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Both Disney Plus and Hulu are two of the greatest streaming platforms of all time, and soon they will be joining hands in a merger. According to the latest reports, the Mouse House is pressing ahead to completely integrate the other streamer into Disney+ for all subscribers, planning to launch a unified streaming app for both by 2026 (via Business Insider).

While this would have Hulu replacing the Star tile on the Disney+ app, the standalone app will completely shut down after the full merger, per reports from @CultureCrave on X. But until that comes to pass, the real intriguing part is: Which shows will be hopping onto the Mouse House streamer after the complete merger? While it’s not known for sure yet, here are the top 10 Hulu shows that are expected to switch lanes with their merger. Dive in!

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The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled new star-driven Gala and Special Presentations titles, including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, David Michod’s Christy, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg and Alice Winocour’s Couture.

Set for the buzzy red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall are world premieres for Bobby Farrelly’s road trip comedy Driver’s Ed, which stars Alyssa Milano, Kumail Nanjani and Molly Shannon; Russell Crowe’s Nazi thriller Nuremberg from director James Vanderbilt and Sony Pictures Classics, with the historical drama also starring Rami Malek, Michael Shannon and Leo Woodall; Succession actor Brian Cox bringing his directorial debut Glenrothan, where he stars alongside Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson in a film about estranged brothers looking to save a family whisky distillery; and David Freyne’s romantic comedy Eternity for A24, which stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner.

Lhasa de Sela Doc Among Six Canadian Films Set For Locarno Pro First Look

Award-winning film editor Sophie Leblond will be among six Canadian filmmakers showcasing upcoming films in Locarno Pro’s First Look work-in-progress event this August. Leblond, who has been feted for her editing of films such as Viking and Alexander Odyssey, will present directorial debut feature Lhasa. The doc explores the trajectory of late Canadian folk and world music star Lhasa de Sela, whose life and career were cut short in 2010, when she died of breast cancer at the age of 37. The other movies in the selection comprise Nick Butler’s misfit drama Lunar Sway; Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Bulgarian artist homecoming tale Nina Roza; Bryce Hodgson’s Thanks To The Hard Work Of The Elephants, billed as a “queer love fantasy” about two teenage boys who escape a youth detention center and try to set up an...

The often superb Hiam Abbass, a star in ‘Succession,” “Lemon Tree” and “The State,” is set to play lead Leila in on-the-rise Moroccan genre pioneer Talal Selhami’s “The Shelter” (“Le Refuge”), which is produced by Sophia Menni at top Moroccan production house La Prod. founded by Lamia Chraibi.

Selhami’s most ambitious movie to date, and an arresting attempt to picture literally the lifelong mental trauma of war filtered through the prism of a horror movie, “The Shelter” was already being talked up as one of the buzz movies to be pitched at Fantasia’s Frontières International Co-Production Market, running July 23-26.

Abbass’ coup casting now catapults “The Shelter,” a psychological horror movie, into the zone of must-check-out titles at Frontières’ event, one of the world’s key genre emporiums.

Abbass will play Leila, a former concert pianist from Syrian city Aleppo, which bore much of the brunt of...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair has added a pair of Oscar winners to its team: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), who joins in an undisclosed (we’re told villainous) role, and producer Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), who will produce the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner, alongside Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo via Outlier Society, and others.

As previously announced, Jordan and Taylor Russell lead the cast of the film, which shoots this summer and is slated for an exclusive theatrical release on March 5, 2027.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, both the original 1968 film from United Artists and the 1999 remake from MGM were heist stories revolving around a wealthy, thrill-seeking man who orchestrates a high-stakes robbery simply for the challenge, only to find himself entangled in a complex cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant investigator.

As previously reported, Drew Pearce wrote the script for The Thomas Crown Affair,...

Lina Soualem’s Spain-set family tale “Alicante,” “Asphalt,” the big winner at this year’s Cannes Docs-in-Progress, and “Printemps,” from Berlin laureates Noel and Michelle Keserwany, look like potential standouts at this year’s Amman Intl. Film Festival’s Pitching Platforms.

The rich lineup underscores the vast range of output and depth of talent from emerging filmmakers in the Arab world.

