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Usher’s concert film has found its streaming home.

BET+ and Sony Music Vision announced Thursday that Usher: Rendezvous in Paris will exclusively stream via BET+ beginning on May 8. The concert film chronicles the Grammy Award winner’s 2023 Paris residency during Paris Fashion Week at La Seine Musicale where he performed a slew of his hits, including “Yeah!,” “My Boo” and “U Got It Bad,” among others.

“I’m happy to be partnering with BET+ to bring the celebration of my 30-year career to you, the fans, to enjoy from the comfort of your homes,” the eight-time Grammy Award winner said in celebration of the new concert film.

At last year’s BET Awards, Usher was presented with the lifetime achievement award where he reflected on his career in a 15 minute speech. “Getting here has definitely not been easy, but it has been worth it,” he said after receiving the award.

Usher’s concert film “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris” is set to stream exclusively on BET+ on May 8.

The film, which will feature footage from the Grammy award-winner’s eight-concert performance in Paris, during Paris Fashion Week at La Seine Musicale, was directed by Anthony Mandler. It’s set to feature musical hits from Usher’s 30-year-long career, including “My Boo,” “Yeah!” and more.

“I’m happy to be partnering with BET+ to bring the celebration of my 30-year career to you, the fans, to enjoy from the comfort of your homes,” Usher said in a statement.

In addition to never-before-seen clips from the concert, the film will also provide watchers with a “glimpse inside life beyond the stage” for the longtime musician.

“’Usher: Rendezvous in Paris’ is more than a concert film—it’s a cultural moment that reflects the kind of bold, high-impact storytelling our audience expects from BET...

Jonas Brothers are giving a glimpse inside their studio sessions in their new video. On Monday, the pop star bros released the video for “Love Me to Heaven,” the group’s newest single.

The Anthony Mandler-directed video captures the brothers writing and recording the Eighties-infused love song in an old-school New York City studio. The brothers switch between cutting vocals to penning the lyrics from a couch.

“Microdosin’, gettin’ off on pure emotion/Somehow it gets better every time, oh, yeah,” sings Joe before Nick joins in the chorus: “Could give me everything,...

La Seine Musicale in Paris was Usher’s musical home for nearly two weeks in 2023 as the musician completed a headlining residency in the City of Love. The career-spanning performance was captured for the concert film Usher: Rendezvous in Paris, set to be released in theaters internationally beginning Sept. 12.

The official trailer for the film is set to the sound of “Omg,” his chart-topping 2010 collabroation with Will.i.am. “City of Lights, I came here to find something drifting on a river I cannot control,” Usher says in the preview. The minute-long...

Singer, songwriter, dancer, and entrepreneur Usher is bringing the ultimate intimate concert experience to theaters this fall. AMC Theatres, Trafalgar Releasing, and Sony Music Vision today announced that Usher: Rendezvous in Paris concert film will arrive in cinemas around the world for a limited run beginning September 12.

Usher: Rendezvous in Paris incorporates the essence of his landmark cultural phenomenon Vegas residencies into a seductive French touch confession. Captured during Paris Fashion Week at La Seine Musicale, the film features chart-topping hits, including “Yeah!,” “My Boo,” “Love In This Club,” and more from Usher’s 30-year career, performed with never-before-seen costumes and state-of-the-art lighting and special effects.

Photo courtesy of AMC Theatres, Trafalgar Releasing, and Sony Music Vision

In addition to bringing the vibrant live concert experience to the screen, Usher gives audiences a glimpse inside life beyond the stage – creating a global moment that moviegoers won’t want to miss.

Yeah! After Taylor Swift did her part to save movie theaters with the surprise release of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” last fall, AMC Theaters is partnering on the release of another event concert film, this time featuring R&b and pop superstar Usher.

AMC Theatres along with Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision will release the concert film “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris” in theaters worldwide for a limited run between September 12-15. Tickets go on sale August 6.

