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“Rich Flu” (2025) is a drama film that revolves around the themes of class conflicts. It is co-written and directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, the Spanish filmmaker known for his work on the “Platform” films for Netflix. This is his first English-language directorial, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the leading role. She plays Laura Palmer, a wealthy woman, living in a world where the rich are affected by a mysterious virus. Rafe Spall and César Domboy star alongside Winstead in key supporting roles.

Rich Flu (2025) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia directed the film from a script he co-wrote with Pedro Rivero, Sam Steiner, and David Desola. It is set in a world where rich people empty their fortunes for fear of death.

What happens in Rich Flu?

“Rich Flu” follows Laura Palmer (Winstead), a high-powered, filthy-rich executive. She has a strained relationship with her husband Toni (Spall) and their daughter...

Imagine a world devoid of advertisement, a world where human beings are not reduced to consumers, their desires and behavior dictated by an economic system driven by consumer capitalism.

That’s the proposition of “You Need This,” by Ryan Andrej Lough, set to have its world premiere at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, also known as Cph:dox, which opens today.

Produced by Academy Award winning filmmaker Adam McKay (“Don’t Look Up”), known for his satirical films blending comedy with political and economic critique, “You Need This” delivers a provocative analysis of capitalist consumerism and its effects on the planet and society.

“You Need This”

Dissecting the psychological and societal mechanisms that drive mass consumption, the film traces its roots back to the unregulated post-war American economy, when natural resources seemed infinite and the pursuit of material wealth, driven by aggressive marketing strategies, became synonymous with success and happiness.

Lough, who...

When reality is stranger than fiction, Hollywood takes notice - these films prove it.

I caught “Last Breath” in theaters this weekend, and wow - what a ride. Beautifully shot, intense, and suspenseful - and incredibly, it’s all based on a true story. It follows a deep-sea diver who gets stranded 300 feet below the ocean with only minutes of air left… and the rescue mission to try and save his life. After the movie, I got to thinking about other great scripted movies that have associated documentaries. There are some incredible films out there that take real-life stories and turn them into gripping, cinematic experiences. So, here are my top 7 favorite scripted movies inspired by true-story documentaries.

Top 7 scripted movies inspired by documentaries

No. 7: ‘Into the Wild’

No. 6: ‘The Fighter’

No. 5: ‘Lords of Dogtown’

No. 4: ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

No. 3: ‘The Walk

No. 2: ‘Foxcatcher’

No.

“The White Lotus” Season 3 premieres this week.

The addictive HBO original series about narcissistic tourists causing murder and mayhem on vacation is back with its first episodes in over two years. Featuring an (almost) entirely new cast of characters and a new, ridiculously luxurious hotel for viewers to fantasize about visiting and its wealthy guests to take for granted, “The White Lotus” Season 3 seems primed to give viewers even more of the petty drama, murderous mysteries and alluring views they’ve grown to love and expect from the series.

Read on to learn everything you need to know about when and how you can watch “The White Lotus” Season 3.

When does “The White Lotus” Season 3 premiere?

“The White Lotus” Season 3 premieres Sunday, Feb. 16.

How can I watch “The White Lotus” Season 3?

“The White Lotus” Season 3 will be available to watch live on HBO and stream on Max.

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Last Updated on January 6, 2025

Well, Schmoes, as 2024 finally draws to a close, we reflect on a year full of ups and downs, box office shocks and surprises, and many unexpected hits and misses. If there is one thing for sure, there are always movies highly overrated and underrated by critics and fans alike. As the UnPopular Opinion Guy, I felt it was only fitting to issue my list of the movies I felt the masses got wrong. Some of these may shock you, and some may piss you off, but these are my honest-to-goodness perspective on the movies of 2024. If you disagree with any of the choices, please voice your opinion in the comments below. After all, the only opinion that really matters is yours, and I am just here to share mine.

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This January, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of the mystery crime thriller Paradise to the multiple new comedy shows like Going Dutch and Shifting Gears. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the eight best movies that are coming to Hulu in January 2025 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Paddington (January 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% Credit – StudioCanal

Paddington is a live-action, animated, feel-good comedy film written and directed by Paul King. The 2014 film follows Paddington, a talking bear who migrates from the jungles of Peru to the Streets of London, where he begins living with the Brown family. Paddington stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walter,...

Hulu is kicking off 2025 with a bang by adding tons of new content for subscribers starting January 1. From popular movies like American Psycho, Heat, and John Wick to new series like Goosebumps: The Vanishing, there’s plenty to check out.

