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Four years have gone by since it was announced that Edgar Wright was coming on board to direct a new take on the novel The Running Man, which was written by Stephen King under his Richard Bachman pen name. The Running Man was, of course, previously turned into a film back in 1987 that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and had little to do with the source material. Last year, Wright’s take on the material went into production with Glen Powell of Top Gun: Maverick, Hit Man, and Twisters in the lead role – and during a recent interview, Wright described the film as “the deadliest game of hide and seek.”

King’s novel has the following description: It was the ultimate death game in a nightmare future America. The year is 2025 and reality TV has grown to the point where people are willing to wager their lives for a chance at a billion-dollar jackpot.

The assumed “rivalry” between A24 and Neon has finally been dispelled — and it’s actually Netflix that Neon counts as their “biggest competitor” for acquisition titles.

Neon founder and CEO Tom Quinn told Variety that his studio tried to purchase recent Netflix hits such as Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” Todd Haynes’ “May December,” and Chloe Domont’s Sundance breakout “Fair Play.” In turn, Netflix previously tried to lock down “I, Tonya” and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” which were both award-winning Neon releases.

Quinn detailed how it was Netflix, and not fellow indie studio A24, that turned out to be the main competition.

“The industry thinks there’s a rivalry [between Neon and A24], and there’s not,” Quinn said. “It’s good headlines. I thought they might be our biggest competitor. But as it turns out, our biggest competitor has been Netflix. They desperately tried to beat us to buy ‘I, Tonya...

"It's human. It's incredibly truthful. And it just happens to be in a galaxy far, far away..." Disney+ has revealed an exciting inside look featurette for Andor - Season 2 (view the first trailer), the return of this acclaimed "revolutionary" Star Wars series about Cassian Andor becoming a resistance hero (which is also a prequel to Rogue One). The first season debuted in 2022 and was a huge hit. Season 2 continues in 2025 picking up where the first left off. The only intro so far from Lucasfilm: as the horizon of war draws near, Cassian becomes a key player in the "Rebel Alliance." Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound. Andor- Season 2 stars Diego Luna back as Cassian, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona (who you know from Hit Man!), Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, plus...

In the run-up to the Academy Awards, Neon took a unique approach to scoring the season’s top prize for “Anora.” While other studios spent their money on tried-and-true strategies, from tastemaker screenings to glossy ads, Neon pulled up a tow truck in front of a Los Angeles auto body shop for a pop-up “Anora” merchandise sale in November — complete with branded T-shirts and thongs. Some 300 fans queued up before the vehicle even arrived. And for its first screening of the film about a Brooklyn escort who marries a Russian oligarch’s kid, the boutique distributor filled the audience with sex workers rather than Oscar voters.

“We follow the beat of our own drum,” says Tom Quinn, Neon’s CEO. “The idea of pandering to the campaign as opposed to being who you are as a film is a big, stark difference. We never play to the campaign. We always play to the film,...

Just over a week ago, we had to share the sad news that director George Armitage, best known for bringing the world Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues, had passed away at the age of 82. Armitage got his start in the entertainment industry at the start of the 1970s, writing the film Gas-s-s for producer Roger Corman and then going on to write and direct Private Duty Nurses and write Night Call Nurses, also for Corman. By the end of the ’70s, he had written and directed the films Hit Man and Vigilante Force, as well as the TV movie Hot Rods, and wrote the scripts for the film Darktown Strutters and an episode of the TV series Monty Nash. Oddly, he did not earn any writing or directing credits in the 1980s – but, of course, this was not for a lack of trying. In fact, Kevin Tenney, the writer...

Exclusive: Former NFL star Ricky Williams is fronting a documentary about the physical, mental and emotional toll of an American football career.

Directed by Andi Budman, the doc made for streaming platform Rewarded TV will see Williams getting together with fellow football greats Jeff Garcia, Jeff Blake and Brandon Bostick to consider how they have continued to battle chronic injuries and lingering effects of repeated concussions. Specifically, they’ll look at the devastating effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated head trauma.

Director Budman is known for work on high-profile projects such as Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, and Queen of the South. Her doc is being billed as a “call to action,” centering on Williams’ story after his career for teams such as the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins.

The pair are crowdfunding the doc through the Rewarded TV web3 streaming platform, which uses...

Nicholas Sparks, one of the world’s most celebrated novelists, is seeing his beloved 1999 novel, A Walk to Remember, get a modern makeover. Sparks, whose books have sold over 130 million copies globally, first captured hearts with The Notebook and has since seen 11 of his romantic tales adapted for the big screen, including hits like Dear John and Message in a Bottle.