“Rendezvous in Paris” was filmed across eight different performances by Usher in France during Paris Fashion week at La Seine Musicale back in 2023 prior to his performance at the Super Bowl earlier this year. The concert film of course features some of his biggest hits like “Yeah!,” “My Boo,” “Love In This Club” and many more, and the stage show incorporated much of what he brought to his intimate Vegas residency shows.

AMC Boss Adam Aron promised that he’d be releasing more concert pics, and now the No. 1 theater circuit in the world is teaming with Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision to release Usher: Rendezvous in Paris on Sept. 12 for a limited 4-day weekend global run.

The movie, which captured the 8x Grammy winner during Paris Fashion week at La Seine Musicale, will be booked at 2,000 cinemas around the globe, including 1,000 theaters stateside. Directed by Anthony Mandler, the film will play at AMC and Odeon locations, and many other locations globally. Interestingly enough, Trafalgar had Sept. 12 reserved on the Comscore release calendar for an untitled event film.

Unlike AMC’s first concert movie release, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which arrived last October as a miracle to an event pic-starved theatrical marketplace straddled by the actors strike, Usher: Rendezvous in...

Samuel L. Jackson must be one of Hollywood’s most well-known and coolest people. The seventy-five-year-old actor has worked more than half of his life in films, even more if we count his theatre career. He has been in some of the most memorable and game-changing Hollywood movies, including Quentin Tarantino‘s Pulp Fiction and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So, if you are also a fan of his swearing style, cool demeanour, and great performances, here are all of Samuel L. Jackson’s upcoming films and TV shows that you should mark your calendars for.

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Exclusive: Anonymous Content on Wednesday announced its signing of director Anthony Mandler.

Most recently, Mandler directed and produced the MGM Western drama Surrounded, starring Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell and the late Michael K. Williams, which premiered at the Sun Valley Film Festival and was released digitally in June 2023.

Up next, he’s set to direct the psychological thriller Head Games, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding — a film scripted by Colin Liddle that’s scheduled to go into production in Rome in October.

Mandler made his feature film directorial debut with the critically acclaimed 2018 Netflix pic Monster, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, John David Washington, and Jennifer Ehle. Written by Radha Blank, Cole Wiley and Janece Shaffer, the film based on the 1999 YA novel by Walter Dean Myers premiered at Sundance, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic.

Through his production company Arcovison Pictures,...

We last saw Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but with several big Avengers movies on the horizon, it stands to reason that we’ll be seeing the character again.

While appearing on The View to promote Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, Wright was asked by co-host Sunny Hostin if Shuri would be making another appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “If it’s, uh, let’s just say, let’s just say… I would like to continue with Shuri,” Wright said, clearly aware those Marvel snipers are keeping an eye out. “She’s one of my favorite characters, such a blessing, honestly, I kid you not. I’m so grateful for her.“

When asked if a third installment of Black Panther was in the works, Wright merely said, “There’s a lot to, a lot to — a lot coming up.” The actress also...

Movie legend Samuel L. Jackson and Snake Eyes star Henry Golding are joining forces for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Head Games. The film will showcase Jackson as a tech tycoon and Golding as a corporate spy in a mind-bending saga that blurs the lines between truth and deception.

According to Variety, production is slated to kick off this October. Head Games revolves around Jacob (played by Golding), a cunning corporate operative who poses as a chef to infiltrate the private villa of Graham (portrayed by Jackson), the mastermind behind a revolutionary neuroprosthetics enterprise. Jacob's mission is to steal Graham's groundbreaking invention that could reshape the future. Head Games is helmed by director Anthony Mandler, known for projects like the 2018 crime drama Monster and 2023's Western Surrounded, featuring Letitia Wright and Michael K. Williams.

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Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding are pairing up to star in the psychological sci-fi thriller ‘Head Games’.

The story follows a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to infiltrate the villa of a former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm to steal his seismic-shifting new invention.

Anthony Mandler will direct from a script by Colin Liddle (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels). Range Media’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce with Brillstein Entertainment’s Josh Glick and Everlast Pictures’ Adonis Tountas. A Higher Standard’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Range Media Partners’ Casey Durant, Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Zac Frognowski and Kesh Keswani will serve as executive producers.

