Exclusive: Stowe Story Labs announced the 2024 Stowe Launch Fellows and selected projects, with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts.

The 2024 Fellows are Alexandra Hensley (Hearts and Minds), Arianna Ortiz (The Bastard Children of Javier Ortiz) Sebastien Tobler (Bodies of Water), Brandon Vedder (Miracle Man) and Keith Walker (Greenwood). Read more about them below.

Each Launch participant receives up to one year of ongoing mentoring and program participation, with no fees or travel costs. The goal of the program is to get projects ready for market.

“Projects like Stowe Launch exemplify the creativity and care with which communities are telling their stories, creating connection, and responding to challenges and opportunities in their communities — all through the arts,” said Nea Chair Maria Rosario Jackson. “So many aspects of our communities such as cultural vitality, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, and the economy are advanced and improved through investments in art and design,...

Those who enjoyed the historical fantasy, humor, and alternative history elements of My Lady Jane, may enjoy these other series. Renegade Nell was an historical fantasy series about a young woman framed for murder who goes on an epic adventure. Belgravia: The Next Chapter included a major actor from My Lady Jane to fill the gap left by the show.

My Lady Jane was an excellent historical fantasy series that has left plenty of viewers craving more shows that showcased a similar style, addressed the same themes, or combined humor and history in such a compelling way. With an extraordinary lead performance from Emily Bader as Lady Jane Grey, this period series reimagined the story of the Nine Days Queen as a magical tale featuring a world where some can take the form of animals. Adapted from a novel by Jodi Meadows, this Amazon Prime series brought to mind several other acclaimed TV shows.

My Lady Jane's story utilizes a major disease as a central plot thread, which is known as "The Affliction."

Loosely based on the real-life Nine Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey, My Lady Jane takes inspiration from the same-named book. It explores the real-world historical events from that time period with some additional magic and fantasy elements.

Included in that adventure is King Edward VI, who ruled over England from 1547 until his death in 1553. In My Lady Jane, the role is played by Jordan Peters.

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The showrunners from My Lady Jane Season 2 offered hope by giving an update on a potential Season 2.

Brought to Amazon Prime Video on June 27, My Lady Jane is an adaption of a novel series that tells a historical reimagining of the life of Lady Jane Grey, better known as the "Nine Days Queen."

Adapted by Gemma Burgess and Meredith Glynn, the series sees Lady Jane avoid execution on numerous occasions during her rule. Emma Bader plays the leading role in this eight-episode drama.

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I can't remember when I first heard the story of Lady Jane Grey. At first, I thought it was included in the historical notes of Scholastic's Royal Diaries book about Elizabeth I, but it's not. All I know is 1) I was young, probably not much older than 11, and 2) It freaked me out to no end. An unwilling young woman suddenly made Queen of England, and, within nine days, found guilty of crimes and executed by her cousins? It seemed supremely unfair. It wouldn't be until 2016 that the Nine Days Queen finally earned an opportunity for some justice with Bodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows' novel My Lady Jane, which has now been adapted as a delightful new series for Prime Video.

Exclusive: Actor Winston Duke has signed with M88 for representation.

Most recently starring opposite Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in David Leitch’s The Fall Guy, Duke rose to global stardom in Marvel’s critically acclaimed Black Panther franchise, seeing his character, M’Baku, be named King of Wakanda in sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

To date, the actor has also been seen in such notable films as Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, Peter Berg’s Netflix crime drama Spencer Confidential, Jordan Peele’s Us, and Sony Picture Classics’ Nine Days, which he also exec produced.

Over the course of his career, Duke has received numerous accolades, including the Advanced Imaging Society’s Social Justice Lumiere Award for his work as the star and executive producer of The Messy Truth VR Experience, a VR documentary short which provides viewers with a look at the timely themes of race, mercy, and...

Exclusive: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Irish rights to Bookworm, the latest film from Kiwi filmmaker Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy) starring Elijah Wood.

Described as an “adventure comedy”, the film is produced by Emma Slade (Come to Daddy), Roxi Bull (Uproar), and Victoria Dabbs (Malevolent) of Firefly Films New Zealand and Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore), Laura Tunstall (Nine Days) of Nowhere.

Timpson directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler). Starring alongside Wood are Michael Smiley (Free Fire), Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise), Morgana O’Reilly (Housebound), and Nikki Si’ulepa (Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story). The film’s plot tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father comes to look after her.