The 2002 film adaptation of A Walk to Remember, a poignant coming-of-age romance starring Mandy Moore and Shane West, is now set for a reboot with the original producers, Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, at the helm.

The first film, which grossed over $47 million against an $11 million budget, is revered as a cornerstone of modern romantic dramas, noted for its emotional depth and memorable performances. The reboot will see Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, and Vicky Patel of Monarch Media join the production team, alongside Margaret French-Isaac for Di Novi Pictures...

Exclusive: Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the seminal early aughts coming-of-age romance from Nicholas Sparks, with plans to develop a reboot alongside the original film’s producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry.

An enduringly popular bestseller published in 1999, A Walk to Remember follows a rebellious high school senior who falls for a quiet, faith-driven girl after being forced to participate in a school play, discovering the transformative power of love, forgiveness and the beauty of living each day with purpose.

Famously, Shane West and Mandy Moore broke out with their turns in the original 2002 film adaptation from Warner Bros. While the Adam Shankman film made less than $48 million in theaters, it remains one of the most popular titles in the modern rom-com canon to this day.

The full producing team on the reboot will include Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel for Monarch Media,...

"We're in a war... you want to fight, or you want to win?" Let's go! I want to win! Disney + Lucasfilm have unveiled the exciting first official trailer for Andor - Season 2, the return of this acclaimed "revolutionary" Star Wars series about Cassian Andor becoming a fighter (which is also a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). The first season debuted in 2022 and was a huge hit - at least with die-hard Star Wars fans who loving how brilliantly edgy & revolution it is. Season 2 continues in 2025 picking up where the first left off. The only intro so far from Lucasfilm: as the horizon of war draws near, Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound. Andor- Season 2 stars Diego Luna back as Cassian, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough,...

George Armitage, the director of Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues, as well as a close collaborator of Roger Corman’s, has died. He was 82.

George Armitage entered the business in the ‘70s but it took a while to find his footing. That came with 1990’s Miami Blues, which starred Alec Baldwin as a criminal fresh out of prison posing as a cop with a stolen police badge. Armitage would develop his mixture of crime and comedy later that decade with 1997’s Grosse Pointe Blank with John Cusack and Minnie Driver.

Even though he was a buddy of Corman’s, it does feel like George Armitage is too rarely mentioned in the list of notable directors who got their start working under him. But we can’t ignore where he got his start. George Armitage met Roger Corman at just the right time in the 1960s. In 1971, Corman hired him to write Gas-s-s,...

Armitage was also responsible for the 1972 blaxploitation remake of Get Carter, made during his time working for Roger Corman

George Armitage, director of 90s indie hits Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues, as well as Hit Man, the 70s blaxploitation remake of Get Carter, has died aged 82. Variety reported he died on 15 February in Playa del Rey in California.

Armitage started out in TV, working on the celebrated TV soap opera Peyton Place, then broke into features via Roger Corman’s micro-budget studio New World in the late 1960s. He subsequently specialised in crime films: Grosse Pointe Blank, which starred John Cusack and Minnie Driver, was his biggest commercial hit, and his final directorial credit was the Elmore Leonard adaptation The Big Bounce in 2004.

George Armitage, the filmmaker behind Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank, has died at the age of 83. His son, Brent Armitage, confirmed that he passed away on February 15 in Playa del Rey, California.

Armitage’s career in Hollywood began in the 1960s and spanned decades. He directed and wrote films that combined crime, action, and humor, earning a reputation for his approach to storytelling.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1942, Armitage moved to Los Angeles in 1957. He studied political science at UCLA while developing an interest in filmmaking. His first industry job was in the mailroom at 20th Century Fox, leading to a role as an associate producer on Peyton Place in 1967.

His transition to feature films came after connecting with producer Roger Corman. Armitage wrote Gas-s-s-s or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970), a satirical youth comedy. This led to more work with Corman,...

George Armitage, the film director best known for the 1996 crime thriller/comedy “Grosse Pointe Blank” and the 1990 neo-noir “Miami Blues,” died Saturday, his son announced Friday. He was 82; no cause of death was made public.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1942, Armitage moved with his mother to Beverly Hills at age 13 and attended UCLA. He began his career in entertainment working in the mail room at 20th Century Fox and, rising quickly, became an associate producer on “Peyton Place” in 1966 when he was still only 23 years old.

He made the jump to films later in the decade, writing the script for the 1970 Roger Corman film “Gas-s-s-s” before making his directorial debut with “Private Duty Nurses” the same year. He wrote the script for a sequel, “Night Call Nurses” in 1972 and that same year also wrote and directed “Hit Man” starring Bernie Casey.