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“I couldn’t be more excited to bring this brilliant script to life,” said Mandler. “‘Head Games’ is a propulsive story that pushes the boundaries of what we know as...

Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding have been cast in the psychological sci-fi thriller 'Head Games'.Music video and film director Anthony Mandler is helming the project that seems set to attract a lot of attention at the Cannes market this month.Golding will portray Jacob, a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to Graham (Jackson), the founder of a neuroprosthetics company.However, Jacob's true goal is to infiltrate his boss' villa so he can steal his radical new invention. As his plan unfolds, nothing is as it appears and the mind games between the duo begin.'Head Games' is due to begin principal photography in October with Colin Liddle writing the script.Mandler said: "I couldn't be more excited to bring this brilliant script to life. "'Head Games' is a propulsive story that pushes the boundaries of what we know as a reality and what could ultimately become fiction before our eyes.

Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding have signed on to star in Head Games, a psychological thriller with a sci-fi edge that is looking to be one of the hot projects at this year’s Cannes film market.

Music video and film director Anthony Mandler (Monster, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’) is set to helm Head Games from a script by Colin Liddle, who penned the 2020 Showtime TV movie Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

Crazy Rich Asians and The Gentlemen star Golding is set to play Jacob, a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to Graham, the former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm (Jackson). But Jacob’s real goal is to infiltrate his boss’ villa to steal his transformative new invention. As his plan unfolds, nothing is as it seems and the mind games between the two protagonists begin.

Head Games is set to start principal photography this October. A Higher Standard,...

Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding are set to lead the cast of psychological sci-fi thriller “Head Games,” to be directed by Anthony Mandler from a script by Colin Liddle (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”)

Range Media Partners’ Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce with Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Josh Glick and Everlast Pictures’ Adonis Tountas. A Higher Standard’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Range Media Partners’ Casey Durant, Brillstein Entertainment Partners’ Zach Frognowski, and Kesh Keswani will serve as executive producers. CAA Media Finance and Range Media Partners will be co-representing US sales, with A Higher Standard handling all foreign sales.

Due to start principal photography this October, “Head Games” follows a corporate spy who poses as a personal chef to infiltrate the villa of a former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm in order to steal his seismic-shifting new invention. As per the description, “Nothing is as it seems as the mind games begin.

Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding will star in the sci-fi thriller Head Games, which A Higher Standard, CAA Media Finance and Range Media Partners are introducing to Cannes buyers next week.

Anthony Mandler will direct from a script by Colin Liddle (Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels) and the producers have earmarked an October production start.

Head Games sees a corporate spy pose as a personal chef to infiltrate the villa of a former founder of a neuroprosthetics firm in order to steal his seismic-shifting new invention. However nothing is as it seems as the mind games begin.

Range Media...

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John David Washington's impressive filmography showcases his raw talent and dedication to his craft, elevating movies like BlacKkKlansman, Tenet, and Malcolm and Marie. Despite being relatively new to leading film roles, Washington's ability to disappear into diverse characters adds depth and authenticity to his performances. Washington's talented supporting roles and his ability to drive deeper themes make his present body of work noteworthy, and hint at his promising future in the industry.

John David Washington has been steadily establishing himself as an actor, featuring in films that underscore his talent and dedication to the craft. His impressive filmography demonstrates his raw talent and skill at embodying characters, elevating these movies to some of his best work. Over the past several years, Washington has shown versatility by taking on various complex roles in both independent and mainstream films. Movies such as BlacKkKlansman, Tenet, and Malcolm and Marie have allowed...

Stars: Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Wiggins, Brett Gelman | Written by Andrew Pagana, Justin Thomas | Directed by Anthony Mandler

Surrounded is the latest in a long line of black-themed Westerns that stretches from early efforts like The Bull-Dogger and Harlem on the Prairie through John Ford’s Sergeant Rutledge and Blazing Saddles. Blacksploitation star Fred Williamson had a string of horse operas, such as Take a Hard Ride and the provocatively titled Boss N*gger, one of three films he made to use that word in the title. More recently we’ve had Django Unchained and Murder at Yellowstone City, neither of which impressed me. Can this unhyped and unheralded entry in the genre deliver the goods?