The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Chief Commercial...

Ice Spice is set to appear in Spike Lee’s upcoming English-language reinterpretation of the Akira Kurosawa crime thriller “High and Low.”

“High and Low” will mark Ice Spice’s acting debut, and she’s already begun shooting for the project starring Denzel Washington.

The rapper skyrocketed to fame following the release of her breakthrough single, “Munch (Feelin’ U),” and subsequent collaborations with Pink Pantheress, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift. She was nominated for four Grammys this year, including best rap song and best new artist. Ice Spice’s first studio album, “Y2K,” is due out this year.

The project is the fifth collaboration between Washington and Lee, and their first since 2006’s “Inside Man.” Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering on the project, which will be released theatrically by A24 before a global launch on AppleTV+.

Apple Original Films tweeted a photo of Washington and Lee on Wednesday...

Exclusive: Ilfenesh Hadera (Godfather of Harlem) has been tapped to star opposite Denzel Washington in Apple and A24’s High and Low, an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller, from filmmaker Spike Lee.

She comes to the project following collaborations with Lee on his acclaimed Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, based on his classic 1986 film, as well as his movies Chi-Raq and Oldboy.

Loosely based on the 1959 novel King’s Ransom, written by Evan Hunter under the pen name Ed McBain, the original High and Low watches as a shoe company executive becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. It’s unclear how closely Lee’s film will hew to the original storyline, and there’s no word yet as to the role Hadera will play.

Developed and produced by A24, Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, Lee...

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their fifth film together – the first since 2006’s “Inside Man.” Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering on “High and Low,” which will be released theatrically by A24 before a global launch on AppleTV+.

The thriller, which starts production in March, is the English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller of the same name. The 1963 film starring Toshiro Mifune was based on the Ed McBain novel “King’s Ransom,” which chronicles the ruin of a businessman following a ransom payment to kidnappers.

Developed and produced by A24, Escape Artists and Mandalay Pictures, “High and Low” features a script written by Alan Fox and Spike Lee.

As Apple is a co-financier on “High and Low,” this project will not be included in a recent multi-year deal that A24 brokered with competing streaming service Max last year, sources familiar with the movie said. The...

Exclusive: Christine Otal has been named Senior Vice President, Production & Development at Macro Film Studios, the company’s President James Lopez has announced.

Otal joins from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, where she served as Senior Vice President of Film. During her time there, she worked on titles including Star Trek IV, a live-action remake of acclaimed anime Your Name at Paramount, Jason Bateman’s The Pinkerton at Warner Bros, an adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s book A Hope More Powerful than the Sea with Paramount and Amblin, and an adaptation of the video game Portal.

The L.A.-based executive previously served as Vice President of Development and Production at Millennium Films, there exec producing The Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, Hunter Killer starring Butler and Gary Oldman, and Criminal starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones.

[This story contains spoilers from Fargo season five, episode four, “Insolubilia.”]

For the last five years, Fargo star David Rysdahl has been quietly turning in a number of quality performances, and now the audience and industry alike are catching on.

Beginning with Dead Pigs, Cathy Yan’s feature directorial debut premiered at 2018’s Sundance Film Festival garnering Rysdahl and the rest of the cast a special jury prize for ensemble acting. But despite the recognition and rave reviews, the foreign-language film failed to receive distribution until a year after Yan’s second feature, Birds of Prey, had been released by Warners in 2020. That same year, Rysdahl stood out again in another Sundance darling, Edson Oda’s Nine Days.

Everything would soon change for Rysdahl in 2022, when he was cast in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Black Mirror season six and Noah Hawley’s fifth season of Fargo. In the latter project, Rysdahl plays Wayne Lyon, a well-intentioned car salesman,...

Exclusive: After working with Noah Hawley on the fifth season of his Emmy-winning drama Fargo, which just debuted last week, David Rysdahl has solidified his place in his FX family with a series regular role in his Alien prequel series, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

Details as to his character are under wraps. But Rysdahl joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human Wendy, Alex Lawther as soldier Cj, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, a CEO, Essie Davis as Dame Silvia, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, and Kit Young as Tootles. Announced as joining prior to Rysdahl was Timothy Olyphant, and while his role has not been confirmed, Deadline hears he’ll be playing Kirsh, a synth who acts as a mentor and trainer for Wendy, a character with the body of an adult, but the brain and consciousness of a child.

