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The adult rating slapped on “Blonde” has even star Ana de Armas confused.

Ana de Armas wasn’t expecting Blonde‘s NC-17 rating.

Ana de Armas has the support of the Marilyn Monroe estate ahead of the release of Netflix's, where she portrays the icon. Last week, a trailer was released for the movie, which sparked some criticism over de Armas' accent not necessarily matching up to Monroe's voice. While the film, based on Joyce Carol Oates' book of the same name, is not authorized by the late actress' estate, they support de Armas' portrayal of Monroe.«Marilyn Monroe is a singular Hollywood and pop culture icon that transcends generations and history,” Marc Rosen, president of entertainment at Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which owns the Marilyn Monroe Estate, said in a statement to.

Marilyn Monroe's estate is backing the casting of Ana de Armas as the pop culture icon. De Armas recently received backlash on social media after the trailer for the Netflix film "Blonde" dropped on July 28. "i know the movie hasn't come out yet but Blonde starring Ana de Armas looks stunning and the scenes gives me chills but i know y'all still hear her accent..

Naman Ramachandran Ana de Armas will be honored with the Hollywood Rising-Star Award at the Deauville American Film Festival (Sept. 2-11).

Blonde, following complaints that the actress doesn’t sound like the Hollywood icon.The Netflix film will see de Armas star as the titular blonde bombshell who rose to fame as a comedic actress, singer and sex symbol in the 1950s.Following the release of the first full-length trailer, questions have been raised about de Armas’s Cuban accent and how it has affected her portrayal of Monroe. However, Monroe’s official estate has stood by the casting.“Marilyn Monroe is a singular Hollywood and pop culture icon that transcends generations and history,” Marc Rosen, president of entertainment at Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which owns the Marilyn Monroe Estate, told Variety.“Any actor that steps into that role knows they have big shoes to fill.

Brad Pitt has plenty of praise for Ana de Armas. As a producer on the upcoming Marilyn Monroe film,, he credits the actress with helping the project move «across the finish line.» «She is phenomenal in it,» he tells ET's Nischelle Turner.

Marilyn Monroe revival. Between Kim Kardashian fitting into (and being wrongly accused of damaging) the infamous 1962 JFK “happy birthday” dress for the Met Gala in May, and the biopic, Blonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates’s novel and coming to Neftlix in September, we appear to be in the midst of another Monroe moment. The new film, with Ana De Armas leading the line, seems like a departure for its director, Andrew Dominik, though perhaps like his excellent The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, it will explore underlying myths of American culture, in whatever way they take shape.

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, the Marilyn Monroe movie starring de Armas as the Hollywood icon. Netflix dropped the first trailer for the hotly-anticipated film on Thursday, showing snippets of de Armas recreating some of Monroe's most unforgettable moments—including, yes, the time she stood over a subway grate in that white dress.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Blonde is not your average Marilyn Monroe biopic (of which there are many).

“Watch by all, seen by none,” teases the first trailer for Netflix’s “Blonde,” the Ana de Armas-starrer that takes an up-close look at Marilyn Monroe like we’ve never seen her before. Per the Netflix logline: “Based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has dropped the official trailer from Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” an NC-17 biopic starring Ana de Armas as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. The movie, based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.“Blonde” reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, from her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements.

posted glimpses of her transformation on Instagram on Wednesday. “It was such a gift to get to work with actors like @adrienbrody and @bobby_cannavale on this beautiful project,” she said of her male costars, who play Monroe’s ex-husbands, Arthur Miller and Joe DiMaggio, respectively. “Can’t wait for everyone to see the wonderful work they do in this film.

Is any other 2022 film as highly anticipated as Andrew Dominik‘s “Blonde“? After 15 years of development, and its production announced in 2016, the film premieres at the Venice Film Festival in September. And audiences won’t wait much longer to see it, too, as it hits Netflix on September 23.