Five years after the end of the Civil War former slave and Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington is travelling west. Mo has a secret, two of them in fact,...

From director Anthony Mandler, the 1870s Western tale Surrounded follows former Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington (Letitia Wright), a freedwoman who’s just trying to survive her journey west to lay claim to the gold mine that she’s more than earned. When she finds herself in the path of notorious bandit Tommy Walsh (Jamie Bell), they find themselves in the position of having to rely on each other for survival, all while never forgetting the threat they also pose.

And now for something completely different: After attracting attention and appreciation with his debut feature, “Monster,” a riveting contemporary drama about a Black high school honor student charged as an accessory to a fatal shooting in his Harlem neighborhood, director Anthony Mandler continues to impress with his sophomore effort, “Surrounded,” an exceptionally well-crafted Western that spins a gripping, racially charged tale of suspicion, deception and survival in post-Civil War New Mexico. Echoes of Sergio Leone, Budd Boetticher and John Ford abound throughout the sturdy screenplay by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas. But the movie is less a genre pastiche than a multifaceted character study in which perfectly cast lead players Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”) and Jamie Bell (“Snowpiercer”) do most of the narrative heavy lifting.

It’s 1870, and ex-slave Mo Washington (Wright) is determined to start a new life by journeying westward. Disguised as a man for her own protection,...

Surrounded stars Letitia Wright as Moses Washington, a former slave and Union soldier who masquerades as a man. The story takes place five years after the Civil War. Washington has a claim for land in Colorado. She endures cruelty and racism while securing a stagecoach ride out west. They're ambushed by notorious bank robber Tommy Walsh (Jamie Bell) and his gang. A firefight results in Washington capturing Walsh as they wait for the sheriff's posse in the unforgiving wilderness. He recognizes her as a woman. Washington must defend herself from attackers, the elements, and Walsh's murderous subterfuge.

Famed photographer and music video director Anthony Mandler spoke with MovieWeb about his second feature. Surrounded became a vastly different film after Wright's involvement. The original plot had "a woman and African-American man" surviving in a "theater-like" setting. Mandler saw "an opportunity to do more" after learning about Cathay Williams. She pretended...

A former slave masquerades as a man to enlist in the Union Army and searches for her American dream after the Civil War. Her plans are interrupted when she's trapped guarding a notorious bank robber in a desolate wilderness. Surrounded stars Letitia Wright in a gritty Western that addresses racial and gender inequality with a fusillade of bullets. The protagonist finds an unexpected kinship in a vicious murderer who sees behind her facade. Sublime cinematography and rich character development adds texture to a narrative that runs thin but never fails to be engaging.

Moses Washington (Wright) prays in an 1870 church at the edge of the western frontier. She hides her most prized possession in an old and worn out bible. Mo has secured a land deed to a gold mine in Colorado. It's her treasured prize after leaving the army with a distinguished record. She pretends to be a man...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Letitia Wright said it was a challenge to play Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film given the emotional weight placed on the Academy Award-winning sequel.

Speaking with ComicBook.com about her upcoming Western drama film, Surrounded, Wright expressed how much more difficult it was to play Shuri in Wakanda Forever than it was in the original Black Panther movie. According to Wright, she had to channel a different energy from her normal self in Wakanda Forever to properly channel the feelings her character dealt with following the passing of T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman). "So, in the second film, those are completely different emotions from what she carried in the first film," she said. "But it's a different energy than what I usually carry. I am light-hearted and fun. I am. Let me give myself some credit. But maintaining that energy all the time is quite difficult.

After ushering in a new dawn as the latest Black Panther in Wakanda Forever, actor Letitia Wright tackles her most ambitious project yet, which she also co-produces. Directed by Anthony Mandler from a script by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas, Surrounded is a Western by design, but it subverts the traditional tropes to become a deeper analysis of the different effects of trauma and how it shapes people. Actors Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) and the late Michael K. Williams (The Wire) also star.

