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A Normal Woman is a psychological thriller drama film directed by Lucky Kuswandi, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Andri Cung. The Netflix film follows Milla, a socialite who mysteriously develops a rash, and as it spreads, she begins fearing getting rejected by her own husband and family. A Normal Woman stars Marissa Anita, Dion Wiyoko, Giselle Anastasia, Mima Shafa, and Widyawati. So, if you loved the thrilling psychological story, intense drama, and compelling characters in Netflix’s A Normal Woman, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Safe is a psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes. The 1995 film follows Carol White, a suburban housewife leading an ordinary life as she inexplicably develops various allergies. Things soon get worse as her health...

An Oscar-nominated psychological thriller is soon to make its IMAX debut, 15 years after it was first released. IMAX theaters have become synonymous with big summer blockbusters from the major franchises, but there are some exceptions to this trend, as other genres have had some representation in IMAX over the years.

While most IMAX screens are reserved for popular new releases, there have been a few successful re-releases over the years. One good example is Avatar's 2022 re-release to generate excitement for James Cameron's long-awaited sequel, The Way of Water. The news of a 2010 Best Picture nominee getting an IMAX release is a little different, however.

Black Swan Is Coming To IMAX Theaters To Celebrate Its 15th Anniversary Fans Can See The Modern Masterpiece In A New Format

Black Swanwill play in over 200 IMAX theaters across the United States on August 21 and 24, allowing audiences to see Darren Aronofsky's psychological...

"What happened to my sweet girl?" "She's gone!" Searchlight Pictures has debuted a brand new trailer for Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-winning thriller Black Swan, which originally opened in 2010. It is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year, so they're giving it a quick re-release with this two-nights-only plan. The big news about this re-release is that its getting an update. The IMAX release will be digitally re-mastered into the image & sound quality of The IMAX Experience. It will also feature a new, immersive IMAX 5.0 sound mix. Black Swan is Aronofsky's thriller about the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a rival who's looking to win the same role in the new production of Swan Lake. Starring Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis, with Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel, and Barbara Hershey. The superb film (my 2010 review) was nominated for five Academy Awards, but only won one for Natalie Portman as Best Actress (The King's Speech...

Black Swanis celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, if that can be believed, and Searchlight Pictures is commemorating the milestone by re-releasing the film. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan starred Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in a psychological thriller that pushes her to extremes to get the lead role in a performance of Swan Lake. Co-starring Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, and Vincent Cassel, Black Swan went on to be nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with the film ultimately winning Portman the Best Actress Oscar.

Black Swan is returning for a two-day limited IMAX re-release in 2,000 theaters, according to Variety. Showtimes will be on August 20 and August 24, under "Black Swan 15th Anniversary Exclusive: Remastered for Imax." Audiences will also take home a commemorative poster released for the anniversary, although Searchlight Pictures cautions ticket buyers that the offer is only valid "while supplies last." Regarding the re-release, the...

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan is returning to theaters exclusively in IMAX for two nights only — August 21 and August 24 — marking the film’s first-ever IMAX release. Tickets are now on sale at 250 IMAX theaters nationwide.

The IMAX release of Black Swan will be digitally remastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX Dmr (Digital Remastering) technology.

The crystal-clear images, combined with IMAX’s customized theater geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that makes audiences feel as if they are in the movie. It will also feature a new, immersive IMAX 5.0 sound mix.

Set in the cutthroat world of New York City ballet, Black Swan is a gripping psychological thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman), a dedicated dancer whose pursuit of perfection spirals into obsession when a new rival joins the company.

As she prepares for the...

Searchlight Pictures announced today that they’re teaming with IMAX for special screenings of director Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller Black Swan.

On August 21 and 24, Black Swan 15th Anniversary Exclusive: Remastered for IMAX will launch on over 200 screens as the beginning of a series of celebrations for the film’s anniversary this year, giving audiences the opportunity to experience the film’s full cinematic scope and depth for the first time ever in the IMAX format.

The new restoration comes with a brand new trailer and poster, below.

Black Swan follows “Nina, a dedicated dancer whose pursuit of perfection spirals into obsession when a new rival joins the company. As she prepares for the demanding dual role of the SwanQueen, the mounting pressure begins to blur the line between reality and delusion—leading to a mesmerizing descent into the dark depths of ambition, identity, and madness.”

Natalie Portman won a...

Darren Aronofsky summer is upon us, as his ninth feature “Caught Stealing” hits theaters August 29. But the week before, his iconic 2010 ballerina-on-the-brink thriller “Black Swan” will return for a special IMAX 15th anniversary engagement on August 21 and 24. Searchlight Pictures will take the Best Picture nominee — and Best Actress winner for Natalie Portman — to more than 200 IMAX screens on August 21 and 24.