The new Alien series, exec produced by Ridley Scott,...

Prepare to see Jon Hamm like you’ve never seen him before: sporting nipple rings and a cowboy hat while lounging in a hot tub. That’s just one of the head-scratching moments buried in the trailer for “Fargo” Year 5.

The trailer starts with two cops telling Wayne Lyon (David Rysdahl) that his wife isn’t who she says she is. It then shifts to clips of Juno Temple as Dot Lyon fighting and scheming for her life.

“Let me tell you what I see. I see a woman who outsmarted two kidnappers,” Richa Moorjani, who plays Deputy Indira Olmstead, says in the trailer.

As much fun as it is to watch Temple strategically place ice cubes and play with flamethrowers as she “Home Alones” her way through the season, the real star of this first trailer is Jon Hamm’s Sheriff Roy Tillman. The first time his character appears,...

We originally posted the below piece a couple of weeks ago to tout the in-person return of the annual Film Independent Forum to the DGA in Los Angeles, happening this weekend, September 29-30. Since then, two new events have been added to the Forum schedule: Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life and buzzy Sundance hit Fair Play. Action-packed!

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For the first time since 2019 (hello fidget spinners!) Film Independent’s autumnal industry gathering—the Film Independent Forum—will be taking entirely live in person at its traditional home, the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. Alternate venues, hybrid virtual sessions and a friggin’ global pandemic may have made things difficult to pin down in recent years, but this year all your #FiForum23 filmmaker panels, keynotes, industry networking events and more will be exactly where you expect. And they’ll be there for two days only, September 29-30. Get your passes today.

Exclusive: André Holland (Passing), Kate Mara (Black Mirror), Zazie Beetz (The Harder They Fall) and Stephen McKinley Henderson (Beau Is Afraid) are set to star in The Dutchman, a psychological thriller based on the Obie Award-winning play by Amiri Baraka that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.

Directing from his script written with filmmaker Qasim Basir is Andre Gaines, the Emmy-nominated multi-hyphenate behind Showtime’s 2021 documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory. Production kicks off in New York City September 25th, putting a group of 150 or so back to work.

Set on a New York subway, The Dutchman centers on an encounter between a well-to-do Black man and an enchanting white woman who match wits in a sexualized game of cat and mouse that leads to a violent conclusion. The searing confrontation amplifies the dimensions of racial conflict in America in this adaptation of the stage show first presented...

Get ready for a blast from the past as Creed announces a reunion, set for summer 2024.

In a video the band shared on Facebook, Creed frontman Scott Stapp and the rest of the band announced they’re coming back together for the nostalgia-heavy Summer of ’99 cruise next year.

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“We’re truly honoured by all your unwavering support throughout the years,” Stapp says in the video. “Creed is back — let’s do this!”

The Summer of ’99 Cruise departs from Miami and heads to the Bahamas, and takes place from April 18-22, 2024.

Creed are scheduled to perform two sets, and they’ll be joined by Buckcherry, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, Fuel, Verve Pipe, Tantric, Dishwalla, Veruca Salt’s Louise Post, Nine Days and 3 Doors Down.

Fans of the new DC Universe have been enjoying a lot of news lately. James Gunn's Superman: Legacy has cast David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, teasing fans what to expect for the next Man of Steel adventure. However, there's also been movement on the villainous front.

It's come via rumors suggesting Bill Skarsgård is up to play Lex Luthor. Admittedly, Skarsgård would be a tour de force as this villain -- something John Wick: Chapter 4 already showed with his portrayal of the aristocratic killer, The Marquis. However, such a move would really be predictable typecasting. Instead, the Dcu should actually leverage Skarsgård's talents as a hero and redefine what he's meant for on the big screen.

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Bill Skarsgård Is Overdone as Haunting Characters

Now, Skarsgård has the glaring eyes, the laugh and the sinister look down.

"You do exactly what I've instructed you to do – and the balance will be restored." Max has unveiled the full official trailer for the mystery thriller series Full Circle, yet another crime drama joining the hundreds already streaming on all the streamers nowadays. It'll be out to watch starting in July if anyone is curious to find out what exactly is going to come "full circle" in this. The synopsis doesn't reveal much - only setting up the crime story at the core of this Max series. An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. The series cast includes Joker / Nine Days star Zazie Beetz as a detective, with Claire Danes, Jim Gaffigan, Jharrel Jerome, Timothy Olyphant, Cch Pounder, and Dennis Quaid. It seems as if this family is into some nefarious things in Africa, and is now...

