film festival Archives

Sep242024 by cineverseNo Comments

Thunderbolts*’ Trailer: Marvel Recruits Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour for a Twisted Team-Up

News

By Ethan Shanfeld Marvel released the first trailer for “Thunderbolts*,” opening in theaters on May 2, 2025. In the upcoming superhero pic, starring “Captain America” mainstay Sebastian Stan and “Black Widow” cast members Florence Pugh and David Harbour, reformed Marvel villains are forced to team up to conduct covert operations on behalf of the U.S. government. The “Thunderbolts*” crew also includes Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster from “Black Widow”), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”), Wyatt Russell (John Walker from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as mastermind Valentina Allegra de Fontaine). “Top Gun: Maverick” star Lewis Pullman plays a mysterious character named Bob. “Everyone here has done bad things,” Pugh says in the tra...

Sep242024 by cineverseNo Comments

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to Star in Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Film

News

By Angelique Jackson Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell‘s anticipated “Wuthering Heights” adaptation just got buzzier with Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie and BAFTA nominee Jacob Elordi attached to star as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. MRC has tapped LuckyChap to produce the upcoming feature film — written, directed and produced by Fennell, based on the classic romance novel by Emily Brontë. This marks LuckyChap and Fennell’s third collaboration following 2020’s “Promising Young Woman” (which won Fennell the Oscar for best original screenplay) and 2023’s “Saltburn.” Fennell also had a featured role in LuckyChap’s $1.4 billion-grossing and Academy Award-winning “Barbie” movie, which Robbie produced and starred in last year. “Wuthering Heights” is...

Sep222024 by cineverseNo Comments

Keke Palmer and SZA’s R-Rated Buddy Comedy Gets 2025 Release Date

News

By Angelique Jackson According To The variety Keke Palmer and SZA‘s highly-anticipated team-up movie is coming to theaters next January. The TriStar Pictures movie — produced by Issa Rae‘s Hoorae, written by Syreeta Singleton and directed by Lawrence Lamont — will get a theatrical release on Jan. 24, 2025. The title for the R-rated comedy and other plot details are still being kept under wraps, but the supporting cast includes Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Joshua Neal, Aziza Scott, Patrick Cage and Amin Joseph. Last month, Variety exclusively announced the additions of Dewayne Perkins, Joseph, Gabrielle Dennis and DomiNque Perry to round out the cast. The film began from the CoCre lab ...

Sep182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Rahul Kohli Joins ‘Deepest, Darkest’ Horror Anthology From Marc Bernardin and Tiffany Smith (EXCLUSIVE)

News

By Emiliana Betancourt According To The variety he new horror and science fiction anthology, “Deepest, Darkest,” has added yet another cast mate to its already stellar lineup of genre heavyweights. Rahul Kohli, a beloved member of Mike Flanagan’s Flanaverse (“The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “The Fall of the House of Usher”) and essential teammate in the crime-solving “iZombie” series, has officially joined the star-studded cast of “Deepest, Darkest,” a new horror anthology from writer and director Marc Bernardin and actor Tiffany Smith. “‘Deepest Darkest‘ is an exciting project combining all ...

Sep182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Mickey 17’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Can’t Stop Dying in Bong Joon Ho’s Long-Awaited Return After ‘Parasite’

News

By Jaden Thompson According To The variety Warner Bros. has released the trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” the long-awaited follow-up to the director’s best picture winner “Parasite.” Based on the 2022 novel “Mickey7” by Edward Ashton, the sci-fi thriller stars Robert Pattinson as an “expendable” employee named Mickey Barnes. In the novel, Mickey is sent on dangerous missions to colonize an ice planet. When one version of Mickey dies, a duplicate is created to replace him that retains most of his memories. Along with Pattinson, the cast includes Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. “Mickey 17” is directed and written by Bong, who also produces through his company Offscreen. Additional producers include Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of...

Sep172024 by cineverseNo Comments

Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy

News

By Gene Maddaus Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe pleaded guilty Monday to a securities fraud charge, admitting that he conspired to deceive the public and investors about the sustainability of the company’s $9.95-a-month movie subscription service. Lowe, 72, faces a maximum of five years in federal prison. Under his plea agreement, made public on Monday, Lowe agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and regulators, which could result in a reduced sentence. “Mitch is a good man who is looking to move forward with his life,” said his attorneys, Margot Moss and David Oscar Markus, in a statement. “He has accepted responsibility for his actions in this case and will continue to try to make things right.” Ted Farnsworth, the former CEO of parent company Helios and Mat...

Sep162024 by cineverseNo Comments

Jon Stewart Weighs ‘Daily Show’ Extension After His Emmy Win: ‘This Election Will Never End. How Could I Leave?’

News

By Michael Schneider According To The variety Jon Stewart just won his 23rd Emmy on Sunday night — and his first in nearly a decade as part of the team on “The Daily Show.” Has the success of his once-a-week return inspired him to perhaps extend his stay with the series? As Stewart announced at the start of the year, he planned to join “The Daily Show” as only a Monday host through this year’s election. Asked backstage whether he’d consider extending his stay with the show, Stewart quipped, he may need to: “Well, my feeling is this election will never end. So why would I? How could I leave? I won’t be allowed to leave until the election, until we’re all ground to some sort of calcified nubs. … We’re looking forward to it being awful.” As Variety reported upon S...

Tag: film festival

Thunderbolts*’ Trailer: Marvel Recruits Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour for a Twisted Team-Up

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to Star in Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Film

Keke Palmer and SZA’s R-Rated Buddy Comedy Gets 2025 Release Date

Rahul Kohli Joins ‘Deepest, Darkest’ Horror Anthology From Marc Bernardin and Tiffany Smith (EXCLUSIVE)

Mickey 17’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Can’t Stop Dying in Bong Joon Ho’s Long-Awaited Return After ‘Parasite’

Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy

Jon Stewart Weighs ‘Daily Show’ Extension After His Emmy Win: ‘This Election Will Never End. How Could I Leave?’

301 Moved Permanently