Directed by Aronofsky and shot by Matthew Libatique, “Black Swan” has been specially remastered for the IMAX format, joining recent premium retro screenings like the upcoming golden anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” and the 10th anniversary of Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.”

According to Searchlight, more plans to celebrate “Black Swan’s” 15th birthday will be announced throughout the year, and the company has released a brand new trailer (below) to get things started. Portman swept the movie awards season that year for her physically and mentally grueling portrayal of...

Darren Aronofsky’s award-winning Black Swan is getting the Imax treatment in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary.

The psychological thriller — starring Natalie Portman in her Oscar-winning role as a troubled ballerina — is being remastered for an exclusive Aug. 21-24 run in more than 200 Imax locations across the U.S. and Canada, Searchlight Pictures announced Wednesday.

It will be the first time that audiences can watch Black Swan in the premium Imax format. Plans for additional anniversary events will be announced at a later date.

Black Swan made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2010 on its way to collecting five Academy Award nominations, including for best picture and best director, and a win for best actress.

Set in the cutthroat world of New York City ballet, the story follows Nina (Portman), a dedicated dancer whose pursuit of perfection spirals into obsession when a new rival, played by Mila Kunis,...

Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller Black Swan, which delivered a Best Actress Oscar win to Natalie Portman for her portrayal of a mentally tortured NYC ballerina on the brink of fame, is getting the Imax treatment for its 15th anniversary re-relesae.

The movie will play in over 200 auditoriums in major cities on Aug. 21 and 24 for the first time ever in the large format.

Searchlight also released a brand-new trailer and poster today ahead of the film’s exclusive IMAX screenings. Plans for further celebrations of the film’s legacy will continue to be announced throughout the year.

Black Swan was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and Director for Aronofsky. The pic earned close to $107M stateside back when arthouse titles during Oscar season could truly breakout in a pre-streaming area, and a global total of $329.3M WW. The film also starred Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder.

Criterion unveiled their titles for October 2025 and, true to form, their new releases in the month of October lean into the spooky and macabre. Among the new titles are a recent Guillermo del Toro classic, a Ken Russell favorite making its 4K debut and two gems from Canadian auteur David Cronenberg. Plus, we get 4K reissues of two of Criterion’s very best.

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Let’s start off with the David Cronenberg titles. First off is “A History of Violence,” from 2005, which gave him a great second wind after years spent offering up more obscure films. The feature, based on a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, follows a small-town everyman (Viggo Mortensen) who, after a violent attack at his diner, unlocks his hidden past. Featuring memorable, suitably colorful supporting performances from Ed Harris and William Hurt, it’s one of Cronenberg’s very best. And the Criterion...

The Criterion Collection‘s October line-up is stacked with genre heavy hitters: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Eyes Without a Face, The Shrouds, A History of Violence, Altered States, Deep Crimson, and Nightmare Alley.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on October 7.

Serving a prequel to “Twin Peaks,” the 1992 psychological horror film is directed by David Lynch from a script he co-wrote with Robert Engels.

Director-approved special features:

4K digital restoration, with 7.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack, both supervised by director David Lynch Alternate original 2.0 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack One 4K Uhd disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features The Missing Pieces, ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from the film, assembled by Lynch Interview by Lynch with actors Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, and Grace Zabriskie Interviews with Lee and composer Angelo Badalamenti...

Welcome to the Gold Ticket, your VIP guide to the best of pop culture for the weekend ahead, curated by the Gold Derby team of experts. (July 11-July 13)

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Just like Slim Shady, Dexter Morgan's back (back again).

If you're keeping track at home, Dexter: Resurrection is the fourth series about the vigilante serial killer (portrayed by Emmy nominee Michael C. Hall). It's the sequel to the sequel of the original Emmy-winning drama (the fourth series in the popular franchise is a prequel). While we cannot say how Dexter survived a seemingly fatal gunshot wound in 2021's Dexter: New Blood, we're willing to bet the latest series — the first two episodes of which are now streaming on Paramount+ (the show airs Sunday at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on Showtime) — will answer this very question.

On Resurrection, the show's setting is moved to New York, and while there...

While most of the world spends this weekend going to see James Gunn’s Superman up on the big screen, you might want to instead cozy up with some new horror movies. And you’d be in luck, because nine brand new ones have released at home and in theaters this week.

Here’s all the new horror that released from July 7 – July 11, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

David Cronenberg’s new movie The Shrouds received a limited theatrical release from Sideshow and Janus Films back in April, and it’s finally now available at home.

You can rent The Shrouds on VOD or stream exclusively on The Criterion Channel.

“In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth.