Netflix released two new ravishing photos of Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in the highly anticipated film “Blonde”.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has released new stills of Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. The movie, based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

The lineup announced today for the 79th Venice Film Festival is a varied and rich offering from the world’s oldest event of its kind. There are auteur filmmakers galore who have also shown commercial mettle, previous Lido winners and some tantalizing out-of-competition entries including a short film featuring Chris Rock. While there may not be a Dune– or Joker-sized Hollywood tentpole in the bunch, this is an intriguing mix which is sure to bring plenty of star power — notably with Olivia Wilde’s out of competition title Don’t Worry Darling ferrying Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine to the island.

Refresh for latest…: The Venice Film Festival will unveil its lineup for the 79th edition this morning at 11 a.m. local time (2 a.m. PT/5 a.m. ET). The press conference is being held at the Library of the Biennale Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts in Venice with speakers including Roberto Cicutto, President of La Biennale di Venezia, and Alberto Barbera, Artistic Director of the Cinema Department who oversees the Lido fest.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNoah Baumbach’s black comedy “White Noise,” with an ensemble cast comprising Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver and Jodie Turner-Smith, is set to open the upcoming Venice Film Festival.“White Noise,” which will world premiere in competition at Venice on Aug. 31, marks the first time a Netflix original film opens the fest.Baumbach’s Don DeLillo adaptation follows Jack (played by Driver), a professor who made a name for himself by teaching Hitler studies at a liberal arts college in Middle America.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAs Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera continues to see films and tinker with his selection before announcing the Lido lineup next week, several high-profile titles have emerged as either locked in or highly likely to be launching from the Lido.As previously anticipated by Variety, U.S. studios and streamers are set to be disembarking at the fest in full force.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAs of June 30, we’re at the halfway point for 2022 — and for the Oscar eligibility year. There are dozens of possibilities coming up and many familiar elements — plenty of biopics, a reliance on fall film festivals, a heavy dose of streamers — but this could be an unusual year.In the first six months of the year, A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” seem likely.

Netflix‘s new Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, arrives later this year.Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) and based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde is described as a story which reimagines the Hollywood icon and “blurs the lines of fact and fiction”.Speaking to Deadline last week (June 22), Brody – who plays Monroe’s husband and literary giant Arthur Miller in the film – joked that “there’ll be some controversy” around the fictionalised biopic (per The Independent).Watch the trailer for Blonde below.The film has attracted attention in recent months for acquiring a restrictive NC-17 rating in the US. As reported by Screendaily in February, editor Jennifer Lame (Tenet) was brought in early last year to “curb the excesses of the movie”.Speaking at the time about the rating, Dominik said: “It’s a demanding movie.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAward winning actor Scoot McNairy will star opposite Amy Adams in the forthcoming adaptation of the best-selling book “Nightbitch.”Mounted by Searchlight Pictures and Annapurna, the film will tell of a suburban mom thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler. As she embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.McNairy will star as Adams’ oft-traveling husband in the project.

Zack Sharf Brad Pitt won an Oscar in 2020 for his performance in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and is fronting a major studio tentpole later this summer with Sony’s “Bullet Train,” and yet the 58-year-old actor isn’t setting himself up for some kind of late career resurgence. Quite the contrary.

The first look at Netflix’s controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic is here!

Netflix has shared the first teaser for new film Blonde about Marilyn Monroe, with fans stunned at the uncanny likeness between its lead actress and the Hollywood icon. Cuban actress Ana de Armas stars as the famous actress born Norma Jeane Mortenson, who shot to fame in the 1940s and went on to become one of the most famous actresses of all time.The trailer sees Ana, 34, in a series of iconic scenes from Marilyn’s career, including wearing the pink dress that she wore in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, where she sang the song Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend, and also in the iconic white dress that blew up while standing over a street vent for her film The Seven Year Itch.The movie star is also seen being mobbed by fans and the press as the police help the distressed celebrity through a crowd, while Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend is sung over the clip in a slow, moody voice.