Other films he wrote and directed include “Vigilante Force...

George Armitage, who directed, wrote and produced films including “Grosse Pointe Blank” and “Miami Blues,” died Saturday in Playa del Rey, his son Brent confirmed. He was 83.

Raised in Hartford, Conn., Armitage started out in the 20th Century Fox mailroom before becoming associate producer on the long-running series “Peyton Place” in the 1960s. He met Roger Corman on the Fox lot and moved into feature films, writing the Corman-produced 1970 comedy “Gas! – Or – It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.”

He continued making films for Corman and his brother Gene Corman, moving into directing with “Private Duty Nurses.” The 1972 Blaxploitation film “Hit Man,” which he directed and co-wrote, starred Pam Grier and Bernie Casey. Next up was “Vigilante Force,” with Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent, and the TV movie “Hot Rod.”

“Kaplan, Demme, Dante, Arkush and me… We were making little 45 Rpm rock ’n’ roll movies.

George Armitage, the director known for Hit Man (1972), Miami Blues (1990) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), has died. He was 82.

The writer, director and producer died last Saturday, Deadline has confirmed with his former agency Gersh. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Born Dec. 13, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut, Armitage moved to Beverly Hills with his family as a child. After majoring in political science and economics at UCLA, he found himself breaking into the film industry, working in the mail room at 20th Century Fox while waiting for his real estate license to come through.

Within a year, Armitage was an associate producer on the ABC soap Peyton Place. “It was an incredible experience,” he recalled in 2015.

“There was a producer there named Everett Chambers who would work on a number of films with John Cassavetes, he was usually helpful,” said Armitage. “This was just at the time when the fortysomething...

Richard Linklater is back at the Berlinale 11 years after he won the Silver Bear prize for his Oscar-winning “Boyhood,” this time with “Blue Moon,” a wistful chamber piece set on the opening night of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” in 1943. But the period comedy, which premieres in competition tonight at the festival, assumes the perspective of Lorenz Hart, the great American lyricist who was one half of Rodgers and Hart before a creative split.

The film takes place in or around the same bar at Sardi’s, where Rodgers (Andrew Scott) is greeting his rapturous public after the musical’s Broadway premiere while trying to keep a distance from his former creative collaborator, whose boozing and insecurities (and often wild overconfidence) make people uncomfortable. Ethan Hawke undergoes a unique physical transformation to give a theatrical but never overplayed performance as a five-foot-tall, sexually ambiguous alcoholic perched precariously on the wagon.

The 2025 Writers Guild Awards took place Saturday night, with the guild continuing its tradition of doling out prizes in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.

In the film categories, Anora ultimately took home the award for original screenplay, beating out A Real Pain, Challengers, Civil War and My Old Ass. As for adapted screenplay, Nickel Boys won, beating A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Hit Man and Wicked.

On the TV side, Shogun won for drama series while Hacks scored the award for comedy series. Shogun‘s “Anjin” also won for episodic drama, and Hacks‘ “Bulletproof” won for episodic comedy. Shogun also captured the award for best new series, while The Penguin won for limited series and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won for comedy/variety series — talk or sketch.

Joel Kim Booster, who hosted the Los Angeles ceremony, kicked off the L.A. show, telling the crowd at the Beverly Hilton,...

Awards-watchers are accustomed to waiting for the end of every awards show to see the big film categories handed out, but Saturday’s Writers Guild Awards threw everybody for a loop by making the film awards the first two categories of the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

“Nickel Boys” won the first award of the night, for Best Adapted Screenplay, and “Anora” won the second, for Best Original Screenplay. The awards led off the shows because the BAFTA Awards are taking place in London on Sunday, with the categories’ early placement giving “Nickel Boys” writers RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes and “Anora” writer Sean Baker more time to get to London.

In the television categories that ended the show, “Shōgun” and “Hacks” continued the roll they’ve been on since last September’s Emmy Awards, with the former show winning three awards and the latter show winning two.

“Shōgun” dominated with three wins at the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday evening — including best drama, while “Hacks” scored two on the TV side, including best comedy. In film, “Anora” and “Nickel Boys” scored big wins, giving both entries a bit more momentum as Oscar voting ends on Tuesday. “Anora,” coming off Critics Choice, DGA and PGA wins for best picture last weekend, picked up the original screenplay prize for Sean Baker. “Nickel Boys,” which has two Oscar noms, won the WGA award for RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes.