Like the other episodes in season 6, the "Mazey Day" cast helps keep Black Mirror's legacy strong as they deliver highly entertaining performances. First released in 2011, Black Mirror is a British anthology series that follows a similar format to the popular horror sci-fi show, The Twilight Zone, as it uses standalone stories to keep the audience engaged. While most of the stories are often set in a dystopia and have disturbing twists and shocking moments, the Netflix series has continued to receive critical acclaim for the unique way its creator, Charlie Brooker, explores the dark side of technology as well as several societal issues.

"Mazey Day" continues to follow this tradition as the episode sees a troubled star struggling to deal with the consequences of a hit-and-run incident while also being relentlessly harassed by the paparazzi. Although there aren't as many characters in this episode in comparison to the others...

With HBO Max rebranding itself as Max, viewers may expect specific changes to the streamer, which may be true to some extent. However, the one consistent thing with the streaming service is that it is constantly on the hunt for innovative ways to keep its subscribers engaged with new TV shows.

This year saw the release of numerous intriguing series, including The Last of Us, which was based on a highly successful video game, and The Idol, which starred The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp and probed the dark secrets of Hollywood pop culture. In order to maintain its current momentum, Max plans to release a series titled Full Circle in July.

Full Circle is an upcoming television series directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon. The project was first announced as a six-episode miniseries on June 17, 2021. The series, shot in New York, was later set...

Harrison Ford was one of the last major movie stars to avoid doing television, but 2023 has seen him jump onto the small screen in a major way. In addition to starring alongside Helen Mirren in the “Yellowstone” prequel “1923,” he’s also taken on his first sitcom role in “Shrinking.” The therapy comedy gives Ford plenty of opportunities to show off his brand of curmudgeonly humor, but he also plays against type in several heartfelt moments — including a scene where he sings the Sugar Ray song “Every Morning” in the car alongside his co-star Jessica Williams.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Williams opened up about the surreal experience of singing carpool karaoke with Ford — and revealed the actor’s role in planning the scene.

“Oh, it was really fun — Sugar Ray with Harrison in the car,” Williams said. “They asked me for a list of songs and a lot of the...

Exclusive: We hear that Oscar nominee Tom Hardy and Atlanta Primetime Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz are set to star in the Apple TV+ drama series Lazarus, a project which is still nearing development and closing deals. The project is a co-production between A+E Studios and Range Studios and being sold to Apple.

Lazarus is based on the Joona Linna book series by Lars Kepler (pseudonym for Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril), which has been lauded by such outlets as The New York Times, Washington Post and EW, selling more than 17M copies worldwide.

In the series, an emaciated young man is found wandering along a train track. Thirteen years earlier, he and his sister went missing, presumed victims of the notorious serial killer Jurek Walter. To find the sister, police detective Saga Bauer must go undercover in the maximum-security psychiatric hospital where Jurek Walter has been kept since his arrest years ago.

The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects set for the 2023 editions of a pair of its flagship programs: the Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive.

Lab participants will include Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Sean Wang (Dìdi (弟弟)), Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Walter Thompson-Hernández (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Hadas Ayalon (In a Minute You’ll Be Gone), Bernardo Cubría, John Hibey & Joshua Penn Soskin (Kill Yr Idols), Dania Bdeir & Bane Fakih (Pigeon Wars), Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung (Ricky), Farida Zahran (The Leftover Ladies), Masami Kawai (Valley of the Tall Grass) and Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals).

Those set for the Intensive are Keisha Rae Witherspoon & Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Arc), Shireen Alihaji (Blue Veil), Spencer Cook & Parker Smith (Lame), Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Leche), Cynthia Lowen (Light Mass Energy), Rebin Zangana (Qareen), David Liu (Santa Anita), Urvashi Pathania (Skin), Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Untitled...

A viral Law & Order: Svu clip featuring a young Winston Duke has prompted the actor to reminisce about his early role. Duke is best known for playing the character of M'Baku in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a role he originated in 2018's Black Panther and reprised in its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which came out this past November, in addition to his brief appearances in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. M'Baku is the leader of the Jabari tribe who, at the conclusion of the sequel, has just become the King of Wakanda.