The biggest new title of the week is undoubtedly James Gunn’s “Superman,” which hits theaters nationwide Friday. That does not mean, though, that there aren’t some exciting and noteworthy streaming movies and TV series premiering this week. On the contrary, multiple major, promising shows are coming to Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Hulu and Disney+.

With that in mind, here are the eight best new movies and shows that you can stream this week.

Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features) “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)

“The Phoenician Scheme” is another playful, exuberantly made ensemble comedy from writer-director Wes Anderson. The “Asteroid City” filmmaker’s latest effort follows a wealthy businessman (a perfectly cast Benicio Del Toro) whose decision to appoint his estranged daughter, a nun (Mia Threapleton), as the sole heir to his estate ends up sending them on a life-and-death journey.

In the weeks since it hit theaters,...

Australia’s Umbella Entertainment has announced the New Extremity Collection: Volume 2, a Blu-ray box set featuring four more provocative French films: Dobermann, Fat Girl, In My Skin, and Twentynine Palms.

1997’s Dobermann is directed by Jan Kounen (99 Francs) and written by Joël Houssin. Tchéky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, and Monica Bellucci star.

Dobermann is the world’s most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose on him?

Special features:

Audio Commentary With Filmmakers And Film Historians Lee Zachariah And Paul Anthony Nelson (new) Audio Commentary By Director Jan Kounen, And Actors Vincent Cassel And Tchéky Karyo Audio Commentary By Director Jan Kounen, Author Benedicte Brunet And Screenwriter Joël Houssin Cassel In The Clouds: Guy Davis On The Daring, High-Wire Genre Work Of Vincent Cassel (new) Shoot the Dobermann: 2024 interview...

Nacho Vigalondo’s Daniela Forever is the second notable film this year to propose an unorthodox, hyper-modern treatment for grief. In David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, a widower played by Vincent Cassel obsessively monitors his interred wife’s bodily decomposition via live video feed—the closest he can get to being with her in the grave. Vigalondo’s idea, less outwardly perverse, is no less emotionally freighted: dream therapy.

Nick (Henry Golding) is a British DJ living in Madrid whose artist girlfriend, Daniela (Beatrice Grannò), an expat from Italy, was recently killed in an accident. At the suggestion of his divorced friend Victoria (Nathalie Poza), Nick enrolls in a clinical trial for an experimental new drug that induces lucid dreams. Although Nick agrees to follow the program exactly, with each dream session arising from a given prompt, he ignores his instructions and uses these realer-than-real excursions of the mind to be with his deceased lover.

‘Hijack’ didn’t get the spotlight it deserved, but it’s one of the most addictive series on the platform.

There’s so much dropping on Apple TV+ all the time (which is a great thing for subscribers!) that even a show starring the incredible Idris Elba can get lost in the shuffle. “Hijack” actually cracked Apple+’s Top 10 when it premiered, but you wouldn’t know it from the lack of buzz. Maybe it got overshadowed by shinier releases like “Silo” or “Ted Lasso,” but I was shouting about it to anyone who would listen. This show rips. It’s tense, addictive, and Elba is in full command. If you missed it the first time around, here’s why “Hijack” is the best under-the-radar drama on Apple TV+ right now.

Best under-the-radar drama TV show on Apple TV+

Why ‘Hijack’ is the most underrated drama series on Apple TV...

Universal’s Jurassic World Rebirth leads the new releases in the UK and Ireland this weekend as Gareth Edwards’ science fiction blockbuster bellows into 688 cinemas.

The film grossed £2m from previews on Wednesday, July 2 alone.

Godzilla filmmaker Edwards directs Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali as a team of skilled operatives who embark on a mission to secure life-saving DNA from dinosaurs in dangerous waters.

Rebirth is the seventh feature overall in the Jurassic Park franchise, and fourth since it was rebooted as Jurassic World in 2015.

That 2015 title is the highest-earning film in the franchise, with a huge £16.8m opening and amassing £64.5m overall.

28 Years Let Eyeing The Spot Of Danny Boyle’s Second-Highest-Grossing Film!(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Danny Boyle returned to the spotlight with 28 Years Later, a follow-up to his cult zombie film 28 Days Later, and it’s already outshining some of his past work.

This new entry in the series has quietly crossed the $100 million mark worldwide, raking in over five times what Trance made during its entire theatrical run. Meanwhile, it is also eyeing to take the spot of the director’s second-highest-grossing movie.

28 Years Later Box Office Collection

Danny Boyle’s latest release has earned $53 million at the domestic box office, and the global collection is also about to hit the same figure, per Box Office Mojo.

28 Years Later Box Office Breakdown

Domestic – $53 million International – $52 million Worldwide – $106 million

Gripping. Brilliant. A theatrical triumph.