Here’s the full list of movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2025:

January 1 Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025: Special Premiere Kids Diana Show: Let’s Celebrate Together: Complete Season 1 Papa Jake: Epic Box Forts: Complete Season 1 After Earth (2013) American Psycho (2000) The Devil’s Own (1997) The Devil’s Own En Español (1997) Dirty Grandpa (2016) Empire Records (1995) Ender’s Game (2013) The Great Debaters (2007) Heat (1995) Insidious (2011) Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) Insidious: Chapter 2 En Español (2013) Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) Insidious: Chapter 3 En Español (2015) The Intouchables (2011) John Wick (2014) John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019) The King Of Comedy (1983) Little Manhattan (2005) Man of the House (2005) Man Of The House...

Hulu is starting 2025 strong as the platform will add a lot of new content for its subscribers starting January 1. From movies like American Psycho, Heat, and John Wick to new series like Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Hulu is bringing A Lot to watch.

Here’s every movie & TV show releasing on Hulu in January 2025:

January 1 Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025: Special Premiere Kids Diana Show: Let’s Celebrate Together: Complete Season 1 Papa Jake: Epic Box Forts: Complete Season 1 After Earth (2013) American Psycho (2000) The Devil’s Own (1997) The Devil’s Own En Español (1997) Dirty Grandpa (2016) Empire Records (1995) Ender’s Game (2013) The Great Debaters (2007) Heat (1995) Insidious (2011) Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) Insidious: Chapter 2 En Español (2013) Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) Insidious: Chapter 3 En Español (2015) The Intouchables (2011) John Wick (2014) John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019) The King Of Comedy (1983) Little Manhattan (2005) Man of the House (2005) Man Of The House...

Ah, January. A new year, a clean slate, a fresh chance to… do what you’ve always done, maybe? Not that we at IndieWire don’t encourage personal growth, but we do support you if you decide to spend a lot of this month recovering from the holidays and melting into your couch in front of a watchlist.

On Disney+, that means new episodes of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” and the premiere of “Goosebumps: The Vanishing.” If you’re into creepy crawlies.

Hulu will keep things busy as always with next-day premieres of network shows on ABC and Fox, including the new series “Going Dutch” starring Denis Leary and “Will Trent” Season. The streamer will continue to release standup under the banner “Hularious,” this time with the special “Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers.” On the originals side, look out for “Whiskey on the Rocks” set in Sweden during the Cold War,...

The spinoff concept is as old as television itself, but its origins were humble.

Spinoffs began as creative experiments, allowing networks to capitalize on popular characters and extend the success of a hit show.

The idea was simple: take a beloved character, place them in a new setting, and hope the magic of the original show followed.

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One of the first examples of this was The Andy Griffith Show (1960), a spinoff of The Danny Thomas Show.

Audiences quickly fell in love with Sheriff Andy Taylor’s small-town wisdom and charm, and the show became a hit in its own right.

Its success even spawned its own spinoffs, like Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which followed the lovable but bumbling Gomer as he joined the Marines.

These early spinoffs were often straightforward, focusing on quirky characters and simple premises.

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In the same era, The Beverly Hillbillies...

Most people will know Charlotte Le Bon as an actress who's appeared in films like Fresh, The Walk, and Anthropoid. It's likely that those people who could pick her out of a cast don't know that she's also a certified director, as she's made a coming-of-age film that stands out from the rest by adopting the stylistic conventions of a totally unrelated genre. With her film Falcon Lake, Le Bon takes a conventional summer vacation narrative and makes it her own by filtering it through the sensibilities of a classic ghost story. In doing so, she creates an experience that isn't filled with scares so much as it's filled with the trepidations of impending adulthood.

Here stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright respond to the critics' negative reviews of their film. Robert Zemeckis's latest production saw both Hanks and Wright reunite following 1994's Oscar-winning movie Forrest Gump, alongside many key players, such as screenwriter Eric Roth, cinematographer Don Burgess, and composer Alan Silvestri. Unfortunately, Here has been negatively reviewed by critics and audiences and is currently sitting at a 36% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

In an interview with The New York Times, Wright and Hanks addressed the negative reception the film has been getting. Wright defended the movie, stating that it is a simple but beautiful movie that's profoundly real and human, while Hanks explained that the response could be cynical only by "the lowest common denominator." Check out their full comments below:

Wright: It is so simple and beautiful and real and human. We all have experienced something in this movie.

Hanks: I...

Robert Zemeckis has always been about a great technological or storytelling conceit in his movies whether it’s the live-action animated hybrid of the 3x Oscar winning Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the insertion of Tom Hanks in famed historical footage in Oscar Best Picture Forrest Gump or the motion capture of The Polar Express.

