It looks like David Leitch‘s next film after “The Fall Guy” won’t be a new “Jurassic World” after all. Deadline reports that Universal is looking for new director for their franchise reboot after talks between the studio and Leitch fell through.
21.01.2024 - 01:59 / variety.com
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic The U.S. government decided to make an example of Reality Winner, giving the former NSA translator a five-year prison sentence. So it’s only fair that director Susanna Fogel should be able to make an example of her, too — only this time, to very different ends.
“Winner” is well acted, well told and … well, a tough sell to people tired of politics. It’s not a typical whistleblower movie, like “The Insider” or “Official Secrets” (both excellent), but more of a prickly character portrait, imbued with humor and a headstrong sense of defiance (courtesy of co-writer Kerry Howley, channeling Winner’s voice). Let’s get this out of the way up front: Reality Winner has an unusual name, one that has proven ironic (as well as fodder for countless talk-show comics) since her act of defiance was made public.
Last year, Tina Satter’s superb experimental indie “Reality” stuck to the facts of her crime, relying on the official transcript of her interrogation by FBI agents as its screenplay (the brilliance of Sydney Sweeney’s performance is all in the subtext). Now comes “Winner,” which stars Emilia Jones in the role, finding meaning in its subject’s surname: Reality Winner made a choice that upset the Trump administration, they threw the book at her, she did her time, and now, one could conceivably view her as the victor. Not that Fogel would have found the character interesting if it were that simple.
It looks like David Leitch‘s next film after “The Fall Guy” won’t be a new “Jurassic World” after all. Deadline reports that Universal is looking for new director for their franchise reboot after talks between the studio and Leitch fell through.
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Investigative documentaries are some of the most interesting films you can watch. There’s no need to create artificial drama, as the subjects are real, and you can’t help but get swept up in the investigation.
Well, here’s some exciting casting. Brad Pitt is teaming up with Quentin Tarantino for Tarantino’s tenth and final movie—so he claims anyhow—“The Movie Critic.” It’s unclear if Pitt has the title lead role, but Deadline, who breaks the news, says he probably does, and this makes sense.
Why would someone lie about having cats to get a date? When you think about it, that sort of lie really does start to become a bit… sinister. And that’s the question at the heart of the film, “Cat Person.” Look, let’s get this out of the way first — “Cat Person” isn’t a “new” film in the strictest sense of the word.
Zendaya opened up about her future in the Dune franchise.
Now that Steven Soderbergh’s three-year overall deal with HBO is over, he’s free to work with any studio he chooses. And the filmmaker is doing just that, in his usual workaholic way, as Deadline reports that Focus Features outbid everyone for “Black Dog,” Soderbergh’s upcoming spy thriller with Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender.
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has won a bidding battle for Black Bag, a package for a spy thriller film that Steven Soderbergh will direct this summer in Europe from a David Koepp script, with Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender attached to star. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs are producing.
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has just landed a big sci-fi film package which they’re setting a global theatrical release on, and that’s Mercy, starring Chris Pratt, directed by Timur Bekmambetov and produced by Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning producer Charles Roven. I understand the deal closed in the last week with a spring start of production planned.
Jillian Michaels over her anti-Ozempic opinions.Dubrow exclusively told “TMZ Live” on Wednesday that Michaels, who hosts the podcast “Keeping It Real,” has no business recommending anything to do with the miracle weight-loss drug.“I think the situation is becoming even more concerning as new information gets out about the drugs,” Michaels told E! News. “Two years from now, you’re going to see the fallout from this, just like we did with all the other diet drugs over the years.”Dubrow fired back in a short video posted on the “TMZ Live” Website, taking several potshots at Michaels.“As a board-certified physician and a certified expert for the California medical board, I’m not here to debate scientific and medical issues with a personal trainer, OK?” Dubrow said.“What I’m concerned about, is that someone of great influence like [Michaels] will limit people’s interest in treating the disease of obesity with these new miracle weight-loss drugs.”Dubrow, speaking to “TMZ Live” from his operating room, and wearing a medical gown and cap, criticized Michaels for saying “there will be a massive fallout with the long-term use of Ozempic” and that “people are gonna get used to it like they get used to coffee — and the side effect are so bad you shouldn’t even try it.”While Dubrow did agree with Michaels that “diet and exercise are critical,” he said that “to belittle these incredible weight loss drugs is sending the wrong message.”“Do not listen to her,” he said.
The movie Queenpins is currently becoming a hit for Netflix, but no, it was not made for the streaming service.
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Focus Features‘ February 23rd release of Drive-Away Dolls, the road-trip caper marking her first collaboration with Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, Margaret Qualley has been set to star in Honey Don’t!, the filmmaker’s latest for the same studio.
Before making Past Lives, writer-director Celina Song says with a laugh, she didn’t even know how to read a call sheet. Flash forward a year, though, from the A24 romantic drama’s world premiere at Sundance, and she’s landed an Original Screenplay nom for her debut feature.
Sunday Brunch star Simon Rimmer has shared the heartbreaking final images of his long-standing West Didsbury restaurant all closed up - as he said his final goodbyes. Acclaimed chef Simon announced earlier this month that Greens in Didsbury would close after a huge rent hike and rising costs made it impossible to continue.
Pixies and Modest Mouse have announced their joint 2024 US tour with Cat Power which is set to kick off later this year.The co-headlining tour will see Power provide opening support and is set to kick off on Friday, May 31 at the Firefly Distillery in Charleston, South Carolina. From there, the are set to make stops in major cities such as Nashville, Atlanta, Pittsburg, Toronto, Philadelphia, Queens, Mansfield, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin, Irving and more.The tour will wrap up on Sunday, June 30 at Fiddler’s Green in Denver, Colorado.
The first line of “Winner” says it all: “My name is Reality Winner.” This uninspired introduction to the character, an NSA employee who leaked classified documents surrounding Russian election interference to the media, sets the tone for what’s to follow. Susanna Fogel’s film is not actively bad, just aggressively bland.
Netflix fans have said they 'can't wait' after it was confirmed a new series of a hit romcom is on the way.
Kieran Culkin might have spoken out a little too much.
Love Island favourites Chris Taylor and Maura Higgins are one of the exceptional exes that are still great pals. Having originally encountered each other in the 2019 summer series, the duo were never considered potential partners, with the now-33-year-old taking Curtis Pritchard off Amy Hart in ruthless fashion.They ended up being in the final four, while Chris, 33, never truly connected with any of the girls. A year after their stint in the reality TV villa, though, the show's fanbase were thrust into delirium as reports circulated that Chris and Maura had emerged as an unlikely couple out in the real world, having grown incredibly close.The timeline of their relationship follows.