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for #28YearsLater – now playing exclusively in movie theatres.

Director Danny Boyle took a path befitting an Oscar-winner after Slumdog Millionaire, when he made the awards-bait survival drama 127 Hours, starring James Franco. But this well-mannered strategy lasted exactly one film, and Boyle was soon back to his transgressive ways with Trance, a neo-noir thriller starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent Cassel. The film underperformed at the box office, and drew raised eyebrows from critics. But it remains a cult favorite, with a considerably large contingent of defenders. Speaking of cults, Boyle's latest film, 28 Years Later, has now out-grossed Trance five times.

The movie recently passed the coveted $100 million mark at the worldwide box office, and is currently sitting at $104 million. By comparison, Tranceconcluded its run with just over $20 million globally. It didn't quite break even, since it cost a reported $20 million to produce. Trance received divisive reviews, and is currently sitting at a "fresh" 68% score on...

“You’ve made a career out of bodies,” says Terry (Diane Kruger) to her brother-in-law Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a widower hollowed out by his wife Becca’s (also Diane Kruger) death. This line will raise a smile for anyone even slightly familiar with the films of writer and director David Cronenberg, whose oeuvre, from The Fly to Crimes Of The Future, has always been profoundly concerned with matters of the flesh.

In this latest complex and captivating outing, the master of the macabre ruminates on bodily transformation in relation to sex, death and technology, from an especially personal perspective while maintaining characteristic gallows humour.

Cronenberg makes no attempt to disguise the fact that The Shrouds is autobiographical.

Karsh is the CEO of GraveTech, which allows mourners to view a live feed of their loved one’s decaying corpse via a screen on their gravestone, made possible by burial shrouds embedded with cameras.

It may have originally been conceived as a series for Netflix, but David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds won’t be headed to that streamer anytime soon, as The Criterion Channel will hold streaming rights to the director’s most recent film.

Considering Criterion has a long history with David Cronenberg, it might be no surprise that they will host The Shrouds. This is especially so as Janus Films — who has a long partnership with The Criterion Collection — had distribution rights for The Shrouds alongside Sideshow. Once The Shrouds hits The Criterion Channel on July 8th (with a special 8 p.m. premiere time), it will sit alongside classics like Scanners, The Brood and Dead Ringers, as well as lesser-known works like his first two features, Stereo and Crimes of the Future.

Here is The Criterion Channel’s official write-up for The Shrouds: “Long fascinated by the ways that technology is transforming our bodies and minds,...

David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds,” which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and debuted in theaters earlier this year, is set to make its streaming debut on July 8 courtesy of the Criterion Channel. A Blu-ray and DVD release will arrive later this year, presumably from Criterion’s Janus Contemporaries imprint.

Additionally, a new installment in Criterion’s “Meet the Filmmakers” video series will debut alongside “The Shrouds” on July 8. Watch a clip from the interview below.

In “The Shrouds,” Vincent Cassel plays Karsh, a tech entrepreneur who, following the death of his beloved wife, invents new technology that allows you to watch your loved one decay in their graves. (They are wrapped in the titular shrouds – a new technology that allows for the viewing to happen.) When Karsh discovers that his graves have been vandalized, it sends him on an odyssey to discover the truth behind who would...

David Cronenberg’s new movie The Shrouds received a limited theatrical release from Sideshow and Janus Films back in April, and we’ve been waiting on an at-home premiere date for the last couple months. Thanks to a Fangoria report this morning, we’ve now got one.

The Shrouds will stream exclusively on The Criterion Channel on July 8, 2025. According to the site’s report, you’ll also be able to rent the film on VOD outlets on the same day.

Fangoria has also shared an exclusive clip from a new Cronenberg interview that will be streaming on The Criterion Channel on July 8 as well, which you can check out down below.

Here’s the official synopsis for David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds…

“In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual...

David Cronenberg’s latest horror-thriller The Shrouds is set to make its digital streaming debut next month, following its theatrical run earlier this year. Distributed by Janus Films and Sideshow, the film will be available on VOD and digital platforms soon. After making its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the film opened in U.S. theaters on April 18, 2025, earning praise for its eerie atmosphere and deeply personal narrative.

What is The Shrouds About?

Written and directed by David Cronenberg, The Shrouds is a grim, near-futuristic tale that fuses grief, surveillance, and techno-horror. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, a haunted tech entrepreneur who creates a controversial new device allowing the bereaved to monitor the decomposition of their loved ones’ remains underground.

Still mourning the recent death of his wife (played by Diane Kruger), Karsh begins an unusual and unsettling relationship with her identical sister (also played by...