However, his latest movie, the $50M Miramax financed and Sony released Here, which brings back together the Gump gang of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth, was a situation of technology outshining the story. Critics deep sixed the multi-generation family drama which takes place in one location throughout time at a fixed angle with 36% Rotten while audiences weren’t any better with a B- CinemaScore, 57% Rt audience score and 69% positive on PostTrak.

It’s no wonder that the movie opened to $5M, and it’s unfortunate box office streak for the once blockbuster mass-appealing Back to the Future,...

The Cure celebrated their new album, Songs of a Lost World, with a marathon three-hour record release show at London’s Troxy that was also streamed live online and is available to replay in full below.

The evening began with a full performance of Songs of a Lost World, the band’s newly released first album in 16 years. From there, Robert Smith and co. played a set of classic hits and fan favorites, including tracks like “Plainsong,” “Pictures of You,” Lovesong,” “Fascination Street,” “Just Like Heaven,” and “Disintegration.”

The Cure then treated fans to a surprise five-song mini set of songs from their 1980 sophomore album, Seventeen Seconds, in celebration of its 45th anniversary, before closing the night with an encore that included “Lullaby,” “Friday I’m in Love,” and “Boys Don’t Cry.” All told, The Cure played a total of 31 songs over the course of the three-hour set.

Following a...

The Cure’s first new album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, drops tomorrow. To add the already incredibly high level of anticipation, the beloved goth band performed two intimate in-studio sessions for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6. Even better, both sets are available on-demand via BBC’s iPlayer.

The band recorded both performances on Wednesday, October 30th in front of a small crowd of lucky fans. The sets notably serve as The Cure’s first live performances in support of Songs of a Lost World, with the band performing cuts from the album as well as classics from their wider discography. See both setlists below.

Both sets, as well as the accompanying interviews with frontman Robert Smith, are available for fans to stream via the BBC iPlayer for 30 days. Stream The Cure’s BBC Radio 6 Music Session here, and stream The Cure’s BBC Radio 2 In Concert here.

Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for an ugly de-aged nightmare that boringly follows the same house throughout time

A swirl of concern and outright fear has long been following Robert Zemeckis’s unusual big bet Here, a 30-year reunion for his Forrest Gump co-stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. The film, based on Richard McGuire’s comic strip turned graphic novel, was heralded as the most ambitious use of digital de-aging yet, following the pair through the decades, from teenage years to final days, as part of an ensemble of characters who have lived in the same space over time. Early stills, and a trailer, had clued us into the film being plainly terrifying but nothing had quite prepared us for just how unforgivably dull it would also be. Here lies the year’s most eerie and embarrassing misfire.

Zemeckis was once a director who knew...

Robert Zemeckis has always been a filmmaker who doubles as a magician. His films are loaded with neat little tricks, and, as is the case with any good magician, you find yourself wondering how he pulled them off. His debut "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" used clever editing, archival footage, and stand-ins to recreate the Beatles' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The "Back to the Future" trilogy is bursting with eye-popping special effects. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" seamlessly blended live-action and animation. "Death Becomes Her" is overloaded with gross-out gags. "Forrest Gump" found fun little ways to insert Tom Hanks into moments of televised American history. The list goes on and on. But at some point, the trickery began to overwhelm the process. His "Beowulf," "The Polar Express," and "A Christmas Carol" embraced heavy motion-capture animation with ghastly, uncanny valley results ("The Polar Express" has somehow become a recurring...

We’ve all seen countless conventional social realism representations of those sidelined by society with their gritty, miserable aesthetics, populated by problematic characters, and whilst they are undeniably powerful, director Michael Jobling wanted to explore a different way of portraying such narratives in his pilgrimage or purgatory drama short The Walk. Written by Sophie Ellerby, who came across an article about a vital local bus route being abruptly cut, and collaborated with Jobling to dive into the psyche of an individual battling the logistical obstructions of a 24-mile round trip in order to sign on, coupled with the heavy psychological weight of grief and isolation. Featuring a singular performance from BAFTA-winning actor Adeel Akhtar, The Walk – which we highlighted as one of the stand out shorts of London Film Festival 2023 – is rife with melancholy and hard hitting truths but also proffers glimmers of hope and a sensory appreciation of the grounding beauty of nature.

Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ summit will host a panel focused on how the UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) can help support international collaborations.

The high-level conference will be held on September 24, 2024, at BFI Southbank, London.

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The Ukgsf panel will feature recipients from the programme’s three funding strands – international co-production, international business development and international distribution – talking about how they have benefitted from Ukgsf funding.

