Mark Wahlberg and Simu Liu are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie.
01.02.2024 - 14:07 / theplaylist.net
Netflix did its annual blitz, a big dog and pony show for the press last night, revealing its entire film slate for 2024. Most of the heavy hitters you already know, like Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver,” which we already know, comes out in April, or “Beverley Hills Cop: Axel Foley,” or John Ridley’s “Shirley,” or Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” recently announced for a June release, but there’s plenty of surprises and new confirmations too.
Mark Wahlberg and Simu Liu are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie.
Caroline Brew editor “Do I look like every other politician?” Regina King‘s Shirley Chisholm says in response to being told she sounds like every other politician in the trailer for “Shirley.” Out March 22, the Netflix film tells the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, and chronicles her trailblazing 1972 presidential campaign. The movie is written and directed by John Ridley, who won an Oscar for penning “12 Years a Slave.” King leads the cast, which is rounded out by Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Terrence Howard, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, W.
Mark Wahlberg is still hoping for a chance to work with fellow Bostonians Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck may be reuniting for a new movie!
Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya will join Vogue’s Anna Wintour as this year’s official co-chairs of the 2024 Met Gala in May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed today.
Ben Affleck forms a boy band and gives being a pop star a shot in his new Dunkin’ Donuts commercial, which aired during the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday night (February 11).
Super Bowl LVIII commercial for the Catholic app Hallow.“God, we take this moment just to give You thanks,” Walhberg’s voice said in a teaser for the spot, in which he appeared with Roumie, who plays Jesus Christ in the Biblical series “The Chosen.”Then, a message flashed on the screen: “For the first time ever, join over 100 million people in prayer during Super Bowl LVIII.”The Hallow app, according to the company, offers prayer-on-the-go and provides users with the opportunity to personalize their prayer experience with a custom-tailored daily prayer routine, according to People.Users can also “connect with friends and family” and build “custom family groups” on Hallow, according to the report.“The goal at Hallow has always been to reach out to as many folks as possible, both those who take their faith seriously and especially those who might have fallen away, and invite them deeper into a relationship with God,” said Alex Jones, Hallow co-founder and CEO, in a press release touting its Super Bowl LVIII commercial.“When we learned about the timing of the Big Game this year, we couldn’t have been more excited to work with Mark and Jonathan to use it as an opportunity to invite millions into prayer.”According to Hallow, the app has more than 10,000 sessions including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music and Gregorian chant.It launched in December 2018 and has been downloaded 10 million times and used to pray over 300 million times across 150-plus countries.Wahlberg told “The Today Show” in February 2023, during Lent on Ash Wednesday, that he tries to “balance”
Post Malone performed at the Super Bowl 2024 in Las Vegas tonight (February 11), ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.The Super Bowl is taking place at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium and will feature a halftime performance from Usher.Post Malone took to the field ahead of kick-off, armed with an acoustic guitar, to perform ‘America The Beautiful’. The patriotic song was written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895 and has been performed over the decades by the likes of Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby and Jennifer Lopez.During Post’s performance, the cameras panned to the stands, where Taylor Swift was seen swaying along with her arm around actor Blake Lively.
HOLLYWOOD – On Wednesday evening, in Netflix’s star-filled (literally) Tudum theater, the top execs of the world’s streaming giant met the press to discuss their 2024 television programs and films. Timed to the release of a new video preview that debuted this morning, the presentation featured exclusive first looks at series such as Gut Ritche’s “The Gentlemen” and films that will only stream on Netflix like the long-awaited “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” And, at the center of the event was Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria.
Halle Berry‘s movie The Mothership is sadly not going to see the light of day!
The Church of Satan would like to make it clear that members don’t worship the Devil, nor do they believe Satan is real. What they do believe in, and the rituals they practice, emerge in the documentary Realm of Satan, which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was asked by an analyst on today’s Q4 earnings call if “the recent management departure” would impact the streamer’s future plans for making original feature films.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix is not going to change up its movie strategy in the wake of the exit of film chairman Scott Stuber, according to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Sarandos did not directly address Stuber’s departure, news of which came out Monday. But, asked on the streamer’s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings interview about whether “recent management departures” might signal a shift away from original movies, Sarandos replied, “We do not plan to change our strategy or the mix [of licensed and original films].
Netflix has confirmed some news: some fan favorite hits are returning this year that we previously didn’t realize would be debuting in 2024!
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Oscars nominations might not have given everything the people wanted, but diversity in the acting categories had several high points to celebrate. Lily Gladstone made history as the first Native American nominated for best actress, for her towering role as Mollie Burkhart in the crime thriller “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Colman Domingo became the first Afro Latino nominated in best actor for his powerhouse performance in the civil rights drama “Rustin.” He’s joined by fellow Black nominee Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction.” This is only the second time in Oscar history where more than one Black actor, who wasn’t either Will Smith or Denzel Washington, was nominated for the leading prize.
Glen Powell is getting some very special support at the premiere of his new Netflix movie!
Netflix‘s film chief Scott Stuber is leaving the streamer to start a new production company. The exec will stay at Netflix through the middle of March, after which chief content officer Bela Bajaria will find his replacement, according to those familiar with the situation. Stuber has secured financing for this new endeavor, which will focus on making TV shows and movies, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news of Stuber’s departure.
“Ted” star Max Burkholder’s association with series creator Seth MacFarlane dates back to Burkholder’s childhood.“I did voiceover work for [MacFarlane’s series] ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad,’ ‘The Cleveland Show,’ so in a weird way I’ve been working with Seth in some capacity for 20 years,” Burkholder, 25, told The Post.“And just because I was a little kid hanging around the ‘Family Guy’ offices, when it came time for the table read for the first ‘”Ted” movie, they needed someone to play the creepy little kid character — and so I did that when I was probably around 10.” “Ted,” streaming on Peacock, is a prequel to the 2012 and 2015 movies (“Ted” and “Ted 2“) in which a foul-mouthed talking teddy bear, Ted (MacFarlane), is brought to life by his pal, 30-year-old John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg in both movies) — and eventually interferes with John’s love life.Burkholder plays 16-year-old John in the TV adaptation, set in 1993 in Framingham, Mass., as John adapts to high school — helped (or hindered) by Ted (voiced by MacFarlane and brought to life via sophisticated computer animation).Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach play John’s Archie Bunker-type father, Matty, and good-natured mother, Susan; his older, liberal cousin, Blaire (Giorgia Whigam), attends Emerson College and lives with the family due to a sketchy situation with her parents.Burkholder said he was very conscientious about nailing John’s Boston accent.“I worked very hard on that,” he said.
Scott Stuber is leaving Netflix. The chairman of Netflix film since 2017, he will be leaving in March to start his own media company.
J. Kim Murphy Awards season is here, which means it is also time for the annual Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies, which aims to (dis)honor the least successful films of the year, has announced nominations for its 44th edition.