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As one of the major players in Dumb Money, Gabe Plotkin is central to the movie's story of financial rebellion – yet despite his apparent defeat in the market, what happened to him afterward is more complicated than simple failure. As shown in Dumb Money, Plotkin is the founder of the investment firm Melvin Capital Management. Although Dumb Money's ending explains that Plotkin was forced to shut down Melvin after the catastrophic losses the company incurred as a result of the GameStop saga, he has continued his career with several interesting moves.

Dumb Money tells the incredible true story of the GameStop short squeeze, a 2021 incident that rocked the financial world and caused major losses for several Wall Street investment funds. As seen in the movie, the story revolves around the video game retailer GameStop. Plotkin and his company, believing that GameStop's business model was fundamentally flawed and that the company was destined for failure,...

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow just began filming and more casting details have been revealed!

Milly Alcock, best known for her work on HBO’s House of the Dragon, is taking on the role of Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl and now we know who will play her parents.

Keep reading to find out more…

Supergirl’s parents will be played by Numbers and Oppenheimer actor David Krumholtz and William Tell actress Emily Beecham, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham

Milly was cast as Supergirl almost a year ago and filming just began on the movie this week at Leavesden outside of London, England.

Craig Gillespie is directing the film. He’s best known for movies like I, Tonya, Cruella, and Dumb Money.

DC Studios head James Gunn recently confirmed another character who will be in the movie.

Content Warning: The following article contains mention of rape.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets may not be the most well-known movie, but the Valerian cast is certainly stacked with A-list talent. Based on the French science fiction comic series Valérian and Laureline and released in 2017, the movie takes place in the 28th century and centers on two operatives, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are tasked with traveling to the peaceful Alpha, the City of a Thousand Planets, to complete a mission. However, when an unknown force threatens the future of the entire universe, Valerian and Laureline must race against time to stop them.

Valerian had a hefty budget of over $177 million (via Box Office Mojo) and has the distinction of being both the most expensive independent movie and European movie ever made. Unfortunately, Valerian failed to make a splash at the box office, grossing just over $225 million worldwide,...

After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose.

“After my first year, I actually called for a meeting with Lorne. I was like, ‘Please fire me,'” Davidson said. “‘I don’t belong here. Everybody here is so talented, and they don’t want to be my friend.’ I was a child! I was like, ‘Nobody wants to be my friend!'”

As Davidson remembers it, Michaels told him, “You don’t figure it out until your third or fourth year. It’s just going to suck for like three or four years.” Davidson, who ended up staying on as a cast member for eight seasons, added, “He was right!”

Davidson joined “SNL” at age 20 in 2014 and left the cast in 2022, coming...

Warner Bros. Pictures has dropped a brand new trailer for the upcoming thriller Companion – in theaters on January 31.

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New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you “The Notebook”—and the unhinged creators of “Barbarian” cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, “Companion” stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend. The film is produced by the filmmakers behind “Barbarian”—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio. The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter. The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway. The music supervisor is Rob Lowry. The casting is by Nancy Nayor.

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Sebastian Stan's career has seen him grow from having small roles in major movies to becoming a supporting player who steals the show to a legitimate star in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters. After appearing in films like The Covenant and The Education of Charlie Banks, Stan broke out with a recurring role on Gossip Girl as Carter Baizen, followed by parts in Once Upon a Time and Political Animals. It was in 2011 that he landed the role that changed his life going forward, portraying Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger, a character he's still playing today.

Based on his recent projects, Stan appears to be fighting his MCU image. Though he is set to reprise his role as Bucky Barnes in Thunderbolts*, he is also receiving acclaim for recent performances like The Apprentice and A Different Man. Of note, Stan made appearances in critically-acclaimed movies like Black Swan and Black Panther,...

After earning acclaim with Succession, writer Jesse Armstrong is tackling the 2008 financial crisis in a movie for HBO.

Did ‘Peak TV’ happen? As fewer shows are commissioned and budgets shrink, there are those that claim we’re now on the downward slopes of an experience that has lasted a couple of decades. Of course, it’s debatable as to whether we really have exited the golden age of TV era as some suggest, as we’ll only really be able to answer that definitively with the benefit of hindsight.