“Shōgun” was the night’s big winner, picking up prizes for best drama, best new series and best drama episode. On the comedy side, “Hacks” also scored a double play, landing best comedy and best comedy episode. In the limited field, “The Penguin” scored the series win.

Meanwhile, it was the first WGA noms and wins for Baker, Ross and Barnes.

Anora kept up its impressive run to the Oscars on Saturday, adding the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay to its considerable haul. The win for the the Sean Baker film came a week after Anora swept the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America top prizes, cementing itself as the frontrunner heading into the Academy Awards on March 2.

RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes‘ script forNickel Boys, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, scored for Best Adapted Screenplay at the WGA Awards, which honor the best writing in movies, television, news, and radio.

The key WGA categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay are seen as a bellwether for the impending Academy Awards, though the nominees rarely match up. Scripts produced outside the guild’s collective bargaining agreement or written by a non-union member are deemed ineligible. This year, six...

With last year’s ceremony taking place in the shadow of the 2023 strikes and this year’s function in the aftermath of the Southern California wildfires, the 2025 WGA Awards have a lot of work to do when it comes to lifting the spirits of the entertainment industry. Thankfully, good writing always has.

As is tradition, events for the east and west coast branches of the Writer’s Guild are held concurrently today at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. LA’s affair is hosted by actor/comedian Joel Kim Booster and kicks off at 4:30pm Pt. For those who want to tune in at home, you can watch the west coast soiree via livestream at that time.

While under normal circumstances, tonight’s results wouldn’t necessarily carry much water when it comes to the Oscars, this year’s awards race...

History’s most iconic romances live forever on the silver screen, and whether you’re feeling hopeful or hopeless on this Valentine’s Day, settling in with a great rom-com is never a bad idea. To mark this Valentine’s Day weekend, we’ve assembled a list of the best romantic comedies on streaming – from tried-and-true classics to underrated gems. You’ll find swoon-worth couples like Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles on this list, plus many more.

So grab the chocolates, pop the popcorn and check out the best rom-coms to stream for Valentine’s Day.

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Valentine’s Day is finally here, and Netflix has the perfect films to watch on this romantic day with your significant other. In this list, we have included some new films and some classics, but they all have that comforting feeling of love that people crave especially today. So, here are the 10 best romantic movies on Netflix to watch this Valentine’s Day with your partner.

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Hit Man is a romantic crime comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Powell. The 2023 film follows Gary Johnson, a mild-mannered psychology and philosophy professor who moonlights as a pretend hitman for the police to catch the people trying to hire him. When he meets a beautiful woman who wants to hire him to kill her abusive husband, his life completely changes.

The world of Hollywood is unpredictable in its own unique way, and so forging a path in this land is not a job for everyone. This couldn’t hold more true than in the case of two of Tom Cruise’s ‘prodigies,’ Glen Powell and Miles Teller. Both actors appeared in the highly successful Top Gun 2, receiving an immense boost to their careers.

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While Powell has been riding high on the success of the film and has mapped out a brilliant career for himself, the same cannot be said for Teller. However, this can change with his latest film. Starring in the horror thriller The Gorge alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Teller can finally get to use some of his Top Gun 2 fame and follow in the footsteps of his co-star Glen Powell.

Miles Teller might finally...

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Euphoria releases first-look image as new season finally starts filming

It’s been about three years since the premiere of Euphoria Season 2 on HBO, but production has just started on Season 3, and HBO has shared a first-look image of Zendaya in character as Rue (see above).

Since the series first premiered in 2019, it has made stars of its cast, including Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and Hunter Schafer, in addition to Zendaya, who won two Emmys for Best Drama Actress, making her the youngest double winner in the category’s history and the first Black woman to win it twice.

Sign UPfor Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions Super Bowl racks up record ratings … again

For the second year in a row the Super Bowl set an all-time ratings record. Nielsen and Fox report that 126 million viewers watched the game across platforms.

The best in both movies and television were honored at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards!

So many stars stepped out for the awards show on Friday (February 7) at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

Heading into the show, Wicked and Conclave were the most nominated movies of the night with 11 nominations each while Shogun led the TV categories with 6 nominations.

Make sure to check out our Best Dressed list to see all of the best looks from the red carpet.

Head inside to check out the complete winners list for the Critics Choice Awards…

Keep scrolling to see the full winners list from the Critics Choice Awards…

Movie Categories:

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown

Anora – Winner

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

The Substance

Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – Winner

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig – Queer

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing...

The Brutalist is poised to win big at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Friday. According to the official Gold Derby odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby experts, editors, and users, the epic drama about a Holocaust survivor’s struggles in America will claim Best Picture, Best Director (Brady Corbet), Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and Best Cinematography.

