Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins’ ‘The Father’ Gets Release Date

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films & Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nasrin, a documentary about activist Nasrin Sotoudeh narrated by Oscar winner Olivia Colman.Sotoudeh is a human rights activists and an outspoken leader of Iran’s women’s rights movement. Last week, she cited serious health concerns in ending a six-week hunger strike in Evin Prison, where she has been serving a nearly four-decade sentence.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment and Cross City Films have pre-sold most international markets on Kindertransport drama One Life at the recent TIFF virtual market, including a deal with Warner Bros in the UK.Aisling Walsh (Maudie) will direct Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins and rising Brit actor Johnny Flynn (Emma) in the feature scripted by Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) and Nick Drake.Currently in pre-production, the project tells the story of Sir Nicholas

Sir Patrick Stewart, Olivia Colman, Dame Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker are among some 70 stars to have signed a letter urging the Prime Minister to reunite refugee families.

Marta Balaga Currently shooting her new film and unable to travel to Switzerland due to new COVID-19 restrictions, British actress Olivia Colman tuned in live on Saturday to accept her Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, taking place physically and celebrating its 16th edition.

George Clooney is seen with a bushy beard in this first look photo from his upcoming Netflix movie The Midnight Sky, which will be released in December 2020.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the U.K. period drama Mothering Sunday, starring Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Josh O'Connor and first shopped at the virtual Cannes market.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.SPC will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIn the wake of COVID-19’s continued grip on the box office, Disney made another round of release date changes, the good news for exhibition being: Nothing is headed to Disney+. And that includes Pixar’s Soul which is currently sticking to its Nov.

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will receive the lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Eye, at this year's Zurich International Film Festival. Colman, who is currently filming and unable to travel to Zurich due to the corona pandemic restrictions, will link up to Zurich via a live-stream for the gala premiere screening of her latest film, The Father, which will have its festival debut on Saturday, Sept.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), and is based on the novel of the same name

2020 Emmys offered a teachable moment for Zendaya fans, who were apparently confused by the meaning of “upset.”The 24-year-old’s surprise victory for her portrayal of Rue Bennett in HBO’s “Euphoria” over acting vets Jennifer Aniston, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh left groupies shocked — over the New York Post’s tweet announcing Zendaya’s Lead Actress in a Drama Series win.“Biggest upset: Zendaya wins Emmys 2020 over Jennifer Aniston, Laura Linney,” read The Post’s tweet,

Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the nominees ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, which will take place with a largely virtual ceremony due to the pandemic.

A movie to watch during awards season next year will be The Father and the official trailer has arrived!

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWhat’s going on right now at the box office and with theaters goes far beyond the muted $30M domestic results of Tenet.This isn’t a death knell piece for exhibition, nor is this more rhetoric to freak studios out and have them delay even more movies.

Olivia Colman and Sir Anthony Hopkins star in the new trailer for the much-talked-about upcoming movie “The Father”.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics will release Florian Zeller’s The Father in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 18 with a rollout in major markets on Christmas Day.

Also Read: Why Playing Dementia Was Easy for Anthony Hopkins in 'The Father' (Video)“I don’t know what she’s cooking up against me, but she’s cooking something up,” Hopkins says suspiciously in the trailer. “I’m not leaving my flat! I am NOT leaving my flat.

There is no shortage of films that tackle the idea of dementia and aging. However, the upcoming film “The Father” takes the well-worn, heartbreaking premise of a man succumbing to the effects of advanced age and puts the viewer directly in the shoes of the victim and not his caring family.