On TikTok, a fan shared a video of an episode of the Law & Order: Svu season 15 episode "Gridiron Soldier" that featured Duke in the role of Cedric, a teenage football player who was the victim of cruel hazing. A fan shared the video on Twitter saying "Wait, is that Winston Duke?...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, October 13, 2022.

Disney+ is rounding out the cast of its Percy Jackson and the Olympians series with three new additions.

Adam Copeland (WWE Hall of Famer), Jessica Parker Kennedy (The Flash), and Susan Cryer (Silicon Valley) have all joined the cast, according to Variety.

Copeland plays Ares, described as “handsome in a wicked way, and arrogant, despite not always being the sharpest tool in the shed.”

Parker Kennedy plays Medusa in a guest-starring capacity.

Medusa has been "wronged by the dogs" and loves a bitter life away from society, until travelers find her place.

Cryer is set to play Echidna, who is the Mother of Monsters.

"‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god...

Macro Film Studios, the Oscar-winning film studio founded by Charles D. King, is getting into business with Amazon. Under the new deal, Amazon Studios has first look on feature film projects from the Judas and the Black Messiah producer, which intends to develop, package and produce for Prime Video. The Ott service has a footprint in 240 countries around the globe.

“With our ongoing goal to share Macro Film Studios’ premium and acclaimed content to a global audience, there really is no better partner than Amazon Studios,” said Macro CEO founder King and President of Film James F. Lopez in a joint statement. “Their reach extends to a national and international core and they are known the world over for a business acumen and long-horizon strategic thinking that is simply unmatched. We believe we will do great things together.”

“Charles, James, and the entire team at Macro Film Studios have an...

Retiring ABC series “Black-ish” picked up one more honor on Friday, a Humanitas Prize for comedy teleplay, while Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” and ABC’s “Women of the Movement” also were recognized at the event.

Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore, the 46th annual Humanitas Prize event centered on awards and 10,000 cash prizes to screenwriters across ten categories. In addition, Humanitas board president Jenny Bicks presented Filmmakers for Ukraine with the Kieser Award “in recognition of their work to connect the Ukrainian film and TV community impacted by the Russo-Ukrainian War with resources, jobs, and funding to meet basic needs.”

And Jasmine Cephas Jones presented Starz with Voice for Change Award for its #TakeTheLead initiative. Starz president/CEO Jeffrey Hirsch accepted the prize on the network’s behalf. Nkechi Okoro Carroll oversaw the New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Award presentations.

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Zazie Beetz is set to star in Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming HBO Max limited series “Full Circle,” Variety has learned.

Variety exclusively reported the show had been ordered at HBO Max back in August 2021. Soderbergh will direct all six episodes and executive produce, with Ed Solomon writing and executive producing. Casey Silver will also executive produce. The three previously worked together on the HBO Max film “No Sudden Move.”

Per the official description of the series, “An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.” Exact details on Beetz’ character are being kept under wraps.

Beetz is best known for playing Van in the hit FX series “Atlanta,” for which she earned an Emmy nomination for best supporting actress in a comedy in 2018. The third season of the series debuted in March 2022, with the fourth and final season to launch on Sept.

This review originally ran following the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Writer-director Andrew Semans’ deeply strange and truly traumatizing “Resurrection” has a lot in common with a typical stalker thriller. Rebecca Hall, no stranger to the sub-genre after “The Gift”, plays a successful executive at a pharmaceutical company, a single mother to a teenaged daughter, whose reality unravels when an abusive ex-husband (played by Tim Roth) unexpectedly re-enters her life.

There’s nothing that isn’t scary about that scenario, narratively familiar as it might be, and for a good, long portion of “Resurrection,” that’s all we need to know. Hall is a masterful performer, one of the best at conveying complex psychological trauma, and watching her confident persona crack at the mere sight of Roth at a conference, or 50 meters away at a department store, is an upsetting sight. We don’t need to know details of her pain.

After four years off the air, “Atlanta” returned to FX with a darkly comedic episode that reminded viewers to expect the unexpected.

As the show began to air on the east coast Thursday night, stars Donald Glover, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield and Brian Tyree Henry posed together on the electric blue carpet at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Glover told Variety what thrilled him most about being reunited. “I think being away made me realize how much I missed hanging out and writing with them,” he said.

The Los Angeles screening followed the show’s SXSW premiere, but when the foursome linked arms and stood before the abstract images of their characters’ faces, a clearer picture of the show’s legacy came into focus. “Atlanta” itself is abstract art that paints with such broad strokes and bright colors that it’s impossible to characterize and leaves audiences slightly off-balance at every turn.