The panelists are:

Ken Anderson, founder and executive producer at Wild Child Animation, Zoo Lane Productions, Tg Entertainment; and Red Kite Animation. With over 30 years of experience, Anderson...

Screen International’s ‘The Future of UK Film’ summit will host a panel focused on how the UK Global Screen Fund (Ukgsf) can help support international collaborations.

The high-level conference will be held on September 24, 2024, at BFI Southbank, London.

Buy tickets here

The Ukgsf panel will feature recipients from the programme’s three funding strands – international co-production, international business development and international distribution – talking about how they have benefitted from Ukgsf funding.

The panelists are:

Ken Anderson, founder and executive producer at Wild Child Animation, Zoo Lane Productions, Tg Entertainment; and Red Kite Animation. With over 30 years of experience, Anderson...

“The Panic” is nearly here. Production has begun on the Blue Fox Entertainment film, which stars Cary Elwes and Malcolm McDowell and was written and directed by Daniel Adams. TheWrap has exclusive photos from the movie, which you can see above and below.

“The Panic,” according to the official synopsis, is based on a true story and set in 1907 New York, “as real-life bankers J. P. Morgan and Charles Barney grapple with a financial crisis sparked by Barney’s failed attempt to manipulate the copper market. As Morgan strives to safeguard his empire he becomes entangled in a clandestine struggle involving his brilliant mistress, Belle de Costa Greene, who ran his world-famous library.”

Colm Meaney (who replaced the late Donald Sutherland just before production commenced), Anastasiya Mitrunen and Cristiana Dell’Anna also star in “The Panic.”

Michael Mailer (“The Walk”) is producing alongside Mark Williams and Eric Williams of Zero Gravity with Evan Anglin as coproducer.

The 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival will kick off with RaMell Ross’s “Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys.”

Film at Lincoln Center made the announcement early Monday and notably didn’t specify a premiere designation for the film, perhaps an indication that “Nickel Boys” will have its world premiere at another festival such as the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, or Venice Film Festival.

“What an absolute honor for ‘Nickel Boys’ to open the 62nd New York Film Festival… a daydream really, for the crew, the cast, and team who’ve committed so wholeheartedly to its vision,” Ross said in a statement. The filmmaker’s debut documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” was previously screened at the 2018 edition of New Directors/New Films at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Ross called his debut feature...

In 2001, when The Cure released their Greatest Hits album, the band also returned to the studio to record new acoustic versions of 18 of their songs. Now, those recordings will finally become available on streaming services for the first time.

Dubbed Acoustic Hits, the album will arrive on streaming platforms on August 9th, per posts the band made on social media In anticipation of the release, they shared black and white videos of unplugged studio performances of several tracks. The first was “A Forest,” followed by “The Lovecats,” and, just yesterday, “Close To Me.” Watch the videos below.

Other songs on Acoustic Hits include “Just Like Heaven,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Friday I’m in Love,” and more. Check out the original artwork and tracklist below. Acoustic Hits is also available to purchase on vinyl here.

The Cure embarked on the celebrated “Shows of a Lost World Tour” last year, which became...

Who needs a house of horrors when you can stride alongside Philippe Petit, high above the hustle & bustle of 1970s New York, on a death-defying tightrope walk that’ll make your palms sweat and your head spin? Well, Robert Zemeckis’ 2015 biographical drama, The Walk, led you on a cinematic tightrope where you may find your stomach doing somersaults.

In this vertiginous venture, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit, we were invited to tangibly tread, albeit vicariously, between the iconic Twin Towers, chasing the footsteps of the legendary French high-wire artist. Zemeckis didn’t just let you watch; he placed you on that slender cable in the air, conjuring realism through the big screen that neither Petit’s own memoir nor the gripping documentary could.

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Viscerally, the director’s objective was accomplished; there were tidings of audience members experiencing nausea, anxiety, or even walking out during screenings.

The most brutal scene in The Walking Dead comic series was not violent, but rather was the emotionally gutwrenching scene in which Rick Grimes imagined a conversation with his recently deceased wife. The Walking Dead #51 showcased Rick at a psychological breaking point after the loss of his wife and daughter, highlighting the human drama at the core of the series as well as any single issue of the comic. The emotional intensity of the scene, where Rick talks to "Lori" on a disconnected phone, is a crucial moment for the character and showcases the depths of tragedy that the franchise's characters were forced to endure in order to carry on surviving in the midst of the zombie apocalypse.

Spoilers for The Walking Dead comic series ahead

As much as The Walking Dead earned its reputation for its bloodshed and gore, the most brutal scene in the comic series wasn't violent at all,...

Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, joined by a star-studded cast including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judge Reinhold, and Kevin Bacon. The long-awaited fourth installment follows Foley as he teams up with his daughter and ex-boyfriend to uncover a conspiracy in Beverly Hills. Netflix produced the film, which has a reported budget of $150 million, making it one of their most expensive movies.

Eddie Murphy is back as the character that made him a star in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and hes got a great supporting cast backing him up, featuring both returning icons like Judge Reinhold and fresh faces like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The long-awaited fourth installment in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise sees Detroit cop Axel Foley returning to Beverly Hills after his estranged daughters life is put in danger. He teams up with his daughter, her ex-boyfriend, and his old Beverly Hills P.D.

At long last, Eddie Murphy is reprising his role as street-smart cop Axel Foley in the fourth instalment of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, which is set to hit Netflix this summer. But, it isn’t easy being a middle aged action star. It’s been nearly thirty years since we last saw Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, and in a recent interview with People Magazine he admitted that the shoot was a “rough one”.“I did Axel Foley when I was in my 20s. I am not in my 20s anymore,” he said. At any rate, Murphy won’t be the only aged actor from the original to show up, with many of the classic Beverly Hills Cop cast members are set to join him in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. Here’s everything we know about Beverly Hills Cop 4!

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley...

Blue Fox Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights ahead of Cannes to financial thriller The Panic with Donald Sutherland attached to join Carey Elwes, Malcolm McDowell, Justin Chatwin, and Cristiana Dell’Anna.

Daniel Adams, whose credits include The Walk and The Golden Boys, wrote and will direct the feature, which is based on a true story and takes place in 1907 in New York as real-life bankers J. P. Morgan and Charles Barney grapple with a financial crisis sparked by Barney’s failed attempt to manipulate the copper market.

As Morgan strives to safeguard his empire he becomes entangled in a clandestine struggle involving his brilliant mistress,...

Blue Fox Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights ahead of Cannes to financial thriller The Panic with Donald Sutherland, Carey Elwes, Malcolm McDowell, Justin Chatwin, and Cristiana Dell’Anna attached to star.

Daniel Adams, whose credits include The Walk and The Golden Boys, wrote and will direct the feature, which is based on a true story and takes place in 1907 in New York as real-life bankers J. P. Morgan and Charles Barney grapple with a financial crisis sparked by Barney’s failed attempt to manipulate the copper market.

As Morgan strives to safeguard his empire he becomes entangled in a clandestine struggle involving his brilliant mistress,...

The White Lotus season 3 has made further cast changes after Miloš Bikovi's firing. Francesca Corney is being replaced by Charlotte Le Bon. Reportedly, producers were looking for a star who could play older.

The White Lotus season 3 has experienced a new cast shakeup. The anthology dramedy spins tales of murder and mayhem at a different location of the titular, fictional, luxury resort every season, moving from Hawai'i in season 1 to Italy in season 2 to Thailand in the upcoming season 3. The cast of the new season, which includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, and Patrick Schwarzenegger, recently saw Miloš Biković replaced with Julian Kotsov after Biković made comments supporting Vladimir Putin.

Per Deadline, The White Lotus season 3 has recast another major role as production continues in Thailand. The Buccaneers star Francesca Corney will be replaced by Charlotte Le Bon in a role that is as-yet unnamed,...

Look who else is checking into The White Lotus: Charlotte Le Bon is joining the HBO anthology’s third season, replacing Francesca Corney. Sources told Deadline — which reported the recasting on Friday — that White Lotus producers swapped Corney for Le Bon because they wanted someone who appeared older in the role, the details of which are still under wraps. Le Bon is known for her roles in the films The Hundred-Foot Journey, The Walk, and The Promise. She also co-wrote and directed the 2022 coming-of-age film Falcon Lake. Corney, who’s vacating the White Lotus part, guest-starred in Mrs Sidhu Investigates and recurred in The Buccaneers last year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Francesca Corney (@franicorn) This is the second known recasting for The White Lotus Season 3. Miloš Biković (South Wind) was dropped from the production in February after his ties to Russia came under criticism.

Dark Star Pictures has acquired US distribution rights to Esben Tonnesen and Julie R. Olgaard’s crime thriller The Angel Maker.

Plans are underway for a late summer 2024 theatrical release.

A debut directorial feature for Danish actress Olgaard and a second feature for Tonnesen, The Angel Maker follows a detective suffering from postpartum depression who becomes involved in a case with her partner.

The film is written by Yusuf Othman and Olgaard based on Olgaard’s original idea.

It is produced by Olgaard for Denmark’s HitHero Productions. The Angel Maker was number one on Netflix in Denmark for two...

