Saturday, 31 May 2025

‘Knives Out 3’ Gets a Release Date, Dramatic First Footage Teasing “Holy Grail” of Mysteries

Daniel Craig is back for another mystery on Dec. 12 with 'Wake Up Dead Man.'

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‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Gets Kicked Around in Box Office Bow by ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’

Disney's instant blockbuster 'Lilo & Stitch' is eyeing a second-weekend domestic haul of $60 million-plus, while Tom Cruise's final 'M:I' movie sits safely at No. 2 after zooming past $100 million on Friday.

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Tim Miller Hopes to Direct an X-Men Movie: “It’s Marvel’s Secret Weapon”

The 'Deadpool' director is ready to get back into feature films.

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Friday, 30 May 2025

‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Director Jonathan Entwistle on Navigating ‘Cobra Kai’ and the Test Screening-Inspired Epilogue

Like other entries in the franchise, the film does indeed conclude with a triumphant freeze frame — but test audiences wanted more.

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Issa Rae to Star in Comedic Thriller ‘Good People, Bad Things’ About Mysterious Parking Garage

MRC is behind the film from writer-director Ninian Doff.

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Ariana Grande to Star Opposite Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro in ‘Meet the Parents 4’

John Hamburg, who co-wrote all three prior films, penned the screenplay for the new installment and is set to direct the comedy for Universal.

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‘Cielo’ Director on His Visceral Film About a Bolivian Girl in Search of Heaven, Aided by Female Wrestlers

... and a desolate cop. Alberto Sciamma discusses religion and hope in his fairytale that is getting its U.K. premiere at SXSW London, its young first-time actress, and why he wants to shoot another film in Bolivia.

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Thursday, 29 May 2025

‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Is on the Case in Teaser for Chris Columbus Netflix Movie

Members include Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Naomi Ackie, Tom Ellis, David Tennant, Richard E. Grant and more.

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‘The Home’ Trailer: Pete Davidson Faces Nightmarish Violence in a Retirement Facility

The horror thriller from ‘The Purge’ creators will get a Lionsgate theatrical release on July 25.

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Kinky Romance ‘Pillion’ Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling Sells to Multiple Territories

The feature debut from British director Harry Lighton earlier sold to A24 for the U.S. market.

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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Guillermo del Toro to Host Canadian Horror Film Festival (Exclusive)

The maestro of monsters is returning to Toronto to analyze the mechanics and emotional impact of iconic genre pics by David Cronenberg, John Fawcett and Vincenzo Natali at TIFF Lightbox in July.

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‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Review: Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio Return for a Messy and Uninspired Addition to the Franchise

Also starring Ben Wang and Joshua Jackson, the sixth film in the series centers on a kung fu prodigy who enters a high-stakes martial arts competition to help a new friend.

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Presley Chweneyagae, Star of South African Oscar Winning ‘Tsotsi’, Dies at 40

Chweneyagae also starred in the popular television drama 'The River.'

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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Sissy Spacek on Her J.Law Collab ‘Die My Love,’ the ‘New Hollywood’ of the ’70s and the Penises in ‘Dying for Sex’

In the Campari Lounge at the Cannes Film Festival, the legendary Oscar winner reflects on her journey from small-town Texas to Hollywood; iconic performances in 'Badlands,' 'Carrie' and 'Coal Miner's Daughter'; her late friend and 'The Straight Story' director David Lynch; and working with Jennifer Lawrence on Lynne Ramsay's film about a woman in the throes of severe postpartum depression.

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Sews Up Record $182.7M at Memorial Day Box Office, ‘Mission: Impossible’ Nabs Series-Best $79M

The two films delivered the biggest Memorial Day picnic in history at the box office, while 'Lilo' supplanted Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' as the holiday's top opener of all time, among numerous other feats.

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Mark Millar, John Romita Jr. Team for ‘Psychic Sam’ Comic, Movie (Exclusive)

The story, centering on a man who can predict murders, has 'The Gentlemen' producer Ivan Atkinson on board for a feature adaptation.

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Monday, 26 May 2025

Tatyana Ali Recalls Getting Bullied on the Set of ‘Jawbreaker,’ Says Rose McGowan Stood Up for Her

The two actresses starred in the 1999 cult classic film.

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Christopher McQuarrie Says He’s Cracked the Story for ‘Top Gun 3’: “It’s Already in the Bag”

The 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' director said that it's about "finding the right emotional balance" for the 'Top Gun' films.