If that does prove to be the case, though, it’s beyond doubt that the last great television series of Peak TV was Succession, (pictured) the HBO drama about the squabbling family of an ageing media magnate. Jesse Armstrong, creator of the immortal British sitcom Peep Show, was the creative force behind Succession, and his unique palette of wit, sharp dialogue,...

If you’re looking for another western to watch these days, “American Primeval” is here to try and fill that gap.

Now streaming on Netflix, the six-episode miniseries takes place in 1857, and is “a fictionalized dramatization and examination of the violent collision of culture, religion, and community as men and women fight and die for control of this world,” following them as they head west.

Starring Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin, the series has quite a few familiar faces in it. Here’s who you need to know.

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Taylor Kitsch leads “American Primeval” as Isaac, a man whose past trauma has led to a whole lot of long-term effects. You might know Kitsch for his role as Tim Riggins in “Friday Night Lights,” or from “The Terminal List” and “True Detective.”

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Brigham is the leader of the Mormon Church and his Mormon army,...

Tickets have finally gone on sale for Companion and we now have a new trailer and poster for a movie cleverly billed as being, "From the studio that brought you The Notebook, and the creators of Barbarian."

This is very much a new kind of love story with an added dose of sci-fi and horror as Sophie Thatcher's "sexbot" goes on a killing spree after reaching the end of her tether with her abusive owner, played by Jack Quaid.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

Companion is produced by the filmmakers behind Barbarian: Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio. The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter.

New Line Cinema has released the official trailer and poster for its Companion movie, which will be distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 31.

From the studio that brought you The Notebook and the unhinged creators of Barbarian, the new kind of love story is rated R for strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

The romantic sci-fi thriller is produced by the filmmakers behind Barbarian—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger, and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio.

The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter.

The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway. The music supervisor is Rob Lowry. The casting is by Nancy Nayor.

A film version of Murder, She Wrote is in the works and an Oscar winner is looking to take on the role made famous by the TV show’s original star, Angela Lansbury.

Variety reports that Jamie Lee Curtis is in “early talks” to take on the iconic role of Jessica Fletcher, who was masterfully played by Angela for 12 seasons, beginning in 1984.

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The character is a crime writer who becomes an amateur detective, and it was a huge hit when it was on the air.

While plot details for the film are currently unknown, it has been discovered that Dumb Money‘s Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo are writing the script.

You can stream past seasons of Murder, She Wrote on Peacock now.

Angela Lansbury passed away in 2022 at the age of 96.

Jamie Lee Curtis is looking likely to take over from the late Angela Lansbury in a new take on Murder, She Wrote. More here.

We’ve known for over a year now that a film version of the beloved 1980s TV series, Murder, She Wrote is heading our way courtesy of the writing team behind 2023’s Dumb Money.

The writers of the film, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, revealed in September of that year that they were teaming with producer Amy Pascal to work on an adaptation of Murder, She Wrote, the classic 1980s US murder mystery show that made the late Angela Lansbury into a beloved star.

Of course, that announcement came at the very tail-end of the Hollywood writers’ strikes so just how quickly things got up and running, we can only guess, but accoring to Deadline, things are definitely moving. What’s more with none other...

Universal is looking to Jamie Lee Curtis to pick up where Angela Lansbury left off for the studio’s Murder, She Wrote movie. There’s no deal yet, but Curtis is the studio’s top choice to play Jessica Fletcher in a film based on the 12-season CBS series.

The script is by Dumb Money scribes Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, and Lord Miller and Amy Pascal are producing it. Plans to scope out a Murder, She Wrote film come at a time when whodunit stories are making a killer comeback. Rian Johnson’s Knives Out Mysteries series is a smash hit with audiences. At the same time, other titles like Netflix’s Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown as the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill), and Kenneth Branagh’s revival of Hercule Poirot are great additions to the genre’s offerings.

Angela Lansbury played Jessica Fletcher in Murder,...

Exclusive: Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is the top choice to star in the Murder, She Wrote movie coming together at Universal, Dish hears. No deal yet, but we here she’s looming likely to play the Jessica Fletcher role popularized by Angela Lansbury in the hit series that ran 12 seasons on CBS series.

Script is by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the duo behind the Craig Gillespie-directed drama Dumb Money, about the GameStop short squeeze of 2021. Murder, She Wrote is being produced by Lord Miller and Amy Pascal.