Set five years after the Civil War, former Buffalo Soldier Moses "Mo" Washington (Wright) disguises herself as a man and departs on a stagecoach on the way to lay claim to a better tomorrow. Out of nowhere, the stagecoach is attacked by the infamous outlaw Tommy Walsh (Bell) and his gang. After a struggle, Tommy is subdued and captured. The rest of the passengers seek help, while...

Surrounded is set roughly five years after the Civil War and follows Moses "Mo" Washington, a freedwoman hiding her identity. Mo, while disguising herself as a man, served as a Buffalo Soldier and bought a claim to a gold mine out West. While traveling out to her land via stagecoach, she and her traveling companions are ambushed by the notorious outlaw Tommy Walsh and his crew. However, the few survivors of the ambush restrain him and leave Mo to stand guard as they go for help.

Surrounded stars Letitia Wright, who is also a producer, Jamie Bell, Michael K. Williams, Jeffrey Donovan, and Brett Gelman. Anthony Mandler directs Surrounded from a screenplay penned by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas. Surrounded is a character-driven Western, with the dynamic between Tommy Walsh and Mo at the heart of the movie.

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Surrounded is a character-driven Western focused on Moses "Mo" Washington, a freedwoman hiding her identity. Mo served as a Buffalo Soldier. Five years after the Civil War, Mo is traveling out West to claim a gold mine she bought, but when the stagecoach she is traveling on is caught in a bloody ambush, everything changes. Mo is left to stand guard over the notorious outlaw Tommy Walsh, who led the ambush, while the other survivors look for help.

Surrounded is directed by Anthony Mandler from a script penned by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas. Surrounded stars Letitia Wright, who also serves as a producer, Jamie Bell, Michael K. Williams, Jeffrey Donovan, and Brett Gelman. Surrounded will be released digitally on June 20.

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Black Panther actor Letitia Wright is heading to the Wild West for the action-packed drama Surrounded, which explores the complex issue of shared trauma. Wright portrays former Buffalo Soldier Moses "Mo" Washington, who must keep an eye on the captured outlaw Tommy Walsh (Jamie Bell) after her stagecoach is attacked by Tommy's men. The surviving passengers search for help while Mo makes sure Tommy doesn't escape; however, the two start to bond during their time together. Directed by Anthony Mandler, the film also stars Jeffrey Donovan and the late Michael K. Williams.

Cbr sat down with Wright, Bell, and Mandler and found out more about their experience working on Surrounded. The actors opened up about the relationship between their complicated characters and their respective journeys. Mandler described the process of subverting western tropes in the story, while also treating the film as a character study about trauma and its effects on people.

Stepping into the new feature, Surrounded, I had very little idea as to what I was about to experience. Directed by Anthony Mandler, the film features the impressive talents of both Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell. The western tells the story of a former Buffalo Soldier who finds herself tasked with watching over a notorious outlaw. It’s an excellent character study that also happens to feature a number of thrilling sequences, including an incredible stagecoach robbery. I was floored by Surrounded.

Recently, we had the extreme pleasure to chat with the film’s stars as well as Mr. Mandler himself. For Letitia Wright, who has been proving to be an amazing talent, she opened up about taking on this role and to what it entailed. As for Jamie Bell, the actor discussed working with Ms. Wright, and playing a villainous character with a lot of depth. Both give exceptional...

It’s been well over a year since the legendary actor and The Wire star Michael K. Williams tragically passed away. While the star has been spotted in posthumous roles including Abi Damaris Corbin’s John Boyega-led thriller Breaking, it’s with Anthony Mandler’s second foray into feature-length filmmaking, Surrounded, that audiences will see Williams perform for the last time. Today, MGM has dropped a trailer for the title which also stars Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, Rocketman's Jamie Bell, Burn Notice’s Jeffrey Donovan, and Stranger Things’ Brett Gelman.

Letitia Wright is ready to get away from Wakanda for a bit and get into the Wild West in the trailer for Surrounded, the new western from Anthony Mandler (Monster). The film also marks the last performance of the late Michael K. Williams.