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Viennale Sets Retrospective on Dutch Director Digna Sinke, Including New Film ‘Key to Heaven’

"With a cinematic oeuvre characterized by quiet observations, poetic depth, and a special sense of change and landscape, Sinke has been one of the most distinctive voices in Dutch cinema."

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Marcel Ophuls, ‘Sorrow and the Pity’ Documentarian, Dies at 97

Ophuls was also behind the influential docs 'Hotel Terminus,' 'A Sense of Loss,' 'The Memory of Justice' and 'Veillees d'armes.'

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Sunday, 25 May 2025

All 8 ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies Ranked From Worst to Best

A definitive ranking of all the 'Mission: Impossible' films from the 1996 original to 'The Final Reckoning.'

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‘The Wave’ Review: Sebastián Lelio’s Rousing but Elementary Feminist Musical

The latest film from the Chilean director ('A Fantastic Woman,' 'The Wonder') is a musical drama inspired by a protest movement that swept Chile in 2018.

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Saturday, 24 May 2025

Mara Corday, Star of ‘Tarantula’ and Lots of Westerns, Dies at 95

She also appeared alongside Clint Eastwood in several films, most famously as a hostage in the "Go Ahead, Make My Day" scene in ‘Sudden Impact.’

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Friday, 23 May 2025

Signature Entertainment Acquires U.K., Irish Rights to Whitney Peak-Starring Horror ‘Eye for an Eye’ (Exclusive)

The movie, directed by Colin Tilley, is based on Elisa Victoria's graphic novel 'Mr Sandman.'

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Vicky Krieps, Christian Friedel Join ‘The Idiots’

The 'Phantom Thread' and 'The Zone of Interest' actors have joined the cast of the new film from Polish directors Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert.

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German Director Christian Petzold Named President of Austria’s Viennale

The filmmaker, "closely connected to the festival for many years as a director and friend," will succeed Eric Pleskow, while Eva Sangiorgi, the Viennale director, has received a contract extension through 2029.

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Thursday, 22 May 2025

Neon Nabs Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Feature ‘It Was Just An Accident’ for North America

Panahi’s first film since being released from prison in Iran bowed in competition on Tuesday.

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‘Yes’ Review: Director Nadav Lapid’s Decadent Romp Through the Madness and Misery of Post-October 7th Israel

The Berlin Golden Bear and Cannes Jury Prize winner is back on the Croisette with an ambitiously over-the-top feature that premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar.

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Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent’ for U.K., India, Most of Latin America

The movie from writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho premiered in the Cannes Film Festival competition lineup on Sunday and has drawn rave reviews.

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Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Fame and Shame: The Deadly Toll of  Celebrity in South Korea

'Parasite' star Lee Sun-kyun’s suicide sparked a national fury about an entertainment culture where the pressure to live up to impossible standards can lead to exile, despair and even death. Has anything changed?

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Carla Simón on Going Back to the Roots With Cannes Competition Title ‘Romería’

After 'Summer 1993' and Berlin Golden Bear winner 'Alcarras,' the Spanish director completes her loose "family trilogy" with a drama inspired by her teenage years, and the parents she lost to addiction and AIDS.

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Jafar Panahi Intends to Keep Up the Fight Via Film: “Even My Closest Friends Had Given up Hope”

The dissident Iranian director, no longer under a travel ban from Tehran, returned to Cannes for the first time in two decades to present the competition film 'It Was Just An Accident.'

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Tuesday, 20 May 2025

The Horror Buffs at Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Spooky Pictures Love “Cool Shit” and Have Unleashed ‘The Plague’ at Cannes

Roy Lee, Steven Schneider and Ben Ross see eye to eye. "We know genre films and like the business," but "the biggest challenge is finding great projects, such as their Un Certain Regard movie.

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee on Trump, Cannes Scandals and the Knicks’ Championship Chances: “We’re Going to Win!”

Denzel Washington stars in Lee's re-imagination of the Akira Kurosawa crime classic 'High and Low.'

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UTA’s Rich Klubeck Is Juggling Wes Anderson, Kelly Reichardt and Ethan Coen at Cannes

The agency partner also has talked about filmmaker Oliver Hermanus and his 'The History of Sound' at the fest, and is repping client Mikey Madison’s 'Anora' follow-up about a dental hygienist seduced by a mermaid.