Now, it’s early, but this makes a great deal of sense. Whodunits are hot, from the Knives Out trilogy with Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, to the Hercule Poirot mysteries with Kenneth Branagh that began with Murder On The Orient Express. Just as hot is the career second wind of Curtis, who has come so much further than...

Biopic movies have always been a go-to genre for those seeking gripping real-life stories, and Netflix has leaned heavily into this trend of true-story films. The streaming platform boasts well-acclaimed biographical films like Dumb Money (2023), which chronicles the Redditor behind the GameStop stock surge, and Scoop (2024), based on the journalists who interviewed Prince Andrew on his relationship with Jeffery Epstein, that have captivated audiences with their compelling narratives delivered in the form of infotainment.

Netflixs recent biopics to come to streaming, like the British drama film Joy (2024), following the doctors who pioneered the first successful IVF treatment, have been embraced by audiences. The platform's investment in biographical dramas also reflects a growing trend. Films that struggled in theaters are finding an entirely new audience on the platform, sometimes even outperforming expectations. This shift has allowed lesser-known stories to reach millions of viewers worldwide, offering a second life for films that...

The genre of horror films has been around for a very long time. Despite shocking and frightening audiences, this genre is very popular, and some filmmakers have made a living by creating horror films, especially after Alfred Hitchcock took the genre to new heights.

Wes Craven, John Carpenter, and George Romero are regarded as classics, but there are also a number of up-and-coming filmmakers who want to make a career in the genre.

One of them is Drew Hancock, whose upcoming sci-fi horror Companion is set to be released early next year, although we’ve just received news that the movie is being pushed back, although not by much.

As Bloody Disgusting reports, Companion has been pushed back from its initial January 10 release date, but it is still going to air in the same month, so everyone who’s expecting to see this movie won’t have to wait much...

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Universal Pictures ha publicado un nuevo tráiler de Hombre lobo, una película del director Leigh Whannell escrita por Leigh Whannell y Corbett Tuck, junto con Lauren Schuker Blum y Rebecca Angelo (Golpe a Wall Street).

Hombre lobo sigue a Blake, un hombre casado y padre de familia que vive en San Francisco y que hereda la remota casa donde creció en la Oregón rural después de la desaparición de su padre, dado por muerto. En medio de una crisis de pareja con su enérgica esposa Charlotte, Blake la convence para que se tome un descanso de la gran ciudad y visite la propiedad con su hija Ginger. Todo se tuerce cuando, de camino a la granja en mitad de la noche, la familia es brutalmente atacada por un animal invisible y, en un intento desesperado por huir,...

Olivia Thirlby has joined the cast of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” Season 5, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

Thirlby will appear in a recurring role in the new season of the series, though exact details of her character are being kept under wraps. It was previously announced that “Law & Order: Organized Crime” would be moving from NBC to Peacock for its fifth season.

Reps for NBCUniversal declined to comment.

Thirlby has primarily worked in film during her career, recently starring in Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning feature “Oppenheimer” in the role of Dr. Lilli Hornig. She has also starred in films like “Dumb Money,” “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” “Dredd,” “The Wackness,” and “Juno.” In television, she most recently starred in the FX series adaptation of “Y: The Last Man” and is known for other shows such as “Goliath,” “The L Word: Generation Q,” and “Bored to Death.”

She is repped by Verve,...

Exclusive: Talia Ryder has boarded Rob Burnett’s comedy film In Memoriam alongside Marc Maron.

Burnett (The Fundamentals of Caring) wrote the script, and he will direct the film for Invention Studios (Thelma).

In Memoriam will begin shooting in Los Angeles on Monday, telling the story of a veteran Hollywood actor (Maron) who becomes obsessed with securing a spot in the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” montage after he receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. This leads to a heartfelt journey of self-exploration as well as ego, humility and legacy.

Ryder has appeared in films like Little Death (2024), The American (2023), The Sweet East (2023), Dumb Money (2023), Do Revenge (2022), Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between (2022), Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021) and Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020). She can next be seen in Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! for Focus Features.

Aside from The Fundamentals of Caring starring Paul Rudd,...