Williams died back in 2021 at the young age of 55 years, after a long and powerful career. He was part of many Hollywood classics such as 12 Years a Slave, and big franchises like The Purge, Ghostbusters or RoboCop. In television, his last two titles were very acclaimed shows, Lovecraft Country and When They See Us, after participating in many popular shows over the years like Community or The Wire.

In anticipation of the digital release of Surrounded on June 20, here you can check out the trailer, poster and official synopsis:

“Five years after the Civil War, freedwoman and former Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington travels west to...

"I had to learn as a Black woman living in this damn White world, that I gotta work 3 times as hard to get 1/5th of what I deserve." MGM Studios has revealed an official trailer for Surrounded, a western thriller from filmmaker Anthony Mandler. This is arriving to watch on VOD / digital for streaming in June this summer - it's skipping theaters unfortunately. I'd watch it on the big screen. The Wild West has never seen a force like Moses "Mo" Washington. Former Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington travels West to lay claim on a gold mine. After her stagecoach is ambushed, Mo is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit's gang tries to free him. Letitia Wright stars as "Mo" Washington, with Jamie Bell as Tommy Walsh ("the outlaw"), Michael K. Williams (in one of his final roles - filmed before he passed away in 2021), Jeffrey Donovan,...

The 12th annual Sun Valley Film Festival runs from March 29th to April 2nd and will feature 18 narrative and documentary titles, including opening night selection, “Fancy Dance,” which is the directorial debut of co-writer Erica Tremblay, and the world premiere of Anthony Mandler’s “Surrounded,” which will close the festival. Award honorees include Josh Brolin, who will receive the Vision Award, and Sophie Thatcher, who will be given the Rising Star Award. “Last year, people were dying to get out, and this year our ticket sales are outpacing 2022. Once again, there’s a strong appetite for live events,” says festival founder and executive director Teddy Grennan.

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Actors Josh Brolin and Sophie Thatcher are set to receive top honors at the 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival amid a jam-packed slate of cinematic programming.

Brolin will take home the festival’s Vision Award, which is annually bestowed to industry gamechangers whose work has irrefutably shaped the entertainment sphere. The honor will be presented to Brolin during an April 1 ceremony, followed by a conversation on his career.

Most recently, Brolin starred in and executive produced the Prime Video series “Outer Range.” The actor scored an Academy Award nomination in 2008 for his performance in Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” and has held key roles in other acclaimed films including “No Country for Old Men,” “American Gangster,” “Sicario” and “Oldboy.” The “Avengers” franchise star will join an elite group of past honorees such as Geena Davis, Clint Eastwood, Gal Gadot, Ethan Hawke and Amy Poehler.

Thatcher will take home the Rising Star...

Exclusive: Black Bear International has launched international sales on Fred & Ginger, the musical about the passionate and explosive relationship between Hollywood dance legends, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

The project was formerly set up at Amazon but is hitting the open market with Black Bear and financier 30West (The Triangle Of Sadness) now aboard. UTA Independent Film Group and 30West will co-rep U.S. rights.

As was previously known, BAFTA-winner Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) will play Astaire, the technically-driven perfectionist, opposite Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as the naturally gifted Rogers. The film is aiming to start production later this year.

Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F*cking World) will direct from a script by writer Arash Amel (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare).

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Exclusive: MGM has boarded world sales rights to western Surrounded, starring Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Jeffrey Donovan, Brett Gelman and the late Michael K. Williams in his last movie role.

Anthony Mandler directed the feature, which has been in post-production since early 2021.

Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas penned the script, which is set five years after the Civil War, where former Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington travels west to lay claim on a gold mine bequeathed by her late slaveowner father. It is a mean, dangerous world for an unaccompanied Black woman and so Mo travels into the deep frontier disguised as a man. After her stagecoach is ambushed, she is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.

Bron co-produced with Blackhand Media Production, in association with Mandalay Pictures, 3.16 Productions and Creative Wealth Media. Producers...