The Pitching Platforms offer three sections: one dedicated to first-time Jordanian filmmakers, one for Arab projects in development, and one for Arab projects in post-production. Some of the filmmakers presenting projects have already begun to make their mark. Soualem, for instance, attracted heat with 2023 Venice and Toronto title “Bye Bye Tiberias,” about her mother Hiam Abbas. The Keserwany sisters won the Berlinale best short Golden Bear in 2023 for “Les Chenilles.” Attached to direct “The Orange Grove,” one of the Platform’s biggest entries, Amman-born Murad Abu Eishe won a Student Oscar.

Max will give audiences an early look at Jesse Armstrong’s new movie, “Mountainhead.”

The HBO original film, which was set to debut on May 31 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt across HBO and Max, will now be available for viewers to watch earlier on Max, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Pt/3:01 a.m. Et, the streamer announced Friday.

Even with the early Max debut, “Mountainhead” will still air on HBO at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt, when it was originally scheduled.

“Mountainhead,” which marks Armstrong’s feature directorial debut, centers on a foursome of tech billionaires who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis, per the official logline.

In “Mountainhead,” which wrapped production in Park City, Utah in early April, Steve Carell stars as Randall and Jason Schwartzman stars as Souper (Hugo Van Yalk) while Cory Michael Smith stars as Venis and Ramy Youssef stars as Jeff.

Exclusive: Kenneth Branagh, Hiam Abbass (Succession) and Boyd Holbrook (A Complete Unknown) are teaming on a feature adaptation of 2012 New Yorker article Atonement.

Atonement, which rolls cameras this month in Jordon and Texas, is about a troubled marine who seeks to reconcile with the survivors of an Iraqi family he and his unit fired on back in 2003.

The movie is the feature directorial debut of Reed Van Dyk, who was Oscar-nominated for his 2017 short DeKalb Elementary. Based on a 911 call, that pic followed a gunman who enters an elementary school and encounters a compassionate employee.

The ensemble trio lead the movie that comes 13 years after Dexter Filkins’ resonant New Yorker article, which was also titled Atonement. Delving into the psychological and emotional aftermath of the Iraq War on both Iraqi civilians and U.S. Marines, it centered on Lu Lobello, haunted by memories of a deadly incident in Baghdad, whose journey...

Exclusive: Paris-based sales outfit Lucky Number has boarded Turkish filmmaker Emin Alper’s Salvation and Hungarian director György Pálfi’s The Hen: A Feather’s Tale, and will launch sales at the company’s first Cannes market.

Salvation is Alper’s fifth feature and follows Burning Days, which premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2022, and Frenzy, that won the special jury prize in Venice in 2015.

Set in a remote Kurdish village, Salvation tracks the return of an exiled clan that reignites a decades-old land dispute as two brothers lead their village into a brutal struggle with their neighbours.

The film...

Spoiler Warning: To those who have not watched "Succession" and read this article and complain about the massive spoilers, "I love you, but you are not serious people."

HBO's acclaimed series "Succession" immersed viewers in the lives of the Roy family, the owners of the media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. At the head of the company is the family patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), one of the wealthiest, most powerful, and yes, most evil characters in recent television history.

Given Logan Roy's unimaginable wealth and influence as a media mogul, his tastes in housing reflect his domineering nature. Whenever he is not busy stepping on heads at company headquarters or playing emotional and intellectual mind games on his children, he spends much of his time in his luxury penthouse. And not just any penthouse, but one located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed May this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated comedy series Adults and the return of Hulu’s one of the most popular series, Nine Perfect Strangers. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in May 2025.

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Escape is a South Korean action thriller film directed by Lee Jong-pil from a screenplay co-written by Kwon Seong-hwi and Kim Woo-geun. The 2024 film follows Lim Gyu-nam, a North Korean soldier who defects to South Korea and is soon finds himself being chased by a ruthless North Korean Major. Escape stars Lee Je-hoon, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Hong Xa-bin.

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Exclusive:Paris-based sales company Lucky Number has taken on international sales for Italian director Francesco Sossai’s debut feature The Last One For The Road, whichwill world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes next month.

The Italy-Germany co-production is about two broke, bar-hopping fiftysomethings who meet a shy and aimless architecture student. Together, the three men embark on a chaotic road trip through the Venetian plains where bad advice, hangovers and unexpected friendship shake up the young man’s future plans for life and love.

The Last One For The Road is produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for...

Following the success of Succession, the show's creator Jesse Armstrong has continued his collaboration with HBO. The creator has switched from TV shows to an HBO Original film titled Mountainhead.

The project was announced in January this year, as the Emmy-winning filmmaker was set to write the script and executive produce with Frank Rich. New details came out in early April, as the film received the title of Mountainhead, with a release date on Max on May 31. Ahead of the new release, Mountainhead unveiled its first teaser.