Sebastian Stan has addressed the difficulty he faced escaping his role as Donald Trump while filming Thunderbolts*. MCU viewers know Stan best as Bucky Barnes, a role he has played since 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. Since 2011, the actor's impressive resume has grown outside Marvel with roles in acclaimed films like I, Tonya, The Martian, Logan Lucky, Fresh, Dumb Money, and the television series Pam & Tommy. Stan hasn't been nominated for an Academy Award, but that could change after his latest role as Trump in The Apprentice.

Directed by Ali Abbassi, The Apprentice chronicles Trump's business career in New York City and his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn during the 1970s and 1980s. Trump is a challenging role for any actor because of the political controversy surrounding him and because it's difficult to portray him without doing a cheap impression. In an interview with GQ, Stan said it...

Sophie Thatcher is a certified scream queen.

The “Yellowjackets” breakout star has gone on to appear in “The Boogeyman,” act opposite Hugh Grant in A24’s buzzy “Heretic,” and now lead elusive horror-thriller “Companion” alongside Jack Quaid.

“Companion” only has a mysterious faux ad for its tagline, reading, “Hey you. Tired of swiping? Sick of getting ghosted? Are you feeling like a part of you is missing? FindYourCompanion.com is guaranteed to find you a Companion who’s made for you.”

Audiences can also text (978) 878-5683 to find their Companions — and yes, that is a real phone number with data rates applying.

The teaser trailer does show Thatcher seemingly being stalked, chased, and perhaps even murdered, before then getting her hand lit on fire from love interest for Quaid’s character. Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend also star.

Drew Hancock writes and directs the film, which...

New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you The Notebook—and the unhinged creators of Barbarian cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story… Companion.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend.

The film is produced by the filmmakers behind Barbarian—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger, and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio. The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier.

The costume designer is Vanessa Porter. The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway. The music supervisor is Rob Lowry. The casting is by Nancy Nayor.

New Line Cinema is presenting a BoulderLight Pictures production in association with Vertigo Entertainment/Subconscious. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures in theaters nationwide on January 10, 2025, and...

Sebastian Stan, a best actor contender this awards season for two performances that have brought him widespread acclaim — he plays a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice and a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery in A Different Man — will receive the Precious Gem Award at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival Gems event, the fest announced on Monday.

Stan, 42, will be celebrated at an event that will kick off on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 5pm Est, at Mdc Wolfson Auditorium in downtown Miami. To begin with, he will sit down with yours truly for a career-retrospective conversation that will be recorded for subsequent posting as an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. Then, the fest will present him with his award.

The Precious Gem Award is the festival’s signature award, reserved for “one-of-a-kind artists whose contributions to cinema are lasting and unforgettable.

Exclusive: Anthony Ramos has joined the cast of Kathryn Bigelow’s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram and Gabriel Basso. Bigelow will direct.

Netflix had no comment on the casting.

The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The project marks Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures.

Ramos is coming off the blockbuster hit Twisters, where he stars opposite Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. He can be seen next in the Marvel series Ironheart. Other recent credits include Dumb Money and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

He is repped by CAA, Door 24, Laffitte Mangement Group and attorney Erik Hyman of Paul Hastings.

The Rotten Tomatoes score is in for A Different Man, and it sets an impressive record for Sebastian Stan. The A Different Man trailer was revealed this summer, showing a glimpse at the story of a man named Edward with a facial deformity who gets reconstructive surgery to look more "typical." When a stage play about Edward's life is put on, Edward becomes fixated upon the man, Oswald, who plays him. A Different Man is directed by Aaron Schimberg and features a leading cast including Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson, Miles G. Jackson, and Patrick Wang.

Now, the Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed for A Different Man. At the time of writing, A Different Man has a Certified Fresh 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes among the 52 critics who have rated it thus far. The film does not yet have an audience score, but will likely amass more ratings as it hits theaters soon.

Here's something you probably didn't expect to hear today: Judd Apatow and Steven Spielberg are making a movie together! That's right. The director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" is making a movie with the director of numerous classics such as "Jurassic Park," not to mention one of the more prolific producers to ever do it. So, what are these two very unique titans working on together? What tale could possibly warrant such a collaboration? The tale of Coke vs. Pepsi, of course. We're not joking. This is real.