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Jafar Panahi: The World’s Most Acclaimed Dissident Filmmaker

The Iranian director, one of THR’s Legends of the Croisette, talks prison and censorship, why he plans to stay in Iran, and how, in his new film 'It Was Just an Accident,' he turns oppression into inspiration. 'If cinema is really what is sacred for you...then no regime, no censorship, no authoritarian system can stop you."

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Monday, 19 May 2025

‘Splitsville’ Director Michael Covino on Making Bawdy Comedy That Looks Like Arthouse Cinema: “It Can Be Both”

After the slow-burn brilliance of 'The Climb,' he returns to Cannes with an uproarious open-relationship comedy starring Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona, Kyle Marvin, and Covino himself.

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London’s Raindance Film Festival Unveils Lineup for Its Biggest Post-COVID Pandemic Edition

It will open with the world premiere of Christopher M. Anthony's boxing drama 'Heavyweight,' starring Nicholas Pinnock, Jason Isaacs, and Jordon Bolger, and close with Camilla Guttner's 'The Academy.'

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Strong Festival, Soft Market at Cannes Enters Final Stretch

Trump's tariff bombshell provided an epic buzz kill to what promised to be a robust film market, but the strength of this year’s lineup (and some pointed anti-Trump rhetoric) is keeping fest spirits high.

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Sunday, 18 May 2025

Cannes Hidden Gem: The Late Laurent Cantet’s ‘Enzo’ Is a “Victory Against Death”

The French filmmaker intended to direct 'Enzo,' debuting in Cannes this week — but a cancer diagnosis put a halt on what would have been his 18th film.

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Saturday, 17 May 2025

Cannes, According to … Karel Och, Artistic Director, Karlovy Vary Film Festival

The fest head offers his thoughts on where to eat, where to avoid and which Affleck he ran into on the Croisette.

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‘Urchin’ Review: Frank Dillane Is a Self-Destructive Car Crash in Harris Dickinson’s Impressive Directing Debut

The 'Babygirl' actor’s first feature behind the camera follows an unhoused Londoner trying to get clean while stuck on a treadmill of addiction.

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Sylvain Chomet Won’t Be Using AI Anytime Soon

The French animation powerhouse returns to Cannes with 'A Magnificent Life,' his love letter to Marcel Pagnol, who revolutionized cinema and even had the idea to tax movies decades before Trump.

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‘Wild Foxes’ Review: Budding French Star Samuel Kircher Jabs His Way Through a Tough Yet Tender Debut Boxing Drama

Belgian writer-director Valéry Carnoy’s Cannes-bowing first feature is set in an elite French sports academy where teenage boxers compete for the top rank.

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Friday, 16 May 2025

Is This the Most Political Cannes Festival Since ’68?

As fest staff tries to follow "political neutrality" guidelines, Robert de Niro’s passionate opening-night excoriation of Trump as "America’s philistine president" set a combative tone not seen in decades.

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Skincare Guru Ole Henriksen to Get Biopic Treatment in Collaboration With Niels Juul, Scribe James Wyllie

Often credited as the first celebrity facialist and “the most positive man in beauty,” Henriksen is on board for the project, being steered by Juul, who says: “When I heard Ole’s life story, I was blown away.”

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Thursday, 15 May 2025

Adriatic Film and TV Awards Set to Debut in Montenegro

"The Adriatic Film and TV Awards build on the legacy of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV Series, which will no longer be held."

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Cannes: Indochina Productions Launches Thai Content Studio TSixtySix

The Bangkok-based banner aims to elevate Thai storytelling for global audiences and will unveil two features at Cannes' Marche du Film.

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Wednesday, 14 May 2025

‘Enzo’ Review: Robin Campillo’s Subtle Coming-of-Ager About a Teenage Boy Haunted by Social Class and Sexual Identity

This Directors' Fortnight opener was the final project from Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet ('The Class') but was directed by Campillo ('BPM') after Cantet fell gravely ill prior to the shoot.

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Cannes: Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ Sells Wide Ahead of Festival Bow

Diane Kruger co-stars in the German period drama, set in the final days of WW2.

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Letterboxd to Launch TVOD “Video Store”

The film lovers' social media platform is looking to leverage its 20 million-strong community with a curated online rental store.

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Monday, 12 May 2025

Damson Idris to Play Miles Davis in Mick Jagger-Produced Period Romance ‘Miles & Juliette’

'Love & Mercy' filmmaker Bill Pohlad will direct the project that will co-star Anamaria Vartolomei as Juliette Gréco.