The first details about Mountainhead were that it followed "A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis." Now, the teaser suggests that the international financial crisis might happen because of the four billionaire friends.

Mountainhead follows tech executives Randall (Steve Carell), Hugo Van Yalk aka Souper (Jason Schwartzman), Venis (Cory Michael Smith), and Jeff (Ramy Youssef...

Iranian directorial duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha have been given a 14-month suspended jail sentence by an Iranian court on charges that include alleged production of obscene content pertaining to their film “My Favourite Cake.”

The tender rom-com — which follows a 70-year-old woman named Mahin who decides to revitalize her love life and also appears unveiled in the film — launched from the Berlin Film Festival in 2024 and has since sold widely, giving audiences a glimpse of a rarely seen aspect of Iranian society.

After months of interrogations and continuous travel bans over the past two years — which prevented them from attending Berlin – Moghaddam and Sanaeeha had been charged with making a film labeled as “obscene” and “offending public morality.” They were also accused of “propaganda against the regime” and other charges claiming the film was “unlawfully” screened without the Iranian authorities’ permits for distribution.

The 14-month sentence, which has been suspended for five years,...

Iranian directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghadam have received a 14-month jail sentence as well as $14,000 worth of fines related to their feature My Favourite Cake which world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024.

The filmmaking duo and their producer and Gholamreza Mousavi have been in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic regime since early 2023 over the heartwarming drama about an elderly widow who reconnects with life’s small pleasures in the face of solitude.

Sanaeeha and Moghadam, who is also a Swedish national, were grounded by a travel ban prior to the film’s world premiere in Berlin and the couple have since been subjected to an Islamic Revolutionary Court investigation. In the lead-up to the court hearing in February, they also started receiving death threats.

Elements of My Favourite Cake which upset the Iranian authorities include showing the female protagonist, played by Lily Farhadpour, without...

The Office star Steve Carell has officially joined the cast of Jesse Armstrong's upcoming movie for HBO, starring alongside an ensemble cast filled with heavy hitters.

Per Variety, Carell will star alongside Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), Ramy Youssef (Poor Things) and Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night) in Armstrong's untitled film for HBO, which is expected to begin filming this month in Utah. Armstrong served as executive producer and showrunner of HBO's Emmy-winning juggernaut Succession, which concluded its run back in 2023. The untitled film follows " a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis." His upcoming untitled film for HBO serves as his feature directorial debut.

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Succession has repeatedly used bathrooms to expose the true feelings of its normally-guarded cast.

Accompanying the casting announcement, Armstrong issued a statement, sharing...

Wherever you call home, it’s hard to be invested in cinephile culture without a mind towards its health. It was hardly some casual choice when Sean Baker took time during an Oscar-acceptance speech to plea for greater attendance––with each year every purchase at an Anthology, Spectacle, or Maysles feels more and more like an investment in the future, or perhaps a protest vote against our present. And few fight so valiantly as La Clef Revival Collective, a Parisian group who’ve earned praise from Martin Scorsese, Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter, Justine Triet, Leos Carax, Adèle Haenel, and Céline Sciamma (the latter of whom sits on their board).

When La Clef, a Parisian theater initially open since 1973, faced severe risk of closure in 2019, the Revival Collective and aforementioned filmmakers joined forces to save the space. They are seeking $400,000 between now and April to fund renovations,...

Paris’ La Clef cinema is heading to New York.

Organizers behind the popular venue, one of Paris’ most enduring rep houses, are heading to New York this week to host a series of film screenings at cinemas across the city to connect with fellow cinephiles and raise funds for their ongoing redevelopment project back in Paris.

La Clef has been officially shut since 2019. The cinema was saved from permanent closure last year after Cinéma Revival, a group of local volunteers and longtime patrons of the cinema, purchased the building, which had been put on the market by its previous owner. The campaign to save La Clef was an almost five-year battle and began with a bold community occupation of the building, which grew into an international movement involving film industry figures, lawyers, activists, and government officials.

The group bought the building with €2 million raised through an online fundraising campaign. €400.000 was...