UK-based sales firm Together Films has acquired worldwide rights to The Walk, the second film from Honeyland director Tamara Kotevska.

Documentary The Walk follows a young Syrian refugee in Turkey who processes the trauma of losing her home and family through a gigantic puppet named Amal.

It debuted at Doc NYC in November. The Walk is produced by Harri Grace, David Lan, Tracey Seaward and Orlando von Einsiedel, for Grain Media, the UK firm behind Oscar-nominated Virunga and Oscar-winning short The White Helmets.

It was made in association with Participant, The Walk Productions, Handspring Puppet Company, Good Chance Theatre, Loft Films,...

Pulsar Content has closed major deals on “Niki,” a biopic of French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle.

“Niki” marks the feature debut of popular French actor Céline Sallette and stars Charlotte Le Bon (“The Walk” “Saint-Laurent”) as de Saint-Phalle. Pulsar closed deals with Neue Visionen (Germany), Movies Inspired (Italy), Paradiso (Benelux), Praessens (Switzerland), Vercine (Spain), Magic Films (Cis), Best Films (Baltics), Shaw (Singapour), Sky Digi (Taiwan) and Immovision (Brazil).

The movie portrays Saint-Phalle from the age of 23, when she’s still a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two-year-old daughter, Laura. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come to France, where they experience a short-lived euphoria. Soon, distant and frightening memories begin to emerge in Niki’s mind. Her vocation as an artist will be her salvation.

Le Bon is an actor-turned-director whose feature debut “Falcon Lake” bowed at Cannes.

Actors push themselves to extreme limits, mastering new skills for their roles, like sword fighting and martial arts training. Jennifer Lawrence learned survival skills like skinning a squirrel to authentically portray her character in Winter's Bone. Tom Cruise went beyond CGI and learned to fly a helicopter for Mission: Impossible - Fallout, showcasing his dedication to authenticity.

Sometimes, actors will go to extreme lengths to master and learn a new skill solely for an acting role, no matter how grueling or difficult the process may be. This dedication to their craft is evident in their masterful performances, which often receive critical acclaim, admiration, and plenty of well-earned accolades. Some actors often spend months, sometimes years, researching, training, and living as their characters would, to ensure every nuance and detail of the performance is authentic. When the process of transforming into their character means taking on a whole new skill, the performances become even more impressive.

Taraji P. Henson, known for her role as Cookie on Empire, is joining former co-star Terrence Howard in the upcoming limited series Fight Night. Fight Night is a drama that revolves around an armed robbery during Muhammad Ali's comeback fight in 1970 and its impact on one man's life and the destiny of an entire city. Empire, the hit series that aired from 2015 to 2020, was abruptly ended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the show served as a springboard for several cast members to pursue successful acting careers.

Taraji P. Henson joins her former Empire co-star in the upcoming limited series Fight Night. The musical drama, which ran between 2015 and 2020, revolves around the Lyon family, the owners of a major hip-hop record label called Empire Entertainment, and the succession feud that ensues following Lucious Lyon, the family patriarch and company CEO, getting diagnosed with a terminal illness. The show starred Terrence Howard as Lucious,...

Death In Paradise returns to our screens in February, and the BBC have released plot and cast details.

Death In Paradise has been one of the BBC’s most successful dramas in recent years. Created by Robert Thorogood in 2011, the show’s thirteenth series is about to hit our screens. It has seen Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O’Hanlon and current detective Ralf Little solve a remarkably high number of murders for such a small Caribbean island.

Last year, Marshall’s character Humphrey Goodman starred in spin-off Beyond Paradise, which paired him with Not Going Out star Sally Bretton and relocated the action to Cornwall. Proving popular with viewers, it recently returned for a Christmas special and a second series will be broadcast this year.

A further spin off, entitled Return to Paradise was announced last year, with action taking place in Australia.

Death In Paradise itself is back for a new series,...

Forget jump scares and gore — Robert Zemeckis' 2015 film The Walk has been described by some as the most nausea-inducing non-horror film ever made. Based on the incredible true story of Philippe Petit, a Frenchman who tightrope-walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center of New York in 1974, this biopic has viewers clinging to their armrests harder than many horror villains could ever grip their nerves. Zemeckis throws audiences onto that thin wire with jaw-dropping visuals and vertigo-inducing effects. Viewers feel the swaying, the dizzying heights, the sheer madness of a man walking more than 100 stories above concrete. Reviews from critics were like medical reports, listing symptoms of nausea, sweating, and even fainting during screenings. But it's not just the visuals that mess with viewers' minds. Zemeckis crafts a psychological thriller, weaving in the pressure of pulling off an impossible stunt, the emotional journey that Petit undertook, and the sheer audacity of defying death.