According to Deadline, Apatow is set to direct "Cola Wars," a film that will chronicle Pepsi's challenge of Coca-Cola as the number one soda in the marketplace, which began in the '80s. Spielbeg's Amblin Entertainment is set to produce the film, which is set up at Sony Pictures. The studio paid $1 million for the project earlier this year, which included a complete pitch.

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Universal Pictures ha lanzado el primer teaser tráiler de Hombre lobo, la nueva película del director Leigh Whannell escrita por Leigh Whannell y Corbett Tuck, junto con Lauren Schuker Blum y Rebecca Angelo (Golpe a Wall Street).

Hombre lobo sigue a Blake, un hombre casado y padre de familia que vive en San Francisco y que hereda la remota casa donde creció en la Oregón rural después de la desaparición de su padre, dado por muerto. En medio de una crisis de pareja con su enérgica esposa Charlotte, Blake la convence para que se tome un descanso de la gran ciudad y visite la propiedad con su hija Ginger. Todo se tuerce cuando, de camino a la granja en mitad de la noche, la familia es brutalmente atacada por un animal invisible y, en un intento desesperado por huir,...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again) has boarded Darren Aronofsky’s Sony crime thriller Caught Stealing, starring Austin Butler, in a supporting role.

D’Onofrio’s role is under wraps, as have been all supporting parts thus far. Based on the books by Charlie Huston, who adapted the screenplay, the film follows Hank Thompson (Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC.

Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Will Brill, Bad Bunny and Griffin Dunne will also star, with Aronofsky’s Protozoa producing.

After reprising as crime boss Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin — a fan-favorite character first inhabited in Netflix’s Daredevil — in Disney+’s Echo, D’Onofrio will once again take on the Marvel villain in the much-anticipated series Daredevil: Born Again, which is expected to premiere on the same...

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America Ferrera has been acting professionally since 2002. The first few roles of her career were largely coming-of-age stories that reflected her own age at the time, but as shes grown as an actor, her roles have diversified as well. While shes best known for several television projects, she actually made her big screen debut in 2002 as well.

With more than 50 professional projects on her acting resume, Ferrera has also worked behind the camera. Shes also been a producer on several short films and series, including the sitcom Superstore. Shes also tried her hand at directing, stepping into the directors shoes for four episodes of Superstore. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter...

Exclusive: Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy) and Colby Minifie (The Boys) will lead the cast of The Surrender, an indie horror film from first-time feature filmmaker Julia Max.

Others to appear in the film, currently shooting in Los Angeles, include Neil Sandilands (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Vaughn Armstrong (Star Trek: Enterprise), Mia Ellis (Lavender Men), Pete Ploszek (You), Chelsea Alden (13 Reasons Why), Riley Rose Critchlow, Lola Prince Kelly and Alaina Pollack.

A sales title with all rights available, The Surrender centers on a fraught mother-daughter relationship that is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection ritual spirals out of control, both women must reconcile their differences as they fight for their lives, and for each other.

“The Surrender is an incredibly personal...

Amid major movie market upheavals, Leone Film Group is still the main Italian distributor of top-notch English-language indie film fare, spanning all genres with titles from directors such as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

But while in the past Leone Film Group relied on output deals with U.S. indies, such as Lionsgate and Spielberg’s Amblin, these days “we supply ourselves from whomever has worthy product,” says its head of acquisitions Francesco Polimanti. That includes titles such as recent hit “Civil War,” with Kirsten Dunst, “John Wick 4” with Keanu Reeves as the iconic assassin and the upcoming “Dumb Money.”

Polimanti went on a buying spree in May at Cannes, where he picked up a trio from Black Bear, including Guy Ritchie’s next film, “Wife and Dog,” set in the world of British aristocracy. It marks the fifth Ritchie-directed movie that will go out in Italy through Leone.

Exclusive: Industry star Myha’la is getting ready to slay in the New Line-Skydance-Nocturna horror film They Will Kill You.

She joins already announced castmembers Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham and Tom Felton.

New Line, as we previously told you, is co-financing and releasing the movie which is from Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s Nocturna Pictures, the horror label they formed this year with Skydance. Kirill Sokolov is writing and directing from a script co-written with Alex Litvak.

The UTA, 11:11 Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen repped Myha’la plays Harper Stern in Industry, currently in its third season on HBO.