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Running Point is a sports comedy series created by Elaine Ko, Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen. The Netflix series follows Isla Gordon, a former party girl who is suddenly appointed as the head of the family business, which is the pro basketball team Los Angeles Waves. She takes this opportunity to reform her image and put the flailing team back on the map. Running Point stars Kate Hudson, Drew Tarver, Scott McArthur, Brenda Song, Fabrizio Guido, Chet Hanks, and Tony Sandeman. So, if you loved the camaraderie, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Running Point, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Ted Lasso is a sports comedy-drama series created by Stephen Levinson. Based on the promotional media for NBC Sports’s coverage of England’s Premier League,...

Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodóvar and Mohammad Rasoulof have joined a campaign in support of persecuted Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha.

The wife and husband directorial duo have been in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic regime since 2023 over their feature film My Favourite Cake, which world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024.

The heartwarming story of love and loss revolves around 70-year-old widow, played by Lily Farhadpour, who reconnects with life’s small pleasures in the face of solitude, following her husband’s death.

The Iranian authorities are unhappy with the film because it flies in the face of their sexist, draconian laws around what women should wear and how they should act, with the protagonist seen without a hijab head covering, sharing a drink with a suitor and dancing.

The Islamic Republic government slapped a travel ban on Moghadam and Sanaeeha, preventing any travel for the last two years,...

Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodovar and Mohammad Rasoulof are among those who have signed a petition in support of My Favourite Cake filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, whose trial begins in Iran tomorrow (March 1).

The filmmakers face allegations concerning their featureMy Favourite Cake,which premiered at Berlin in 2024 and won the Fipresci and Ecumenical jury prizes.

Moghaddam and Sanaeeha are accused of “propaganda against the regime”, “production, distribution and duplication of a film with obscene content”, “offending public decency and morality” and “screening the film without obtaining a screening/distribution license”.

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) has...

Support is mounting across the global film community for Iranian directing duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha ahead of their trial over “propaganda against the regime” allegations related to their film “My Favourite Cake.” The two are set to face Iran’s Revolutionary Court on Saturday.

Signatories include Mohammad Rasoulof — the director of the Oscar-nominated feature “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” who in May fled from Iran to avoid prosecution related to that film — as well as Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Agnieszka Holland, Hiam Abbas, Isabel Coixet and the directors of the Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam and Sydney film festivals. The petition, launched by the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), has gathered over 3,000 signatures so far.

After months of interrogations and continuous travel bans over the past two years — which prevented them from attending last year’s Berlin Film Festival, where “My Favourite Cake” bowed in...

The international film community is in uproar over the summoning of Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha to court in their native country amid the production and distribution of their 2024 Berlin Film Festival feature My Favourite Cake.

The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr) has reiterated its unequivocal support for Moghadam and Sanaeeha, currently awaiting the start of their trial with Iran’s Revolutionary Court on Mar. 1.

The charges leveled against them concern the production and distribution of their My Favourite Cake, a movie about a woman in Tehran who rediscovers her desires in a country where women’s rights are heavily restricted.

Authorities first raided the offices of the film’s editor in 2023, the Icfr said, with Moghadam and Sanaeeha “under continuous scrutiny of the Iranian regime.” The Iranian government’s persecution efforts led to a travel ban for the directors, which meant they could not attend...

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In this golden age of television, at any given moment, we have thousands and thousands of options for brilliant and entertaining TV shows, but there are only a few TV shows that will stay with you long after you have finished watching. You will think about their characters, their stories, and, in some cases, their endings. So, today, we thought of making a list of a few shows that you must watch (because of their brilliance) before you die.

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Fleabag is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show of the same name, the Prime Video series follows a dry-witted young woman in London as she navigates through the complexities of love and life without any life while dealing with a tragedy. Fleabag stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...

Exclusive: Mad Distribution, the pan-Arab releasing arm of Cairo-based pan-Arab film company Mad Solutions, has acquired all Middle East and North African rights to Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36.

The hot-button epic about Palestine’s 1936 revolt against British colonial rule features Jeremy Irons (A Reversal of Fortunes), Hiam Abbas (Succession) and Kamel El Basha (The Idol) in a high-profile international cast.

The film is expected to release theatrically in late 2025 following a festival launch.

The Arab all-rights distribution deal with Mad comes just a few days after France’s mk2 films and newly launched company Lucky Number announced they were joining forces to handle international sales on Jacir’s film which was previously known as All Before You.

The international co-production involves Jacir and Ossama Bawardi’s Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, Mk Productions, and Snowglobe.

The drama follows the character of Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem,...

In Burhan Qurbani’s “No Beast. So Fierce,” which premiered in Berlinale Special, Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is reimagined in a modern setting as the tale of an Arab gangster queen named Rashida who becomes the boss of the Berlin underworld.