The Critics Choice Awards are decided by the Critics Choice Association, which comprises more than 580 broadcast, radio, and online critics and entertainment journalists. The voting body has little overlap with the Motion Picture Academy that decides the Oscars, which may be why they’ve disagreed with the Best Picture Oscar winner half the time in recent years. The two organizations have matched five times in the past decade: both groups picked Spotlight (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nomadland (2020), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), and Oppenheimer (2023).

After The Brutalist,...

The Max Original Spanish-language series When No One Sees Us, the first Max Original scripted series from Spain, debuts on Friday, March 7. The series was directed by Enrique Urbizu and stars Maribel Verdú and Mariela Garriga.

When No One Sees Us explores a series of crimes in the political and cultural frontier of so-called “deep Spain,” and one of the largest U.S. military bases abroad, during the celebration of Holy Week in Morón de la Frontera (Seville).

The eight-episode series will premiere weekly on Max. When No One Sees Us debuted at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2024.

Produced by Zeta Studios for Warner Bros. Discovery in Spain and based on the novel of the same name by Sergio Sarria, the series stars Maribel Verdú (The Flash) and Mariela Garriga (Mission Impossible 7 and 8) alongside Austin Amelio, Ben Temple (Upon Entry) and Dani Rovira (Spanish Affair).

The series...

Sensitive and nuanced, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr is a compelling character study that never quite makes sense of the messy life of personal assistant by day / cam girl by night Becca (Zhu). Perhaps that is the point, although the film often edges close to something fascinating only to backpedal––perhaps a feature more than a flaw of Becca, a millennial who finds herself stuck. She’s initially drawn to a mysterious client who first refuses to go on camera with her. The Philly native sends her a rare bunny in the mail to keep her company and then insists on her putting on a show. The connection appears to be driven more by loneliness and isolation than pure fetish, but the film leaves the stranger’s motivations somewhat ambiguous until he lays down the ground rules, at one point telling her this is a transaction.

Living in Manhattan’s Lower East Side,...

The Sundance Film Festival offers an exciting in-person experience for all of their films, but to access the demand from people with busy schedules or those unable to make it to Utah for the festival, they’ve recently put their films online. Bunnylovr is the exact type of movie that fits into this new change. It’s a contemplative film about modern digital sex work that feels as aimless as its main character.

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Zhu stars in her directorial debut as Rebecca, a Chinese-American camgirl with no idea of her future. She has a modest following on a live-streaming pornographic site but has no prospects outside of that. Her dad is dying, and her friend doesn’t seem to like her much at all. This, naturally, leads her into a dark corner of her life after she becomes entranced by a fan who showers her with money, played...

Director Adam Wingard and actress Rebecca Hall worked together on both Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – but after making two giant monster movies in a row, Wingard decided he wanted to return to his roots with Onslaught, a project that is said to be in the vein of his cult classics The Guest and You’re Next. It has also been described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.” So the next Godzilla / Kong sequel is moving ahead without him… but that hasn’t disrupted his working relationship with Hall. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Hall is part of the Onslaught cast!

Hall will be starring in Onslaught alongside the previously announced Adria Arjona (Hit Man); Dan Stevens, who worked with Wingard on The Guest and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; Drew Starkey (Outer Banks), Michael Biehn (The Terminator), Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard...

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” leads the 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards with an impressive 17 nominations, including best picture, director, and four acting nods for Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel “Dune: Part 2” follows with 10.

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (Leja), which celebrates the year’s best in film and Latino talent, was also fans of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” and Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked,” which earned nine nominations each. These films join other best picture nominees, including “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” and “Sing Sing.”

“I’m Still Here” from Sony Pictures Classics surprised many with its robust Oscar showing, including a best picture nomination. In addition to recognition for Fernanda Torres in best actress, the Brazilian drama also earned nods for director (Walter Salles), adapted screenplay, cinematography and editing.

Leja also announced...

It could practically be its own subgenre by now – the low-cost indie that gets maximum production value out of being set completely in a cabin in the woods. It’s an isolated location with a limited cast where anything can happen and the characters, left to their own devices (and usually without cell phone service), can indulge in pages and pages of budget-friendly dialogue. Maybe there’s a supernatural element or suspense undertones. Add a point if there’s a reference to Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” series, perhaps the ultimate cheap cabin-in-the-woods franchise.

