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Neon has unveiled a raft of cast additions for Joshua Oppenheimer’s musical The End as principal photography begins in Ireland.

In 1991, “Street Fighter” made history by introducing the world’s first playable female character in a fighting game, Chun Li. An expert martial artist and Interpol officer, Chun Li has a notorious sense of justice, with much of her arc dedicated to a tireless search for revenge for the wrongful killing of her father.

Guy Lodge Film Critic On stage, drag artist Aphrodite Banks is a femme fatale: Caked in war paint, with a waterfall of braids whipping around her waist, she’s possessed of the white-hot glare and forthright confidence to match her Amazonian height and bearing. Off stage, as Jules, he’s simply femme: that term for gay men who present or express themselves in a more feminine way, too often used as a slur or a dismissal even by their community brethren. (Open up a cruising app like Grindr and see how frequently “no fems” comes up as a requirement.) The former identity connotes swaggering strength; the latter, to many, delicate weakness. How those associations and stigmas battle each other in one man’s body is the driving conflict in “Femme,” a tense, sometimes startling revenge drama from British freshmen Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping.

Femme, a queer thriller written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choo Ping, had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and stars George Mackay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. The film explores the price of vengeance, the toll it can take on the psyche, and how that pressure can lead to some questionable decisions that may leave the viewer looking for explanations for these character’s actions.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Femme,” written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, has debuted a teaser and poster (below) ahead of its premiere Sunday in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. The film stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay. Anton is handling international sales. The film centers on Jules, whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack. But when he re-encounters his attacker, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognizable out of his wig and make-up, Jules infiltrates Preston’s life, and in doing so, discovers power in a different kind of drag.

London-set revenge thriller Femme, starring George MacKay and Candyman actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, has been selected for the Berlinale’s Panorama strand.

EXCLUSIVE: Monsterland and I Came By outfit Two & Two Pictures has appointed Mila Cottray to the role of EVP Production and Finance based out of LA.

EXCLUSIVE: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry is readying his next project, which will be on sale in the Cannes market with French seller Kinology.

The Cannes Film Festival officially kicks off tomorrow. One of the big films to be screened there is David Cronenberg‘s body horror “Crimes of The Future,” which stars Lea Seydoux (“No Time To Die“) alongside the filmmaker’s longtime muse Viggo Mortensen.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentGeorge MacKay (“1917”) is set to headline alongside Lea Seydoux (“Crimes of the Future”) in “The Beast,” a decade-spanning dystopian romance thriller directed by Bertrand Bonello (“Saint Laurent”).Kinology (“Annette”) is handling international sales on “The Beast,” which will shoot in French and English and will start filming in August.Taking place between Paris and California, “The Beast” is set in the near future where emotions have become a threat. Seydoux stars as Gabrielle, a woman who has finally decided to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings.

K.J. Yossman “1917’s” George MacKay and “Candyman” actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett are set to star in drag queen thriller “Femme.” The feature, which is set to shoot in London, U.K., next month, is directed by Sam H.

British actors George MacKay (1917) and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Candyman) are set to star in revenge thriller Femme, from directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping.

Tom Hiddleston and Lashana Lynch step out on the orange carpet while attending the 2022 British Academy Film Awards Gala Dinner on Friday (March 11) at The Londoner Hotel in London, England.

EXCLUSIVE: Under The Shadow and Wounds duo Babak Anvari and Lucan Toh of Two & Two Pictures have renewed their first look TV deal with AMC Studios.

For years, George MacKay has been one of the most fascinating and versatile actors working out of the U.K. Having made his acting debut in 2003, in P.

“Red Rocket” blew up on the film festival scene and hopes to have an explosive run in theatres.

NEON has announced today that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (“The Act of Killing”) is moving away from documentaries by tackling a fascinating new musical with some impressive cast members signing on. “The End,” his first dramatic work, will star Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (“Suspira,” “The French Dispatch”), Stephen Graham (“Boardwalk Empire,” “The Irishman”), and George MacKay (“1917”).

Tilda Swinton, George MacKay and Stephen Graham are joining the cast of a new musical!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaTilda Swinton, George MacKay and Stephen Graham will star in “The End,” a new musical about the last human family.

Neon has acquired the North American rights to “The End,” a musical directed by Joshua Oppenheimer that will star Tilda Swinton, George Mackay and Stephen Graham. Oppenheimer is the director of the acclaimed documentaries “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence,” and his next film will be a musical about the last human family.

Tilda Swinton, George Mackay , and Stephen Graham are set to star in Oscar-nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s golden-age musical about the last human family for NEON.

George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp take on “species dysphoria” in “Nocturnal” filmmaker Nathalie Biancheri’s sophomore feature, “Wolf”.

A first look at Lily Rose Depp‘s new film, Wolf, has finally debuted online!

The premise of “Wolf” is a tale as old as time. A young woman who believes herself to be a wildcat falls in love with a young man that believes himself to be a wolf.

The film stars George MacKay (“1917”) and Lily-Rose Depp as two teens living at “The Zoo,” a treatment camp for people with a psychological condition in which they believe they are animals born in human bodies. In an interview with TheWrap’s TIFF studio, Biancheri said that her film isn’t intended to be an accurate representation of species dysphoria or even set in our world, rather using the condition as a springboard for an exploration of identity and young romance.

Lily-Rose Depp is stepping out in style!

Cast has been set on The Gallows Pole, Shane Meadows’ first period TV drama.

EXCLUSIVE: George Mackay (1917), Kelly Macdonald (Line Of Duty) and Hugh Bonneville (Paddington) are set to lead cast in new Netflix thriller I Came By, which will be directed by BAFTA winner Babak Anvari (Under The Shadow).