A tsunami of buzz and Oscar-telling indicators drop on Thursday, with the major guilds announcing award nominations. The Directors Guild of America (DGA), Writers Guild of America (WGA), Producers Guild of America (PGA) and American Cinema Editors (Ace Eddies) all serve as critical barometers for the Academy Awards, especially in the race for best picture.

DGA has averaged four of their five nominees landing in the Oscars’ best director category, including last year with Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) getting bumped for Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”). The first-time directors’ category, with the exception of Jordan Peele for “Get Out” (2017), has gone on to get a nod at the Academy.

The PGA always provides some big blockbusters and Academy flare, which bodes well for either “No Time to Die” or “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The WGA has a lot of ineligibilities that won’t provide a strong enough indicator for the screenplay categories.

The number of feature directorial debuts from 2021 was even more significant than usual, and the Directors Guild of America has the daunting task of narrowing them down to just five. The DGA Awards are set to announce their nominees for the best directing in film and television on January 27, and much of the attention will be on which directors are selected for the First-Time Feature Film category. Could it be one of the most competitive lineups ever?

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High-profile contenders include a number of actors like Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”), Lin-Manuel Miranda and Rebecca Hall (“Passing”), whose films have all collected a number of nominations from critics groups. All three have been singled out for their distinctive visions and will likely earn nominations here, with other actors-turned-directors like Fran Kranz (“Mass”), Halle Berry (“Bruised”) and Justine Bateman (“Violet”) as more possibilities. Jeymes Samuel,...

In writer-director Andrew Semens’s brilliantly twisty, disquieting psychological thriller, Resurrection, his first film since making his feature-length debut a decade ago, the central character, Margaret (an eerily transcendent Rebecca Hall) delivers a stunning, seven-minute monologue to an increasingly incredulous, increasingly discomfited younger colleague, Gwyn (Angela Wong Carbone). Shot in a bravura uninterrupted take by Semens and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield, the monologue relies on Hall’s utterly mesmerizing performance as the unraveling Margaret. It’s nothing less than a master-class in performance and engagement, drawing in viewers in not through visual effects, elaborate camera moves, or rapid-fire editing, but through Hall’s anguished delivery of Semens’s twisty, unnerving dialogue. That monologue lays out a key, life-changing moment in Margaret’s personal history,...

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 276 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 94rd Oscars, which are set to air live March 27 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The number is 90 fewer than last year’s 366, but this year’s eligibility period was only 10 months.

To be eligible for Best Picture consideration, films must have submitted a confidential Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards entry as part of the submission requirements. Nominations voting begins January 27 and concludes on February 1. The Oscar nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, February 8.

Today’s news comes about a month after the Academy released its shortlists in the International Film, Documentary Feature, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Sound and the Live-Action, Documentary and Animated Shorts categories.

Here is the full list of films eligible for Best Picture at the 94rd annual Academy Awards,...

The Oscars have announced that 276 feature films are eligible for this year’s Academy Awards, with nomination voting set to begin Thursday, Jan. 27 until Tuesday, Feb. 1.

Last year, the Academy extended the eligibility year until Feb. 28, 2021 due to the pandemic, which produced 366 eligible films, the largest number of submissions since 1970. With only 10 months in this period, 2022’s eligibility list is on par with previous submission years.

All of the presumed Oscar contenders are on the list including “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios), “Belfast” (Focus Features), “C’mon C’mon” (A24), “Candyman” (Universal Pictures), “Coda” (Apple Original Films), “Dune” (Warner Bros), “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures), “House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing), “Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight Pictures), “Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics), “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount Pictures), “Spencer” (Neon/Topic Studios), “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures) and “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios).

Some of...

There’s no pretending on my part to have seen everything there was to see in 2021. I’ve still got a pretty long list of movies from the year that I would like to catch up on, including the other movie from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy, Hamaguchi’s was a name that was completely unknown to me before a couple of months ago, so it’s exciting to actually have another film of his on which to hang my high expectations, after being so captivated by Drive My Car. But there are others than have yet gone unseen, including end-of-year award contenders like Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, King Richard and Belfast, along with potentially fascinating (or disappointing) titles like Luca, Red Rocket, Citizen Ashe, Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar, A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired By Gordon Parks,...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2021. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable mentions—a selection of those personal lists will be shared in coming days—and from tallied votes has a top 50 been assembled.