With an already amazing track record as a music video helmer / television commercial director Anthony Mandler saw his debut feature film Monster break into the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and it finally got released this year via the Sundance folks. We doubt it’ll be that long of a wait for his sophomore feature which went into production in November of 2019. We a shoot in New Mexico, Mandler’s Surrounded was surrounded by the likes of Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, and Michael K. Williams – this counts as the actor’s final work before his premature death. A Civil War era project penned by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas, supporting players include Jeffrey Donovan and Brett Gelman.…...

The trailer to the upcoming modern day adaptation and updated version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Die in a Gunfight, is finally out and rocking on YouTube. The romantic crime movie which was acquired for distribution by LionsGate is Collin Schiffli's third film. It is a complete turn-around from his usual style and previous works that include the award winning directorial debut Animals, which won the director a special grand jury award at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival and was awarded best feature, best director, and best actor at The Midwest Independent Film Festival's BMAs in Chicago.

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Filmmaking rarely travels a straight path, but for “Monster” it was exceptionally twisty. After the legal drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. premiered at Sundance in 2018 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, it’s seen a title change, its first distribution deal fall through, and the original title restored. Producers Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver say it was all worth it: The movie premiered on Netflix May 7 and was among the top 10 Netflix titles in the U.S. last week.

“It has been a long journey, but it has been a really good journey,” Lee said. “It didn’t go the way we thought it would, but ultimately we landed where we were supposed to land. People are seeing it, they’re feeling it, and they’re responding to it.”

“Monster” is based on the 1999 YA novel by Walter Dean Myers, which follows a high school honor student (Harrison) who...

Photo: ‘Monster’/Netflix Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2018, it has been a long and winding road for music-video director Anthony Mandler’s first feature film ‘Monster’ to make it to audiences. Though close to three and a half years have unfolded since its first screening, the film finally found a home at Netflix, premiering on the streaming service on Friday, May 7th. While three whole years may seem like a long time in the world of film, the themes of the John Legend-produced ‘Monster’ have sadly not lost a shred of relevancy or applicability to the America it is now being widely released in to. Related article: Hollywood Powerhouses Stand Up Against HFPA Due to Continued Racism and Sexism Related article: The Rebirth of ‘West Side Story’: The Blockbuster-Maker Steven Spielberg Making A Classic Bigger and Better Adapted from Walter Dean Myers’ 1999 National Book...

Fait Accompli: Mandler Mines the Gray Zone of Truth and Consequences

While more of an interesting conversation piece than the accomplished melodrama it deserves to be, Anthony Mandler makes his directorial debut with Monster, based on the 1999 novel by noted YA author Walter Dean Myers. A commendable cast, many with a presence overpowering the limited characterizations they’re allowed to play, isn’t quite enough for the film to succeed as an astute social issue drama. Mandler and his Dp David Devlin come from the realm of music videos (Mandler has directed sixteen such items for Rihanna alone), and there’s a definite sense of parallel film school vibes not only in the film’s text but behind the scenes as well.…...

Anthony Mandler’s “Monster” has burnt through the bulk of its running time before the first-time filmmaker opts to finally do away with any subtleties. The messy drama has already played fast and loose with time and perspective, shifting between bleak courtroom-set scenes and more emotive flashbacks that explain how budding teenage filmmaker Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) has ended up on trial as an accessory to armed robbery and murder. Finally, however, it seems as if Mandler just gives up and goes for the nuclear option: the “Rashomon” choice.

Given the film’s bent toward the most literal of cinematic tropes and tricks — Steve tries to dream his way out of his horrible predicament by frequently pretending it’s all just a screenplay he’s writing in his head — it’s not the most shocking of choices, but it’s certainly a blunt one. While that storytelling conceit likely...

Coincidences are a hell of a thing. Anthony Mandler’s indie drama “Monster” is a film that premiered at Sundance in 2018, but it only made its way on to Netflix now, the week of May 7. In the same week, Derek Chauvin, the convicted murderer of George Floyd, moves to request a new trial. His lawyer claims Chauvin was denied a fair trial due to the pre-trial publicity.