It’s the fifth feature from German-born Qurbani, who is the son of political refugees from Afghanistan and previously made a splash with hard-hitting social dramas such as “We Are Young. We Are Strong” and his adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s classic novel “Berlin Alexanderplatz,” which he set in the African refugee community of present-day Berlin.

The director spoke to Variety about launching “Beast” on the eve of Germany’s politically heated elections and working with Germany-based Syrian actress Kenda Hmeidan, who plays Rashida, and “Succession” star Hiam Abbass, whose character plays Rashida’s bodyguard and is also an assassin.

The film’s main character has been described as a present-day female Arab gangster.

1992 archival footage of Palestinian lake Tiberias opens this feature documentary from Lina Soualem. The images, although mundane, have a very specific function. They link the viewer to the world which is no more. The story of the director’s family serves as a lens through which a tale of war-torn country is told.

Bye Bye Tiberias is screening at Festival International des Cinemas d’Asie de Vesoul

Hiam Abbass, most widely known as a recent “Succession” alumni, moved from Palestine to Paris over 30 years ago to pursue her career in acting. The decision to leave had large repercussions on her life, and alienated her from the town she was raised in. Most importantly, the actress had to practically cut her ties with the rest of her estranged family. In “Bye Bye Tiberias” director Lina Soualem (also Abbass’ daughter) triggers a trip down memory lane by confronting the protagonist with old photograph albums,...

Exclusive: France’s mk2 films and newly launched company Lucky Number are joining forces on international sales for Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s epic period drama Palestine 36, previously titled All Before You, for an EFM launch.

Distributors already signed up for the picture include Curzon Film for the UK, Haut et Court for France and Trignon for Switzerland.

The sales partners have unveiled first images and revealed Jeremy Iron’s presence in the ensemble cast alongside Hiam Abbass (Succession), Kamel Al Basha (House Of Gods), Yasmine Al-Massri (The Strangers Case), Jalal Altawil (Green Border), Robert Aramayo (The Lord of the RIngs: The Rings Of Power), Saleh Bakri (Blue Caftan), Yafa Bakri, Karim Daoud Anaya, Billy Howle (The Perfect Couple), Dhafer L’Abidine (To My Son) and Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones).

Key crew on the film include cinematographer Hélène Louvart, editor Tania Reddin (Hard Truths), production designer Nael Kanj (The Teacher,...

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In this golden age of television, there is no shortage of great television shows that will keep you entertained throughout their runtime. But there are only a few shows that will have you reaching for the remote to watch the next episode as soon as possible. So, we thought of compiling a list of the most addictive shows you should check out right now.

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Fleabag is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show of the same name, the Prime Video series follows a dry-witted young woman in London as she tries to deal with a past trauma through various sexual partners. Fleabag stars Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman, Ben Aldridge, Hugh Skinner, Bill Patterson, and Jenny Rainsford.

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Playtime has acquired international sales rights to Leyla Bouzid’s family drama In A Whisper about three generations of women in Tunisia, and Evi Kalogiropoulou’s Gorgonà about women rising up against the patriarchy at a Greek oil refinery.

Both films are in post-production and Playtime, part of European joint venture Vuelta Group, is launching sales at the EFM.

In A Whisper stars Eya Bouteraa, Hiam Abbass and Marion Barbeau and is about a woman living in Paris who returns home to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral and sets out to uncover the truth behind his sudden death.

It...

Following last week’s lineup announcement, the Berlinale 2025 has now fleshed out its slate with the Competition, Special, and Perspectives sections. Highlights include the world premieres of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott; Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25; Hong Sangsoo’s What Does that Nature Say to You; Michel Franco’s Dreams starring Jessica Chastain; Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower starring Marion Cotillard; and Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk with Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, and Vicky Krieps.

The festival will also include international premieres from Julia Loktev, Mary Bronstein, Kahlil Joseph, and more. In terms of omissions for films that potentially could have been a strong fit: there’s no Steven Soderberg’s Black Bag, Wes Anderson’s German production The Phoenician Scheme, nor Berlinale regular Christian Petzold, who wrapped Miroirs No. 3 only a few months ago.

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Sometimes, a movie is so good that it immediately makes the audience hungry for more. Often, studios attempt to capitalize on this desire by churning out sequels as soon as they possibly can, even if it means pushing out a movie sequel with a massive budget. By doing this, they can continue to keep people excited about the franchise, maintaining its status as a lucrative outlet for the company. The downside of this strategy, however, is that the need to rapidly produce these movies can often come with the consequence of having to sacrifice the high level of quality achieved by the original film.