It’s been a big week for Russell Crowe after officially joining Henry Cavill’s Highlander movie — news Collider was thrilled to exclusively bring you first — and now one of his more recent projects that has slipped under the radar has proven itself a force on streaming. Crowe stars alongside Luke and Liam Hemsworth in Land of Bad, the spy thriller following a Delta Force team who fight for survival while a drone pilot watches over them from above.Land of Bad premiered on Netflix last July, where it’s been streaming in the nearly one year since, and the film is still topping Netflix charts globally in over 20 countries. Critics gave Land of Bad a 67% on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, but general audiences were high on the film, scoring it at “verified hot” 93% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.

David Frigerio wrote the script for Land of Bad with William Eubank,...

Cinema from beyond English-speaking borders opens doors to new worlds, packed with raw emotion, bold storytelling, and unique perspectives. These films, crafted in languages from Japanese to Spanish, have shaped global filmmaking and left lasting marks on our hearts.

We’ve curated a list of 20 must-see foreign-language films, each a masterpiece that transcends subtitles. From timeless classics to modern gems, here’s why these stories deserve your attention.

20. Y Tu Mamá También – Spanish (2001) Bésame Mucho Pictures

Two Mexican teens and an older woman embark on a road trip full of lust and life lessons. Alfonso Cuarón’s raw, vibrant film explores youth and desire.

Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal’s chemistry grounds its bold energy. It’s a journey we feel in our bones.

19. Cinema Paradiso – Italian (1988) Rai

A boy in post-wwii Sicily falls in love with movies through his bond with a projectionist. Giuseppe Tornatore’s nostalgic tale...

David Cronenberg’s latest film The Shrouds will arrive in UK and Irish cinemas on 4 July via Vertigo Releasing. The body horror drama, which first premiered in competition at Cannes 2024, reunites the director with themes of grief and transformation as it explores the uneasy boundary between life and death. With a cast led by Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt, the film promises a provocative blend of technology and terror.

Set four years after the death of his wife Becca, Cassel plays Karsh, a wealthy entrepreneur who invents “GraveTech” – a controversial system of interactive tombstones that project 3D images of the deceased. Karsh hopes to lie beside Becca when his time comes, but his dream is shattered when several graves, including his wife’s, are desecrated and the technology is hacked. Faced with the prospect of his project being discredited and the shrouds made invisible, Karsh embarks...

Netflix has lined up its next movie inspired by a Disney classic, and this one will have people ringing the bells! The bells! The streaming company has greenlit a feature retelling of Victor Hugo's French gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, which was loosely adapted into the 1996 animated musical of the same name from the House of Mouse. The new project, aptly titled Quasimodo after the book's protagonist, has cast Vincent Cassel, star of Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, to play the role of the kind-hearted Notre Dame bell-ringer.

According to Deadline, Jean-François Richet, the filmmaker behind the 2023 action thriller Plane that recently landed on Netflix, is onboard to direct Quasimodo from a script written by Eric Besnard. The logline for the Netflix project (shared below) suggests that the film will offer a bold new take on the classic story, focused around the life of the man who inspired it,...

Netflix has greenlit French film Quasimodo, which is set to shoot this summer in France starring Vincent Cassel in the title role.

Set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution of 1830, the film reimagines the life of the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s iconic character, Quasimodo. As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love.

The film is directed by Jean-Francois Richet, whose credits include the upcoming Jason Statham-starrer Mutiny and 2008’s Mesrine: Killer Instinct. The latter film also starred Cassel.

It is written by Eric Besnard,...

Netflix is sharing who will be playing the title role in their upcoming film Quasimodo.

On Wednesday (June 11), it was announced that Vincent Cassel has been cast as the lead role in the upcoming adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The 58-year-old French actor is best known for his work in other films like Black Swan and Ocean’s Twelve.

Keep reading to find out more…

According to Deadline, Netflix’s Quasimodo will be set in Paris in 1830 and focus on the man that inspired the classic Victor Hugo novel.

The description for Quasimodo reads: “Set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution (1830), this film reimagines the life of the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s iconic character, Quasimodo. As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love.”

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Back in 1831, author Victor Hugo brought the world the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, telling the 1482-set story of Quasimodo, a deformed fellow who served as the bell-ringer of at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Nearly two hundred years later, versions of Hugo’s story are still being told on a regular basis – with the most recent adaptation being a film that’s set up at the Netflix streaming service. Deadline reports that Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) is set to play the title character in Quasimodo, which has Jean-François Richet attached to direct.

Richet may be best known for his work on action films like Plane, Blood Father, and the Assault on Precinct 13 remake, but he has also directed multiple dramas, the crimes films Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, the period adventure film The Emperor of Paris, and the comedy One Wild Moment, a version of...

