Peter Bart: In A Buzz-Less Market, Smart New Movies Must Overcome Critics’ Disdain & Audience Torpor

Daisy Ridley stepped out to celebrate the premiere of her new movie Magpie at South By Southwest film festival!

Jake Gyllenhaal is hitting the red carpet.

“That movie was the President’s idea, not mine, but it was a demand, not a suggestion.”

Rylan Clark has been seen taking on a job with one of the UK's biggest supermarkets - but it's not as it seems. While the BBC Radio 2 presenter won't be scanning your next big shop, he has teamed up with Tesco.

Colman Domingo is one of our most exciting actors. Following his performance in “Rustin,” which earned him his first Oscar nomination, and his work in “The Color Purple,” Domingo is now starring in “Sing Sing.” Rita Moreno, Bad Bunny, and more stars added to the Oscars presenter listColman Domingo will portray Michael Jackson’s father in the singer’s biopic“Sing Sing” is an A24 film based on the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing, a maximum security prison located in Ossining, New York. The film follows the leader of the theater troupe, played by Domingo, as he puts on a performance while also seeking for parole.

Conan Gray has officially graduated to superstar status.The 25-year-old pop icon just announced his worldwide ‘Found Heaven On Tour,’ in support of his upcoming album “From Heaven,” due out April 5.On the 17-concert U.S. leg of the international run, he’ll perform at arenas, amphitheaters, auditoriums and theaters with special guest Maisie Peters.That includes a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Monday, Sept.

Denis Villeneuve is finally back with the release of Dune: Part Two!

Amazon Prime Video’s latest twisty thriller will intrigue viewers – and have them scratching their heads, according to star Peter Serafinowicz. “I don’t know how to explain the show. It’s pretty nuts!” exclaims Peter, who plays Detective Chief Inspector Danny in the series.

The trailer for Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso‘s upcoming movie Música has finally arrived!

“I despise auditions,” Marlon Brando barked as he launched into the audition for his role in The Godfather. It was his idea, I reminded him, so he himself had caused his actors angst, not the studio. (It was, of course, a great audition.)

“I want you to be nice until it’s time to not be nice,” Patrick Swayze’s James Dalton says in the original Road House from 1989.

Netflix is about to make its Broadway producing debut, joining the team of Peter Morgan‘s upcoming play Patriots.

Amanda Seyfried looked stunning at the Berlin Film Festival!

Jaime King has a new movie out now!

Tom Cruise has reportedly landed on his next big movie role, and it sounds like an early Oscars contender.

Kings Of Leon have further previewed their imminent new single ‘Mustang’ – check out the videos below.The Nashville band revealed that new music was “coming real soon” during a live show in Mexico last month, telling fans to “get ready for the Mustang”. Later, the Followills shared a brief instrumental snippet of the song in question on social media.KOL have since posted another video that contains behind-the-scenes studio footage and another part of ‘Mustang’.

Christian Bale is getting ready for his next movie role!

EXCLUSIVE: Even after landing one of the highly-coveted roles in Marvel’s new Fantastic Four movie, Joseph Quinn isn’t done setting up a very robust film slate as sources tell Deadline he is in talks to join A24’s new untitled war pic that Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland are co-directing. Charles Melton is also on board to star.

After a deal couldn’t be made for David Leitch to direct, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment have moved fast as the studio is in final negotiations for Rogue One director Gareth Edwards to helm a new Jurassic World movie. The studio recently dated the pic to bow on July 2, 2025 and moved fast to find a director with Edwards spending all of last week meeting with execs. After impressing producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall, who helped launch the franchise in the 90s, an offer soon followed and pre-production is expected to ramp up once a deal is sealed.

EXCLUSIVE: Jean Smart (Hacks) is developing a limited series about the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson in the final months of her life, which the Emmy winner will star in and executive produce.