You get that the filmmaking team behind “Oh, Hi!,” an endlessly charming romantic comedy that just premiered at Sundance, knows how embedded the cliches of a cabin-in-the-woods indie can be. It zigs where you think it’ll zag, weaponizing that knowledge and using it to subvert expectations. It constantly keeps you on your toes in a way that feels refreshing,...

For writer-director Katarina Zhu, there was no one she wanted to make her debut film with more than her NYU classmate Rachel Sennott. The two relied on each other to get through hard times, including an ugly breakup during the pandemic.

“The things we’ve been through, you don’t even want to know!” Sennott quipped at TheWrap’s Sundance Studio presented by World of Hyatt.

But Zhu does sort of want people to know about one of those things, as her breakup served as the inspiration for “Bunnylovr,” a film in which she plays a cam girl living in New York who, in her isolation, finds herself in a toxic relationship with a client, played by Austin Amelio.

“I was interested in exploring that space that you’re in when you’re super heartbroken and you’re vulnerable, and you’re so much more willing to put yourself out...

As a first-time feature filmmaker, writing and directing is enough to put on your plate, but with “Bunnylovr,” actress Katarina Zhu knew the whole impetus for creating the project was to craft the kind of character she was dying to play. Speaking with IndieWire’s Ryan Lattanzio at Sundance’s IndieWire Studio, presented by DropBox, Zhu was joined by her cast, which includes her friend and peer from NYU and Stella Adler Studio, Rachel Sennott.

Recalling their time in school together, Sennott told IndieWire, “We had to go around in acting school and, like, say a word to describe what energy you gave off. Everyone to me was like, stoner. She could work in a grocery store and be really high. That was mine. But for Katarina, it was like, queen, angel, whatever.”

Though Zhu appreciated this memory, her actual post-grad performance output was hampered by the limited roles available to her,...

If you don’t know a great deal about bunnies apart from their cuteness, a piece of rabbit-centric trivia you will learn in writer-director Katarina Zhu’s debut feature “Bunnylovr” might just break your heart. Turns out, when bunnies experience a considerable amount of stress or a sudden burst of fear, they might go into a state of shock: Their soft bodies become limp, their floppy ears get cold, and if untreated, they can even die from it.

Rest assured, there are no gruesome bunny deaths to worry about in Zhu’s intimate yet slight portrait of New York-based Chinese American cam-girl Rebecca, delicately portrayed by Zhu herself. But existential dreads and visceral gusts of panic are quietly (and symbolically) everywhere in the film, as Rebecca drifts through her dead-end day job as a personal assistant, and her alternate persona by night as an online sex worker. These anxieties don...

A year ago, what were the odds that the top-grossing film out of Sundance 2024 would be one starring and executive produced by 93-year-old June Squibb?

Magnolia acquired Josh Margolin’s feature debut “Thelma” right at the end of the festival — one of a few acquisitions that closed during its run. Released in June, it’s grossed $9.1 million in the U.S./Canada. That makes it, for now, the top hit out of the 2024.

Why the “for now”? Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” a $5 million Neon acquisition also out of the Sundance 2024 Premiere section, debuts in wide release Friday. Although regarded as a niche title, it could pass $9 million.

“A Real Pain,” which Searchlight bought for worldwide release for $10 million out of the U.S. Dramatic section, stands at a $8.1 million domestic since its release November 1. Disney stopped reporting its grosses last weekend, suggesting it has topped out. (It has been available...

Blueberry pie-scented candles (Heretic). Emotion-themed Sugarfina candy boxes (Inside Out 2). Shiz University sweatshirts (Wicked).

That’s just a (literal) taste of some of the swag (aka promotional items) that have been sent out to voters this season by savvy awards campaigners. Lavishly bound screenplays, one-of-a-kind posters, T-shirts and the like are de rigueur for any self-respecting FYC team, and this season did not disappoint.

Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out 2 teamed up with luxury candy shop Sugarfina in an effort to remind voters to “consider every emotion” this Oscar season. All of your favorite characters from the box-office behemoth were represented in edible form, including Maya Hawke‘s Anxiety (peach bellini gummies), Phyllis Smith‘s Sadness (robin’s egg caramels), Ayo Edebiri‘s Envy (sour rainbows), Adèle Exarchopoulos‘ Ennui (birthday cake cookie bites), Amy Poehler‘s Joy (lemon shortbread cookie bites), Paul Walter Hauser‘s Embarrassment (rosé frosé wine gems...