Netflix's The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie, titled Quasimodo, has reportedly found its Quasimodo and will begin filming this summer. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is originally the 19th-century gothic novel by Victor Hugo (also the author of Les Misérables) about a bell-ringer at the famous at Paris’ famous Notre Dame cathedral who falls in love with the Roma dancer Emserelda. Today, the most well-known adaptation is arguably the animated version by Disney, which significantly changed the story from the source material to be presented to the typical family-inclusive audience.

While Disney previously had plans for its own Hunchback of Notre Dame live-action remake, which would presumably be based on the studio's own movie, Netflix is working on Quasimodo and has just announced that Vincent Cassel will be taking on the lead role (via Deadline). Cassel will thus be collaborating with Jean-Francois Richet as the director and Eric Besnard as the screenwriter.

Vincent Cassel is set to star as one of the most enduring characters in the history of French literature. The Black Swan star will play the lead role in Quasimodo, which will explore the real person who inspired Victor Hugo to write The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Deadline reports that the film will be released by Netflix.

The film will be set in Paris on the eve of 1830's July Revolution, which dethroned King Charles X and installed Louis Philippe, the so-called "Citizen King." A cholera epidemic is ravaging the streets of the city, while Quasimodo is caught between political unrest and a strange, impossible love affair. The existence of a real Quasimodo isn't so far-fetched: there is evidence that the kyphotic bell-ringer at the ancient cathedral was inspired by a real person, albeit not one from the novel's 1400s setting. The memoirs of Henry Sibson, a British sculptor who...

Netflix has greenlit a feature retelling Quasimodo, the humpbacked man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s French gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The Shrouds and Irréversible star Vincent Cassel is set to play the lead, Deadline reports.

Jean-Francois Richet (Plane) is set to direct from a screenplay by Eric Besnard (Wrath of Man).

Quasimodo‘s logline reads, “Set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution (1830), this film reimagines the life of the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s iconic character, Quasimodo. As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love.”

Cassel, who will play the bell-ringer in the biopic, is also known for genre roles in Underwater, Black Swan, Sheitan, and more. Quasimodo also marks a reunion between Richet and Cassel; the pair previously worked together on crime thriller Mesrine.

Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame...

Netflix has landed its next big French project, “Quasimodo,” which will star Vincent Cassel as the iconic character created by Victor Hugo in his cult 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”

The film will shoot this summer in France with Jean-Francois Richet (“Mesrine”) on board to direct, with a script penned by Eric Besnard (“Delicieux”). “Quasimodo” is being produced by Clément Miserez and Matthieu Warter at Radar Films, a Mediawan company.

Set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution in 1830, the epic movie reimagines the life of the man who inspired the fictional character of Quadimodo, a disfigured man who as the bell-ringer for Notre Dame cathedral in Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”

“As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love,” reads the synopsis. While the plot remains under wraps, the movie is believed to have a dark edge.

Netflix is turning to a French icon for its latest feature film.

The streaming service has greenlit a retelling of the life of Quasimodo, the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s bell-ringer in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Vincent Cassel (La Haine) has been cast in the titular role. Jean-Francois Richet (Plane) is set to direct a script penned by Eric Besnard (Wrath of Man). Mediawan’s Radar Films is housing the feature, with Clément Miserez and Matthieu Warter producing.

Here’s the Quasimodo logline: “Set in Paris on the eve of the July Revolution (1830), this film reimagines the life of the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s iconic character, Quasimodo. As the cholera epidemic spreads through the city, he’s caught between political turmoil and an impossible love.”

Cassel, who is no stranger to starring in screen adaptations of French classics after appearing in Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom,...

Exclusive: Toby Jones, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton and costume designer Jany Temime have been unveiled as honorees of the Scad Lacoste Film Festival in France’s Provence region later this month.

Organized by the Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad), the festival’s fourth edition will run in the picturesque town in the Luberon Valley from June 26 to 28.

The three-day event gathers film and TV industry professionals related to Scad’s degree programs for acting, film and television, production design, costume design and fashion for a program of screening, talks and networking.

UK Bafta-winning actor Jones – who is known for his diverse repertoire ranging from Captain America and The Hunger Games to the more recent TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office – will be presented with the Virtuoso Award.

He has chosen Matteo Garrone’s 2015 fantasy horror Tale of Tales – in which he co-starred alongside Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel...

The air in “Banger” is thick with the ghosts of past anthems and the desperate humidity of a relevance long since evaporated. This French concoction, part comedy, part aspirational action piece, throws its spotlight on DJ Scorpex, a man whose name once reverberated through club sound systems but now echoes mainly in the hollow chambers of his own memory.