CGI in film has consistently improved over the last 50 years, allowing for new and creative uses in storytelling on tight budgets. Clever techniques can be used to deliver stunning CGI visuals for less than $100 million, such as combining practical effects with CGI or refining the edit. Movies like The Walk, Paddington, and The Creator showcase how high-quality CGI can be achieved without breaking the bank, creating incredible visuals and seamless integration with real-world settings.

The quality of CGI in film is consistently reaching new heights thanks to advances in technology and innovative teams capable of creating great visuals on a tight budget. CGI has developed over the last 50 years to be used in new and creative ways in film. Some movies, like Terminator 2: Judgement Day or Avatar managed to move the dial forward on what was possible using computer-generated images and effects. But there are also plenty of creatives...

In her first feature documentary, the Oscar-nominated vérité marvel Honeyland, Tamara Kotevska shared the helm with Ljubomir Stefanov to illuminate a remote corner of the world. With her second film, she turns her attention to a headline story unfolding under all our noses, the global refugee crisis. Though the subject is more directly political this time around, the director has filtered it through a creative lens, fashioning what she calls a fairy tale. Like all good fairy tales, it offers a heightened version of reality, fusing the fantastic to the everyday. At its center is Little Amal, the 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl.

The Walk takes its name from an international project designed to raise awareness and funds to help displaced children. Amal and her puppeteers, led by artistic director Amir Nizar Zuabi, have traveled thousands of miles in more than a dozen countries since July 2021, and...

This Halloween, the animatronic denizens of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza are heading to the big screen in Five Nights at Freddy’s, with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop responsible for bringing them to life through animatronics and puppetry.

Universal Pictures will release Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters and on Peacock beginning Friday, October 27, 2023. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind, Blood Moon) and written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi, and Seth Cuddeback.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with Five Nights at Freddy’s Project Supervisor and Lead Designer, Robert Bennett (“The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” Come Play), ahead of the film’s release about bringing the iconic characters to life.

Speaking with Bennett made one thing clear: starting with the game’s creator, Scott Cawthon, every element of this film was made with the intent to remain true to the games. Because Jim Henson’s...

The 67th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled the titles that will compete in its official, first feature, documentary and short film competitions.

Festival director Kristy Matheson said: “The films represented in each of these competitive strands offer audiences an exciting array of U.K. and global filmmaking voices and cinematic forms. We’re so proud to be showcasing each of these films and thank all the filmmaking teams in competition for sharing their films with us.”

Official Competition

“Baltimore”

“Dear Jassi”

“Europa”

“Evil Does Not Exist”

“Fingernails”

“Gasoline Rainbow”

“I Am Sirat”

“The Royal Hotel”

“Self Portrait: 47 Km 2020”

“Starve Acre”

“Together 99”

First Feature Competition

“Black Dog”

“Earth Mama” (U.S. Dir-scr. Savanah Leaf)

“Hoard”

“In Camera”

“Mambar Pierrette”

“Paradise is Burning”

“Penal Cordillera”

“The Queen of My Dreams”

“Sky Peals”

“Tiger Stripes”

“Tuesday”

Documentary Competition

“Bye Bye Tiberias”

“Celluloid Underground”

“Chasing Chasing Amy”

“A Common Sequence”

“Dancing On...

New works by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kitty Green, and Christos Nikou are among the titles that have been set to play in competition at the upcoming 67th edition of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.

Eleven films will screen in the official competition, competing for the best film award. Another eleven titles will screen in the first feature competition, competing for the sutherland award. Eight titles will play in the documentary competition, with the winner taking the grierson award.

The winners of these four competitive awards will be chosen by Lff Awards Juries, the members of which the BFI said will be announced in the coming weeks. This year, Lff runs October 4—14 and marks festival head Kristy Matheson’s first edition in charge after she took the helm last year following the exit of Tricia Tuttle. Saltburn, the latest film from Promising Young Woman filmmaker Emerald Fennell,...

Documentary films and docu-series have gained mainstream popularity in recent decades, inspiring feature films and TV shows to adapt their narratives. HBO has spearheaded the trend of adapting documentaries, producing TV movies and series that draw from true stories captured in non-fiction films. Adaptations such as The Walk and Lords of Dogtown have replicated the style and themes of their documentary predecessors while adding their own cinematic flair.

Drawing inspiration from the documentary on the American Samoan football team’s redemptive journey, Taika Waititi’s upcoming sports drama Next Goal Wins joins the list of movies that are adapted from documentaries. Since the past few decades, documentary films and docu-series are garnering more mainstream popularity with some audiences being in sheer awe of the cinematic potential their non-fiction narratives capture. From Man on Wire walking between adrenaline-fueled archival footage and thrilling re-enactments to The Staircase drawing up the blueprint for...