Myha’la recently starred in the Sam Esmail-directed Netflix movie Leave the World Behind based on the acclaimed novel of the same name, oppossite Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali. The pic was one of the streamer’s most viewed titles last year. Upcoming, Myha’la can be...

After nearly two years, “Industry” is back for a third season. And this time around, the HBO drama is chronicling a financial saga that will pull its antiheroes into the upper echelons of the financial, political and media worlds.

Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, “Industry” first premiered in 2020 as a steamy and high-stakes drama about a group of new hires at a top-tier London bank. Not all of those newbies lasted, but Down and Kay have found new ways to dive into this ever-stressful world. This season, they’re diving into the world of ethical investment through a new character played by Kit Harington.

Consider this your guide on who’s who in the cast of “Industry” Season 3.

“Industry” Season 3 (Photo Credit: HBO) Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani

Yasmin is one of two characters who has remained at Pierpoint and at the center of “Industry” since Season 1. Part...

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A24 ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de “A Different Man”, un thriller psicológico de comedia negra, que se proyectará en la 57ª edición del Festival de Sitges.

“A Different Man” narra la odisea de un actor, Edward, que aspira al estrellato y decide someterse a una operación para corregir unos tumores en su rostro con el fin de transformar drásticamente su aspecto y conseguir así más papeles. Sin embargo, la falta de ofertas tras el procedimiento y una obra de teatro inspirada en su apariencia anterior, despertarán en él una obsesión que lo empujará al límite y lo llevará a hacer todo por recuperar lo que pudo haberle pertenecido desde el inicio.

La película está escrita y dirigida por Aaron Schimberg (“Chained for Life”) y protagonizada por Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve y Adam Pearson (“Under the Skin...

We all know about the success stories in the startup world because if they were successful, that means that they are still around, and one way or another, we are using them, but there are also some spectacular failures in the world of startups. In fact, their failure was so spectacular that some people decided to make films and TV shows about them. So, if you are also interested in some of the biggest startup failures, here are the 5 best movies and TV shows based on true stories you can watch about them.

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Blackberry is a biographical comedy-drama film directed by Matt Johnson from a screenplay co-written by Johnson and Matthew Miller. Loosely based on the 2015 book titled Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by authors Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, the...

“The Tomorrow War” and “The Lego Batman Movie” filmmaker Chris McKay has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Brynne Weaver’s bestselling serial killer romance, “Butcher & Blackbird,” for Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company (Rpc).

The novel is the first installment of Weaver’s popular “Ruinous Love” trilogy, which was released in October. It became a New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller and was a favorite on BookTok, TikTok’s hub for book lovers. Weaver recently signed a seven-figure deal for her upcoming dark rom-com trilogy. She has sold over 1 million copies of her books in over 18 countries.

Lyrical Media’s Alexander Black and Rpc’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce the film, with Rpc’s Emma Rappold serving as co-producer. Lyrical Media’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will executive produce alongside Weaver. The film does not have a screenwriter attached.

According...

Con dos de los actores de moda, Jacob Elordi y Ayo Edebiri. © Caramel Films

“The Sweet East”, la ópera prima de Sean Price Williams, ya tiene fecha de estreno en España tras su paso por la Quincena de Realizadores del Festival de Cannes 2023 y la Sección Oficial a Competición de la pasada edición de la Seminci de Valladolid.

La película muestra la otra cara del espejo de Estados Unidos a través de una alucinada y gamberra road movie por la Costa Este. Un viaje picaresco a través de las ciudades y los bosques de la costa Este emprendido por Lillian, una estudiante de último curso de secundaria de Carolina del Sur, que tiene su primera visión del mundo en un viaje de estudios a Washington DC.

La película está protagonizada por Talia Ryder, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”), Earl Cave (“La Verdadera Historia de la Banda de Kelly”), entre otros.

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Boys in the Boat (George Clooney)

This is, from start to finish, an underdog sports picture. Edgerton puts a welcome spin on the gruff-but-caring coach archetype, and Turner does the same with his lead character. Soft-spoken, stern, and handsome, this is a role someone like Ronald Reagan would have excelled at bringing to the screen some 80 years ago; Turner, luckily, is more interesting to look at and a better actor. Alexandre Desplat’s score is maybe the most playful thing about this film, and it works when it needs to. The race sequences are unquestionably Boys‘ highlight, Clooney making use of zoom lenses and well-placed cameras to capture the speed and fluidity of each competition. There is a real tension mined in these scenes,...