Once in a while, though, a studio makes the bold decision to make audiences wait quite a while before giving them the sequel they have been craving. This is a risky move, as it can result in losing the excitement surrounding the franchise, but it also...

It's been over a year since HBO aired the last episode of Succession. Fortunately, series creator Jesse Armstrong is working on a new project.

Per Deadline, Armstrong is penning the script for an untitled movie for HBO Films. The Emmy-winner will also executive produce the project with Frank Rich, who produced Succession and the hit comedy series Veep. While specific plot details have not been disclosed, the story is said to "revolve around four friends who meet up during the turmoil of an ongoing international financial crisis." The movie is expected to begin production later this year.

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Armstrong has worked on several popular British projects, such as comedies and satirical dramas. He rose to fame as the...

Seven-time Emmy winner and Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has found his next project. Variety reports that Armstrong will re-team with the show's executive producer Frank Rich for a new original film for HBO. The plot will follow "four friends who convene during a dramatic international financial crisis."

There aren't many details right now other than Armstrong is penning the script, and production will reportedly begin sometime later this year. The studio is checking on actors' schedules for availability, though no names have been announced as of this moment. No release date has been announced either.

Armstrong is primarily known for his work on television, and his biggest show, Succession, ended in 2022 after four seasons. During its time on air, the series won a total of 19 Emmys, including three for best drama series, with several statues awarded to Armstrong for his writing. Unsurprisingly, Succession is also one of the most critically-lauded series of all time,...

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong is writing a new movie for HBO two years after his award-winning series came to an end.

Per Deadline, Armstrong is writing an untitled movie for HBO Films based on an original idea about four friends who meet up during a financial crisis.

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Succession is a Black Comedy and Satire television show created by Jesse Armstrong. It stars Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, and Kieran Culkin and follows the story of an aging conglomerate owner as he deals with his declining health and the sudden realization that one of his children will soon inherit his position and run his company.

Release Date  June 3, 2018Genres  Drama, ComedyFinale Year  November 30, 2022Network  HBO MaxCast  Rob Yang, Natalie Gold, Peter Friedman, Arian Moayed, Kieran Culkin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun,...

Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic, has found a new streaming home on Paramount+. So, now's the chance to give the hard sci-fi thriller a rewatch, as it's one of the genre's best films.

Blade Runner 2049 takes place in the universe first created by Scott. The sci-fi thriller follows a law enforcer hunting down androids who have become sentient and gone rogue in a futuristic society. Blade Runner 2049 centers around K (Ryan Gosling), a "replicant" (an android) who’s also a "blade runner" (futuristic bounty hunter). The plot synopsis reads as follows:

Thirty years after the events of Blade Runner, a new Blade Runner, L.A.P.D. Officer "K" unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former L.A.P.D. Blade Runner,...

In 2011, Kieran Culkin and Mark Ruffalo starred in the psychological drama Margaret, and while that film went off without a hitch, their time on stage together was a bit of a different story. The two appeared in the Off-Broadway production of James Lapine's The Moment When back in 1999 when Culkin was just a mischievous 17-year-old, who – as a prank – swapped out Ruffalo's fake marijuana joint for a real one. Now, 26 years later, the Succession star says he'll never try that again.

Speaking with The Guardian, Culkin reflected on the moment, saying that at the time he thought it was a "good prank." Surprisingly enough, Ruffalo took it all in stride, as did a few others who got in on the action to puff-puff-pass the joint around, including veteran stage star Phyllis Newman, who sadly passed away in 2019.

"I was 17 and stupid. I'm like, 'I thought this was a good prank.

Quick Links 'The Old Man' Is a Riveting Adaptation of the Thomas Perry Thriller Jeff Bridges Dazzles as Seasoned Former CIA Operative

Jeff Bridges is undeniably one of Hollywood's most illustrious and captivating entertainers, with the seasoned superstar's career spanning over seven decades and earning him many prestigious accolades, like an Academy Award and Golden Globe. Though he mastered the silver screen with unforgettable performances in hits like Tron, The Big Lebowski, Iron Man, and True Grit (among endless other classics), the charming leading man decided to try his hand at the world of television with the drama thriller The Old Man.