He stands, a monument to a bygone beat, struggling against the dying of his own light in the fiercely contemporary electronic music scene. The film gestures towards a satirical swipe at this world of manufactured fame and fleeting adulation, setting a stage where the desire for one more hit becomes a matter of existential urgency.

Scorpex’s current setlist is one of professional decline and mounting financial pressures, his denial a fragile shield against the stark reality of his situation. The narrative gains its peculiar momentum when this relic of the...

Alexandre Mallet-Guy’s Memento has bought Harry Lighton’s sexy romance “Pillion” which is world premiering in Un Certain Regard.

The Paris-based Memento, which is at Cannes with three movies in competition, will release the A24 movie in France. Speaking to Variety, Mallet Guy said, “It’s a gay Bdsm rom-com, and it’s pretty wild.”

“Alexander Skarsgård plays the biker, and Harry Melling, who you might know from ‘Harry Potter,’ plays the submissive. The film is hilarious but also quite disturbing, simply because it’s a romantic comedy set in such a specific, unconventional world. But it really works — it’s surprisingly emotional, and there’s something incredible about seeing two stars take such bold risks,” he added.

Memento’s Cannes competition lineup includes Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Jafar Panahi’s “A Simple Accident” and Tarik Saleh’s “Eagles of the Republic,” as well as Laura Wandel’s...

Chicago – In the pantheon of filmmaker breakthroughs from the 1980s, David Cronenberg is a “name above the title” … along with Spielberg, Scorsese, Cameron, Stone, Carpenter and Lynch … in his distinct style and influence. His latest film – currently in select theaters – is “The Shrouds.” Patrick McDonald got the privilege of talking to the master.

In “The Shrouds,” the angular Vincent Cassel is Karsh, a bereaved widower who is also a tech financier. In memoriam to his wife Becca, Karsh has built a new style of memorial called GraveTech, in which the bodies of the deceased are enmeshed in a digital shroud, which uses it’s camera chips to project an image of the decaying corpse on a screen embedded in the gravestone. This morbid technique gets some interest for other uses by the Chinese and the Russians, as well as Karsh’s tech expert Maury (Guy Pearce). It is a vandalism...

Exclusive: Red Sea Media arrives in Cannes with international sales rights to the horror thriller Skillhouse starring starring social media personalities Bryce Hall and Hannah Stocking, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Neal McDonough, Leah Pipes, and Emily Mei.

Josh Stolberg, whose credits include Saw X and Jigsaw, wrote and directed the film from GenTV, in which ten influencers are lured into Skillhouse, a sinister content house, and forced to compete in lethal social media challenges.

Producers are Ryan Kavanaugh, Shane Valdez, and Brad Baskin. “We have blended the most compelling elements of modern horror with authentic influencer integration – both within the...

The new David Cronenberg feature, The Shrouds, screened at the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans this year. I was able to grab a seat at the Sunday afternoon showing which felt very apt for the mellow mood of the film.

With a wide release on April 18th, be prepared for the subtle and quiet weirdness that Cronenberg has honed in his recent releases like Crimes of the Future. The Shrouds is equal parts psychological thriller and body horror, presented very stylistically with a plot that unravels unhurriedly.

The story focuses on the grief of creative director turned death innovator Karsh, played by Vincent Cassel. Karsh has developed a “shroud” system to capture every intimate detail of decay for those who, like himself, find more comfort confronting their loss by immersing themselves in it. After the vandalism of his inaugural high-tech gravesite and the discovery of strange growths on his deceased wife’s skeleton,...

A little over a decade ago, director Steven Spielberg had difficulty explaining to American audiences that Raiders of the Lost Ark was inspired by the comic book series "The Adventures of Tintin," and not the other way around. Spielberg directed a feature film adaptation of the Tintin books in 2011, and while the movie made a decent amount of money worldwide, it struggled to find an audience domestically. The property was simply not a part of popular culture in the United States, at least not to the degree that it was in Europe. Now, another Franco-Belgian comic book icon is getting an opportunity to appeal to audiences across the globe. Netflix recently unveiled its five-episode adaptation of the Astérix comics, titled Astérix & Obélix: The Big Fight.

The show is gaining new ground on the streamer's viewership charts, particularly in Europe. According to FlixPatrol, Astérix & Obélix has accumulated over 3,100 points since its release last week,...