Glen Powell’s starring role in Hit Man would be any actor’s dream. In the wildly entertaining new film from five-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Richard Linklater, Powell plays Gary Johnson, a tech-savvy philosophy professor who spends quiet nights at home with his cats when he’s not setting up wiretaps for the New Orleans Police Department. Through a series of unexpected, comedic events, he’s asked to pose as a killer for hire to help catch those looking to bump off their enemies. Gary, against all prevailing logic, excels at the job, inventing a host of personas. However, it’s Ron, the disarming, world-weary assassin who exudes confidence and cool, that sticks.

Powell went to great lengths to prepare for the role, which was inspired by a head-spinning real-life tale chronicled by journalist Skip Hollandsworth in the 2001 Texas Monthly article, “Hit Man.” “We got all of Skip’s research [including] Gary Johnson’s sting operations,...

It was at around 3 p.m. one Dry January afternoon in 2022 at West Hollywood’s famous-face-friendly San Vicente Bungalows that Glen Powell and Adria Arjona first met up to talk business over a couple of glasses of water. For 30 minutes they discussed Hit Man, a script that Powell had co-written with five-time Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater, based on Skip Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article about a professor pretending to be a killer-for-hire in order to entrap the money-for-murder set. If this professional date went well, the two would unite to star as Gary Johnson, the would-be hit man, and Madison, a woman who almost hires him to kill her husband. “This [casting] is fully [dependent] on chemistry,” Linklater had warned Arjona over Zoom before the meeting with Powell.

Somewhere after minute 31 it became abundantly clear that more than sheer hydration was needed. Arjona recalls them deciding to have some...

The buzz surrounding James Gunn’s new Dcu doesn’t seem to die down anytime soon. After revealing Jason Momoa’s casting as the antihero Lobo in the franchise, the filmmaker has now left fans guessing on the casting of Wonder Woman by following Momoa’s girlfriend, Adria Arjona.

James Gunn | Credit: Erik Drost/Cc-by-2.0/Wikimedia Commons

While the Hit Man actress has been a long-time fan favorite for the role of the Amazonian warrior, the current rumors appear to stem from fans reading too much into a small social media gesture and turning it into something bigger.

James Gunn sparks Wonder Woman casting speculations by following Adria Arjona

James Gunn has sparked speculations over the casting of Wonder Woman in his new DC Universe. The iconic character, previously portrayed by Gal Gadot in Zack Snyder’s Dceu, is expected to be recast as part of Gunn’s reboot.

Gal...

Un thriller multiversal, una de samuráis en el Japón feudal o una carta de amor al cine negro, entre el top del 2024.

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Como hemos hecho con las películas, ahora les toca el turno a las series: las mejores nuevas series de 2024. Nada de segundas, terceras, cuartas y un largo etcétera de temporadas de series que ya conocéis. Y es que, el 2024 ha sido, sin duda, un gran año seriéfilo –especialmente para las producciones televisivas españolas–, que nos ha tenido pegados al sofá, devorando episodios uno detrás de otro.

Pero no queríamos quedarnos en un simple ranking. Nuestra intención es que, además de descubrir qué nuevas series nos han marcado, encontréis motivos suficientes para darles una oportunidad. En este artículo, Marta Medina y Mario Hernández, miembros del equipo de mundoCine, han seleccionado las que para ellos han sido las mejores nuevas series del año...

Warning! Spoilers about Xo, Kitty season 2, episodes 6 and 8 ahead.

January 2025 is a treasure trove for returning Netflix TV shows, including the popular spinoff TV series of one of the streaming giant’s best rom-com movie trilogies of recent years. Netflix put romance stories front and center in the 2020s, whether those were set in an alternative historical period like Bridgerton, revolved around the festive season like Love at First Sight, or hilariously mixed romance and crime like Hit Man. The plethora of romantic comedies wouldn’t have been possible without the chart-topping teen rom-com contributing to the genre revival in the late 2010s, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.

Related Xo, Kitty Season 2 Review: I Once Doubted Netflix's To All The Boys Spinoff, But I’m So Grateful The Show Exists

Xo, Kitty set up a packed season 2, and the show hits the ground running with more swoon-worthy romance,...

Rotten Tomatoes has now awarded a movie that was shut out at the Golden Globes ceremony. The review aggregator web site has presented their Golden Tomato Awards to the best-reviewed titles of the year annually for the past quarter-century. Previous picks for their biggest prize, Best Movie, have included 2023's Best Picture Oscar winner Oppenheimer, 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2020's Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and 2019's Avengers: Endgame, representing an eclectic mix of big-budget blockbusters and well-regarded arthouse cinema.

In 2025, Rotten Tomatoes is presenting the 26th annual Golden Tomato Awards, honoring the best movies and television shows of 2024. This comes relatively early in the 2024-2025 awards season, sandwiched between the Golden Globes ceremony on January 5 and the 2025 Oscar nominations, which will be announced on January 19 after a two-day delay amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.