The riveting series is based on the Thomas Perry novel and features Bridges as war veteran and former CIA operative Dan Chase, who is forced to go on the run after years of hiding when he attracts the unwanted attention of the FBI, leading to an electrifying cat-and-mouse pursuit.

Brian Cox gave a Golden Globe-winning performance as Logan Roy in the TV show, Succession. Cox based the patriarch of the dysfunctional Roy family on the likes of Rupert Murdoch, the American business magnate and investor. The similarities were uncanny as Logan in the series was the founder of the media and entertainment conglomerate Waystar RoyCo.

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in Succession | Credits: HBO

When asked about his character’s relationship with women, Cox shared that he believed Logan, like Murdoch, is not averse to having an affair on the show. However, he clarified that Logan didn’t need extramarital relationships to keep his storyline going in Season 2.

Was Brian Cox inspired by Rupert Murdoch to create his character’s affair storyline in Succession? Brian Cox as Logan Roy in Succession | Credits: HBO

By the end of Succession Season 2, Marcia leaves Logan Roy after she accuses him of having an affair with Rhea Jarrell.

Two months after the Season 2 finale, the future of The Old Man on FX has been revealed. Unfortunately, it's not good news for fans of the series.

Per Deadline, FX has officially canceled The Old Man after two seasons, so there will not be a third season of the Jeff Bridges-led series. The show meeting its fate comes after wading through some troubled waters with its production for its two seasons. Season 1 began development in 2019 and was forced to shut down with just three episodes left to film because of the pandemic in 2020. Filming was further postponed as Bridges underwent cancer treatment; he announced in 2021 that his cancer was in remission, and production on The Old Man resumed in 2022.

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Brian Cox, the Hollywood legend who rose to prominence again after giving life to the hilarious patriarch Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, has given his opinion about cancel culture, and he used a very curious case to prove his point. That of Kevin Spacey, the actor who fell from grace after allegations of sexual assault appeared everywhere in the late 2010s.

Cox has always had opinions, but after Succession, everything he says appears to stir up controversy. In recent times, he has been quite vocal about many subjects, and now he has spoken about Spacey, a performer who he considers to be "very funny." They both starred in the Disney live-action film Iron Will in 1994, and it appears they haven't lost contact.

Cox spoke to The Hollywood Reporter recently to promote the voice work he did for the new anime show The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,...

Emilia Pérez got an early boost in its awards campaign on Saturday night by cleaning up at the 37th European Film Awards, handed out in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language transgender musical won best film, best director and best screenplay honors for Audiard. Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the titular character, won best actress, becoming the first trans performer to win in the category.

“I didn’t prepare anything because I was sure I wasn’t going to receive anything tonight,” said Gascón, accepting her prize. She thanked Audiard, “the best European director for making the best European actress.” Gascón dedicated here prize “to my mother and to all mothers in this world because their values and their function are sometimes undervalued, [and] I would like to devote this prize to all families and ask all parents to love their children, because, unfortunately, in this world, there are families that...

Critically acclaimed actor Brian Cox, who recently starred in HBO's Succession, called out several actors in his 2022 memoir Putting the Rabbit in the Hat. Some of the passages included references to Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Steven Seagal, and Quentin Tarantino.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Cox admitted he upset several fellow actors over the years. In his memoir, he called Johnny Depp "so overblown, so overrated," which led to him turning down a role in The Pirates of the Caribbean. He also had other notes about fellow celebrities, as he called Steven Seagal, with whom he worked on 1996's The Glimmer Man "as ludicrous in real life as he appears on screen," noted Edward Norton is "a nice lad, but a bit of a pain in the arse because he fancies himself as a writer-director." He called Michael Caton-Jones, who directed him in Rob Roy, a "complete arsehole.

French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker Lina Soualem, whose documentary “Bye Bye Tiberias,” featuring her mother Hiam Abbas (“Succession”), launched positively from Venice and Toronto, is set to make her feature film debut with “Alicante,” a drama starring her sister Mouna Soualem (“Oussekine”) as a young woman on an existential journey that takes her to Spain.

After exploring her Algerian grandparents’ break-up in the doc “Their Algeria” and delving into how Hiam Abbas and her family were displaced from the city of Tiberias by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war in “Bye Bye Tiberias,” Soualem will now be putting a somewhat lighter tale on screen, albeit one that continues her exploration of “questions of belonging and transmission and exiles between generations” and “finding your place in the world,” as she puts it.

In “Alicante” Mouna Soualem will play Assia, a 32-year-old Franco-Algerian photographer, who has just broken up with her long-time American partner, with whom she had...

