Antoine Fuqua Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

New Republic Pictures has won the rights to John Glenn’s spec Cut and Run in a bidding war, with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty) coming aboard to produce and star, Deadline has confirmed.

UPDATED with official announcement: Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Blackstone-backed Candle Media has formally clinched its latest deal — for Faraway Road Productions, the company behind Fauda and Hit & Run. 

Devastating news is just the beginning in “Swan Song.” The dramatic project focuses on painful choices that take place when mortality comes into question. Apple is entering into an already crowded market for prestige projects with the film.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s powerful performance in The Guilty, a film he nurtured and brought to director Antoine Fuqua after seeing the Danish-language original at Sundance in 2018, has won tremendous plaudits ever since it debuted on Netflix earlier in the year. For the actor and producer, it marks the latest chapter in a new approach to making movies, not least because of the creativity required in its shoot to figure out safe ways to work during the pandemic.

Antoine Fuqua has entered into a first-look partnership with Netflix, continuing his relationship with the studio after the highly-successful drama The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal. In addition to directing, the deal will focus primarily on films, documentary features. Fuqua also announced the renaming of his production company to Hill District Media, previously titled Fuqua Films. The new name emphasizes his background and roots that translate to his work on the screen.

EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Imani Pullum has joined the cast of Apple Original Films’ Emancipation. She’ll star in the thriller alongside previously announced cast members Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor, Mustafa Shakir, Steven Ogg, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye and Aaron Moten.

EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Fuqua’s Apple thriller Emancipation has rounded out its cast, with Steven Ogg (Snowpiercer, Westworld), Grant Harvey (Animal Kingdom, The Crossing), Ronnie Gene Blevins (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Joe), Jayson Warner Smith (The Walking Dead, The Birth of a Nation), Jabbar Lewis (upcoming Amazon series The Terminal List, Adventure Force 5), Michael Luwoye (The Gifted, Prodigal Son) and Aaron Moten (Next, Disjointed) signing on.

Will Smith leads the final list of honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s  Fourth Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television.  Smith, who is winning widespread acclaim for his role in Warner Bros. upcoming King Richard as the domineering father of Serena and Venus Williams and their tennis dynasty, has been chosen to receive the Actor award.

newly added to Netflix in October. These include actual new releases, beloved comedies, Oscar-winning dramas and even underrated gems.

Netflix selectively reveals viewing information when the results are good. It’s unusual when a film’s star himself broadcasts the news.

brand new Netflix film out with The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua and, although he has partnered with both the streaming platform and director separately in the past, The Guilty is a different breed of movie for the team up. The film is now near the top of Netflix’s Top 10 list and Gyllenhaal has celebrated by sharing a sweet post about the making of The Guilty with Fuqua, and it’s actually a pretty impressive story.

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Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua, in which he plays a slave fleeing a plantation in Louisiana.Discussing his role and why he had not wanted to make a film about slavery in the past, Smith recently told GQ that he “didn’t want to show Black people in that light”.“I’ve always avoided making films about slavery,” he began, “In the early part of my career…I didn’t want to show Black people in that light.

EXCLUSIVE: Late last week in Los Angeles, Jake Gyllenhaal spoke to Deadline about The Guilty, a gritty pandemic-shot contained thriller which reunited him with Southpaw director Antoine Fuqua and which bows this Friday on Netflix, after premiering on select theaters last Friday. This after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.

The filmography of Will Smith is filled with projects of all shapes and sizes. From alien invasions (“Independence Day”) to superheroes (“Hancock”) to post-apocalyptic horror (“I Am Legend”) to full-on comedy (“After Earth”…I kid, I kid), Smith has done just about every genre of film.

set to play the former heavyweight in a separate limited series that will be directed by Antoine Fuqua and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. That one is authorized by Tyson.Variety first reported the news of Hornsby.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Jake Gyllenhaal teams up with director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto (“True Detective”) for the tense thriller “The Guilty,” which is set entirely inside a 911 call center in Los Angeles.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Lawrence Yee discuss the lack of diversity among the Primetime Emmys acting winners, preview TheGrill 2021 with LA Times executive editor Kevin Merida and executive Casey Wasserman and explore why the casting of “Dear Evan Hansen” Broadway star Ben Platt may hurt the film adaptation’s chances.Then, an interview from the Toronto International Film Festival with “The Guilty” director Antoine Fuqua and star Jake Gyllenhaal on “The Guilty” and how toxic male rage

Apparently, to make a great thriller, you just need 11 days, one location, Jake Gyllenhaal as your lead, and Antoine Fuqua behind the camera. Pretty simple, right? Well, obviously, there’s sarcasm there, but that doesn’t take away from the incredible feat that is “The Guilty.” And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, Gyllenhaal and Fuqua sit down to talk about their new Netflix thriller and the uphill battle they faced getting it made.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles” that will star Smith and Kevin Hart, as well as the runaway slave drama “Emancipation” starring Smith and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Smith will next be seen in “King Richard.” Peter Saji is represented by UTA, TFC Management and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.Deadline first reported the news.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles” that will star Smith and Kevin Hart, as well as the runaway slave drama “Emancipation” starring Smith and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Smith will next be seen in “King Richard.” Peter Saji is represented by UTA, TFC Management, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.Deadline first reported the news.

It’s clearly patronizing to give a filmmaker like Antoine Fuqua notes, but given the disaster of his last film — “Infinite,” also a 2021 movie — and the triumph of his latest release, maybe a little encouragement can’t hurt. “The Guilty” is an intense, single-setting thriller, the polar opposite of the film he released three months prior.

After his labored and pointless remake of The Magnificent Seven five years ago and a sequel, The Equalizer 2, two years later, director Antoine Fuqua has repackaged yet another pre-existing entity in The Guilty. If it doesn’t sound familiar, it’s because the original claustrophobic and pressurized Danish thriller it’s based upon was only seen in the U.S.

Clayton Davis Once again, Jake Gyllenhaal churns out a committed, visceral performance in Antoine Fuqua’s contained thriller “The Guilty.” The film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival brings up the fascinating question — when will Gyllenhaal get another Oscar nomination?It’s been over 15 years since the Los Angeles-born actor was nominated for supporting actor in Ang Lee’s romantic cowboy drama “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) opposite Heath Ledger.

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday night Netflix’s pulsating and riveting new thriller, The Guilty will have its World Premiere showing at the Princess Of Wales Visa Screening Room at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the first trailer for The Guilty on Netflix!

One call changes everything in Netflix’s “The Guilty.” Director Antoine Fuqua’s thriller follows a police officer turned call center operator whose shift turns into a nightmare. The real-time narrative slowly reveals its secrets in an overtly claustrophobic office setting.

Netflix has shared the eerie new trailer for its upcoming film The Guilty – scroll down the page to watch it below now.The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Bill Burr and more.In the trailer, audio of Gyllenhaal answering a 911 call can be heard, with the speech appearing as text on screen.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s next project is coming to Netflix.