Netflix on Tuesday unveiled its full fall slate of films, touting the release dates of awards contenders like Pain Hustlers and The Killer, among other titles.
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EXCLUSIVE: Despite all paranoia on behalf of exhibitors and studios that the theatrical release schedule will switch-up more due to strikes, awards season fare continues to be dated, the latest being A24’s dark comedy Dream Scenario starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage on Nov. 10.
The movie from director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) and produced by Ari Aster is opening the Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section next month. Early November has been a rich launchpad for A24 as it’s where they opened Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird which wound up grossing close to $49M domestic, and $78M WW and notched five Oscar nominations.
In Dream Scenario, a hapless family man Paul Matthews (Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom. Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows also star.
Dream Scenario is produced by Aster and Lars Knudsen of Square Peg, Jacob Jaffke, Tyler Campellone and A24. The title reps the fourth collaboration between Square Peg and A24 including Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid starring Joaquin Phoenix.
A24 is providing a lot of mojo to the arthouse box office this summer: Their Sundance acquisition, Australian horror movie, Talk to Me, racked up $31.3M stateside through its third weekend. A24’s romance drama, Past Lives, from filmmaker Celine Song, and starring Greta Lee, which also world premiered at Sundance, had made $10.5M.
The weekend of Nov. 10-12 currently includes the theatrical release of Disney/Marvel Studio’s The Marvels, Sony’s Journey to Bethlehem, and
Netflix on Tuesday unveiled its full fall slate of films, touting the release dates of awards contenders like Pain Hustlers and The Killer, among other titles.
Michaela Zee Netflix has unveiled its complete film slate for this fall, including Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” Wes Anderson’s short “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” and much more. The fall film slate features 28 movies that will be released on the streamer beginning in September.
EXCLUSIVE: Last week we brought you news of which A-listers would and wouldn’t be attending Venice. This week, the Toronto talent picture is taking shape ahead of its September 7th kick off.
Emma Seligman’s Bottoms is looking at an estimated weekend gross of $516k on ten screens with a possible leading $51,625 per-theater average for the raunchy, teenage high school girl take on Fight Club.
Jaden Thompson Altered Innocence has acquired distribution rights for a new 2K restoration of the late French director Paul Vecchiali’s 1972 giallo “The Strangler” (“L’Étrangleur”). The company will release the film in the United States for the first time this fall following screenings at the Austin genre event Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival.
Naman Ramachandran The European premiere of Kristoffer Borgli‘s satire “Dream Scenario,” starring Nicolas Cage, will open the 19th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 8).
A24’s comedy Dream Scenario, starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, will make its European premiere as the opening film of the 19th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) in September.
EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks‘ genre streamer Shudder and indie distributor IFC Films have firmed up release plans for the Argentinian horror When Evil Lurks, ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. The second feature from Demián Rugna, on the heels of his Fantastic Fest prize winner Terrified, will hit theaters via IFC Films on October 6th and debut on Shudder on Oct. 27th.
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Riley Keough will be the first to admit she’s had some “wild” stepfathers, and that includes Nicolas Cage.
As summer reaches its final weeks, it’s time to prepare for the Fall TV season. And FX‘s slate has a couple of intriguing additions to its rosters.
Selome Hailu FX has set premiere dates for its fall 2023 lineup. Along with the previously announced dates for “American Horror Story: Delicate” and “American Horror Stories,” the network has mapped out the debuts of “The New York Times Presents: How to Fix a Pageant,” “A Murder at the End of the World” and Season 5 of “Fargo.” “The New York Times Presents: How to Fix a Pageant” will premiere on Sept. 29 and follows the rigging scandal and contestant revolt that took place as Miss USA and its parent company, Miss Universe, came under female ownership for the first time, as well as the legacy brand’s attempts to increase profitability by embracing women’s empowerment.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has snapped up North American rights to Miranda’s Victim, a courtroom drama starring Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) that world premiered as the opener for the 2023 Santa Barbara Film Festival. Pic is slated for a day-and-date release on October 6th, with Arclight Films aboard to handle international sales.
As distributors and exhibition worries about major release date changes due to the ongoing strikes, good news continues to pop up with the dating of awards season adult titles, the latest being the Amazon movie Foe from Lion filmmaker Garth Davis on Oct. 6.
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Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage – check it out below.Directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick Of Myself), the comedy film was announced to open the platform competition program at this year’s Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).In a statement about the film, Robyn Citizen, director, programming and platform lead at TIFF, said: “This surrealist satire-comedy has sharp, timely observations about social media culture – especially going viral – and its impact on the way that we interact with others in our day-to-day life. Cage delivers some of his finest work.”Alongside Cage, Dream Scenario stars Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows.World Premiere of Kristoffer Borgli’s DREAM SCENARIO starring Nicolas Cage at #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/XPsAqRgvcs— A24 (@A24) August 2, 2023Other films set to compete at the festival for the prize, which celebrates international films, include Dear Jassi from director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, Kei Chika-ura’s Great Absence, and Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So.The 2023 Toronto Film Festival runs from September 7-17.Earlier this year, Cage expressed interest in starring in a musical following roles in comedy films The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent and Renfield.“Right now, I’m excited that the comedy is back on the menu,” Cage told Rolling Stone.
Nicolas Cage‘s son Wes Cage has announced details of a new solo single called ‘The Wolf’.He previously fronted the California black metal band Eyes Of Noctum, and emerged with a solo career in 2014, sharing ‘Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)’.Discussing the new song, which is set to land on October 27, he said: “The music we’re doing is part of my essence and always needed to be released.“Lyrically, ‘The Wolf’ touches on the dichotomy between the higher and lower selves. One represents strength, intelligence, organisation, responsibility; the other, destitution, failure, depression, sadness.”See the track’s artwork below.A post shared by Weston Cage Coppola (@westoncagecoppola)In 2014, Cage spoke of how he bonded with his father over music, telling Journey Of A Frontman (via Blabbermouth): “The last concert we went to was Mötley Crüe in Vegas where Tommy Lee almost started a fight with me.
CBS has set the premiere dates for its fall 2023 lineup. Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” will kick off its broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 8:30 p.m.
Amid two ongoing strikes, CBS kicks off its fall 2023 schedule with a broadcast run of Yellowstone, Paramount+’s SEAL Team, Ghosts UK — the comedy’s original BBC version — three new alternative series and expanded versions of reality series, primetime news programs and live sports.