So: without further ado, check out our rundown of 2021 below, our ongoing year-end coverage here (including where to stream many of the below picks), and return in the coming weeks as we look towards 2022.

50. This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese)

Framed as an epic fable and shot like a myth, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is another beautiful, tragic diary entry on the history and people of his home country Lesotho. His focus shifts from the metaphorical relationship of Mother, I am Suffocating, This...

Bringing earnest literary grandstanding to more or less the same plot as Pixar’s Soul, this is an awkward but still striking debut picture

Although arguably a smidge too ponderous and self-serious for its own good, Nine Days still represents a reasonably promising debut for its writer-director Edson Oda. This Brazilian-Japanese film-maker, who comes out of the world of advertising and developed this through the Sundance Lab (not always a great sign to be honest) has crafted a visually striking work that blends metaphysics, moral philosophy and melodrama into a potent movie cocktail. The result is flavoursome and distinctive, but probably didn’t need the paper umbrella of grad-school literary grandstanding, a maraschino cherry garnish of sentimentality, and dash-of-absinthe cray-cray.

It was probably sheer accident in terms of core plot device set-up, but Nine Days (which premiered at the Sundance film festival in January 2020), is very similar to Pixar animated feature Soul,...

Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed musical “West Side Story” and beloved canine mascot-hero property “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” were neck and neck for pole position at the U.K. and Ireland weekend box office.

Disney release “West Side Story” topped the charts with £1.297 million ($1.72 million), while eOne release “Clifford the Big Red Dog” was just behind with £1.293 million ($1.71 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. Both films were debuts.

In its third week, Universal’s previous chart topper “House of Gucci” claimed the third spot with £779,974 and has a total of £7.3 million. Also in its third week, Disney’s “Encanto” collected £635,387 in fourth place for a total of £4.2 million.

Rounding off the top five was Sony’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which collected £585,505 for a total of £10.1 million.

Elsewhere on the charts, Universal’s James Bond film “No Time to Die” remained in the top 10 after 11 weekends, placing eighth with £118,751 for a total of £96.3 million.

One of the few benefits of the awards race is Hollywood’s outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the release of full scripts one is able to download legally, directly from the studios.

The first batch is now available and we’ll be updating this post as more arrive over the coming months, so bookmark the page. To catch up on the last few years, check out the 2020 screenplays, 2019 screenplays, 2018 screenplays, 2017 screenplays, the 2016 screenplays, 2015 screenplays, 2014 screenplays, and the 2013 screenplays, if they are still available.

Annette (Amazon Studios)

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (Lionsgate)

Coda (Apple)

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (Amazon Studios)

Jockey (Sony Pictures Classics)

Mass (Bleecker Street)

Nine Days (Sony Pictures Classics)

The Tender Bar (Amazon Studios)

The Tomorrow War (Amazon Studios)

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The 31st annual Gotham Awards is a key stop in the awards season marathon, especially for lower-budget indies looking for some traction for the Oscars race. However, not every likely Oscar contender found itself up for Gothams, including “The Power of the Dog,” “Tick, Tick… Boom!” and “The Harder They Fall,” as they exceeded the $35 million budget limit for nominees.

For the first time, international documentaries were eligible in the best documentary feature category. Additionally, the new award breakthrough nonfiction series is among category updates for the year, as well as outstanding lead performance, outstanding supporting performance and outstanding performance in a new series, from the television side. Outstanding lead performance, breakthrough performance and outstanding supporting performance were all gender neutral categories, with eight men and 14 women nominated.

Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter” ran away with the evening, scoring the most amount of wins with prizes in best feature, breakthrough director for Maggie Gyllenhaal,...

The Gotham Awards were handed out on November 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. So who won at these annual indie film kudos from The Gotham Film and Media Institute, which streamed on YouTube and Facebook? Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all categories.

Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter” and “Passing” went in as the two most nominated films with five apiece, but that didn’t automatically mean they were the front-runners. Categories at these awards are judged by panels of just a handful of industry insiders, often leading to unexpected, under-the-radar winners. You can’t count anyone out at an event where unique juries review all the nominated material.

Seersvp now for November 30: Film producers panel with ‘Being the Ricardos,’ ‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘tick, tick… Boom!’

That means these awards can be quite idiosyncratic — they’re independent thinkers, and not...