The Cure’s double live album Show is being reissued on vinyl for the first time since its initial release in 1993.

The fresh repressing was remastered by The Cure’s Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The reissue was initially made available as a limited-edition picture disc for Record Store Day 2023, but it will receive a wide-release on 2xLP black vinyl beginning September 8th. Pre-orders are now ongoing.

The 18-track live album was recorded at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan in July 1992 during The Cure’s “Wish Tour.” The tracklist includes performances of “Pictures of You,” “High,” “Lullaby,” Just Like Heaven,” Fascination Street,” “The Walk,” “Let’s Go To Bed,” “Friday I’m In Love,” “Never Enough,” and “Inbetween Days” as well as deep cut like “Trust” and “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea.”

The Cure recently wrapped up a record-breaking North American leg...

This year’s New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of Todd Haynes’s new film “May December,” festival organizers announced on Tuesday.

“‘May December’ is a tour-de-force of writing, acting, and directing: a film built on moment-to-moment surprise, as thought-provoking as it is purely pleasurable,” said Dennis Lim, the artistic director at the New York Film Festival, in a press release. “It cements Todd Haynes’s place as one of American cinema’s most brilliant mischief-makers and as an all-time great director of actors. Todd has been a consistent presence at the New York Film Festival for almost his entire career, and we are very excited to open this edition with one of his most dazzling achievements.”

“We are all so proud and moved to have been invited to open the New York Film Festival with the North American premiere of ‘May December,’” Haynes said...

If you’re a fan of true crime documentaries or early millennium classic cartoons then boy does Hulu’s list of new releases have some great news for you!

Hulu continues its implicit understanding that streaming services are basically true crime distribution machines this month with a trio of intriguing titles. While it’s not necessarily true crime per se, The Ashley Madison Affair about the notorious dating platform premieres on July 7. That will be followed by Betrayal: The Perfect Husband on July 11, which is based on a compelling podcast of the same name. The Jewel Thief arrives on July 13 to provide an account of Gerald Blanchard, one of history’s most creative criminals.

But where does the cartoon excitement comes in? Well, that’s because season 11 of Matt Groening’s beloved Futurama premieres on July 24. Fry, Leela, the Professor, and Bender will all return for a direct continuation of...

The second season of original series “Almost Paradise” is set to premiere on Freevee on July 21. When hypertension forces DEA agent Alex Walker (played by Christian Kane) into early retirement, he moves to the Philippines in hopes of a quieter life. But unfortunately for him, he can’t avoid danger. Soon, the local police ask him to help solve a series of serious crimes.

Watch the “Almost Paradise” Season 2 trailer:

Also coming to Amazon’s free streaming service in July is the incredibly meta action series “Ze Network.” In the show, David Hasselhoff plays himself as he takes a gig at an English-language theater in Germany — and we all know that Germans love David Hasselhoff. However, once there, he is recruited into an elite society of super-spies, who must work together to prevent a dangerous plot from striking the nation.

Check out the trailer for “Ze Network”:

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Vampires are taking a wacky bite out of summer. In Season 5 of FX and Hulu’s “What We Do In The Shadows,” Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) looks for a vampire who can give him the transformation that Nandor the Relentless has kept from him. But it may not go as planned. The beloved comedy, which takes a mockumentary look at four vampires living in Staten Island, returns on July 14.

Check out the Season 5 trailer of “What We Do In the Shadows”:

Another highly anticipated return coming to Hulu in July is the latest season of long-running animated series “Futurama.” The show’s first four seasons aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003, it was then picked up by Comedy Central for three seasons from 2008 to 2013. Now, nearly a decade later, the Mike Judge-created series will return for the first half of the 20-episode Season 8 on July 24 with the original voice cast.

Updated, Day 46: After visiting many, many picket lines over the last month, we’ve learned that lots of pickets signs are reused for conservation purposes. And to that we say — screw the recycling. Bring on more of those sweet corporate burns!

Fortunately, many of the scribes haven’t lost their saucy touch.

“Let them drink Dom,” says one Zaslav-themed confection.

“Ted Sarandos ate my son,” says another.

Related: WGA Strike Picket Line Locations List For Los Angeles & New York

“The only thing that sucks more than corporate greed is Deadline’s comments section.” Way harsh, but so true.

Related: What Went Wrong? Writers & Studios Reveal What They Couldn’t (And Could) Agree On As Strike Is Set

Here is the latest from the front lines:

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