Dune: Part Two Has Been Awarded By Rotten...

It has been a while since we’ve seen Wonder Woman in theatres, and it is such a shame that we never got to see the planned third installment with Gal Gadot in the lead. With James Gunn’s revamped franchise, DC Universe will introduce a new future for the character, and that goes with the fact that we are getting a new star for the role.

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman / Credits: Warner Bros.

As the filmmaker indirectly confirmed that a Wonder Woman project would soon land on the franchise, he also talked about his method of casting for the role, which involved only hiring professionals to star in his films.

Stars who can potentially play Wonder Woman in Dcu

After James Gunn’s Threads statement regarding his plan for the next Wonder Woman star, fans can speculate that the next Diana Prince is someone we already know and...

Overall production in Greater Los Angeles Film LA increased by 6.2% to 5,860 shoot days from October through December, FilmLA said in its latest report published on Wednesday.

However the fourth quarter was not enough to push 2024 level with or above the prior year. The film office reported overall annual production fell 5.6% year-on-year with 23,480 shoot days and was impacted by runaway production, industry contraction, and slow post-strike recovery.

2024 is the second least productive year behind 2020, when Covid disrupted production everywhere.

Most production types tracked by FilmLA achieved gains in the fourth quarter, except reality TV, which registered its ninth consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline,...

After a couple of postponements in consideration of the ongoing wildfires in California, the Writers Guild of America announced on Wednesday the nominations for the 2025 WGA Awards honoring film, TV, and several other mediums.

As always, the guild’s film nominations come with the caveat that any script not written by a guild member or under a WGA collective bargaining agreement was deemed ineligible, so major screenplay Oscar contenders like “The Brutalist” and “The Substance” were left out. What was nominated in their stead is the real indicator of some titles that are still not out of the awards race just yet.

The primary example on the Original Screenplay side is “Challengers,” which was just shut out of the BAFTAs the same day the WGA Awards nominations arrived. While the film’s best shot at an Oscar nomination is still for Best Original Score, “Challengers” screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes has been...

Anora, A Complete Unknown, Challengers, Hit Man, and Wicked are among the 2025 Writers Guild of America Awards nominees.

In Best Original Screenplay, Anora and Challengers are up against A Real Pain, Civil War, and My Old Ass. The Best Adapted Screenplay lineup features A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Hit Man, Nickel Boys, and Wicked.

The nominations were announced Wednesday, a week after the guild postponed its scheduled Jan. 9 announcement due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

As previously reported, dozens of scripts — including several top Oscar hopefuls — were ineligible for consideration this year. A screenplay is ineligible if it’s produced outside of the WGA’s collective bargaining agreement or written by a non-union member.

The ineligible adapted scripts were Golden Globe champ Conclave (by Peter Straughan), Emilia Pérez (by Jacques Audiard), I’m Still Here (by Walter Salles), Inside Out 2 (by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein with a...

Despite having to postpone its announcement due to the turmoil currently being faced in Los Angeles as a result of the Southern California wildfires, the Writers Guild of America has now released its nominations for the 2025 WGA Awards.

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America East (Wgae) have revealed nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing for work released in 2024.

Screenplays for “A Real Pain,” “Anora,” “Challengers,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” and “Nickel Boys” were all featured among the nominees. Surprise nods include Glen Powell and Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” and Megan Park’s “My Old Ass,” boosting their chances as Oscar voting wraps up.

For those confused as to why some films aren’t represented amongst the nominations, “All We Imagine As Light,” “The Brutalist,” “A Different Man,” “Dídi,” “Hard Truths,...

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled its nominees for the 2025 WGA Awards, highlighting a mix of familiar Oscar frontrunners, unexpected entries, and the creative reshuffling prompted by ineligible contenders.

Sean Baker’s critically acclaimed “Anora” is leading the original screenplay list, which many consider the Oscar frontrunner in this category. Another strong contender is Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” a personal, semi-autobiographical drama that has been a critical favorite this season.

The inclusion of Justin Kuritzkes’ “Challengers” — a romantic sports drama starring Zendaya — is significant. After its high-profile shutout at the BAFTA Awards, this nomination could rejuvenate its awards season momentum. Adding variety to the category is Alex Garland’s bold post-apocalyptic thriller, “Civil War,” and Megan Park’s sweet yet irreverent comedy, “My Old Ass.” Park, who won praise for her directorial debut “The Fallout,” is also a DGA nominee for first-time director.

The adapted screenplay...