The HBO drama Succession followed the corporate wars between Brian Cox’s Logan Roy and his three children, who struggled to gain control of their media conglomerate company Waystar RoyCo. The series was widely regarded for its performances, and writing, and also won the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy for Best Drama Series.

While Cox’s character faced many obstacles in his bid to save his empire, no one was as dangerous as Marcia Roy, his third wife played by Hiam Abbass. The Palestinian actress had been in multiple films such as Blade Runner 2049 and Munich before she joined the series. Abbass mentioned that she was against TV shows before joining Succession.

Succession’s Hiam Abbass Hated TV Before Joining The Show A still from Succession | Credits: HBO

In the four seasons of Succession, Brian Cox’s Logan Roy has faced several obstacles including his children, brother, son-in-law, and his own trusted advisors.

House of the Dragon expertly blends high fantasy, political intrigue, and familial drama — and the combination of all those things makes it difficult to find similar TV shows. The Game of Thrones spinoff has yet to reach the heights of its predecessor, but it boasts many of the same strengths as the original HBO series. Its balance of personal and political stakes is impressive over the course of its first two seasons, and things promise to get even more tense between the members of House Targaryen in House of the Dragon season 3.

Unfortunately, it could be a while before the next season of House of the Dragon premieres, especially if the show repeats the two-year gap between seasons 1 and 2. This may leave viewers wondering what to watch in the meantime. While there aren't many shows exactly like House of the Dragon, there are some great series that feature similar elements and themes.

The big budget sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 film Blade Runner will soon have a new streaming home. The epic sci-fi film Blade Runner 2049 will arrive on Paramount+ on Dec. 1.

The 2017 sequel was directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune) and starred Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford along with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto. Ford reprises his role from the first Blade Runner film, joining Gosling's new character called "K," who uncovers a secret that could destabilize civilized society. The film had a budget of over $150 million dollars and managed to pull in over $276 million at the box office.

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Hiam Abbass (“Succession”), Abderrahmane Sissako (“Black Tea”), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (“Holy Spider”), Adam Bessa (“Ghost Trail”), Yumna Marwan (“The Veil”) and “Anatomy of a Fall” producer Marie-Ange Luciani will join “The Bikeriders” director Jeff Nichols as mentors at this year’s Atlas Workshops.

Running from Dec. 1 – 5 as part of the Marrakech Film Festival, this seventh edition will more than double in duration, welcoming the filmmakers and producers behind 27 projects for an extra day of in-person workshops after four days of online session earlier this month. By the time the filmmakers hit the ground for pitches in Marrakech, they have benefited from co-production panels, acquisition and distribution trend analysis, green production coaching and presentations from international film funds and A-list festivals.

“We’re creating a new dynamic,” says Atlas Workshops director Hédi Zardi. “In order to assist and make known a young generation – to get them into festivals and onto the...

Filmmaking is a business, where movies are carefully constructed and meticulously crafted products meant to turn a profit for major studios and independent publishers alike. But a carefully crafted product is only as successful as its marketing and branding initiatives can sell, and sometimes some of the best-crafted movies are brought down by less-than-ideal marketing campaigns.

Bad marketing is the death knell for a feature film, even if the movie is critically acclaimed and beloved by the audiences that did see it. When movies are burdened with bad marketing, even the best can fail.

The Sequel to a Classic Failed to Capture Audiences Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Directed by:

Denis Villeneuve

Budget:

$150185 million

Net Gross:

$276.6 million

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Lina Soualem’s Spain-set family tale “Alicante,” Walid Messnaoui’s gangster Western “The Last Beast of Atlas” and Linda Lô’s search-for-identity drama “Lucky Girl” rank as buzz titles at the 7th Atlas Workshops, running Dec. 1-5 at the Marrakech Festival.

“Mud” director Jeff Nichols has already been announced as this year’s Workshops tutor.

They will also unveil first images from three of the most awaited movies from the Arab world – from “Amreeka” director Cherien Dabis and “The Yacoubian Building” helmer Marwan Hamed and Tarzan and Arab Nasser, behind Palestine Oscar entry “Gaza Mon Amour.”

Adding to this, however, are a slew of first or second features by young filmmakers hailing from Morocco, Africa and the Arab world who have already gained Academy Awards or big fest recognition, giving the 2024 Atlas Workshops one of the highest-caliber and exciting lineups of any development program this year.

“Arab and African cinema...