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France’s Pathé Sells 20 Percent Stake With Eye on “Internationally-Oriented Films and Series”

French-Lebanese logistics magnate Rodolphe Saadé, who is buying the stake, lauds the producer and cinema operator as "a flagship brand for film lovers both in France and worldwide."

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Sunday, 11 May 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis Explains Why She Hawked Pantyhose and Yogurt for Years Amid a Thriving Film Career

The actress has been a spokesperson for L'EGGS pantyhose, Activia yogurt and Hertz rental cars.

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Tom Cruise Says He “Suggested” Nicole Kidman For ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Role: “She’s a Great Actress”

Cruise and Kidman were married for 11 years before divorcing in 2001.

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Box Office: ‘Thunderbolts*’ Rules Quiet Weekend With $33M, ‘Sinners’ Continues to Wow

With no new event pic on the marquee, Marvel Studios' ensemble superhero pic easily stayed No. 1 in its second weekend.

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Saturday, 10 May 2025

‘Bullet Train Explosion’ Director on Creating the Netflix Action Thriller, Working Officially With Japan’s Shinkansen

Filmmaker Shinji Higuchi reveals the inspirations behind the train drama that reached No. 2 in the streamer's global non-English films list.

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Greg Cannom, Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist on ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ and ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ Dies at 73

Gifted at creating vampires and making actors age onscreen, he also won for ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and ‘Vice.’

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Box Office Warner Bros. Milestone: ‘Sinners’ Crosses $200 Million, ‘Minecraft’ Digs Up $900 Million Globally

Elsewhere, Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' is winning the weekend overall as it sports one of the smallest drops ever for an MCU title.

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A Belgian Boxer Goes to the Mat in Directors’ Fortnight Entry ‘Wild Foxes’ (Exclusive Trailer)

Valéry Carnoy's feature debut stars Samuel Kircher ('Last Summer') as a teenage boxer with a mysterious injury that threatens his future.

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Friday, 9 May 2025

Cannes: Aaron Eckhart to Star in Angel Studios’ ‘The Old Man in the Dunes’ (Exclusive)

The 'Dark Knight' and 'Midway' star will headline the "inspirational thriller," from the outfit behind 'King of Kings' and 'Sound of Freedom.'

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Keanu Reeves Reflects on a Decade of ‘John Wick’ With ‘Wick Is Pain’ Doc, Insisting “I Don’t Do Stunts, I Do Action”

The star joined director Chad Stahelski at a special screening of the documentary, which follows the behind-the-scenes of 'John Wick' going from an indie to a billion-dollar franchise.

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Jane Schoenbrun Sets ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ Starring Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, With Mubi, Plan B

The filmmaker describes the feature as “my best attempt at the 'sleepover classic': an insane yet cozy midnight odyssey that beckons to unsuspecting viewers from the horror section at the local video store.”

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Daisy-May Hudson Debut ‘Lollipop’ Follows a Young Mother’s Journey Post-Prison (Exclusive Trailer)

Set in east London and backed by BBC Film and the British Film Institute, 'Lollipop' is the debut of BAFTA breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson following her award-winning documentary 'Half Way'.

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Thursday, 8 May 2025

Cannes Late Additions Include Eugene Jarecki’s Julian Assange Doc ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’

Bi Gan's Chinese sci-fi film 'Resurrection' also joins this year's competition.

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Shia LaBeouf and David Mamet Just Might Save Each Other

Two legendary Hollywood outcasts open up about joining forces for 'Henry Johnson' — a film so indie, they're distributing it themselves — and somehow winding up with some of the best work of their careers.

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Tribeca Festival Sets Storytelling Summit With Nia DaCosta, Leslye Headland, David Leitch, Lucy Liu and More (Exclusive)

The "festival within a festival," running from June 5-15, gives emerging and mid-career creators the chance to interact with industry leaders through talks, workshops, case studies and networking events.

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‘Little Amélie,’ World Premiering at Cannes, Lets Us See the World Through a Young Girl’s Eyes (Trailer With English Subtitles)

The feature directorial debut from Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, an adaptation of the novel 'The Character of Rain' by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, premieres in Cannes’ Special Screenings section.

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Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Sheffield DocFest Sets Films on Ukraine War Field Medics, Agency Matching North and South Koreans

The festival will also feature Billy Porter, docs on Billy Idol, Israel-Palestine, the aftermath of Brexit, 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin,' and 'Redlight to Limelight,' about Indian sex workers who make short films.