Legendary writer/director David Cronenberg maintains his status as Canada’s coolest weirdo with his latest feature The Shrouds. Cronenberg’s conspiracy obsessed techo-mystery stars Vincent Cassel (Eastern Promises) as Karsh, a morose but visionary widower who has built an empire dedicated to his eternal grief for his late wife Becca (Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds). Through his company GraveTech, Karsh invents a shroud that the deceased are wrapped in at burial which allows the bereaved to view their loved ones in the grave. You know, like a baby monitor for watching your spouse decompose in real-time. Naturally this business is met with all manner of protest but after someone(s) vandalizes his customers’ (and his wife’s) burial plots, Karsh uncovers a bewildering conspiracy that threatens his life, his livelihood, and his link to the grave.

For anyone still on the fence about taking the trip to see The Shrouds during its theatrical run,...

Arriving this Friday on Shudder to test your stomach is The Ugly Stepsister, the feature directorial debut by Emilie Blichfeldt. The Ugly Stepsister retells the classic fairy tale of Cinderella from the perspective of her stepsister, Elvira (Lea Myren), who subjects herself to a variety of barbaric beauty procedures in the pursuit of a happy ever after (our review).

It’s a fairy tale with a gruesome body horror twist. This week’s streaming picks highlight other fairy tale-inspired horror movies, whether they’re direct adaptations or loosely based on them. All blend horror and fantasy to deliver cautionary bedtime tales of the bloody variety.

Here’s where you can stream these fairy tale inspired horror movies this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

Absentia – Hoopla, Prime Video

When creating his eerie supernatural tale, writer/director Mike Flanagan drew inspiration from a few urban myths about tunnels and trolls,...

Producers of French smash hit “The Count of Monte Cristo” and Oscar-nominated “Les Miserables,” Chapter 2 and Srab Films, have set an all-star cast for Ladj Ly’s next film, “Dumas: Black Devil.”

Rising French talent Theo Christine (“Supremes”) will play the title role in the adventure epic film, starring opposite Omar Sy (“Lupin), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”) and Francois Civil (“Beating Hearts”).

The buzzy project will be launched by Pathé, Goodfellas and CAA Media Finance at the upcoming Cannes film market. It’s one of the most anticipated and ambitious French films on track to go into production in 2026.

Pathé, which previously handled “The Count of Monte-Cristo” and the two-part saga “The Three Musketeers” (both of which were produced by Chapter 2), will distribute the France on top of partnering with Goodfellas and CAA Media Finance on foreign sales. CAA Media Finance will also represent North America.

“Dumas: Black Devil” will...

Director David Cronenberg’s 2014 Consumed novel could become a TV or film, as the filmmaker says he’s adapting the script.

In 2014, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg became a novelist with Consumed, a characteristically uneasy book about the relationship between cold technology and fleshy humans.

Currently on the promotional trail for his new film, The Shrouds, Cronenberg has suggested that Consumed could eventually become a TV or film, since he’s currently adapting it into a script.

In an interview with Variety (with a hat-tip to World of Reel), the filmmaker has said that the catalyst for the adaptation is Robert Lantos, the producer he’s regularly collaborated with in the past, from 1996’s Crash to 2022’s Crimes Of The Future.

“We’re talking about possibly doing a movie based on my novel Consumed,” Cronenberg said. “[Lantos has] wanted to turn that either into a series or a movie for some years, and...

David Cronenberg’s latest film, The Shrouds, now in theaters via Sideshow and Janus Films, draws from deeply personal experiences without crossing into autobiography, the director insists. The film follows Karsh, a Canadian tech entrepreneur portrayed by Vincent Cassel, who creates a cemetery where loved ones can monitor real-time decomposition through an app-connected burial shroud. The concept stems from Cronenberg’s own grief after the death of his wife, Carolyn, in 2017.

Despite surface parallels between Cronenberg and his protagonist — including Karsh’s distinctive hairstyle and minimalist attire — the filmmaker maintains a sharp distinction between personal experience and fiction. “Once I start writing the screenplay, it becomes fiction and I’m creating fictional characters who are not me,” Cronenberg said in an interview.

The Shrouds explores themes of mourning, love, technology, and existential longing. The film’s origin traces back to Cronenberg’s visceral reaction to losing his wife. He described...

It’s easy to see shadows of David Cronenberg in his newest film, “The Shrouds,” now playing in theaters via Sideshow and Janus Films. Vincent Cassel stars as Karsh, a Canadian tech guru who creates a graveyard where you can watch your loved ones rot in their coffin in real-time via an app. Between Karsh’s styling — which looks very similar to Cronenberg’s signature shock of hair and minimalist chic wardrobe — and the fact that Cronenberg wrote this film after his wife’s passing in 2017, many critics took this to mean the work was largely autobiographical. Cronenberg’s rejection of the notion was just one of the first surprising musings from a discussion with Variety about his approach to art, including his consideration of the audience, embrace of technology and rejection of genre.

So many of your movies feel like they have personal elements. “The Shrouds” seems like one of your most personal works.