Exclusive: Dumb Money scribes and EPs Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum are opening thier own new production company, Business Affairs (BA) which will be overseen by Emily Rappaport, the director/screenwriter of the upcoming Lena Dunham and Maude Apatow movie, Female Friendship, and a book-to-film scout vet.

BA’s first project, which Angelo, Schuker Blum and Rappaport will write under their female-power shingle, is Winner Stays, about the historic women’s national basketball team that paved the way for the creation of the WNBA.

The film will follow the true story of the 1996 women’s national team that made sports history with its year-long undefeated season, and its leader, Tara VanDerveer, the “winningest” NCAA basketball coach of all time. The team set the stage for the launch of the WNBA by reclaiming the gold medal for the U.S. at the Olympic Games in Atlanta after a string of international losses.

Lyrical Media has entered into a first-look film deal with Ryder Picture Company (Rpc), a production company helmed by industry veteran and Academy Award-nominee Aaron Ryder and partner Andrew Swett.

Lyrical Media, which is run by CEO Alexander Black, COO/CFO Jon Rosenberg and vice president of development and production Natalie Sellers, and Rpc recently partnered on Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” starring Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, which WME Independent introduced in Cannes, as well as Adam Wingard’s action-thriller “Onslaught” with A24.

“We’re thrilled to be making this collaboration between Lyrical and Rpc official,” Black said. “Aaron and Andrew are incredible talents and the perfect partners to build an independent ecosystem for leading filmmakers and storytellers.”

“Over the years, we’ve enjoyed success not only through our collaborations with some of the best filmmakers in the industry, but also through vital partnerships we’ve forged,...

Sony Pictures Entertainment’s full fiscal-year 2023 operating income fell to $808 million from $894 million in dollar terms, with sales creeping up slightly to $10.32 billion from $10.14 billion.

Spe comprises motion pictures, television productions and media networks, and the fiscal-year 2023 performance of those three segments was impacted by the dual Hollywood strikes.

Sony’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, and in that period, Motion Pictures unit revenue amounted to $3.74 billion, up from $3.44 billion from a year ago. Spe released 17 films during the period including Insidious: The Red Door, Love Again, The Pope’s Exorcist, The Machine, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, No Hard Feelings, Gran Turismo, The Equalizer 3, Thanksgiving, Dumb Money, Napoleon, Anyone But You and Madame Web.

In Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter, the film division saw operating income of $208 million, up from the $119 million in the year-ago quarter. In the latest quarter, the film division benefitted from the performance of the Sydney Sweeney...

Shares in AMC Theatres surged 80 percent on Monday after meme stock investor Roaring Kitty resurfaced online.

Stock in parent company AMC Entertainment Holdings, led by CEO Adam Aron, ended the day up $2.28, to close at $5.19. That’s a big jump after shares in AMC tumbled in value since the cinema giant during the pandemic used its meme stock mania to raise fresh cash to stay afloat.

The latest speculative buying of AMC shares followed Roaring Kitty, also known as Keith Gill, returning online after a 3-year absence and rekindling interest in the the cinema chain’s shares. His post on X, formerly Twitter, received over 18 million views and sent shares in GameStop up $12.99, or 74 percent on Monday to close at $30.45.

The return of meme stock mania for the video game retailer effectively helped AMC ride the latest wave of retail investor interest on Wall Street. Representatives for AMC Theatres offered...

Shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment exploded Monday, up close to 80% and 50%, respectively, as Roaring Kitty, aka Keith Gill, the trader and Reddit celebrity who sparked the so-called meme stock revolution on Wall Street starting in early 2021, posted on X (formerly Twitter) for the first time in almost three years.

Gill, a former marketer for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, got the big screen treatment in Dumb Money, where he was played by Paul Dano. An investment advisor working at home during Covid, he researched video game retailer GameStop and saw solid fundamentals he thought weren’t reflected in the share price, and were being overlooked by the Street. Big firms in fact were shorting the stock, betting it would fall.

The film by Craig Gillespie, released in Sept. of 2023, was based on the book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich.

Gill had a strong online following on Reddit chatroom WallStreetBets...