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Donnie Yen Action Thriller ‘The Prosecutor’ Coming to U.K., Ireland via Signature (Exclusive)

"Donnie Yen has time and again proven himself to be the ultimate action master of our time," says the outfit. "'The Prosecutor' shows him in full command of his craft."

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Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Japan Production Service Firm Wowow Bridge Secures First Projects, Makes Exec Hire 

The firm facilitated the recent Tokyo shoot of Skydance and Anonymous Content’s big-budget sci-fi series 'Neuromancer' and hopes to continue tapping into a growing surge in live-action content set in Japan.

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Eva Victor’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ With Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges to Open Edinburgh Film Festival

The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where Victor won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.

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Monday, 5 May 2025

‘Thunderbolts*’ Co-Writer Eric Pearson Talks ‘The New Avengers’ Reveal, Pre-Sentry Villain and Original Taskmaster Arc

The busy Marvel Studios regular also has 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' coming up.

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Teaser Trailer Sees Denzel Washington Asking “Can You Handle It?”

Lee's reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's 'High and Low,' also starring A$AP Rocky, is set to get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before hitting theaters in August.

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‘Another Simple Favor’ Co-Writer Jessica Sharzer Breaks Down Sequel’s Biggest Twists, Blake Lively’s “Massive” Say in the Fashion and a Possible Third Film

Sharzer tells The Hollywood Reporter that 'A Simple Podcast' was "a big reason" why they ended up doing this sequel, and if it's successful, then a third film is on "a more accelerated track."

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Trump’s 100% Tariff on Movies: 8 Key Questions the Industry Is Now Pondering and Dreading

After Trump promised a 100% tariff on "any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands," industry figures are frantically trying to come to grips with how the proposal could possibly work.

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Sunday, 4 May 2025

Trump Says He’s Instituting a “100% Tariff” on Films Produced Outside of the U.S. Because the “Movie Industry in America Is Dying”

The president posted that Hollywood and other areas are "being devastated" due to "a concerted effort by other Nations," which constitutes a "National Security threat."

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Nicolas Cage Recalls Moment He “Could Have Died” While Training for ‘The Surfer’

The actor said he "just got pounded" by the ocean waves during his surfing lessons.

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Box Office: ‘Thunderbolts*’ Flies to Solid $76M Opening, Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Flails

Marvel's ensemble superhero pic 'Thunderbolts*' debuted to an even bigger $86.1 million overseas for a global launch of $162.1 million as it kicks off the summer box office.

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Saturday, 3 May 2025

Far East Film Festival: Yihui Shao’s Feminist Drama ‘Her Story’ Wins Top Prize

Anselm Chan's box office phenomenon 'The Last Dance' took the Silver Mulberry Award.

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Friday, 2 May 2025

Phyllis de Picciotto, Santa Barbara International Film Festival Co-Founder, Dies at 84

She programmed movies for the Laemmle Theatres chain before helping to launch SBIFF in February 1986.

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Lewis Pullman Is Blazing His Own Trail

The Hollywood Reporter's latest "Person of Interest" is the 32-year-old actor who is taking on the complex villain role in Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' as he continues to forge his own path in Hollywood.

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Timothée Chalamet to Receive Italian Award for “Cinematic Excellence”

The Italian cinema academy will honor the 'Dune' and 'A Complete Unknown' star at the 70th David di Donatello Awards on May 7.

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Thursday, 1 May 2025

‘Rust’ Director Regrets Movie, Rather “Hit Myself With Frying Pan” Than Watch Baldwin’s Reality Show

"Bad decision after bad decision was made," says writer-director Joel Souza.

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‘Still Pushing Pineapples’ to Open Sheffield DocFest

The documentary from Kim Hopkins explores the story of Dene Michael, the former singer of Black Lace, the pop band behind the novelty British party favorite "Agadoo."

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‘House of the Dragon’ Star Fabien Frankel Launches Production House With Brother Max (Exclusive)

MarcelMonique Pictures is named after the brothers' grandparents, Frankel told THR: "Our granddad loved movies and he passed that onto our mum and she passed that onto us, so this feels pretty special."

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Alec Baldwin’s Western ‘Rust’ Will Be Available to Watch in Theaters and at Home: When and Where to Stream Online

Joel Souza's film comes four years after an on-set tragedy led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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