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Much like its protagonist, Anthony Mandler’s Monster is a film obsessed with aesthetics. Main character Steve Harmon says he makes sense of his humanity through understanding the shapes and textures of the world around him, and with an occasionally heavy hand, director Mandler similarly captures Steve’s world through a stylized lens. It’s there in the postcard perfect sunsets of a youth spent growing up in Harlem, and it’s here again in the film’s unnaturally gray, sterile courtroom scenes.

But the hardness of Monster, which speaks to the very dehumanizing nature of its title, comes from where we’re first introduced to Steve as played by a riveting Kelvin Harrison Jr.: He’s a teenager, terrified by a criminal justice system that has vilified him as the proverbial monster from the minute he was charged with felony murder. If we’re asked to see the world as Steve does,...

The New York City courtroom in which 17-year-old honors student Steve Harmon stands accused of felony murder isn’t the customary dark wood and tan walls affair. “Monster” there’s a reason beyond stylish production design for the palette of grays. For the involving, nuanced drama — a Sundance 2018 competition title starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. — explores the gray areas of guilt, innocence and criminal justice, especially as they pertain to young Black men, who are too often seen as guilty till proven otherwise. Innocent is likely too much to ask of a system in which young men like Steve are seen as the beasts, as the monsters of the movie’s title.

Streaming on Netflix, “Monster” is based on the 1999 young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers (who died in 2014). The themes of the award-winning book remain timely and are made even more so by screenwriters Radha Blank, Colen C. Wiley and Janece Shaffer.

Sundance ’18 crowd-favorite Monster tells the agonizing tale of a 17-year-old honors student in a racially-charged legal battle. Adapted from Walter Dean Meyers’ award-winning book of the same name, Anthony Mandler’s directorial debut is an ambitious take on race and the subjectivity of storytelling via a star-studded cast and soundtrack. Needless to say, this U.S. Dramatic Comp selected title had a huge producing team behind it.

Among them were Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver, founders of Tonik. Productions (She’s Gotta Have It). Lewis Lee (married to Spike) has a history publishing children’s books and creating content for Nickelodeon; Silver has won 5 emmys for Reading Rainbow.…...

Netflix may have been sitting pretty during the pandemic, but the streamer’s anemic May 2021 lineup makes clear that even the most deep-pocketed and prolific movie studio on Earth struggled to create new content during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The streamer is sticking to its guarantee of releasing at least one new Netflix Original every week, but fulfilling that promise has required them to grasp at straws; notable titles over the next few weeks include the Amy Adams thriller “The Woman in the Window” and the Anthony Mandler’s legal drama “Monster”.

As usual, there are a handful of intriguing unknowns (e.g. Alexandre Aja’s woman-stuck-in-a-cryogenic-chamber thriller “Oxygen”) and at least one brilliant diamond in the rough — “The Disciple” is technically hitting the service on April 30, but we’re counting it as the biggest May discovery waiting to happen — but there’s a reason why Netflix...

Monster Trailer — Anthony Mandler‘s Monster (2018) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Monster trailer stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, John David Washington, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, Paul Ben-Victor, Nasir Jones (‘Nas’), Rakim Mayers (‘Asap Rocky’), Mikey Madison, Jonny Coyne, and Lovie Simone. Crew Janece Shaffer and Colen C. [...]

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Monster, the Anthony Mandler-directed legal drama based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. The film first premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s finally getting a wide release on Netflix’s streaming platform on May 7th.

Monster stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student, photographer, and film buff who lives with his family in Harlem and attends an elite high school. When Steve is suddenly convicted of felony murder, what follows...

Nick Jonas is an isolated spaceman yearning to be home with his wife in the new video for “Spaceman.” The song is the title track from his fourth studio album, which arrives on Friday and is available for preorder. The 11-song set is the follow-up to 2016’s Last Year Was Complicated.

In the Anthony Mandler-directed visual, Jonas wanders a desolate planet where he lives in a futuristic mirrored abode. He tries repeatedly to jet back home and fails. His resilience and love for his wife back home, however, is unwavering.