Exclusive: Here’s a buzzy one. Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) and Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) are attached to star in new movie The Death Of Robin Hood, we can reveal.

Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski is writer-director on the project, which will be among the hot titles on sale at this month’s Cannes market via WME Independent. Arrival and The Prestige producer Aaron Ryder is among the producing team.

The film is a darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale. Set of its time, the film will see the title character grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, a battleworn loner who finds himself gravely injured and in the hands of a mysterious woman, who offers him a chance at salvation. Production is due to begin in February 2025.

Lyrical Media (Elevation) is fully financing. Ryder...

Exclusive: Following a competitive auction that saw several studios chasing the package, A24 has landed the action thriller Onslaught with Adam Wingard on board to direct. The film is reuniting writers Wingard and Simon Barrett and returning to Wingard’s roots where they made a name for themselves with films like You’re Next and The Guest.

Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce under their Ryder Picture Company (Rpc) banner alongside A24, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, Wingard and Jeremy Platt under their new shingle Breakaway Civilization, and Simon Barrett. Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg, Stuart Manashil and Natalie Sellers will serve as executive producers with A24.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but the film is in the vein of Wingard and Barrett’s cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next. Lyrical Media and A24 will co-finance. A24 will handle worldwide releasing. Principal photography will begin in Fall...

Back in 2022, world champion chess player Magnus Carlsen quit the Sinquefield Cup pro tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, after a surprising loss to a 19-year-old, Hans Niemann. What started as a speculative drama about why Carlsen quit or how Niemann won in the first place quickly spiraled into accusations of cheating, an unsuccessful legal battle, and what’s considered to be the biggest scandal in chess history. Now, that story is receiving the film treatment at A24.

Emma Stone will produce the cheating scandal film alongside Dave McCary, her husband and production partner.

It looks like Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder are reuniting, but it’s not for “The Curse” Season 2. THR reports that the pair of actors are in talks to reteam for a new A24 project: “Checkmate,” based on a book proposal by “The Social Network” and “Dumb Money” writer Ben Mezrich.

Continue reading ‘Checkmate’: Emma Stone & Nathan Fielder To Reteam With A24 For Chess Scandal Movie From Ben Mezrich at The Playlist.

After more than proving his directing mettle with Nathan For You and The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder entered another echelon with The Curse, helming seven episodes (including the mind-bending finale). Now, the comedian, actor, writer, and director has notched another step in his filmmaking ascendancy with the announcement of his feature directorial debut.

THR reports he’ll reteam with The Curse star and producer Emma Stone and her company Fruit Tree for Checkmate, which A24 has picked up. With Fielder on board to direct and Stone on as producer, the film is an adaptation from a forthcoming book by Ben Mezrich, whose works have been adapted into The Social Network and Dumb Money.

Picked up on a 12-page proposal from Mezrich ahead of the full book, the story spotlights “the biggest scandal in the history of chess, focusing on the generational battle between Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and the young bad boy of chess,...

Emma Stone knows to stick with what is working as she follows up her 2023 projects (which have garnered significant attention) with more from the same collaborators. Stone recently won an Academy Award for her performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Lanthimos would also already release a trailer for his next film, Kinds of Kindness, earlier this year and Stone is among the principal cast. Other than Poor Things, last year, Stone would star in a limited series for Showtime with comedic actor Nathan Fielder in a surreal dark comedy called The Curse, which would also feature a collaboration with Benny Safdie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stone will also be reuniting with Fielder for another project with A24. The indie studio that features a bevy of off-beat films has recently had its biggest title with Civil War, and the company played its moves aggressively to beat out bigger studios for Checkmate.

Following the success of The Curse, Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder are again teaming with A24 to produce Checkmate, a movie based on the chess world’s biggest scandal.

Chess can be absorbing subject material for drama, whether it’s a glossy period piece such as Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, or more left-field takes like 2013’s Computer Chess. Perhaps chess movies are like Robin Hood projects: there are always several in development in Hollywood and it becomes a strategic game of, well… erm, chess to see who can put one together first.

The latest chess project is being produced by Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, and A24 have reportedly spent a seven-figure sum to secure the rights to it. Why the buzz? Well, the film will be based on the biggest scandal the chess world has seen in recent years, dramatising the events of the ‘controversial 2022 head-to-head match between Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen,...